In late August 2015, spectators held their breath while they watched @stevenfrossard get violently thrown from his bike. Next came the sharp sound of helicopter blades in the wind as he was airlifted to the nearest hospital. With bones crushed, ligaments torn, and a future shattered in a matter of seconds, Frossard was paralyzed from the waist down. The resulting stillness was a stark contrast to the speed he had always known.
Despite the lack of an optimistic prognosis, the young athlete refused to let the dust settle on a promising career and lifelong passion. He found that the pain was a welcome reminder of what was at stake. Today, Steven Frossard has beaten the odds: He is riding again. Decidedly reminding the world, and himself, that his scars are not barriers, but new roads to explore.
View the incredible photo series by @thibautgrevet in Volume 015. Available now at readmeta.com.
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First and foremost, @crowemetalco is a craftsman. His skill, style and creativity are visible in the custom motorcycles he’s built over the years, the parts he machines and even the tools that hang on the wall. Scribbled on one of his tool boxes is an Ed Roth quote: Imagination is the limit and speed is the need. Everything else is irrelevant.
Read the story in Volume 015, available now at readmeta.com.
Photos by @parisgore
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2019-08-10 16:28
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Do you know Meatball Perhaps you don’t know Jeffery Tulinius, aka “Meatball,” founder, proprietor and promoter of the @hellonwheelsmc, directly. But you know him.
He’s that guy whom you can’t help but love. He makes, as he commonly says, “chicken soup out of chicken poop.” He would loan you a twenty spot when he has only five. He’d fumble the ball on the goal line and somehow recover it, run the wrong way and score the winning point when the clock goes to zero. He’s been messing around with motorbikes for longer than he’d care to remember and is passionate about them, and even more passionate about the friends and good times that come with them.
Read the interview by @gteeeee in Volume 015, available now at readmeta.com.
Photos by @blutes77
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2019-08-09 16:48
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Too weird to live, too rare to die.
Desert racing is a wildly enigmatic sport generally associated with fast guys, rich guys and dumb guys. If you’re going to try it, you just gotta figure out which one you’re gonna be.
Read our story about the return of the bikes at the legendary Mint 400 in Volume 015, available now at readmeta.com.
Photo by Bill Eppridge, 1971
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“Never” was not an option for @stevenfrossard. Even after a horrific accident left him with no sensation in his legs and doctors told him that he may never walk again.
View the incredible photo series by @thibautgrevet in Volume 015. Available now at readmeta.com.
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2019-08-05 20:35
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For years @heathpinter and @ianbeaudoux have been riding motorcycles, vintage roadsters, drag racing, meeting up with friends and doing cool shit, always with a destination but taking the road less traveled. As they see it, the idea is very basic, “grab your buddy, ride your motorcycle and check shit out — it’s what people should do, and we’re just doing what we wanna do.” And for this trip they wanted revisit the route that ties all of their history together: a well-known Highway 395.
Read the story in Volume 015, and watch film dropping on Thursday at readmeta.com.
Photos by @heidizumbrun
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2019-08-04 14:20
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When you find yourself spending too many days in front of a computer screen and not enough time on the seat of your bike it’s time to make some changes.
We were beginning to feel that itch in a bad way until Utah cured us. Read the story in Volume 015, available now at readmeta.com.
Photos by @aaron.brimhall
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2019-08-03 14:08
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James Crowe (@crowemetalco) has found a balance in his priorities. One that clocks 40 hours a week and is far from the backroads of South America, but still delivers genuine time. It’s a place where he’s got his machines and his mountains, and together they provide the good life.
Read the story in Volume 015, available now at readmeta.com.
Photos by @parisgore
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2019-08-02 16:02
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Bruce Brown died in December 2017, nine days after his 80th birthday, but he still holds a special place in the heart of the motorcycle industry with his masterpiece, On Any Sunday. Quite possibly the most iconic and enduring motorcycle film of all time.
Read the story in Volume 015, available now at readmeta.com.
Photos courtesy @brucebrownfilms
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