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Top of the World
I’ve made a handful of friends up here in Whistler leaning on my old BMX days. That’s fairly normal for me as I’m very rarely outgoing enough to actually meet anyone on my own. Fabes was working behind a bar and recognized me. He took me out on a couple local’s route rides when my
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An Animation Project with Greg Minnaar
The recent World Cup Downhill race at Val di Sole reminded me of an animation that I made with Greg Minnaar. Greg had won the World Champtionships at the 2021 Val di Sole race but at the 2022 Val di Sole race he had a bad crash resulting in a broken neck. I interviewed him
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2 Months in Whistler Update
I’ve been up in Whistler for two months and I’m nearing the end of my visit. The next part of my trip will see more posts here as I think it will be more of a daily-updating adventure. Temporarily living in BC, Canada has been wonderful. It’s mostly been about bike riding on the mountain
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Few Doodled Thoughts
I still don’t like coffee but I do like getting out of my little airBNB and putting myself into a new place to tap into the creative inspiration offered up by people watching. My drink, which feels more like the price of admission to the coffee shop rather than something I’m really craving is: hot
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Overheard in the Gondola
I’ve been riding a hardtail up here in Whistler for the last month and half. A lot of bike parts have been rattled to dust but otherwise it hasn’t actually been that big of a deal. It is an odd bike choice though when the rest of the mountain is aboard full-suspension squishy-bikes. I seem
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The Bike Path
It’s a wonder to me that after all these years I still waste time second guessing how much of my life-force I direct at riding bikes. Back when I was a pro I managed to wrestle this thought line into submission but now that I’m just a normal person with a cycling hobby the self
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Wandering…
5 weeks ago… I sold my house and got rid of most everything I owned. I drove away. 10 hours later I stopped at my Aunt’s house down in Fenton, MI and left a box of taxes and a box of friend’s art. My Aunt said, “I figured out the true meaning of TAJ– it’s
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Vans X Fairdale Animation Project
Along with the Vans X Fairdale bike and shoes collaboration project I animated a short story about Giraffe. I tapped into a handful of my giraffe dad jokes for this one and sneaked Monty into the art too. Giraffe also performs the never-been-done-before kiss of death jump. We had originally planned to shoot this whole
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Vans x Fairdale (and kind of ” x Taj” too)
I had the wonderful pleasure of working with both Vans and Fairdale Bikes on a colab package. We started with one of my signature bikes, the Taj 27.5″ cruiser, and covered it in some special decals I drew. My character Giraffe is the star of the Vans x Fairdale bike. He also appears on two Vans shoes they let
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Books By Taj
I currently have two books out in the world. “Bernie the Bike Builder” and “Back Before They Invented Open Face Helmets“ Bernie the Bike Builder is a children’s book. Bernie the Bike Builder Buy Now Bernie is a master bike builder. The bikes he designs and builds are sought after by bike racers all over the
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