SFK Man Zone

Chances are if you’ve been snowboarding or skating in the past 10 years or more, you’ve heard about SFK. Stupid Fucking Kids is group of individuals that are amazingly talented at whatever they put their minds to. I know the crew from shooting snowboarding and skating photos of them for the past five years. It’s really the first group of guys that gave me a chance to go out and shoot photos. Throughout the past couple years, the crew has gone in different directions. Whether this be Dave Doman being the creative force behind Celtek gloves or Chris Grenier staying focused with snowboarding and holding down the first part in “Get Real” (The Transworld snowboarding movie), one thing remains true: They will always shred and kill it in their own unique ways. Simon Larson has recently been putting a lot of his creative energy into building custom motorcycles. From this passion was created the “Man Zone,” a garage in the back of their house where you can find anywhere from one to 15 people skating and working on bikes. I sat down with some of SFK to check out the new bikes.

SLUG: When did you start working on bikes?
Larson: When I was a little kid.

SLUG: You worked on bicycles or motorcycles?
Larson: No, I actually started out on small engines, making little go-karts and shit. Then, my dad bought me a YZ 125, which is a dirt bike. The bike would always be falling apart, so I ended up taking things apart. I never had anyone to ask about how to fix it, so the bike would sit for a while until I just figured it out.

SLUG: When did you start working on more custom-type bikes?
Larson: A couple years ago.
Tonino: When you sold your three fixed gears and had enough money? (Laughing)
Doman: When did we start working on Green Horn? That would be the day.
Larson: Probably about two years.
Doman: Remember, we built that frame, then we were like, “Fuck it, let’s cut Green Horn.”

SLUG: What does cutting mean?
Doman: You take the bike, cut it in half and do what you want to it.
Larson: It’s manipulating the frame. Cutting shit off the frame, bending pipes and putting it back together how you want.

SLUG: How do you guys actually cut the frame?
Larson: Tools... Ha. Just kidding. We have two different pipe benders and we make a lot of jigs.
 SLUG: What’s a jig?
Tonino: It’s dance from South Carolina.
Larson: Ha. Yeah, a jig’s a dance. No, you weld pieces of metal onto a metal table and you bend the pipe around the shape you made from your welded fixtures.

SLUG: How long did it take you to make Green Horn?
Larson: That’s a hard question. It’s been re-cut twice. The first time was when we were rookies and we thought it was sick. Then the second time we really did it right. We chopped the frame in half and did a bunch of work on it.
Doman: We were building the garage at the same time, too.
SLUG: Is that how the “Man Zone” came about, from you building bikes?
Larson: Yeah, for sure, just building bikes and the garage.

SLUG: How many bikes have you done now?
Larson: Probably about 12 or 13.

SLUG: Just in the past couple years?
Larson: Yeah.

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Comments on this article

Posted on November 7, 2009 by Liz

I love these guys so much!

Posted on November 18, 2009 by gary porter

look, send me a way to contact sfk or a phone no. I want to be in touch and check out their bikes... thanks gary

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Ricky

http://sfk992.blogspot.com/ Thanks, Google!

 

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