its all about the FUN!!

RIP Joseph Michael Alvarado

2011-02-17T01:23:00.000-08:00

My condolences to everyone, friends and family. you will be greatly missed michael.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2046940&id=1428787420#!/profile.php?id=42005174

punk az fuck nailz!

2011-02-08T20:35:00.001-08:00

old take trip photos

2011-02-08T20:32:00.002-08:00

art!
not sure.
krooked grind in sf
the day the take dude almost drown

daily rotter interview

2011-02-08T20:32:00.001-08:00

http://thedailyrotter.com/blogs/detail/The-Tuesday-Toss-Up-Caleb-Ruecker/7327

cold days are leaving us

2011-01-30T15:25:00.000-08:00

dig this!

2011-01-23T01:24:00.000-08:00

http://digbmx.mpora.com/digthis/dig-archives-caleb-ruecker

flickr photos

2011-01-23T00:17:00.001-08:00

http://www.flickr.com/photos/calebpdxbmx/

missing these dudes!!

2011-01-22T23:14:00.001-08:00

http://www.vimeo.com/4393211

some photos to pass the time

2011-01-21T22:52:00.000-08:00

2011-01-21T22:39:00.000-08:00

kicking it with the dudes at the latest flat land jam!

espn

2011-01-21T22:30:00.000-08:00

thanx to justin kosman for the shots and the easpn interview

A few years ago, Caleb "The Hucker" Ruecker stayed at my house, and his feet smelled so bad that I gave him a new pair of shoes. It was on a Metal Bikes East Coast trip, and his former Metal teammates forced him to throw the old shoes away. Once in the new pair of shoes, Caleb stacked up clips and enjoyed the sights around the NYC area. That was 2006. Throughout the past few years, Caleb and myself have stayed in touch, and his riding (plus the rate at which he's acquired new tattoos) hasn't slowed down in the least. He's since left Metal for The Take, and has a few other hook-ups, including Draven Footwear and Gatorade. Recently, Caleb caught up with contributor Justin Kosman to fill in some blanks and fire out some rails. Check out what Caleb has to say, then take a mini-tour of Portland, Ore. with the biggest Mickey Mouse fan in BMX.

Interview by Justin Kosman.

The first thing I do every time I wake up is: be stoked that I'm alive, turn my music on, feed my fish and sesh some tea.

The next tattoo I'm finishing up is: my right arm and by the time you read this it will be done! It's a old school thing in the ditch of my arm. My whole right arm is trinkets of love, AKA lucky charms.

I predict that: the future is gonna be f'd, cause nobody knows what's gonna happen so just go have fun while you can.

All the rails in Portland: are perfect and has already been murdered by all riders including myself.

Caleb Ruecker

At home with Caleb Ruecker
Check the full photo gallery here »

Rain in Portland: makes me up and down, but it is what it is and makes me happy to see green. That's what vacations are for.

Pegs are: the best and smartest thing BMX has made for this industry.

I don't: drink or do drugs because I'm smart and want a great future for myself. Plus it's a waste of time.

I had the most fun on a bike was when: I didn't have any sponsors or hook-ups, when I just rode to escape reality.

The last time I was scared was: when I was out shooting was with Justin Kosman.

One song that snaps me out of a Northwest Haze is: The Ramones "Needles and Pins." Such a great song!

If you want to find people riding: go to a skatepark.

I could watch rail grinds and double pegs all day because: I'm most comfortable with the simple things. I enjoy watching other riders throw down moves on rails cause I can actually see what it looks like and get to enjoy it.

The one trick that needs to go away in BMX is: tuck no-handers. Ughhhhh, gross.

Justin KosmanOne-handed, no-footed cancan. Launch gallery »

I have a theory that: all dinosaurs will stomp this Earth once again, because that would be rad.

If I could ride with one person past, present or future it would be: my lil' brother Taylor who passed away in a tragic accident. RIP lil' homie, BMX will never die!

Yesterday: I was fishing with my dudes and caught six catfish, then went out with the lady.

I could write a book about: all the drunk, stupid, chaos acts of what alcohol does to people.

my new room!

2011-01-08T19:30:00.000-08:00

after
before

spots

2011-01-06T17:41:00.000-08:00

take out session

2011-01-06T17:36:00.000-08:00

redddddd ROBIN!

dry days

2011-01-06T17:32:00.000-08:00

tony and myself riding the best skate park ever!!.......lol

2011

2011-01-06T00:24:00.000-08:00

this year is going to be great and have good things in line.

im back on!!

2011-01-06T00:17:00.000-08:00

its been awhile since iv been on this so here is some of the latest news that has gone down.

-As of yesterday Im moving on from Draven Footwear.I would like to thank them for all there support over these past five or six years years. - Caleb "the Hucker" Ruecker

-Change is a hard thing to deal with. It can be a scary thing, but for progression to occur, sometimes things need to change. Alot has been occuring for The Take right now as you might have heard on some riding sites. The first change is that I am now the new team manager. Second the team now only has 4 pro riders, and now we have a flow team. With this change, I say with a heavy heart so long to Spam, Caleb, and Tanner. Tanner decided to step down to make room for some new up and comers, and Nick decided to move on to new adventures. It is hard for me to see my friends leave with me just now coming into this position, but I wish the best of luck to all 3 of them and know they will be successful in all their future adventures. Also with me coming in, that means Alex is no longer the TM. With obvious hesitation, I took the new position. Alex wished me the best of luck for the job and has no hard feelings. I can't thank him enough, for I wouldnt even be in this situation without his help. But with this change, I have great expectations for the future. We already started updating the image, and plan for more to happen in the future. Don't want to give too much away, but I am excited for what the future holds for The Take.

mark's blog

2010-08-22T14:36:00.000-07:00

marks rainha has a new blog up and im looking forward too future posts........go check it out!

http://blog.markrainha.org

take trip photos

2010-07-18T23:14:00.000-07:00

gatorade cabin at windells camp

2010-06-05T02:00:00.000-07:00

terra from gatorade hit me up for an extra hand to put together a gatorade cabin at windells skate,bmx and snowboard camp. it turned out great and it was nice seein ya terra and thanx for the fun week!

great day at da beach!

2010-05-22T22:39:00.001-07:00

best day ever! free breakfast at the piggin pancakes(thanx to ryan)walked the sunny seaside beach,elefhent ears,bumper cars,candy,lots of tea,caracell ride,ran into my homie david,went to the tillimook cheese palace,sqeekky chees,beef stick,ice cream,a quick nap then ended the day (rumble at the rose land) cage fighting...................best day ever!!!!

random

2010-05-16T21:57:00.000-07:00

visiting grama

2010-05-10T16:36:00.000-07:00

my sister and i visited my gramas grave yesterday for mutherz day,it was a great day!

roman blasting!

2010-05-10T16:30:00.000-07:00

i shots some hpotos of roman the other day just blasting to the sky.

RIP

2010-05-04T01:16:00.000-07:00

rip old book store church 1850-2010

derrrrrrrrrr

2010-05-04T01:11:00.000-07:00

kicking it with the dudes!

2010-05-04T00:45:00.000-07:00

the sun came out and the dues shredded!

2010-04-28T02:08:00.000-07:00

i heard a rumor

2010-04-28T01:56:00.001-07:00

happy house

2010-04-27T17:45:00.001-07:00

2010-04-26T03:14:00.001-07:00

jonny "fucking" rotten!

2010-04-22T00:42:00.000-07:00

WOW, A DREAM COME FUCKING TRUE! saw jonny rotten (PIL) play tonight and it was the best show i have ever been too and my girl and i were front row!
im lost for words but ummmm.....lets just say it filled my soul:) we walked in as they were playing my favorite song! "this is not a love song"
thanx babe!

oi

2010-04-20T01:59:00.000-07:00

2010-04-19T01:57:00.001-07:00

random shit

2010-04-19T00:33:00.000-07:00

welcome to the team dude!

2010-04-18T23:45:00.001-07:00

stoked to have ya on the a (the take) team! cant wait for the up incomming trip dudes!!

nail party!

2010-04-12T23:21:00.001-07:00

thanx to kim for putting this party together and for everything she did to make it fun. - punk az fuck nailz

2,000 shirts and 2,000 bagsin two dayzz

2010-04-08T16:54:00.001-07:00

so kw screen printing had to do 2,000 shirts and 2,000 bags in to days soo the homies came through and killed it! we all stayed up for 24hrs to get this job done between that there was...........pizza,fun,lauhgs,crying,4 loco,ramp sessions,candy runs,coffe and tea breaks,power naps,dancing and losing our fucking minds and getting dalutional! hahahah- caleb ruecker

somebody kill me please!

2010-04-06T00:39:00.000-07:00

hahahah soooo gooood!

a night walk in the rain

2010-04-06T00:00:00.000-07:00

acouple of new night shots i was pretty stoked on - cr

notguiltyink shades

2010-04-04T23:50:00.001-07:00

if your in the portland surrounding area and you want some dope shades for the summmer time? hit me up for a great deal on some notguiltyink sunglasses custom hand painted me meeeeeeee! - caleb ruecker

easter suprize!

2010-04-04T22:58:00.001-07:00

dad flew in for a week and didnt say anything,soo it was a great suprize! lil autom but some prettyz on bawba's head while he was passed out and its a great look on em......lol did some eatser eggs on the ladies toes,jesissca, my sis and lil autom:)

_ caleb ruecker

The best days are……

2010-03-31T15:51:00.001-07:00

A chill day at the skatepark with the homies.Some new and some you have not seen in a while!

Giles and Riley,adam,lund,boogdawg and myself

messing around with some draven promo gear

2010-03-30T23:56:00.000-07:00

draven.com

alil sesh edit while i was in sd

2010-03-30T23:06:00.001-07:00

Caleb Ruecker from Dylan S on Vimeo.

do i look like i would rob a bank?

2010-03-30T17:25:00.000-07:00

soo i went for a walk around town and made a short cut through the mall to get out of the rain for a min and threre was abunch of cops running around,i didnt think anything cause its the mall......ya know? as im leaving the mall area acouple blocks away a cop stoped at a light. it was green and i was wondering what the fuck he was waiting for? as the walk sign came on i strated to walk across the street and i heard someone hell stop,but i kept walking and all the sudden a cop ran in front of me and sayed stop! i said what? whats the deal? he said where you coming from? and i said the mall and he asked,where did you come in the mall at? cause you fit the description of the guy were looking for. i laughed soo hard...lol he asked if i have anything on me that i shouldnt have,and i said like what? he said a bag full of money? i laughed sooo hard! he told me somebody just robbed a bank and i fit the description and told me to put my hands on my head,as he started to search me i couldnt stop laughing! then he saw my hands all blasted out in tattoos and changed quickly. he said something about my tattoos......and i said what the fuck does that mean? he told me i looked like the guy there looking for till he say my hands.he strated to appolagize,i told him i wish i had a shit ton of money and he said ya me too.......but a dumby! no wonder everyone hates cops -Caleb Ruecker

its her birthday and she can cry if she wants to!

2010-03-25T17:43:00.000-07:00

it was my girls bday yesterday,we had a fucking blast....... bike riding,great food,roting in the sun,ice cream,abandon trains and tracks,candy session,new riding spots,the river and ended her day with tea and a tom green flick!

reckless photo's

2010-03-22T17:32:00.000-07:00

my homie reckless and i have been out shooting the last couple of mounths and been working with some magazines and trying to get some shit done thats been haunting me for awhile - caleb ruecker

dave "fucking" young

2010-03-19T22:29:00.000-07:00

the man,the myth, THE LEGEND!

shishkabob time!

2010-03-16T23:29:00.000-07:00

fucking amazing!

getting ready

chilling out

mikie

doug

rosie

thanx to doug,christina and mikie for great food and fun laughs........apples to apples- caleb ruecker

great day,lotta fun!

2010-03-14T00:01:00.000-08:00

shitty

tony t

mark rainha

marks bike jumped up and bit me

lil caleb

lunch!

caleb does it all!

hahahahaahah

will you merry me?

snotty,lil caleb and scott

working hard

today was a fucking blast! abunch of us dude rode around the city kicking it and clocking in some clips! ended it with a bomb fire at the penny mansion .

no smoking

2010-03-11T15:50:00.000-08:00

my girl and i went to to the laundry mat to clean clothes,shovel candy and to whatch the world of the laundry life. hahahahaha while we were sitting there supplying our sugar fix,we wonder why we smelled cigs? we looked behind us and a couple were folding there clothes and chain smoking..........it was awsome! lol

trick or treats

2010-03-11T15:38:00.000-08:00

just going through some old riding photos,thought i would post em up,hope you enjoy!

bikes,ice cream and skittles!

2010-03-10T23:45:00.000-08:00

my good man David Joy has a rad signature shirt out, soo go support my homie & deviant industries for a great cause! and you can also pic one up at goodsbmx. and wen you purches one of these badass shirts it will make you manual for miles!!!!!!!!!

this is not a love song

2010-03-10T23:25:00.000-08:00

aprill 21 2010 (public image limited) is playing in portland........im stoked stoked!

my mummy was in town

2010-03-09T23:01:00.000-08:00

mummy and i

doing wat i do best!

the fam!

raptor stance

1-2-3 jump!

amy and i about throw the baby....hahahahah

mom and sissys toes

paradisevill,glad to hang out with her and the fam while she was here!

punk az fuck nailz

2010-03-09T15:51:00.001-08:00

trick or treat

zebra and sweet leoperd

CANDY!

pic of the day!

2010-03-09T15:39:00.000-08:00

through the leaves and up the tranny.

tower of electrolights!

2010-03-09T11:03:00.000-08:00

anybody thirsty? my shipment of GATORADE have just arrived!

i got the g2 to watch my figure.....hahahaha

thanx gatorade!

2010-03-09T01:37:00.000-08:00

work sux,but being poor sux more - caleb ruecker

2010-03-09T00:06:00.000-08:00

ww.thetakeonlife.com

check it!

2010-03-08T23:09:00.000-08:00

another great monday ,full of fun,laundry,laughs and candy! heres some photos i took on my way home to end the day!!

2010-03-08T00:35:00.000-08:00

long weekend of fun!

2010-03-07T22:43:00.001-08:00

great fun,great food! had a family gathering which turned out really well then made my way to my friend bbq party. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKIE!

heres a photo to start this off

2010-03-07T17:38:00.000-08:00

hello! my names caleb ruecker. hope you enjoy for whats to come?

bmx,friends,traveling,photograpy and best of all......fun!!!