News From Osiris

How’s the Portland summer treating you?
Summer is so good this year. We’ve had some record heat waves, so I’m trying to ride as early as possible whenever I get the chance.

What have you been up to lately?
Being a dad, working, and riding as much as I can. I’m trying to finish my part for the Goods BMX DVD.

What exactly is your day job?
I do resets and remodels at grocery stores.

How much do you work?
I work everyday. It gets hard sometimes because I just want to ride so bad, but it’s gotta get done to support the family. I haven’t slept past 6am on weekdays and 7am on weekends in several months.

How often do you get to ride?
I get a session in pretty much everyday. Whether it’s a good one or not, I just try to be on my bike for a bit.

Tell us a little bit about being a dad…
It’s a lot better than not being one! It’s really put my life and everything I do in perspective. I don’t find myself wasting much time anymore.

When are we going to see Levi on a bike?
He’s already been on a bike, but still has some work to do. Maybe I’ll send him to Woodward to train! Haha.

How does your lady deal with parenting a child with a guy that pretty much has two full time jobs?
She’s doing good. It gets hard sometimes for both of us. We both have things going on besides normal jobs. Amy has a fashion line, so we usually have to remind each other that we have stuff to do and to give each other breaks so we can get it done.

What’s your favorite shoe and what do you like about it?
I really like the South Bronx. I don’t worry about bruising my heels or anything. Great color-ways, look good, and not too bulky with plenty of support.

What is DollarBillParty and what happened to it?
It was DollarBillParty.com, then DollarBillParty.net, and now it’s DollarBillParty.nothing. It was fun running a functional blog for a minute, but I’ve got too much time on my hands right now to focus on anything other than family, work, and BMX.

What’s the best strip club in Portland and why?
I think Sassy’s is everyone’s favorite and I don’t have to spend money there.

What are your plans for the rest of the year?
Figure out my plans for the rest of the year, haha! Get my passport, go to a couple of contests, finish my section for the Goods video, and keep on pedaling.

Anything you’d like to add?
Thanks to my whole family and everyone at Haro Bikes for all of the support on and off my bike and for keeping me motivated to be more than a bum.

Name: Anthony “Boy” Flores

Age: 22-teen

How long have you lived in Los Angeles? Since I was crapped out.

Who all do you ride for? Osiris, Cardinal, Primo, and Cerbae.

What’s the craziest thing that happened to you in Barcelona last month? Haha. Dam, well I’d like to start off by giving a shout out to da homies Fernando, Juan and all their roommates! Now the craziest shit that happened to me in Bcn was on the 1st night we got there. Haha. Fresh off the plane we went out to some local bars, and I got donzo! At the end of the night on our way back to Fernandos house I stopped to take a piss as the others walked ahead, and while I’m pissing I turn around and Glenn and Juan are sliding on the wet slippery Bcn floors for some reason. Juan falls but Glenn doesn’t bcuz he’s the roller blade king. Haha. Anyways, so I’m done pissing and I run to catch up to the others and I just started sliding, haha and mid slide I do like this flip straight to my face. KO’d! I woke up in a lil puddle of blood and water. I stumbled back up to the house and needed stitches, but I just put a butterfly on it and went to sleep. Haha. I woke up with a bump on the side of my head , a headache, a heavy eye and a lil bit of my dignity gone.

If you were at Jack in the Box and the whole meal was free, what would you order? I’d probably order a number 5 large with no mustard, a Dr. Pepper, potato wedges, a shake and some mini churros. I’ll probably have mud-butt afterwards, but it will be worth it.

Are you stoked on your section in the new Primo video? Ummm! Nah ,not really, but it’s no one’s fault but mine. Haha. I got broke, and I was just in a fucked state of mind the whole time. I was being a pussy for a long time. Haha, but I guess you are what you eat. Lol.

What’s your favorite strip club? Deja Vu in the city of industry. Fire girls there! Lol.

If I offered you $500 to jump the XGames Mega Ramp, would you do it? I think I’d say hell yeah! Then when I actually got up there I’d say fuck this! Haha. Shits fuckin crazy that anyone fucks with that. Haha.

What’s new at Cardinal? Everything. It’s a new company. Lol. JK. Well we’re just trying to get this popping off already. Ads are being ran in RideBMX and frames are done. Now we’re just waiting on their arrival. The website should be going up real soon along with a fun edit put together by none other than Glenn PP Miligan, so keep your eye out for all this and more. Cardinal “let’s get it!”

What are you doing the rest of today? Well right now I’m heading down to Tip Plus distribution to pick up some copies of the new primo video “Nice Try”. After we dip off from there me and Eman are probably gonna go and check out some spots and hopefully film some shit. Cardinal edit coming soon! Dat what’s really good in the hood shit. After that probably just chill. Haha.