Bring the Rukus, but Don’t Bring the Cops
by Sedrik Vomir on June 8th, 2008
We like to get the guys together and do some photo sessions for our rides. Its lots of fun and we get lots of great material for promoting the brand and creating graphics for our apparel line.
Lately we have been embracing this theme of “Bring the Rukus”. Its become the team motto. Its on the jerseys and stickers too. Well this weekend we brought on too much rukus. Seriously.
We wanted to get some urban stuff going on, especially since we are based in Los Angeles. I mean really, its a mecca of street style and plenty of man made places to get some great shots, sweet jumps and all that.
Me and Jami headed out to Los Angeles were we had scoped out some places to shoot pics, places we figured were low key and no one would bother us. I brought minimal gear to shoot stills and wanted to do some 35mm negative with a single portable strobe and a remote trigger.
The gravity of the situation is that we got way to ballzy trying to table a couple different parked cars… you know just across the hood. We didnt even damage or touch anything. Next thing you know some guy is yelling at us and saying he is going to call the cops… well the reality was he ALREADY called the cops and by the time we finished yelling at each other a cop car was pulling up… Jami bolted on his bike and I stayed behind the tree that i was standing at. They didnt see me and instead took off running after Jami.
I quickly snagged some pics of that and then started walking casual like in the direction they went. At this point my adrenaline is pumping triple time, but I figured Jami would out run them easy! As I rounded the corner, I see its this industrial area and Jami pins it through this narrow chain link gate and I hear what I thought was a crash sound… The 2 cops weren’t that far off and I catch up ducking behind a car…
Basically it was a dead end. Private property – gated area… Jami had ditched the bike and leaps up the fence… and gets snagged. S**T! Like I said, I am nervous and I am snapping off pics of all this and then a cop sees me peering around this car with my camera. Next thing you know I am sprinting like this time I thought a puma was chasing me in Colorado. Anyways, the adrenaline is seriously about to make my heart explode. I dont know how I lost him. But I made it to my car and just laid low.
about 15 minutes later they drive by with Jami in the back!
Anyways, we are dealing with a lot of crap right now so more on this story in the weeks to come.
I dont have the pics of the jump cause I was shooting film for that and digital as a back up. I am getting the film back from the lab this week (I hope!). These are the digital pics…
Oh and please, dont go out and bring the rukus via any illegal actions… kind of felt I had to say that disclaimer.
Remember, when you go out and have some fun, be careful and respect everyone and always respect the cops… even if your impulse says run, dont run, just stay and talk – everything will be wall cool that way.
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Bryan,
OH MY GOD!!! This is one the craziest stories I’ve ever read…
This has got to go public: FREE JAMI
Allways trying to keep a brother down. Jami watch out for the Ether Bunny.
I would say the ruckus has officially been brought. This gives Jami some serious street cred, if anyone try’s to beat him in a race again now they have to think about the real possibility of getting shanked.
thats like watching springer
Seriously, what’s with the gun? Holy Cow, they take things pretty serious out there.
Tim (Minnesota)
“Table some parked cars?”
You sound like a couple of idiots who got what you deserved. I would to you idiots ******* “table my car”.
Running from the cops. Real smart. Morons.
I guess I would rather have you idiots ****** **** up in the city rather then out on the trails.
Your the type of ******* idiots that get bikers banned from the trails for running hikers of the trail.
******* morons.
Hey, I think we just found a new phrase for next year’s jersey. “****** morons ******* shit up in the city” I like it.
Ouch. Street cred indeed.
What are the charges?
Hey, I invented that phrase so I get the royatlies.
If you want to buy the phrase “******* morons ****** **** up in the city” then let me know.
That is awesome!
Part of me goes ‘go on try some shit like that’ but the other part goes, wait till I’m home from touring this summer…
What a sick story!! That is soo cool!
Go Jami!!!!
(hope everything works out!!)
yeah, and why the hell where they pointing guns at him? like wtf? Over here they just beat you with bat things hahaha.
Guns though?…
ha ha. u guys rock. was talken to mib and she told me to have a look. RAGE THOUGH! caught buy a a guy on foot! when all else fails… manual onto ur back wheel and head for them to knock em over! (results may vary!) why ditch the bike tho? yea the cops here would either beat u silly or jus sit back and watch the show!
up norn iron! yeooooooo!
jesus ******* christ! :O
In NI it’s like we’ll hit you with bats :L
MIB sent me here lol
Hahaha what an awsome story!! My friend Mib told me to check this out and i have to say u guys do some of the craziest ****!
Yea and i cant believe the cops pulled a gun on him!
man …i know how that feels . sends shivers down my spine. good luck with the legal end of it. nice pics though , very cool pics.
You guys are too funny!!
doooooods……the EVOMO rider with drawn guns by cops def definines the evomo theme “bring the rukus”. how rad is that….
i think an outlined picture of some sort of a mtn biker lying down on the ground with hands up in the air with bike in background and cops with drawn guns should be the next shirt design….
GO TEAM EVOMO!!! i cant wait to see who tops that story and the pics to prove it…..
This is fake!
You got the LAPD slogan wrong on the fake cop car. Running with weapons drawn? Putting a front-cuffed suspect in a car without a cage? Not to mention the DH ‘racer’ couldn’t outrun 2 guys on foot .
Sounds like the only street cred he should get is for being the slowest rider in Los Angeles!
And you’re saying that these 2 ‘cops’ caught up to a DH racer on a bike but couldn’t catch a photographer on foot? That photographer should be in the olympics!
Bad boys bad boys, whatcha gonna do?
^^^tg, your a *****bag.
and what does getting arrested on the street have anything to do with running hikers off the trail?? idiots. they didnt **** anything up. they just rode it. at least they ride unlike some of you retards.
“To serve
and to protect”
what kinda bull****t is that? **** its LA youd think the cops had something better to do then chase riders. that shot where they realized there was a camera is EPIC tho, love it haha.
The pics and the story is staged–its a HOAX.
To add what TG said, not only does the boys in blue not wearing vests, but the LAPD shoulder patches are missing! Those are strict REQUIREMENTS of the LAPD uniform including the badge! I have worked with enough law enforcement types to know that plus I got family on the job too.
Furter closer inspection you’ll see a few errors. The balding ‘cop’ is wearing white socks (see it while running) and is not to uniform code.
Another is lack of training–if you would notice when the 2 took off running, BOTH still had WEAPONS IN THEIR HANDS. Only the military trains you that way. Police officers are trained to holster their weapons before any foot pursuit–this is to prevent accidental firearm discharge. As you see, one dude with baton in hand and the other still had a pistol. That only happens in movies.
This is a publicity stunt to gain some street cred on behalf of Evomo clothing.
Shame on you EVOMO for further enforcing the already poor stereotype that the LAPD has. Sure there are a few bad apples but these men and women sacrifice thier lives everyday ‘To Serve and Protect’.
Until this BOGUS article is REMOVED and APOLOGIES are posted, I will never purchase any Evomo product and make sure to spread the word to every bike forum.
EVOMO ROCKS! Even if this was staged, Evomo already has street cred.
So coming back to this story… I just bought a new Kona Coilair Supreme 2008. Rad bike, but I’m new to the idea of freeride. Although, I did shoot some footage and post it on my personal blog: http://www.chainringaction.blogspot.com. My goal is to get gnarly with freeride, up to a point. My main goal is to be able to clear 20 foot gap jumps. How long and what kinds of things do I need to work on. Second question, what do I need to learn to table top my own truck? I have a 2005 Tacoma…
Looking for advice from the Evomo team here!!!
GO EVOMO… YOU ROCK!
You guys are freaking crazy! What a story, SO what happened to Jami?? I wouldnt think they would bother with him since there are much bigger issues to deal with in LA… TELL US MORE!
Why can’t we all just get along????
Me and Vince would have beat those thugs to a pulp and then gone back to the station and got some luvin from Stacy… mmmm, thats how I would roll.
Dial Tone,
Pull your head outta your *** and wipe the **** off your eyes you ******* moron.
LAPD doesn’t have shoulder patches unless you are a motor cop or specialized unit like SWAT.
SO SHUT YOUR ****WASHER
If Douche Tone speaks in the forrest by himself does anybody hear it? What are you the Fasion Police, to tell people what cops wear and dont wear. Why dont you back to your cave under your moms house and play soggy cookie with your World of Warcraft buddy’s.
Your a ****** Dial Tone, “cops are trained to holster their weapons before running” stop masturbating to Rambo and look up “humor” in the dictionary.
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You guys are 1.) Stupid, 2.) ***holes
I wouldn’t want your bike on my car. Why, you’ll probably break something then run away and not pay for it. Just like how you ran away when you broke the law.
You guys give bikers a bad name.
You guys are morons and I’m glad he was arrested for evading police. Had me just stopped and talked to them, I doubt anything would have happened other than you being asked to leave.
I think its really funny how people
1) dont know how to read.
2) if they do read, cant seem to comprehend.
Yea, I think these guys are stupid for running from the cops BUT from what I read here – no one damaged any property (cars) and no laws were broken other than probably not obeying the police and running.
I agree with Aaroon, they should not have run and things would have been fine.
Oh yeah…..Jami sucks for getting caught!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Reading from the UK… love the pic of the second cop squaring his gun at Jami on the deck in a full-face http://evomo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/evomo06070919.jpg
Then pointing at the hidden snapper! http://evomo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/evomo060710112.jpg
Nine7OH fully supports running from the cops!! Beyond that, if it was a hoax, well done!! RUCKUS!!!
To those that have no sense of humor (especially “Dial tone”) – Take your couch off your front porch, get your car off the cinder blocks, stop making out with your sister and get a f***** life! People really make me wonder sometimes.
dude. cops are teh scary.
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HAHAHAHAHA Jami thats pretty intense
Holy Shit Thats Halarious, But Man The Cops Pulled Out A Gun At Jami Thats Crazy
I Would Be So Scared
dude thas crazy… lets go smo some crystal
RESPECT!