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Odyssey – Broc Raiford “WALKWAYS”

Odyssey coming through with a BANGER of a BMX video featuring Broc Raiford putting walkways to good use out in California! This is a follow up to Broc’s Passageways Video from a while back, and it’s a banger. Broc went to work on a bunch of wild spots and cooked up some real dialed clips. Hit play and take it all in!

“Broc Raiford follows up his “Passageways” video part with a similar yet different approach… This time taking things to the plethora of sidewalk spots that most just cruise by while on the way to the session. Broc sniffs out the road-side gems from LA county to Santa Ana and delivers just as you’d expect.

“Once again I had no idea what I was getting myself into when Zach and I dove back in to start filming for another themed Odyssey Project. With a handful of sidewalk spots already in mind and an optimistic mindset I chose to film an entire video filmed on spots found only on sidewalks! Not only that, but I wanted the spots to be ridden as if you would be riding them on your way to a skatepark or wherever you’re headed. We had our ups and our downs with finding spots that fit these guidelines but overall I am more than stoked on how it came out! Zach did an amazing job filming / editing and I’m excited for you all to see it. Enjoy!“

Video by Zach Krejmas” – Odyssey

Ride HI – Wish You Were Here!

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We don’t see a ton of BMX videos coming out of Hawaii, but when we do, we can usually count on the Ride HI crew to be the ones delivering the goods. Check out this new 16 minute mix they dropped filmed over the course of the past year and a half. The video features a bunch of different riders putting plenty of spots to good use around the islands. Needless to say, this will leave you wanting to head to Hawaii to sepnd some time riding and soaking up the sun!

“www.ridehibmx.com

2018-2019 Hawaii BMX

Title design by @sleepy.aly

Shot/cut by @kjrideshi”

Bone Deth – Albie Bennett “Too Fast For Food” Section

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Here’s another wild section from the Bone Deth “Too Fast For Food” video for your viewing pleasure. This time around we get Albie Bennett‘s section that is filled with fast paced roof drops and gaps, along with a few wild crashes that’ll leave you feeling like you got road rash yourself just for seeing it. Take a look!

“Pink Hair, Don’t Care! Albie Bennett, the man who once took out two ladies during a high speed gap, is a golden nugget in BMX entertainment and he’s back in Bone Deth’s ‘Too Fast For Food’ DVD. This is exactly what you were hoping it would be – high octane, loose as hell bike riding.” – DIG

Cam Girvan & Zach Bearly – Stormin’ NYC

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You can’t go wrong with a fresh BMX video from the streets of New York City! Here’s a fresh video from some time Cam Girvin and Zach Bearly spent cruising the spots, hanging with the locals and dodging security. No shortage of real solid clips in this one. Take a look!

“Locals love ’em, security guards hate ’em…Cam Girvin and Zach Bearly put down a 1-2 punch together on the streets of NYC! Click play for young guns throwing down.” – Our BMX

Noah Miranda – Turn Up The “VLM”

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Young gun Noah Miranda recently spent some time out at Woodward West cruising all over camp from the ramps to the bowls and trails stacking clips for this new edit! Noah brings a good mix of tricks and it’s safe to say he’s not scared to throw the bars. Take a look!

“The STRUGGLE boys (http://strgle.com) recently headed up to Woodward West for a week of good times! Noah Miranda went to work with Victor Peraza behind the lens. Enjoy!

Film/Edit – Victor Peraza” – Our BMX

X Games 2019 – BMX Athlete Profiles

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The X Games are coming up fast and that means it’s time to get a look at who will be there this year! Here’s some Athlete Profiles that X Games put together for BMX Street, BMX Park and BMX dirt for you to get a look at. This isn’t all of the invited riders, but more of a focus in on a few of the key guys that you know and love. It’s bound to be another wild few days of riding, so get stoked!

“Watch the official athlete profiles on X Games Minneapolis 2019 BMX Street athletes Alex Donnachie, Chad Kerley, Lewis Mills, Garrett Reynolds and Devon Smillie. X Games Minneapolis is going down on August 1-4 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Think you know who might take the gold medal? Let us know in the comments!” – X Games

“Watch the official athlete profiles on X Games Minneapolis 2019 BMX Park athletes Kevin Peraza and Dennis Enarson. X Games Minneapolis is going down on August 1-4 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Think you know who might take the gold medal? Let us know in the comments!”

“Watch the official athlete profiles on X Games Minneapolis 2019 BMX Dirt athletes Brian Fox, Brandon Loupes and Colton Walker. X Games Minneapolis is going down on August 1-4 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Think you know who might take the gold medal? Let us know in the comments!“

S&M Bikes – Kareem Williams Builds His Signature Frame Prototype

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It looks like Kareem Williams has finally got himself a signature frame coming from S&M Bikes! Here’s a video where Kareem busts the frame out for the very first time, then proceeds to take forever to build it up with the help of the team…. It’s safe to say Kareem still hasn’t figured out how to build up a bike, but damn it he has a signature frame coming. Take a look!

Plastic BMX Bottom Bracket?

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A plastic BMX bottom bracket? Over the years we’ve seen a number of parts on a BMX bike get the plastic / nylon treatment from barends to pedals, pegs, hub guards and even seat posts. In most cases, it works pretty well, but obviously the parts can wear faster than metal. We were just made aware of this new one in Brant Moore’s BMX News video where he pointed out a company called Karma BMX that is currently working on this plastic Mid bottom bracket. Their Instagram Post says “Less weight and no more troubles with bearings…” as the reasoning behind it, but we’re honestly not too sure how well this will work.

Obviously your cranks need to spin and over time that metal on plastic would likely wear down causing a wobble. It could also blow out pretty easy considering that a large portion of the impact from drops and such transfer into your cranks / bottom bracket. The other question this leaves is how well you can crankflip with something like this? No bearings means when the cranks spin, it’s just friction that would slow the cranks down, which could maybe be a good thing if you don’t want them to spin fast, or you don’t want your cranks moving during tricks like tailwhips.

The next thing is that it appears to have the cone spacers built into it as well, which means when the cranks are tightened down, they wouldn’t have anything to spin on, so that would also keep the cranks from spinning, kind of like if you over tighten the cranks down with the wrong size spacer.

We’re honestly curious how well this would actually work. We have our doubts that it would hold up or last as long as traditional bearings, but then again who would have guessed plastic pegs and pedals would have become the norm? We also want to see this installed to see how it looks.

What do you think? Let us know in the comments below!

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