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Here’s a fresh one we had sent in featuring Pablo Castillo getting down at a few of his local skateparks, trails and a few street spots down in Chile. Pablo has a solid bag of tricks packed with barspins, tailwhips, spins, manuals and much more that he puts to good use on everything he rides. Hit that play button and take a peek!
“I leave this video of our raider, demonstrating his talent on the bike, I hope you like it and enjoy it …
Song: Blood Ceremony – Goodbye gemini”
Well, here’s some interesting news… Dan’s Comp team manager, Scott Towne, has apparently been let go from his job according to an Instagram post. Also, according to a post over on Ride BMX, it sounds like the entire Pro Team has also been cut and Dan’s Comp may be filing for bankruptcy at some point. The team, which consists of Terry Adams, Mark Burnett, Stevie Churchill, Chase DeHart, Tony Hamlin, Van Homan, Trey Jones, Chad Kerley, Morgan Long, Corey Martinez, Tony Neyer, Broc Raiford, Dakota Roche, Devon Smillie, Nathan Sykes, Colin Varanyak, Shane Weston, Matt Wilhelm, Nathan Williams and Grant Castelluzzo, was mostly formed by Scott during his time with Dan’s Comp as the team manager.
We’ve been hearing rumors and bits and pieces about Dan’s Comp’s “financial situation” for the past year from a few brands, riders and industry people, but didn’t really know what to think of it. This would be an indicator they’re making some big changes to reconcile whatever it is they have going on. Below is the Instagram post from Scott that doesn’t get too specific, but leaves plenty of bits to piece together.
I guess if we had to speculate what is going on, I think it’s just that times have been changing very hard for the business side of BMX with a transition to pretty much every brand (except a few) and virtually every single BMX bike shop making the move to sell online in some capacity, creating greater competition for Dan’s in the online mail-order space that they have dominated for so many years. Does this mean it’s the end of Dan’s Comp? I highly doubt it. We’ll probably see a huge cutback in marketing (beyond the removal of the team) and a shift in how much product they stock and the number of brands they carry, which we have noticed that has been happening already. There has been a number of products on backorder or completely out of stock for a little while now. Obviously this is all speculation, but we’ve been hearing a lot of these things for a while now.
We haven’t seen anything from Dan’s Comp and we don’t really expect to see any sort of press release or anything. But, we’ll keep you updated when and if we hear something.
S&M Bikes had some leftover clips from Craig Passero‘s section from the “Hot Dogs Who Can’t Read” DVD that needed a home. Instead of letting them go to waste, they whipped up this quick video for you to check out. Criag’s “leftovers” are far from scrappy, too! Enjoy!
“Craig’s section in H.D.W.C.R. is incredible but he couldn’t finish all of the hawg dawgs on his plate. Here’s a few tasty hawgs we had left!” – S&M Bikes
Scotty Cranmer and crew are always cooking up something fun to do. They’re doing a scavenger hunt this time around that has a similar vibe to the old Ride To Glory scavenger hunts where the teams would try and check off tricks from the list. Needless to say, these guys had a ton of fun with this one. Check out what Big Boy, Vinny Mannino and Dom Simoncini‘s team got into today, then check back for Scotty’s
teams coming tomorrow!
“The first ever BMX scavenger hunt on our channel! Six riders divided into two teams compete against each other by jumping in the truck with a list of BMX tricks and seeing how many tricks they can get done within three hours! This challenge was very difficult but so much fun at the same time! In this video you follow team mom as they try and get as many points as possible! Tomorrow’s video you will follow Scotty’s team as they try to do the same!” – Scotty Cranmer
Take a closer look at Johnny Raekes‘ current setup!
The crew over at Animal Bikes caught up with Johnny Raekes to take a closer look at his current Fiend setup decked out top to bottom in Animal and Fiend parts. The bike is built for the streets and it’s safe to say it can take a beating (check out Johnny’s latest video below). You can check out a bunch of photos, a full parts list and a short Q&A with Johnny over on the Animal website — Johnny Raekes Bike Check!
What do you think of Johnny’s setup? Let us know what’s on your mind in the comments below! Also, check out Johnny’s “No Sleep Out East” video that dropped the other week below as well!
“Johnny Raekes drops bombs on the East Coast in his latest offering.
Despite a heavy forecast of rain, Johnny Raekes managed to lay banger after banger while sampling some of the East Coast’s finest spots between Philadelphia and NYC.
Film/Edit: Justin Benthien” – Animal Bikes
The final Odyssey VS Sunday Bikes VX Edit has arrived. This time we get most of the crew from both teams throwing down on spots around Providence, Rhode Island, New York City and more spots out in the North East! Needless to say, these guys all crushed it. We can only imagine how good the final High Def videos will be since they are holding all the best clips for those two videos. Get stoked.
“The fourth and final Odyssey vs Sunday VX edit might be our strongest yet, and remember the best is yet to come – both teams WENT IN for their HD edits dropping this fall, and you’ll vote on those to decide which team wins a trip anywhere in the world.
This month’s VX video was edited by Jake Seeley and filmed by and starring Chris Childs, Justin Spriet, Brett Silva, Matt Nordstrom, Erik Elstran, Travis Hughes, Aaron Ross, Mark Burnett, Broc Raiford, Jake Seeley, Jared Duncan, Rob Starbird, and John Mayo.”
The crew over at Source BMX have uploaded the 10th place Battle of Hastings Plaza edit which features Aaron Ross and Corey Martinez. Both of these guys had one hour to stack as many clips as they could and this is what they came up with! You already know these two brought the goods.
“Check out 10th Place Team Ross in the SourceBMX Plaza Edits.
Riders: Aaron Ross | Corey Martinez
The Plaza Sessions: Each team picked two riders to film an edit in the Source Park Plaza. The riders were given just 1 hour to come up the edit which counted towards their team score. Filmed by Rich Forne and Will Stroud – edited by Peter Adam.”
Stress BMX coming through with a fresh promo video for the Max Bespaliy signature Bes Frame that is available now. Hit play to watch Max put the frame to good use with with plenty of grinds and more out on the streets! After you watch the video, you can get full specs and details on the frame right here!
“Max Bespaliy is too good!!! video promo of this new frame available only at Bmx Avenue in France.“