Here’s a little sneak peek I spotted over on The Merged of the new investment cast fork that The Shadow Conspiracy is working on. The details that have gone into this look amazing and I’m excited to see what it’s all about at Interbike in September!
Foundation BMX – 4Down Park Sessions: Louis Robinson
Foundation BMX‘s Louis Robinson recently got some time on the 4Down warehouse ramps where he was able to film this rad new edit loaded with a ton of real good riding. Check out the video, then hit THIS LINK to check out the fresh bike check with Louis up on the 4Down site that went with this edit.
“The First installment from our recent visit to the 4Down/Etnies Park is from our boy of the moment Louis Robinson. Louis’s tech ability never ceases to amaze me. Kid can double bar as quick as most can single! Big thanks to 4Down for helping us with this, and a massive thanks to James Cox for the use of some of his toys!
Music: Clear Soul Forces – Get No Better”
Monster Recon Tour: Premises Park
The Monster Recon Tour made it’s way to Tucson, Arizona for the Premises Skatepark where it looks like a ton of awesome riding went down. It’s crazy to see how good kids are now days and this video is a good example showing you just how good the upcoming scene in Arizona is!
“The eighth stop of the Monster Army Recon Tour presented by Replay XD at Premises Park was insane! Three levels of screaming fans rattled the scaffolding throughout the building so hard that no one even realized they were in the middle of a full on monsoon. Ryan Guettler slayed it on the mic (as usual) and made sure everyone lost their voices by the end of the contest. We have never witnessed this much energy and excitement from the fans and athletes and Arizona definitely proved to us that BMX is here to stay.
The 13-15 age group kicked off the contest, setting the tone for a day all about good music, crazy riding and straight raw talent. Antonio Chavez from Chandler, AZ is one of the youngest cats around but knows how to win contests. Next up was the 16+ group where River Walden proved he was worthy of the top spot in a division full of flair whips and front flips. Finally we reached the Play Open division with 27 competitors all battling for the golden ticket to make the Recon Tour Play Am finals at Mike Spinner’s house. The energy and excitement in the building was bursting through the seams. Mother Nature wanted to get involved and say hello with a massive monsoon that put us in a rain delay for 30 minutes. This was the perfect time for the most insane product toss of the tour with the DJ dropping beats and Ryan Guettler even stage diving from the second story of the Park. The rain stopped and the contest continued with the most exciting and drama filled finals we have held yet. Everyone was putting their body on the line with huge transfers and endless combos of tricks. The drama continued with Wesley Hark and Alex Hiam going head to head throwing everything on the line. Wesley had the fire in his eyes and proved that he was not walking away without the golden ticket. He threw down the biggest barrel roll transfer anyone has ever done in the park to date. He earned his ticket and became the 8th rider to make it to the Play Am Finals.
Special thanks to our tour partners Monster Army, Hookit, Replay XD, A3, Vans, XRyderz, Madcatz, Pro-Tec, Movietickets.com, Hyper BMX, Mike Spinner, Ryan Guettler, David Peraza, Fat Tony, Ian Abbott and his Premises Park, and every single person who volunteered from the Premises staff to make this such an amazing event.
Final results from each division:
Play Open Final Results:
1st- Wesley Hark
2nd- Alex Hiam
3rd- Corey Foster
16 + Final Results:
1st- River Walden
2nd- Orus Bronson
3rd- Cory Clark
13-15 Final Results:
1st- Antonio Chavez
2nd- Kirk Bratt
3rd- Trevyn Gibbs“
Sneak Peek: BSD – New 2014 Product
Head over to The Merged to get the low down on all the latest products from BSD like David Grant’s Raider bars, the Slinger and Stamp seat along with Tony Malouf’s new signature Beverage seat. click here to take it all in!
United – Colors of Etnies UK Tour
With the new United X Etnies collaboration dropping soon in the U.K, they figured it would be a good time to do a little shop tour with Nathan Williams, Corey Martinez and Geoff Slattery. Check out where they will be and when starting August 5th in the flyer and info below!
“To celebrate the latest collaboration between Etnies and United, Nathan Williams, Corey Martinez and Geoff Slattery will be touring the UK this summer.
Come check the guys out at these stops:
5 August
2 PM: Signing at Hardcore Hobbies
5 PM: Demo at Area 25
https://www.facebook.com/hardcore.hobbies
6 August
2 PM: Signing at Flo Skatepark
4 PM: Demo at Flo Skatepark
https://www.facebook.com/custom.riders
7 August
2 PM: Signing at Volt BMX
5 PM: Demo at Clissold Park Bowl
https://www.facebook.com/voltbmx“
#Crmotour – Days 1 and 2
I completely blew it and thought I posted up day one of the Custom Riders trip until day two dropped today and I realized that I didn’t. So now we have two days from the trip for you to check out! Check out the crew getting down at the Flitwick plaza and MK street spots in day one, then Peterborough and the Flo for day two. Awesome riding and some rad spots to get some riding in at.
“#CRMOTOUR
www.customriders.com
Angus Gough
Jack “zoot” Clark
Ashley Douglas
www.decbrooks.com Inc…
Aaron Nicholson
Kriss Bunnage
Tom Just-ice
Harry Barrett
Chris Mole“
Leah Brideson – USA X CAN Trip
It’s awesome seeing so many girl riders these days. Check out this rad video from the trip Leah Brideson and Brendan Boeck took to the U.S and Canada from Australia last year! Looks like it was an awesome time and they were able to hit a fair number of places during their trip.
“Leah and I travelled through Canada and parts of the United States late 2012. We had such an amazing time seeing the sights and riding our BMX bikes. You’ll see clips from NYC, The Rocky Mountains, SLC, Syracuse, Saskatoon, Airdrie, Phlugerville and ATX. A massive thanks go out to all our amazing friends and wonderful people who looked after us and showed us such humble hospitality in your countries.
Adam Matteis
The Fishers
Matt ‘Turndown’ Schilling & Michele Maciejewski
Chris Bourke
Lindsay Hale & Nina Buitrago
Rider
Leah Brideson
(Wallnut Creek riders: Danielle Windhausen & Lindsay Hale)
Filmed/Edited
Brendan Boeck A.K.A B-Dog
Music
Xavier Rudd – Black Water
‘Dark Shades of Blue’
xavierrudd.com/
Graphic Design
Bohie Palecek
facebook.com/BohiePalecekSignwriting
bohiepalecek.wordpress.com/
IG: @bohie
Additional Filming
Nina Buitrago“
The Long Way Back (Summer Is Done)
I don’t like that the title says Summer Is Done… because it feels like it just got started. But I do like this video! The Vancouver area has a ton of super dialed cement parks and Chris Volkow and Emre Ogutcen were able to hit up a bunch of them in the two trips they took! Take a look at this one!
“Took 2 consecutive road trips thanks to Emre getting deals on our rental cars.
First trip was to Vancouver Island, the plan was to ride as many skate parks as possible and on the second trip we drove to the Okanagan to do the very same thing. In total we rode 9 skate parks in a period of 5 days.
After wrapping up at Penticton we had to take the long way back home due to the fires in Peachland. We all had a blast and I would like to thank everyone involved with these trips especially Emre for being the go to guy and Trevor for hosting us 6 riders for the weekend.” – Chris “Fish” Volkow