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On The Horizon – Total BMX

September 27, 2012

A few years ago, a new brand emerged from two legends in the U.K BMX scene. One being the insanely technical and talented rider you know as Mark Webb and the other, a name you younger guys might not be as familiar with, Ronnie Remo. The brand? Total BMX.
Since their inception, the brand has grown into a well known name around the world that is stacked with some of the wildest riders in the world. Between the dialed products, their team riders taking top spots at contests around the world and the constant flow of edits that melt your brain, I figured it was due time we get ahold of these guys to find out what exactly they are all about.
We shot Ronnie a bunch of questions about the brand that I think will give you guys an even better understanding of just what this family is all about… Let’s take a look!

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On the Horizon: Ipath

August 20, 2012

Photo: Andrew White

Over the years, Ipath has had a lingering presence in BMX. They’ve always hovered off to the side, doing their thing and creating some dialed shoes. It wasn’t until they brought on Brian Osborne that they started really putting the brand out there in BMX. When Brian joined the crew at Ipath, he brought along a few friends to kick some life back into the team; those friends would be Van Homan, Shane Weston, Seth Kimbrough and Alex Magallan. With the a new team all dialed in and the release of their fresh Fall / Winter 2012 line, I figured it was time to get Brian to answer some questions about his role with the company, the team, the brand as a whole and what they have cooking these days. Let’s see what he had to say!

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On The Horizon: Our Wax

August 10, 2012

A couple months back, I had been seeing some tweets from Grant Castelluzzo and Mike Hinkens about some new wax they were cooking up for their selves to ride with. They were talking about testing and all these different things. For some reason the past year or so, a lot of different brands have been putting out their own wax but none seem to be as unique as what these guys were doing. It didn’t quite click until closer to them dropping the news that they were actually starting up their own company. Last week they launched the brand they are calling Our Wax with their new website and a promotional web video giving you a look at the product and some riding. We figured it would be cool to get ahold of them and find out what exactly they are doing. Let’s find out exactly what Our Wax is all about…

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On The Horizon: Terrible One

July 23, 2012

I can’t remember exactly when I saw a Barcode frame for the first time. It had to be about ten years ago when I was just starting to get to know some of the older guys riding in the scene around where I grew up. I remember that everyone was jealous of the guy with this bomb proof frame by Terrible One. At that time, pretty much all the older guys were riding Standard, DK, S&M or Volume frames. There were even a few guys who were on Gack’s. The thing was, it seemed like everyone still wanted that Barcode frame.
Since then, the reputation for Terrible One has held strong over all these years. They’ve been through a lot of ups and downs in that time too. Throughout it all, they were still producing high quality products. I mean there’s a reason I’m riding a T1 frame today. Because it’s a brand I trust.
Over the last year or two, things have definitely started picking back up for the brand with updated products becoming available and that elusive Cyclops stem that has been up for speculation for the better part of the last 5 years or so getting real close to its release. I figured it would be a good time to get ahold of Joe Rich to see what’s cooking these days. So let’s check out what he had to say!
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On The Horizon: DUB

December 17, 2011

DUB BMX

Over the last few years, I have watched DUB go from web videos, to massive jams, to a full blown rider owned clothing brand. This core group of heavy hitting street riders has gown and expanded with a highly respected reputation in that time as well. Recently, Jack added yet another venture to the mix to better support the riders who support him by opening The Loot. Seeing this put me over the edge and I knew it was more than a good time to find out a little bit about this ever growing brand. Let’s see what DUB is all about…
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On The Horizon: Superstar

November 14, 2011

Superstar BMX

Superstar have been a brand in BMX for just about a decade now. In that time, they’ve survived the ups and downs of the BMX industry with their quality, aesthetically pleasing products. These past few months, the brand has been catching my eye more and more with additions of new team riders and a number of new products. I’ve been talking quite a bit with their team manager, Pierre Blondel, and figured it was more than a good time to find out a little bit more about what this brand is all about. I shot through some questions to Pierre to get the history of the brand, find out more about their current products, where the brand is going and their team. Let’s see what he had to say…
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On The Horizon: Native Bikes

November 7, 2011

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Native is a small brand based out of Florida that has been growing by doing one thing… creating strong, reliable, American made BMX products. Jeff Harrington caught up with the owner, James Covington, to find out what they are all about! Check out this video to find out more about Native and why they kick so much ass. After you check out the video, James is doing a little giveaway for you creative people out there! Find out all the details below.

Filmed and edited by Jeff Harrington

“We want to see your hand made goods. Go to our Facebook Page and add us. Leave a comment with a photo of something you hand made or modified. It can be bike related, it can have absolutely nothing to do with bikes. We, at Native bikes, appreciate many things other than bicycles. We appreciate, above all, hand crafted things. Leave us a photo of your work and give an explanation if needed. At the end of one month we will post our winner. First prize gets a custom leather seat; railed, pivotal, or one piece. The possibilities are endless. you pick the colors, design, and any custom work you want. Two other honorable mentions will get a hand printed t-shirt and trucker hat along with some other goodies!
thanks to everyone in advance and keep it original.” James- Native Bikes

On The Horizon: Shape Bicycles

October 9, 2011

Shape Bicycles

Over the course of the last few months, I’ve been seeing this brand named “Shape” popping up here and there. Each time, there was more backing of it being a real brand and it sparked me attention. I recently got in touch with Sylvain, who owns Shape Bicycles to find out more about this new brand that has been starting to emerge. It turns out that there’s some good things coming from this rider owned brand. Let’s find out a little bit more about this new project…

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