Well as you may have guessed it the Odyssey Electronical premier was amazing…The house was packed, all the pros were in and Give D! was in full effect reppin’ hard and heavy…

Jim Bauer decided to have some of Give D! run security for the event and I happened to be head of security for the night. Jim even had some custom shirts made up with Odyssey Electronical font in the front and SECURI-D in the back… I was more than happy along with others from D crew to promote positivity and uphold the peace for all of those who attended. The securi-D! for the night consisted of Kyle, Matt Kimbrough, my edge buddy Steve and myself, our duties were to check ID, beat on any possible negative people and ensure everyone in the joint was partying. I drank unlimited amounts of Redbull and Fiji water all while feasting on delicious pizza… The video was really good and our local S.D. Hero Gary held it down with the first part, Taj also had a really creative section and of course Aitken and Aaron Ross both had sections that made the crowd clap and roar with respect. Everyone be sure to pick up the new Odyssey Electronical dvd when it comes out!!! You will shit yourself!! D! to all my Odyssey homies…

Be sure to check out all the photos up on the Ride site and be sure to check out Defgrip for even more photos, courtesy of my boy Nuno!

Also, be sure to check out the Give D! edits that were previously online on Defgrip as well, the Metal D edit was online in Youtube format which is shit and the Take It Easy edit was on the Ride site with a chopped up ending. So go to Defgrip and check out those edits in quicktime format immediately!

Heres a taste of some photos with the D crew from the Electronical premier…

Braden Bear,Kerr Dawg,Adam and Lizz

Smiley Intoxicated Steve and I kickin ass..

Odyssey Securi-D! tee blingin!

As always Grant comes through with a sweet edit of the LNKF crew! If you didn’t see their new shirts you can see those down a few posts from this one!You know you love seeing videos of this crew of dudes who ride BMX better than you…

Oh and whoever it was that wanted that Nathan Williams interview, I think it might of been a few people, I got that going.. but it might be a few days since he’s in Austrailia and doesn’t really have any internet… I don’t think?

If I got paid a dollar for every Youtube video I have watched, I could afford to build a custom bike with the Eastern Ti Grim Reaper. Maybe.
I saw this old school video of DMC on BikeGuide.org

I really wanna see more riding like this now days.

Albes team rider Brandon Dosch has another video of him riding Hidden Valley Trails with Mike “Hucker” Clark. It is pretty awesome

Also remember to check out the deal of the day on the Albes site, today it is the Fly Sergio Bars for like $30..

Also more Dustin Griess stuff!
Dustin has this little mini camera, but basically he strapped it to his peg and belt buckle and filmed stuff. I think you can see me for .5 seconds at the very end sitting haha. But yeah its a crazy perspective.

Heres what it said in the description on Dustin’s Youtube
“At work we sell these little GoPro video cameras, so I decided to take our sample to the skatepark and have a good time with it… You can throw a 2GB SD card in it and record about an hour of audio/video. I was actually quite impressed with the quality, although some tricks get to be quite confusing. I mounted the camera on my belt buckle and on my rear peg. The footjam tailwhips look sweet!”

Dustin Griess and AJ Haines did a demo out in Tacoma, Washington. AJ usually does demos with Chaos On Wheels and they asked Dustin to come ride with them for this demo. This is what Dustin has to say about it.

“Jeremiah from Chaos on Wheels asked AJ and I to do a stunt show in November of 2007 at a Franklin Graham event just outside of Seattle, WA in Tacoma. I was super excited to do this, I have never been out that direction and I love doing shows and riding bikes with AJ. We flew out together and I was just amazed at the scenery out there. It was beautiful everywhere we went.
We did 2 twenty minute shows, inside of the Tacoma Dome with a crowd of about 9,000 people. This is the most people I’ve ever ridden in front of, and AJ and I put on some damn good shows. At one point I was asked to give out a BMX bike to anyone in the audience, so I rode the bike on top of the ramp and let AJ 360 over me. I then rode the bike around the stadium while the crowd cheered for me to give them the bike… I remembered a kid earlier in the day that asked for my autograph and was super excited about being there so I rode over in his direction and picked him out of the crowd. He was ecstatic, the kid went nuts. He ran down and hopped on the bike and seriously took off and rode around in front over everyone, wobbling all over and trying a surfer type move where he stands on the frame of the bike. This was not planned, and he looked like he was about to crash, lol so we called him back over and got him to settle down.
Anyways, the shows went well, but AJ and I also took a day trip out to downtown Seattle and took some photos. It was incredible out there… My good friend Alex Mehl who I used to work with at QBP (then moved to Portland to work for a vendor of ours), came out to visit and film all this video! Thanks Alex! It was a great quick weekend, and I hope to someday make it back out that way.”

I got this from InterBMX.com

New LNKF shirts will be here on Friday. All pre-orders will ship on Friday and Saturday. Heres a look at em then hit up our webstore at http://lnkf.bigcartel.com

Team roster for ’08 is as follows:

Grant Castelluzzo
Jeff Dowhen
Jeremiah Hughes
Mike Hinkens
Erik Ream
Jordy Kilpela

Bro team has become too long to list.

And we still hook up the band “Spare the Rod” (myspace.com/sparetherodnoise)

Lots of roadtrips and media stuff planned for this year including a Props appearance and a few jams. Bars and sprockets should be back in full effect within a few months. For everyone wanting one you will have to wait til then. If you are wanting a shirt and cant order one through the store for some reason, just email me and we can figure something out. ayjay.anderson@gmail.com

Thanks to everyone who supports us, we really appreciate it!!!

AJ

The EIGHTH ANNUAL BICYCLE FILM FESTIVAL is now accepting entries.
Deadline For Entries Is February 19th(-ish)

We are looking for films with a strong theme or character of bicycles. This includes all mediums and styles such as animation, experimental, narrative, dοcumentary and music videos.
The BFF is held in over 15 cities around the world including Tokyo, New York City, Los Angeles, Milan, and London. In 2007 the total BFF attendance was nearly 100,000 people.
BFF is a celebration through film, art and music. Past BFFs has been have included works from legendary artists such as Jonas Mekas, Michel Gondry, Mike Mills and Jorgen Leth. The emerging artist is showcased as well.
The Bike Film Fest is expected to be a huge success in 2008. All cities have been selected and dates for NEW YORK are May 28th – June1st. All other dates will be set within the month.

For more information and entry forms, visit the BFF website: http://www.bicyclefilmfestival.com
hit it up. doesn’t have to be banger after banger… make it a day in a life. here’s your chance to show off them film making skills.
do a roadfools style road trip and dοcument it.

I posted the flyer about the Albes sale that they are having…. Well just an FYI it starts today and runs until the end of the month. So Check their site everyday and maybe you will find something you wanted for super cheap. It’s going to be good stuff not the old stuff you usually see more places putting on sale.

If I am not mistaken, I think it might be this Kink Frame for $89.99… 2008? must be?

Edit: actually I lied, it was this Fly Pantera Fork for $39.99 …