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Soulcycle – Tristan van den Berg 2017

April 25, 2017

The crew at Soulcycle coming through with a fresh batch of footage featuring Tristan van den Berg putting all four of his pegs to heavy use, sending it off a few drops and cruising some fun looking spots. Real solid riding in this one! Take a peek!

“Tristan his 2017 video is crazy! 16 years old and already doing big drops and handrails! Not to mention the technical moves he got on lock! And the best of all, he is only getting better, faster, stronger.
We can’t wait what the future has to bring for Tristan and we are stoked to have him on the Soulcycle team!”

Grove City X Athens, Ohio

April 25, 2017

Brian Gregor sent over this new edit from a trip he took with Robbie Taylor to cruise a few cement skateparks in Ohio with Trey Turner. This has some real solid riding and film work, making for a great watch. Hit play and take it all in!

“My buddy Robbie Taylor and i made the road trip up to Grove city and Athens Ohio to ride some big boy bowls, while we were down there Trey Turner met up with us to catch some clips as well. These are some of the best skateparks I’ve ever been to if you have the time i highly recommend making a trip out to check out this wild place. Robbie Taylor was definitely MVP of the trip.

*just noticed some of the color banding issues in the skys, sorry about that*

Song: Pentagram – Forever my Queen

filmed on Sony a6300 and Sony a6500“

Nowear – Jacob Thiem Raw Clips

April 25, 2017

Here’s a short but sweet video that Nowear sent through featuring Jacob Thiem putting his Nowear DiNello frame to good use at The Kitchen Skatepark out in Indiana. If you aren’t familiar with Jacob yet, you might want to… The kid is a dialed MACHINE. That triple whip at the end is clean!

“Jacob Thiem with a few clips from the Kitchen skatepark.
Jacob rocking his Mike D signature ride and demonstrating 2 key points.
1. The design and geometry allow the bike to be super responsive.
2. The unique virtual top tube gives the rider more clearance for countless tricks such as tailwhips, turndowns no foot cans etc.
Get your American made Nowear frame direct through nowearbmx.com, Albes bmx shop or Mudslingers bmx in Plano Illinois.”

“Standard Def 7” – Matt Smith and Angus Tuttle

April 25, 2017

The Yea have been busy working on their latest video for your viewing pleasure. Today, they dropped the first section from “Standard Def 7” online featuring Matt Smith and Angus Tuttle getting down on a few spots. This is pretty laid back and jibby, but worth a look!

“Filmed by:
Matt Smith
Marc Sechrist
Josh Hymans

Edited by:
Matt Smith“

Kris Fox In A Brisk Commercial

April 25, 2017

We have seen BMX pop up in countless commercials over the years, and it looks like you might just see another one on your TV here soon once again. Here’s a look at a new commercial for Brisk that has a quick look at Kris Fo getting it done. The post production makes it look pretty wild, but yeah. Take a peek!

“Check out b-boying from RJ Puno, BMX tricks from Kris Fox, streetball moves from Mosquito, light paintings from Darren Pearson, streetwear styling by Rob Garcia, and OpTic gamer Hector Rodriguez as they push what’s possible and define what it means to make something “That’s Brisk.””

2017 Vans BMX Pro Cup Series – Malaga Trailer

April 25, 2017

The 2nd round of the 2017 Vans BMX Pro Cup is going down May 5th – 7th in Malaga, Spain! Here’s a quick teaser with clips from the stop in Sydney a few weeks back. This is bound to be a wild one since a lot of the guys riding the contest have had the chance to ride Ruben Alcantara‘s park in Malaga. Either way, we’re bound to see some amazing riding since this place is a bowl riders dream. Get stoked!

“The world’s most talented BMX riders will venture to the southern coast of Malaga to compete in the second stop of the Vans BMX Pro Cup Series at the internationally renowned Ruben Alcantara Skatepark, a bmx rider’s dream terrain, featuring dynamic opportunities for speed and flow. For detailed information on competition format, locations, athletes, sanctioning, tour highlights, photos, videos and more, please visit http://bit.ly/2kIsvC1.“

10 Most Influential S&M Riders?

April 25, 2017

Let’s start your morning off with something that’s bound to get your brain over heated before it even had the chance to wake up. S&M Bikes are working on a book they’re putting together to look back at their 30 years of history and are looking for your help. They need some input on the 10 Most Influential S&M Riders to ever represent the Shield. Above is a photo of six guys who very well qualify for those spots, but that’s just a small number of the riders that have rode for them over the span of 30 years. If you have some suggestions, get on that link to their Facebook page below and chime in!

“We’re busy gathering intel for the 30 Year book over here at HQ and one thing that’s become abundantly clear is that everybody’s got a different take on who the most influential team riders have been over the years. What do you think? Poll on our Facebook.”

Madera – 22mm Bantam Cranks

April 24, 2017

Let’s take a closer look at the new Madera Bantam Cranks….

Are you on the hunt for a new set of BMX Cranks? The crew at Madera have released their new Bantam Cranks that might just be what you’re looking for. These cranks are made right here in the U.S.A in the same place as Profile Racing. The Bantam cranks start out with heat-treated, oversized 4130 chromoly arms that are built to take a some heavy abuse from riding. The arms are connected to a 22mm, 48-spline, Gun Drilled Hollow chromoly axle with 8mm hex aluminum bolts to keep everything tight. Clean and simple design to make things easy.

These cranks have a sprocket boss on the right arm only. That means you can run a bolt-on or spline drive sprocket on the right hand side, but you can only run spline drive on the left side.

You can pick up the Bantam cranks from Madera in matte-black only with a 165mm and 170mm sizes and a weight of 30.04 oz.. These also come with a LIFETIME WARRANTY to the original purchaser, which is always a huge perk. You can pick these up through BMX shops and mail-orders that carry Madera worldwide now for $167.99 now.

Want to see how these BMX cranks are made? Check out this video showing you how they make the cranks down in Florida below!

What do you think of these cranks? Do you have any questions? Let us know in the comments below! We’ll make sure to get you an answer!