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Animal Bikes – Andrew Castaneda Welcome to the Pro Team

March 2, 2017

Animal Bikes have given Andrew Castaneda the official bump on up to their PRO TEAM! They have released Andrew’s section from the Animal Facts video to bring the news! Hit play and enjoy the video and get ready to see plenty more of Andrew in 2017!

Hit up the Animal Bikes website for a few more words and photos to go with the news!

You can watch the FULL Animal “Facts” video online right here!

“Welcome to the pro team! Check out Andrew’s tight AF part from the FACTS video. Be on the look out for more from Andrew in 2017.”

Stacked BMX X NLT – Los Angeles Street Jam

March 2, 2017

Stacked BMX and the NLT Crew are back with another street jam! This time around everyone met up in downtown Los Angeles to cruise around to a bunch of street spots. Here’s a video giving you a look at all the action that went down! Despite what looked like rain at the start of the day, the crew lucked out and ended up having a full day of good times. Check it!

“For the month of February we ended up in the beautiful city of Downtown Los Angeles with our boys the Never Learning Tricks Crew. Tons of people showed up, hammers were dropped and we had a fun ass time! Thanks for the support. Stay Stacking my friends!!
Song: Travis Scott -Uptown Ft. Asap Ferg”

Cult X Vans Stripe Tire Promo Featuring Dakota Roche

March 2, 2017

Cult and Vans have added a new option to their very popular tire collaboration. Up top you can check out this fresh promo video featuring Dakota Roche putting the Cult X Vans tire with the Red Stripe to good use.

The Cult X Vans tire has the Vans Classic Waffle pattern all over giving you plenty of traction, high pressure sidewalls and comes in 2.20″ and 2.35″ sizes. You can find the Red Stripe on the Black, Black with white wall and gum with red stripe and white wall tires. Available now for $27.99 through BMX shops and mail-orders that carry Cult worldwide.

Ultimate X – Qualifying, Finals & Best Trick Highlights

March 2, 2017

Curious what went down this past weekend at the Ultimate X Fest in South Africa? Here’s a raw cut of footage from qualifiers, finals and best trick all packed into one video for your viewing pleasure. Plenty of wild riding to check in from some of your favorite riders! Check it!

“Highlights from South Africa’s biggest BMX contest, Ultimate X. Featuring riding from Pat Casey, Brock Horneman, Reed Stark, Greg Illingworth, Brian Fox, Vince Byron, Daniel Dhers, Ben Wallace, and many more.” – Ride BMX

Woodward East – VIP: Tree Bicycle Co.

March 2, 2017

Last summer some of the Tree Bicycle Co. team spent a week out at Woodward East. Here’s a video giving you a look at what they got into on all of the different ramps from bowls to the vert ramp and mega ramp. Plenty of dialed riding to take in, in this one!

“The Tree Bicycle Company crew has been making a yearly trip to Woodward Camp for as long as we can remember. The riders may have changed but the amazing times and great riding remain the same. Click play and enjoy some clips from Nathan Wallace, Habo Gutierrez and Dylan Gold from a week in central Pennsylvania.

Filmed/Edited: Josh Babu
Thumbnail Photo: Nathan Wallace – Shot by Josh McElwee”

X Games “Real BMX” 2017 Riders and Filmers Announced

March 2, 2017

It’s that time of the year again! X Games have just announced the 6 riders that will be filming a video part for the “Real BMX” contest! Like last year, each rider will be working with one filmer to create their best video part possible. After that there will be a fan vote, and then judges that will pick the winners.

The “Real BMX” riders for 2017 will be.

1. Alex Donnachie

2. Chad Kerley

3. Demarcus Paul

4. Nathan Williams

5. Colt Fake

6. Dave Krone

We were surprised to see Colt Fake’s name pop up again for this since he had a Real BMX section last year. We are assuming he got picked to do another video because he won the Fan Vote. Regardless, we’re stoked to see what he cooks up again.

Each rider has officially announced who they will be filming with as well…

Currently out in Portugal ?? filming for an @xgames #realbmx part with @davesowerby So honoured to be a part of this event ????? @bakosphoto
A post shared by Alex Donnachie (@alex_donnachie) on Feb 28, 2017 at 11:43am PST

As soon as we saw Alex Donnachie will be filming a part, we knew there was no way he would be going with anyone beside BSD‘s filmer, Dave Sowerby. Sure enough, that was his pick and we’re bound to see something amazing out of those two.

Hyped on the invite from @xgames to work on a #RealBMX part with @christianrigal. It's lit!
A post shared by CK (@chadkerley) on Feb 28, 2017 at 10:06am PST

We knew as soon as we saw Chad Kerley on the list that he will be working with Christian Rigal for his section. That’s one hell of a duo that always yields amazing results.

Beyond thankful and unbelievably stoked that @mikemastroni and I will be part of the @xgames #realbmx contest this year! The videos will air on ABC this June!
A post shared by DeMarcus Paul (@demarcuspaul) on Feb 28, 2017 at 10:08am PST

We’re weren’t shocked to see that Demarcus Paul will be working with Volume Bikes filmer Mike Mastroni for his section. They’ve been filming together for a few years now and it makes for a super good team.

So stoked and grateful to get invited to film a part for @xgames #RealBmx with @peteradam this year! It's going to be a fun next couple weeks!
A post shared by Nathan Williams (@united_nathan) on Feb 28, 2017 at 10:50am PST

We weren’t quite sure if Nathan Williams would go with his go to guy, Will Stroud, for his section, but it looks like he’s going to use United‘s go to filmer, Peter Adam for his video. That’s another super dialed pick for a filmer. Peter has been producing some phenomenal videos for a while now, so they should end up with a banger of a video.

Hey everyone! Super excited to announce that @darryltocco and I will be at it again for @xgames #realbmx. We are mid way through filming and can't wait to finish! coming out in June! Thank you again @stew1201 for this amazing opportunity
A post shared by Colt Fake (@coltfake) on Feb 28, 2017 at 10:00am PST

Colt Fake has announced on Instagram that he will be working with Darryl Tocco again. That’s one hell of a combination that we know will produce good results.

Super stoked ?on the invite to 2017 @xgames #Realbmx video project with @yo_navaz
A post shared by y☮guy (@kavedrone) on Feb 28, 2017 at 9:58am PST

Dave Krone will be working with Ryan Navazio for the contest. You already know with Ryan handling the film work things will be looking top notch.

So that is a look at the X Games Real BMX Riders and Filmers for 2017! Who do you think will be taking the win this year? Let us know in the comments below what your vote is now!

BMX The Game – Virtual Reality City Builder Tool

March 2, 2017

Here is a video we had sent through that really caught our attention. For those of you that have been following a number of the BMX Games that are either available or in development, here’s an interesting bit of news you may not have heard yet. It turns out BMX The Game have been working on a new tool that uses Virtual Reality to build out your own city to ride. If you ever played the Dave Mirra and Mat Hoffman games, Skate, or Tony Hawk games, you were able to build out your own skateparks and spots to ride. Take that but step things up to a 2017 level where you can use a virtual reality headset to create an entire spot. Above is a short video giving you a look at what the BMX The Game crew have been working on. It will be interesting to see what comes from this.

“Teasing our internal city builder tool with Oculus Rift

App description:
A virtual reality application which allows the user to build and decorate the city, placing objects and props like cars, street lamps, trees, benches, in a super intuitive way, using it’s hands. It’s a perfect application to build fast while you gets a realistic sense of presence and scale. This app is used daily to enrich the city with content in an easy, intuitive and entertaining way without specific knowledge.

For the players
This app has been designed as an internal city builder tool and also for BMX The Game players who have VR technology. The VR abilities will be also used into game editors such as park editor and terrain editors.
The users will be able to create their own bike parks on a delimited terrain, with a very extensive library of objects, including ramps, boxes, railings and many other objects.

How to use:
The user can go anywhere – using a typical teleporting system – in the city and place the props just pointing with their hands. Once a prop is placed, is possible to handle it. This means moving, rotate or scale it just using the hands, handling it virtually.

The user has a comfortable UI which allows to browse the props library at any time.”

“Blueprint” Crash Section

March 2, 2017

When it comes to riding, there’s always going to be crashes… Some gnarlier than others. When the guys were filming the “Blueprint” video back in 2001, there were A LOT of heavy slams that happened. Here’s the crash section from the video that’s bound to make you squirm at least a little bit! Hit play and take these BMX crashes in! It’s safe to say by now these scars have healed up.

“This is one of the most brutal wreck sections in a bmx video. Infact i would think in any video. Serious carnage in here!” – Snakebite