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Action Wheels Bike Shop – 2nd Annual Hosed Jam

June 6, 2016

The crew at Action Wheels threw their second annual Hosed Jam in Pennsylvania the other weekend. Above is a highlight reel of what went down. Although it looks like it was a scorcher, it’s obvious everyone had a damn good time! Check it!

“The 2nd Hosed Jam went down on May 28th all thanks to Action Wheels Bike Shop. It was a hot one, and a lot of people came out regardless of the all the heat. Let’s see what next year will bring. Devin Albino, Ryan Muschlitz, Jay P, Dylan Heckman, Aeden Fehr, Coty Gibson, Davon, and many more held it down and dropped some hammers.
FILMED: Scott Effting @jibdam
EDITED: Scott Effting @jibdam
SONG: (Free Beat) “Trippy” Instrumental (Prod. By Mad Money)”
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Everett Burrell 2016 Video

June 5, 2016

The Krusty Krew sent through this fresh BMX video from Everett Burrell who was staying busy putting in work on the streets until he got locked up for a little while. Not sure why he’s in jail, hopefully it’s not because of a weird obscure law about 360ing over somebody defecating in a parking cone… But you never know. Either way, hit play and check out some real solid riding.

“Everett had plans to film a few more bangers for this but he got into some trouble and is currently in jail. He wants everyone to know he is doing alright and plans to ride harder than ever once he gets out.

Filmed and edited by Curtis Cantwell”
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X Games 2016 – BMX Dirt Finals Highlights

June 5, 2016

Earlier today was X Games 2016 BMX Dirt Finals in Austin, Texas. Despite some wind, the rain from the previous days held out and they were able to let the guys throw down on the course. Above is a look at a highlight reel of the riding, a few of the crashes and plenty of examples of how Kevin Peraza ended up with the win!

“The wind was heavy, but fortunately it was a tailwind, so all the riders had to do was just pull back more and go higher. The dudes had three runs with two runs counting and, as you should already know, Kevin Peraza walked away with a highly-deserved gold medal…his first ever. Kyle Baldock definitely put on a show, but couldn’t stay on his bike for two of his three runs.” – Ride BMX
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Kevin Peraza Wins X Games 2016 BMX Dirt

June 5, 2016

X Games 2016 BMX Dirt just wrapped up and after all the dust settled, Kevin Peraza ended up in the top spot with Ben Wallace and James Foster taking the top 3. Hit play to check out each of their best runs that lead them to their podium finishes. Plenty of amazing riding despite the wind being a big factor.

2nd Place: Ben Wallace

3rd Place: James Foster

Colony BMX – Nathan Sykes at the Hippy Bowl

June 5, 2016

Here’s one to break up all the X Games coverage for you. Here’s a short but sweet video Colony just dropped of Nathan Sykes getting down at the Hippy Bowl! Plenty of style in this one!

“Nathan Sykes gets in an afternoon session at the Hippy Bowl and lays down a few clips for the camera.

Filmed and edited by Cooper Brownlee.

Track: Handbook – https://soundcloud.com/handbook”

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Scotty Cranmer – X Games 2016: Day 6

June 5, 2016

Scotty Cranmer wrapping up his X Games series for you guys. Here’s a little look at how his day went down from waking up to a super painful trip to the hospital after a ROUGH slam during his run to lead to a broken back. Luckily he should be okay! Hit play and take it all in!

“Our last day of the 2016 summer X Games was definitely not what I expected. We started the day off with rain once again. So we drove from the hotel to the Circuit Of Americas with hopes of a break in weather and to our surprise the course was dry! We started a hectic full practice where I saw 3 near collisions on course and before i even got a chance to drop in the rain began again! The course was soaked and I helped clear off the puddles to get the contest started before the rain started again. As the contest began all the riders started sending some insane tricks so i knew i had to bring my A game! I dropped in and had an amazing start to my run and I did a backflip double tail whip over the box and as i landed on my backwheel and braced myself to rely on the brake to correct my position my brakes snapped and i looped out insanely hard on my butt. It hurt so bad and i couldn’t breathe no matter how hard i tried.. Finally after 2 minutes i got my wind back and I made my way back to the medical tent where i realized just how hurt i really was.. I jumped in the EMS vehicle and they took me to the hospital for evaluation. I was in a lot of pain so they did a CT scan and that showed a grade 1 compression fracture in my T8 vertebrae so yes I broke my back riding Xgames.. I never thought that I would ever be able to say that and it’s crazy to think just how lucky I actually am to be able to walk away from this scary crash. I am so bummed and frustrated about the crash because I wasn’t at fault because of my riding I crashed because my bike broke on me.. Such a crumby X games for me but still i had such an amazing time and I am already excited for next year!”
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X Games 2016 – BMX Park Finals Highlights

June 5, 2016

Yesterday some serious hammers went down during the X Games BMX Park Finals! Ride BMX dropped this highlight reel of footage of all the best riding footage from Dennis Enarson and everyone else for your viewing pleasure! Hit play and check it out!

“All the whips, flips, and falls from X Games 2016 Park Finals. Good to see a solid representation of BMX styles in the top five riders and congrats to the top three: Dennis Enarson, Logan Martin, and Kyle Baldock.”
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Alex Coleborn Wins 040 Invitational Spine Ramp Contest

June 5, 2016

Just because the X Games are going down this weekend doesn’t mean there aren’t other contests going on. Yesterday the 040 BMX Park Invitational went down in Eindhoven and based off the photos and press release below, it sounds like things went off. Alex Coleborn took the win and Kevin Liehn pulled off the best trick. Check out the full press release and a bunch of rad photos by our friend Aaron Zwaal below! There’s bound to be a couple videos that pop up from this one sooner than later, too.

“Alex Coleborn wins inaugural 040 Invitational Spine Ramp contest in Eindhoven

Best trick for German Kevin Liehn

(Eindhoven, Netherlands 5 June 2016). The BMX Spine Ramp contest in the city centre of Eindhoven proved once again that you can bring BMX to the people. The 040BMXPARK ramp appeared to be a great asset to a successful BMX event that attracted riders from all over the place and an audience that stopped on their shopping spree to watch some high level BMX riding.

The day started early with the Wildcard class. 5 spots were up for grabs to ride the main event that started later on in the day. Pim Scheers (NED) blasted to first followed by Levi Weidman (NED) and Sem Kok (AMERICA). The last two available places went to Niels van Maren (NED) and Jari Roggeveen (NED) and each one of them were stoked they would get to ride the ramp again with the 19 invited riders who made the trip to Eindhoven. After some solid riding in the sunshine, 12 riders were selected to ride the final. The more time that was spent on the ramp, the more the riders got used to it. With €5000,= prize money available for the top 7, the finalists had to blast two more times.

7th place went to Daniel ‘Naran’ Penafiel from Spain who has his own riding style and brings tricks that noone else does. He double footplanted the wall for instance and did huge superman seatgrabs over the 2 meter high spine. You don’t get to see turndown backflips to fakie every day either. A pleasure for the eye for sure. Paul Thoelen from Germany simply goes higher than anyone and cranks variations on the quarters with lots of style. In fact, he makes everything look good including his Bri-flips, flairwhips and 540 footjams on the extension. It was hard to get Tom Justice (GBR) off the ramp. He had a smile on his face during his runs and kept on riding. Tom was enjoying it so much that kept adding trick after trick until he really ran out of steam. 5th place was his. Canadian Joel Bondu almost made the podium on his first visit to Eindhoven. Joel didn’t disappoint and brought tech tricks with lots of barspins, tailwhips and flairs. He also pulled a 180 triple barspin over the spine that didn’t go unnoticed. Local Daniel Wedemeijer (NED) got the first podium spot. Bronze was for him for riding different than others and riding both ways. His trick of the day was his fufanu on the fence at the DJ/Judges area. The shopping crowd decided to stay a little longer to see some more. Kostya Andreev (RUS) missed out on practice on Friday night but a true pro can adapt to a ramp quickly. It’s amazing how Kostya thinks. He pulled his first decade air on a quarter that day and later on tried a decade air to barspin because he figured he had enough time for it. Kostya packs many tricks in one run and the judges rewarded him with 2nd place.

First place was for Alex Coleborn who flew in from England for the Spine Ramp contest. Alex has the full package; tech, speed, tricks, skills, which you needed to win the comp. Alex stated that the ramp was the best transportable mini he’d ever ridden which shows he felt comfortable on it and was having a good time. Flair whips, 3 double whips, footjam variations, if you know what Alex is capable of, you have an idea of what it looked like, or just wait for the video, out soon. His score of 89,125 points over second place points of 85,625 are a good indication of how much he ruled the Spine Miniramp at the 18 Septemberplein. The Best trick award was for Kevin Liehn (GER) with a barspin disaster to 360 tire tap tailwhip in.

The very first 040 Invitational contest was a big success. Hats off to everyone involved. 2017 can’t come soon enough.
Final results 040 Invitational 2016:
1. Alex Coleborn (GBR)
2. Kostya Andreev (RUS)
3. Daniel Wedemeijer (NED)
4. Joel Bondu (CAN)
5. Tom Justice (GBR)
6. Paul Thoelen (GER)
7. Daniel Penafiel (ESP)
8. Cam Peake (GBR)
9. Zdenda Pesek (CZE)
10. Tobias Freigang (GER)
11. Kevin Liehn (GER)
12. Shaun Gornall (GBR)

Best trick: Kevin Liehn (GER) Barspin disaster to 360 tire tap tailwhip in.

Photos by Aaron Zwaal”