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Burly Jam 2015 – Part 1

July 21, 2015

On June 13th, BMX riders from all over the place made their way to Burlington, Iowa to ride the Dankward Skatepark for the one and only Burly BMX Jam! Above is a video that gives you a look at the highlights from the entire day from the riding to the karaoke that that went down at the after party. You can see riding from guys like Bobbie Altiser, Dan Hylton, Jared Schlesselman, Habo Gutierrez and Glenn Salyers. This is what a proper BMX Jam looks like! It’s such a bummer knowing that we won’t be seeing Glenn blasting airs like he is doing in the end anymore. We’ve included a link to donate to his memorial fund below! Expect part 2 soon…

“Burly Jam 2015.

It was a cloudy day in Burlington, Ia on June 13 but that didn’t stop the migration of BMXers to Southeast Iowa from places like Texas, Chicago, New York, and all other dark corners of the Earth. Special thanks to @skateparkrider (Bobby Parker) for organizing this jam and to @twobraketony (Anthony Loconte), @golden_rod (David Buseman), and @murderbikebmx (Jerrod Glasgow) for taking the time to film. Also, thanks to Logan from @letsroastcycles for sponsoring High Air, Justin Marland for sponsoring King of Box and a special thanks to @sethgz (Seth Garrett) for supplying the music all day.

RIP Glenn Salyers” – Bobby Parker

There has been a Glenn Salyers Memorial Fund setup to help out Glenn’s family in this difficult time: Road2Recovery Foundation

Ruan Mosca & Victor Schmidt – Session at Skate Place

July 21, 2015

Ruan Mosca and Victor Schmidt coming through with a split edit from a session at Skate Place! Although this park looks pretty small, these two were still able to put a serious hurting on the rails and ledges in the park. Watch as both of these guys grind everything in sight and come through with some real solid clips.

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Help Out Mullaly Bike Park

July 21, 2015

New York’s first public ramp park, Mullaly, is in need of some help to getting some funding to help revamp the park and allow it to benefit even more riders and youth that are looking to get into action sports. They have set up a GoFundMe Campaign to help raise some funds! If you’re looking to support the cause, hit that link! If you don’t have any money, but want to contribute, pass the link along on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. to make sure as many people see this as possible! There’s been A LOT of BMX history to go down at this park since it opened in 1987, and there’s plenty more to go down! You can find out more about the park by visiting MullalyBikePark.org.

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Volume Bikes – 2016 Complete Bikes Out Now

July 21, 2015

Volume Bikes have released their 2016 complete bikes to BMX shops and mail-orders worldwide! Above is a quick promo video giving you a look at each of the bikes and their color options. If you want a better look, you can check out each bike, along with full specs and details, in our Volume Bikes 2016 Complete Bikes Preview! These are some damn good looking BMX bikes if we may say!

“2016 Volume complete bikes, including our District, Infantry, signature Broc Raiford, and 26″ Hessian are all available now at your local Volume bikes dealer.”

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Glenn Salyers – Unseen Clips

July 21, 2015

It’s still pretty unreal that we lost Glenn Salyers the other day… Anthony Laconte was sitting on a bunch of amazing footage of Glenn for a new video that they were working on, so he put it together for one last final video from one of BMX’s finest riders. This video is an absolute must see. Rest in Peace, Glenn! BMX will never forget you.

“On Friday, July 17, 2015, we lost a special soul. Glenn Salyers was involved in a motorcycle accident, which had taken his life. When I received the news that Saturday morning, I was in disbelief. Fuck, I’m still in disbelief! Glenn was taken way too soon.
Glenn and I were working on a project together, but that project was unfortunately cut short. I compiled all the clips we had in this short lil edit. Glenn was a fucking shredder! Burly and tech! A rare human! He was so good and so smooth! He was honestly one of my favorite riders…to ride and film with!
You will be missed Glenn! The BMX world has lost a legend! Love you dude!
_RIDE IN PEACE_” – Anthony Laconte

The Daily Grind – Scott Steele “Hard Times”

July 21, 2015

The Daily Grind have released Scott Steele‘s section from the “Hard Times” DVD online for your viewing pleasure! This video is packed full of grinds and wild wall rides on a bunch of unique setups, along with plenty of booze and fire. If you’re offended by people lighting cigarettes with burning bibles… This BMX video is probably not for you. Also, this section features Scott’s SUPER gnarly crash from the first Daily Grind video where he almost died, along with him pulling it off finally. Kind of honestly surprised he didn’t rock a helmet, but that’s just us! Either way… Plenty of crazy riding in this! Check it!

Song: Suicidal Flowers “Crystal Chandelier
Filmed and Edited by Ryan Howard

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The Street Series 2015: Glasgow

July 21, 2015

The Street Series 2015: Glasgow a BMX video by freedombmx

The Street Series videos from BMX Day keep pouring in! The guys over at Freedom BMX just hit us with a link to their video from the Glasgow stop! With guys like Alex Donnachie, Dan Paley, Nathan Williams, Fernando Laczko, Sebastion Anton and many, many more out on the streets, you know things got wild! Hit that play button to check out what went down in the BMX video above!

Don’t forget to check out our video from The Street Series 2015: Chicago or the photogallery we dropped, too! — The Street Series 2015: Chicago Photogallery

“Like two years ago, guested The Street Series also 2015. in Glasgow. This time the whole thing was part of the first edition of #bmxday, took place at the same time more stops of Grind sports spectacle in San Francisco, Chicago, Riga and Nagoya. We have Fernando Laczko and Sebastian Anton accompanied to Scotland, where about 250 riders a day, the streets of Glasgow made uncertain. Here are the highlights of an excellent Streetjams. Music: This, That & The Third – Control Instrumental (courtesy of staff Records)”

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How To: Grind Rails with Calvin Kosovich

July 21, 2015

Want to learn how to send some grinds down a handrail on a BMX bike? Well, it’s not as complicated as it might seem! Let Calvin Kosovich give you a little insight into just how to get it done with plenty of examples! This trick is almost more of a mental game than it is physical, that’s for sure.

“The BMX street staple of grinding a rail down stairs is explained by none-other than handrail slayer, Kink pro Calvin Kosovich. Learning to grind a rail down stairs will open up your riding to a whole new world of opportunity. From bombing big steep rails to doing combos on little mellow rails… You can gap into them past the kink, you can grind them and gap into the street, you can grind up them.. The possibilities are virtually endless. Shout out to Calvin for manning the filming, editing, and riding for us this week! Cameo from Andrew Castaneda.” – Ride BMX

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