Simple posted up their new print ad featuring Jeremy Muller and his signature frame. This ad shot by Alex Piechta can be found in the new issue of 20/20.
Jobs: Tree – Sales Position
Too soon?
Good with Quickbooks? Enjoy working in sales? Tree have a new position open and are looking for applicants. Here’s a few words from them about the job…
“Whats up everyone? At Tree we have a spot for a new sales/purchasing person open. We are looking for someone to head up sales and to make purchase orders. The individual MUST be able to use Quickbooks software, and have professional sales experience preferably in the bike industry. We are looking for a person with a positive attitude, who is easy to work with, self motivated, respectful, knowledgeable, and confident. If you meet the requirements, and feel like this sounds like you, then contact us at info@treebicycleco.com.“
Diversion 6.0 Edit
“A BMX flatland video by Bobby K. Carter: Directed, produced, and edited by Bobby K. Carter. People around the earth are connected by Flatland BMX. Asia has become a dominant force, paving the way to the future for riders around the globe. Journey through the dominion of the five dragons and visit riders in Singapore, Malaysia, and Japan as they make dreams reality.” – Bobby Carter / Diversion
Spotted on FatBMX.
Sunday – Scot Draper Bike Check
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I’ve never had the chance to meet Scot Draper, but I do know he’s a Midwest legend. Sunday posted up this bike check of his new Conductor build. You can find all the specs by hitting that link to the Sunday site.
Product: Stolen Team 2.5 Cranks
Stolen‘s new team 2.5 cranks are available now.
Matthias Dandois Starts BadB**** Bikes
Flatland street mind melter, Matthias Dandois, recently left his bike sponsor A Bad Thing. People who don’t follow flatland very closely (I dabble in the crazy videos but that’s about as far as my knowlege goes), probably had no idea he had something like starting his own bike company in the works. The new brand is listed as “BadB****”, so I’m going to assume that means BadBitch, which is pretty funny. Based on how much attention his riding gets, I’d imagine this won’t be a poor decision on his part. Here’s a few words about this news..
“As you know, I left A Bad Thing and I didn’t have any frame sponsor since then.
I have the awesome opportunity to launch my own project, Of course I don’t do it alone. with the help of Yohei “Ucchie” Uchino and Ares Byke Company, we launch “SuperB***”, A new bike company.
The team rider will be Ucchie, Tsutomo Kitayama, Kotaro Arai and Me. I’ll choose some rider in France to build a flow team so it might be pretty cool!
The prototype of the frames are en route and you know me, It’s gonna be street oriented!
Of course I’m still on Odyssey for the rest of my bike!
For now on this is all I can say, More news soon!” – Matthias Dandois
Spotted on Flatmatters
Eastern 2011 Catalog Shoot Edit
“Last summer we had the Eastern Pro Team come out to shoot photos for the 2011 Eastern Bikes catalog. A few of the Am, Vet and Test team were also on hand to take part in the action. I filmed the weekend events but much to my dismay, I misplaced the SD card that I shot everything on. Just a few weeks ago it resurfaced and here is the video. Enjoy.” – Eastern
MUSIC
HEATHER DUBY
“See You Below”
The Hunt
Today, The Hunt was announced. What the hell is The Hunt? Well, it’s a new project from the mind of Justin Kosman with the help of Odyssey, Vans and Monster to motivate some of the best filmers in the world to produce one hell of a video.
The site dropped today with an almost secretive approach to what’s going on. The Mission statement on the site is the only real clue as to what’s going on. The only thing I can think of in the past that is similar to this, is the old Aspire video contests, and even then the money and invite wasn’t there. Check out the mission statement from the site..
“The Hunt is the new arena for independent BMX productions. With nearly $10,000 in cash and prizes, it’s a project that our sponsors believe in. We also believe that all riders should have a say in who wins – that’s why after the field is narrowed down to twenty semi-finalists, the fate of the DVD will be left in the hands of the people. Not all videos should die a quick death on the internet, that’s why releasing the top ten video parts on a limited edition DVD. The contest is open to an invited number of filmers and riders from around the world. If you feel like you have a shot at this and haven’t been invited, please e-mail a link to a sample vid or the idea for your video part to hello@thehuntbmx.com. Otherwise, you’ll be hearing from us.”
The $10,000 prize break down can be found by hitting this LINK. There’s a long list of filmers that popped up as to who could have been invited, but I really couldn’t say who is for sure in or out. There’s also probably going to be 500 people submitting to get involved.
There is also an interview with Justin on Defgrip about what The Hunt is all about.
All the information that’s available about The Hunt can be found at TheHuntBMX.com with more clues coming in from their twitter @TheHuntBMX.
I’m looking forward to seeing where this goes because it can only go well. Expect more when there’s more to be found.
