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Anytime Jam Photos right there. The photos are by Chris Luton and he was nice enough to let me post them up. Alfredo is my hero, he has some good photos in there! But yeah check those out.
edit: I forgot to mention the last photo is of another dude doing fakie to front flips.. people learn stuff too quick I don’t get it.
I’ve gotten to know Thomas from KHE since QBP started carrying their products about three years ago. Since then I have had the pleasure of getting to know him through venues such as Interbike and the QBP open house dubbed Frostbike. Thomas is a smart guy, and is very funny, once you get through that thick German accent that is. He and his brother Wolfgang have been in BMX for many years. As you will be able to see by the photos that Thomas sent me for the interview. Take some time to read about KHE. oh and keep in mind that his first language is not English, so take it easy on his grammar and word placement.
Enjoy…..
-iTod.
Full Name:
Thomas Göring
Thomas (L) and Wolfgang (R) at the QBP open house, “frostbike”
Where are you from?
Germany . Karlsruhe is the name of the city (K’he is the short name of our city)
KHE’s first logoHow long have you been involved with BMX?how many years has KHE been around what was the first part you made?
KHE start 1988 and the first part was the Do-Peg. At this time there were no good pegs out and I think that I can make a better one.
KHE was one of the first companies to put thought into a freecoaster, what was your drive to try and perfect such a complicated part?
Yes that’s for sure a freecoaster is really the most complicated part on a freestyle bike because all the small parts have to hold so much pressure special on jumps and grinds. KHE build the first complete bike with a Freecoaster maybe 15 years ago. We always try to make the hub better and try to find better and stronger bearings because not everybody riding as smooth as Bruce lol . To make things like a frame, bar, saddle with Velo base, cnc stem… is not really so hard if you know the right makers. Also many companies using a Taiwan hub change the hub body abit and put their names on…we try to make with the HURE, Geisha & Reverse something own but this are the parts who makes real fun to me.
KHE’s first office
KHE started out as a flatland specific company correct? How has it been making parts now for the all around rider?
No we not really start as a flatland specific company. My friends and me was riding more flatland but the parts we offered like the Grinddisc, Grindpegs, bars.. was special made for Ramp/Street.
KHE’s first product assortment.
With the Jason Davis frame the Beater we did a great all around Street/Ramp frame what also rode Jamie Bestwick in the 2 years he was riding for khe.
Bestwick when he rode for KHE
What percentage of your business is Flat and what percentage is Street/park/dirt?
I remember this ad, Thomas also sent me a full beaver and tit shot of this model… Should I post it?
KHE puts a lot of thought and engineering into their parts. who is the Main brain there at KHE, and what input does the team have in the products you make?
I think to make the right parts you need many things…a good team who gives you also feedback from what they like and don’t like, to have the right makers who can also make the quality we looking for, good relation ship to makers that the new parts you design with them not finally copied and goes to each other company. Many ideas comes from my side but I work with two designers (Guiom & Bram) who help me to bring the ideas to drawings and they give also a lot of input & design to the parts we like to do. The rider input is real important special for their signature stuff and each other part we doing.
There are a few new parts or revisions coming in 2008 which ones are you most excited about?
The bar stem combo, adjustable hub (more later), our new 08 bike line, light weight Cirrus bar & Cirrus fork who save the weight of a stem, Astral frontwheel, white MAC tires.
three words….
bar stem combo?
the next generation
Americans?
Beer, big tits & fast food
The Minnesota cold?
nothing comes close
You spend a good amount of time traveling to different countries, and events. do you still find time to ride at all?
On the time we start with the company I rode really a lot with my friends and always around on competitions but the business was growing always step by step and the time for riding becomes less. I still ride but more on the weekend.
Yeah dude Yeah!
Is there anyone special that you would like to thank?
Yes big thanks to our KHE team (includes all riders, people who works at khe), Guiom & Bram, Mark, all riders, dealers and distributors, you for the interview & my parents to help us special on the beginning with the company!
Old KHE catalog
“This video is historically significant. It documents the first ever BMX event in a public skate park in the greater Tucson area (Marana is a suburb smack on the northern border of Tucson).”
-JDC from Redendo.com
Dave Freimuth took some cool pictures at the Undercover contest, you can see those over at MidwestBMX.net
This is the Ryan Chadwick/Bink part from “I got work”, it was posted up on the SWbmx.com website.. I was stoked on Binks part since he is from close by to where I am from but now in Arizona and I never get to see him ride anymore so it’s cool to see what he is up to.
edit: I took out the video since it threw off the whole site, to check it out just go to the SWBMX.com website and check it.. sorry dudes
And you can check out Bink’s interview I did with him the the left in the interviews box.
The 5th annual Undercover BMX Lover Contest went down this past Sunday. Undercover Skate Park has been kept in business for about 7 years now by the infamous BACO pioneer/general mad man Mark Hilson. Mark is known for crazy stories and knowing the most random people. It was no surprise that there were 3 Hooters girls at the contest announcing with Micah Kranz and handing out the prizes. Not to mention grinding each other and playing with a 3ft dildo that Casey Strong brought along… Anyways…
The contest went off super smooth and everyone was shredding all day long, ill try to keep this short to just highlight some things since you will be able to catch footage of the contest in an upcoming issue of PROPS. Some of the crazy lines came from locals Tommy Kerrigan who wall rode the back wall that sits a good 10 ft behind the quarter, local Rob Warning pedal 270ing a 9 ft high sub wall, Joey Augustine tailwhip a 10ft quarter to quarter gap, and Robert King with some super fast flowing lines.
Mykel Larin was going off like usual, he snapped a crank arm flipping the spine, and kept on trying to front flip the box only to hit his tire of the rafters sending him straight to his back. Koji Kraft was also there and shredding with whips to nose picks and other craziness. Federal flow rider Josh Eilken was also there doing some super original freecoaster/brakeless lines, be sure to keep an eye on this dude. Lots of other good stuff went down; I can’t give it all away! Keep an eye on deadendarmy.com in the next couple days for some photos! Also be sure to check the PROPS issue that it will be in! Thanks again to Mark Hilson for putting this on, Undercover lives to see another day! And thank’s Kurt for letting me type this up! Sorry about my spelling and grammar!
Go shred! Brian Hinckley/Dead End Army
Nick’s friend emailed me an edit of him to go along with the interview below…
Nick Summerlot from Kyle Mullen on Vimeo.
I don’t think you know who this kid is, I don’t. However I think he needs to be heard of, why your asking? Well because the damn kid does 1080s out of a quarter! If you saw the video on The Come Up the other day you would know what I am talking about, incase you missed the video, it is at the bottom of this.
Name:
Nick Summerlot
Location:
Greencastle Indiana
Any sponsors at all?
Nope
Where did you learn to spin so fast!?
I don’t know, I guess it sorta came natural.
When did you realize you could get the 1080?
Two days ago. I was messing around with 720’s, and decided to try a 900. I somehow ended up getting a 900 like first or second try. When I told my friends this they told me I should try 1080, of course I thought they were crazy, but the next day at school thats all I could think about, so when I went to the park I started trying them, and I guess it worked out
How long have you been riding?
Four or Five Years
Outside of the 1080 what other tricks do you got on lock?
Tables, turndowns, hang-nothings, tuck no-handers, I love handrails, 180’s over boxes, and going really high…if thats a trick
Any shout outs or thanks?
My mom, Luke Becker, Clark Becker, Kyle Mullen, Brownsburg kids, Josh, Salsa, pretty much everybody I ride with
A pretty typical day at the park from Luke Becker on Vimeo.
The clip of the 1080 is at about 1:19 so get pumped by 1:15..
