Chad Degroot Archives

Deco BMX – 10 Years

It’s pretty wild how fast time flies when you’re having fun! DECO is celebrating their 10th anniversary already and Chad DeGroot put together this mix featuring all the different riders that have supported the brands over the years. This is a mix of street, flatland and park clips and it’s a real good watch. Congratulations to Chad on the milestone!

“Ten years old or young. Consider it young and still growing. Time does roll fast but memories remain the focus and growing by the day. Could go on and on but the main words I want to say are: Thank You to all the playas who ride and support this dream. Growing in the bmx business world is like a roller coaster; more smiles for miles and the gleaming and glistening of the future while keeping the passion going.

I want more. Way more. Thank you. Here’s to 10more.

-Chad Degroot

PS- The “DE” in Deco is the first part of my last name and the “CO” is for company = DECO or DeGroot Company.
You are the Company that You keep.

Edited by Matt Coplon

Music Credits:
1. “Black Sun” by Year Future
2. “No hands” by The V.S.S
3. “Conscious” by The V.S.S
4. “Indian Sick” by The V.S.S” – Chad DeGroot

Profile Racing – Neighborhood Crawl

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At the start of the year, some of the Profile Racing team got together down in Florida to spend some time cruising the endless street, DIY spots, backyard pools, ditches and skateparks the state has to offer. Here’s a look at the riding that went down during the trip! This has a super good mix of styles and tricks, keeping things interesting from start to finish! This trip looks like it was a ton of fun. Take a look!

“If you’re looking for something a little bit different in your BMX entertainment search today then this is it. Profile’s Cory Foust, Mark Mulville, Luis Pinzon, Bobby Proctor, Chad Degroot and Chris Childs get busy in Tampa with some creative riding and some down right sick looking spots.

“In January of 2019, we flew part of the Profile crew to Tampa and made Seminole Heights our home base for a week. This is what we enjoyed together…we hope at some point you will come for a visit to experience it yourself.” – Matt Coplon

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Filmed over 5 days, here’s clips of Cory Foust, Mark Mulville, Luis Pinzon, Bobby Proctor, Chad Degroot and Chris Childs.
Filmed by Matt Coplon and Bobby Proctor.
Edited by Matt Coplon.
Song: “Flesh!”
Band: Entertainment
Label: Stickfigure Records
Thanks to Justin Walker, Scott Bentley, Ryan Clements, The Boardr, Gavin (Stickfigure Records), and Trey Ehart (Entertainment) for music permission.”

Paddy Gross – Four Pegs, Two Brakes, One Attitude

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Paddy Gross coming through with a dialed new video filled with brakes and pegs!

Here’s a really rad one that surfaced online featuring Paddy Gross putting his brakes and pegs to good use from Portland to Germany and a few other places. This also features front brake magic from Adam Banton, Axel Reichertz, Brett Banasiewicz, Clint Millar, Rob Nolli, Dave Freimuth, Chad DeGroot, Nick Harkins, Chris Rye, Tobias Wicke and Rick Moliterno. If that doesn’t sound amazing, then you’re blowing it! This BMX video is packed with amazing ramp riding and a little flatland from start to finish!

“I agreed to this project when it was still a baby. Now a year later it has grown into quite a monster of a video. We have had the honor of collecting original clips from many highly influential and legendary riders from the mid school. Which has made this video such a joy to create. Its like stepping into a time machine and traveling back to the glory days of bmx. Again thank you everyone who had contributed this project. it has been a blast. Enjoy!” – Matt Miller

Profile Racing – NOLA Sessions with Chad DeGroot and Terry Adams

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When you bring Chad DeGroot and Terry Adams together for a few days of riding, you know things are going to get interesting.

Profile Racing sent Chad DeGroot and Matt Coplon on over to New Orleans to spend some time filming with Terry Adams. Here’s a short but sweet video showing what went down in the two day trip!

“A quick trip to NOLA always avails some dialed sessions.
We joined Terry Adams and Chad Degroot on this 48 hour sojourn, in and out.
We hope you Enjoy.

Filmed/edited by Chad Degroot/Matt Coplon.
Song: No Hands by the VSS
Thanks to Ross Coulon for the hospitality.” – Profile Racing

Red Bull – A Visual History of Flatland BMX

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Red Bull coming through with an amazing video that’s bound to get some of you old school and flatland guys stoked. They teamed up with Chad DeGroot and Yohei Uchino to look at flatland BMX from the 80’s until now. Obviously that’s A LOT of ground to cover in 4 minutes, so the first half of this briefly covers the past with some costumes, old school bikes and some actual clips filmed from the 90’s, and then we get a few current riding clips that are real good, too. Check it out!

“Experience the evolution of Flatland BMX from the 80s to present day.

“STAGES” brings together two of the scene’s most iconic riders, Red Bull athlete Yohei Uchino & the legendary Chad DeGroot as they travel through time re-exploring a range of tricks & styles from the Cherry Picker and Scuffing to the highly technical modern era of Flatland BMX.

Song credits: Red Bull Content Pool Audio Library
Athletes featured: Yohei Uchino & Chad DeGroot ”

Brian Kachinsky’s Puerto Rican Adventure 2017

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The other week Brian Kachinsky had a little bachelor party down in Puerto Rico with Dave Friemuth, Chad DeGroot, Brian Hunt, Mike Escamilla, Andrew Brady, Kevin Porter and Aaron Bostrom, where the crew spent a week riding spots and exploring the island. This video that Dave put together shows what these guys got into on and off their bikes. As you can imagine with a crew like this, there was plenty of dialed riding and good times to be had. We’re pretty sure there has to be plenty of footage that didn’t make it into the edit that was probably hilarious, but… yeah… It’s safe to say these guys had a super good time during their visit. Anyone else reaaaaaally want to go to Puerto Rico right about now?

Profile Racing – Chad DeGroot Bike Check

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Curious what Chad DeGroot is running for a setup these days? The crew over at Profile Racing have a new Bike Check up on their website giving you a look at his current Deco Jackpot setup that he’s running ecked out top to bottom in Deco and Profile Racing parts, including his new signature Kaleidoscope colorway parts! You can check out a bunch of photos and a full parts list right here — Dialing It In With Chad DeGroot

Profile Racing – Chad DeGroot Signature Kaleidoscope Colorway

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Profile Racing have released their latest limited edition colorway! This time around they have teamed up with Chad DeGroot to do a crazy “Kaleidoscope” color that is loaded with colors, circles and squares that is bound to draw your eye in. Above is a video featuring Chad giving you a look at his current setup dialed in with the parts, along with some excellent riding. Below, you can find more details and a photo of all the parts. Everything is available NOW, so if you’re stoked on it… Get on it right away before it’s gone!

“JANUARY 30, 2017 PROFILE RACING RELEASED CHAD DEGROOT’S COLOR WAY CALLED “KALEIDOSCOPE” WITH A LIMITED RUN OF Z COASTER HUBS, SS MINI HUB SETS, GALAXY SPROCKETS, AND PUSH STEMS. THIS LINE IS AMAZING. WOW.

CHECK OUT THIS 4MIN. VIDEO OF FLATLAND, CEMENT PARKS, AND MORE. YOU COULD ALSO CALL THIS A BIKE CHECK VIDEO. ENJOY.”

“It was so fun to make this video. Have wanted to try a few things for a minute and they worked out. Checked them off the list. I am not Latino but I am proud of this “Kaleidoscope” parts from Profile Racing and I can’t thank them enough for doing one amazing job with detail. So proud. Thank you for watching and please share, comment, or hit me up and let me know what you think” -Chad D

Hard to see? Click here to see it BIG!