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2017 Vans BMX Street Invitational – Official Highlights

March 27, 2017

Vans coming through with their official highlight video from the 2017 Vans BMX Street Invitational contest that went down this past weekend in Huntington Beach, California! This is packed full of amazing riding from all the riders that turned out, so hit play and check out all of the action. After you do that, get full results and more below!

“The top street pros from around the world battled in Huntington Beach for 3 hours and here are the super highlights crammed into 5 minutes. What a day! Congrats to Nathan Williams for the CULT Best Trick win with the Nollie Half Cab over the Vans sign and to the top three – Chad Kerley, Devon Smillie and the 2017 winner Garrett Reynolds.

“Evil Eye (Instrumental)” by Lantern”

Want more highlights? Check out More 2017 Vans BMX Street Invitational Video Highlights

All Photos by Justin Kosman

“Garrett Reynolds Claims Victory at 2nd Annual Vans BMX Street Invitational in Huntington Beach

“Today was my first time riding this park, it’s an awesome facility and everything about the park is perfect” exclaims Garrett. “To be out here riding with my friends and watching everyone progress is my passion, this is what I live for.”

Following close behind Garrett was the Georgia native and manual master, Devon Smillie earning second place and $2,800 with his inventive and technical combo manual tricks. Joining Garrett and Devon on the podium, Chad Kerley, better known as CK, placed third and snagged $2,000 for his consistently flawless trick combinations. Lastly, seasoned pro Nathan Williams took home the CULT Best Trick award for the second consecutive year with a nollie half cab over the Vans sign.

Highlights from the morning’s amateur contest included 16-year-old crowd favorite, Johnny Raekes who dominated the course with his powerful and persistent riding, awarding him first place and a spot in the afternoon’s pro contest. Local rippers Jacob Cable and Julian Arteaga respectively placed second and third, rounding out the podium for the amateur class and claiming their spots to ride with the pros. Finally, Charles LittleJohn took home the Cult Best Trick award for the amateurs with an insane 540 Cab down the big stair set and over the Vans sign.”

Huntington Beach, CALIF. (March 27, 2017) – Vans concluded the second annual BMX Street Invitational at Off The Wall Skatepark in Huntington Beach where the world’s most talented BMX street riders battled for top honors and a chance to take home a piece of the $25,000 cash purse. With a stacked field of thirty-two competitors, the bar was set high by New Jersey’s Garrett Reynolds who claimed victory, taking home first place and $5,000 for his innovative tricks and dynamic riding.

VANS BMX STREET INVITATIONAL – FINAL RESULTS
1st – Garrett Reynolds
2nd – Devon Smillie
3rd – Chad Kerley

CULT Best Trick
Nathan Williams

Amateur Class – FINAL RESULTS
1st – Johnny Raekes
2nd – Jacob Cable
3rd – Julian Arteaga

CULT Best Trick – Amateur Class
Charles LittleJohn

2017 Vans BMX Street Invitational Video Highlights

March 27, 2017

Over the weekend some of BMX’s best street riders made their way to Huntington Beach, California for the 2nd annual Vans BMX Street Invitational contest. After the dust settled, Garrett Reynolds, Devon Smillie and Chad Kerley held down the top 3 spots. There was a TON of amazing riding that went down in the contest and here is the first full look at what everyone dropped at the Vans park. Hit that play button and take in just under 7 minutes of heat!

“Absolutely mind-blowing riding from the 2017 Vans BMX Street Invitational featuring Garrett Reynolds, Devon Smillie, Chad Kerley, Broc Raiford, Dakota Roche, Nathan Williams, Tyler Fernengel, Ty Morrow, Sean Ricany, and more.” – Vital BMX

Vans BMX Street Invitational 2017 – Results + Highlights

March 26, 2017

Garrett Reynolds wins the 2017 Vans BMX Street Invitational!

Garrett Reynolds – 1st Place

Yesterday some of the top BMX street riders in the world made their way to the Vans skatepark in Huntington, Beach, California to battle it out! After all the crazy riding went down, Garrett Reynolds landed him in the top spot with Devon Smillie in 2nd place and Chad Kerley taking 3rd place. Above is a look at some of Garrett’s highlights and below you can find Devon’s and Chad’s highlights. We can imagine we’ll be seeing a flood of videos over the next few days showing everything else that went down!

“Garrett’s highlights were his whole runs, linking so many difficult combos back-to-back. He’s no stranger to winning a contest, and today he deserved another win against the best street riders in the world.

“PS Come Back” by Kaleidoscope”

Devon Smillie – 2nd Place

“Devon was heavily tipped to win in 2017 but he came in runner-up. His lines go on-and-on, and he’s super exciting to watch.

“Domesticated” by Chrome Pony”

Chad Kerley – 3rd Place

“Only Chad could get away with rocking a visor these days. He calls his bike “Milk”, and he can pop a bar-to-manual out of anything. Chad is really consistent and did qualify first but a close final score with the judges sat him back in 3rd.

“Chronic Smoke” by The Getdowns”

Congrats to @raekes_bmx on winning the Vans Am Street comp. He now gets his chance to compete in Pro. ? @justinkosman
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Johnny Raekes took the win in the AM contest as well! He was able to ride in the Pro contest later in the day because of that win.

Haro Bikes Announce 3 New Frames

March 10, 2017

We’ve been hearing about the new Chad Kerley signature CK frame, the Tyler Fernengel signature TF frame and Ryan Nyquist signature 20th Anniversary signature frames for a little bit now, but Haro have just released the full specs and details on each frame. We haven’t found any detailed photos of the frames yet, so we grabbed the most recent photos we could find of each of the guys bikes to give you an idea of what’s coming soon! Get the full scoop below!

“We have three pro frames dropping soon! The CK Chad Kerley, the TF Tyler Fernengel and the Ryan Nyquist special 20th anniversary frame.

Pre-order if you’re interested through the Haro dealer of your choice.

HARO CHAD KERLEY SIGNATURE CK FRAME

A post shared by CK (@chadkerley) on Feb 27, 2017 at 7:49pm PST

• Constructed of 100% 4130 chromoly and features a heat treated hourglass head tube, bottom bracket shell, 13” molded stays and investment cast dropouts
• Brakeless specific design
• Externally CNC-machined seat tube with welded integrated seat clamp
• 20.75” and 21” TT sizes
·• 75.5-degree HT, 11.5” BB height, 13” RC, 8.75” stand over

Colors:
20.75” Black
20.75” White
21” Black
21” White

HARO TYLER FERNENGEL SIGNATURE TF FRAME

A post shared by Tyler Fernengel (@tylerfernengel) on Jan 22, 2017 at 7:04pm PST

• 100% 4130 chromoly with a heat-treated head tube, BB shell and Lineage cast dropouts with integrated chain tensioners and seat post clamp
• Top tube and down tube are butted and hydro formed while the seat tube is externally CNC-machined for maximized weight savings
• 75 degree HT, 11.5” BB height, 13.5” RC, 9” stand over, 5.1 lbs.

Colors:
19.5” Matte Black
20.75″ Matte Black
21” Matte Black

HARO RYAN NYQUIST 20TH ANNIVERSARY FRAME

My signature @harobmx bike and The Unit. Two beautiful things. Tag someone who would love to shred this place!
A post shared by Ryan Nyquist (@ryannyquist) on Oct 27, 2016 at 2:44pm PDT

• The Nyquist frame is a bold mixture of current day frame technology and geometry mixed with some features and flavor from previous Nyquist signature frames
• 100% 4130 chromoly construction with heat treated head tube, bottom
bracket shell and Lineage cast dropouts
• Hydro-formed pierced top tube, externally CNC machined seat tube,
tapered seat/chain stays and integrated chain tensioners
• 75 degree HT, 11.5” BB height, 13.75” RC, 9.25” stand over, 5.25 lbs.

Colors:
20.5” Trans Blue
20.75” Trans Blue
21” Trans Blue”

We’ll definitely keep you posted when these frames become available and we can get a more detailed look at each of the frames mentioned above!

Colin Varanyak – BMX Session with Chad Kerley

March 8, 2017

Colin Varanyak coming through with a new video for your viewing pleasure. This time around he met up with Chad Kerley and a few others for a session at a prefeb skatepark out in San Diego. This is about 2 and a half minutes of riding footage, then it goes to some chilling, drone shots and shopping that Colin got into after the session. Plenty of solid riding to take in at the beginning though! Check it!

“Tony hit me up when I got off work to link up with everyone. Everyone was already done riding the first spot so we went to the skatepark and then sunset cliffs to watch the sunset! Subscribe to the channel for more daily videos!”

Feeble Talk – Chad Kerley

March 3, 2017

This is rad! Ride BMX are starting a new series called “Feeble Talk” where they sit down with Pros to talk about what they have going on. This first one features Chad Kerley where he talks about filming for “Real BMX”, his first edit from when he was completely unheard of and goes from there. This is almost an hour long, so you’ll have to have a bit of time to dedicate to this one, but it’s an interesting watch for sure! Zach Krejmas‘ mustache is looking amazing.

“Welcome to the premiere episode of our new talk show/podcast/studio interview weekly segment “Feeble Talk”.

To kick things off we brought in San Diego area legend Chad Kerley to ask him about his life past and present, talk about his influences, take some audience questions, and even give away some signature Haro product if you can answer Chad’s questions correctly..

Next week…. Christian Rigal!” – Ride BMX

X Games “Real BMX” 2017 Riders and Filmers Announced

March 2, 2017

It’s that time of the year again! X Games have just announced the 6 riders that will be filming a video part for the “Real BMX” contest! Like last year, each rider will be working with one filmer to create their best video part possible. After that there will be a fan vote, and then judges that will pick the winners.

The “Real BMX” riders for 2017 will be.

1. Alex Donnachie

2. Chad Kerley

3. Demarcus Paul

4. Nathan Williams

5. Colt Fake

6. Dave Krone

We were surprised to see Colt Fake’s name pop up again for this since he had a Real BMX section last year. We are assuming he got picked to do another video because he won the Fan Vote. Regardless, we’re stoked to see what he cooks up again.

Each rider has officially announced who they will be filming with as well…

Currently out in Portugal ?? filming for an @xgames #realbmx part with @davesowerby So honoured to be a part of this event ????? @bakosphoto
A post shared by Alex Donnachie (@alex_donnachie) on Feb 28, 2017 at 11:43am PST

As soon as we saw Alex Donnachie will be filming a part, we knew there was no way he would be going with anyone beside BSD‘s filmer, Dave Sowerby. Sure enough, that was his pick and we’re bound to see something amazing out of those two.

Hyped on the invite from @xgames to work on a #RealBMX part with @christianrigal. It's lit!
A post shared by CK (@chadkerley) on Feb 28, 2017 at 10:06am PST

We knew as soon as we saw Chad Kerley on the list that he will be working with Christian Rigal for his section. That’s one hell of a duo that always yields amazing results.

Beyond thankful and unbelievably stoked that @mikemastroni and I will be part of the @xgames #realbmx contest this year! The videos will air on ABC this June!
A post shared by DeMarcus Paul (@demarcuspaul) on Feb 28, 2017 at 10:08am PST

We’re weren’t shocked to see that Demarcus Paul will be working with Volume Bikes filmer Mike Mastroni for his section. They’ve been filming together for a few years now and it makes for a super good team.

So stoked and grateful to get invited to film a part for @xgames #RealBmx with @peteradam this year! It's going to be a fun next couple weeks!
A post shared by Nathan Williams (@united_nathan) on Feb 28, 2017 at 10:50am PST

We weren’t quite sure if Nathan Williams would go with his go to guy, Will Stroud, for his section, but it looks like he’s going to use United‘s go to filmer, Peter Adam for his video. That’s another super dialed pick for a filmer. Peter has been producing some phenomenal videos for a while now, so they should end up with a banger of a video.

Hey everyone! Super excited to announce that @darryltocco and I will be at it again for @xgames #realbmx. We are mid way through filming and can't wait to finish! coming out in June! Thank you again @stew1201 for this amazing opportunity
A post shared by Colt Fake (@coltfake) on Feb 28, 2017 at 10:00am PST

Colt Fake has announced on Instagram that he will be working with Darryl Tocco again. That’s one hell of a combination that we know will produce good results.

Super stoked ?on the invite to 2017 @xgames #Realbmx video project with @yo_navaz
A post shared by y☮guy (@kavedrone) on Feb 28, 2017 at 9:58am PST

Dave Krone will be working with Ryan Navazio for the contest. You already know with Ryan handling the film work things will be looking top notch.

So that is a look at the X Games Real BMX Riders and Filmers for 2017! Who do you think will be taking the win this year? Let us know in the comments below what your vote is now!

Chad Kerley 2017 Instagram Compilation

March 1, 2017

You know you love yourself a dialed Instagram Compilation. Here’s a new one that Matt Poteet put together with some of Chad Kerley‘s latest clips that he has dropped online. As always, Chad destroys everything he touches from street spots to skateparks and makes it look so effortless. Hit play and enjoy 5+ minutes of goodness from Chad!