Dan Kruk Archives – Page 11 of 21

MPEG in Cali

May 15, 2017

Some of the MPEG Crew from Wisconsin decided to take a trip on out to Southern California to explore the spots and soak up the sunshine. Here’s a look at what Max Beljaeff, Julius Carrasquillo andTaylor Thompson stacked for clips during their visit! Looks like it was a productive trip to us!

“Last month, Julius Carrasquillo and Max Beljaeff took a trip to Southern California to ride bikes and hang with friends. While visiting, Max and Julius stayed with Taylor Thompson for a few days, and the boys managed to stack enough clips throughout the day and night to make an edit. Sit back and enjoy as three of the MPEG CREW hit the parks and streets of Cali!!”

Madera – Memo # 1 – 2017 Team Mix

May 3, 2017

Madera are going to be dropping plenty of videos in the future. Here’s the first Memo video featuring Dan Kruk, Taylor Thompson, Mike Hinkens, Tom Villarreal, Jeff Dowhen, Dan Foley, Erik Elstran and Dylan McCauley going to work on street spots and skateparks! Take a look!

“Welcome to the Madera Memo. Every few weeks you can expect new, original, and awesome content from Madera BMX. We will be coming at you with riding videos, product unboxings, how-to’s, games of bike, interviews, and tons more. Subscribe now so you don’t miss any of the awesomeness.

This week we have a few clips from the whole team cooked up together into one awesome quick hit of Madera BMX.

Madera BMX – Living the BMX lifestyle and producing American-Made BMX Parts”

Madera – “10 Year Mixtape” Full Video

April 28, 2017

Madera have released their entire “10 Year Mixtape” video online for your viewing pleasure. This video originally came out last year, with the individual sections being uploaded online over the course of the past few months. Now you can enjoy the entire BMX video all in one place! This video is 25 minutes of goodness, so get on that play button and take it all in!

“The beginning of 2016 marked 10 years of existence for Madera. From three simple products to a full line of parts, we have grown thanks to two things: the people who have supported us and the riders who represent us. So, to celebrate 10 years of American-made BMX parts, 10 years of riding and traveling, and 10 years of great times, we think it’s fitting to showcase the riders who keep us going in a video made for the people who have kept us going. Check out what makes us tick, what we are proud to share, and what we hope gets you stoked. Thanks for all of your support and here’s to another 10 years!

– The Madera Family

Filmed and Edited by Grant Castelluzzo
Additional Filming by Mike Hinkens, Dan Foley, Nate Depatger, and Zach Krejmas.

Riders:
Dylan McCauley
Mike Hinkens
Dan Foley
Jeff Dowhen
Taylor Thompson
Damian Racut
Erik Elstran
Tom Villarreal
Dan Kruk

Music:

A$AP rocky- “bass”
Knox brown- “Harry’s code”
DIIV- “is the is are”
Monophonics- “lying eyes”
Pelican- “lathe biosas”
Jacco Gardner- “find yourself”
The budos band- “into the fog”
Pouya- “dumb fucks”
Air- “Kelly watch the stars””

Wethepeople BMX – “Endstate”

April 27, 2017

Wethepeople have released their new “Endstate” video for your viewing pleasure!

Here’s one we’ve been waiting to see! Wethepeople just dropped their new “Endstate” video featuring some of their team getting down out on the streets of California. This BMX video is 15 minutes of bangers with some dialed spots and clean film work. You’ll want to get on that play button and check this out because it’s a MUST SEE.

“Fresh off the back of Foundation, we got to work on a new California-based project featuring WTP PRO riders Ed Zunda, Dan Kruk, Felix Prangenberg, Jordan Godwin and a new addition to the AM team Jesse Romano. The boys went in hard, and the footage speaks for it’s self.

Filmed by Grant Castelluzzo & edited by Paul Robinson.“

Wethepeople BMX – “Endstate” Trailer

April 18, 2017

It looks like some of the Wethepeople team have been busy putting in work for a new video project out in California! Here’s a quick trailer to give you a taste of the new “Endstate” video that’ll be dropping here soon! Based on the line up and what we’re seeing here, this should be a dialed BMX video!

“Fresh off the back of Foundation, we got to work on a new California-based project filmed by Grant Castelluzzo featuring WTP PRO riders Ed Zunda, Dan Kruk, Felix Prangenberg, Jordan Godwin and a new addition to the AM team Jesse Romano. The boys went in hard, and the footage speaks for its self.

Look out for #Endstate dropping very soon…”

Dan’s Comp – Dan Kruk 2017 Video

April 16, 2017

If you caught the Dan Kruk Bike Check we posted the other day, you would have known that this one was coming! Here’s a fresh batch of Dan Kruk goodness from the streets of Souther California for Dan’s Comp! As expected, Dan put those pegs of his to heavy use on every ledge and rail he came across, leading to some real dialed clips. Get on that play button and check it all out!

“Fire in the SoCal streets by Dan’s Comp’s newest recruit, WeThePeople pro Dan Kruk. Serious combination of burly and technical moves, with Dan’s patented spice of originality mixed in. You will not be disappointed.
Credit: Grant Castelluzzo” – Vital BMX

Wethepeople BMX – Dan Kruk & Jordan Godwin Battleship Out Now

March 17, 2017

If you were wondering when Jordan Godwin and Dan Kruk‘s signature colorways on the Battleship frame from Wethepeople would be arriving, the answer is now. Wethepeople have released Jordan’s translucent matte brown and Dan’s Konfetti black frames for you to get your hands on.

Below you can find photos of both frames and Dan and Jordan’s personal bikes.

You might think Dan Kruk is from Chicago with those bars… But he’s actually from Milwaukee.

The Battleship frame is made from butted, seamless Japanese 4130 chromoly tubing with a 75.5-degree head tube angle, 71-degree seat tube angle, 11.7″ bottom bracket height, 9″ stand over height and a 12.7″ – 13.2″ chainstay length. You can find a 127mm tall CNC machined and heat-treated integrated head tube, Hydroformed top and down tubes, Integrated seat post clamp, Mid bottom bracket, a wide rear triangle for clearance of 2.50″ tires and 6mm thick laser cut and heat-treated dropouts that fit pegs and hub guards properly, even slammed.

The Battleship frame is available in 20.5″, 20.75″ and 21″ top tube lengths, colors of matte brown, Konfetti black, translucent purple and matte black with a weight of 5.125 lbs. (20.5″).

You can learn more about the Battleship frame and view more photos on the Wethepeople Website.

Review: Wethepeople – “Foundation”

March 3, 2017

There’s been plenty of buzz going around about the new Wethepeople full-length video, “Foundation“, the past few weeks. Now that the video is officially available, we figured it would be a good time to do a quick little review for those of you on the fence or didn’t realize it was available yet!

The Wethepeople “Foundation” video is a look into the past year for the team. They started filming for this video in January of 2016 and spent the next 12 months bouncing around to 10 different countries, hitting up 20 cities in the process. To say the team was busy logging some heavy miles this past year would be an understatement.

The “Foundation” video features full sections from Ed Zunda, Dillon Lloyd, Mike Curley, Pete Sawyer, Max Gaertig, Felix Prangenberg, Moritz Nussbaumer, Dan Kruk, Jordan Godwin with footage from their flow and distributor riders from around the world mixed in for good measure. When you look at the line up, it’s easy to see that this video is STACKED full of guys that absolutely crush it out on the streets. With that being said, this is a 100% street video. You won’t find any trails or skatepark action in this one, so if that’s what you’re into… This video probably isn’t for you. This video is focused on the grinds and the streets.

The video was filmed and edited by Cal Earnshaw. We’ve been big fans of Callum’s work for a few years now and it seems like every time we see another project from him, we’re blown away with just how much more dialed and clean his work gets. With that being said, the “Foundation” video has some excellent film work. Everything is smooth as butter, there’s a good mix of close up and long lens shots and he didn’t over do it with second angles like we have seen in other videos in the past. We really liked that the transitions and any graphics in the video were clean and simple. Obviously that’s personal preference, but we’re all for the clean and simple route versus overly done graphics. The “Foundation” video just made us even bigger fans of Cal’s work.

The soundtrack selection for the video was unique as well. Sometimes you go into a video and every section is the same genre and feel. It works or some videos, but it can get boring quick. Luckily, this video mixes things up from start to finish with songs from Los Under Heavy, Action Bronson, Marley Marl, True Widow, Mogwai, Daddy Kev, The Charaltans, Cults and The Man.

The entire “Foundation” video runs for 35 minutes. In a world of super short clips or extended Vlogs that are 90% of random non-sense that kills time that you will not get back, we feel like this length was perfect for the project. There wasn’t much filler in the video, which means it’s a majority of dialed riding that will keep your attention from start to finish. Everything flows together really smooth, so it doesn’t feel like it’s 35 minutes long, either.

Would we recommend this video? If you’re looking for a dialed new street video, definitely! The video turned out damn good and we really enjoyed every aspect for the video from the riding to the spots, filming and editing, song selection and more. Plus, it’s super cheap in price. You can pick up the DIGITAL DOWNLOAD for $5 RIGHT HERE. We’re not sure if there will be actual DVD’s being made, but it would be rad to see that option… Does that make us Mid School?

What was our favorite section? That’s a super hard one. We’re a little biased toward Dan Kruk since we’ve been watching him since he was an unheard of young gun, his section was his first as a Pro rider. We’re big fans of Dillon Lloyd and Ed Zunda’s section, as well. But if we’re talking favorite section, gun to the head… Make the decision. We’d say Jordan Godwin definitely brought the heat.

That wraps it up! If you have already saw the video, let us know what you think about the video in the comments below!