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2017 Vans BMX Street Invitational – AM Finals Highlights

March 29, 2017

Have you seen all of the footage from the Vans BMX Street Invitational yet? Here’s a little more for your viewing pleasure! This time around we get a look at what went down during the finals of the AM contest. Although these are technically “AMs”, there are a lot of familiar faces like Jacob Cable, Travis Hughes, Johnny Raekes, Charles Littlejohn, Julian Arteaga and more that all threw down! Hit play to check out a bunch of dialed riding!

If you missed it, here’s 2017 Vans BMX Street Invitational – PRO Highlights!

“For 2017, we included an Am class. We wanted to give the kids of the future a chance to shine and did they ever! Congrats to CULT Best Trick winner Charles Littlejohn for the 540 Cab over the Vans sign, and congrats to the top three: Julian Arteaga in 3rd, Jacob Cable in 2nd and 16-year-old Johnny Raekes on taking the win.”

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.

Game of F.L.I.P – Johnny Raekes VS Dylan Moore

October 21, 2016

The Common Crew just dropped this new Game of F.L.I.P between Johnny Raekes and Dylan Moore, which is basically a game of B-I-K-E, except every trick needs to have a crankflip in in to make things interesting. Check out what went down and who was the winner!

“Since the first day they met, Dylan and Raekes have been playing these intense games of F.L.I.P on flat ground. As I watched in amazement at how many variations they could do in just a regular old parking lot I realized it would make a pretty interesting game if we threw down some change, hit the skatepark and filmed the whole thing. Both of them have ridiculous mastery of this trick making for a hard fought battle that lasted over an hour. But only ONE can be crowned the crankflip king.”

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Johnny Raekes – AM Spotlight

October 19, 2016

There’s no denying that Johnny Raekes has been making a name for himself the past year. We’ve been seeing him popping up more and more in videos as of late, and last week Fiend released his welcome to the team video that was damn good. Now today we get 4 more minutes of heat from Johnny further adding to his case that you’ll want to keep him on your radar. Hit play and take this one in! You will not be disappointed.

“Johnny Raekes hails from a small town in the state of Washington where street spots are scarce, but that didn’t stop him from exploding onto the scene last year. It was clear that Johnny had some serious potential and he quickly got scooped up by the prestigious Fiend BMX. Chances are you’re familiar with Johnny by now, he just put out that short/sweet welcome to Fiend video last week… However this 5-minute heater of a section courtesy of Fiend BMX proves Johnny Raekes as one of today’s most talented AMs.

“Raekes is exactly what you get when you combine natural born talent with hard work and a strong passion. The advantage he seems to have over just about everyone can only be described as outright unfair. As he did the previous summer, he came down to my house in Huntington Beach, CA for a couple months and rode his ass off. We drove all over Southern California hunting down the ideal spots for the complicated tricks he had in mind and steadily stacking clips (occasionally going to war for them). He’s a rad kid, a good friend of mine and a perfect fit for Fiend.. and also the WWE, so if anybody has a connection make sure you hit his line.” -Sauce

Huge thanks to Fiend BMX and filmer/editor Sauce for the assist on this one.” – Ride BMX

Fiend – Johnny Raekes Welcome Video

October 14, 2016

It was announced a little while back that Johnny Raekes had joined the Fiend team, now we get his first video officially welcoming him to the squad! Hit play to watch Johnny and those blonde dreads of his put his pegs and freecoaster to good use out on the streets. This is a short but sweet BMX video you won’t want to pass up!

Video: Tony Ennis

Track: Ngozi Family – “Night Of Fear” from the album 45,000 Volts

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Common Crew at the Fiend DIY Jam

August 10, 2016

The Common Crew have dropped a new video giving you their perspective of the Fiend DIY jam at Home Ave Ditch out in San Diego. This is a vlog / raw cut style edit, but it’s still worth a look since there’s some solid riding and plenty of laughs. If you want to see more of the riding that went down, check out this video — Fiend Home Ave DIY Jam Highlights

“Sauce went down to the Home Ave ditch last weekend with a penny of the crew of to point the camera at himself, hang out get a few clips. Big S/O to Fiend and Ride BMX for hosting such an awesome jam, all the dollars they traded for tricks and building so many new obstacles at this legendary DIY!

Featuring: Denim Cox, Dylan Moore, Eddie Cuellar, Johnny Raekes, Julian Arteaga, Trevor Sigloch, Chris Eiland & Sauce.”

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Fiend Home Ave DIY Jam Highlights

August 8, 2016

This past weekend Fiend teamed up with Ride BMX to throw a jam at the legendary Home Ave ditch in San Diego. They brought in a bunch of rails and stuff to ride and let they party begin. They had a big turn out of riders from pros to some unheard of shredders. Check out the highlight reel above! Looks like it was a damn good time to us!

“So we teamed up with the gentlemen at Fiend to construct a few new obstacles at the famous Home Avenue ditch in San Diego, CA.. and of coarse we threw a jam to celebrate! Riding and good times with Garrett Reynolds, Johnny Raekes, Corey Walsh, Julian Arteaga, Denim Cox, Dylan Stark, and a slew of talented SD locals.

Shout out to Sioeye for providing the live feed for the day!

Music by Birocratic
Birocratic.bandcamp.com” – Ride BMX

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