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Salute to the 4th BMX Contest Highlights

July 11, 2016

Here’s a highlight reel from this years Salute to the 4th BMX Contest at Silverlake Skatepark in Rochester, Minnesota. This event was apart of a bigger 4th of July celebration that had fireworks, a car and motorcycle show, live music, food trucks and a skateboard contest, but this is just highlights from the BMX portion. This video kicks things off with the beginners, followed by intermediate, expert and a few clips from the Subrosa Street Rail Jam. Unfortunately the skate contest ran way longer than expected, so the rail jam got off to a start late while they were still wrapping up the skate contest. Either way, it was a real good time and everyone from the riders to the people who just stopped by to check out the show seemed to enjoy it. Plus, this event and the skate contest helped raise funds for the Keep Pushing Forward Skatepark Foundation that is working to do a massive expansion of the park.

Results:

Beginner
1. Kaidyn Chandler
2. Cameron Cofske
3. Ace Laack

Intermediate
1. Richard Shapiro
2. Brandon Thorson
3. Josh Franz

Expert
1. Nick Krausher
2. Ethan Schmidt
3. Jake Roemer

Subrosa Street Rail Jam
1. Kyle Mileski – Tooth Hang Five

Big thank you to all the sponsors for their support!
Standard Bykes
BSD
Monster Energy
Etnies
Colony
The Daily Grind
Verde
Kink Bike Co.
Madera
Flybikes
Stolen Bikes
Subrosa
The Shadow Conspiracy
DUO Brand
Profile Racing
Erik’s Bike Shop

Filmed and edited by Kurt Hohberger
Additional filming Rahlin Rigsby

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Lip Lords Part 9

July 11, 2016

Hot off the release of Lip Lords Part 8 that featured some of the best technical ramp riders from around the world, the series comes back to Brant Moore and Sponge throwing down some ridiculous tricks at their home skatepark on the infamous quarter pipe that has seen more unique tricks than most ramps around the world. This time it looks like Brant and Sponge have been experimenting with front brakes, which has opened up even more possibilities for tricks. Hit that play button and let your jaw drop!

If you haven’t seen Lip Lords Part 8 yet, you can watch that here — Lip Lords Part 8

“Now back to your regularly scheduled programing.
One ramp, endless possibilities.
The Lip Lords were originally a group of guys from colorado who rode in the late 80s and early 90s.
This series is a tribute to the original lip lords.
This is Lip Lords.”
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GT BMX Jam at 5050 Skatepark

July 7, 2016

What are you doing on July 16th? If you’re near New York City, you should make your way to 5050 Skatepark in Staten Island for the GT Bicycles jam that Brian Kachinsky, Jason Phelan, Dan Conway, Albert Mercado and Jeff Ludgwig will be throwing. They will also have all the brand new 2017 completes to check out and prizes and giveaways. After that, everyone is heading over to the Tender Trap for a little after party as well! We will be there for this one, so get stoked. It’s going to be a good time. We hope to see you there!

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Demolition Parts – Josh Clemens 2016 Video

July 6, 2016

Demolition Parts dropped some fresh heat from Josh Clemens for your viewing pleasure! As expected from Josh, he was able to search out a ton of creative and unique street spots to go to work on, making for some damn good clips! Hit that play button and enjoy every second of this!

“Coming straight off of Josh’s full length 2015 Volume One part, Josh and filmer, Doeby Huynh put in some time on this new edit that shows off Josh’s use of spots and endless amount of style he puts into every trick.

Filmed & Edited by: Doeby Huynh

Music: Mountain Witch – ‘Forbidden Forrest’”
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Common Crew – “Monster Mash” Trailer

July 5, 2016

After five years in the making, a bunch of changes, cameras and more… The Common Crew are finally releasing their highly anticipated “Monster Mash” DVD! Above is the trailer, with the premiere details below! The video features Ethan Corrier, Jacob Cable, Alec Siemon, Julian Arteaga, Denim Cox and more… So you know it’s going to be absolute FIRE! Enjoy!

“-PREMIERES JULY 22 @ YOST THEATRE IN SANTA ANA, CA!

-Doors open at 6pm, Video starts at 7pm. Bar, raffle, and apparel for sale at the event. DVD’s will also be for sale- Digital downloads will go live soon after.

307 N Spurgeon St. Santa Ana, CA 92701

-What started out as a 1 month project (internet mix-tape) in 2011 has turned into a 5 year full blow DVD! FULL SECTIONS FROM: Jacob Cable, Ethan Corriere, Julian Arteaga, Denim Cox, and Alec Siemon- plus a buddy section.

-Training in the Fire by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/…)
Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/”

Lip Lords Part 8

July 5, 2016

There’s nothing we like more than starting our day off with a new Lip Lords video! This one is amazing because this one went all out with some of the finest lip gamers in BMX making appearances beyond just Brant Moore and Sponge who have been crushing it in all the past parts! Everything about this video kicks ass from start to finish! MUST SEE for sure!

“One ramp, endless possibilities.
The Lip Lords were originally a group of guys from colorado who rode in the late 80s and early 90s.
This series is a tribute to the original lip lords.
This is Lip Lords.
Karl Hinkley, Erik Elstran, Rob Ridge, TJ Henderson, Brodie Gwilliam, Nick Harkins, Paddy Gross, Bobbie Altiser”
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The Best Turndowns In BMX?

July 2, 2016

Sometimes when I look for some older videos that popped up in the past the might have been forgotten, we come across some gems that we completely forgot about. Above is a video came out some time around 2010 during the Baco Jam at 4Seasons Skatepark in Milwaukee when I was working for DIG. The concept was pretty straight forward… Walk up to somebody, point the camera in their face and ask a question on the spot. Although this video is this old, it’s pretty awesome how relevant the answers still are. It was originally on MPORA and DIG but it doesn’t appear to be “online” anymore, so I decided to get the video back and upload it here. There’s a lot of legends and riders that at the time weren’t pro, but are pro now like Reed Stark. Funny story, there’s a few clips where my voice went to hell… Literally lost it 100% at this contest and ended up communicating by typing text into my flip phone, haha. Good memories from this find.

Rest in Peace, Dom Trovato, who also makes an appearance in this one.

Original caption from the video below…

“With Baco in Milwaukee going down, there were more than enough people on hand to ask the golden question – “Who has the best turndowns in BMX…. Ever?” The consensus was for one man… but there are a hundred names that still come to mind.
Filmed on a Canon T1i
Canon 15mm F/2.8 fisheye
Sorry for the out of focus shots. It was a “surprise” question to everyone so there wasn’t time to focus.
Filmed and edited by Kurt Hohberger”

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Kurt Hohberger Bike Check

July 1, 2016

It has been quite a while since I’ve done a Bike Check for my personal setup. I personally hate posting anything about myself, since I really do try to avoid promoting myself on here since that’s not what this website is for. However, the other day I was riding and was really stoked on the way the bike was feeling and figured it wouldn’t hurt to do a fresh bike check. I’ve been fortunate enough to keep the bike dialed in thanks to support from Flybikes and Profile Racing. Seriously can’t thank Matt, David and John enough for all the support. So, let’s take a look!

Frame: Flybikes Geo 21″
Fork: Flybikes Agua
Bars: Flybikes Montaña (Painted black)
Stem: Flybikes Roey
Headset: Mix of a few different headset parts, haha.
Grips: Flybikes Roey
Barends: ODI
Cranks: Profile Racing – 175mm
Sprocket: Profile Racing Spline Drive – 25 Tooth
Pedals: Flybikes Ruben
Chain: Flybikes Tractor
Seat: Flybikes Devon Smillie Tripod
Post: Flybikes Tripod
Front Hub: Profile Racing – Mini
Rear Hub: Profile Racing – Mini Cassette – 9-Tooth Driver
Rims: Sun Ringle Big Baller
Tires: Flybikes Ruben 2.35″ front and rear
Pegs: Flybikes Tubo plastic up front and a Cult metal peg in the back.
Hub Guards: Profile Racing Aegis Front and Back
Brakes: Flybikes Manual
Brake Lever: Flybikes Manual
Brake Cable: Odyssey Linear
Modifications: Cut bars and fork down a bit.

Flybikes Montana Bars that were stainless, but I painted them black to match the rest of the bike. I found anything over 9″ rise is too much, so I stick to the 8.75″ rise.

Brakes!? Occasionally I go brakeless, but I just end up crashing more, destroying kids at the skatepark or getting bored since it cuts down on the trick list for me. I stick to brakes for the safety and fun for the most part.

Profile Racing cranks and Spline drive combo with the Flybikes Tractor chain makes for a real good combination. I’ve been running those same cranks for a few years now. Can’t go wrong with a classic.

Front views.

The Matt Roe signature Roey grips from Flybikes are based off the old school Tri Ame grips that have been around for a long time. They use a slightly different design and a softer rubber compound. Really digging them.

I’ve come to accept that I’m that “old dude” at 27… Metal pedals and brakes? Yep. After a while you just know what you like, and metal pedals just grip better than plastic and last a lot longer. These are definitely my favorite pedals just above the Animal Hamilton’s and Welgo MG4’s.

Profile Racing Mini hub up front with an Aegis hub guard. Clean and simple. Add in the Sun Ringle Big Baller rim and a Flybikes Ruben tire and you have a sturdy wheel. I run the Flybikes Tubo plastic peg up front since I don’t burn through pegs as fast up front.

I run a metal Cult peg in the back just because I tend to burn through pegs faster in the back. It doesn’t slide quite as smooth as plastic, but I couldn’t even tell you how many grinds that peg has seen… Same with the Aegis hub guard from Profile Racing. I’m also running a cassette hub. I’ve dabbled with the whole freecoaster thing and decided it just wasn’t for me. Maybe I need to try some other options, but I just was over it after bashing my knee on the stem so many times, haha.

Some of you old guys might remember the old Flybikes 3 Amigos frame that had a seat stay bridge like this. They brought it back for the Geo frame and it was definitely a selling point when choosing which frame to ride, haha.

The Devon Smillie signature Tripod seat. Although Tripod seats don’t have as many options as far as angles go like Pivotal seats, I’m a big fan of the simplicity, clean look and lighter weight that Tripod has.

So that’s a look at what I’m currently running these days. Once again, but shout out to Flybikes and Profile Racing for keeping the bike running smooth. It might not be a setup that has all the latest trends, but it definitely keeps me happy!

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