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On the Horizon: Bad Timing

June 23, 2011

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A few weeks ago, the Bad Timing promo video hit the internet and it caused quite a bit of a stir with the video getting embedded pretty much everywhere. The crew consisting of guys like Jay Roe, Darryl Tocco, Tony Hamlin, Geoff Slattery, Aaron Smith and Lloyd Wright to name a few are members of this rider owned and run clothing brand that has come back for its revival in 2011. I figured it would be a good time to get ahold of Jay and Darryl to find out more about this brand and what’s to come. I’m not sure, but maybe this is Bad Timing for this one…
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On The Horizon: Almond Footwear

June 1, 2011

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Back in 2009 during Interbike, I got a sneak peek look at this new brand called Almond that Ricky Adam had photos of their samples for some stuff we were doing for DIG. All I knew at the time was that it was part of the Wemakethings family, so I had a feeling that good things were coming. Fast forward to Interbike last year and they had their full line, a dialed team and even more good things coming. I figured it was time to get ahold of brand manager, Paul Robinson to talk about the brand and see where it’s going. Let’s take a look…
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On the Horizon: Tree Bicycle Co.

May 21, 2011

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A few weeks back, there was a bit of a stir about Tree‘s decision to move production over to Taiwan after a post on Prollyisnotprobably.com. Like most rumors in BMX, there are the people who have no idea what’s going on that skew things from their assumptions to an extent that leads more people to make assumptions that are even further from the actual situation. I decided that it would probably be best to talk to the source to figure out what’s going on. Sam Schulte gives you the story about their reluctant decision to make the move fully overseas. Let’s take a look and clear some things up…
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On the Horizon: Dishonour Brand

April 12, 2011

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Dishonour is one of those clothing brands in BMX that have been really making some moves. This isn’t your average “I want to make a t-shirt” kind of company. Over the course of the last few years it has formed into one of Australia’s raddest apparel brands in the BMX scene. I’ve been real impressed with what I have been seeing out of the brand lately and decided it was time to hit up James Wade and talk about the brand, where it began, what it’s made of, where it’s going, the team and more. Let’s take a closer look at Dishonour…

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On the Horizon – Quality Bicycle Products

April 8, 2011

Every year for the last three years, I’ve made my way up to Bloomington, Minnesota for the annual Frostbike, which is like a miniture Interbike for brands that Quality Bicycle Products carries. When I was there I started thinking about how much goes into an operation like this distributor that handles shops all across the U.S on the daily, I realized there were a lot of questions that could be asked. I figured it would be pretty cool to find out more about the company by talking with two guys I’ve known for a while now through riding, Jay Schlie and Glenn Dussl. Jay and Glenn have been a big part of the BMX scene in Minnesota for years, and it just so happens that they both handle a good portion of the BMX department at QBP. Check out what they had to say for my questions, and some photos of the building that I shot while I was up there this past year for Frostbike…
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On the Horizon: Amity Bike Co.

March 24, 2011

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Amity Bike Co is one of those names that has been popping up more and more over the last year. I recall thinking the first time I saw the name Amity that it was just going to be a crew of guys from the U.K, but clearly, I was wrong. As time went on, I started getting more curious about the brand, and eventually I started noticing their product line and team growing at a fast pace. After an interview with Amity’s rider, Mike King, I decided it was time to get ahold of Amity and find out a little bit more about them. We had held off since a lot of things had been just starting to pop up with new products, addition of a U.S team and such. It took three months, but Marc and I finally got a chance to talk about the brand. This might just be the start for the brand, but if things keep going the way they are, we will be hearing more from Amity for years to come. Check out what Marc had to say, some product photos and some recent team edits. Don’t forget to leave your thoughts in the comments!

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On the Horizon: Seattle Bike Supply

February 24, 2010

There’s one thing that has always caught my attention, and that’s how large businesses can incorporate BMX into their stores and warehouses. When I used to work for a bike shop, I’d always be looking through the Seattle Bike Supply catalog wondering what kind of an operation they had going. Over the course of the last year, I’ve been introduced to a lot of people who I had no idea really existed – One of them being Gork from SBS. After a lot of emails back and forth about Redline and what not, I figured it would be cool to get a more in-depth look at SBS. So here it is…
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On the Horizon: Kink

February 12, 2010

There have been a lot of really notable things going on with Kink the last few years. Whether is has been their ever popular team, revamped product line, or the real quality video coming out of them from Darryl Tocco. Things have been looking real good for the brand lately and it seemed to be time to catch up with them to see what’s going on these days. I hit up TM Jay Roe to fill in the blanks…

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