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There’s been a storm brewing for about 3 months now. We’re finally tying up the loose ends tonight and should be ready to finally let everyone in on what we’ve been cooking tomorrow morning. It’s been a real project, but I couldn’t be happier with the way things have turned out and I can’t wait for everyone to find out. Until then… Hit the Daily Section to pass time with all the latest videos, news, products and more, or go take a peek at what’s going on over on Bikeguide.
Some of you might have caught on that we’ve been working with Quintin Co. to produce some limited edition The Union hats. We’re stoked to finally have them available for you guys to get your hands on! This 5 panel trucker hat features an all black shell with “The Union” embossed on the front and “bmxunion.com” embroidered in the back arch, a white snap and a green under bill. The guys at Quintin Co. did an amazing job with these and we hope you like them.
We had only 50 of these made and this will be the only time this particular hat will be made. If you want to get your hands on one, they are available for $27 in our WEB STORE right now. All orders come with two “The Union” stickers and any other random stickers from brands I have laying around.
To get a better look at the hat, check out more photos after the jump…
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Sometime back around 2006, I joined the forum Bikeguide after a friend had told me about it. I remember him talking about all these people who posted up bike checks, riding photos and videos, tips on how to fix and modify bikes, and you could even buy and sell your parts. It all sounded pretty cool. I was already obsessed with BMX and surrounded myself with it as much as possible at this time, so it seemed like this was a good place to feed the addiction even more.
Before I knew it, I was constantly checking out the forum and meeting people from all over the world that rode and was even checking out some of the first web videos to hit the internet which was a pretty big deal back when creating a video wasn’t nearly as easy and accessible as it is today.
I know that Bikeguide was definitely one of the influences that caused me to start The Union in the first place too. In fact, Sheepdog, the guy who created the forum was one of the first interviews I had done back in 2007.
Over the years, the forum stayed true to what it was created for. Then, a while back, after looking at the out dated front end of the forum that featured all sorts of things like a spoke calculator, tech advice, and tutorials that were still beneficial but some what irrelevant because it referred to parts that haven’t even been available in years, I got an idea that I proposed to Sheepdog. Bringing The Union and Bikeguide together to help grow both sites.
We aren’t merging or anything and we will remain two separate sites with our original URL’s, but we are working together to bring you two awesome websites toghether to help you stay connected with all the latest videos, news, products and more in BMX. As of today, The Union has replaced the out dated front page of Bikeguide, which will now feature our original interviews, videos, photo galleries, reviews and more like with have since 2007, along with all the latest videos, news, products and more in the Daily section. Bikeguide will continue to be a community for everyone to get to know other riders like yourself, post up your latest videos, photos and bike setup, buy and sell parts and more.
We now have links to the forum up top in the navigation and along the right side in the links. If you haven’t heard of Bikeguide or you haven’t checked in, in a while, I definitely suggest you give it a look by clicking here. You will definitely find something that you want to check out on there.
We’re real excited about this news and we hope you guys are too. There’s definitely going to be a lot of good things coming from this so keep checking back!
Shadow Conspiracy dropped this video from the printing press putting together their new 2012 catalog. They’ve got 15,000 of these about to hit shops all over the world. I’m especially stoked since The Union has a two page feature in the catalog for you to read. Get your hands on one when you see it
We’ve got some of the limited edition Deluxe X The Union “Wildman” t-shirts left. I figured I’d drop the price to $10 and toss in some free stickers and buttons with every purchase, so hit our WEBSTORE and get yourself one ordered up! Can’t go wrong with that price. Hopefully announcing our next collab here in a few weeks.
We’re not sure why it took us so long to create a Twitter account just for The Union, but Jeremy, Dave and I decided it was time to get it done. If you are on Twitter, hit us up at @BMX_UNION and Follow us. After you do that, either take this photo, or RETWEET this photo that we already uploaded to get entered to win one of THREE Deluxe X The Union collaboration t-shirts and some stickers! Easy as that!
If you aren’t feeling lucky, don’t have Twitter or you really want to support The Union hit the STORE to buy one!
A lot of cool things have happened to all come together in the last two or three weeks. First that photogallery setup, then Jeremy and Dave came on board, followed by launching the new video player yesterday. Now I’m stoked to announce our new collaboration series and ONLINE STORE. I’ve been working on this idea for a few months now with a couple different people to figure out the best way to go about it, and I think this is the best route.
We’ll be teaming up with our Supporters to do some limited edition t-shirts. The way it works is the brand comes up with the design, I take it to the homies at GGSB and have 50 of them made. One and done, once they are gone, they are gone. Super simple and 100% created by BMX riders for BMX riders.
For the first one, we decided to team up with Deluxe for a tribute to The Wildman, Todd Lyons. The shirt reads “I can tell from your grin that you are a wildman. You and me will go out tonight and you will show me your wild American side.” “I don’t know what he meant, but I can reassure everyone that I am no Todd Lyons.” You can also find a Deluxe and Union logo on the back.
The small, medium and extra large shirts are made on Gildan Soft style blanks and the large ones are on Anvil 100% cotton blanks.
You can pick one of these up for $20 (Shipping included in that cost for U.S / Canada orders. Additional postage may be required for other countries) through our new ONLINE STORE! Each order will come with some random stickers I have laying around as well. So if you are looking to pick one of these up, act fast since these will be gone quick.
Check out more photos after the jump!
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All photos courtesy of Sam Taylor
Over the last year or so, I had been seeing this website called “The Merged” popping up. The site really focused in on the product side of BMX, which is one of my favorite things in the world, so it definitely caught my attention. As time went on, I was more and more stoked on the site. I ended up emailing Dave a while back and we have been going back and forth for quite a while and it hit me that I needed to try and convince him to get on board with The Union. I really want to push The Union in a positive direction with more original content from people other than myself that are doing good things. So I’m stoked to announce that Dave Paterson will be a regular contributor on The Union with his focus being more on the product side of things and U.K scene! Expect to see good things from him, Pavia and myself on the regular now. It’s going to get awesome.
I wanted to welcome Dave to the team properly, so check out this fresh interview to let you get to know more about him and what he will be contributing to the site! Check it!
Name: Dave Paterson
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