Some of the Fit Bike Co. team spent some time out in Arizona soaking up the warmth and stacking clips for the new FIT DVD. Check out a few behind the scenes snaps that Stewart Johnson got between hitting that at record button!
Dan’s Comp – Instant Contest: G-Sport Van Homan Pegs
Dan’s Comp is giving away a set of Van Homan’s signature pegs from G-Sport! They’ve made this incredibly easy to get entered, so check out the details below!
“We’re at it again! This time, we partnered with GSport to give away five pair of Dan’s Comp team rider Van Homan’s signature GSport Van Pegs! Van believes that steel is real and his pegs are designed for full scale street assault. Here’s all you have to do to enter:
Email contests@danscomp.com
Put: “Van Homan will save us” in the subject line
Include your first and last name, street address, city, state and zip code in the e mail
Please specify the size of pegs you need (14mm, 3/8s or one of each).
You can enter up to five times in 24 hours
The contest ends at 5 PM CST on 2/6/14.
USA only, sorry.” – Dan’s Comp
Fit – Phoenix Shop Stop Flyer
Fit Bike Co.‘s Van Homan, Jack Eilkens, Dan Conway, Justin Spriet and Troy Blair will be heading to Gordy’s Bike Shop on February 5th! If you’re in the Phoenix area, I highly suggest you hit this up!
If the Shoe Fits – Van Homan, Cody Jennings and Almond Footwear
Here’s an interesting story from Van Homan about how his shoe saved Cody Jennings life. I definitely did not expect this one when I hit the play button.
“Earlier this week, Almond BMX footwear announced the addition of BMX street legend Van Homan to their team, which includes riders such as Jared Washington, Jeff Kocsis, Iz Pulido, Lloyd Wright and David Grant. Almond Footwear, the shoe brand from the creators of Wethepeople Bike Company in Cologne, Germany, started out slowly several years ago and continues to gain momentum as one of the very few BMX-dedicated shoe brands.
With the news that Homan had joined Almond came the unexpected news that he had parted ways with the Ipath BMX team, which also included Alex Magallan and Seth Kimbrough. All signs of a BMX team, as well as Ipath’s surf team, were removed from the Ipath website. And their BMX connection, Ipath sales member Brian Osborne, parted ways with the brand in December.
Ipath’s roots in BMX reach back to 2009, when Mike Ardelean began hooking up riders that included Chester Blacksmith, Brian Yeagle, Andrew Jackson, Jim Bauer and Dave Thompson. In January of 2012, Osborne revamped the team and began working with Homan on a signature Ipath shoe. But Homan’s recent departure seemingly put a stop to that.
According to Homan, “Almond and myself are already working on some trips and a signature shoe together,” who additionally added that he was excited to be working with a shoe brand that only focused on BMX.
In the above video, taken from the days of Homan’s time with Orchid Footwear (summer of 2011), is a shoe-related story about Van Homan and his friend Cody Jennings. Although Homan is wearing Orchid shoes in the video, the timing of his shoe sponsor news and the above video seemed fitting. And we’re glad to say that Cody has since recuperated.” – ESPN BMX
VAN HOMAN on ALMOND Footwear
Van Homan has parted ways with iPath and is now covering his feet with Almond Footwear. Heres what Van had to say:
“I’m excited to be part of a shoe company whose sole focus is BMX. Working with a home grown brand like Almond makes communication easier and that means getting good things done faster. We’re already working on some trips and a signature shoe together. I’m proud to announce that I’m riding for Almond Footwear and looking forward to getting some filming and footwear projects rolling.”
Fit – Van Homan 2014 Complete Bikes
Have you seen how dialed Van Homan’s 2014 signature bikes from Fit Bike Co. look? Take a look in the flipbook above, then get a closer look at the VH 1 and the VH 3 on the Fit site!
Repost: Tom Dugan and Van Homan in Hamburg
The guys at Freedom BMX made the video featuring Fit‘s Tom Dugan and Van Homan in Hamburg, Germany embedable, so we figured it would be a good idea to do a repost incase you missed it! Enjoy!
“Choirs of angels and impossible Airs: As you know already from freedombmx issue 114, we watched last summer for a week Tom Dugan, Van Homan and the filmmakers Stew Johnson on the set of the new Fit DVD in Hamburg over the shoulders. In addition to the great story in the book, here is a video in which we can pass on their visit to Germany again in detail Revue. So get yourself to nibble on what’s make yourself comfortable and hit “Play”.
Who has not read the story in the book, this can make up on the next page.“
Freedom BMX – Van Homan and Tom Dugan in Hamburg
Van Homan and Tom Dugan headed over to Hamburg, Germany to film for the Fit DVD. Freedom BMX came along and made a really cool BTS edit of the whole thing. It looks like the trip was well worth it base don all of the amazing spots they found! It’s not embeddable, so hit this link to see it.
