» Motowhip How-To w/Chase
This video is over a year old but it’s one of those timeless tricks that just never ages. With the way this starts, you’ll be really surprised with how thorough and dialed it actually ends up being. If you’ve always wanted to learn this trick, this is THE how-to to watch for it.
To get the whole story on why this took so long to be released and a little perspective behind it from Joe, hit up his vimeo page.
» Hoang's 1st Odyssey Ad
This is our latest print ad featuring Hoang Tran. It’s his first print ad ever with us and he’s kicking things off with a can can. Click the photo to view it large and download it as your desktop’s wallpaper!
» Bauer Bike Checks!
Check out both of Jim’s bikes on ESPN. Photo by Sandy Carson.
Jim Bauer has a couple bike checks up on ESPN (above). The one of the left is his Sunday Model C and the one on the right is his prototype Metal frame. Sandy Carson walks you through it and even throws in a trails pic in the end!
While you’re on the ESPN site, make sure to hit up the article about Ben Ward’s ‘09 Photo Project (right). He snapped a photo a day, for a full year, complete with write-ups on each one.
And, to add to your list of things to check out this morning, Terry Adams’ Twitter contest is happening today. To win some free goods, follow him on twitter.com/terryadamsbmx.
» Terry on LoveBMX.CZ
Terry Adams interview in LoveBMX.CZ
Terry Adams just scored the cover of Love BMX and has a full interview in it, along with some great pics. If you flip through their issue, you’ll come across the Czech version first but if you keep flipping through, you’ll come across the English translation. Click the photo to check it out.
Also, tune in TOMORROW (Saturday, January 6th) to watch and chat with Terry Adams LIVE on TERRY ADAMS TV!
» Terry Adams TV!
This Saturday (February 6th, 2010), you can watch a LIVE flatland session with Terry Adams in his backyard spot. The show will start at 12:00PM Pacific Standard Time and to check it out, all you have to do is go to flatwarebmx.com/terryadamstv. The latest Adobe Flash Player is required to watch and a UStream.tv account if you want to interact and chat with him as the session goes on.
To help you remember, make sure to follow him on Twitter! He’ll be holding a contest on there very soon so you’ll even have a chance to win some goodies.
» Hoang Tran Ad
Subrosa just dropped a print ad featuring Hoang Tran and its looking sick. Above is Hoang with a Hefty hop to a huge drop.
» The Dugan Mobile
Tom Dugan recently built up a new Terrible One barcode and loaded it up with some Odyssey parts. Click around the flipbook above to check it out and stay tuned for a video with Tom later this week!
» Adam & Brian
Congrats to Adam Banton and Brian Miller for getting 4th place at this year’s Odd Couple’s contest! Their edit’s above and it’s cut to a fun song and full of creative lines. If you were to imagine what ramp heaven would be like, it’s a safe bet to say it’d look a lot like Ray’s MTB.
» Terry Adams Update
Wallpaper Download from RideBMX.com. Photo by Fat Tony.
Ride BMX put up a handful of new wallpaper downloads this week and Terry Adams happens to be in one of them. They have it available for Standard and Widescreen monitors.
In other Terry Adams news, Red Bull’s Fight with Flight just wrapped up and you can check out his thoughts on it at TerryAdamsBMX.com! Overall, it seems like it was a really fun and exciting event. To keep up with Terry’s fast-paced schedule, follow him on Twitter and add him on Facebook!
» Behind the Thumb Tack
The Thumb Tack grip: Designed by Chase Gouin
We’ve received some questions here and there about what makes the Flatware Thumb Tack grip flatland-specific. While there certainly isn’t anything about it that would hold you back from using it in other genres of BMX, the design and thought process behind it is what lends it to be most suitable for Flatland. To help explain it further, Chase Gouin wrote up a detailed analysis of the grip:
Behind the Thumb Tack
ODSY @ FULL FACTORY DISTRO
Burlington
The Thumb Tack grip
The Chainwheel Sprocket
Quadrant: Available Now!
Banton 2: Olastic Rubber
Pink Headsets
Dash Jr. Grips
JCPC: AVAILABLE NOW!
Gum and Chocolate
Aaron Ross Veteran Saddle!
