Hi Toast People,

We’ve made the decision to push Toast Jam into the fall this year. Securing a venue for the contest has proven extremely challenging and it is just taking too darned long.

We’ll be looking to have the event sometime in the fall… maybe near Halloween?

I will update with more info soon.

Thanks much and have a good one,
Taj

We dropped Broc’s ODSY Vision last week and thought it might be fun to throw out some behind the scenes trivia.

• We scheduled 7 days to film this with Broc. The weather sucked for two of those days so overall, everything was done in 5 solid days of street riding.
• While getting the railhop barspin clip, the guy in the photo above rolled up to us with a companion who looked like a body guard of some sort. We originally thought trouble was brewing but as it turns out, he just wanted to ask Broc to be in his rap video. He then proceeded to spit out some rhymes for the camera.
• The ridiculously long nose manual happened much sooner than everybody expected. He almost made it all the way to the end 3rd try.
• About a week or two before filming, Broc learned crankslide to barspins. The manual to crankslide to barspin clip in this edit was his first manual to crankslide ever.
• His first nose manual to barspin was in this edit too, which he happened to fire out at the end of an icepick to manual line.
• Broc’s still in high school but has early classes and gets out at 10:37 every morning so we’d have time to film the rest of the day. He literally lives across the street from his school and I was able to hear the class bell from his house.
• He fired out his ender clip on the first day of filming. The last day was slated for “filler clips” which ended up being stuff like feeble to manual to feeble to 360 tap to tailwhip…
• Broc’s setup is similar to Aaron Ross’ in the sense that they both run pegs on the “wrong” side. At first glance, it’s easy to think they’re goofy footed. If they were to run four pegs though, it’d be even easier to think all of their grinds are opposite.

Check out George Boyd‘s new ride over at Mutiny!

Ride BMX just posted the stories behind the nine cover shorts from 2011 and we’re proud to say that Eric Lichtenberger and Gary Young both scored a place in this prestigious spot. Click HERE to learn more about Eric’s cover and HERE to learn more about Gary’s.

If you haven’t seen the footage yet from Gary’s Roof to L-Rail, make sure to watch our Best of 2011 ODSY Vision.

Hoang Tran, Aaron Ross and G-Sport George all have great articles in the new Albion. The whole thing is sweet.

Find one asap and/or subscribe.

We have some fun stuff posted on our Tumblr already so make sure to follow us on there if you have an account.

Terry Adams in July

Fat Tony just wrapped up the 2012 Flatland Calendar. It’s available now and it’s completely FREE when you place an order with Flatland Fuel.

Tom Dugan, Joe Rich, Mike Aitken and the Trans AM are currently driving through a few northern states and logging some great clips along the way. There’s some great stuff in the works so stay tuned…

Post-Clip Celebration

If you’re near Long Beach, feel free to stop by!

Kosman came by to drop off this sweet wooden plaque as a thank you for supporting his Hunt project.

Dialed!

Here’s our new “Wrenches” hat, which is available now. Made in Los Angeles by the folks at Quintin.

- Soft reverse corduroy throughout (full corduroy under bill)
- Navy Blue
- Snapback only

Click below for more detail shots.

Available now through bike shops, Dan’s Comp, Empire BMX & we have a few on our online store. Some international peeps will be seeing some as well.

USA dealers please contact Full Factory Distribution.

We have 2 brand new Odyssey Round & Round shirts available right now (seen above).

These are only available on our online store, and there are not very many of each.

Go HERE for the Black version.

Go HERE for the Heather Red version.

ACT FAST!!

Here’s Taj onstage at Nora Cup as he announced #1 Street rider. Hit up his Fairdale Blog to read his take on things.

That’s our new “WRENCHES” shirt he’s rocking too.  Available HERE.

Ride UK rarely ever puts American dudes on the cover so when this new issue with Chase Hawk popped up on our radar, we were pumped. Congrats Chase!!!!!!

This Saturday (Sept. 10th), there’s going to be a flatland jam in Austin, Texas to help out Chase Gouin. If you happen to be in the area, feel free to swing by. If you’d like to help but live else where, you can donate some funds via PayPal to chasegouinrecoveryfund@gmail.com or by clicking that donate button.

Also, check out this photo gallery that Fat Tony posted on his blog featuring a batch of photos from Chase’s Costa Rica trip. Click HERE to view it.

It’ll be in the parking garage

UPDATE: The PayPal e-mail address has been updated. If you donated to the previous one, please feel free to cancel payment and transfer to the new one.

We have a bit of sad news today. Chase Gouin has been going through some serious medical conditions and could use a helping hand. If you’d like to donate and help out, you can PayPal some funds to chasegouinrecoveryfund@gmail.com (that donate button on the right should do the trick).

Please continue reading after the jump for the full letter about his situation from his good friend, Brandon Fenton. Below is a quick one from Chase.

BMX Friends,

This is Chase Gouin, I am writing quickly to say that the letter from Brandon Fenton is the truth of my situation, just in case some people think it’s a joke. This is a real and serious matter. Just for the record, I fully realize that i have not been an active/popular or relevant rider according to modern flatland, and I do not expect that the sport owes me anything. I am simply in need of help and hoping that some of you will be able to donate. Brandon is a long time friend of mine who has agreed to help me by reaching out to the BMX public. Also, my good friend Ryan Quinn from my hometown has set up a Paypal account and will transfer any donations into his bank and the money will be given directly to me for medical expenses only. I will be keeping all receipts so that I can prove my expenses to anyone who needs to know in the future. I thank you all for your time and consideration regarding my health problems.

Sincerely,
Chase Gouin

Friends,

Flatlander Chase Gouin has some medical problems that are very serious. A high-tech DNA laboratory in the U.S has diagnosed him with fungus inside his whole body (cells, tissues, bloodstream) and a parasite. He sent stool samples through the mail to be tested there. These organisms consume most of the nutrition and vitamins from his food so they cannot produce useful energy. This is called a mal absorption disease which was also diagnosed. Because of this, his immune system is very weak and now many normal substances in the environment cause him to have severe physical reactions.

Chase was exposed to toxic levels of mold in the basement apartment where he was living for over 5 years and unknowingly breathing in the mold spores has made him very sick. We know this from mold tests that were also confirmed by a scientific laboratory. The Parasite is possibly from many mosquito bites he received when he was in Panama, November 2008.

Chase has moved into a clean apartment, with an air purifier and all natural cleaning products. He eats a special diet with no yeast or sugars and takes the highest quality natural supplements designed to fight fungus and parasites and strengthen the immune system, but nothing has improved his health. He has also been tested and scanned for many other more common medical conditions and diseases, but mainstream Doctors are not educated in the types of illnesses that Chase has, so they cannot diagnose anything and therefore refuse to treat him with the proper medications. This is a problem in Canada because there are no laboratories to confirm these unusual diseases.

Chase is now in a desperate search to find what is called an Integrated Medical Doctor who has worked with these special labs and has knowledge in these areas. These doctors are not payed for by the Health Insurance Plan in Canada. Chase is in financial debt due to the costs of searching for real solutions to these rare illnesses. He has been suffering for 20 months with toxic headaches, a feeling of cracking pressure and pain in his face, many sinus issues, along with chronic fatigue and weakness leaving him unable to function normally. The pain medication he takes helps him function just enough to continue researching Doctors and possible cures, but now he must stop taking these pills because they are becoming a risk to his liver. His life is in real trouble. It is becoming impossible to sustain these levels of physical and emotional pain. He needs to find a Doctor soon who has experience in treating and curing these types of infestations, and who will take decisive action to do so. Heavy duty intravenous anti-fungal/anti-parasitic drugs may be required.

The BMX community recognizes Chase as a creative, passionate and intense Rider who has contributed to the evolution of our Sport and Art. Due to extreme suffering, Chase is unable to practice and is left with a sadness and emptiness that we would all feel if unable to pursue what we love the most. As a long time friend of Chase, I now reach out to you all and kindly ask you to donate whatever amount of money you can afford so that Chase can pay for the continued search for Doctors, medicines, and treatments he needs to save his life. The Athlete Recovery Fund has agreed to financially assist Chase towards his cause, but he cannot depend on that as the only source for help, and that is why we need your support as well. Please help Chase in his mission to regain his health, quality of life, and riding that has inspired so many of us throughout the years.
Donations may be sent via paypal to the following address: chasegouinfundraiser@gmail.com

Chase’s close personal friend Ryan Quinn has set up the paypal account on Chase’s behalf since Chase doesn’t have a credit card. So don’t be alarmed if Ryan’s name shows up on your paypal receipt. All of your donations are going directly to supporting Chase’s recovery mission.

Sincerely,
Brandon Fenton

In case you missed it, here are a couple edits we put together with him in 2009. Get well soon Chase :)

Our very own Stephen Campbell, getting one done

Aaron Ross blasted our twitter the yesterday requesting handstand pics from people around the world. He’s holding a contest and giving away Odyssey products to the best handstand (location, scenario, etc) that gets sent in. Do a hand stand and tweet him @theaaronross to get in on the fun.

Could this replace planking?!

The new Fit completes are sporting a bunch of Odyssey parts and looking good. Check them out.

Looks like it’s going to be a flatland kind of day. Check out this rad photo of Matthias Dandois that Jeremie Carrere added to the Odyssey Flickr Group. If you guys are on there, make sure to hit us up and add us as a contact!

270 invert from Chase and oppo 270 lookback from Gary. Photos from RideBMX.com

Chase Hawk and Gary Young both killed in X Games’ Park Prelims and are currently sitting in the top 5! For official results and more photos, hit up RideBMX.com‘s coverage.

A group of kids stopped by our office today and as luck would have it, Aaron Ross happened to be in the building as well. Here’s a quick snap shot that Nuno took between breaks of them taking turns riding Aaron’s bike.

Well, here it is! Each dollar people donated to Japan was represented with one strip of paper with the donator’s name on it. We then took the names and dumped it into our incubator, turned on the fan and then plucked the winner from the swirl of paper. Today, Terry Adams announces the winner for the Painting with Terry Raffle!

A HUGE thanks goes out to everyone who donated and helped out with the relief effort. In the end, we ended up raising $2068! A huge shout out goes to KIPP school in LA for being the largest contributor.

Along with the bike and wardrobe, we’re also shipping out a piece of the platform that Terry painted on in the edit!

8.31.1998 – 5.23.2011
You will be missed old friend.

If you guys would like to take a little trip through memory lane, check out the posts that Roscoe wrote on Fairdale.

10 days to go till our Texas Toast Jam!

Got some more riders to add to the riders list. Pretty stoked to see these guys coming. I think Dakota signed up for dirt… not sure what that means but sound interesting.

Cory nastazio
Alistair Whitton
Ryan Guettler
Dakota Roche
Josh Harrington

Dirt is being delivered as we speak. Magilla is here and Elf gets in tomorrow and we should soon begin to see our awesome piles of beautiful clay dirt turn into jumps.

Ramps and being finished and this weekend is a big ramp painting party if you are int the area and enjoy working for free. Hit up Taj via e-mail: texastoastjam@odysseybmx.com

Click HERE for full details.