Join Aaron Ross, Gary Young, Broc Raiford, and Grant Germain on the most cliché of California trips. The vibe may be chill, but the spots and riding did not disappoint.
Huge thanks to QBMX for helping make this trip happen and to Cranky’s, Inky’s and The Secret bike shops for having us over.
Filmed and edited by Walter Pieringer.
Music by 2Pac and Shaw Blades.
Tom Dugan Signature Stem
45mm or 53mm reach
7.5mm rise or 24mm when flipped
6061-T6 aluminum
41-Thermal® lifetime replacement warranty against bending, cracking and breaking.
Available in RHD or LHD and 175 or 180mm lengths.
Weighs 1 lb. 11.8oz.
Chase Hawk Signature Sprocket
Available in 25t, 27t, 28t, 30t or 31t sizes
7075-T6 aluminum
36-hole, 2014-T6 aluminum shell
17mm, 7075-T6 aluminum axle
3/8″ inbound, 4130 chromoly axle bolts
36-hole, 2014-T6 aluminum shell
14mm or 3/8″ inbound axle
9-T Driver
Left or right hand drive
Compatible Hub Guard (Optional)
6000 series aluminum
32mm wide x 17mm tall
25mm or 32mm offset
4mm thick dropouts
3/8 axle slot
1.95 lbs.
The #1 plastic pedal on the market.
Thick padded seat with a pivotal base. The cover is a texturized rubber for grip.
Tom Dugan Signature Stem
45mm or 53mm reach
7.5mm rise or 24mm when flipped
6061-T6 aluminum
Click around to find out what Grant’s rolling on these days.
Bike and portrait photos by Walter Pieringer.
Action photos by Jon Nemecek.
It’s safe to say that Grant Germain nose (get it?) how to work that front wheel. You’d think he’s running our R25 forks since the steep offfset makes this trick easier but nope, the dude runs R32s. Filmed during our ODSY in PHX trip.
Add Grant Germain to the list of dudes who should be in this year’s X Games. All the lines in his entry are fire.
We loaded up Sean Sexton, Eric Lichtenberger, Grant Germain, and Mat Houck and made the trek to beautiful Phoenix, Arizona. There we found warm weather, plentiful spots, cool locals, good times, and bad rap music. Enjoy!
Here’s a handful of wallpapers from our ODSY in PHX Photo Gallery. In this batch you’ll find Sean Sexton, Grant Germain, Eric Lichtenberger and Mat Houck firing out stunts all over Phoenix. Remember to come back on Friday ’cause that’s when the video drops!
Sean is pretty new to the freecoaster game, but he’s dominating that thing. 180 bar to quick halfcab.
Mat tried this 180 onto the bank to halfcab manual 180 bar for a really long time. He was pretty frustrated by the end, but he made it happen.
Grant with a barspin down the two block and over the grass just before we got kicked out by a really friendly police officer. No need to be rude!
Eric, gap to nosebonk. MEOW!
Sean, smith to bar. Thanks to Eric for the push.
Grant and a long, artsy nose manual — there’s water, there’s fountains, there’s even a structure. What more could you ask for?
Sean with a switch 180 regular bar straight to eating (and drinking!) at Cornish Pasty in Tempe.
Eric has to be, without a doubt, one of the most entertaining humans on the planet. In between making us laugh nonstop and losing his wallet, phone, and backpack every five minutes, he fired out this skinny ledge ride to barspin to the street.
Sean with the effortless double rail hop while Outcast’s “Hey Ya” weirdly blares in the background.
Remember what I said about Sean dominating the freecoaster? 180 bar up the bank to halfcab downside whip back in.
Eric Lichtenberger, Sean Sexton, Mat Houck and Grant Germain took a field trip out to Phoenix recently. In case you didn’t already know, Phoenix has spots and our dudes have moves. Put the two together and you’re pretty much guaranteed to end up with some action. The video drops this Friday (May 3rd) but in the meantime, here’s a photo gallery put together by Walter Pieringer.
Hit up The Union for a new interview with our homie Grant Germain. There’s a handful of great shots in this one, too.
When you’re done reading, make sure to (re-)watch his ODSY Vision!
It’s been a while since we last had an ODSY Vision but we’re coming in strong with Volume Two of our video series. To kick things off, we have Grant Germain’s Welcome to the Team edit. Hailing from Wantagh, NY on Long Island, he is one of our most recent (and youngest) additions to our team. At only 15 years old, Grant doesn’t even have his license yet and he’s already driving trucks off some big ledges.
We dropped our Holiday 2012 Softgoods look book last week on Defgrip and now here’s a behind the scenes video of what went down during the shoot. Aaron Ross, Mike Aitken, Eric Lichtenberger, Tom Dugan, Hoang Tran, Tom Perry, Broc Raifrod, Matt Beringer, Mat Houck, Jared Swafford, Jean-Francois Boulianne, Terry Adams, Kyle Hart, Dirt Ron, Grant Germain and Jabari Winters were all with us to help make this one hell of a good a time.
Remember, these are all available NOW! Hit up your local shops, mail-orders and our online store to get some. The full line is also available at Dan’s Comp. USA dealers can pick up the line through Full Factory Distro.
