ETNIES TOUR.
Nathan along with some of the other dudes on the Etnies team are hitting the road from the 3rd-7th May, starting in Louisville, Kentucky and ending at 2x4 BMX in Pennsville, New Jersey. Below is the complete schedule:
Sunday, May 3 – Louisville Park at 5 p.m.
Monday, May 4 – Ollie’s Skatepark in Florence, Kentucky at 5 p.m.
Wednesday, May 6 – STAFF BMX in Lakewood, New Jersey at 5 p.m.
Thursday, May 7 – 2x4 BMX in Pennsville, New Jersey at 5 p.m.
You can stay updated on the tour happenings at etnies.com
RUSSIA FLASHBACK
A couple of years ago Corey & Kye somehow ended up in Russia for an event called the Adrenalin Games. We found this video which they have a few clips in whilst lurking around on vimeo, this and this is what you get treated to in Moscow.
P.A.R.T.Y.
Corey has posted a mega update on his blog from the joint 80's Dance party he and his wife shared, some bama style classics.
WIN A TRINITY HT (v2)
There is a re-post of the giveaway contest up on Ride USA where you can win yourself a Trinity HT Frame just for filling out their online survey.
VIDEO FLASHBACK PT 2
More vintage action from Martinez, in Square One's Wide Awake Nightmare.
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KYE UPDATE.
SLATTERY RANDOM CLIP
SCRAPE THE TOWN 3
THE NOZZA DEBATE
Woozy posted up a clip of possibly the longest no brake nose wheelie on a ledge yesterday. Will Stroud then posted up this one of Martinez and it's too close to call. one has speed, one is slow and tech, Woozy now has a poll up where you can vote for which one you think is the longest.
More traveling coming up for Martinez, he has just been confirmed as the special guest on the Vans "Wheels of Rock" tour in France.
ECUADOR : VIDEO
ECUUADOOOOR
Corey was on a trip to Ecuador last week, Gabriel from EcuBmx sent over a link to his blog which has some shots from his time over there.
Roy Van Kempen our man in Holland got broke off the other day, 1 month in a cast for him.
From the inbox: Jimmy Holcombe was so into his Magnolia frame and graphs, he went and got them inked onto his arm, also Lewi in NZ sent over some shots of his new squad courtesy of Revolutionz
PETERJUICE
A video shot by Peter Adam and his crew in search of a fullpipe has shown up on the web, they put in some serious work to ride this bad boy, you can check that out here. Above is his section from Love to Hate and Back again, classic, spinning free.
KING OF BOWL PACA
The Marseille king of bowl comp is going down on the 16th May, Valentino will be getting involved, Thanks to Sunex for the heads up.
TRIP ARTICLES
There's a preview of the new Ride up, Issue 127 features an article from the recent US filming trip and also the Union vs Movment trip, dudes all over it, check it here.
QUICK HITS
Alex Valentino is up on the Fat Bmx site with his collection of favourites.
Big Gunner sent over some photos of Little Gunner cruising the trails on the bank holiday weekend, summer's here
First Rule have sent over the flyer for their next scrape the town jam on the 19th April in Oakland CA.
Fernando in Argentina has set himself up with a new Trinity HT, support.
VIDEO FLASHBACK
SANDY CARSON PHOTO.
Longtime bro Sandy Carson has just uploaded some photos from his ongoing project documenting the aftermath of hurricane IKE. This was the 3rd most destructive and costly hurricane to hit the states and Sandy has captured some amazing moments, so make sure to check it out.
GETTING OUT OF TOWN
Espn posted up this edit featuring Corey, Nathan, Seth and a few others, you can read a little bit about it over on their site.
Corey is currently in Ecuador, Nathan was also scheduled to go but airline nightmares and other things mean that Corey is now flying solo, thanks to Marco at Zona Bmx for hooking it up, hopefully we'll get some photos up soon.
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HE WHO DRINKS AUSTRALIAN...
Coxie has his "on tour" blog going over on the ride site where he's posted up some mean pics and their very own little snippet video from the Australia trip. Apologies for whatever mental ad comes up when the video ends.
The dudes made an impromptu trek up to Canberra due to the weather and stopped by Backbone to hang and ride with Rhysty, Tyson and the boys. Check out the Backbone site for a little update including some nice pogo action, and a big shout out to the Canberra posse for hooking it up.
When does this party end?
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FENLON RANDOM CLIP OF THE WEEK
Robin Fenlon has the latest random clip of the week with this faux street line over on the 4Down site and you guessed it, yet again he is shirtless.
Francois from Data Bmx shot over this photo of his buddy Mika's new Trinity HT that is lookin good.
There's a cool little article by Jeff Z over on the Ride site, he picks out his 10 favourite covers, and Martinez scoops one of them with this beauty from 2003.
AUSTRALIA :: VIDEO 1
Here is the first video installment from the Aus trip. The crew were battling the rain and sloppy internet connections for first few days, but they did get to stretch those legs at an indoor park. A heavy jumpbox session ensued, Mozza coming through with the boned out flip, and a bunch of other moves from the boys at height, check it.
Labels: geoff slattery, kye forte, leo forte, video trips, videos
JAMS / SUPPORT / GIVEAWAY
Ride USA are running a giveaway where you have the chance to win a 09 Trinity HT, all they ask in return is for some details, so check that out here.
Asher from NZ mailed in with what could have been one of the first ever production Trinity frames built up!!
Here are some flyers for a couple of jams, the do epic stuff jam in Surrey, and an LA Street jam going down on Easter Sunday.
PHOTO OF THE DAY - OZ EDITION
Photo of the day is back, Australian style! All the crew has finally arrived minus Geoff's bike and it is raining, blah, More soon.
Coxie has blogged a little over on Ride, and don't forget about the Strictly BMX in-store tomorrow if you are in the Melbourne area.
"A large chai tea cost me £3.84 in Malaysia" - Ross Head
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NATHAN PHOTO
Andrew White sent over this photo of Nathan getting tech on a local rail, you can check out some more pics on his site, plus the Transworld site recently put up 12 photos of Mr Williams from the archives.
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SUPPORT
Here's a few set ups that have been sent in over the last few days. Kenny Sanders has rigged up this sweet scooter bike rack for going from spot to spot! Here's Pavel from the Ukraine's 40 & Grande Bar kit, and Kirill from Moscow with a snap of him and his new ride! looking smooth.
Jerry K our man in poland let us know about a video from a recent contest over there, and also sent us this pic!
VANS X VALENTINO
BACK DOWN UNDER!
We're back down under! Geoff Slattery, The Fortes, Mozza, Coxie and The Head are meeting up with Marko & Josh K to carrry on compiling footage for the video. This saturday will see them all hanging at Strictly BMX in Melbourne, who always lay on a good time, so head down there and say hello if you are in the area!
Expect some videos and photos from the trip up here in the following days...
Labels: geoff slattery, kye forte, leo forte, video trips