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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Spring is in the air........

Joe Miller photo
Spring time means it's time to get out, find your friends, ride and get happy again!!! It also means lots of new parts are coming into the shop everyday. In the past week we have gotten boxes of parts from just about every company there is. Thats not completely true, we have all the stuff from the companies I feel are the best in BMX. Simply put. I have my favorite companies and I base that on the people behind them and what the companies do for BMX ahead of what parts are cool or neon green. Over the past ten years I have been able to meet and see the behind the scenes of just about every brand we sell. They all vary in operation but they all come together the same. Good ol grass roots BMX, for the love of it. Thats what this place is all about and thats why we sell the brands we do. Ask me why I run the parts on my bike that I do and I bet you I can give you a different story about each part. Think about who you support on every level! Anyways, new stuff from Kink,FBM,Subrosa,Shadow,Fit,Merritt, and a few others that kick major BMX ass. Stop in and check it out.

Thursday, March 14, 2013

OHIO DAY 2

After a routine Holiday Inn express overnight, we were headed to Rays, but we had a few stops along the way. Chris had never seen Niagara Falls so we jumped over there right quick. Niagara is such a shit hole. It's crazy that the US side is so run down and completely discusting and it one f the biggest tourist attractions in the US. The Canadian side looks they know whats up aye?



The amount of ice that builds up is so crazy.  I have been here like ten times now, it's still pretty cool to see every time but once again, canada side is the side to see it from, bring your passport.
The good ol fireworks/ninja store, a staple stop in every trip out this way. Thanks to Eric Hennessey for hypin it up enough for us to stop at it like 7 years ago, now we look forward to it as much as we do riding at Rays. ha

Annnnnnnd this is why it is such an awesome stop!!!


Dan was moto whippin and flying round the whole place non stop as usual!!!

Joe did some fun stuff in the Subaru room, first curved wall ride and all

Chris decided to hit the eject button on the red bull ramp in the rythme room. He tweeeked his foot and after only ten minutes at Rays, was forced to listen to the rest of us have fun. He took it like a champ though. Proud of him.

After Rays, it was more Hotel liven, then we drove home after a quick stop at Blackout distro to see Chris and Zack. Seriously love that place. and that's the trip, short and sweet!
Next months trip is to Rochester NY for some street riding and the Kink Squash it video premier!!!!

We be trippin.... to Ohio, Day 1

After the first trip failed due to a blizzard, we finally packed up a van full of fun dudes and were Ohio bound. First stop was Crankx in Syracuse NY. Seriously was a ton a fun this time round.
 Joe nose manual to Bar, we spent a good amount of time ridin this kinda stuff, pretty sweet.
 Sam icepicked this whole thing
 Fufunu Dan style, pretty sweet how we all can go to basically a box jump park and still find some wierd shit to do.  DG crew is awesome!!!
 Hey Chris, do a flying squirrel!   OK!!!    Funny story:  Just before this photo, Joe was jumping into the foam pit doing whatever BMX tricks we called out and I was like, "Hey Joe, do a cannon ball!!"  So he bailed off his bike and did a swimming pool cannon ball plunge into the foam.    Hey man, I meant the BMX trick.
 Dan with a wall to wall to flip, Chris climbin up to jump in, and Joe trying to get out.  I usually hate foam pits but this one was super fun, I even took a few runs.
Joey Numbas.
Rippin the wall ride after the fun line
Dan was flyin round havin a blast on the box lines, all in all Crankx is 30 bucks to ride and 6 hours away from here,but I think worth packing up your buddies and going for the day.

Monday, March 4, 2013

Road trip songs

You know when you go on a road trip and the same 5 songs play the whole time.....   Here's one from our last trip.  

click it, you wont regret it.