One of the coolest obstacles we had in the street course this year was Ride’s “Fake Cover” wallride. It was a nod to the May 2006 Ride cover that Gary Young had. Aside from the stunting that went down on it (Rob Wise’s Beringer stall to 270 out is no joke), the amount of work that had to go into hand-painting this thing was a feat in itself.
Make sure to click on over and check out the rest of Ride’s #TexasToast2013 coverage too.
Photo from ESPN
The Bell Helmets Art Show we held as one of the official after parties for #TexasToast2013 was a huge success. At the end of the auction, we ended up raising $5,200 for the Athlete Recovery Fund!
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Head over to Fat BMX for a fresh batch of photos from TexasToast2013!
Redline‘s highest carve comp was a fun one to watch. The transition on this quarter stops right about where those RL logos start so that’s a whole lotta vert that everyone was trying to get a piece of. In the end, Tyler Fernengel carved that thing like it was an 11 foot turkey.
Photo from The Union
This was Kurt’s first year at a Texas Toast Jam and he came home with a batch of photos as souvenirs. Click on over to The Union to check ’em out. Also, shout out to Crandall and Darryl for keeping the party flowing through out the whole weekend. Those dudes know how to work a crowd.
Video from Dig BMX
Texas Toast 2013 was a blast! So many aspects of the contest culminated to make one incredible weekend, including a Gauntlet Of Death, awesome street course, a classic dirt setup, a ton of fun mini events and a great vibe. We even had our own DIG satellite dish sending people skywards on the street course. We were there catching what went down as well as asking Chester Blacksmith, Brian Foster, Steve Crandall, Simone Barraco, Trey Jones, Stevie Churchill, Sean Burns, Leland Thurman and Fids what their weirdest experience of the whole weekend was – needless to say we got some pretty different answers! Enjoy.
This video from Dalton Campbell looks like it’s going to be a good one! We can’t wait to see the final product.
Video from Vital BMX
The Gauntlet of Death has been a Texas Toast Jam staple since the very beginning. This year we toned the course down a little bit thinking more people will make it through but in the end, only a handful ever got a crack at the curved wall to curved wall obstacle. Honorable mentions include Morgan Wade (last year’s winner) who made it to the double curve multiple times and to Chris Childs who was actually TRICKING obstacles as he made his way through the gauntlet. When the dust settled, the ultimate victory went to Gary Young (credit karen here). Watch him conquer the course above in this video from Vital BMX.
