Congratulations to Matthias Dandois for taking home first place in last weekend’s BMX Masters. You can watch his final run above and check out some pics he sent us as well.
Chase Hawk in the new Austin park
Cult just dropped this edit of Chase Hawk testing out Austin’s newest skatepark. The place looks dialed and Chase does everything in this edit from blasting quarters to lacing tech lines.
San Diego to Southern Oregon
We just got done wrapping up an amazing trip with these dudes. There were lots of laughs, great conversations and of course, dialed riding all around.
Stay tuned for videos and more photos!
Tom Dugan House Check
Tom Dugan lives in a fun house. Take the tour over at ESPN.
Sparky’s Texas Toast Jam flipbook
Sparky’s Distribution just uploaded this rad photo gallery from their trip out to the Texas Toast Jam. Hoang Tran and Kyle Hart have some great shots in this so make sure to flip through.
Plus Size BMX interviews Aaron Ross
Plus Size BMX interviews Aaron Ross during a shop stop with the Etnies crew!
Gary Young – Print Ad / Wallpaper
Here’s one of our recent ads with Gary Young throwing a tabe in the deep end. Hit up those download links and set it as your desktop’s wallpaper!
Photo by Justin Kosman.
ODSY VISION: Adam Banton and the Free Stuff Listing
A common complaint people seem to have is they “never” have anything to ride. They have few local spots and after a while, they have the tendency of getting stale and boring. If you’ve ever found yourself in this predicament, then perhaps this month’s ODSY Vision might help inspire you to take a different approach to the old quest of finding spots. Adam Banton will be your tour guide and if you haven’t done so already, add him on Facebook and Twitter.
Dugan in T-1’s Spanish Roast
Tom Dugan, Joe Rich, Ruben Alcantra and HUGE dirt hips/quarters in one video?! What a great way to start the weekend. Enjoy!
Sneak Peek: Tomahawk Stem
Our goal with the Tomahawk was to develop a new front load stem that used a modified version of the steerer tube clamping system found in the Elementary Stem. This approach would eliminate sharp bolts and edges at the back, keep the weight down, and still allow riders to tighten and loosen the bars and steerer tube independently from one another. The Tomahawk wedge system is captured in the body, allowing riders to remove it only when maintenance is necessary. The steerer tube is clamped by tightening one 6mm hex key bolt on the side of the stem.
We also set out specifically to design the stem around its own unique forging blanks for both the cap and body. Forging maximizes the strength of the material, and helps keep the manufacturing costs down. Machining the same shape from a block of aluminum would be weaker, it would be wasteful of material, and the retail price would be unreasonable. The unique nature of the stem’s tomahawk-inspired front load body shape allows it to look “normal” whether it is installed traditionally or upside-down to raise the bars.
The end result is a strong, lightweight, front load stem with a series of unique features and the aesthetics that Chase asked us for.
Painting with Terry – Raffle Winner!
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.
Spend a Day with Tom Dugan
Etnies and Walter Pieringer take you guys on an enchanting journey in this day in the life with Tom Dugan…
