Also, we started up an Odyssey Vimeo Group. It’s lonely at the moment so if you have a Vimeo account, feel free to join and share your videos through it.
Gary’s rear peg
Ever wondered what a tailwhip or a mid-air bail looks like from your peg’s point of you? I can’t say that I have but it’s an odd perspective to say the least. In the video above, Gary Young shows you what a switch-footed, opposite 360 looks like via his rear peg.
Rib and Roll
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We have a lot of new rims available in various colors for all of your shredding and color-coordinating needs. The top of the line Ribcage rim is now available in the following hard-anodized, brake-friendly colors: red, blue, gold and black. In the Rollcage front, new colors include Fluorescent Pink, Ocean Blue, hard-anodized gold and hard-anodized blue.
Triple Gold G’s
As one of the main dudes behind our R&D, you can bet that Ben’s bike is dialed (and blinging gold). A complete parts list can be found in the flipbook above and a couple things to note are the new Four:four bars and the gold rims, spokes, nipples and hubs he’s running are now available.
Four:four bars
We just got a new shipment in and a ton of these bad boys showed up. Some places already have them in stock while others will be getting them very soon. Contact your shops and mail orders to get a pair.
Odyssey X Etnies
There’s that multiplication sign again, which means it’s time for another collab! Here’s a sneak peek for a limited edition colorway that’ll be happening a couple seasons down the road for Aaron’s new Etnies signature shoe, The Number. Though there isn’t an actual release date set for the Odyssey colorway, Aaron’s shoe will be available in its original colors this July!
Dean, WTF?!
Dean Dickinson, SHRALPIN’. Photo by Jared Souney (.com)
Dean Dickinson, the man with over 100 pools under his wheels, put together a jam this past weekend over at the Donald skatepark in Oregon. The park features a replica of the famous Nude Bowl and that’s where the majority of the shredding ensued. To help preserve the integrity of the pool coping, we donated a bunch of G-Sport Plegs. Dean’s carve photo above is bonkers and if you want to see more great pics and info from the jam, make sure to visit JaredSouney.com.
OS-BMX Meet Recap
The 2009 OS-BMX Meet happened this past Saturday. Our own Ben Ward won an awesome award for the Spike Bike and took home a crafty handlebar trophy. Our homies Greyboy and Truly Odd took home some trophies as well. Nuno has the throwback bike pics covered on Defgrip and Fat has a nice collection as well over at Ride BMX. Read more for miniature dogs, the Lord and a VW bus.
Aaron Ross interview
Here’s a sweet interview with Aaron Ross from the Etnies site. He has new signature shoe coming out. It’s titled The Number and you can buy a pair through BMX shops that sell Etnies or places in the mall, such as Journeys. Visit the Etnies blog for a preview of the shoe.
bike candy
It’s not really a full bike check but it is a close-up look at a CUSTOM wheelset Ben Ward built up for Steve Blackey of Gravity Powered Vehicles and The Bicycle Source. Though you can’t buy it as a complete wheelset, all parts are available separately:
the back of Taj
To keep up with the theme of his posts, here’s Lil’ Monty in front of Taj’s MRI
If you’re a regular reader of The Blog of Taj, you’d know that Mr. Mihelich has been having some horrible back problems lately. After a series of doctor visits and a bad-news bearing MRI, it’s been concluded that drills and screws are in store for Taj’s spine.
So, we settled on the fusion surgery. Its what Ruben was describing last post. The crazy part is they go in through the front of your abdomen to do the surgery. Its a relatively small incision, but two surgeons are present. One to do the actual screw and plate and bone graft surgery, and one to monitor and control the extremely vital arteries that run right in front of the spine. Basically they screw and plate the vertebrae together so they can’t move, and then fill the area where the disc used to be with bone grafts that will fill it in so the damaged disc can no longer put pressure on the spine. I think…. I’ll get more and more precise with exactly what is going on as I learn more.
YIKES! The procedure’s going to take him off the bike for 6 months, which is roughly 6 years in BMX time (it goes by much slower when you can’t ride). Needless to say, Taj is really bummed out about the news. Since we haven’t developed a time machine yet to fast-forward 6 months, why don’t we start a thread going full of ideas to pass the time while he’s injured? Aside from YouTube, Twitter and Facebook, what do you do when you can’t ride? With Taj’s personality in mind, recommend some books, movies and low-impact activities you think he might like. Leave it in the comments.
Also, I remember him running a zine distribution outlet a while ago so if you’re running a good ol’ fashion print-zine and have a copy to spare, send it over to Odyssey and we’ll make sure it gets to him. Address is after the jump.
G-Sport advert
Here is G-Sport’s latest advert, as seen on page 177 of Ride UK #128. It’s their annual photo issue and filled with eye candy from cover to cover. Also, if you haven’t done so already, you can stalk George through his Twitter.
