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 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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
Ben’s Babies (L to R): Spike Jonez’ BMX, PK Ripper, Redline 700SL, 91 Elf Pro
We’re proud to announce we are now official sponsors of OS-BMX.com! Steve Brothers, the site owner, was kind enough to throw together some nice words for us and started up a couple threads announcing our new alliance. Approaching our 25 year anniversary in 2010, we are more than stoked to become part of one of the most highly regarded online communities for BMX history and old school parts preservation.
Our Norway distro sent us this photo last week. If you happen to see this bus driving down the road, honk and say hello. The read more link has some random pics and news for you.
Here’s the latest upload from Electronical. It’s the Friend’s section so there’s plenty of cameos.
This is our latest advert commemorating 41 Thermal’s 10 Year Anniversary. For this one, Jim Bauer dug deep into the photo archive and put together one hell of a Photoshop file. Many software crashes later and you get an Odyssey ad that’s filled to its edges with history. If you want to get a good look at all of them, open up the 1920×1200 wallpaper or pick up Ride BMX’s 157th issue.
Also, in other Jim Bauer news, he is now a member of iPath’s BMX team!
