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Gold Evo II’s, available now!

The newest batch of Plegs has arrived!

They’re available in black and white now, but what else has changed? Thanks to your feedback, our own long-term testing, and a total re-design to the injection tooling, the newest Plegs now feature a thicker cross-section at the end to extend their grinding life, and the sleeve’s plastic compound has been tweaked slightly to also improve on their overall durability. The ringing in our ears from the standardized testing hasn’t stopped. Every batch must pass on our “true-to-life” test rig or it is rejected, and this updated version has been spot-on. Also, if you have the original Pleg hardware, then the newest replacement sleeves will work perfectly.

We hope you’ll enjoy the updated Pleg as much as we do. So, let’s get back to riding forbidden skateparks, grinding the ungrindable and putting security guards everwhere a little more at ease (maybe).

We know that Plegs aren’t for everyone (and they were never intended as such), but if you enjoy the benefits that plastic can offer, then you’ll definitely want to pick these up.

Thanks for your interest and support.

Photo by Kieth Mulligan (Ride BMX)

Adam Banton has a new bike check over at the Ride website. The photos are embedded after the jump but you can read about the full details of his setup over at RideBMX.com.

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The full-length Give D!VD is online over at BNQT. It’s uploaded in 10 sections and you can either view each section at BNQT.com or download the full video by clicking these guys: .MOV or .M4V

Here are some random team updates, including a couple old video parts. From left to right (full photos and videos after the jump):

• Jim Cielencki’s physical therapy is going much better than expected! He’s also been on a Twittering like crazy.
• Taj Mihelich’s section in Until Monkeys Fly. He has also posted a bikeography (?) on his blog. He runs through a list of a bunch of bikes he’s had from past to present. You can check that out HERE.
• Adam Banton has some sick, creative lines in the new Inside/Out video.
• Chase Gouin’s video part in Happy Days has made its way online in Krt Schmidt’s blog. In case you missed it, his signature tire (Frequency G) will now be available in Tanwall!

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Here are a couple more updates from around the web. The first one is the new Mike Aitken Vigilantia trucker hat that you could buy over at 5050bmx. You could get more info about Vigilantia and updates on Mike Aitken’s recovery over at MikeAitken.com. The second one is a KC Badger interview over at BMXUnion.com. Over there, you can learn more about KC and even check out some of his art.

Stew Johnson just made a few videos from the Dreams premiere and jam that went on in Houston, Texas. Part one is above and part two and three are over at EXPN.com. There’s even a flatlander’s bunny hop comp in Part Two.

A new edit/commercial has been loaded into our TV, courtesy of the Give D! crew. To go along with this edit, Alex typed up a storm on his mobile Sidekick cellular device and sent us this update:

I’m currently at In and Out in T-Mec and its pouring rain here in the So Cal regions. I just drove down from San Bernardino with Steve Kennedy and John Ludwick, there were numerous car accidents on the 215 and the rain reminded me how badly I need new tires… Rain in San Diego is rare so I’m taking this day in for all it’s worth, if you’re not stoked on the rain then maybe you’ll be stoked on the newest Odyssey/Give D! commercial. Summer of Rot is about to drop online here shortly as well, so keep checking out bnqt.com for the Give D!vd, Summer of Rot. Yes, its free for download, so get on it. Don’t forget to put on your Odyssey tee while partaking in the rot today. – Alex @ Give D!

Frequency G tanwall tires are in and they’ll be shipping next week!!!

Jimmy Levan’s plate. Photo by Jeff Z from Ride BMX

The Nike Lightning Bolts show happened a couple nights ago and a handful of Odyssey guys had plates in it. You can check out galleries of the event over at the Vital and Ride BMX websites.

Vital also has a video up where Jimmy Levan, Taj Mihelich and Jim Bauer talk about their plates:

If you’re wondering who that girl is in Jimmy Levan’s plate, here’s a YouTube link.

In the music section of Transworld Skate (January 2009)

We spotted Chris Cole wearing an Odyssey shirt in the latest Transworld Skateboarding issue. It’s pretty cool seeing people outside of the BMX industry wearing our threads, especially a two time X-Games gold medalist. Thanks for the love!

BMX Union just put up an interview of Mr. George French. If you’d like to learn more about one of the guys behind G-Sport / Odyssey, make sure to check it out.