The Diggest crew put together this wonderful piece on Mike Aitken, a truly inspirational human being. Don’t miss this. Sit back and enjoy!
From his riding to his brain injury recovery, everything shows that he was a true model of strength, willpower and style. Discover a video portrait that pays tribute to one of the most stylish and influential rider of his generation.
– The Diggest
Join Aaron Ross, Gary Young, Broc Raiford, and Grant Germain on the most cliché of California trips. The vibe may be chill, but the spots and riding did not disappoint.
Huge thanks to QBMX for helping make this trip happen and to Cranky’s, Inky’s and The Secret bike shops for having us over.
Filmed and edited by Walter Pieringer.
Music by 2Pac and Shaw Blades.
Due to circumstances beyond our control, there will not be a flatland event at Texas Toast this year. We’re all a bit torn up over this decision, but here’s what’s going on…
We thought we had a new venue sorted out for Toast that would have given us more room and we have planned from the beginning to include flat. However, due to some city red tape that venue fell through just recently. Luckily we were able to work out a deal to have Toast at the same lumber yard it was at last year. Since the city of Austin is seeing explosive growth right now the lumber yard is busier than ever! It is literally packed with lumber and building materials. The warehouse we used for flat last year is going to be off limits to us. Although it seems like hosting a flatland contest would be the easiest of all events (with no ramps to build) it actually can be quite challenging to find good flat ground. The lumberyard really has no alternative space that we could use for flat. We had considered doing an invite only event in between the ramps on the street course but that seemed to be getting away from the original idea of Toast. We want everyone to be able to have fun and ride. Flat on the street course would mean minimal practice for the riders and only a select group of folks would even get to ride (because the street course is so busy with street).
This massively sucks for us at Toast since NORA Cup awards will be held in conjunction with Toast. We are bummed to potentially have the top 5 nominees for Flat in town and not have a venue set up for them to ride. Again, we are very sorry for the news.
This Broc Raiford in HB edit is too good. In case you missed it the first time, now is your chance to feast your eyes on it. Enjoy!
Spotted this on Global Flat. Matthais Dandois practice footage filmed during the KTGM Jam 2013 in Budapest, Hungary.
Adam has a new album called Escapism and it’ll be available very soon. In the mean time, check out this promo he put together explaining a little bit more about his musical background and some of the artists and instruments involved in the new album. As a bonus, there’s plenty of riding footage in this too!
If you’re interested in checking out his older stuff, hit up his iTunes page!
New Tripod Monogram Seat and Post Available Now
We are pleased to introduce our new Tripod seats and posts. The first Tripod seat we are offering is our Monogram saddle, which is a popular “fat” shape that riders will welcome and instantly recognize. This seat is very simple, clean and features a subtle debossed Monogram logo. Complimenting the seat is the first Odyssey Tripod post, which at 135mm, is about an inch longer than the other posts available at this time. Please note, if you purchase a Tripod seat, you will need the corresponding Tripod post to go along with it, and vice versa.
Texas Toast ad featuring Gary Young from the current DIG mag.
Thanks to all the supporters of the jam. Together We Shred.
This one time, a little 10 year old Tom Dugan tried walking to the sun and ended up discovering BMX instead.
If you are in the Chicago area, head over to Let’s Roast Cycles on September 1st for their grand opening and say what’s up to the dudes.
Aaron Ross will be in town as well.
The year is 2013. Now that Matt is in the process of moving out and selling his house, I thought this would be a perfect time to look back at the incredible spot he created with so much blood, sweat, and love for bmx. The spot he created at his home in Utah inspired an entire generation of bmxers who grew up wishing they could ride Matt’s yard. I’m sure everyone has dreamed they could live Beringer’s life, if for only a week. I was lucky enough to stay and ride there a handful of times, and those memories are burned into my brain like they were yesterday. I think I can speak for us all, thank you Matt for being such an awesome piece of this puzzle we call bmx. Cheers to the future. #cobrasneverdie
– Derek / Little Devil
