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Darryl Nau is now the proud owner of Taj’s bunny helmet! Photo from Ride BMX

One of the after parties we had going on was a live auction art show put on by Bell Helmets to benefit the Athlete Recovery Fund. They gave helmets to a handful of selected artists and gave them free rein to do whatever they wanted. To say the results were amazing is an understatement. All the helmets were incredible and a lot of cash was raised for a good cause.

Make sure to head over to Ride BMX to check out all the helmets and some photos from the show.

If you’re looking for a helmet to protect your dome, Bell has you covered.

Photo from Vital BMX

Vital‘s #TexasToast2013 Day 2 gallery has some great snapshots in it. Above is Glenn Salyers flipping the tiny kicker. Crandall re-named him to Slayers for the duration of the event and with moves like this, it a fitting nickname. Click HERE to see the rest of the gallery.

Here’s some video coverage from Ride BMX of the Credence Bikes’ Cowbell Challenge. Aside from all the steezy whips, Leland’s announcing of this makes it a fun watch. Shout out again to Matty Aquizap. Hopefully we’ll all be hearing his name more soon ’cause the dude’s a shredder.

Video highlights from dirt and street at #TexasToast2013. Riders include Stevie Churchill, Tyler Fernengel, Chris Doyle, Van Homan, Dennis Enarson, Daniel Tünte, Ryan Nyquist, and more.

– Vital BMX

Qualifying rounds are done for #TexasToast2013 PRO Dirt and PRO Street events. See you guys tomorrow for finals!

PRO Dirt

1. Chris Childs
2. Dennis Enarson
3. Mike Hucker Clark
4. Mark Mulville
5. Ryan Nyquist
6. Chris Doyle
7. Brandon Dosch
8. Corey Bohan
9. Gary Young
10. Leandro Moreira
11. TJ Ellis
12. Pat Casey
13. Ricky Moseley
14. Ronnie Napolitan
15. Colton Walker

PRO Street

1. Broc Raiford
2. Dennis Enarson
3. Chris Childs
4. Stevie Churchill
5. Gary Young
6. Van Homan
7. Trey Jones
8. Chad Kerley
9. Ryan Biz Jordan
10. Zack Gerber
11. Simone Barraco
12. Justin Spriet
13. Kevin Peraza
14. Brandon Van Dulken
15. Shawn McIntosh

Photo from Ride BMX

The dudes at Ride are great behind the lens and fast on the uploads. Make sure to hit up RideBMX.com for a whole batch of awesome from Day One of #TexasToast2013.

Photo from Vital BMX

So the Dig Dish is located at the end of the street course. If you’re looking at it from the other end, you’ll see the dish, quite a bit of sky and then the rafters. If someone happens to roast high enough, they kinda just disappear for a little bit before they come back into view. Anyway, from where I was standing, Tyler Fernengel blasted this thing to the point where he’d be out of sight for a good second or two. I wondered what he was doing up there for so long and now I know; stretched out no-handers. Hit up Vital BMX for more photos from Day 1.

Photo from Ride BMX

Another mini-event we had at #TexasToast2013 was Credence Bikes‘ cow bell challenge. It gives a new twist to the traditional high air contest on dirt. Not only do riders have to blast high enough to reach the bell, they have to get steezy and ding that sucker too. Matty Aquizap showed everyone how it’s done and took home the win!

Video from Ride BMX

We had a series of mini events yesterday and one of them was Haro‘s Veteran Highest Air and Best Trick contest on the old school vert ramp. Only dudes 35 and over were allowed and man, do those guys still know how to get loose. Pat Miller took home the win for Highest Air (Fids came in at a very close second) and our own Jim Cielencki busted a flair and a handplant for Best Trick.

Make sure to hit up FatBMX for more photos and coverage of the mini-event as well!

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Hit up the Red Bull website for an interview with the man in charge of making sure #TexasToast2013 goes off as smoothly as possible. He’s been putting in loooooooong days these past few weeks and everything is coming together. Tomorrow’s the big day!