etnies

Congrats!

Joshua!

Big congrats to Joshua Bennett for being chosen the Grand Prize Winner of the etnies GvR '06 contest He and a guest will be flying out to GvR '06 next month to attend the contest, Beastie Boys concert, VIP 20th Anniversary party and get his hands on loads of free etnies gear! Also congrats to runners-up Ryan from Simi Valley, CA and Tyler from Lattigo, CT! Both scored themselves some free etnies shoes.

Brittney from Lincoln Nebraska was the Grand Prize winner of the etnies & Dropping Daylight giveaway and won heaps of free stuff from the band and etnies, while Braden from Downer's Grove, IL got runner-up and some free etnies kicks.

We also picked a ton of winners for the ME (my etnies) shoe design contest and they will all shortly be getting an email with a special code to design and order a free pair of custom ME (my etnies) shoes! So congrats to Simon of Sydney, Australia, Danielle of Mt. Lake, MN, Melissa who didn't let me know where she was from, Shannon from Ridgeville, SC, Darlene from Homewood, IL, ken from Frankfort, KY, Christine from West Harrison, NY, Jamie from somewhere in England (messy handwriting!), Ginger from Christiana, TN, Tim from Las Vegas and Misty from Bradenton, FL!

We are picking winners for the etnies / Nine Black Alps Giveaway today so if you entered, you may just hear from us soon!

I have to say, a lot of you out there enter contests and when we email you to tell you that you've won, we never get a reply! Harsh! Make sure you give us an email address that works and that you actually check at least once a week if you want a chance at winning a contest! With that being said, why not go enter the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus giveaway?

I Thought It Couldn't Get Any Worse!

You saw the Heelys video earlier this week...now witness the raw power of extreme Soaping. I am baffled at how serious these dudes actually are...like, this isn't even a joke! Do you think DJ Soap will spin at my next party if I ask him?

Please Make It Stop!

Oh God NOOOOO!!

Don't allow this to happen...anywhere...ever!

The Trailer Park

they live in the trailer park, too

Have you checked out VitalBMX yet? Well you should... and stop by the "Trailer Park" while you're at it for some old and new etnies video trailers, among others. We have a profile, so you should sign up and add us as a friend!

Oh yeah, we also just got a MySpace...

werd yo

Special Offer!

Josh Stricker .Gif Gap

New Artist & Contest! The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus!

etnies is excited and proud to announce the addition of our newest artist, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, to the etnies family! To celebrate the occasion and their latest release, Don’t You Fake It, we are having a little contest where you can win some free etnies shoes and signed stuff from the band, including CDs and posters! Check the bands page, check their website, the their MySpace page, listen to their new single, Face Down, in the etnies music player, enter the etnies/Red Jumpsuit Apparatus contest and good luck!

BMX Team Goods

First off... well, I don't quite know how to say this, so I'll just come right out and say it.

etnies BMX has joined MySpace. Yes, we have a MySpace account, and Yes, we know... we're lame (but I swear there will be no emo business coming from us!). Go add us as a friend and boost our self esteem.

Mike Escamilla has been keeping himself busy working on getting clips for the etnies video and working hard on a radio show for Sirius. Last week he headed up to Tahoe with Brian Kachinsky to attend Allan Cooke’s wedding, they went camping for the bachelor party and almost got blown away by 60 mph winds—but it’s all good. From there Mike and Brian drove to Reno to get some filming done for the etnies vid. The other day Mike was up in the Hollyweird Hills filming a pilot for a TV show.

Taj Mihelich got himself a new bike parts sponsor recently, so you’ll be seeing his bike decked out with Odyssey goodies top to bottom. He had to shoot an ad photo for them so that kept him occupied for a few. Taj also has been on some serious filming missions around town for the etnies vid with Stew Johnson as well as enjoying “Austin City Limits” that is going on in town this week. He got the royal treatment from the guys at Fender Guitars and was upfront, center stage watching Willy Nelson play so he was stoked!

Taj and his band The Snake Trap rapped up their record finally, so you should be hearing more about that soon.

Taj helped Joe finish up the T1 Booth for Interbike coming up the end of this month in Vegas… Taj will be in Vegas.

Jamie Bestwick has done nothing but dominate the contest scene the last couple of months (other than the questionable judging at X Games) and has been a traveling fool! He recently got back from New Zealand where he did circus-de-soliel style shows and enjoyed every minute of it. Right now he is home in the UK enjoying some down time with his family which is well deserved considering he has been away from his wife and son for almost 2 months. Jamie will be coming out to California to film for the etnies video at the end of this month at a secret location….

Morgan Wade is also a traveling fool! He was on the Cowboys & Carnage tour heading up the West Coast from San Diego to Vancouver filming along the way and having a splendid time (other than knocking a tooth out at the skatepark of Lake Forest during the team’s appearance there). While in Vancouver Morgan did a good amount of filming for the etnies vid and also killed it at the Vancouver Metro Jam where he placed a very close second to good friend, and San Diego shredder, Gary Young. The judging could have gone either way honestly, so it was all good! The following weekend after Metro, Morgan rode the Dew Tour in San Jose before doing a small filming trip down to LA through some of the best cement parks the North West has to offer.

Morgan is back in California right now supping up his VW GTI and wants to race anyone who’s up for it! He’ll be heading to Vegas for Interbike at the end of this month before heading home to Tyler.

Josh Stricker was in Europe for a while hanging with his girl, shredding and getting some filming done for the etnies vid coming up at the end of this year. Josh finally got over his Saturday Night palsy deal so he’s been happy camper. He’ll be heading to Vegas for Interbike and doing a small road trip back from there with Stew Johnson to do some final filming for the vid. Right now he’s home in Austin and enjoying some time in his own bed. Josh is working on some color ways of an existing shoe for etnies, so keep an eye out for Josh Stricker colored shoes… you know they’re going to be amazing!

Ruben Alcantara has been super busy as of late—first up he was on the etnies Cowboys & Carnage Tour (find some video here) that headed from San Diego all the way up to Vancouver. He hung out in Vancouver for 10 days filming for the etnies video and also did a little mountain biking on the side whilst up there, too. Following BC, Ruben did a little road trip down to San Jose, hitting up some cement parks along the way in Oregon and, again, filming for the vid. He hung out and did some surfing in Santa Cruz before getting back into LA where he continues to film for the etnies video with videographer bad-ass Mike Manzoori!

Joe Rich came out on the Cowboys & Carnage tour…he had a great time and was stoked to be able to ride a bunch of cement parks along the way. Joe only hung out in Vancouver for a few days but that was enough to enjoy Hastings Park (one of his faves). Joe flew back to Austin to get back to work at T1 and enjoy the new additions to the ramp out back. He has also been doing some little filming missions with Stew as well as rapping up the new T1 booth that will be debuted at Interbike next week in Vegas.

Sergio Layos was in the US doing the Cowboys & Carnage BMX tour having a good old time until he got up to Vancouver BC. He was riding the Hastings cement park when a lapse of concentration landed him right on his face and a trip to the hospital for some stitches—14 to be precise—and a trip back home to Madrid to do some recovering. He had planned on staying till Metro Jam but the trip got cut short by about a week. Get well dude! After some down time in Madrid, Sergio headed over to Milan, Italy where he checked out Oakley’s Spring 07 line to see what he would be rocking next year. He also did some really laid back demo’s for Oakley. He’s now back in Spain enjoying some alone time and working on some color ways of some existing etnies kicks.

John Heaton also had a blast out on the road with the Cowboys & Carnage tour, and fortunately for him the tour ended on home turf in Vancouver. He spent the next couple of weeks playing tour guide and trying to rally the troops to go filming…hopefully he got himself some clips in the meantime? John opted not to ride Metro this year… instead he went street riding with friends…good call! Now home, John has always been playing hockey on a regular basis. He worked a few days at 3 Ride shipping crap to kids and his girl Andrea has been out of town in Toronto so John has been baby sitting his two dogs Frank and Stein. John had to ride indoors at the “Igloo” this week coz of some rain, but when it wasn’t raining he was definitely shredding some cement as well as the streets. He will also be heading to Vegas for Interbike for Ryder Distribution, his parts sponsor.

Garrett Byrnes has been MIA in New Jersey, presumably working like a SOB and hopefully getting to ride whenever the urge hits (and hopefully filming that riding?)

Dave Freimuth is settled into his new house and after coming back from Europe all beat up and bruised, he got back into his regular routing of hanging out with his son Thompson and riding the local park as much as possible. From what I understand Dave is also building some ramps at his house, which he is super stoked about. This week he will be heading over to good friend Jamie Spritzers house where the second installment of Red Bull’s Backyard Build-Off is going down and he is one of the invited riders to shred the goodness once done.

Sandy Carson spent a solid month over in Europe. First he did a filming trip to Germany and then hung out at a very rainy Rebel Jam…he documented the whole trip for an upcoming DIG. While in Berlin for the Rebel Jam, due to rain, the crew found an abandoned warehouse and proceeded to build their own ghetto indoor street setup…good times! Sandy and Josh hung out a few extra days in Germany cruising around site seeing and riding, then sandy headed home to hang with his family back in Scotland. Right now Sandy is back in Austin working on a new issue of DIG, rapping up filming for the etnies vid and compiling everything for the book that is going to come with the video. Sandy will be in Vegas helping out Joe with the T1 booth at Interbike.

FANLESS Custon Kicks

Design Code: 309388

Blogs are so HOT right now... but wanna know what's hotter? Custom building your own ME (my etnies) Calicut's with the color scheme of your blog! Cheers to FANLESS for pioneering the interweaving of interweb bloggies and interweb custom kicks!

Wagon Jumper

Ever watch the show Mythbusters? Here's a sneak peek... hahaha!

Final Backyard Jam Qualifier

NEXT EVENT - Dumbarton Qualifier -- Sunday 17th September 2006

Well Well Well the waiting is nearly over. The fourth and final qualifier is upon us and all you need to do now is ask yourself one question. Are you ready for the carnage?

This Sunday, September 17 is going to be your very last chance to qualify to enter The etnies Backyard Jam 2006 so if you want to ride and you haven't qualified get yourself and your bike to Unit 23, Dumbarton, Scotland.

Directions to Unit 23 skatepark?

There are just 10 Over 14 and 5 Under 14 places left for the Sheffield jam. For a measly tenner you can ride all day and get the opportunity to qualify for the main Jam in Sheffield. Don't forget if you wanna bring your bike and ride and you don't wish to enter; you may ride the park all day for £10 but you will not be able to ride the competing area while the qualifiers are running.

Love BMX but don't ride? There will also be spectators' tickets being sold on the door for just £5 so you can come on down to support the riders.

The etnies Backyard Jam 2006! October 27-29, 2006.

Just in case you have been hibernating all summer and don't know yet, this year’s etnies Backyard Jam is going to be held at Ice Sheffield. Having just come back from the final venue meeting we are psyched! Everything is taking shape and I can not wait to get down there and get the course built!

To get your hands on some tickets just call 0845 310 3670 or go to www.backyardjam.com

Pro registration is also opening on Monday 18th September priced at £50.

This year we will be continuing the extra contests, running the Snickers Bunny Hop (Friday), etnies High Air (Saturday) and Snickers Best Trick (Sunday). If you think you can give the Pros a run for their cash prize money then you can enter these contests too… all you have to do is sign up for £20. (Please note that your "extra contest rider pass" will only gain you entry to Jam on the day of the contest you are riding not the whole weekend.)

If this wasn't enough we are going to have the usual stands area, the free goody bags and more Pro riders than you can shake a stick at! Riders confirmed so far include: Morgan Wade, Gary Young, Bas Keep, Max Vincent, Chase Hawk, Taj Mihelich, Josh Stricker, Matt Beringer, Aaron Ross, Ali Whitton, Ben Wallace, Dan Lacey, Matt Rowe, Niky Croft , Maggott and Ben Hennon.

Also, you better keep your Saturday night free if you want to catch the exclusive and much anticipated premiere of the new Roundabout Tour Video ¬2nd time round, head to The Corporation, Milton Street, Sheffield City centre from 8pm. (over 18 only)

To register for pro you will need to go to www.backyardjam.com to download a form, or call Rachael on 0845 310 3660.

STI Lab Video!

Check out this new STI video clip! on Active's site!

Badical Biker Beach Bash!!!

Go check it out and let us know if you win!
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Bestwick is a Nut!

Photo: Lat34

Jamie Bestwick won his third Dew Tour event of the year over the weekend in San Jose, CA!

Going into the final round next month in Orlando, Jamie has a comfortable 95 point lead over second place, which means all he really has to do to win the Championship is show up. But we all know he won't just show up...he will show up and dominate!

Congrats Jamie.

etnies Bumper Flair!

Homey has a Toddler etnies Mercury shoe danglin' from his bumper! Checkout my sweet PhotoShop skills!

etnies BMX Reader Video!

Ever since we introduced the contact form on etnies.com all I've been getting in my inbox is shameless begging for free shoes and stickers... I don't have any stickers!

But every once in a while someone sends something good. Believe it or not, Gage is the first BMXer to actually send us a link to a riding video. Thanks Gage, a fresh pair of etnies is coming your way!

As for the rest of you... get on your game!

Sometimes I Get Emails Like This...

Hyphy!

Ummmm... so this kid Alex sent me this e-mail ( I left his typos in tact) and this video!

Hey my name is Alex , i am looking for a sponsorship, Yes i know i dont skateboard or bmx but i am really good at scootering im not scared to do anything new or try anything i dont walk away from anything that i start i bruse inside my heels all the time and the doctors have told me to stop but you cant stop something that you love doing, its kind of like a life style if you ask me.

I will represent your companie to the best of my ability's, Sponsor me and i wont let you down. I have sent this to other companies so get me while you can.

Okay Alex, we'll get right on that! Keep it real.

Vancouver Metro Jam

A hearty congratulations goes out to Morgan Wade for placing second at the Vancouver Metro Jam over the weekend! His run was going great with a 720 over the big gap, flair over the jersey barrier and flair-whip'd a quarter-to-wedge, among other things. But an attempted tailwhip-to-icepick on the fence went wrong when he went to grab the brake... and it broke! Shit happens. But Morgan did end up winning the best trick contest with a nosewheelie-to-barspin!?! Nice.

And props to etnies Girl rider Nina Buitrago for spanking the other ladies and taking the big win!!!

photo: ride bmx

Pro Street Finals:
1. Gary Young 94.8
2. Morgan Wade 93.8 etnies
3. Rob Darden 91.8
4. Alistair Whitton 89.8
5. Corey Bohan 89.2
6. Wade Lajlar 87.4 etnies Canada
7. Drew Bezanson 86.8
8. Max Vincent 86.0
9. Dustin Guenther 85.6 etnies flow
10. Brian Hunt 84.4
11. Clint Reynolds 81.6
12. William Richard 78.6
13. Brian Kachinski 78.6 etnies B Team
14. Jaumell Campbell 75.8 Loves etnies
15. Andrew Lazaruk 75.6

Girls Street:
1. Nina Buitrago 94.0 etnies Girl
2. Caitlin Clark 89.4
3. Jessica Ausec 85.8
4. Vanessa Brazeau 83.8
5. Samantha Lyons 83.4
6. Natalie Wagner 83.2 Morgan's woman
7. Monique Roy 79.6

Dew Tour On MTV2 Monday!

Sheck won in Portland!

MTV2 announced today a half-hour special entitled Dew Action Sports Tour. special takes a behind-the-competition look at the athletes, the action, and the lifestyle that surrounds it. The show premieres on Labor Day, September 4th on MTV2 2PM ET / PT. Look for etnies riders Jamie Bestwick, Ryan Sheckler, Twitch and Jim McNeil!