Happy New Year From etnies!
Posted by: Brink | Sunday, December 31, 2006
Can ya believe it's 2007 already? Make it s a good one! Happy New year from all of us at etnies!
Aaron Ross Rides a Highlighter!
Posted by: Cropley | Thursday, December 28, 2006
Check Aaron Ross' highlighter-colored FBM...nice!
etnies & Deftones Contest!
Posted by: Brink | Tuesday, December 26, 2006
The long-awaited follow-up to 2003’s Deftones is deceptively tuneful and alarmingly heavy, see-sawing between melancholy reflection and jaw-clenching frustration like a manic depressive refusing his meds. Saturday Night Wrist incorporates disparate elements of hard rock, heavy metal, punk, classic, alternative and electronic music within its tumultuous grooves.
Overall, Saturday Night Wrist is experimental and innovative, it overflows with undeniable hooks, which serve as reminders that first and foremost, Deftones will always be about strong, emotionally resonant songs. Today’s Deftones have emerged stronger, smarter and more excited as a result of their experience. The end result of that is Saturday Night Wrist.
To celebrate the new Deftones album, etnies and the band are holding a contest to giveaway an ESP guitar signed by the band, free etnies shoes, pink Nokia cell phones and more! All you have to do is fill out this form and we will choose the three lucky winners soon! Good luck!
Happy Holidays!
Posted by: Brink | Sunday, December 24, 2006
Happy Holidays to you, your friends and family from etnies! Thanks for all your support!
Dustin Guenther's etnies Blog!
Posted by: Dustin Guenther | Tuesday, December 19, 2006Dustin Guenther is now among the list of distinguished "bloggers" on etniesbmx.com... holla!
- Photo: Ten Pack
So, I'm driving home the other day...there is traffic in my lane but the lane next to me is open. So I stop, let a car pass and punch it to get over into the open lane. Y'know when the tires spin in a truck and sometimes the rear end bounces? It felt like my truck did that, but it kept doing it.
Feeling like a chump for driving like an asshole and obviously blowing something up in my truck, I make my way over to the side of the street. I've been with friends that have blown out drive shafts in 4X4's so, at first thought, that's what I was thinking. I put it in 4X4 but it still did it...I could drive it, but the last thing my truck wanted to do was move.
- Photo: Ten Pack
I put my hazards on and drove the rest of the way home with it vibrating like a crappy civic with too much bass. I called the shop that worked on it last (from when the idiot ran into it in the summer) and they sent a tow truck. Apparently the tubes in my differential twisted around the axle and ripped the welds right out of the differential itself. Good timing 'cause I just got off the freeway, which could have been interesting if that happened doing 110.
So now I'm back in a rental, a mini van actually, which has proven to be rather boring aside from its seemingly low profile. Ben Crockett from BMX Plus was in town shooting photos for a few days. I had to work on a spot one night and parked the mini van right in front of where I was working. I'm sure the business owners wouldn't appreciate what I was doing so I was trying to hurry and get it done. In the time I was there, two cop cars drove passed and didn't even slow down, let alone stop to see what I was doing...I'm banking this one on the mini van and societies perception of "there's no way that soccer mom would be doing anything illegal." Maybe I'll trade the 4X4 in and just get a lift and some knobbies on a mini van.
Merry Friggin Christmas
- Dustin
Brian Kachinsky News/Blog!
Posted by: Brian Kachinsky | Monday, December 18, 2006
- Photo: Ride BMX
By popular request, some of the etnies team riders that are not normally in the "Team Reports", well, they are going to take more of a role in the news on etniesbmx.com. Now look to your left in the "Categories" and you can see blogs from Joe, Rooftop, Taj... and now (drum roll please)... Brian Kachinsky, with Dustin Guenther soon to follow, and one day even more! Enough of that, here's Brian...
Hi Povah,
I don't know when you want news, but I thought I'd throw some your way for the heck of it since I'm sitting here on the couch icing...
- Photo: Ride BMX
My ACL allograft (cadaver tissue) surgery went well. Dr. Chao was awesome and I am on the road to recovery. I am less than a week out of surgery and back home in Wisconsin already making progress with my physical therapist. I had some torn cartilage so I am limited for the first few weeks. It should be as little as 6-8 weeks before I can pedal around. I wont get cleared to ride "full speed" until 3-4 months.
Aside from a lot of time at the gym, I am spending my spare time helping my parents, working on some stuff with DK, getting organized after being gone for most of the year and eating sandwiches. The next couple months is going to suck, but I look forward to being back on the horse soon!
- Brian
Free etnies Beanie!
Posted by: Brink | Friday, December 15, 2006
Get a free etnies beanie with any etnies Online Store order while supplies last! Hurry! Also, if you spend $50 or more and opt for 2-3 day shipping, you qualify for free shipping! Whooopeeeeeeee!
Stricker Interview on Defgrip
Posted by: Cropley | Thursday, December 14, 2006
Povah interviews Stricker on Defgrip...grab a beer and check it out!
BMX Team Report
Posted by: Cropley | Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Jamie Bestwick was out in California for the Arby’s Awards in Burbank late last week hanging with celebs like Paris Hilton and Pamela Anderson. Jamie didn’t win any awards but was nominated in four different categories. Jamie flew to State College following his Cali trip to wrap up some loose ends before going back to England to chill with his wife Kerry and son Samuel. Jamie is also recovering from a head-on car collision out at Woodward West with etnies TM John Povah. Jamie’s a little sore, but doing fine and enjoying some down time. Jamie will be home for the holidays, but he will be heading to Australia early January for a little vacation as well as attending the X Air event down there.
Ruben Alcantara spent the last week in Morocco with his family for a well deserved vacation that was long overdue. Ruben had an amazing time and had lots of fun and wants to do a riding/surfing/chilling trip this summer when he’s rapped up filming for the etnies vid. Ruben heads to Costa Rica Tuesday to hang out, ride and surf with good friends David Quesada and etnies teammate Sergio Layos.
Mike Escamilla was as the premiere for the Gumball 3000 movie last week in London...check out Rooftop's etnies blog about the trip.
Joe Rich has been playing catch up at T1 after returning from a dream trip to the Grand Cayman Islands and shredding the “Black Pearl” with buddy, T1 rider, and etnies teammate Garrett Byrnes. He has been riding the T1 ramp some with Hallman and also trying to finish up a feature for defgrip.com along with some final photos for his Ride UK interview…hopefully that all wraps up this month. Joe is going to try and shoot some more photos with Sandy this week. It rained all weekend in Austin for the first time in a while.
For the most part, Morgan Wade has been home the last few weeks chilling and filming just a little for the upcoming etnies BMX Video Grounded. He did head out to New York last week to hook up and meet his new clothing sponsor Levis…Morgan’s pretty stoked cuz he’s such a redneck.
Josh Stricker is home in Austin enjoying some down time with his injured/broken foot. He’s been out cruising around taking things easy just trying to get back in the swing of things. Check out Josh’s interview on Defgrip.com
Taj Mihelich rode a bunch last week on the T1 ramp, some street, some ditches and at 9th street. Taj’s band The Snake Trap played a show on Thursday, too. Taj and his good friend Chris Hallman went to the Roller Derby Sunday night, which was a lot of fun. Other than that, it been “the usual”…play bass, play with the dog, some BMX. He did a drawing that Sandy Carson is going to use in the etnies book that is going to come with the BMX DVD “Grounded”. Last but not least, Taj did some Christmas shopping online!
Garrett Byrnes is back home now in New Jersey working his ass off making up for lost time while he was down in Costa Rica vacationing with his girl. He got plenty of surfing in and was just enjoying life. From one dream trip to another…Garrett went to the Grand Cayman Islands with T1 and etnies teammate, Joe Rich, to shred the Black Pearl skatepark to get some footy for the upcoming etnies BMX DVD “Grounded”.
Sergio Layos spent the beginning of last week in Tarifa in the south of Spain riding, surfing and hanging at the Red Bull house there. Sergio headed to Malaga mid-week in hopes of riding with Ruben, but Ruben was on vacation with his family unbeknown to Sergio…try calling next time dude! Sergio also did demos in the Canary Islands for Red Bull last week. He worked a bunch at his mom’s restaurant and enjoyed the new pool table that they just bought. Sergio heads to Costa Rica Tuesday with Ruben to hang out, ride and surf with Fly Bikes owner David Quesada.
John Heaton came down to California to attend the premier for the Volume Bikes video "On the Clock" at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood. John worked super hard on filming for this vid, and rightfully so...he got the final part and it’s amazing! Be sure to check it out. John is back home now working at 3Ride bike store and trying to get in some riding in between the shitty weather. Hockey is always on the cards.
Sandy Carson is in Austin working on a Steven Hamilton interview for DIG, as well as the rest of the issue…Deadlines! Deadlines! Deadlines! Sandy’s also been compiling all the artwork and working on the layout for the book that is to be included with the etnies BMX DVD Grounded. He has been keeping himself busy away from magazine crap and photo stuff by filming a bunch for the above said video.
Dave Freimuth is MIA
New Product in the Online Store!
Posted by: Brink | Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Check out all the new footwear, clothing and more!
London Gumball Movie Premiere
Posted by: Mike Escamilla | Monday, December 11, 2006On Nov 27th til' Dec 3rd, we all went over to London to check out the Gumball movie premiere. Tony, Bam, Mike V., Missy and Me stayed at the St. Martins Lane hotel right next to Traflager Square. We were there about a week, I spent the last few days alone. Sadly, I spent most the time sleeping, but I ventured out a few times and shot some photos. Heres some shots from the week...check out more in the photo gallery!
-Mike
Take Action! Tour Featuring The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus!
Posted by: Brink | Friday, December 8, 2006
Pre-sale tickets for the 2007 Take Action! Tour are on sale now. These shows will sell out so the only way to guarantee yourself a ticket and get the lowest possible price is to get them now at www.takeactiontour.com. The pre-sale ends December 16th so act fast. The 2007 tour features headliners The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, with Emery, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, A Static Lullaby, and Kaddisfly. The Take Action! Tour benefits the Youth America Hotline! 1-877-YOUTHLINE (968-8454). 10% of all ticket sales are donated to the charity.
The Tour begins February 1st. For all the latest information about the Take Action! Tour including the full list of tour dates please visit the Take Action! website.
Take Action, founded by Hopeless & Sub City Records, aims to create a better world, one voice and one action at a time. By working with various non-profit organizations, Take Action strives to educate people about the positive difference that can be made by each of us in our community through activism and charitable work.
The 2007 Take Action! Tour is generously sponsored by Hot Topic, Purevolume.com, Alternative Press Magazine, Chord Magazine, Fanscape, Punknews.org, Absolutepunk.net, Stim.TV, Downloadpunk.com, and Rockthestreet.com.
etnies BMX DVD: "Grounded"
Posted by: Cropley | Wednesday, December 6, 2006The new etnies BMX DVD is coming!
Ruben Alcantara, Jamie Bestwick, Taj Mihelich, Joe Rich, Morgan Wade, Mike Escamilla, Josh Stricker, Dave Freimuth, Sergio Layos, John Heaton, Garrett Byrnes, Sandy Carson, Adam Baker, Aaron Ross, Brian Kachinsky, Danny Hickerson, Justin Inman, and more...
"Grounded" – April 2007
Download the commercial and subscribe to the etnies BMX Podcast for more video!
Another Backyard Vid
Posted by: Cropley | Tuesday, December 5, 2006And yet another video from the etnies Backyard Jam... click the button below and subscribe to the etnies BMX Podcast where there are even more sweet vids!
New etnies & Deftones Giveaway!
Posted by: Brink | Tuesday, December 5, 2006The long-awaited follow-up to 2003’s Deftones is deceptively tuneful and alarmingly heavy, see-sawing between melancholy reflection and jaw-clenching frustration like a manic depressive refusing his meds. Saturday Night Wrist incorporates disparate elements of hard rock, heavy metal, punk, classic, alternative and electronic music within its tumultuous grooves.
Overall, Saturday Night Wrist is experimental and innovative, it overflows with undeniable hooks, which serve as reminders that first and foremost, Deftones will always be about strong, emotionally resonant songs. Today’s Deftones have emerged stronger, smarter and more excited as a result of their experience. The end result of that is Saturday Night Wrist.
To celebrate the new Deftones album, etnies and the band are holding a contest to giveaway an ESP guitar signed by the band, free etnies shoes, pink Nokia cell phones and more! All you have to do is fill out this form and we will choose the three lucky winners soon! Good luck!
Seed Project!
Posted by: Brink | Tuesday, December 5, 2006
- The Seed Project Kyoto tee
In an effort to reinforce its commitment to the environment, etnies is proud to unveil the etnies SEED Project, a unique collection of apparel and footwear made of sustainable and recyclable materials that reflect our responsibility to give back to the planet, for Spring 2007.
With the purchase of these products, 1% of the proceeds will be donated to benefit environmental organizations that etnies believes will plant the seeds for the future of action sports, humanity and our planet.
1% For the Planet is an alliance of businesses committed to leveraging their resources to create a healthier planet. Members donate at least 1% of their annual net revenues to environmental organizations worldwide.