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Team Report 7-20-07!

Posted by: Brink | Saturday, July 21, 2007 6 comments

Here’s the latest on the etnies BMX squad… some even from the riders themselves!

Jamie Bestwick, in his own words:

Well as you can gather I was not on the Props Rock and Road Fools, nothing is wrong with me, but I went down to Baltimore to see Stephen Murray in hospital. I was lucky enough to see him twice the day that I was there, He was very sedated and sleepy but seemed to be in good spirits. His family and friends are amazingly strong. They came over from England to see him and they were all very calm and on top of the situation. It was Stephen's Mums birthday so we took her out for a nighttime meal while Stephen was sleeping.

It was very hard for me to see Stephen like this. He was such a strong and active person, but I think that the same attributes that made him great will be the ones that bring him back to good health. Please donate to his charity if you can.

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Dew Tour in Baltimore went well for me a big win on Vert and a trophy that I did not have was something that I was proud of. I got to do my first announcing job up in the booth for NBC, which was pretty cool. I had a good laugh and it was great to talk about some of the most amazing riding. Cleveland is this weekend, looking forward to that, and then off the X Games. Wow great stuff!

Been riding a lot at camp… new kids every week, so its been a really fun time out here. Did some stuff for Levi’s, Vital BMX and also Sports Illustrated for Kids on the web… nice!

Ruben Alcantara has been in California driving around, surfing and riding his bike a bunch. He was up in Santa Barbara visiting friends last week and flew home to Malaga this past weekend to see family hit the chiropractor to get his back checked out as he’s been having issues with it.

Taj Mihelich, in his own words:

Not a whole lot goin’ on with me. Organizing a visit to California for the S&M party and for my band to play. Pretty excited about that. Got my ticket to Rebel Jam as well. My toe is just about healed and so I've been riding some. Mostly big bikes though, as BMX still makes me a bit sore. It’s getting better everyday though. Mat Hoffman and family came down to Austin for a friend’s wedding. We all went out to Chuys for some dinner and that was real fun. I love catching up with Mat and Jaci and the kids. Bought another moped on my last trip up to Michigan. It’s a 1979 Vespa Grande Super Deluxe. Only has 500 original miles on it, and I got it for $600. This thing is awesome! Been riding it around and laughing my head off.

Mike Escamilla, in his own words:

For the last month or so I’ve been up at Woodward West on and off. I headed up to Calgary to do some demos with Dave Osato, John Heaton, Dustin Guenther and Brett Walker. came home a bit early and headed up to Nor Cal and repelled in a cave for a day or so. Probably heading back to Woodward this week.

Morgan Wade had a whirlwind trip to California this past week. The first thing he had to do was a demo on a Mini Mega Ramp for the ESPY awards last Tuesday at Universal Studios. Wednesday he headed down to SD to practice on Bob Burnquist’s backyard Mega Ramp. Thursday Morgan flew home to continue preparation for his upcoming wedding on the 25th and also get ready for the 2nd Dew Tour in Cleveland.

Joe Rich, in his own words:

I won't bore you with any work bullshit. Been riding loads and just getting shit taken care of. Feeling' on top of the world! Killing mosquitoes too! I watched a kid get taken away from the ramp today with a dislocated foot! I think that's the first time I've been here when an ambulance had to come. It was a strange feeling. The summer heat in Austin is back in full effect. 102 yesterday! But Thursday I'll get some relief from my trip out to Woodward West. Gonna be there for five days, then head to Morgan's wedding, then up to the Soul Bowl for four days in Huntington Beach. After that I head back up to Woodward. I think Garrett might be coming on the first Woodward trip and to the Soul Bowl. Then I think Taj is going to be at Woodward the second time I'm there. So I'm stoked! Oh yeah, Chris Hallman will be at Woodward till the 26th so my riding partner will be blasting… you can bet on it. Well, that's all I can think of right now. CHEEEERS!

Sergio Layos is home in Spain following some demos and getting ready to come back to Austin. Check out Sergio’s new etnies ad in Ride BMX.

Josh Stricker has been in Germany for the last four months. He flew back to Pittsburgh this last week for a few days and will be heading to Austin this coming week.

That’s all for now, folks…