Joe Rich Trick Tips!

Posted by: Brink | Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Levi's Movie Trailer!

Posted by: Alex | Friday, September 26, 2008

BK Mex X Prelims

Posted by: Alex | Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Viva el Kachinsky! Here's some footage of Brian during X Games Mexico BMX Street Prelims... he's the stud with the big etnies Icon on his shirt.

etnies BOK!

Posted by: Alex | Monday, September 22, 2008

Saturday was the 10th anniversary of the Burnside BMX BOK (Burnside Open Championships), the BOK-series is guaranteed a fun day.

etnies Burnside BMX Bok, Deventer NL, 20-09-08 from Bakkejan on Vimeo.

The contest and the practice sessions were a lot of fun. Everybody was having a great time riding with each other and some riders really stood out... like Ronaldo from Hengelo, who isn’t a familiar face for most riders but I’ve seen him ride before. He threw in some big suicide no handers over the volcano and qualified with a couple of flair attempts. In his semi final run he went for a big wall tap to barspin in but didn’t pull it.

Tim F was dialed and brought some nice technical and street skills, like whip to flat and a big truck driver transfer.

Barry Kohne was all over the place... went big on everything. He did some big whip can cans, 360 wall tap over the spine and some old school crank arm slides.

Local hero Franky Elshof went loose caboose. He pretty much sleeps at this park. He did some crazy ass tricks, like superman seat grab air, 3Whip to fakie and truck driver over the spine. But it wasn’t enough to finish in the top 3.

Style king Virgil was dialed as a madman. With nice looking 540s, turndowns to fakie and 360 inverts he came out 3rd.

Mark Vos went street on this one. He secretly kept his front peg on since there are no pegs allowed in this indoor park. He did some awesome toothpick grinds and a crazy back wall ride out of a bank. He ended up 2nd, also winning the best crash.

There he was again... Channon ‘el toro’. He is on fire lately, winning every event he enters. He kept his head calm and did what he had to do to win with all kinds of 360 combos... 360 back paddle and 3whips and, to top it off, spine flip and a huge flair. He won his first BOK.

Results:
1 Channon Balorian
2 Mark Vos (etnies)
3 Virgil
4 Franky Elshof
5 Barry Köhne (etnies)
6 Roy van Kempen
7 Tim Frijters (etnies)

Thanks to etnies rider Bas Brouwer for this first hand etnies BOK report!

NORA Cup Awards Are Coming!

Posted by: Alex | Tuesday, September 16, 2008

The NORA Cup Awards are upon us once again. Last year our boys made quite a showing and we expect nothing less from this year's festivities... festivating from The Joint at the Hard Rock, Las Vegas! Perhaps the showgirls won't be the only ones topless in Sin City.

Who: Everyone, 21 + (Free)
What: Annual Number One Rider Awards party: The biggest party in BMX.
When: September 24th at 8pm
Where: The Joint inside the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada
Why: Because the top riders of the year need to get recognized and everyone needs to party!

Plus: The Levi's video will be premiered and lots of special guests will make appearances and present awards. SPECIAL!

Bestwick Wins Dew Tour SLC!

Posted by: Brink | Saturday, September 13, 2008

Bestwick did it again today... first place Dew Tour in Salt Lake City. Congrats, Jamie!

PAS In LA Times

Posted by: Alex | Friday, September 12, 2008

etnies Founder and Gran Fromage Pierre Andre Senizergues is no stranger to the media. He's been featured in several publications for his notable skateboarding achievements, innovations in skate footwear and his radical environmental attitude. With today's LA Times story, we now add his home to the list, as just another newsworthy bit of Pierre. Take a peek inside the Newport Beach home that landed him in the LA Times Home and Garden section...

Travel Time With BK

Posted by: Alex | Thursday, September 11, 2008

Somehow Ride BMX was able to track down Brian Kachinsky. And somewhere between Copenhagen and Vegas, BK gave them the lowdown on his many travels. Check it out for BK's who, what, when, why and, most of all, where...

Ryan Smith Video

Posted by: Alex | Thursday, September 11, 2008

Check out Ryan's new footage from Mutiny Bikes. Street, dirt, park... is there anything he can't light up? Word.

FREE Shipping

Posted by: Alex | Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Offer ends 9/16!

Brett Walker Reminisces!

Posted by: Brink | Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Freimuth In Cleveland

Posted by: Alex | Thursday, September 4, 2008

Dave Freimuth fills us in on the latest...

On my recent trip to Florida with the Albe's guys, Chad Kagy made a call to DMC and hooked me up judging the Cleveland Dew Tour. I was a little nervous at first... judging can be a big job especially when there's 10's of thousands of dollars on the line and dudes fighting for Year End points. But when all was said and done it was one of the best jobs I've ever had. And there's definitely nothing wrong with having the best seat in the house for some of the best BMX riding in the world right now.

Probably the highlight for me was the Vert Comp. I don't get to see Jamie ride a vert ramp in person very often, so when I do it's always a treat. And the fact that Kagy has been killing it lately kinda puts a fire under Jamie's butt and it shows. Portland was one of the most exciting vert comps I've been to in my life. I can't count how many times in the last few years I've seen Jamie turn his second run into a victory lap after already locking down the win with his first run... So seeing him have to throw down for his second run in both Cleveland and Portland was amazing. In Portland Chad pulled out the win, but I can only imagine what Jamie's last run would have been if he had managed to stay on his bike the entire time. My hats off to those two for pushing vert and putting me on the edge of my seat comp after comp.

Here's a couple pics I took from the last two stops of Dew Tour... My favorite being the one of Catfish trying to hit his head on the ceiling of an elevator when it first starts to drop... he didn't and I won ten bucks, which disappeared quick when we got to Sassy's! Good times. Thanks DMC! And I promise to ride Park in one of the Open's next year!

Oh yeah, me, Patie, and Thompson went to Packers family night a couple weeks ago and got rained on and didn't care... man, I can't wait for NFL football. GO PACK GO!

KC Badger Video

Posted by: Alex | Thursday, September 4, 2008

How do you celebrate your birthday? Well, if you're KC Badger you film some footage, grab a mic and give Vital BMX a little interview chock full o' good stuff... including bloody feet that made his trip and back pain that sucks. Watch it here.

Morgan @ Kingston Metro

Posted by: Alex | Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Kingston, Ontario, Canada. That's where Morgan was last weekend... spreading his BMX cheer to our friendly neighbors to the north. He and the boys checked out the first annual Kingston Metro BMX Jam and tore up the Street Competition. And what'd he get out of it? He took 2nd Place, eh? Not bad, eh? For a little trip to Canada, eh? Alright.

10th Annual BMX BOK

Posted by: Alex | Wednesday, September 3, 2008

etnies presents the 10th BMX BOK

Saturday the 20th of September the BMX BOK contest (Burnside Open Championship) will take place for the 10th year in a row! This is one of the biggest BMX park events in the Netherlands. Burnside shop and indoor skatepark is one of the few indoor parks that opens its doors, at any time, to BMXers and has thus long been a haven in Netherlands! So it’s time to celebrate Burnside’s support of the BMX scene!

Check back after the contest for a full report on the etnies BMX BOK. Until then, here's a taste of the etnies Dutch BMX scene featuring Tim Frijters:

Tim Frijters web video from Stijn on Vimeo.