Bathe yourself in all that is etnies, only then will you know true purity.

This is a scanned copy of an article the Appleton newspaper just ran on me. It was the biggest article in the sports section with a really big color photo of the Ride cover. Newspapers (especially sports sections) are hard to deal with sometimes because they don't quite grasp what we do (hence the "racing" references..haha) but I think it turned out alright. I scanned these black and white so they wouldn't be enormous files to email.

Talk Soon!
Brian

Justin Simpson Web Video from kris marcum on Vimeo.

Skateboarding. One of the coolest activities that has ever been invented. There is some strange feeling that comes for the simple activity of floating across the concrete on a board. For me it is the closest quick fix for surfing that I can get living in Arizona.

I have always had some tie to the skate industry. I ride for a skate company (Sole Tech) and most of my friends skate, because of these things I always have a bit of a grasp on what the skate industry is doing, what new video is out, or what crazy new shit some skater just did. Or, for this example, what day Go Skateboarding Day is.

This was the first year that I was involved with Go Skateboarding Day. A good friend of mine, Tyler, owns the skate shop Calavera.

Tyler is very involved with the city and so he got the entire street closed down for the morning out in front of his shop.

I need to mention that there where cops on hand the whole time. Ahh!

With the street being closed down, kids brought ramps and rails to skate. I spent over and hour trying to do a “rock to fakie”.

There were also a few games including worst kick flip and most kick flips in a minute. I think someone did 24. He was beat after that effort. I think that would be the equivalent of doing 24 bunny hop bar spins in a minute.

After that there was a poker run to the skate park. There were stops where kids could win some new gear. Once at the skate park several bands played including “The Swim”, “Hour of the Wolf” and “The High Rollers”. Sorry there are no photos of the bands. I left to go to the trails. I could only handle so much of sucking at skating.

It's that time again! The X Games are heading our way and the final list of invited BMX athletes is out. Keep an eye out for our boys when X Games 14 hits Los Angeles July 29-August 3!

Invitees include:
Super Park – Full class will be 20 riders
1. Daniel Dhers,
2. Scotty Cranmer,
3. Dave Mirra

Round 1 invites:
4. Morgan Wade ETNIES
5. Ryan Nyquist
6. Gary Young
7. Dennis Enarson
8. Josh Harrington
9. Ryan Guettler
10. Mike Aitken
11. Chris Doyle
Round 2 invites:
12. Steve McCann
13. Brian Foster
14. Chase Hawk
15. Chad Kagy
16. Alistair Whitton

Final Round:
17. Dave Dillewaard ETNIES FLOW
18. Corey Bohan
19. Jamie Bestwick ETNIES
20. Mike Spinner
SuperPark Alternates:
1. Rob Darden
2. Diogo Canina

Street – Full class is 12 riders
Garrett Reynolds,
2. Aaron Ross ETNIES
3. Van Homan

Round 1 Invites:
4. Corey Martinez
5. Dakota Roche
6. Brad Simms
7. Brian Kachinsky ETNIES
8. Sean Sexton
9. Josh Harrington

Round 2 Invites:
10. Seth Kimbrough
11. Rob Wise
12. Nathan Williams

Final Round:
Street Alternates:
1. Nigel Sylvester
2. Dennis Enarson

Vert – Full class is 10 riders
1. Jamie Bestwick ETNIES
2. Simon Tabron,
3. Kevin Robinson

Round 1 Invites:
4. Chad Kagy
5. Zack Warden
6. Jimmy Walker ETNIES
7. Francisco “CoCo” Zurita
8. Steve McCann

Round 2 Invites:
9. Jay Eggleston
10. Dennis McCoy

Vert Alternates:
1. John Parker
2. Koji Kraft
2 Big Air – Full class is 7 riders
1. Kevin Robinson,
2. Anthony Napolitan,
3. Steve McCann)

Round 1 Invites:
4. Chad Kagy
5. Morgan Wade ETNIES

Round 2 Invites:
6. Dave Mirra
7. Allan Cooke

Big Air Alternates:
1. Zack Warden
2. Mike Escamilla

Hi etnies!

Just wanted to say hi and share a few pics from the past couple of weeks! A couple of weeks ago I did a show with DK bikes and friends in Daley Plaza downtown Chicago to help promote "ride your bike to work week". It was a pretty cool event/idea. At one moment I put my bike down to take a break only to get showed up by the Chicago Bull's mascot.

Fun was had, backflips were done and the weather cooperated. It's not everyday you actually get "asked" to ride Daley Plaza, typically its us being "asked to leave".

The following week was Dew tour in Baltimore, "The greatest city in America".

Shortly after this photo was taken we rode through one of the worst neighborhoods I've ever ridden through. The best part of Baltimore and Dew tour was being able to ride street both in B-more and our nation's capital.

Washington DC has some amazing stuff to ride, with the help of Jon Saunders and friends we had a blast and rode all around the city which also happened to be Go Skateboarding Day. Freedom Plaza in DC was completely packed with skaters. It was very impressive how many people there were skating and watching. I dream of a Go BMX day... someday it will happen.

Back in Chicago things have been adventurous as well. For example, I was riding a local school just blocks from my house and out of nowhere a van pulled up with tons of cameras, boom mics, a director, sound crew and these three lovely ladies.

It turns out they were filming for a music video of some sort. I actually can't even remember the name of their band/group but I had never heard of them. Needless to say they were the last people I thought would ever come film at the spot I always ride. Wow.

Thats all for now, more soon about my new venture "spot doctors" check back for details.

Off to Cologne, Germany this week as well for the Suzuki BMX Masters... I'm rooming with Osato so this is going to be a good one!

later!
Brian

To make a long story short, it took a long and painful way to make this infant's eyes see the daylight, but the magical look in his eyes, his health and the mother being perfectly fit the second after giving birth, put a smile on our faces ever since.

We proudly present our little one, Flint.
greetz hannuman