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The time has finally come to announce the world premiere date for our upcoming video, “What Could Go Wrong?” Starting at 2pm on August 8th, Brooklyn, New York at the House of Vans. This will be an all day, all ages, FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC event put on by The Shadow Conspiracy and Vans Shoes to celebrate not only the world premiere of our newest DVD but the release of our THIRD collaboration shoe project with Vans.

Come out on August 8th, ride with the ENTIRE Shadow crew, have a chance at winning big prizes from us and Vans, and be one of the

EpicTV  - in association with DJI – has today announced a new Film Festival called Rise of the Drones, which aims to unearth the very best in aerial footage of BMXing, climbing, kayaking, mountain biking, skateboarding, skiing and snowboarding, as well as BASE jumping and wingsuit flying films. The first ever Rise of the Drones Film Festival will launch on the 6th of July 2015. Submissions will be accepted at epictv.com/content/rise-drones-2015 until September 30th, when

August 21st, 22nd and 23rd 2015, Europe’s biggest BMX DIRT contest returns to Sérignan. We are exicited to announce that Lords of Dirt will go down in Sérignan, France, this year again for the ninth consecutive time. A brand new course with huge jumps will be ready to welcome the world's best BMX freestyle riders in the beautiful South of France close to the beach. Last year we had the chance to have BMX superstars as Dawid Godziek, Leandro Moreira, Simon Moratz and many more. Be sure that this year the list will be even bigger

GoPro, Inc. (NASDAQ:GPRO), enabler of some of today’s most engaging content, is proud to announce HERO4 Session, the smallest, lightest, most convenient GoPro yet.  50% smaller and 40% lighter than GoPro’s best-selling HERO4 Black and Silver cameras, HERO4 Session packs GoPro’s Emmy® Award-winning image quality and performance into an exciting new low-profile form factor. HERO4 Session benefits from a durable waterproof design that eliminates the need for a separate 

United are hitting the road in the UK for their Summer Loliday tour… and everyone is welcome to get involved along the way. They’re starting out at The Boarding House in Exeter on July 11th and then heading all the way up north to 20Twenty in Aberdeen on July 15th before hitting The Street Series in Glasgow on Saturday July 18th.

Alex Valentino, Jeff Kocsis, Harry Mills-Wakley, Corey Martinez and Nathan Williams will no doubt be heavy on the

BMX and Nitro Circus Live stars James Foster and Jed Mildon square off to see who will be the first person to successfully land a quadruple backflip on a BMX bike, in Revolution Day: The Chase for the Biggest Trick in Action Sports History, Sunday, July 12, at 4:30 p.m. ET on NBC. The 90-minute special will chronicle the athletes’ nine-month journey as they individually trained, practiced and ultimately battled to become the world’s first athlete to complete the landmark trick.

After 4 incredible and positive events, we are sorry to inform everyone that this year’s Texas Toast Jam has been called off. A few variables beyond our control lead us to this decision, but the bottom line is that we simply could not gather the level of sponsorship support that is required for doing the event properly. Toast is a casual jam and might appear rough around the edges, but in reality it is a lot of work, and it also takes a lot of money to make it happen. We have to pay a legit staff of builders, buy and rent equipment, offer prize money, make sure the judges have pens and cover a million other details in order to keep this international event rolling smoothly. As Odyssey employees, we also organize and manage Toast while juggling all of our everyday work for the brand. It is fair to say that Toast has always been a

Vans, the original action sports footwear and apparel brand, joins the city of Huntington Beach to present the 2015 Vans US Open of Surfing July 25 – August 2. In partnership with the World Surf League (WSL) and event owner and operator IMG, the Vans US Open of Surfing will host the world’s elite in surfing, skateboarding and BMX, bringing premier action sports competition to Surf City this summer. As part of a festival-wide celebration of creative expression, the fan-driven event will also feature artist exhibits and installations, beach activities, interactive sponsor displays and more.

“Nearly 50 years ago, Paul Van Doren opened the first Vans store just a few miles from the Vans US Open event site, the same place where he met surf legend Duke Kahanamoku and made him one-of-a-kind Vans to celebrate his unique style.  It's an honor to carry forward that legacy of creative expression here in 2015,” said Doug Palladini, Vans’ vice president, general manager of North America. “The Vans family, along with partners IMG, WSL and the City of Huntington Beach, is looking forward to our third

The course is ready and the world's best street riders are about to arrive in Germany for the BMX Street Rink on June 27, 2015. For all of those who won't make it to the Olympic Ice Stadium in Munich, we have some good news: There will be a free live stream available on munich-mash.com! The line-up is packed with heavy hitters such as Garrett Reynolds (US), Alex Kennedy (UK), Chad Kerley (US), Simone Barraco (ITA), Alex Donnachie (UK), Devon Smillie (US), Dennis

This Sunday, June 28th, a full hour-long TV show of the Simple Session 2015 contest will premiere on NBC channel as part of the The Red Bull Signature Series. The broadcast of one of the biggest BMX and skateboarding events in the world, presented by Lion and Gopro in April 2015, is set to air at 2:00PM ET / 11:00AM PT. The show covers the praised BMX part of the Simple Session series.

“This is an incredible milestone not only for the event, but for the sport of BMX park and street riding globally. It is absolutely incredible to see our show reaching over 120 million homes across the USA this weekend, prime time. BMX has rarely enjoyed such mainstream media exposure and we are happy beyond words, that Simple Session has become the playground for the best riders on the planet, making BMX history right here in Tallinn, Estonia. Hopefully the exciting atmosphere and epic riding seen on the show will have so many more attracted to this great sport and lifestyle," said Risto Kalmre, founder and co-director of the Simple Session event series.