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Van Homan catches up with Chase Dehart to run through his current build. When there is two Philly #bmx street legends in one video... You know you need to click play!

Bike Check: Karl Poynter
Hook-ups: Deco, Profile, Merritt
Hometown: Indiana, USA

Bike Check:

Frame - Deco Self-Titled V3 21”
Fork - Deco
Bar - Merritt Snake 9.5”
Stem - Profile Push w/ Ti Bolts
Headset - Merritt Hightop

Tom Deville just built up a fresh Alex Valentino Signature Autoportrait frame and built it up with some of United's finest parts.

Frame: United Auto Portrait Alex Valentino Sig Frame 21" Pale Grey
Bars: Union Motorcade 9.2" x 28.5" Bar Black
Forks: United Dinero V2 Fork Gloss Black - Offset: 31.09mm
Grips: United Team Grips Black
Headset: Union Headset Black
Stem: United Precedence Top Load Stem 52mm Black
Seat: United Fat Stealth Pivotal Seat Black
Seat Post: United Stealth Pivotal Post 200mm Black
Cranks: United Severance Cranks Regular Bosses 175mm Flat Black
BB: United Supreme Mid BB 22mm Black
Chain: United Supreme Half link Chain Black
Pegs: United Metal Miki 4.5" Peg Black Oxide
Sprocket: United MDLCLS Sprocket & Guard 28T Black
Tyres: United x Union InDirect Tyre 20" x 2.35" Black Wall

Name: Asuma Nakai
Age: 21
Hometown: Joetsu, Japan
Sponsors: Mongoose/Xlarge/Motocross International/Oakley/FoxRacing/Shimano/Tioga/Ikon/StanceSocks/WesternRiver/flexdream/CW-X/OgawaRingyo

Bike Check:

Frame: Mongoose Title Team / XXL
Fork: Ikon Pro Fork
Handlebar: Elevn 8.0" SLT Flat Handlebar
Stem: 22.2mm Pro Stems / 53mm

United's Joe Embrey recently swung by the sponsor's warehouse to freshen up his bike and built up a new Signature Alex Valentino Autoportrait Frame in Raw. He laced it up with some of our finest parts like Severance Cranks and Dinero Forks.

FRAME: United Autoportrait Alex Valentino Signature Frame Raw
FORKS: United Dinero V2 Fork Gloss Black
BARS: United Dirty Bar 9" x 28" Fernando Laczko Signature Bar Gloss Black
CRANKS: United Severance Cranks 175mm Flat Black
SPROCKET: United MDLCLS Sprocket & Guard 28T Polished
CHAIN: United Half Link
TYRES: United X Union InDirect 20" x 2.35" Black Wall
HEADSET: Union Headset Black
SEAT: United X Union Gaaar Railed Seat Brown

Kink Pro Casey Starling sheds some light on his current Royale Frame build and why he's feeling it, accompanied with some ridiculous footage from a quick trip to some L.A. street spots and skateparks!

Our Icelandic shredder, Bjarki Hardarson, filmed this little bike check in his local indoor skatepark. Take notice - and enjoy!

Take a closer look at Matt Nordstrom's current setup.

Name: Erik van de Wardt
Age: 22
Hometown: Eindhoven, Netherlands

Why did you choose this frame out of all frames on the market today?
Erik van de Wardt: I mainly check what Paul has in stock and if there is anything with a geometry I like. I never really noticed this frame but when I saw the sweet colour I looked up the geo and found out is was spot on for me! I also really dig the ICS chainstay Federal came up with. I bought the last one in stock a few months ago before it was gone.

What was the biggest difference over the last bike you had?
Erik van de Wardt: Geo wise the bars are taller and the back end of the frame is one halflink longer which is perfect, coming from a too short feeling frame. I also really dig the OS bar clamping and ICS chainstay on this new bike.

How do you like the look of your bike?
Erik van de Wardt: Coming from a trashy custom painted white bike with chrome parts I am happy to

Marcel Gans just setup a fresh Blaster frame stacked around more Colony parts, check the spec below…

Frame: 21″ Blaster frame
Forks: Sweet Tooth 25mm offset.
Bars: 9.4″ Sweet Tooth
Cranks: Colony 175mm Venator.
Pedals: Fantastic Plastic.
Sprocket: 28t Blaster Sprocket
Seatpost: Colony Pivotal.