The time is upon us for NASS to announce the official Pro Park design for NASS 2015. Over the years the NASS Pro Park Course has hosted some of the gnarliest guys in both BMX and skateboarding, challenging them to push their own boundaries and subsequently the boundaries of what is achievable on a bike or board. Every year the anticipation levels of the action sports community go through the roof waiting for this announcement. Everyone is buzzing to see the new Pro
When you're shopping online at the right time you can score yourself some good deals. Instead of fighting over a pair of pants in the store, you can surf the FOX HEAD page from your comfy seat and have it delivered to your door. And for a good price because loads of items are on sale right now
Vans, the original action sports footwear and apparel brand, teams up with prolific Japanese contemporary artist Takashi Murakami for the fall 2015 season of Vault by Vans. Celebrated for his vibrant paintings and sculptures, Murakami brings his artwork to the uppers of his favorite Vans silhouette, the Classic Slip-On, and a focused apparel capsule for the Vault by Vans x Takashi Murakami collection. Murakami’s artistic anime-influenced style is renowned for its incorporation of lively colors, shapes and imagery inspired by traditional Japanese art and pop culture. Generally described as a “superflat” form, his work is known for blurring the line between high and low arts. For fall 2015, two of Murakami’s recurring motifs, the smiling flower and skull patterns, are brought to life in
Mongoose Bikes today announced it will head back to Woodward West in Tehachapi, California, for the fourth annual Mongoose Jam. After two years at Camp Woodward in Woodward, Pennsylvania, the brand has decided to bring the event back to where it all began. On August 5th through 7th, twenty-five pros and five amateurs will compete over a three-day period, pushing themselves to new skill levels in order to keep progressing the sport of BMX.
Mongoose riders Greg Illingworth, Steve McCann, Kevin Peraza, Paul Ryan, and Ben Wallace will each captain one of five teams at the BMX-only event. Each captain will invite four pro BMX athletes to join their teams. They will also draft one amateur from among the Woodward West campers during the Amateur Contest, the first contest to take place at the Jam.
The athletes will compete for a piece of a $50,000 prize purse as well as individual win bonuses. Teams will earn points according to their placement after each contest – dirt, park, and street.
On July 5th the WETHEPEOPLE team will be in Cologne, Germany and getting ready to hit the roads and autobahns for a week visiting BMX shops every single day! Starting from the WTP base in Cologne we will be driving to Bremen, Hannover, Berlin, Stuttgart, and Frankfurt. Our crew consists of Latvian PRO Ed Zunda, Canadian PRO Dillon Lloyd and English PRO Pete Sawyer. Along for the wild ride are German WTP AM’s Mo Nussbaumer and Dima Prykhodko. Expect every stop to include freebies, giveaways, stickers, and as its Germany there should be plenty of BBQ’s and beers, oh and good times, that’s a guarantee.
Dates:
Monday 6th July. Bremen / Alliance BMX Store.
Tuesday 7th July. Hannover / Bikers Base
Wednesday 8th July. Berlin / Flair BMX Shop
Thursday 9th July. Stuttgart / Kuntsform BMX
Friday 10th July. Frankfurt / Deepend BMX shop
Saturday 11th July. Cologne / Peoples Store (Tour End Party TBA)
DEW TOUR CHICAGO KICKS OFF SATURDAY JUNE 20TH AT GRANT PARK SKATE PLAZA, FREE TO PUBLIC
The Dew Tour kicks off the 2015 season this weekend by bringing the world's best skateboard and BMX athletes to Chicago, Ill., for two days of competition, June 20-21. NBC Sports Group will present four hours of coverage on NBC and more than 10 hours across NBC Sports Live Extra and DewTour.com. Coverage begins Saturday June 20 at 2:30 p.m. ET on NBC.
Saturday night at Park West ( 322 West Armitage, Chicago, IL 60614) hip hop mc Logic will headline a night of music presented by the Dew Tour. The Maryland born rapper broke onto the scene in 2014 with the release of UNDER PRESSURE, which was hailed as one of the best hip-hop albums of the year. Joining Logic will be Midwest native Nyzzy Nice and Chicago based DJ Rock City. Limited tickets are available at Etix.com.
Chicago native Chaz Ortiz and 2013 Dew Cup Champion Louie Lopez lead an impressive roster of skaters confirmed for the weekend, while past Dew Tour BMX champions Dennis Enarson and Garrett Reynolds join Chicago local Brian Kachinsky in a
Hoffman Bikes announced today that it will have new complete bikes, frames, parts and accessories available through local bike shop dealers by June 26.
The new complete bike range offers a range of options:
-$200.00 - 18" Imprint
-$270.00 - 20" Immersion
-$300 - Seeker
Paul's Boutique has got a special going on. Buy a pair of Eclat Moon grips for € 7,95 and get a MOOON CD free. Or we can turn that around. Buy a MOOON CD and get a free pair of Eclat MOON grips. The grips come in Orange (hup Holland hup!), black, grey and teal. The MOOON CD comes with the following songs:
1 Small Town Boy
2 It's Okay
3 Surfin' With You
4 Stone in My Shoe
5 All I know
Mooon is a band of three of our cousins from Aarle-Rixtel. They've been rocking all over the place the last year. We're waiting for the
The second edition of BMX Street Rink will go down on June 27, 2015 in the Olympic Ice Stadium in Munich and its line-up including the world's best street riders has just been completed. Expect some serious bangers by:
Garrett Reynolds (US), Alex Kennedy (UK), Chad Kerley (US), Simone Barraco (ITA), Alex Donnachie (UK), Devon Smillie (US), Dennis Enarson (US), Bruno Hoffmann (GER), Dan Lacey (UK), Daniel Tünte (GER), Broc Raiford (US) and
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.