Props Mega Tour 5

May 01, 2006

Written by Bart de Jong

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The Props Mega tour dvd is out. With 60 riders on board doing a week of touring around California, you know it's going to be a good one. The teams this time are V-club clothing, Shitluck, Proper, Greasy Comb distro, Solid Bikes and Staff mail order. Riders range from full time pros to lots of "Bio material" to just friends who are a good time to hang out with. The official stops were at Woodward West, Primo Ramps and Ramp Rats skatepark but when these mandatory stops were over, it was each their own. Enter Mount Baldy, Vegas, Stephen Murray's trails, Gordy's backyard, the streets of San Francisco, Home Ave ditch, SD YMCA, and too many to mention. Quality of the filming is top notch as we've come to expect from anything that Props makes. Music on the other hand is not super great (no classics or big bands as dealing with the rights is a pain and costs too much) but personally I'm not too picky when it comes to sound so it's not too big of a deal to me. The Megatour dvd goes from spot to spot, from team to team, from trick to trick. It becomes a bit blurry when you watch it for the first time because it's all mixed up.

It makes you want to watch it again to figure out the locations, tricks and riders. Good thing is that the riders' names are mentioned in the corner so at least you get some help there. The bonus section has some team parts where you can figure out who belongs where.

Quite a few Europeans made it to Mega Tour 5. Here's the full line up.

Greasy Comb Distribution: Jon Demers, Eben Fischer, Keith Gratton, Ariel Greer, Cory Jarmon, Chris Meyers, Thomas Stellwag, Zack Warden

Proper Bikes: Jamie Cameron, Eben Fischer, Carlo Griggs, Paul Jefferies, Shaun Jinks, Northern John, Mike Seawood, Daniel Serrs, Gav Shortall, Dave Sowerby

Staff BMX: Diogo Cantina, Scotty Cranmer, Brad Gethard, John Jennings, Seth Kimbrough, Dan Reid, Joe Riley, Mike Skolnik

Shitluck: Billy Ashby, Jesse Bower, Fids, Derek Gabbert, Derek Girard, Tony Homlin, Ryan Metro, Ian Morris, Mike Tag, Leland Thurman, Cameraon Wood,

V-Club: Jeremy Hrabel, Matt Morren, Aaron Ross, Dylan Smith, Ryan Smith, Carlos Tarnez, Randy Tayler

Sold Bikes: Chester Blacksmith, Zac Costa, Kurtis Elwell, Sequoyah Faulk, Nick Hammer, Aaron Huff, Robert Jensen, Shad Johnson, Mike Krancich, Kevin Maila, Matt Martin, Andy Merrell, Adam Sanchez, Matt Sager, Dave Thom, Eric Walter

BdJ