Ali is featured in this Macneil Road Trip video they did in France after the Brighton Project this summer. Check it!
Vans Street Team Rider Ty Morrow has a crazy little web video up on Vimeo from a Staff trip he went on this year.
Come out to the Vans store at Clackamas Town Center in Clackamas, OR on Thursday, August 21 @ 7:00PM to meet Bucky Lasek, Ryan Guettler, Rob Lorfice, Alistair Whitton and more! There will be tons of Vans giveaways including limited edition t-shirts for the first 100 attendees. Join us and you might even win a chance to take home a free pair of Vans shoes!
Vans
Clackamas Town Center
12000 SE 82nd Avenue
Portland, OR 97086
503-659-1177
Check it out.
Vans Team Rider Chase Hawk just scored the cover of the new Soul BMX Experience Magzine #56 doing what appears to be a really stylish nac-nac. Who would have thought a nac-nac would see the cover of a magazine?! I guess Chase can make anything look stylish.
Vans BMX Team rider Diogo Canina came in as an alternate into Superpark and rolled the dice to get on the podium. We caught up with him after the media frenzy!
Congrats to Brandon from PA who was the winner of the "Ryan Guettler Prize Pack." Brandon is now the proud owner of Ryan Guettler's signature Mirraco bike and signature shoe Whip 2!
$1.65 million dollars... Does that get your attention? This is the increased overall prize purse for the 14th annual X-Games that will be given away this weekend to the top athletes in Skateboarding, Moto X, BMX, Rally Car Racing, and for the first time ever, Women's Moto X. The event starts Thursday, July 31st and runs through Aug. 3rd, and can be seen on ESPN, ESPN 2 and ABC. It's all going down in LA, so if you can make it, come and see for yourself. You will be able to catch your favorite Vans athletes in action first hand all weekend long. Make sure you check out the list below to see who was invited, so you don't miss it!
So last year the Empire Dirt got rained out and Gary was the only guy to make it through the course first lap before the heavens opened up and turned dirt to mud. All year he'd been looking forward to the contest and it finally went down this week in England. Gary placed second overall and is headed back to California for X Games Superpark! Gary is Super!
After thumbing through the last coupe issues of Ride magazine, and noticed that the Vans riders have been getting around in print media. Coco Zurita has a photo in a Journey's ad. Chase Hawk has a Fox ad from Lonnie's backyard and an Odysey ad from 9th street in Austin, TX. Alistair Whitton has a turndown gap in a Shadow ad. Colin Mackay has a photo in the Focus section of Ride that looks like it was shot in Alistair's backyard in Greenville, NC. Scotty Cranmer has an insane sequence photo in the new Staff ad doing a gigantic transfer.
Vans BMX team rider Kym Grosser has come a long way from his dirt jumping days and now he is taking his skills to the streets. Check out this massive nothing down a 13-stair. Ka-boom. Now you know.
Vans team rider Ryan Guettler took a nasty slam in Park Finals on Sunday when he tried to 1080 the long box jump early in his first run and came in sideways on the landing. Ryan's got a broken nose, 14 stitches in his lip and needs 5 new teeth. Ryan will be selling his cracked teeth on ebay. Just kidding, get well buddy. Here is a photo of Ryan sending a 720 in the Dirt contest the day before his slam. Guettler will be chilling in Greenville until X Games next week in LA.
Aussies everywhere will agree, BMX is owned by the riders from Down Under. BMX Dirt at the Cleveland Dew Tour was no different as Cameron White and Ryan Guettler took first and second respectively at the second stop of the 2008 Dew Tour. Cam White busted out his backflip barspin to tailwhip and Guettler was doing back-to-back 720s on his way to the podium. guettler even tried a 1080 in his last run but didn't make it through the entire course.
Check out Vans BMX team rider Josh Harrington's video interview where he anwers tons of questions from his fans. You can catch Josh in action competing in BMX Park at the Cleveland stop of the AST Dew Tour July 17th - 20th and X-Games 14 in Freestyle Super Park and Street, Aug. 1st - 3rd. Don't forget to pick up a copy of his new video, "In Search" out now!
Colin was in Montreal for "Canada Day" and did a BMX demo. His wife Kel shot photos and did a little video. Check Colin out blasting the box jump and bumping the crowd up with his amazing tricks.
Check out Dave Osato's new bike photos on Woozy!
Ryan Guettler made his way over to Germany to one of the most popular European contests of the year, The BMX Masters in Cologne, Germany and took the win in BMX Dirt. Congrats Ryan!
This weekend, Vans BMX riders Ryan Guettler, Colin Mackay, Dave Osato, Frnacisco Zurita, Alistair Whitton, Luke Parslow, Josh Harrington and Diogo Canina will destroy it at the BMX Masters in Cologne, Germany. The guys will be competing in Park, Mini, Dirt, Vert. Don't forget to check back for results after the week.
After the first Dew Tour in Baltimore, MD Vans BMX team rider Alistair Whitton took little trip to Travis Pastrana's house in Annapolis to practice some flips into the foam pit. Ali felt so good into the foam that he took his backflip to a dirt jump and stuck it first try. See the video!
Check out this TJ Lavin music video and watch for Cory Nastazio to get some studio time about halfway through.
Vans BMX riders Diogo Canina, Cory Nastazio, Luke Parslow and Colin Mackay all qualified through prelims into the final round for Dew Tour Dirt here in Baltimore. Cam White was pre qualified for the finals by virtue of his amazing season last year. The five riders will duke it out in the dirt this weekend for some big cash.
Australian hellman and Vans BMX team rider Ryan Guettler talks about what went into designing his new Vans "Whip 2" shoe and shows us the kind of riding it's made for. Go take a look-see on Vital BMX.
Vans BMX rider and all around BMX legend took the top spot at Kevin's Robinson's First Annual Innovational in New York City. Kevin had the ramp made for a high air world challenge and left the set-up in tact for a contest the next day. DMC aired 10+ feet on the huge, 27-ft tall ramp before the event was cut short due to rain. Look out for DMC next week at the Action Sports Tour first stop in Baltimore, MD.
Vans BMX rider Alistair Whitton fires a no-footed can-can into a huge ditch for the cover of the new Ride BMX magazine. Pick it up a copy, going on sale June 24th!
Come out to the Vans store at White Marsh Mall in Baltimore, MD on Wednesday, June 18th @ 7pm to meet Bucky Lasek, Ryan Guettler, Scotty Cranmer, Rob Lorfice and more! There will be tons of Vans giveaways including limited edition t-shirts for the first 100 attendees. Join us and you might even win a chance to take home a free pair of Vans shoes!
Vans
White Marsh Mall
8200 Perry Hall Blvd
Baltimore, MD 21236
(410) 931-8432
Check out how Luke Parslow made his last print ad shot from this killer video.
We obtained some sick footage from Alistair Whitton's La Cripta Dos print ad shoot.
Check out this Then (1994) and Now (2008) interview with Dave Osato. Favorite riders, borrowing mom's car and shredding Vancouver.
The July 2008 issue of Ride BMX magazine has Vans rider Josh Harrington doing a hop-over rail on the table of contents page. The funny thing about this photo was that he had security keeping the run-up clear of people b/c he was at Oakley (one of Josh's sponsors). The massive hop-over to kinker rail is also featured footage in Josh's video End Search, and Josh's Oakley team manager sent us all a photo of a guy re-painting the rail a week later.
Yo what's up? Got back from a trip to Brazil and it was a great time. Here is a shot from one of the many beaches that we ended up at. We saw so many interesting places and one of them was the favelas. This is the word they use to describe the area know as a slum. There is a photo of me over looking one of many that Rio has. We did a tour of this Favela where some of the money raised goes back into one of the schools from the favela. All and all it was a great vacation. Now I am back in Vancouver getting ready to move. Trying to ride as much as possible as well as the weather is getting better and better every day.
Talk to you later.
Dave.
The 4th Annual Red Bull Elevation BMX Dirt Jumping Contest went down this weekend in Guadalajara, Mexico, as a kick-off to the 2008 season. Elevation has risen to the top as the most progressive BMX Dirt Jumping contest in the world and this year Vans team riders TJ Ellis and Cam White made it into the finals, with Cam White being crowned champion! Cam White blew everyone away at the end of 2007 with his signature trick; the backflip barspin to tailwhip and he pulled it out at Elevation en route to the podium. Be sure to check out these guys all summer long on the AST Tour. If Cam and TJ are killing it now, this summer should be madness.
This Firsthand with Alistair Whitton follows this U.K. transplant as he discusses why he rides BMX and how it has changed his life. Alistair is known throughout the pro community for his all-or-nothing attitude and fun-loving personality. Alistair takes us back to his early riding days in the U.K. before turning to traveling stunt shows, which provided a taste of his life to come. He discusses the impact Camp Woodward has had on his pro BMX career and its affect on his life away from riding. Alistair then sets off for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to pick up his MacNeil teammates and Vans Teammate Gary Young, giving them a tour of some of his favorite spots on the East Coast and in his home of Greenville, North Carolina. In Greenville we encounter a handful of the "Pro-Town" locals such as Ryan Guettler. Alistiar exemplifies his thirst for fun as we take a day to enjoy some of his daily activities, hit local spots and ride motocross with pro BMX riders Dave Mirra and Stephen Lilly. All this is a well earned break from the stressful life of a pro rider before he once again heads out on the contest circuit to try and keep the dream alive.
Last week the Vans demo team took a trip across the pond to Naples, Italy for a mini ramp demo at the US Naval Support Base. The base actually had a little pre-fab skatepark that the guys rode for a couple days while Nate Wessel and Ryan Corrigan built the 6-ft mini ramp. Bucky Lasek, Josh Bordon, Ryan Guettler and Coco Zurita and Michael Steingraber shredded the ramp for a couple days in front of the Navy Exchange mall with hundreds of kids hanging out and demanding autographs. The crew made a couple visits to the schools on base and Michael busted out flatland tricks in the gymnasium before some crazy karate demo went down. The kids were psyched for sure. Check out the photos from the demo and the gnarly shot of Josh dropping in from the sub rail! Nuts! He landed it first try!
Tyler Morrow went on along with Chase Hawk on the Vans Europe trip. Tyler was stoked because this was his first time to Spain and France. Check out photos from the trip that Ty that Mr. Mackay shot.
Chase Hawk went to Europe and had a amazing time. Check out these photos that Colin shot on the trip. More to come in Ride UK and other magazines.
New video featuring Vans bmx team riders Gary Young and Luke Parslow's new dirt session!
In North Carolina there are plenty of warehouses, foam and resi pits, but nothing like Vans BMX'er Ryan Guettler's backyard. After two years in the making, Ryan has finally finished his massive backyard set up complete with ramps and crazy nerf colors, which has left no room for his dog to do his "business!"
Paralyzed since a double backflip went bad last June, BMXer Stephen Murray is tackling his toughest trick ever: getting back on his feet again. Read up on how Stephen has been working through physical therapy and believes he will be able to walk again in the current issue of EXPN The Magazine. To make a donation to Stephen Murray, please visit www.stephenmurrayfamilyfund.com.
When he was on the way to the airport for a short trip to California, Guettler got a call from his bike sponsor saying that he, instead, had to hop on a plan to Germany for the T-Mobile Extreme PlayGrounds Dirt Contest that weekend. A quick change of plans and Ryan was in Duisburg, Germany doing huge front flips and 720s. Guettler took second in the overall contest and won Best Trick with a 360 backflip.
Take a look at photos from Oakley's End Search Video Premiere featuring Josh Harrington!
Check out Colin Mackay's blog about his experience at the Jo Mo Pro last weekend.
Fuzzy Hall has been shredding for many years and you young little whipper snappers could learn a thing or two from this dirt jumping legend. What's changed in the last 15 years? Some things a lot, some things not so much.
Favorite Trick
Then: No-Footed Can-Cans
Now: Foot-Jam-Tailwhips
Favorite Trails
Then: Twin Palms in California
Now: Posh in Pennsylvania
Transportation
Then: Lowrider Mini-truck
Now: Stock Chevy 4x4
Biggest Trend
Then: Cuffed Pants
Now: Tight pants
BMX hotspot in the US
Then: Sheep Hills in Huntington Beach, CA
Now: Greenville, NC
Riding friends
Then: Ed Buckley/Owner Of 5050
Now: Ed BuckleyOwner Of 50/50
Best contest of the year
Then: ABA King Of Dirt
Now: ELEVATION
Biggest Responsibility
Then:Paying $200 for rent
Now: Too Much of it!
Favorite Rider
Then: Brian Foster
Now: Brian Foster
Out of the blue, the JomoPro BMX Parks contest turned into a Who's Who in Pro BMX for the third year and sported some big names in the top ten. Vans riders Colin Mackay and Ryan Guettler made their way to Joplin, Missouri for the park contest last weekend and placed 6th and 7th respectively on the unit-esque course. Guettler took at shot at the Best Trick contest with a Superman backflip, but wasn't enough to make the cut. Guettler has the superman flip on lock-down and you can look for him to be sending it at both Dirt and Park contests all year long.
Chase isn't up as a pro on the Vans site, but he is a Vans pro. Here's a bike check from Chase:
Frame-The Hawk. 20.5"
Fork- Odyssey Classic Race fork
Bars- Odyssey LumberJack
Stem- S&M Race XLT
Headset- integrated
Lever- None
Saddle- Odyssey Aitken, Grey reverse Denim with Red Stitching
Seatpost- Fit
Clamp- integrated
Front wheel- Vandero 2 w/ Hazard Lite rim
Rear wheel- Odyssey V3 Cassette, lhd w/ Hazard Lite rim
Spokes- Odyssey aftermarket
Sprocket- 31t Fit
Cranks- Wombolts. 175, lhd
Chain- generic
Pedals- Odyssey Twisted pc
Brake- None
Tires- Odyssey Path, Klyte (20x2.1) rear/ Aitken, 2.25 Klyte front
Pegs- None (Plegs when there are pegs)
Cable- None
Grips- Rueben
Barends- Par Ends
Fuzzy's son Mason just got his first order of Vans Shoes and is ready to rip. This must be his Cory Nastazio impression.
Josh has spent the last year producing a BMX video project entitled "End Search" and he is happy to say that it is finally finished. Check out this quick interview about Josh and some behind the scenes facts about the project that consumed that last year of his life.
When did you start filming (date/ approx month/year)? January
2007
When did you finally get the mastered DVD finished? March 2008
Number of Broken bones? 5
Number of Tickets? Zero, but 1 million run-ins with police and
security.
How many trips did you take? 20
Best trip of the video? Australia!
Worst cop/security of the trip? Campus Police in Greenville NC.
Best bum? DVD menu bum is the man!
How many tapes did you fill up? 100,000
How many cigarettes did Tony smoke? 200,000
Two words to describe each guy's part:
Josh Harrington: FUN Memories
Ty Morrow: Street Steez
Rob Darden: Super Flow
Will Love: Big Underated
Dave Dilleward: Too Good
Ryan Nyquist: Holy Shit
Best part about the project? Having a good time traveling with
all my best friends.
Worst part about the project? Deadlines and spending too much money
to make the film how I wanted it.
Today's "Best-of The Daily Habit" show features guest host Chris Pastras sitting down with Aussie BMX ripper and Vans team rider, Ryan Guettler. Ryan speaks up about his Vans Signature shoe the Whip 2, the BMX camp in Orlando, and upcoming trip to Italy for a demo. Tune in to FUEL TV today!
There was an amateur BMX park competition in Orlando, FL at the Vans Skatepark. Guest judges; Ryan Guettler, Alistair Whitton, Colin Mackay, Josh Harrington and Catfish on the mic made it a great day. Front flip, 180 tailwhip fakie, 360 tailwhip, 720 were tricks thrown down in the advance category and Dave Mohoney took first place, Congrats!
The Vans Skatepark in Orange, CA was taken over by team riders; Cory Nastazio, Gary Young, Chase Hawk and Robbie Morales to instruct all levels of riders how to hit different jumps, learn techniques, all while havin' some fun. Check out how it all went down.
Sign up today for the Vans Pro BMX Camp at The Block in Orange and The Florida Vans Skate Park on March 31st - April 4th!
Check out this "How To Video" of a Footjam brought to you by Vans Team Rider Colin Mackay.
Check out this podcast of Ryan Guettler at Luke Parslow's trails in Riverside.
Find out how Gary got started in BMX and what he's been up to lately!
We caught up with Alistair and decided to give him a different kind of interview; word association. Here are his first thoughts on our random words.
Banzai: Crazy bonkers
Loop: Hole
First Ever Sponsor: Bar ends
Greenville: Good times
Woodward: Times good
Trend: Setter, not a follower
Shoes: Never have enough of
Rims: 22 is standard
Commitment: Marrage
England: Cold and wet
Pennies: Get rid off them
Dollars: Hollas
Destination: The start of a fun adventure
Contests: Love it; free money
Crew: A bunch of people doing the same thing
What has team rider Dave Osato been up to? Click the link above to check it out.
Ryan Guettler talks about his trip back Down Under and his second Vans signature shoe, the "Whip 2." Hear about his comeback from three bad falls in 2007 and his never been done before trick on dirt, the 1080, and new trick, the double back flip. Watch it all on The Daily Habit Friday, Feb. 22 at 6pm on FUEL TV.
The Vans team killed it in the Simpel Session competition in Tallinn, Estonia over the weekend. Be sure to view the recap of the 360 Double Tailwhips, Triple Tailwhips, and railrides all over their runs in this sick video!
Fuel TV welcomes winner of the 2007 Orlando Dew Tour Dirt Finals and also Vans BMX team rider Luke Parslow to The Daily Habit. Be sure to tune in!
Vans BMX Team rider Colin Mackay just scored the cover of the new Sessions BMX Magazine! The photo was shot by none other than fellow Aussie Vans rider Ryan Guettler at Ryan's house in Greenville, North Carolina.
Scotty took a trip to the Vans Skatepark in Orlando last week and filmed his ride with his never before attempted tricks in the combo. Check out this sick video!
Cory Nastazio, Scotty Cranmer, Diogo Canina, Colin Mackay, Gary Young, Chase Hawk, Josh Harrington all competing in this weekend in Tallinn, Estonia at the Simple Session comp. Make sure you check out the live webcast!
LUKE PARSLOW
Today we welcome the winner of the 2007 Orlando Dew Tour Dirt Finals as BMX dynamo Luke Parslow hits the Habit. Plus, one of the stars of "Dexter" and the new "Rambo" film, Julie Benz is here to talk knife fights in the jungle with Sly. And, if that's not enough, Pat Parnell takes you to the sidelines of the Red Bull Experiment for Robbie Maddison's world record smashing jump. Luke Parslow's sponsors include: Vans, Oakley, Rockstar Energy Drink, and 661 gloves.
Vans Skatepark CA
March 31 & April 1, 2008
Vans Pro BMX riders Cory Nastazio, Gary Young, Robbie Morales and Chase Hawk will be instructing an exclusive BMX camp at Vans Skatepark at The Block. Instruction will be given for intermediate to advanced riders during the two-day camp. The camp will run from 8am - 12pm both days and the park will be closed to the public during instruction. Cost is $150 for members and $175 for nonmembers. Registration is currently open at the park.
Vans Skatepark The Block
20 City Blvd West
Orange, CA 92868
ph:714.769.3800
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Vans Skatepark FL
April 3 - 4, 2008
Vans Pro BMX riders Ryan Guettler, Collin Mackay, Alistair Whitton and Josh Harrington will be instructing an exclusive BMX camp at Vans Skatepark Orlando. Instruction will be given for intermediate to advanced riders during the two-day camp. The camp will run from 8am - 12pm both days and the park will be closed to the public during instruction. Cost is $150 for members and $175 for nonmembers. Registration is currently open at the park.
Vans Skate Park
5220 International Drive
Orlando, FL 32819
ph: 407.351.3881
If you missed Cory's show the first time around, The Daily Habit is doing a "Best of" week and Cory's segment will be airing of FUEL again January 11. Don't say we didn't remind you!
Vans BMX rider Scotty Cranmer writes a thank you letter to his bike stating, "I knew I was into you when I chose you over football and that was in 1995! and look at us now!" Check out the rest of the hand written letter which EXPN has provided.
Stephen was critically injured after crashing in the BMX dirt finals at the first stop of the AST Dew Tour in June. Available now at Danscomp.com, STAY STRONG, STEPHEN MURRAY merchandise includes a t-shirt, backpack or wristband and 100% of the proceeds will go to the Stephen Murray Family Fund. Get updated on Stephen's recovery and leave a message of support!
The longtime Vans team rider with a flair for the dramatic, BMX pro Cory Nastazio appears on The Daily Habit to tell us what he's been up to lately. Also, we go to Cory's house for the Stephen Murray Jam benefit. Plus, musical guest Tiger Army is here for a psychobilly freak out. Airing Thursday, November 29, at 9:00 pm Eastern Time (6:00 pm Pacific Time) and telecast three additional times.
Scotty Cranmer was named Rider of The Year by BMX Plus. Scotty has been progressing the sport BMX this year by far. Congrats, Scotty. You deserve it. Also Scotty bought a house in New Jersey and now is a happy homeowner.
Gary Young flew to Shanghai this past weekend for a comp at the World's largest skatepark. The event was called the SMP Shanghai Showdown and Gary killed it by winning the BMX Park contest. Word is the bowls are 20 feet deep. Congrats Gary on the win.
Congrats go out to Ryan Guettler who pulled his first 1080 on dirt and Scotty Cranmer who pulled a 3-flip turndown to x-up at the recent Dew Tour in Orlando. In addition, Luke Parslow won the Dirt finals and Daniel Dhers took Park as well as the overall Dew Tour Title.
Congrats to Vans team rider Luke Parslow for bringing home Gold this past weekend in Orlando at the AST Panasonic Open. Parlsow put together two solid runs which were enough to edge out the rest of the competition.
See how fellow BMX riders honored Vans team rider Stephen Murray at the recent Toyota Challenge and how you can help and reach out to Stephen as he recovers from his serious accident.
Congrats to Cam White for taking the Playstation Trick of the Week Contest at last week's Toyota Challenge. Cam won it with a Barspin Tailwhip Backflip beating out Scotty Cranmer's Frontflip Tailwhip. Way to go and congrats.
Please do your part and help Scotty Cranmer win $5,000 for his phenomenol frontflip tailwhip!
Vans riders Scotty Cranmer and Ryan Guettler stop the comp and take 1st and 2nd at the Dew Tour in Salt Lake City. Scotty pulled the first ever front flip tailwhip and Guettler pulled a 1080 and then a double back flip.
Congrats to Vans team riders Ryan Guettler who took 3rd and Diogo Canina who came in 4th at this past weekend's ASA Box Jump Contest.
The Vans Invitational went off this past weekend in Portland with Diogo Canina taking 2nd in Dirt and Danile Dhers landing in 3rd in the Overall competition.
Airing Sunday, August 26, at 8:00pm Eastern Time (5:00pm Pacific Time), and re-airing another 12 times during the week, BMX pro rider and small business owner Scotty Cranmer stars in FUEL TV's signature 30-minute series "Firsthand." In this episode, Scotty has recently purchased a bike shop in Howell, NJ and hosts a grand opening with a demo in the store's parking lot. Also, he travels out West for a series of in-store appearances for Vans. Back on the East Coast, he jumps on a tour with the Fox BMX team before heading to Baltimore for the first stop of the Dew Tour.
Vans team rider, '06 Dew Tour champ and '07 X-Games gold medalist Daniel Dhers hits the Daily Habit on Fuel TV this Wednesday at 6pm pst/ 9pm est.
Vans team riders are in Portland for the Vans Invitational and while in town, Josh Bordan, Cory Nastazio and Gary Young made an appearance at the Glenhaven Skatepark. In addition Vans made a $10,000 donation to the skatepark to help support skate and BMX in the Portland region.
Flow Rider Daniel Dhers wins the Gold Medal and Scotty Cranmer gets the Silver Medal in BMX Park at X-Games 13. Daniel rode amazing and Scotty killed it with a triple tailwhip to a double tailwhip, and also front flip the massive 8 ft. spine. Also in the Finals were Josh Harrington and Gary Young. Congrats to the riders for their performances.
Bucky Lasek, Daniel Dhers and Scotty Cranmer are just some of the Vans riders featured in the new Own The Action video mash up contest. The AST Dew Tour is offering up the Own The Action mashup tool that allows you to create videos using your own footage or from the Dew Tour with the chance of winning a Yamaha motorcycle and seeing your video on national TV.
Several Vans BMX team riders will be competing at the X-Games this Thursday through Sunday in Los Angeles. The Park riders are Scotty Cranmer, Daniel Dhers, Josh Harrington and Gary Young. The Vert riders are Steve McCann, Dennis McCoy and Francisco Zurita. Best of luck to all.
Friday the BMX Dirt Qualifying went off at 9am with Vans Rider Joey Marks qualifying in 1st, Ryan Guettler in 2nd, Diogo Canina in 5th, Cameron White in 6th, Luke Parslow in 7th, TJ Ellis in 10th and Cory Nastazio in12th.
It's time to vote for the athletes who had the Playstation Trick Of The Week at the Right Guard Open and Vans BMX team rider Francisco "Coco" Zurita is one of the nominees with his Triple Tailwhip. The polls are open to online voters through Monday, July 30th so check out the spot and vote now.
Cory "Nasty" Nastazio wins the dirt open qualifier this morning at the Dew Action Sports Tour in Cleveland, OH. Tomorrow is the Dirt Qualifier and Friday night is the finals.
Come out and help raise money for recently hurt BMX rider Steve Murray on July 14th. The benefit is a dirt jump contest at Rick Lakin's house / 91 trails - 15510 Rancho Sonado Dr. Riverside, CA on July 14th and the gates open at 10 a.m. There will be a $20 entrance fee to compete and a $5 entrance fee to watch. 100% of the money raised will go to help Steve Murray. So come out and bring the whole family to have a day of fun for a good cause.
The second stop of the Dew Action Sports Tour is heading to Cleveland, Ohio on July 19th - 22nd The Vans BMX team is in competition throughout the weekend where on Friday night the team will be at the BMX Dirt Finals, Saturday night at the BMX Park Finals and Sunday night at the BMX Vert Finals. Come on out to Cleveland, check it out and get some Vans stuff signed by the Pros at the Vans bus located in the event village.
The first stop in Baltimore, MD saw BMX Dirt go down Friday night underneath the lights. The Aussie’s were at it again. Vans flow Team Rider Cameron White stomped the crowd with a 2nd and Colin Mackay killed it and got 4th. Luke Parslow and Ryan Guettler also qualified for the finals and ended up 10th and 12th. BMX Vert went down Saturday night in the lights. Another Aussie rider, Vans flow Team Rider Steve McCann got 4th, DMC got 5th. A new rider added to the team, Francisco “Coco” Zurita ended up 8th and Mike Mancuso who crashed hard got 11th. BMX Park ended up with Vans flow team rider Daniel Dhers picking up the win and Gary Young getting 4th. Also making the finals were flow Team Riders Mike Laird and again Steve McCann. Steve McCann qualified for all three BMX Finals and received 4th in Vert, 10th in Park, and 16th in Dirt. Good job Steve, well done.
Gary Young has been on the Vans BMX Team for a while now. Gary is 24 years old and lives in San Diego and rides for both Vans and Pro-tec. Gary is getting the next Vans BMX Ad and so be on the lookout for this new ad out which amazing. Gary is wearing the Bucky 4 shoe, quarry/khaki checkboard colorway and he loves the feel and comfort of the shoe. Also Gary is wearing a Pro-tec helmet which is Alistair Whitton’s colorway but check out the color combo of the bike, helmet, clothes, stickers, NICE, NICE. Gary is off to a good start in the Dew Action Sports Tour which he scored a 4th in BMX Park.
Our prayers are with a close member of the Vans family, Stephen Murray, after a horrible crash this past weekend in Baltimore. It will be a long road back for Steve and his family, so please help out if you can.
Wednesday June 20 was the BMX Open Qualifier at the Dew Tour in Baltimore. Joey "Whitesnake" Marks takes top honors and Diogo Canina also
qualifies into tonights Qualifier.
This passed weekend in Southwick, MA. Ben Townley takes the win and Ryan Villopoto score second, in the Lites Motocross race. Ben finishes with a 2nd in the first race and 1st in the second race which gives him the overall win. Ryan finishes the day with a 1st in the first race and 2nd in the second race which gives him second. Check out the podium photo of the two Vans athletes..
Colin Mackay is one of the newest riders on the vans pro roster. After spending some of the Winter down under, we caught up with Colin to see how his year is going and to get his take on riding for fun, riding for Vans and the making of his first Vans ad.
The Australian Dirt Jumper who finished second in last years Dew Tour os now back in Riverside California. We caught up with him on a day off to see how his preparations for the 2007 season are going. Click above for mini Luke Parslow interview.
Josh Harrington is one busy dude. Between the contests, trying to put together yet another video part and trying to avoid injuries, it can be hard to pin him down. Four weeks after a broken jaw and a week before recently separating his shoulder we managed to pin down the Premium Pro for a little Question and Answer interrogation.
A few of the BMX team headed down to Guam to do shows on behalf of the US Navy this month. Check out what went down and look out for the podcast to see video evidence.
Vans Bus will be at Scotty Cranmer's on Saturday and Sunday June 16, 17.
Vans BMX Team Riders are doing a demo on the military base in Guam. Saturday May 19 is the day. Athletes to attend are Ryan Guettler, Cory Nastazio, Alistair Whitton, Robbie Morales.
Check out Gary Young stomping a 360 down a big set of 6 stairs.
Vans Team Riders Ryan Guettler and Scotty Cranmer will be doing signings at these select Vans retail stores.
April 26 Salt Lake City, UT
April 27 Albuquerque, NM
April 28 Austin, TX
April 29 Dallas, TX
Get the May issue of Ride BMX and check out the review of the new Guettler shoe the Whip. Also enter the Vans trivia contest for a chance to win a limited edition Van x Schwinn Krate bike with matching shoes and a bunch of Vans gear.
Scotty Cranmer was just recently in Cali hanging out. He spent a little time messing around riding go-karts and also put in a session at Newport High where he pulled some gnarly tricks.
Colin Mackay has been killing it and has joined the Vans A Team. Check out his bike check with specs on fatbmx.com. Colin's bike looks amazing. Kids this is how a Pro's bike should always look.
Check out this reent interview with Vans BMX team rider Scotty Cranmer.
The Vans BMX team was out in force recently at the X-Air Contest in Wellington, New Zealand. Check out this full recap of the event.
Congrats to Gary Young for landing the cover of this months Dig Bmx Magazine.
Congratulations to the Vans BMX riders who placed this last weekend in New Zealand. In park Diogo Canina took 3rd, in dirt Cameron White took 1st and Luke Parslow taking 2nd, and in vert Mike Mancuso who took 2nd.
Vans BMX team riders Cory Nastazio, Dennis McKoy, Josh Harrington and Ryan Guettler are scheduled to compete at the Vodafone X*Air taking place this weekend in Wellington, New Zealand. The Vans team will be competing against over 45 international BMXers entered including Morgan Wade, Dave Mirra, Cameron White and more.
Check out the video of Ryan Guettler pulling a new trick at the Unit in Greenville. Ryan was shooting for a Vans ad and the sequence is in Ride BMX March 2007. It took Ryan a couple of tries to pull this but we got it all on video.The ad also features Ryan's shoe called the "Whip" which he is endorsing this year.
Congrats to Ryan Guettler who took Gold in Dirt and Mini Ramp and 2nd in Park while Colin Mackay gets a Bronze in Dirt and 4th in Park.
Congrats to Scotty Cranmer for getting the cover of Ride BMX March issue. Scotty is on the cover doing a abubaca-to-frontflip, crazy. Also congrats to Dave Osato for getting the cover of BMX Plus March issue. Dave is doing a lookback at his local spot the Igloo.
Congrats to Josh Harrington for winning the Simpel Session over in Estonia. Other Vans riders were England's Bas Keep getting 4th and Mr. Ali Whitton himself scoring 5th.
ICongrats to Vans flow rider, Australian Clint Millar who grabbed the Cover of 2020 Magazine.
Imagine how good it would be to get the whole of a Vans skatepark to share between just you and 10 other riders. Pretty cool eh? We've got the full recap over at the Vans BMX site now. Click the link above for the full recap and photos.
Look for a new Vans BMX website real soon with new features, video and more. In addition Ryan Guettler is endorsing a shoe called the Whip which is available now and the Dunbar 2 is being endorsed by the Vans BMX Team. As for events, the team is on the road the next few months with these upcoming events: Jan. 20th its the Vans mini-ramp contest in Beenleigh, Australia, Jan. 26-28th is the BMX Games in Sydney, Australia, Feb. 3rd is Cameron White's Backyard Jam in Melbourne, Australia and Feb. 9-11th it's the X-Air event in Wellington, New Zealand. After that it's off to Mexico City for the X-Games on Feb 23rd-25th and then to the Metro Jam in Toronto on March 2nd-4th.