DAK'S CULT BIKE

Dak's bike is almost all Cult except for the Cinema Wheels and BSD hub guard. Like he said, you got to have some trusty waffle grip on your feet to grip the pedals. The park that Dak shreds is in Santa Ana, CA.

Codey and Dak edit

Not only can Dakota Roche kill it on a bike, but he's handy behind the lens as well. He actually filmed quite a few clips of the Cult crew in their new DVD "Talk is cheap."

Hear about this part filmed and edited by Dak right here...  

The homie Codey is very talented on bikes and boards and has been for most of the 20 years I've known him. How he can be so steezy on everything is beyond me. Stoked we managed to get this project done in the midst of both of our busy schedules. Yeeeeww! -Dakota Roche

DAK Scores Ride BMX Cover with Massive Wallride Drop

Life must be good for Dakota Roche this month. He's been all over the place attending Cult's Talk is Cheap video premieres in which he has the ender part and now he's scored the cover of Ride BMX Magazine with a man-sized wall ride drop. You've gotta trust your bike for a move like that. Congrats Dak- the one and only. California style.

Talk is cheap So Cal Premiere

Get down to the Vans park in Orange, CA for a FREE session and premiere of Cult's latest DVD "Talk is Cheap" Tuesday, November 27 6pm - 10pm.

Dew Tour S.F wrap up

Dew Tour San Francisco is in the books. Dirt, Street, and the all new Street Style event had the Vans pros having a good time, doing their thing and representing all weekend!

Here is some points of interest.

-Kyle Baldock won $5,000 in the Dirt best trick event for a Front Flip Cliff Hanger??!! 

-15 riders wearing Vans in Dirt semi finals in a field of 28. 

-TJ Ellis won semi finals, the preliminary final and finally took 3rd in the 8 man Dirt final. He did a bunch of front flip whips, the trick that took him out for most of 2011 with a torn ACL knee ligament.

-Dak, Josh Harrington and Sean Sexton were in Street and Street style events and all three were carrying injuries all weekend. They still rode and pedaled through the pain. Respect.

-Scotty Cranmer wearing a full face helmet. With the recent head injury to friend of the Vans team Brett Banasiewicz, Scotty decided to lead by example. All riders in the Dew Tour had to pass helmet checks. No soft foam skate helmets were allowed. We recommend you check out the bike specified Pro -Tec helmets and look after your brain, you only get one. Also congrats to Scotty grabbing 3rd in Street Style. Did you see those flip transfers??!!

-Bruno Hoffmann came all the way from Germany and got on the Street podium. Bruno has been blowing lately and this is a great way to wrap up the year. The Street final was insane. Congrats!

That's it for Dew Tour this year with only two stops. Lets see what 2013 brings!

Dew Tour SF preview

The boys have arrived in San Francisco, California for the second and final Dew Tour stop for the year.

Back in August, stop 1 in Maryland included Park and Vert, this stop in San Francisco has Street Plaza, Street-Style and Dirt. Street-Style is something new and exciting. It's a section of road with different obstacles that the rider can hit from a starting point to the finish, and Street is set up in a more plaza style atmosphere.

Look for Vans riders in Dirt including Cory Nastazio, Scotty Cranmer, Rob Darden, Andy Buckworth, Pat Casey, TJ Ellis, Gary Young, Kyle Baldock, Daniel Sandoval, Ryan Guettler, Cam White and Luke Parslow.

Street Plaza Ty Morrow, Bruno Hoffman, Dakota Roche, Josh Harrington, Sean Sexton and Dan Lacey.

TV coverage in the USA is as follows...
Dirt 10/20/12 Saturday NBCSN 11PM EST
Street-Style 10/21/12 Sunday NBC 2pm EST LIVE
Street 10/21/12 Sunday NBCSN 11pm EST

For more info on Dew Tour go HERE and follow @vansjerry and @vansbmx66 on twitter and instagram for live news.

Rebel Jam BMX Videos keep on coming!

Rebel Jam video keep popping up all one the inter web and here we have two bangers from Red Bull and Ethika to check out as well. The location for Rebel Jam was so amazing this year it's a sure thing that we'll see more to come. Red Bull Rebel Jam wrap up here. Ethika Rebel Jam Video

CVLT Premiere and TX toast this weekend!

This Friday night October 12th in Austin, TX the long awaited CVLT video "TALK IS CHEAP" is set to Premiere. Look for full parts from Vans pros Dakota Roche, Chase Hawk, Baz Keep, Tre Jones, Bobby Simmons and Timmy Theus.

On Saturday 13th and Sunday the 14th also in Austin, the Texas Toast is on again. This year Taj went bigger and better with Street, Dirt, Flat and the "Gauntlet of Death". I'm sure it will be very challenging again. Last year only a few made it through, Scotty Cranmer was the first I believe.

Look for these Vans pros to compete at Texas Toast...

Street - Gary Young, Sean Sexton, Dakota Roche, Ryan Guettler, Chase Hawk, Ben Hennon, Trey Jones, Eric Lichtenberger, Dillion Lloyd, Ronnie Napolitan, Hoang Tran, Dan Foley,  and Codey Levesque

Dirt - Chase Hawk, Gary Young, Dakota Roche, Ryan Guettler, Ben Hennon, Kevin Kalkoff, Rob Darden, Trey Jones, Ronnie Napolitan, Codey Levesque, and Dan Foley

Flatland - Matthias Dandois, Alex Jumelin.

Registration for Texas Toast has closed, and it will $5 to get in. For more info check the site HERE and also check out the video interview with Taj as he explains a few things.

RebelJam Highlights Video

The world’s top BMX riders gathered in Tossa de Mar, Spain this weekend, 5-7 October, to ride the Street, Flatland, Park and Dirt features of the incredible Europark set up during the 6th Annual Vans Rebel Jam. Video by Alex Baret

RebelJam 2012 results!

RebelJam 2012 is over, thanks to all the watched the great coverage online and if you were lucky enough to attend I'm sure you had the best weekend ever. Start saving and get to RebelJam 2013!

For more results, head HERE to the official RebelJam site. They're replaying the coverage from the event in case you missed it. 

PARK Hard Trick Award 1. Andy Buckworth 2. Daniel Sandoval 3. Ben Hennon
PARK Creative Award 1. Gary Young 2. Ben Hennon 3. Maxime Charveron
PARK Style Award 1. Kevin Kalkoff 2. Bas Keep 3. Daniel Sandoval

FLAT Style Award 1.Matthias Dandois 2. Jesse Puente 3. Kevin Nikulski
   
STREET 1. Dan Lacey 2. Bruno Hoffmann 3. Diogo Santos 4. Ed Zunda 5. Dakota Roche

DIRT Hard Trick Award 1. Daniel Sandoval 2. Rob Darden 3. David Godziek
DIRT Style Award 1. Daniel Sandoval 2. Dan Foley 3. Kevin Kalkoff

RebelJam has started!

Practice has started in Spain, live coverage online beginning on Saturday 6am EST HERE and Sunday same time. (12 noon in Spain)

Park, Dirt, Flat and Street disciplines with Vans Pros Dakota Roche, Gary Young, Daniel Sandoval, Dan Foley, Rob Darden, Andy Buckworth and the Euro Vans crew including Matthias Dandois, Bruno Hoffmann, Matt Priest, Dan Lacey, Ben Hennon and Mark Webb.

Keep up with @vansrebeljam on twitter and instagram for live updates.

CVLT Pro-Tec Bike Helmet

"We blended CVLT's raw and gritty style with our iconic Classic helmet, delivering a modern, yet underground, look. Features a satin black shell with CVLT and Pro-tec co-branding on the helmet shell and woven labels. Ride in style with this cult classic."

Our EPS foam liner mimics the comfort and feel that we've become known for in our soft 2-stage foam skate helmets. Five sizes ensure you'll find a size that fits your head properly.

CPSC/CE certification. Pro-tec site HERE

Vans BMX Riders Nominated for NORA Cup Awards

It's that time of year again when the entire BMX industry makes the pilgrimage to Las Vegas to let loose and party with the crew from Ride Magazine as they reveal the Number One Rider Awards for 2012. They just sent out a blast with the top five riders in each category and sure enough some Vans riders were up in the mix. Number One Ramp Rider: Scotty Cranmer Number One Flalander:Matthias Dandois Number One Street Rider: Ty Morrow, Dakota Roche Video of the Year: The Hunt (Vans sponsored video) For more information on the NORA Cup Awards show, follow on twitter and instagram @ridebmx (#noracup2012) and (#noracup). The Awards Show goes down September 20th at the Venetian in Las Vegas!

DakotaRoche.com' s Endless Summer

Dakota has a cool blog up on his website with and update about his whirlwind of a summer. Traveling, contests, demos, skateboarding, motorcycle rides and ending up back home in Huntington Beach. What a life! Dak is always on the move.

DAKOTA ROCHE IN GOLDEN STATE MONSTER EDIT

Dak gets his grind on all up and down the California coast in this new BMX edit from Monster Energy. If you know Dakota, you'll appreciate the lifestyle clips they included in the production. Dakota is always down for a good time. I've got a feeling the rail hop wall ride at 02:01 move is going to change the way we look at street in the near future. Props to Will Stroud for the smooth filming.

DAKOTA ROCHE BRONZE AT X GAMES BMX STREET

Dak is back! X Games BMX Street is no joke these days, but Dak put down the hammer in prelims and straight up dropped some heat in finals. While the rest of the field was caught up in tech lines, Dak was bashing wall rides from flat and big 360 and 180s down the stairs. This is Dak's third bronze medal to go with his one from last year and the one from Asian X. Bruno and Sexton were going nuts as well in one of the gnarliest X Games events in history. So many tech combos, so much insane riding. The whole crew is rocking new LXVI gear this weekend so stay tuned for Cranmer and the crew in BMX Park on Saturday morning at 10am Pacific on ABC!

X Games Street Today!

Today (Friday June 29) the 10 invited riders for X Games Street go head to head.

Dak Roche, Brunno Hoffmann and Sean Sexton have all been riding well in practice and are ready to throw down at 3pm Pacific, 6 ET

Watch it live on ESPN online.

@vansbmx66 are in LA if you want to join us on Twitter and Instagram.

Good luck boys!

X Games LA... Now!

Well the event has arrived a little earlier than usual but the X Games starts later this week in LA. The Vans team have arrived and will begin practice today!

Competition begins June 29 with the first BMX event Street on Friday at 3pm. June 30 Saturday morning Park will get under way at 10am and Vert at 4:30pm. July 1 Big Air at 6:30pm

Street - Dakota Roche, Bruno Hoffman, Sean Sexton (Ty Morrow out with injury)

Park - Scotty Cranmer, Gary Young, Chase Hawk, Kyle Baldock, Pat Casey, Diogo Canina, Rob Darden, Bas Keep, Ben Hennon, Daniel Sandoval

Vert - Dennis McCoy, Coco Zurita, Simon Tabron

Big Air - Simon Tabron

Look for alternates Josh Harrington and Dan Foley to ride if someone is injured.

@vansbmx66 will be in LA so join them on instagram and twitter if you haven't already!

If you can't make it, you can watch it all go down on ESPN HERE. And HERE is the official X Games site for the latest.

Wild Dan Lacey Monster edit!

Euro Vans team team rider Dan Lacey spent some time in The States to pump out this Monster Energy edit with Will Stroud. There's so many good clips in this! I nearly fell of my chair a few times. Tooth hang nose clip was tight!

Dak gets in there too with a nice homie clip.

How To Wallride with Dak

Dak loves to Wallride, so learn from one of the best right HERE. Thanks to RideBMX for this.