My Giant!

Ok, so time to pay the bills, haha. I'm running a 2010 Giant International "Method 01" frame with the new Giant Bullbars, Fronty stem, 3D forks and Plastics pedals. These parts are great, well priced and SA is the first country, world wide to have these parts.

I'm also riding the ABC sprocket and some Animal tyres and seat.

I'll be upgrading to the new Giant Cranks and folding tyres in a month or so when they come in. Can't wait. 22mm 48 spline? You bet!

The new parts are availible in SA already, at any store that stocks Giant or Avalanche bikes other BMX mail orders. Just ask the store to get the parts. Also at The Riot.

Check out http://www.ridegiantbmx.com/ for the full parts range soon and to find out who the new team riders are. Rumours are flying over on TCU. That site rules!

Ultimate X - HOT HOT HOT!

Yeah it was hot. Like 35+ hot on a perfect day with almost no wind and good crowds. The BMX demo was a chilled event and the jumps were well thought out with a two staggered launches into the first double and then a steep second face that saw some great tricks.

The standouts today were the usual crowd pleasers. The Riot's Malcolm Peters had the 360's, Whips and even a few double whips down, all with his usual style and effortlessness. He also rides for OSP who put this event together. Big shout out to Markus for another great event.

As always Wayne Reiche, also repping The Riot and Iron Fist, was pulling great Turndowns, Unturndowns, 360 tables and when Rupert called for the Frontflip, Wayne delivered. Clean, first go.

This guy still owes me a wad of R100 notes - Rupert Touchchicks

Jason Hood is a loose cannon (I think I've called him this before?) and he had some great off-axis flips, whips and this stretched no-hander. Take note kids, this is how they are supposed to look.


Here's Malcolm with a dipped 360 and 360 table. Always nice. I heard he's now on Vans Shoes. Nice one, Keith!

Colin Loudon (The Riot, GT, Fox) had these Flip Turndowns dialed and some other trickery too.

If you don't know this guy, you don't know nothing! Fly Bikes' Buddy Chellan.

Riding for RedBull must have it's advantages. Buddy spreads the wings and likes to just float about the crowds. Nice turndown here and a Nac-Nac in the shot below.

Other standouts were Chris Bester, Dwayne, Kim and Jason from Table View. As I'm posting this there are still guys at the Ultimate X comp, riding, drinking and watching Jack Parow. Look out for more photo's to pop up around the net because Eric Palmer and Craig Koleski where also shooting.

Thanks again to Markus at Old School Productions. If you are looking for someone to do an event, demo or comp in your area or school, GIVE THEM A CALL They know what they are doing!

Guess who's on the Giant team?

These are the new bikes for Giants newest team riders. To find out who they are go to RideGiantBMX They'll be joining Tony Cherry and Chris Arriaga to make an interesting group of riders. Tony and Co. have some great spots and killer bike control.




Be sure to hit the VIDEO section of the site for some super tech riding. I already know who the two new riders are and for R50 I'll tell you. Maybe.

Ultimate X This Sat!

Ulimate X- Final Countdown!

3 days to go before SA's Extreme Playground opens this Sat @ the Granger Bay V&A Waterfront Site. Computicket taking a pounding, get in there quick. Just remember, R60 at Computicket & before 2pm, R80 after gets you in to the Assembly Afterparty (before 10.30pm).

Screaming 2 stroke *FMX* machines, flying* SKATERS* and death defying *BMXers*, accompanied by the sickest *ROCK BANDS* Cape Town has to offer..//
Think FLIPS, WHIPS, SPINS, HUGE AIR, ADRENALIN and you wont be disappointed./
FMX / BMX / SKATE / MTB / TRIALS MTB / BANDS / LIFESTYLE

Band Lineup: X FEST

Jackal+Wolf - 3pm
Autopilot - 4pm
Damn Right - 5pm
Jack Parow - 6pm
Thieve - 7pm

Plus DJ's ( Hyphen) (DJ Just Be..?) (edit andrun)

Are you Going to be able to handle it…!

Markus Museler
083 655 3176
markus@http://www.facebook.com/l/cdb5e;oldschoolproductions.co.za
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Etnies! Whip it,Whip it real good!

We all know that Aaron Ross is crazy with the colours and here is his signature shoe. Hit your local shoe store, The Riot or contact ockie@skatesforafrica.co.za to pick these up. R799.00!

The Odyssey Number is a colourway inspired by BMXer Aaron Ross and his sponsor, Odyssey.




Here are some specs:

The Odyssey Number features a BMX specific sole designed to grip pedals but also release when needed without tearing the rubber. Denser EVA in the arch provides extra protection from pedals, while softer EVA on the toe and heel provide extra flexibility and comfort. System G2™ heel gel prevents heel bruising. The Odyssey Number is 100% animal friendly and as colourful as Ross himself.

AARON ROSS FROM ODYSSEYBMX.COM

Giant BMX's Tony Cherry and friends.

There's some good tech and some nice rails in this edit.

Gremlin, Tony Cherry, and Vince Smith Mix - More BMX Videos

Mother City Street Riot!

Firstly, THANKS TO ALL THAT CAME OUT TODAY FOR THE RIDE. We had a good crew of about 40 riders, of different skills and styles and we all met up on time, which is a big deal in CT. Savage got a flat from some last minute spoke replacement but after 10 mins, we were ready to roll. With most of the shops in this area still open, we hit the "Red Banks" down the road.

Although not technicaly riding today, Wayne set to work making the spot more user friendly by removing a branch or two from an over hanging tree.

Eddie Botha started things off with a barspin on the steepest part of the banks and got himself a R50 voucher from The Riot.

If you throught Eddie Cleveland did some slow barspins then you haven't seen Scott Owen ride. Nice bars to fakie and some ally oop bars attemts too from him.

Johan has been overseas in the US driving trucks around for the past 8 months but is back with his big pop. Here he hopped up and over the rail then turned around and hopped back over into the bank. R100 voucher from The Riot was his.

Werner Mathee is on a learning curve that is almost vertical. With big moves like this hop whip and loads of technical variations all day, I'm very scared of how good he'll be in a years time. This kids middle name is "progression".

I have a soft spot for anyone who runs pegs in CT because there isn't alot of us. Killian has been stepping up his grinds lately and it makes me smile. I knew this rail was right for him and we took a ride to go get it done. This rail is outside of an old age home and is usually a bust after 30sec. Killian pulled through and under abit of pressure, he got it done first go. We got cornered by some cops, about 30mins later and 2 km away, telling us to stay away from the old age home. R100 voucher to Killian from The Riot.

Mr Colin Loudon is in town and he says he's going to be "local for while". With moves like this hop whip, I don't think anyone is complaining.

I also got a great sequence of Wayne doing a quick manual to 180 off that ledge on the right, but it'll take me some time stitch that together.

We then went of search of a curved wallride in some sketchy area but found this rail setup instead. Blaze set to work with a hop in to 180 out.

And Clemie did this wallride over the rail to hop out the other side. Both great moves.

Some of the guys then headed off in weird directions and/or got lost. Scott, Josh and I headed back to the warehouse area and got some grinds and gaps on. Here's Scott with a good manual to gap. Everyone then met up back at ToysRus where this happend......

The low light of the day was when Lyle went for a hop over a fork high rail with a 1.5 meter drop on the other side. We cased back wheel and went straight to the face. He slid a good 30cm on his head and came to a moaing holt. After some ghetto medic work from Killian and a few others he was back on his feet. Tough kid.

Well thats it for now. Thanks again to The Riot for the vouchers and supporting something thats over 1000km away. Colin should be putting an edit together soon too so watch out for that one because there was some great stuff that I missed. Also check out Killians blog for more photo's over the next coupe of days.

THE NEXT ONE WILL BE IN APRIL. NO JOKES!

The Mother City Street Riot!

During the street ride on Sat I will be giving out vouchers from The Riot. I'll be looking for creative riding, lines and tricks that stand out from the ordinary. If you didn't get want you wanted for X-mas, here's a chance to step up and get some discount from The Riot.

Wet & Wild party 13th.

If you still have some energy after the street ride on Sat you can hit up this party in town being put together by oldschoolproductions. Should be good.

Group page here.

Salvo BMX - Cape Town made Frames

Salvo BMX has got a blog up and they are working on some BMX race frames. These are made in Cape Town and the prototype looks good.

Next Street Ride 13th Feb

OK It's on!

Check the FB group here: 3rd Mother City BMX Street Ride

The next Mother City Street ride is planned for the 13th Feb. As promised this one will take place in the industrial back roads of Belville's factory shops. We'll all meet at ToysRus, just off the N1, at 1pm and mission around to some great spots. If you have pegs, then put them on because there's some fun ledges to destroy.

SPREAD THE WORD AND SEE YOU THERE.