SHOES! I LIKE SHOES!

Yes I do! Mid's and Hightops are by far the best shoes to ride in and offer ankle support that I really like. This with the added advantage of no "ankle bites" makes for a no brainer when it comes to looking at new sneakers. Boogaloos usualy have a good mix of shoes but with their site being down, and me working too hard, I lost track of what they have.

Well today I went to Canal Walk and they have these Osiris in a couple of crazy colours. (More colours HERE) These are around the R1100 mark and look tough as nails. The international BMX team looks like this: Josh Betley, Sean Burns, Rob Darden, Anthony Flores, Ben Hucke, Ryan Nyquist, Miles Rogoish, Darryl Tocco and Marcus Tooker so I feel good about supporting a company that is helping out some of my favorite riders.



Incase you aren't down with Osiris, Boogaloos also has the Nike 6.0's I featured awhile back and also some great Vans!

Damn, Damn, Damn,

Nothing ever goes smoothly. The Giant Team cranks missed the boat and will only be in SA at the end of May. In the meantime, the Forks, Bars, Stems, Grips, Barends, Pedals and some tyres will be here around the 10th May. Can't wait!

Check out this bike check with Tony Cherry and Troy Merkle for a good look at the parts and some good riding.

Troy Merkle / Tony Cherry Bike Check + Session - More BMX Videos

Photo's from Gen-X park.

There's always new things happening at Gen-X park. Weird ghetto ramps and new tricks to go with them. Here's some photo's from Freedom Day.

Grant Bender put this hole in the bowl to use. Tyre Jam.

Zane with a good Icepick

Charles has been learning new tricks again. Footjam on the face of the box and some good sized wallrides too.
Jacque likes to boost quarters and does good wallrides too.

Cape Town BMX Edit - Brandon Blight

Cape Town BMX Edit by Brandon Blight from WC BMX on Vimeo.

Brandon put this together a couple of weeks back. Good mix of riding from some of CT's lesser known riders. We'll be putting together a couple of edits throughout the year, so stay tuned.

Langebaan Park Sneak Peak

Langebaan Park sneak peak from WC BMX on Vimeo.

Here is a quick run around the new park in Langebaan up the R27 highway on the West Coast. It's 120km from Table View to the park and takes about 1 hour to get there. The park is nowhere near finished and will only be officialy opened in September, just in time for Summer. They will be putting up a fence soon and charging an entry of R5. Well worth it.

The only complaint I have is that all the coping is stainless steel and anyone who designs/builds a park should have known that stainless steel does not slide. I hope the handrail down the stairs isn't going to be the same. Other than that I like the layout, the bowl is awesome and there's some good lines to be done here.

I did some riding in the edit too so you can get an idea of the size of the park. Enjoy.

Dirtopia 2010!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wayne and his crew don't mess around and every year this seems to be the highlight of Saturday afternoon at Dirtopia. I think EVERYONE should make a plan to get to this event on the 1st and 2nd May. Some of TheRiot's guys will be down and a big party always goes down after the dirt jam.


Click the Dirtopia link above for details on how to get there, where to stay and what to expect.

Get a grip in winter!

With winter coming and the trail season on the horizon it might be time to look at some gloves. These gloves rule, they keep you comfortable, clean, give better grip and don't make you look like some MX goon. These are my personal pair and have lasted me through some good crashes and keep on going. More photos and info below
These feature a full thumb and forefinger Terry cloth covering for use as a sweat remover.


Some gloves have too much padding in the palm and cause the glove to bunch up when gripping the bars. The added padding also makes the bars feel like they are the size of a coke can and the rider loses confidence when riding with gloves as apposed to bare handed. With minimal padding but still offering good comfort for longer rides, these gloves are a winner. Look for these at your LBS for around R249.00 or ask me when you see me.

More Langebaan pics.

Here are some more photos from Kevin Schnider of the Langebaan park which is about 1.5hours up the West Coast. This has been in the works for a while and the guys at Cape Sports Club are the ones behind this project. It's still going to be a couple of weeks before it's done. I've approached them about doing some kind of demo at the Grand Opening, so we'll see. There is accommodation across the road from the park and a cheap camp site nearby too. I can see some good weekends away happening soon. Thanks for the shots, Kevin.

If anyone goes to this park, or any other park, please go with a good attitude, don't snake the locals, don't litter and don't balls it up for everyone else. Thanks.

Photos from this weeks BMX race.

There seemed to be a great turnout at the latest BMX race this weekend at the Velokaya track. Here are some pics. Team SalvoBMX seems to be dominating. Thanks to Nathan for the photos.

Spy photo?

Here's spy photo of the new Langebaan park. It's not finished yet but I'll let you know when it is. Kevin Schnider took this while up there for the weekend. Looking good.

Computers suck, Work rules and SalvoBMX

Sorry that I haven't posted Brandon Blight's "Cape Town BMX" edit but I'm having problems with Vimeo at the moment. Really sucks that it takes about 25mins to get to 25% and then hangs. It's a realy good edit and I think everyone will enjoy it.

In other news I got some sample Piv posts this week in Alloy or Carbon wrapped alloy and they are very well priced. I'm trying to get some imported but the min quantities are huge. If you know another 299 riders that would like these, then let me know.



This is the Carbon wrapped alloy post and it's about 15% lighter than just alloy. If you see me out riding, take a closer look. Yes, I run my seat high. Function > Fashion.

Check out http://salvobmx.blogspot.com for some good images of the frames they are making. I'm helping them with some parts for the race bikes like cranksets and I'll also be riding a slightly custom version of their "Freestyle" frame that Malcolm is designing. It'll still be a little while but I'm AMPED to support Toby and Gerry with the project.

Here's a quick "copy and paste" from Mike Aitken's interview on the FitBikeCo site:

FBC: Through your travels and contests, what was the most memorable and why?

Aitken: South Africa, I never thought a two wheeler would take me across the country, let alone across the world. It is amazing riding wise & such a different culture, the riders kick ass too! The Riot!

WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION! Updated w/ Karl Pentelow section 16/4/10

Weapons of Mass Destruction part 1 and 2 from WC BMX on Vimeo.

I made this video in 2002 and only a few people have ever seen it. I filmed a lot of the Table View, Town and contest stuff but got loads of tapes from Wayne and Buddy and edited it all together to try show a good all round view of Cape Town riding at the time. This video also features a section of Karl Pentalow from my home town of Rushden in the UK who can totaly shred a mini and did the first whip to manual I had ever seen.

Weapons - Alex Groll Cup 2002 from WC BMX on Vimeo.

Above is the second section of Weapons. This is the Alex Groll Comp at Canal Walk. Good times.

Weapons - Random from WC BMX on Vimeo.

Above is the "Random people and places" section with rideing from Table View, Canal walk and some town footage.

Weapons - James Brawn from WC BMX on Vimeo.

Above is my section. "Weapons" started because I was filming and messing around with an edit of myself and then turned into a full video as I got hooked into the editing.

Weapons - Random Dirt from WC BMX on Vimeo.

Here is the dirt section featuring Camos and Gumtrails. Enjoy.

Weapons - Karl Pentelow section. from WC BMX on Vimeo.

I worked, drank, rode and hung out with Karl in 2002 while I was in the UK. Great guy and good rider doing his own thing. Take note that he was riding a old beatup frame with 1in streerer tube and most of the time with a 1pc crank. He was happy and rode better than most. We even cut up my Mongoose Importan frame, that I was using at the time and used it to make gussets on this frame, before I went back to SA.


I'll be uploading a new part every couple of days so check back and have a look at how Cape Town BMX has progressed.

Stock arriving in May.

Well the Giant parts have been doing well and I am expanding the range abit. We will have Bars and Forks in Black and Maroon as well as the Sole-o grips in grey, green and blue.

Here is a sneak peak of the new stock thats coming in early May. Look for these at you LBS or mail order.

Also check out the new video from Tony Cherry and Troy Merkle.

Troy&Tony's Giant Spring Fling!<3 from Giant BMX on Vimeo.

Bothasig Banks and abandoned parks

Last weekend we made a little trip out to a spot I haven't been to in ages, the Bothasig banks. These are real fun and abit tricky because you have to watch the traffic during the runup and the landing into the car park. It was so good that we went back this week and got some video clips. You'll see them soon.



This was Jason Batt's first time here and he did these nice tuck no-handers.


Scott Owen is always good to ride with and he did his first 180 bars that day. The one I got on video this weekend is too smooth. I also got footage of Eddie, Savage and Willie all doing some good moves.

On Friday I took my wife out to Houtbay for a scenic drive. I also went around to look at the park that they had there. I say "had" because I don't know where it all went. This used to be an awesome park, even though they were extremely bitchy towards bikes. Maybe if they let bikes in they would have made enough to stay open. It won't be long before these left overs are gone too, so HIT IT WHILE YOU CAN!

We are all off to Stellies tomorrow for abit of riding and filming. Brandon Blight is working on an edit right now and I'm toying with the idea of making some edits too. Anyone want to pimp my computer for me? This this is a heap.