Thursday, June 27

BMX Update 06.27.02

By Josh Root
EXPN.com

What's new in the world of pedal power? Well I could tell you about the Tour De France's new policy on drug use, but I don't think any of you wear lycra often enough to care. So I'll just stick to BMX.

Phil Dolan put his brakes on again. Stopping is fun.

All the kids are asking "Hey, what's up at FIT?": Brian Foster's street frames have been sent to the painter's. A Van Homan frame is in the design and testing phase. Plus super hottie FIT jeans are in. Get them on your backside.

The 2002 Core Tour is sponsored by Got Milk? Bringing cow fueled action to a town near you:

June 21-23 - Venice Beach, CA
July 19-21 - South Street Seaport/ NYC, NY
Sept. 6-8 - Huntington Beach, CA (HB Pier) Finals

All of the information regarding the events can be found at www.coretour.com.

Unidentified turndown in Seattle.

Ever wonder what Castillo is up to? Brian's been wearing his new signature shoe, The Castle (Duffs), for about a month now and is stoked about it. And being the busy bee that he is, he's going to be filming for another video soon. Yep, Volume will be filming all summer long for a video sometime later this year.

Josh Heino is the brand-spanking new North American WeThePeople team manager.

Simon Tabron is still/again broken. Ankle this time.

The HARO BMX team, have finally received their new "No Fear" motocross uniforms. By all accounts, they look pretty good.

Dave Mirra will be on the Tony Hawk tour this summer. The Mirra Tour is taking a year off but should be back next summer. So don't cry little one, skateboarders are fun to watch too.

So, you want to see one of the best teams in BMX huh, why not check out the MacNeil/SoBe Tour? IF you live any of these places, you'll be able too:

July 12 in Lakewood, New Jersey at The Incline Club
July 14 in Emmaus, Pennsylvania at Shymerville Park
July 16 in Warwick, Rhode Island at Skaters Island
July 18 in Shrewsbery, Massachusetts at Skater's Paradise
July 23 in Trois-Riviere, Quebec at Central Park
July 25 in St. Thomas, Ontario at X-Up Bike/Skate Park
July 27 in Vaughan, Ontario at The Evolution Skatepark at the Sports Village

In one of the oldest active BMX traditions, 2-hip heads out on it's summer tour schedule also. Dave McDaniel, Juan Carlos, Ryan Armstrong, Ricky Roich, Jon Demers, and Matt Lipott will be wandering across the country beginning in July.

The 2-hip tours are as crazy as anything put together by Ron Wilkerson is likely to be, so go see it.

7-13 Alan's Family Cyclery in Oceanside, CA
7-15 Loveland Cycle 'N' Fitness in Loveland, CO 7-17 Andrew Bicycles & Fitness in Norfolk, NE
7-20 The Trend Cellar in McHenry, IL
7-22 C-4 Bmx in Milwaukee, WI
7-23 Wolf Cycle & Fitness in Manitauk, WI
7-26 Mr Bike in Escanaba, MI
7-27 Challange Park Xtreme in Joliet, IL
7-28 Quality Bike Shop in Owensboro, KY
8-03 The Loft in Tannersville, PA
8-04 Action Outfitters in Milford, PA
8-09 2nd Gear Bicycles in Cambridge, MA
8-13 Bills Ozone Park Cyclery in Ozone Park, NY
8-14 Marty's Reliable Cycle in Succasunna, NJ
8-15 Bike Doctor Hq in Arnold, MD
8-16 Bike Doctor Hq in Arnold, MD
8-17 Arc De Triomphe in Richmond Hill, NY
8-18 Bicycle Planet in Syosset, NY
8-20 Bike Werx in Milford, DE
8-24 Beachwood Bicycle in Beachwood, NJ
8-28 Cycle Logic in San Antonio, TX
8-30 Bicycle Source in Abilene, TX
9-03 Southwest Bicycles in Phoenix, AZ

Check out the 2-Hip Web site for more info and shows.

In one more piece of summer tour related news, the Osiris BMX team will be doing a couple of demos in the Northeast soon, as part of their Aftermath skate tour. Nifty riders like: Jamie Bestwick, Allan Cooke, Josh Heino, Colin Mackay, Dave Osato, Jerry Bagley, John Jennings, Mike Parenti, Brandon "Punjab" Pundai, Tom Haugen, and Kip Williamson will join the skate team at the following two dates. Between the skate team and the BMX team, I wouldn't miss these demos if I lived nearby. However, since I live 3000 miles away, and nobody tours in the Northwest, I'll probably just learn California Hoppers or something this summer.

June 24, 2002
Rye Airfield
Rye, New Hampshire
160 Lafayette Rd.
Ph: (603) 964-2800
www.ryeairfield.com

Tuesday, June 25, 2002
Skater Island
Middletown, Rhode Island
1747 West Main Rd.
Ph: (401) 848-8078
www.skaterisland.com

B-Boy getting his freeze on in Seattle.

And finally, there was a big rave/bmx/skate demo in Seattle the other weekend. Chris Eiman once again put it all together. And this year was a lot better than last years. Instead of a 8-14 year old BMX race event (how would you like your 8 year old to be hanging out with tweaked out ravers) and a dirt jumping contest. There was a decent street course with a jump box, street spine and some nice quarters. The Seattle area crew was out in force and a couple of guys even made it down from Canada. Let's see, there were some nice gaps being pulled, tricky jump box acrobatics, weird 270 to tail to sprocket to 180 out stuff on the spine, you know, all of the cool stuff that riders try when they are just riding with their friends.

The rave part was a bit strange. For one thing, I think only a handful of people there were over 19. But I guess if I couldn't get into bars or clubs, I would be pretty stoked to go out and dance with cute girls. I probably wouldn't dress up like a spaceman though. But all in all, everything went together well. The music was good (if you like DJ style music), no fights broke out, and there was free energy drink for all the riders. Yippee!

I'm sure a bunch of people switched their sponsors around, but nobody told me about it. I suggest you make up something and tell all your friends. Rumors are fun to start. Here's one to get you going: Steve Crandall has sold FBM to Ford because they want to include a BMX option with the bicycle racks on the 2003 Ford Focus. Crandall is now retiring to Eugene, Oregon to hang out with all the rocker hessians there and heckle the skaters at the park.

That's all for now.