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• June 03 2005
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You’ve been misinformed if you’ve heard rumors about there not being a Roots Jam this year. UGP had some trouble nailing down dates because of the new location, but they should be up at undergroundproducts.com.

Austin Coleman and Ben Snowden are testing products for Super G’s new company, 43 Bolts, which are bling’d-out gold (yes, real gold) bolts for almost everything on your bike. And speaking of “bling,” the infamous “Barspinner” Ryan Brennan may have his car pimped courtesy of MTV’s Pimp My Ride.

Pete Radivo and Dan Montoya are the latest acquisitions to the Australian Orchid Footwear team.

Kurtis Elwell finally moved “from the sticks” to Sacramento, CA, according to Solid Bike’s co-owner Ryan Puckett.

The new Shadow ad campaign is supposed to be big budget and wild. We’ve heard some rumors, but we’ve been sworn to secrecy (okay, we were threatened) so you’ll just have to keep your eye out for it.

Josh Stricker found himself short one custom S&M when it fell off the bike rack of a car and got run over by a truck. As of now, Josh is bikeless in Austin until he gathers another one.

Jim Cielencki’s new shop (that we mentioned a few issues back) finally has a name-Sunday Skate/BMX, and it should be open sometime in April.

The Fly Bikes team will have completed a massive tour of New Zealand by the time you read this. Is there a video in the works? We hope so.

The infamous Deuce of Bad As Hell clothing has moved onto a bigger, badder, and more aptly-named company called Deuce. According to the man in charge, “We are not just a clothing company, for we will also be making ‘military-related’ items.” For the goods (or maybe stuff that will get you into “the bads”), check out deucebmx.com.

Not surprisingly, the Shitluck van was destroyed by a wayward deer on the way to the Last Call contest at Chenga. And thanks to a plastic toy gun, the boys became very familiar with the North Ridgeville, Ohio, SWAT team.

The Toronto Metro Jam will take place at the Ricoh Coliseum on March 4th through the 6th during the Toronto International Bike Show. As always, there will be a ton of events, and the Orchid Footwear video premiere will be one you won’t want to miss. For all the nitty-gritty, visit metrojambmx.com.

Mike Saavedra is no longer riding for Axxis Bikes, and is now part of the Giant team.

Gary Young is currently working on his prototype frame from MacNeil, drawing up designs and working on getting a prototype. And if you’ve ever seen Gary draw, then you know the guys at MacNeil have their work cut out.

Diamondback has a new Web site online at diamondbackbmx.com.

While snooping around an abandoned missile base, Mike Escamilla found himself in some bullshit-not really, but a bull did almost kill him. There were around 20 giant bulls near one silo, and according to Mike, “We thought we scared them all away, but when we came up over the hill, a massive bull 15 feet away was about to charge.” Mike turned, ran, and got out of the way, but not without pulling his “quad muscle” and being unable to walk for a few days.

If you’re a fan of the Terrible One ‘zine, then you’ll be stoked to hear that the next issue will be bound similarly to a typical book. Whether or not you’ll still be able to hide it in your math textbook is still up in the air.

After the ever-savvy Jay Miron traded a few frames for a couple of kayaks, the other MacNeil guys are looking to barter for some cool goods. Any takers?

Hoffman Bikes is releasing a new Euro Trip DVD featuring most of the familiar team (Seth Kimbrough, Bruce Crisman, Ryan Barrett, Bas Keep, Jon Taylor, and Chris Souter) on some unfamiliar ground. The DVD should be out now and you can even go to hoffmanbikes.com for a preview.

Seth Kimbrough is still touring around with his band Mortal Treason, and will even be going back into the studio too record their second album. If you’re interested, visit mortaltreason.com.

Corey Martinez has made the move into home ownership by buying a house in his hometown of Decatur, Alabama.

According to Ralph Sinisi, “Bob Scerbo cut off his brake mounts and swears to never ride brakes again.”

Rob Tibbs and his faithful lackey Puck Byrnes came to California to escape the depressing Virginia weather. Well, they must have brought the weather with them, because it rained the entire week they were here. We did hear that Rob sent one hell of a 360 down a well-known SoCal gap-with the ground still wet.

Dave Freimuth’s wife Patty is going to have a baby, and in Dave’s own words, “Please be a boy.”

Brian Kachinsky migrated south for the winter and has been staying with Chad DeGroot in Orlando, FL. According to Brian, everything has been fine except that whenever Chad wins a game of pool, Brian has to walk around wearing a pair of wooden clogs that Chad bought in Holland.

The second edition of BMX PIG will be held at the end of March in San Diego. Jay Miron and the Rush HDTV Network are donating $10,000 to help redesign Mission Valley park to get it ready for the contest. Directly after the contest, the MacNeil team and a few guests will be heading up the California coast on a weeklong roadtrip.

Etnies has a new site up at etnies.com/bmx.

Phil Wasson is no longer involved with Inopia Footwear.

If you go to slimjim.com or pick up a Slim Jim, you could win the chance to hang out with Dave Mirra at his warehouse for a day, or win one of about 150 autographed Haro complete bikes. The only downside of the contest is that you won’t get to hang with Mirra on the day that he’s racing in the Toyota Celebrity Race at the Long Beach Grand Prix in April. Mirra gets to do all the fun stuff.

Is Alistair Whitton looking into buying a house in Florida?

Haro Bike’s Hungarian rider Benjamin Shenker was voted by a local Hungarian newspaper to be one of “The 50 Most Successful Young People in Hungary.” Ben had the following to say about it: “No Shit?”

The official dates for the BMX Worlds in Prague, Czech Republic, are June 1st through 5th.

Van Homan will be spending some time with Joe Rich and Leigh Ramsdell in Texas, Los Angeles, and then Hawaii to collect some footage for the upcoming Fit video.

And finally, after three years in California, Ryan “Biz” Jordan has finally taken the time out of his not-so-busy-schedule to transfer his license from Massachusetts to California. Now he just needs to do the same for his car registration…