There's a certian quality to Morgan's voice that's so soothing... so reminiscent of kindergarten story time. Makes me really wanna learn everything he knows. Teach us, Morgan... teach us and we'll happily MySpace you all about it.

Levi's and Tilly's have been hooking you up with demos and sweet giveaways. And now, on the Levi's/Tilly's table, is a TRIP FOR TWO to session an undisclosed park location WITH THE ONE AND ONLY MORGAN WADE.

Check the details and enter here.

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Took our online store down today, a new one will be up as soon as possilbe

In the meantime check out our retail store at 14th and SE Stark St. Portland Oregon

The synchronized run into the ocean is classic. Click below for vid.

The boys put on a great showing in Portland. Brian Hunt, Anthony Watkinson, Charlie Bowers, and Drew Bezanson all rode awesome in the PDX. Hunt was smiling all weekend, despite the fact that he had a broken jaw and his mouth was wired shut. It was rad to see DK shirts all weekend long, we were certainly a presence in Oregon. The boys stayed a couple extra days to shoot and film at some local parks. We even had the chance to ride the legendary Burnside. Congrats on a great weekend boys and we will see you in Salt Lake City! Drew Bezanson planting feet under the Burnside Bridge. B Hunt..whipping with  a wired jaw. The boys. Drew Bezanson, Charlie Bowers, B Hunt, and Anthony Watkinson. 

Levi's(R) and Tilly's have partnered up with Morgan Wade to give away some amazing prizes, including a fly-away trip to a bike park this fall with Morgan for a day of riding. Click hereto check out the Tilly's site and click the "enter here" button for a chance to win. The contest ends at midnight on August 31, so you only have one week left to enter. Prizes include:

*A weekend trip to meet Morgan at a surprise park location for a day of riding (all expenses paid!)

*One of two custom BMX bikes (and we mean CUSTOM: we'll even powder coat it in your choice of colors!)

*One of ten $200 Tilly's giftcards so you can stock up on your Levi's(R) for the fall!

And you thought the all black version we unveiled last week was controversial. Introducing the electric blue/black Break Hi-Top. Once again there’s only 500 pairs of these. This may even be our first/last hi-top ever. Who knows, only time will tell. Happy hunting…

This morning Teague was shooting some free throws when he got the call that the Plastic Hamilton’s were in and rushed to the warehouse to unload them.

Anyway these are shipping now, they come shrink wrapped with a sticker and come in Clear, Translucent Black, Purple, and Green.

“How to Save Yourself from Going Over a Berm” illustration by Bob Haro from BMX Action Magazine, September 1984. Click to enlarge 3x. Alright, we’re half-way through the first ever Bob Haro week at BMX Roots, and here’s one that wasn’t a part of “Haro’s Corner”, his semi-monthly feature in BMX Action. Instead, this is a [...]

I found a link to some incredible Olympic photographs on this weird site called Totally Crap. The sites weird but the photos are amazing. They broke them up into three different galleries, you can check them out here - Gallery 1, Gallery 2, Gallery 3. Check out some of my favorite photos after the jump -

Kevin O’Brien of the NBL sent us some shots from China the other day. Here’s what he had to say:

“Well, the Mondrians were a big hit in China. The Olympic athletes, UCI, Tourists, CBC Staff, everyone wanted them. So to pay tribute to those wicked shoes, they asked me to take their picture on the Great Wall of China. Here it is along with a few other pics.”

I want to like 2Hip, I really do. Ron Wilkerson obviously means well—he's been riding forever, and every year he continues to put his money where his heart is. But then he comes out with stuff like this, and I literally reel in amazement:


The "Groovetech" steering system hasn't been written up on the 2Hip site yet—no surprise, since said site seems to be updated semi-annually at best—but it did earn an article on RIDE (a glowingly positive one, no less). Sigh. Basically what we have here is a four-piece bar with an oversized, splined clamping area, a stem that is complementarily (!) splined, and a steerer tube with three notches that match up to splines on the stem. Greater engineering minds than I could probably write 50,000 words on why this is a terrible idea, but allow me to just present three or four reasons I thought of all on my own.


1. It's too obvious.

If this were truly a good idea, it would be on the market already. I have no doubt that other companies have prototyped (or at least sketched up) similar products and rejected them. No doubt whatsoever. Virtually anyone who runs three-piece cranks has wondered "hey, why don't they make splined steerer tubes?" Then someone explains why it's a bad idea, and they move on to wondering why that hot girl from Thursday never responded to their text message and whether her Myspace would be easy to find even though all they know is that her name is Heather and she lives in Brooklyn. Or was it Manhattan?


2. Some slippage is good.

Back in 1985, when Ron was airing five feet out of six-foot quarters on bikes built for 12-year-olds, slippage was bad. You had tinfoil bars held by beercan stems, and death (or at least unconsciousness) was always waiting right around the corner.

Things work better now. And even if your bars do slip, it's generally not catastrophic. You go to your bag (or someone else's) pull out the multi-tool, re-adjust, and keep trying those tailwhip flyouts. With the 2Hip setup, your bars and stem won't slip, but they WILL bend. Or crack. Or shear off. Which means instead of a simple re-adjustment, you get to go home and order new bars. Or a new stem. Or a new fork. Which brings is to the next point...


3. Compatibility.

Unless this system catches on (which it won't), you're buying a whole 2Hip front end. Good luck with that. And once this is patented, other companies would have to license the "technology" before making their own gargantuan stems and hideously ugly four-piece bars. (Can you even make two-piece bars to fit that stem? And if so what would they look like? Maybe éclat will make a converter for "regular" bars.)


4. They're ugly as sin.

Not sure whether anyone's noticed, but BMX is all about aesthetics these days. Damn kids painting their bikes to match their outfits and whatnot.

Hold on, I'm shaking my cane.

OK. Regardless, if you're gonna come out with some sort of revolutionary new product, it had better look as good as it performs. Otherwise it's just not going to catch on. And this setup, while it may have looked cool back in like '95, just isn't gonna cut it today. Like my man Jules Winnfield once said, "sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie, but I'd never know 'cause I wouldn't eat the filthy motherfucker." It's the same thing. Trust me.

I kind of hope this whole setup is just a hoax like the Lumberjack Slams. But I don't think it is.


This feels strangely appropriate:

DIG BMX #66 preview HERE.