After 14 years together, Orchid and Van have split ways and are now traveling down different paths. Orchid founder Derek Adams wrote a farewell to his friend Van that you can check out here.

After 10+ years of service on Orchid, Van’s got himself some new kicks. He’s now a member of the iPath pro team. Congrats, Van!

Dig BMX just dropped a “2011 In Photos” gallery by Joey Cobbs featuring Doyle. Check it.

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2011 brought us The Bakery courtesy of Brian Kachinsky. Van Homan and Corey Martinez both scored “Baker’s Dozen” edits. Check them both out in this best-of-2011 edit. I’m not quite sure what BK has planned for 2012, but I have a special request: Can we please get some Chris Doyle up in that place?

Jeff Z from Ride BMX shares the nerve-racking details behind the photo shoot for Scotty’s Ride cover. You can click here to read the whole story.

The D-Man’s got a full feature interview in issue #5 of the Albion, which is out now. This superman photo from Hazelwood was a “leftover” from the mag. If you’re having issues tracking down the Albion in your hood, you can hit up Empire to snag a copy.

Just like last year, Nuno posted up a year end photo scrapbook over on Defgrip. Van and Corey are both featured. Check it.

Issue #159 of Ride UK just hit the streets and Doyle’s got a bike check in it. Check it out to see how many fistfuls of seat posts a real man’s bike requires!

Kink ran this congratulations ad on the back cover of Ride BMX’s December 2011 issue in honor of Doyle winning his second NORA Cup. Doyle’s also got an interview in the issue.