Brain Tunney over at ESPN hit up Nuno Oliveira about the new Mint Brake kit we posted the other day. The mini-interview touches on things like why we’re still doing limited edition colorways for brakes and who on our team is still running them. Click HERE to read it!

Terry’s back home from his campus tour and brought back this little edit from the University of Dayton!

We have a bunch of Mint parts in stock (as seen on the Aaron Ross Triple Shot). You can now get our Evo 2 brakes and our Monolever in mint!

Odyssey’s Chase Hawk sprocket, Mike Aitken gloves, and Aaron Ross tire just showed up online. Photos and details after the jump.

Chase Hawk sprocket

Odyssey Aitken Hellbent Fingerless Gloves

Odyssey Aaron Ross D-Ply Tyre

This tire features his signature keyboard pattern, while still being a smooth style street tire. The tire mold features writing and various Aaron Ross related things like the Odyssey “cog” logo and “my name is Aaron Ross and I endorse this tire”.
* Signature keyboard pattern
* Smooth style street tread
-2.10″ and 2.35″
- Black/Black, Black/Tanwall, Orange/Tanwall

ADAM BANTON’S SOCAL EDIT FROM ODYSSEYBMX.COM

Adam Banton made a sweet new edit for Odyssey. It features all the tech creative lines and front wheel tricks you’d expect.

DOWNLOAD (MP4) | iPOD / iPHONE (MOV) | SCREENSHOT (JPG)

Banton was in town earlier this summer and cranked out this edit for you guys to enjoy. As you would expect, it’s filled with unique lines, setups and some front wheel magic. He finally got on Facebook recently so you can hit up on there if you haven’t already. His twitter is still live and active, too!

Adam’s Facebook: http://facebook.com/adambanton
Adam’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/adambanton

Tom @ Empire just sent us an e-mail letting us know that Tom Dugan is now officially on the Empire stunter crew. Considering they don’t add new riders to their team very often, this is pretty big news. Plus, it also means that Dugan’s going to have lots of clips in their upcoming video as well! Here’s what Tom had to say about Dugan:

ahhhh, Mr Dugan. we only met this wildman in the last few years, but he has proven to be an interesting dude, and we dig him. plus, anyone that comes highly recommended by Joe Rich automatically gets the seal of approval from us. easy as, as they say. yeah yeah, you have heard all about the water thing, Dr Pepper, etc. the only liquid we require that he bathe in is the sweat that comes from filming with Diamond Dave, and Dugan has been taking care of business on that front, 100%. Tom gets support from Terrible One, Odyssey, and Etnies. holler at Cody Nutter for the sequence.

Aside from the news of Dugan getting added to the team, Tom also sent over some discount codes that you can use on EmpireBMX.com!

ups12 = free Ground shipping on orders between $100.00 and $199.99 (excludes TX residents, who already receive free shipping)

ups16 = free Ground shipping on orders over $200.00 (excludes TX residents, who already receive free shipping; excludes complete bikes)

tenner = 10% off (excludes S&M and Fit products and any items already discounted from their regular price [indicated by "SALE"]; if you have any of these items on the order, we will adjust the price and email you to confirm the final total prior to processing)

Hoang Tran has a bike check up on Ride BMX. Click the photo to get the parts break down and a little Q&A.

ESPN did a pretty rad BMX Artifacts feature on Mike Ardelean recently. It’s a two part video interview where he talks about his history in BMX and the trials and tribulations of being a pro. You can watch part one above and part two’s below!

Here it is, straight from Props, the Tom Dugan bio!