A huge show of support! Thanks everyone! Korey Kryder shot this pic!

Saturday was the jam for Tag at East Shore Skatepark in Ithaca Ny. It was an amazing Turnout with riders and friends from as far away as the United Kingdom, and Newark Valley. Friends from California, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Ohio, Jersey and beyond, all together to show support for our friend Mike Tag.
It was supposed to be a skatepark jam, but in true FBM fashion it ended up more like a scene from heavy metal parking lot, with Kelly Baker setting up makeshift obstacles, with weirdest best trick contests and more. The spirit of BMX was alive on saturday, we raised alot of money for the benefit, and people were stoked. The raffle was a huge success, thanks to these companies and more for donations-

Subrosa
Vans
Eastern Bikes
Profile Racing
2 by 4
United
Kink
Stolen
Fit Bike Co
S & M
QBP
Nice Brand
Etnies!

Stunning!
Check out Jason Morris Gallery from the event onLeast Most!

On Behalf of Mike, his Family and FBM, thank you all SO MUCH!

Dennis Condusta!

Judy And Jimmy Tagliavento!

Magilla and the Fundraising Shoe!

John Lee and Cruz pedaled 60 miles to the jam!

Kelly Baker and Scerbo the kid!

Leland Thurman and Timmy Ball from S& M!

Marv from the UK, and Tony Hamlin!

Jammin Joel Barnett!

The world famous Rob Dolecki

Cookie Monster, aka Jay Schlie from Minneapolis!

Tuff Guys! Ground Chuck and Stieg rode Harleys from Pittsburgh!

Cold hard cash, raffling for a good cause!

Al and Scott Ackerman!

Hampden, Kelly baker, Crandall, Magilla, Toast and Mike Tag, the OG Ithaca crew!

After party at Shortstop?

Jesse Bower, AKA Fishty Cent!

-The city’s modern history began in the late 18th Century when Congress awarded Revolutionary War soldiers land grants (in lieu of combat pay) to settle the area. Local deeds are still based on the original “Military Tract,” designated in 1790.

-As a frontier town with questionable morals, Ithaca was briefly known as Sodom.

-Famous Ithacans include: “Roots” author Alex Haley, astronomer Carl Sagan, television writer Rod Serling, and former World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz.

-An intrepid boater can cast off from Ithaca and cruise the storied Erie Canal system all the way to NYC and the Atlantic Ocean. Westbound, the canal leads boaters into the Great Lakes, the Mississippi and ultimately to the Gulf of Mexico.

-The Moosewood Restaurant, famous for its award-winning vegetarian cookbooks, has been an Ithaca landmark since 1973.

-Ithaca was a film capital from 1913-1920 with numerous silent films produced at Wharton Studios in Stewart Park.

-Wizard of Oz author L. Frank Baum was a frequent visitor to Ithaca while his wife attended Cornell. At the time, yellow bricks paved local roads.

-Ithaca has its own currency, “Ithaca Hours.” This alternative legal tender is widely used in town and has been featured in over 400 media outlets nationally and abroad.

-The Ithaca Gun Company, whose namesake smokestack remains a local landmark, was established in 1880 and produced some of the world’s finest shotguns.

-The Ice Cream Sundae-Created by a local fountain owner Chester Platt and Unitarian reverend John Scott on April 3, 1892.

-Chicken Nuggets-Invented by Cornell food scientist Bob Baker in the 1950s.

-You can Launch a car going down Buffalo Street at the stewart ave. intersection

Ithaca is also the hometown for Such Legendary BMX characters as Kelly and Kim Baker, Mark “Toast” Johnson, Jeremy “Magilla” Reiss, Myself (steve crandall), Mike Erb, , Jesse “Fisher” Bower, Andrew Forgash, a new crop of screwballs, like Alex Capalongo and Spencer Bayles, and of course The One and Only Mike Tagliavento, who we are partying with this weekend.

See you at East shore!

Kelly Baker King of The Apes! on home turk at bakers acres...

Ithaca is Gorges...

Fisher!

Big News, Next weekend, Joe Rich and Megan Krasnoff (sugartooth bakery) are having a doozy of a fundraiser in Austin Texas at the T1 ramp!, Lots of local sponsors, and the good people of Austin, coming together for a good cause! So Stoked!

I hope all of you are on your Way to Ithaca Ny, for the tag jam this weekend! If you don’t know whats happenin click Here to learn about Mike, see more benefits, fundraisers and to see how you can help!
The plan is pretty Loose for the jam, some riding, some best tricks, hanging with friends, and such. It will be 10 bucks to ride, with proceeds going to the Mike Tag fund, and we will be doing 2 raffles, a $5 raffle where you can win Bike parts, shoes, t-shirts,Art, DVD’s and much more, the Second is $20 dollar raffle, where we are giving out An FBM Complete, and Eastern Complete, A united Frame, and even Ryan Sher’s personal bike from Subrosa amongst other items!

This Weekend! !0 bucks to ride, proceeds to benefit Tag.

These are some of the Kick ass companies/ Friends helping Mike Battle Lymphoma!

Subrosa
Vans
Eastern Bikes
Profile Racing
2 by 4
United
Kink
Stolen
Fit Bike Co
S & M
QBP
Nice Brand
Etnies!

Spencer Bayles, on the new Gypsy at the Ithaca Park!

Ithaca is Gangsta? Alex Capalongo, and Spencer Bayles!

Super Awesome Trans Blue Gypsy! Hand Built in NY

THESE BIKES ARE AWESOME, and at shops now!

Featuring: SuperTherm top and down tubes, a 3D laser cut 4130 chromoly down tube gusset, an integrated seat post clamp, removable 990 mounts and cable stop, and tapered seat stays.
New:
The standover height was raised to 8-3/4″
The down tube’s diameter was reduced to 1-3/8″
The top tube is squashed at the seat tube
The seat stays are overlapping
The chain stays are straight 3/4″ diameter tubing
The chain stay bridge diameter was increased to 3/4″
A new dropout shape
Handcrafted in New York

Flat Black!

Joby Springsteen, welding bikes at FBM!

New England Surfer Ariels- The Maniac!

Have You seen him? When Derrick Girard, the 62 year old master of stove-dialing goes missing, the Lost Boys (Joel Barnett, Garret and Adam Ginch, Kie Asworth, Tom Blyth, Ruel Smith, Eric Hennesy and Kenny Horton) go on a search for him.
He was spotted recently with the Credence crew and the mobile mod squad!
Be on the lookout in Ithaca NY this weekend, at East Shore Skatepark!
The Corts Bros Have been searching High and low in the western badlands of California, Seems he has passed through every cliff, riding spot, and swimming hole they visited!

Henny Rico!

Have you seen him?

Apes!

Mike Corts Vision!

Corts Bros, traveling wilbury pics!

Johhhnnnnny Corts!

Mikey Corts! Bro!

Handbuilt, super awesome FBM Gypsy!

We have a bunch of new goods in the Products section of the website, New Bars, Seats, a revised Gypsy, all awesome stuff!
Check out the spec for the new goods on these links-
FBM Gypsy.
FBM Headbanger Bars.
FBM Tallboys.
FBM Heart Seat.

Ginch Bros Headbanger bars!

New Heart seat!

New Tallboys!

Scott Towne, Good Dude, Good Tabletop!

The Big Jam in Ithaca is this weekend to Benefit Mike Tag, Click Here to see more benefits, fundraisers and to see how you can help!
The plan is pretty Loose for the jam, some riding, some best tricks, hanging with friends, and such. It will be 10 bucks to ride, with proceeds going to the Mike Tag fund, and we will be doing 2 raffles, a $5 raffle where you can win Bike parts, shoes, t-shirts,Art, DVD’s and much more, the Second is $20 dollar raffle, where we are giving out An FBM Complete, and Eastern Complete, A united Frame, and even Ryan Sher’s personal bike from Subrosa amongst other items!

In addition, this went up today!
Scott Townes Night Train Ebay Auction!

Im On a Night Train!

This Weekend! !0 bucks to ride, proceeds to benefit Tag.

These are some of the Kick ass companies/ Friends helping Mike Battle Lymphoma!

Subrosa
Vans
Eastern Bikes
Profile Racing
2 by 4
United
Kink
Stolen
Fit Bike Co
S & M
QBP
Nice Brand

Lou Bickle will have a light bulb eating booth at the jam!

Ryan Sher is donating his personal ride to the Raffle!

Skitch a ride to NY!

FBM Hearts Scott towne

Mikey Babbel just let loose this sick Snafu edit, filled with some seriously awesome riding, good tunes, and a couple shots of El Coasta Loco. Check out an Interview we did with Mikey Here, and look at all the new goods we have rolling out, including the newest Berzerker Mikey shreds in this edit!

Handbuilt, super awesome FBM Gypsy!

We have a bunch of new goods in the Products section of the website, New Bars, Seats, a revised Gypsy, all awesome stuff!
Check out the spec for the new goods on these links-
FBM Gypsy.
FBM Headbanger Bars.
FBM Tallboys.
FBM Heart Seat.

Ginch Bros Headbanger bars!

New Heart seat!

New Tallboys!

Mikey Babbel ROASTIN off a rail, pics by Brandon

Double Fisters in RED

Mike tag, on the eight ball.

It’s really difficult to see one of your best friends that you grew up with, as bald as a cueball, shooting pool, while describing the struggle of going through chemo therapy, talking about trying to get medicaid, and joking about drinking pedialyte at the bar. It’s a truly conflicting sad and proud scenario. It’s sad to to see Mike tag sick, i get all choked up when he’s not looking, But I am proud of him, his strength, endurance, and the fact that he is fighting the good fight even if its as gnarly as it is. Equally uplifting is how a community has gotten behind Mike in this tough time, the people of Ithaca New York, and beyond in a world of BMXer’s who have shown a resounding support for an icon.
This week was a local Music show, to benefit Mike, and help keep his spirits up. Tons of great Bands, including the Mill Bastards doing a heavy Clash Cover, and New England Legend,Mark Choquettes band- The Ones, drove who all the way down from providence, so the singer could run off stage and jump in the dirty brackish water outside of Castaways, where boats typically dock up. It was rad, people out for a good cause. It Made me really happy!
Anyhow… I believe Mike will make a full recovery, but we still need to be behind Mike 110%.
Don’t forget to donate to the Mike Tag Benefit fund, and Be sure to get back to Ithaca Next weekend, where we will be raffling off Several Bikes, and thousands of dollars in BMX parts, and accessories, Art and more! The parking Lot at East Shore is going to be peppered with BMX legends from all over the world!

Mike Tag, and Mark Choquette!

These dudes literally grew up with Ben Snowden in Hornell NY.

Mark "toast" Johnson

The Ones!

Ben Jones of East Shore Skatepark

Mark Choquette, from Providence, The Ones. Amelia Burns pics!

Aaron Verity, doing the good deed of raising funds with auctions and such!

Steve Crandall, David Harrison, and Mike Erb. FBM Bikes...

I have no words to summarize the past decade of awesomeness Dave Harrison has brought to FBM, and we can’t thank him enough for all his hard work, passion, drive, and talent that has helped make FBM what it is today, but in a nutshell, and on behalf of everyone at FBM, and all of our supporters, THANKS for everything Dave!
Its a bit sad to see Dave go, but we are also excited for him, as he opens up the next chapter in his life.
You can read more detail about what’s next over on ESPN, or you can see some of Dave’s influence and involvement in the story of FBM below.
We will still continue to make kick ass bikes, and bring the fun to BMX, in the spirit of FBM, so hit some curb cuts, grab a slice of pizza, hi five your buddies, and get stoked!

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