//Friday, November 24 02:12 AM - Posted by Schogn
Lets do this! Its Friday and its time for some good sessions to go down, enough of the rain already!
Things have started to fall into place for the ghetto jam. I had not fully realised the extrent of the preperations that has been going on for this event up till today. I wont say too much here as Im about to post an update on the Ghetto Jam news page. Here`s the poster. Its finished and going to print tomorrow.

Young D*star aka Darryn buzzed me this morning and said that he had heard of a concrete mini and spine near a friends house in Kloof. I'm thinking yeah right- thats just down the road from my place...we head out, pick up Stuart and Justin and a couple of minutes later we come across this brand new concrete mini slash spine. Happy indeed.
About 6 foot high and 10 foot wide and not even 2 days old. Click here for 2 more photo's

Stuart and Justin. Stoked on the new Hillcrest spot.

//Wednesday, November 22 01:02 AM - Posted by Schogn
Nico @ Can Can Trails is putting on a Fun Jump comp on the 2nd of Decemeber at the Can Can Trails in Pretoria. Nico has added 1 or 2 new features to his Can Can alotment. Details and contacts on the poster. Get there if you can. More here.

//Monday, November 20 09:37 AM - Posted by Schogn
Good news for Chase Hawk fans!
We have Chases' signature 'The Hawk' frames arriving just in time for school holidays. Here are some specs;
The Hawk frame weighs in at 5lbs and features a Integtrated seat clamp, Mid bb, Integrated headtube, 75' head angle, 100% Sanko Japanese chromoly and a light price tag of around R2500. They will be available in sizes 20.5' - 20.75" and 21' black and clear.

The matching 'Blade' light fork will be arriving with these frames. The 'Blade' fork features an exlusive 'Fit Flute' steerer tube, 6 machined weight loss capsules, double butted and tapered legs and weighs 2.3pounds. Sounds neat.

More in here.

More BMX entertainment for yo azz. Road Fools 15 is a banger! Karl Poynter is my new favorite freecoaster super hero.....here's a few highlights that i can recall. Mike Aitken hits up this tight ledge manual and dodges a tree, Eric Holley omg Eric Holley hand rail session, Aaron Ross whips anything, Chase Hawk- nuff said, Seth Kimbrough is that guy actually human?? Eddie Cleveland smooth, Chester Blacksmith loose.

Video Magazine 61 is here too. Didn't manage to check this one out so I will leave it up to the contents list on the box:
Brandon Hoerres Bio
FBM Team Road Trip
Mat Hoffman CFB OKC
Transitions Jam Baton Rouge
Los Angeles, CA scene report
Section 8 Last Jam Youngstown, OH
Bone Death Jam Boston, MA
Baco Jam,Wisconsin
The Take contest submissions Binghamton, NY

and the bonus video included with this issue is "The Rumble Video contest"

R160 each if you splashing out.

2 awesome new DVD's.

Riders on RF 15 include:
CATFISH, WILL LOVE, ERIC HOLLEY, STEPHEN LILLY, JOSH HARRINGTON, CHASE HAWK, MORGAN WADE, SETH KIMBROUGH, CAMERON WOOD, EDDIE CLEVELAND, CHESTER BLACKSMITH, AARON ROSS, GARY YOUNG, RYAN SHER, KARL POYNTER, MIKE AITKEN, BRANDON HOERRES, TONY CARDONA, KARL POYNTER. Sorry about the CAPS, its not my style, really its not.


Props Visual online for more: http://propsvisual.com.

//Saturday, November 18 14:39 PM - Posted by Schogn
Live in or around the Durban area? We could use your help...

We still need a couple more pallets to feel that we have enough. There is a curved wallride planned and it is going to require alot more pallets than we can afford on 1 obsticle.You may see these posters and flyers around Durban. Help out where you can.

//Thursday, November 16 14:30 PM - Posted by Schogn
oops forgot to mention I have posters to give away! 1664 BMX (manafacturers of the Linear Death cable) sent us a stack of 1664 Chris Silva posters for nada, so why not spread the love?! Next time you call in be sure to ask for one, I will gladly throw in some free merch.

Presstick not included.

//Tuesday, November 14 16:35 PM - Posted by Schogn
The Team pages are up! Most of the rider pages are complete; video clips, photo's and bike checks...I'm having a few minor problems getting Jeff's two minute long street section to encode and Phil's mini video part just doesn't want to load corectly! gah technology!

We have a new edition to the BMX Direct Team for 2007 Ross Brown. Ross is a young rider out of P.E that caught my eye earlier in the year. You will be seeing allot more of this rider in the future at contests and in Durban. I'm hoping to get a few more photo's and video clips soon to complete his Team page. Probably only after the Ghetto Jam though...
More team news going down; Its official Jacques Fourie will be moving to Durbs in December! That's good news for us as well as the Durban scene, Jacques killed his job in Joburg and is stoked to be moving down to Durban for good. The photo on the main page was taken by his GF recently and it was too good not to use on the site.

Things are well underway for the ghetto jam. The stack of ghetto wood and pallets grows weekly with contributions and scavenger missions around the local neighborhoods.

Ghetto ass setup.

Can you say curved wall ride!.

Look out for Props Road Fools 15 and Props Issue 61 arriving later this week.

//Wednesday, November 01 21:17 PM - Posted by Schogn
You know its a small world when you bump into a guy that grew up in the same village as you 20 odd years ago (yes I said village). Way back, and I mean way back when I started racing in Maseru I lived in a real small town called 'TY'. This town is about 2 and a half hours drive in to the mountains of Lesotho. if you have been to Lesotho you will know that's a long way, anyway's Raymond calls me up from Joburg and says he's moving down to Durban in the summer and needs a new ride, so we get talking and bobs-your-sister he used to live down the road from me all those years ago.
So we hook Raymond up real good with a Fit Flow- Edwin style, just as he likes it. He is stoked to say the least. Raymond is down at the beach almost everyday now sessioning the concrete park in preparation for the Ghetto Jam. (official announcement coming tomorrow).

Welcome to Durbs Rayzah!

Phil dropped an update on his site about that Lays TV commercial I was telling you about last week. That water looks damn cold, I hope they paying you well son.

Roll camera.

//Tuesday, November 14 16:42 PM - Posted by Schogn
Linear Death cables are in stock as of today. 2 new colors are available grey and translucent black(kind of a clear black color) White and regular black are plentiful too. The price is up a little due to the exchange rate and shipping cost, but that shouldn't stop you from buying quality. R70 a pop.

Linear Death Cable by 1664 BMX.

//Friday, November 10 10:14 AM - Posted by Schogn
If there is one DVD you have to buy this year its FIT Life, I'm sure you've heard all the hype but do you REALLY know what its about?? Get 1 today @ R130. (that 1/2 copy you got on Google has nothing on the original!)

The Fit Life baby.

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//Thursday, October 26 23:23 PM - Posted by Schogn
On the subject of freecoaster hubs; KHE Bikes in Germany was nice enough to ship me a hand full of the all new Geisha freecoaster hub. You gotta check this thing out if your in the market for one. www.khebikes.com for more. Expect these in stock in about 2 weeks.

KHE street freecoaster, 9t or 11t and 14mm or 3/8" axle

The weekend weather is looking dismal, forget the Friday beach session and the Saturday street mission...its going to be a wet weekend for allot of us.

TV dinners here we come.

We have a new mascot here at BMX Direct. Can you guess?

Things are looking good for the Ghetto Jam, I`ll have a few more announcements to make over the weekend. The poster/flyer will also hopefully get done as soon as the rain lets up and gives us a chance to shoot some photo's.

The Local Mfg web page is almost complete. As soon as Phil gets a break from his busy filming schedule I'm sure he will attend to it. Check Cape Direct BMX for a little bit of what he has been up to. http://capedirectbmx.co.za/

Login on the Forums and take a peek at the freecoaster guide I put together, it covers a few of the more popular freecoaster hubs out there today, get a clue on what many of the overseas Pro's are rolling back on.

//Friday, October 20 08:31 AM - Posted by Schogn
Plans are well underway for the Beach Park Ghetto Jam happening on the 14th of December. I'm planning 3 teams to build up whatever they can conjure up from pallets, plywood and sheet metal...sound interesting? More details on the events page. Oh yeah and Kendal is heading up the Durban Team!

White BMX Direct T-shirts are in. Grab one up before they gone for good. R70 each. Small, Medium and Large.

White BD T-shirts now shipping.

2 brand new area's have been opened up on the BD BD Forums. The Bike Space and a BMX Review area, if you feel like reading a couple of member submitted reviews hit that up. The Bike Space is an area where you may post photo's of your bike along with all the specs and modifications you have done. My bike is at the powder coaters this week, I'm hoping to have it back sometime today, I`ll post an update of it over the weekend sometime.

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