// January News // Trails session @ Giba // Redneck XLT Camo // Team photo's // |
// Thursday 28th February - Posted in 411 and Features by Schogn
Stuart got some coverage on the all new Primo web site. Take a look. http://www.primobmx.com
On topic with Primo, i completed this mini feature on the new Primo Mix cassette a couple weeks ago and forgot all about it! This was my first attempt at product photos shot on a black background. Absorb.
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2008 Primo Mix Cassette feature |
// Tuesday 26th February - Posted in 411 by Schogn
Serepta Church update.
Phase 3 of the local Kloof church mini ramp is complete. The hand rail has been added, concrete spine is complete and a small flat area at the base of the steps. Chris, Dale and Stuart thrashed it this afternoon, click the image below for some street style goodness.
Here are few photo's of what the mini looks like right now.
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Serepta Church thrashing |
// Thursday 21st February - Posted in 411 by Schogn
Too nice not to share, check Josh Strickers bike setup on the S&M site. Click on the February 14th news entry.
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Josh Strickers setup on S&M dot Com.. |
2008 preview #2
Get a load of the new stuff that we will be stocking over the next few months/weeks.
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// Wednesday 20th February - Posted in 411 and Features by Schogn
New Zealands EDH Bike Co. profile and product check. Its up in the Features.
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I got the low down on EDH outta New Zealand. |
// Monday 18th February - Posted in 411 and Features by Schogn
Weekend report!
Dstar is out of commission for the next 4 weeks due to an attempted road-to-sports field gap gone bad.
Darren blew off the pedals on landing and ended up cracking one of them tiny bones in his foot. If you wanting footage or photo's you gonna have to wait to see the our next video clip. I will share a photo of the gap.
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Newest member of club crutches. |
We had a bunch of visitors the weekend again and some great sessions went down. AT and Rico from Richards Bay were in town and 2 cool cats all the way from New Zealand! Marc and Travis are chilling in Durban for a few weeks on holiday. Here's proof of the weekends happenings. Click for more photo's.
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Weekend photo's |
This weeks bike check is a dialed Fit Edwin from New Zealand. Marc Roltons bike is a street machine and is one solid ride. Take note of the stem and bar ends; "EDH"- I will have a Special Feature on some EDH parts real soon. Check Marc's ride in here.
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This weeks bike check. |
A1 Grand Prix is going down this coming weekend in Durban. Its going to be very noisy and very busy on Saturday and Sunday. I suggest staying away (if you not into A1GP of course) from the North Beach park. With that said it doesn't mean we wont be there on Friday for the usual late afternoon beach park session. I snapped this A1 Demo car at Gateway today.
// Thursday 14th February - Posted in 411 and Ghetto Jam galleries by Schogn
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now online!! |
// Wednesday 13th February - Posted in 411, Features and Team pages by Schogn
Just finished off a bunch more BMX Direct Team page updates, Darren Van Wyk, Stuart Loudon and this crazy beach park gap by Ashley Pilgrim was also just added- click here for the blow-up. and then bounce the Team pages.
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New content in the Features section. Bike checks and Fit complete close ups.
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Featuring the 2008 Fit Flow trail complete bike. |
// Monday 11th February - Posted in 411 and Catalog/Deals by Schogn
We have a few pairs of old model Orchid shoes we just put up on sale. Price includes delivery. SAVE R150 per pair! Please note that size shown in BOLD is the U.S size, local sizes are one size smaller.
So if you are a local shoe size 10 your U.S shoe size is 11.
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// Saturday 9th February - Posted in 411 by Schogn
Check the Fit Bike Co site for some news on the brand new Dehart and Cleveland frames droppin'. There's some talk in the Forums about these....
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Chase D and Eddie C frames are now on the way! |
// Friday 8th February - Posted in 411 and Team by Schogn
Get a load of the 1st of the BMX Direct Team page updates....Ross Brown, Chris Barnes, Hendri Breedt.
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// Wednesday 6th February - Posted in 411 and Catalog by Schogn
Today we are launching a brand new section of the BMX Direct catalog. We're calling it 'Everyday'.
It's a page on our site where you can shop for quality parts at the best prices. But understand this: these are not one time specials- these are everyday prices (you can get these parts at these prices all the time). Affordability is the game and we're making it happen.
So what are we really saying? - nothing out there can compete with our quality parts and accessories.
Bookmark it already!! www.bmxdirect.net/catalog/everyday
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// Sunday 3rd February - Posted in 411 and Forums by Schogn
Couple random bits for the 411 today...
Team riders Jacques and Hendri sent over a bunch of photos from recent Backyard and Brightwaters sessions...The Team pages are due for an update real soon, we just finishing off with some much needed freshness in the catalogs, you know we have the freshest for 2doublezero8!
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Our Joburg boys representing. |
Nick Benson over at S&M sent over a couple photo's of an indoor Mtb park (Ray’s MTB Park) he was at for the S&M dealer night. Take a look at this place. An awesome idea for sure.
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Rays Indoor Mtb park, Cleveland OH. |
Available late February (Februaairey?)will be this unorthodox new color mix from Fit Bike Co. Both DLD and DLR will be available. There will only be a few of each available. Dig it? See more on this in the forums.
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Limited Edition Fit Bike Co DLD and DLR stem |
// Friday 1st February - Posted in 411 and Features by Schogn
Giba Gorge is the PLACE to be right now in Durban. This privately owned dirt park is set to be one of S.A's favorite BMX destinations in 2008. See what Colin Loudon and the dirt crew have dug up.
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Lets get dirty. |
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Limited Edition S&M Redneck XLT Camo. |
In a couple of weeks we expecting these brand new camo color Redneck XLT stems. These are VERY limited Edition, so if camo is your thing best grab one up.
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// December 07 News // Ashley Pilgrim Bike Check // MIA Phil Norton // back in action // |
// Tuesday 29th January - Posted in 411 by Schogn
What an awesome weekend in Durban! We hit up a bunch of the parks over the weekend and have some evidence to proove. Chris Barnes, Darren, Stuart, Rico from Richards Bay, Colin Loudon, and David Boyer is back in action too. Here's a bunch of photo's of what went down. Good times.
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David Boyter, all twisted over this no-foot one-hand can at Gateway. |
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Colin- fakie to whip on the flat bank. |
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Stuart - Turndown, beach park. |
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Chris Barnes - foot jammin it at Hux indoor park, Pavillion. |
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Darren with with some large boost on the extension at Gateway. |
This weeks bike check belongs to BMX Direct Team rider Ross Brown. Ross receieved his 2008 Fit Flow Trail a couple weeks ago. I hope to get some updated photo's from Ross sometime soon, in the meantime here's a couple from late last year.
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Ross Brown, Bike check.. |
// Monday 28th January - Posted in 411 by Schogn
If you were wondering what happened to bmxdirect.net over the weekend seems we experienced some technical down time...the Forums and Team Blog are still down for the time being (but will be back shortly), the main site and BMX Direct catalog is up and running again.
If you sent us any emails over the weekend and have not yet received a response- be as so kind as to re-send it to us. This includes any messages sent from the contact page. Sorry about any inconvenience caused.
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// Thursday 24th January - Posted in 411 by Schogn
I came across a couple photo's on the Hyouth site of the Son Skate Nationals that went down in Stellenbosch in December. Scroll down a little on the News page, here: Hyouth.co.za
// Tuesday 22nd January - Posted in 411 and features by Schogn
We been a lil quite on the web of late but that don't mean shit aint happening around here!
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Back in action with a bang! Justin Thomson @ Gateway this past weekend. |
If you have ever wondered how, who and what makes S&M and Fit bike Co. different to every other American made bike company take a look at the video tour Vital BMX have online right now. Sean McKinney takes you on a grand tour of pretty much the entire S&M warehouse in Santa Ana, California. Its quite long and will take some bandwidth to download, but it is well worth it.
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300 to 400 Series 3 Mike Aitken frames in a month?? whaaaat! |
// Tuesday 22nd January - Posted in 411 and Features by Schogn
Loteks 2008 line up is looking well different. 2 new models and new materials in the mix; Nightwolf Slim and the Coastal. The high top Nightwolf and Delta have also been changed up. Sneak a peak at these sneakers...landing at BMX Direct in a couple weeks. Click below.
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Shown here is Loteks redesigned Delta shoe. More inside. |
This brand spanking new out the box ride belongs to Paul Brusser from Cape Town. Freshly built, a few changes to the stock Flow Street and its as good as Edwins very own bike, well almost.
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Paul Brusser's Fit Flow street. Ace! |
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