// 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! |
// Saturday 5th January - Posted in 411 by Schogn
Random travel photo from Thailand. Taken from the back of a tuk tuk this afternoon, my bro and I on the way to the Flat spot.
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Fisheye view of Bangkok traffic. |
Phil has been on the down low of late, travelling between Bloemfontein and Cape Town for work. He does still manage to get sessions in on home turf. Photo's to proove it.
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Phil Norton missing in action. |
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Phil Norton missing in action #2 |
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Phil Norton missing in action #3 |
// Tuesday 1st January - Posted in 411 and Team Pages by Schogn
As mentioned before Ashley got a new ride. Roll on another bike check! 2008 Fit Van Homan.
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Ashley Pilgrims Fit Van Homan bike check. |
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// Sunday 30th December - Posted in 411 and Competition by Schogn
Winners have been announced for our online Summer grip giveaway. Check out the Competition section for details. Thanks to Primo and Fit Bike Co. for the freebies. Free shit rocks.
// Wednesday 26th December - Posted in 411 by Schogn
Stuart was up in Richards Bay a couple weeks back hanging out with my boys Rico, Zandy and Zak. Rico dropped these on us.
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Zandy throwin down the trails goodness. |
Metal Bikes have plans for a Pivotal / ECCD style seat sometime next year. Show Jimmy (Levan) some love and drop by www.metalbikesbmx.com
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Pivotal ECCD seats! |
Not long to go till the closing of the BMX Direct online 10x grip give away. Hook some up already!
// Tuesday 25th December - Posted in 411 by Schogn
Christmas Greetings from Bangkok, Thailand!
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// Monday 24th December - Posted in 411 and Unpacked by Schogn
Check the Blunt Mag site for some Ghetto Jam goodness, im a slacker and havent finished off the Ghetto Jam story and photo's yet. Notice that our boys did particularly well over the weekend. Blunt Q&A and story here. and some photo's shot by Rico and Co. here.
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Ghetto Jam happenings around the web. |
A bunch of brand spanking new Primo goods just unpacked! Also see the Unpacked page for more info and prices.
Primo Mix hubs are now at R1100 a pop, still the most affordable, reliable, quality cassette hub out there (well I think so anyway) aluminum hardware, broached allen key axle ends, replaceable parts are easy and cheap to get, 1pc chromo driver that won't blow up (or click), and available either left or right side drive, colors, 36 hole and 8t, 9t or 11t one piece driver. Too nice for words.
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Cassettes in pearl white, purple and black, 8t, 9t or 11t driver. |
The N4 is the Primo LT in new colors. Same hardware, axle and bearings. R400 each. Purchase a set (Mix+N4)and I will throw in a set of Primo Logo or Primo Tnez grips. Booya.
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Ultra light Primo N4 hubs in pearl white, purple and black. |
// Tuesday 18th December - Posted in 411 and Features by Schogn
Hold your horses already! I will have the Ghetto Jam news updated as soon as humanly possible. I received over 300 photographs of the weekends antics and hope to have them all online this week. In the meantime...
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Myself & Ashley Pilgrim (right), Am class winner 2007 BMX Direct Ghetto Jam.. |
The results as follows:
Pro:
1st- Chris Barnes
2nd- Stuart Loudoun
3rd- Colin Loudoun
Am:
1st-Ashley Pilgrim
2nd- Zak Mthembu
3rd- Paul Brusser
Tuff as Nails. Rory Welgemoed (rider who slammed the hardest)
Ledge Legends: Dale Bax (street ledge contest)
More news, photo's, galleries to be added to the Ghetto Jam site very soon!
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Another home grown (lemon flavored) bike check. Konstant from Somerset West spends enough time overseas and his bike shows how much he gets around. It can be stripped down with a single 6mm allen key and stuffed in a duffel bag with ease...why you may ask? My guess is; with all the crazy security messures going on at airports I
wouldnt want to part with my favorite 15mm spanner and patch rasp. Read on....
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Konstant Venter bike check and photo |
Ashleys Pilgrims brand new Homan made an appearance on the Fit Bike Co website. Check out the FBC Trust section.
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