BiKETOBEERFEST 2011
We were meant to do a demo this past weekend at BiKETOBEERFEST but got completely rained out. Some good did come of the day though. There was plenty of great beer to drink and Joe won the Huffy Toss competition. Here’s a photo of Joe with his prize and the bike he tossed. It was an epic throw. The cones show the distance he threw that thing. Nice one Joe.
BiKETOBEERFEST HUFFY TOSS WINNER 2011
Happy Birthday and Goodbye Patrick
Happy birthday Patrick.
It is with a heavy heart that we bid a fond farewell to Patrick this weekend. He is leaving Portland for pastures new. Of course we wish him the very best on his adventure but we will really miss him at the lot. I have had some great sessions with him there and at the bar.
If you are in town and would like to celebrate with him and say your goodbyes head down to Yurs tonight around 8pm.
Best of luck to you Patrick. You my friend are a gentleman and a scholar!
Happy Birthday Patrick
BMX riders Anthony, Codie and Patrick
Portland Summer Flatland Jam 2011
So another jam has come and gone. It was a beautiful Saturday here in Portland and there was a great turnout for the jam. Over 30 riders came out to participate and despite the heat lots of riding went down.
Everyone that came out got a jam t-shirt and we had gift bags with lots of goodies from our sponsors to hand out. Fish Johnson walked away with a brand new set of Primo cranks after winning the B.I.K.E. contest.
I will be posting more photos and videos this week. For now check out Jared Souney’s blog, www.jaredsouney.com, he has some nice photos and a video posted up there.
A big thank you to all the people that came out to the jam, our sponsors (see below) and all the locals that made it possible.
This was the last jam that Joe and I will be putting together. Justin and Anthony will be taking over from here and I know they are going to do an amazing job. Good luck to them. A big thank you to Joe for all the work he has put into these jams over the years. He has done a great job.
Cheers.
A big thank you to our sponsors for their support and generosity
Animal (http://animalbikes.com/)
Bike Gallery (http://www.bikegallery.com/)
FlatlandFuel (http://flatlandfuel.com/)
Goods BMX (http://goodsbmx.com/)
Hoffman Bikes (http://hoffmanbikes.com/)
Lotek (http://lotekbrand.com/)
Primo (http://primobmx.com/)
Profile Racing (http://profileracing.com/)
SE Bikes (http://www.sebikes.com/)
Solid Bikes (http://www.solidbmx.com/)
BMX at the Dew Tour – Day 2
Another fun day at the Dew Tour.
Dirt qualifiers was my first stop of the day. It was a hot and windy day down by the Willamette River. I love watching dirt and the qualifiers did not disappoint. Although the strong head wind seemed to cause some issues the riding was impressive. From what I saw the semi-final and final should be amazing.
Justin from FlatWebTV was down there and got some great photos. You can check them out on the Freestyle5 website. Look for a video edit from him soon.
In the evening it was time for the BMX Park semi-final. Lots of riders laid down some top notch runs in front of a packed house. Really looking forward to the finals tonight.
BMX at the Dew Tour – Day 1
So the Dew Tour kicked off yesterday and BMX Park Qualifiers was the first event I got to take a look at. The course looks killer and the riding was impressive. The Aussies are out in force this year and were tearing up BMX Park. Ryan Guettler managed to barely edge out Joshua Perry to finish first. Dave Dillewaard came in a close third. Chris Hughes and Alessandro Barbero rounded out the top 5 that will move on to the semi-finals to compete against those who have pre-qualified.
I hung out with Justin from FlatWebTV and he got some great footage. There should be some good stuff coming your way from FlatWebTV.
BMX Park Qualifiers
There was a practice session on the new Dirt course, down by the Willamette River, in the morning. I did not get a chance to get over there but I am looking forward to the qualifiers today.
Freestyle5′s Roman Tencza is riding in the Dirt qualifiers today. Good luck to him. It would be great if he could make the finals.
BMX Dirt First Look with Nate Berkheimer
