Niki is back from Shanghai and sent me a story and photos from George Marshall.

Tdown at the massive conrete park

Rail hop

International dance moves

Cruisin'

So me, Orlando, Nathan Beddows, Tom O’boyle, George Marshall, wozzy and the white wizard Loz Taylor set off our travels from the wonderful British countryside through the heat waves and high oil cash flow through Bahrain to our destination of Shanghai, China.

I couldn't’t even think of how this trip would be like in comparison to any other trip I've been on, visiting a communist country that doesn’t speak a word of English, which has the worlds largest skate park there, everyday had something new to offer whether being on or off you bike. The first couple of days were really just trying to figure out where we were on maps,. What food works best for each other and trying to immune to the ultimate of all smoggy cities.
We had a bit of a routine by now, leave the hostel point out a spot or Uni and go, eating on the way from BBQ men or wok men off the streets, my favourite was the eggy woman, she provided a kind of potato pancake wrapped in an egg, cooked under 2minutes and for the price of 1.4p, that shit was so good,
Before we knew it we was riding through the streets of shanghai like a rat in a bin with just one aim, RIDE!!!
There are so many ledges and blocks in shanghai that I thought I was playing Tetris everyday, Loz Taylor managed to score few points knocking them into shape with all sorts of grinding manoeuvres. The Skate park was about 40minutes ride from our hostel and every ride we took to the skate park was epic, just passing through big industrial business buildings through to the little villages to long open road to the park.
What can be said about the Skate park….. huge???? Smallest concrete bowl 7ft largest 18ft with pool coping and a capsule the size of your house with the Blackpool's big dipper as a roll-in, fucking amazing!!! Everything there was so good and interesting to ride you couldn't get bored plus you couldn't ride it all in one day there so much to it.
From the skate park you could see the big city buildings especially the bottle opener which is apparently the worlds 19th largest building, and its got a whole in it. Hahaha
So this is just a few minor things from the trip, I'm getting to excited remember the place so I'm gonna have to stop, just look out for the ride issue with the trip all we be explained better.

Niki Croft.

For once Morgan is home, he sent in some news and pics:

Since interbike, I've been home and it's been nice! Lots O yard work, but I like it because it's not traveling for a change. I've been getting a little burned out on contests lately, so having a little break to be home riding with all my friends has been awesome!
The skatepark here in Tyler is really crappy, but just tooling around is fun and a good change of pace. Aside from riding, I've been cutting a lot of grass, and getting settled into the house we've owned for about 5 months and been gone for 4 of them! Rock Band has been raging and sting pong is off the hook! Myself and a few friends are about to rip everything out from under )"Old Blue" (my Toyota pickup and install a solid front axle conversion kit and some new rubber! It'll make the truck about 5 1/2 inches higher and give me way better handling! Off road machine here I come! Oh yeah, and I got a new toy to play with out behind the house!!!!! =P

We went out street riding and hit some really fun flat rail spots that I have some plans for if I can ever get Joe to drive up & film! I can't believe that in 11 years I've never ridden a few of the spots we rode yesterday or thought of jumping over the train rail thing!

Word,

Morgan.

Thanks to Jeff Brockmeyer here is some shots of Morgan up at Woodward:

Fast Plant
Tabe Blast

Randy has been out on the road for the last 2 weeks doing shows. He is on the way back to Austin right now, yesterday he spent some time shredding some new spots in Fort Worth. Thanks to Travis Kinciad for the shots.

Moto

Under Ice

Anyone remember roadfools 1? Josh and me watched it a few nights ago. Classic video, the soundtrack was bangin'. I just found this from the Get Up Kids on the tube. That video was so good.

At the trails it's dusty as Fuck.


-- Post From My iPhone

Finally all the new clothing came in and will start shipping to shops tomorrow! Some even hand folded by Mr. Bedford's big hands.

You can Check it all out here.

Don't forget about the Aitken Benefit this weekend at Mark Potoczny's trails. All the info is here.

Rampire session was in a full force a few days ago, rain forced us inside. Josh was shredding the ramp and giving Hanson a UK history lesson by showing him NSF 2.
Trinkets were on bikes, is this going to be hot for 09?
Hanson finished off the night with this mower on the wall.

Red box trails have been running thanks to rain, thanks to Josh and the guys digging down there! We hit them up and it's emerging Josh can shred a little bit of everything........Thanks to Tazz Hernandez for the trails shots.

For peeps in Brazil and Singapore we just started working with new distro's in your country. Halcon BMX in Singapore and Revolution BMX in Brazil. Head over to our distro page to get their contact info.

More Loosefer frames built up:

Chris Wilmhurst
John McCabe
Jonne Tilhonen

Finally, were in Vice. Big time, hahahaha.

Ryan continues the Summer 5's

1. Cliff jumping and swimming
2. Going to Maryland and NYC
3. Riding pump track
4. Reading Blindness by Jose Saramago
5. Learning Guitar

Thanks to Walter , we got a new riding shot!

Justin sent me his top 5's of the summer:

1) Going to Vancouver and partying on Skid Row haha.
2) Going to shows: Iron Maiden, Lucero, Judas Priest, Motorhead
3) Hanging out with my girl
4) Singing karaoke at the Sly Fox
5) Excessive partying is always good too

Here is a riding shot too:

Bars over a rail

The new Ride UK just dropped and features a full interview with Randy, a bike check with Roey and of course Niki Croft.
Thanks to Gunner, I should have my copy any day!

Joe has been up in PA visiting Robbo. He forgot his still Camera, however he snapped these on the old Iphone.

Posh

Robbo@Posh

Robbo and his Lady

Bonfire

Trails in New Jersey

Concrete Park

While were at it with Iphone snaps, every one's favourite Marra, Erny sent me a shot via his Iphone, he's been playing in the mud too.

New Clothing is on it's way! Should be in shops towards the end of the month.

Niki is out in Shanghai filming with the Make. There is a pretty cool update on Streetphire all about the trip so far.

Greg from 20Negative just posted a interesting feature on Nike in BMX. Interesting stuff.

Josh is in town right now, he is here for the next 6 weeks. Here is a quick bike check of his Burlish 420 with straight wheels and cranks:

Josh Bike overview
Josh Bike front
Josh Bike rear

I went out with Hanson and Josh, hit some spots up and tried to get Josh a tan. You people in England not have sun anymore? Gaps were jumped and Hanson is determined to test the new sprocket to destruction.

A day in the life of Niki:

BMX

Boozin'

Romance

Bromance

Hammered

Thanks to Ryan Sher for coming through with the snaps. Niki is out in Shanghai right now with the Make boys, have fun buddy.

I'm sure you have all heard the bad news about Aitken. Please go here and donate what you can. Get well soon from Mutiny!

Morgan has some of his "scrap clips" up on Vital Go check that out. I can't wait to watch the Levis video and the new Brighton aint ready video in the comfort of my own home. Both looked good in Vegas........

Defgrip have the winners from the Ryan Smith contest. If your a winner, I'm just waiting on Harrison to send me over the addresses.

Here is some older shots of Roey, shot by James Beattie:

Tbog
Alley Opp Grizz, these look so dope.

Neil hit me up, he is work somewhere up north and got to ride
this dope pipe.

2 new Loosefer owners sent in pics of their rides. Both these dudes were e-mailing weeks before the frame came out, both guys are stoked.

Alex Bodnars

Pudd's

Now go outside and ride!

Rubio rides for us through 28100 BMX in Spain. Tony sent me some shots of Rubio shredding:

Wall tabe

Gap to Wally

Big Thanks to Sponge for helping out yesterday in the warehouse. Here he is relaxin' at the trails. I robbed the riding photo from Ninth street BMX, Halloween Jam is comin'

Last week Gaz and I went to the Sunset Rubdown show at Mohawks here in Austin TX. I happened to be out doing some film work so I had my camera with me, I decided to film part of the show. You can check out the Live Video Here.

It was a good night too many drinks that ended at an after party till 5am! Not a good thing when you just got off the plane from Vegas!

Enjoy the weekend kids, get on those bikes and shred it!

*I just found this Gem with the Handsome Furs.*

As always, a ton of shit is going on around here. So here we go;

We have been working on a V3 version of our new guard that will fit Profile hubs and regular hubs. Samples are being tested right now and we will keep you updated. This should be out Spring next year.
Also there is a new Sprocket design, we wanted to do something a little different to the spoke'd designs that are everywhere. Again were hoping Spring 09 we will have them for production.

Interbike video
Allride stopped by the booth to do a little video interview with Joe, you can check it out here.

Mr Bedford
He has been working like crazy on and off his bike. He is coming to Austin for 6 weeks next week so watch out!
Tire slide at Devo Green.

Bike Checks
Troy Swan from down under sent me a picture of his Mystic when he first got it built up. He has been working it double time on the streets and out on the track. Fuck yeah!

Ryan Galvan from Las Vegas just built up a Loosefer, tight!