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27 November 2007

Project M16
It's here! We told you it was coming and finally it has arrived. Click on the banner above to find out exactly what it is and how to win it.

26 November 2007

Bite The Curb
What a fun way to spend a Sunday afternoon. Thanks Woogy and Binkles for letting The Riot come on board as sponsor to a really great event. Those of you who were there will agree I'm sure but for those who weren't you missed out.

When we arrived at Kempton Civic in the morning it looked like we were gonna get kicked out before the comp even began but luckily the kind security guards (who just wanted to see action) let us have the parking lot till 3pm. With that said the festivities got swiftly under way. First off was the curb line comp which took place on this curb...

We didn't get many riding shots of the curb stuff as it was technical riding BUT there will be a web edit of it coming soon which we'll post up right here in the news.

Here's a spy snap of the line-up. Well Brendon Jacobs saw the camera sneaking in and decided to share some Jozi sign language with us. Once you got to have your run you had to face this...

You can read "Hell Yeah" here but that's the back of the board. Not sure who the unlucky rider was was but what that board is really saying in front is "BOO".

A quick healing Jordan even came out for the day. He's still a little swollen and scaring little kids with his dashing looks but in two weeks or so he should back on his bike.

After the curb comp it was time for the high jump. The bar got up to 40 inches...

Here you can see Kyle Kiewet clearing 40 inches with a monster pop.

The comp was in fact won by Brendon Jacobs who cleared 41 inches within his three chances!

Here' a pic of Stephen Savage doing a Mary Poppins over 40 inches...

After the High Jump it was time for the Long Jump. The set-up for this was well scary with a launch being placed on top of ledge. Cranking full speed and having to hop up a ledge and then hit the launch was a daunting experience but non-the-less guys went all out. Here's Tyrone ("Old Guy" of the day) setting the furthest jump.

He was closely contested by Paul Soderland who decided he would get as sideways as the lamp post..

Brad Illingworth decided it was time to see he if still had his racing legs...

Then there's always those who feel the need to do tricks. Justin Lopes turning it down. Storm "Granny Witch" attempted to whip this sucker but our camera guy was to busy perving over the Miss Ekhurleni contestants and missed it.

At the end of the day it was thanks to these guys...

...for such a good day. Brendon Jacobs was awarded shredder of the day, Stephen Savage came in second and Old Guy (Tyrone Bradley) got third. Paul Soderland was meant to get the 3rd spot, but he had already left... the judges then decided to give 3rd to Jan The Legend (aka Green wheels), but guess what?! Green wheels had also already left. A big shout out must go to Rory Welgemoed, he rode really well! Everyone ended up winning though when more prizes were thrown out than given out.

Witbank Session
On Saturday a few of us made a mission down to Witbank to see what the scene was like out there. Being just over an hour away it seems weird we hadn't gone there before but hey, better late than never. The weather in Joburg was dark and gloomy and we weren't sure what we would be waiting for us Witbank. The last thing we wanted was to drive all the way and into rain.

When we rolled into town Brad gave one of the locals a call to arrange a meet up spot and man were we surprised to see how many kids there were that rode. After introducing ourselves it was time get riding. We had heard that there were some dirt jumps at this guy Antera's house but he wasn't there. We gave Antera a call he said it was cool for us to ride there anyways. So we headed to his farm/plot. The jumps were not in good shape at all. There was a bit of rain damage so we needed to fix em up a little.

We didn't have any spades though but Jon mangaged to find a trowel lying around. He set to work quickly on the small line while Brad, finding a plough, set to work on the huck jump.

As we started working on the jumps we noticed the weather starting to turn. We didn't hacve much time so once the jumps were rideable we started hitting them.

There was a wallride there too and it was the wallride that saw most of the action..

One of the locals with a carve on the wall.

Brendon with a table out.

Mpho was trying to abubaca the top of wall. He came damn close and if the bank leading up to it had a little more kick he woulda nailed it perfectly. Super high fakie wall tap. Look at the storm coming in...

With little time left as the storm approached Savage chucked in some foot jam's on the wall.

We believe this local's name is Wayne and appologise if we are wrong. When the rain came bucketing down we had to make a quick getaway and never got to really hang out and get to know anyone. But here he is jumping the first double in the line. Thanks to all you guys for showing us around. Sorry we never got hang out more but we'll be back.

22 November 2007

BMX Central - All New SA BMX Forum
Go register at www.bmxcentral.co.za now. This all new SA BMX forum has just been launched and is the place to be if you are interested in BMX. Have your say and connect with other riders. It's open to all so tell your buddies and lets make this network huge.

Weekend at Ronnie's
Tim Dell sent us some pics of from the session him and Ronald had at Ronnie's place. Enjoy!

20 November 2007

Justin Lopes (Take 2)
Is Justin hungry for fame or does someone just love taking photos of him? We don't know and we don't care. Look at how good his riding is coming along, wonder if is has anything to do with the T-1 Garret Byrnes T-Shirt though. Just kidding, JL rips and so do a lot of you up and commers... so why aren't you sending in pics?

Along with the riding shots from the weekend, Justin also sent us some pics of his bike with the white highlights theme and his new Federal sprocket.

15 November 2007

Bite The Curb
The other day Woogy and Binky came to us with an idea for a street comp, well a curb comp to be precise. Who doesn't like sessioning a curb? No-one and that's why we instantly said we'd sponsor it. So here is the flyer. Come and join us. This is gonna be fun and prize giving is at The Don where there will be cheap Draughts for over 18's. Nice.

14 November 2007

Jordan Discharged
Today Jordan sent us an sms to say that the surgery went 100% and that he has been discharged from the hospital. He still has a few weeks to go before he'll be rolling again but we're all glad that there were no complications with the surgery and that it's all just a matter of healing now.

13 November 2007

New Federal Products and a video
We have just received the newest products from Federal and man do they look good. Check them out on the products page

Also in Federal news, they have their Colgne road trip video up on their YouTube site. Makes for some good viewing. 9mins long, so if you got the time and the internet speed go check it

Jordan Update
Last night a bunch of us went to go see Jordan and none of us expected to find him in such high spirits. To be honest it doesn't seem as though the injury has phased him that much and the doctors are blown away at how quick his swelling has gone down. He goes into surgery today at 1pm where surgeons will place in excess of 30 titanium plates in face. We were a bit misinformed on his injuries and thankfully it turns out he never factured his neck but rather pulled ligaments in it. Doctors told him he should be all healed up in about 3 weeks. Jordan thanks everyone for their wishes.

12 November 2007

Man Down

On friday night Jordan Anthony had a freak accident which, as far as we now for now, has left him with a crushed face and fractured neck. From what we have heard he was walking along a ledge in the dark but didn't realilse it ended where it did. He took one step too far and fell face first onto the corner of another one. He is in really bad shape and is currently in ICU waiting for the swelling to go down before doctors can tend to his injuries. Jordan is a trooper and we know he'll heal up as quick as possible. We will keep you updated on his progress.

Get well soon Jordan!

Mark Williams Update
Every once in a while our friend King Rat aka Mark Williams sends us some dope pics of him shredding up his new turf in Canada. He sent us this pic with a little story...

"Hey buddy this is a pic from a while ago its me diong a wall ride in a fountain. Dislocated my ankle on friday at the skatepark. It was gross. paramedics came and gave me some entenox (happy gas type stuff it was awesome for the pain. Went to the ER and they popped it back in while i was awake. Screamed so loud that everyone in the E.R. was looking at me. I was to drugged up to care. Then the nice nurses took care of me :)"

Get well soon markie

Justin Lopes
We got this pic in the mail this morning of Justin cranking a 180 lookback at Brightwater. This boy is getting better by the day. If you have any pics you wanna share, then just send them to us and if they good enough quality we'll post them up

Saturday's Street Session
It's been too long since our last decent street session. So on Saturday after The Riot closed it's doors Buddy, Tyrone, Brad, Greg, Devin and Chris Robertson headed out to have some fun on an old spot that once saw some heavy action form the now elusive Jimmy Reynolds. The spot is basically a pedestrian walkway which has a rad brick transition and a tricky little sub box. Here are some snaps of what went down.

Greg has now taken these bad boys to street.

You don't see too many riders with pegs these days. Tyrone having some fun with a toothpick.

When not wearing t-shirts proclaiming the greatness of beer, Chris Robertson can be found tweaking tables with mad pop like this.

Fly Bikes' Buddy Chellan is up from Cape Town for a bit and gracing Joburg with a lesson in style. Footjam on the sub. If you don't know Buddy, you don't know nuffin.

This spot is just down the road from Devin's house. We're not sure if he sessions it a lot but he did look at home on it's tranny. Here he creates the most colorful Fufanu ever.

08 November 2007

Wednesday Night Madness
Last night's session at Montecasino was mad busy. There must have been close on 25 riders and in a park where lines cross each other you can only imagine how chronic the sesh was. Tyrone showed up bikeless but with his camera and the new umbrella he got for his flashes. Here are some of the pics he took using it..

Greg loving the hip. Style to the max.

Duncan Fox pops some 360 action out of the coping on the 7ft quarter.

Here's Duncan again, tweaking an invert. He's really got them dialed and holds them for so long - textbook.

This pic of Byron was taken after the session whilst being chased out so the flashes were not set up right and the photo quality sucks but just look at how stretched those legs are in this no-footed can-can. What makes this trick even more amazing is the fact it's done on a wedge. Mad skills. Byron charges.

07 November 2007

Odyssey Electronical Trailer
Odyssey have just released the trailer for their new video, Electronical, and it looks sick. There's even gonna be a bunch of SA footage of Mike and Chase from when they were here in May/June in it. They've launched a site for the trailer. There's a bunch of stills and a podcast download up there as well including a bunch from SA. Check it.

Blunt 11#9
This is what the cover of the new Blunt looks like...

...and here's a good reason to go get it...

...plus another...

This months Blunt is dope and is full of BMX. Our most outrageous team individual, Jordan Anthony has a dialed interview and it's gonna leave you in stitches. There's a double page write up onThe Riot Jam #7, plus, some awesome pics taken by Wayne Reiche. All in all this issue is tops and one you should own. Go check it out.

05 November 2007

2008 Mongoose, GT and Snafu Ranges
Last week we attended the launch of the 2008 Snafu, Mongoose and GT ranges. Most of the Snafu stuff we already have in stock but there was some really interesting additions and upgrades to the GT and Mongoose complete range. We are not sure yet when deliveries will take place but we'll be sure to keep you updated. For now though here are some pics to wet your appetite.