90 East video premier

Made our way up to 90 East last night for their video premier of "Sound of the City". Great shop and a lot of guys showed up. The video itself was awesome, lot's of good local guys killing it! Thanks to Lino for a great night! The following are a few pictures I snapped of the action.

This guy made the trip up

Lino, Burns and Lee

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Myself and Riker getting weird

Ferbert and Pete

Maul's last weeks

Over the next few weeks I'm gonna be posting a few last shots from the "old shop" and probably some of the last riding pictures from the ramps for awhile. Thought it might be cool to document the guys that stop by to see the shop for one last time before the big move. The following are a few I snapped yesterday.

John Maul

Matt and JT

Chris Tardiff

JT

Matt

Matt, Chris and Austin

Austin

Table of the week

Wow what a busy week! I've been running around like crazy, had some family stuff to take care of so I've been slackin with the TOTW! Anyway's here's Zack Berube with a sweet one from Edge. Lookin' good!

Maul's Brawl/ Table contest

                                                                            
 Well I guess we're close enough to Maul's Brawl for me to release the details about the T&F "Table contest".
The contest in gonna be open to everyone. The winner will get a Conductor frame courtesy of Sunday bikes and Full Factory Distro., I'm also gonna make it $2 per person to enter and the second place will get the sum of all entrants. As for the actual rules of the contest, it's gonna be the best/flat-est table off/over the most unique obstacle at Skater's Edge. With a vast majority of guys being able to do tables, I figured that would level the playing field. Instead of doing highest or flatest, because after the third guy I'm not sure anyone would be able to judge between everyone. Pumped to be able to hold this at the contest this year. Hopefully so will everyone else!

Gamache on Helmets

I’ve wanted to write something for awhile now, but have had a hard time on where to start. I wanted to convey my true feeling about them, but didn’t want to sound like I was preaching to anyone. Working at a bike shop, I’m often asked by parents if I wear a helmet when I ride and I try and give an honest answer: “sometimes”. Helmets are some times uncomfortable, can get sweaty or hot, and for kids not as stylish as the current trends of wearing a beanie or hat.

Obviously BMX has it’s risks and the possibility of getting hurt is always there, but that comes with the activity. Plenty of contact sports require helmets. Unlike football or hockey, the object is not to crash into something, not tackle or body check someone. We all crash, it’s just going to happen as part of a rider’s learning curve, but the hope is that you don’t hit your head.

A head injury is nothing to mess around with and can leave permanent damage to someone. Over the past few years BMX has seen it’s best riders suffer head injuries and for some of them dramatically change their lives. The most extreme situation that everyone in BMX knows about is the recent Mike Aitken incident. Few people realize that legends like Mat Hoffman, Ron Wilkerson and some of the best current riders at the top of their game have also suffered head injuries over the past few years. Van Homan, Toby Forte, Matt Beringer, Gary Young, and Nicki Croft have all hit their head and suffered from either concussions or in Gary Young’s case a cracked skull. Nicki Croft was wearing a helmet and admitted that it had saved his life.

All of these guys are much more talented than you or I, which shows that no one is untouchable from having an accident. Crashed are going to happen, that risk is just part of what we do. A $30 helmet could save someone from thousands of dollars in medical bills, serious health problems or even worse death. I don’t wanna sound like your mother preaching to you to put your helmet on, or a hypocrite because a lot of the time I don’t wear my own. Just keep this in mind: safety is something to take into consideration when hoping on your bike.

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Justin H. Gamache

Aitken pre-crash

90 East video premier

Dudes over at 90 East are having a premier for their new video " Sound of the City", check the flyer for the details.

ESPN Love

Got a little love over at ESPN BMX....Click the link to check it out! Pumped special thanks to Shawn Howard and Brian Tunney, and the entire T&F crew!