More Bike Checks:

While we were on the tour we managed to round up the team riders without bike checks, or the ones who were riding new setups. Now you can check out the entire teams bikes in the team page. Fresh bike checks with Tyrone Bradley, Paul Soderlund, and Brendon Jacobs are all up there, and all the others have been updated as well. Head on over to the team page and check them out.

Posted by: Admin [December 28, 2006]

Christmas Downloads:

Brendon Jacobs 800x600 1024x768 1280x960 1600x1200	Stephen Savage 800x600 1024x768 1280x960 1600x1200
Tyrone Bradley 800x600 1024x768 1280x960 1600x1200	Greg Illingworth 800x600 1024x768 1280x960 1600x1200

Well its Christmas day today and we thought we would put up some downloads for you guys. We have 4 awesome wallpapers for you to download that were all shot during the Cate Crash Tour. Click on the appropriate screen size above and download your favorite!

Posted by: Admin [December 25, 2006]

Random News:

It has been absolutely crazy over here since the end of the tour. Here is a run down of what has been happening over the last few days. We just got the new issue of Source in stock and it looks awesome! Issue 4 has a feature with Cape Town resident and long time rider Toby Gronewald, as well as a bunch of other features with local riders, SA BMX news, products, and much more. We have been shipping these out with orders all day so you should see them in your local bike store by the weekend.

New Odyssey goods are on the way, including ltd edition pedals, ltd edition linear cables, Evo 2 brakes, ltd edition Hazard light rims, New Sunday forks, and much more. Keep an eye out for those to be in stores soon.

The new DK bikes parts order has also arrived and we have been shipping all these goods to stores over the last few days. DK grips, Jump seat, DK chopstix cranks, and news DK T shirts are all shipping to stores and should be available by the weekend. Head on down to your local bike store if you are looking for any of these items.

Two of our team riders recently had nasty bails on their bikes. Brendon Jacobs broke his collar bone at the Cato Manor plaza. Brendon was doing a manual to no foot kan and was sent over the bars resulting in the injury. Tyrone bradley also smashed his front teeth out while shooting an advertisement for a cell phone company. His front wheel went over the top of the bowl while he was doing a high speed carve which sent him face first into the concrete. We with Both these guys a speedy recovery!

Posted by: Admin [December 20, 2006]

Gate Crash Tour Day 7:

Today was the last day of the trip and it was a belter! We hit up Brightwater Commons this morning and then headed to Wits University for a street session. All of the Brightwater locals showed up as well as a bunch of the Chapel locals. Thanks to all the riders who made a special effort to make it to the session! It was awesome getting to meet all of you. Here are a few pics from the BWC session.

Tyrone Bradley blasting an invert over the hip.

Tyrone with a manual down the kinked rail.

After the park session we headed to Wits university to ride some street. This park is pretty much a skate plaza, with street rails, ledges, and stairs all over the place. Stephen Savage owned this spot! He was on a level of his own, and was spinning 360's down stairs like it was nothing. Here are a few pics from the street session.

Brendon Jacobs with a high speed gap from the parking lot into the street.

Clint was charging rails all over the campus. Here he is with a super high 50/50 grind down a rail.

Here is Clint again sliding another campus rail. This rail was pretty wobbly but Clint slid it perfect.

Mpho has mad pop and was hopping stuff all over the place. Here he is with a hop over a sculpture outside the art faculty.

Savage was on fire at Wits, and destroyed every spot he came across. Here he slides a ledge before immediately 360 hoping a big set of stairs.

Here is Savage with the 360 hop right after the ledge. Its pretty had to grasp how tight this line was but it was nuts. Look for the clip in the upcoming Empire video.

This set of stairs was pretty high and super long, but Savage spun them so smooth you didn't even hear him hit the ground. Needless to say Savage gas his 360's dialed!

Tyrone Bradley fired off this beauty of a rail on campus. The rail had a shady run up and a post on the end of it, but Tyrone slid it perfect first try.

And with that we have come to the end of the tour. We have had an absolutely amazing trip and we want to thank everyone who came out and rode with us at the stops. It was awesome to get to meet all of the locals and make so many new friends. All of us have really enjoyed the trip and we look forward to riding with all of you guys in the future. Look for more coverage of the trip in both local and international magazines, as well as in the upcoming Empire video. Thanks again to everyone who made this trip possible, and to all of you who came out and rode at the stops. You can be sure we will do another one in the future.

Posted by: Admin [December 16, 2006]

Gate Crash Tour Day 6:

Its day six on the tour and today we headed to Paul's local park at "Wesbank Raceway". Most of these ramps are from the old Arena park and the setup is pretty fun. Unfortunately a lot of the ramps are in pretty bad condition but that didn't stop the guys from going off. Here are some pics from today's session.

Paul shredding his home turf with a cranked turn down.

Paul with a whip over the spox.

Paul with a no foot kan.

Brendon Jacobs was cranking these 360 tables over the spox. these were beauties!

Brendon with a no foot kan.

Devin was also charging the park and was doing the most amazing nose dive 360's.

Well that's what went down today. Tomorrow is the last stop on the tour and we are heading to the park at Brightwater Commons. Its going to be a good one so we hope to see you all there!

Posted by: Admin [December 15, 2006]

Gate Crash Tour Day 5:

Today the crew hit up the Festival Mall park. This park is super fun and has a nice mix of street and park obstacles. All the guys were enjoying the setup and the riding was insane. One again there were tons of locals at the park, and a big thanks must go out to all the kids ho showed up and made it such a fun ride. Here are a few pics from the session.

Here Greg Illingworth whips off the ledge in the background onto the pyramid. The ledge he hopped of was pretty short so it made this even harder. Greg was a trooper though and nailed it super smooth.

Malcolm Perters was loving this park, and didn't stop once the entire session. here he is with a flair from the flat quarter to the flat bank.

Here is a pic of Stephen Savage with a nose manual over the pyramid grind box.

Wayne Reiche has joined the trip for the Joburg leg and was killing this park. here he is with a huge fuf on the back rail of the flat bank.

Tomorrow we are off to ride some street and also hit up the Wesbank race way park. This park is Paul Soderlund's stomping ground so it should be good to see him ride on his home turf. Check back for updates tomorrow!

Posted by: Admin [December 14, 2006]

Gate Crash Tour Day 4:

We arrived in JHB late this afternoon and headed straight for the Montecasino Skate park. The park was packed with riders and it was great to see such a huge turn out. The park was pretty slippery but all the guys really enjoyed the session. Here are a few pics for you guys.

Tim Dell with a clicked turn down from the bowl corner to the flat bank.

One of the local kids "Brad" with a wild flip from the bowl to the flat bank on the far right.

Mpho with a high speed 180 down the stairs.

Paul Soderlund with a table over the bowl hip. Paul was stoked on this table and wanted everyone to know that he likes rice!

Tomorrow morning we are heading off to Festival Mall park. Check back for more!

Posted by: Admin [December 13, 2006]

Gate Crash Tour Day 3:

Today's riding involved a mission to the Indigo camp in the valley of 1000 hills, and a late night session at the Durban beach park. The day at Indigo was a real laid back affair with most of the guys spending the day at the river before sessioning the ramps in the late afternoon.

Some of the crew chilling on the rocks.

Mpho and Clint cliff jumping.

The session on the ramps was so much fun with all the crew riding until the sun went down. Most of the action went down on the mini, with some crazy stuff going down.

Paul Soderlund was killing the ramp and was blasting these awesome tables.

Brad Illingworth had the biggest pop on this ramp and was airing higher then anyone else. Here he is with a dope toboggan air.

Matt Macleod was blasting the vert ramp most of the time, but took a few minutes to shred the mini. He pulled a whip to tap, to ice pick to fakie on the opposite side, to fakie whip on the opposite side... It sounds like a mouth full but was awesome to watch.

After the sun went down we headed to the beach park in Durban. All the guys were keen to ride this spot as the weather had prevented them from having a session in the previous days. Unfortunately this resulted in all the still cameras being put down in exchange for video cameras, so we don't have many pics from the session. We do have this belter of Greg fast planting out over the wall though.

Well that's it for today. Tomorrow we depart for JHB so keep checking back for more updates on the road.

Posted by: Admin [December 12, 2006]

Gate Crash Tour Day 2:

Today was the second day of the tour and we all headed down to Wavehouse for the Fox Pro-Am. The weather was awesome and there was a super good turn out for the event. The level of riding was crazy and everyone who rode was killing it.

DK team rider Matt Macleod won the big trick comp with huge moves like these flip whips, and double whips over the box.

Odyssey Team rider Colin Loudon got third place in the park comp, and was riding super good. Here he is with a huge tire grab. One of the highlights of the comp was Colin's hop whip off the top of the 8' quarter to flat! Pulled first try!

Second place went to Malcolm Peters. Malcolm put together some amazing runs with tons of big tricks back to back. Here is a pic of him with a one footed invert.

The winner of this years comp was Greg Illingworth. Greg was riding full blast all day and was going huge all over the park. His aggressive riding also earned him the full throttle award at the end of the day.

Pro Class:
1st - Greg Illingworth
2nd - Malcolm Peters
3rd - Colin Loudon
4th - Matt Macleod
5th tie - Tyrone Bradley
5th tie - Paul Soderlund

Am Class:
1st - Darren Vanwyk
2nd - Justine Boniface
3rd - Devin Tosseli
Big Trick - Matt Macleod
Full Throttle - Greg Illingworth

Tomorrow we are off to Indigo skate Camp and the Durban Beach park and we hope to see all of you there. Check back for updates!

Posted by: Admin [December 11, 2006]

Gate Crash Tour Day 1:

Well today was the official start of the Gate Crash Tour! The tour shirts arrived and they look awesome! These shirts are going to be given away free at each of the stops, so if you want one make sure you you come ride with us at one of the stops.

This is how happy Brad is with the shirts... Needless to say he is pleased as punch. A big thank you must go out to Toby at Fittees for getting these done for us in record time! Thanks man!

The Fox Pro Am was postponed until tomorrow (Dec 11) due to rain, so the crew was forced to spend the first day finding dry spots to ride. First up was a session in the warehouse with all the crew.

Here is a pic of DK team rider Matt Mcleod boosting a table on the nibbler. Matt was cranking these tables and turn down out of this quarter.

The guys also had a "fakie limbo" contest which involved riding under the limbo pole and up a quarter, and then rolling fakie back under the pole. D-star owned this comp and was consistently getting under the height pole both regular and fakie.

Next up all the guys headed out to the local mall to session the banks under the parking lot. Here is newest team rider Brendon Jacobs with an invert.

Sunday team rider Stephen Savage was shredding this spot and was putting together some awesome lines. Here he is with a big 180 hop over a shopping cart.

There were so many riders at this spot that security didn't know what to do with themselves. They were actually really cool about us riding there and let us fide for a full 2 hours before asking us to leave. One of the guards even borrowed Tyrone Bradley's bike and tried to do a few tricks... funny stuff. All in all day one was a lot of fun even though it was raining. Tomorrow looks like it will be sunny though so we hope to see all of you at the Fox Pro Am.

More tour updates coming tomorrow!

Posted by: Admin [December 10, 2006]

Team Riders in Town:

Well this weekend is the Fox Pro-Am as well as the official start of the Gate Crash Tour, and all the team and friends are arriving in town. Stephen Savage, Brendon Jacobs, and Malcolm Peters arrived yesterday, and Tyrone Bradley, Brad Illingworth, and the rest of the Riot BMX store team are arriving tonight.

The guys are already shredding the "nibbler" mini in the warehouse, and above is a pic of Malcolm getting rad on our little ramp. Once the rest of the crew gets here we will be hading our on the tour, and hopefully getting to session the stops with all of you guys. We will keep you posted with updates along the trip, and there will be plenty of news and pics to follow.

We hope to see all of you at the Fox Pro am this Sunday, as well as all the other stops on the trip! Check back for updates, and have a good weekend.

Posted by: Admin [December 08, 2006]

Shopping for a new bike?

If any of you are in the market for a complete bike but aren't too sure what you need, then head on over the the Riot web page. The guys compiled a really nice info page on their web site that explains all the different things you should consider when shopping for a complete. They have all the specs of the 07 DK's up there, as well as a run down on frame geometry, and BMX jargon. A very informative and interesting post. If you are looking for a bike then it is definitely worth checking out.

www.theriot.co.za/DK07spec.html

Posted by: Admin [December 06, 2006]

2nd DK Shipment has arrived:

Today has been absolutely crazy here at the warehouse with the arrival of the second shipment of 07 DK completes. We are now fully stocked on all the models and we have been shipping bikes to our stores all day long.

All of our stores should have their orders by the weekend so head on down to your local DK dealer and check them out. We also have the DK parts and accessories order arriving tomorrow which includes, DK chopstix cranks, DK jumping seats, grips, and random wrenches. These products should also be in stores in the next few days.

All the guys who went on the trip to Dubai also got back home this afternoon. Tyrone called to fill us in on the trip, and It sounds like they all had a really good time. Tyrone has promised to send us some pics in the next few days, so as soon as we get the pics we will have a full report for you guys on the trip and what went down.

Posted by: Admin [December 04, 2006]

News, News, News:

We start off this month with a fresh bike check from Odyssey team rider Colin Loudon. Colin spent the last 2 days here in the warehouse completely rebuilding his bike from scratch... New paint, New parts, and a lot of sticker placement deliberation. Colin's bikes have always been dialed but this has to be the best one yet! head on over to the team page and click on his profile to get the full run down on his new machine.

We also have some news from the guys in Dubai. Tyrone says he bumped into Rick Thorne at one of the demos (pretty random), he also says they have been filming a bunch with Greg's new camera, and that he fell during one of the demos resulting in a peg to the face! He says its not too bad though and that he just has a few cuts and bruises, but no need for stitches. Buddy has dislocated his thumb so he is out for the rest of the demos, and Wayne Reiche passed out from heat exhaustion! It sounds like some of the guys are having quite a rough time of it. Greg seems to be doing well though, and just purchased a new video camera that he is putting to good use. They guys are due back in a few days time so we will have some pics of the trip for you soon.

Well that's it for today. Check back for more news in the coming days.

Posted by: Admin [December 01, 2006]