Archive for the ‘BMX’ Category

Posted on October 1, 2009 - by ChrisDub

StupidBMX – Circa 2001

StupidBMX was started pretty early in my college days, around 2001. I was taking DIT (Digital Imaging Technology) at TSTC with my buddy Andrew, learning how to use Photoshop and build websites. We were meeting a bunch of kids those days that either rode bikes, or were interested in riding bikes.

I had wanted to make a website for awhile. I found Geocitie’s WYSIWYG editor, gathered a bunch of photos together, and got it all online with the idea it would be the spot to go for all the BMX kids in the South Texas region.

StupidBMX was pretty much where the seed was planted for RGVJuice.

Those were some good days, lots of road trips, riding with the McAllen kids, running from the police, and general fun-ery. Back when we had no jobs,  no girlfriends, and no responsibilities. Everything we saw was worth trying to ride.

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Yahoo is closing the Geocities service down on October 26, and I wanted to put together a little memorial post here on ‘Juice.

Below you’ll find a bunch of photos from the StupidBMX site. Enjoy the time warp, and be sure to check out the original geocities.com/stupidbmx before it’s gone forever.

Thanks to Tanner for grabbing all these photos off the site.

Posted on July 4, 2009 - by ChrisDub

Big Brother BMX/Skate/Blade Comp Tomorrow!

I know I’m pretty late on this one, but I just found out today. The rad dudes over at the Big Brother shop in Brownsville will be throwing a BMX/Skate/Blade contest at the Brownsville skatepark tomorrow, July 4th.

Registration and practice begin at 3:30pm, and the contest starts at 5:00pm.

I’ll be there shooting photos and taking notes to cover the event, maybe I’ll jump on the ‘ol BMX as well. I’m going to try and do some live coverage as the event happens, and make use of my ’smart phone’, to benefit the people that can’t make it out. If I manage to pull it off, you guys will see the post on the front page tomorrow.

See you kids tomorrow!

Posted on July 3, 2009 - by ChrisDub

I Love My Bicycle: The Story of FBM Bikes – Trailer

Just stumbled upon this video while cruising the intertubes. From what I can tell, it’s already out and running at film festivals with limited showings. Probably won’t be showing here in the Valley, but hopefully a dvd will be coming out soon.

There’s a quote in the trailer that reminds me of a time at a Ramp Ranch comp years ago when Crandal chucked an FBM beanie at me from across the room and said “your beanie sucks, buy this one now!” Crandal is a sales-beast. And yes, of course I bought the beanie.

Here’s the description from IMDB, and the video below.

“In reaction to the big business run companies of BMX in the early 90’s, 17-year-old Steve Crandall started a company of his own called Fat Bald Men (FBM). What began as selling t-shirts out of a backpack has turned into one of the most well respected DIY bicycle companies around. Through fortune and misfortune follow FBM through their 15 years of mayhem as told by Steve Crandall and the rest of the BMX bicycle community from close friends to influential Icons like Dave Mirra and Mat Hoffman.”

I Love My Bicycle: The Story of FBM Bikes Trailer from BAD BREAKS on Vimeo.

Posted on May 7, 2009 - by ChrisDub

Brownsville Session – May 2, 2009

Saturday was a good day. It was hot as fuck, but we still had a good time riding bikes, skating, shooting photos, and eating a billion tacos.

I woke up at around 11am, checked the emails and social networks, took a shower and waited for Dominic to meet me at my place. Dom showed up around 1pm with his camera lighting gear in tow. We packed up the Civic and headed to Brownsville to meet up with Walker at the skatepark.

I rode the park for about 10 minutes before eating balls in the flat bottom while carving around the bowl (I need new tires, bad). Shitty. Ended up sitting out for about an hour in the shade. Finally got up, shot some photos, and cruised around some more.

Walker was showing us and the park his stylish ways, and Dom was impressing me how quickly he could get around the bowl in his rollerboots.

We were all getting pretty hot at the park, with the cement park bouncing the sun’s rays around like a mirrored room. So we decided to go check out the Big Brother shop.

I had never been there, and I’ve gotta say, they have a really nice shop. Complete with ramps, rails, decks, parts, shoes, clothes, computers for checking the ‘Space, and on top of it all, they sell bikes!

We rode the ramps in the back of Big Brother with Dylan and Matt for a while and had a really fun session. The ramps need a few more nails, but it was still really fun.

Finally ended the day, at a top secret, all you can eat taco joint. I think Walker put away around 16, and I had 15 or so. Rumor is Damien Garcia killed 19 tacos the next day, with ease.

Let the Taco Wars begin!

Enjoy the photos.

Posted on April 26, 2009 - by ChrisDub

STC Ditch BMX Session – Photos

I Finally got out and rode bikes with the McAllen BMX heads. These kids are getting good. I remember them just a couple years back showing up at the park with thier Diamondbacks, fully equipped with gyros, pegs, and 4 piece bars, ready to rock. They are the next generation of the McAllen BMX scene.

We went out to find some street to ride, ended up at the STC ditch. Things just started to heat up and the sprinklers turned on. Got me and the camera gear pretty good. We ended the session pretty early but still came away with a few keepers.

Click for full size images.

Posted on April 22, 2009 - by ChrisDub

Equipment: Freddy Iorio’s FBM Howler

Name: Freddy Iorio
Age: 15
Location: McAllen TX

Frame: FBM Howler No brake mnts.
Fork: Colony MVP2
Bars: Sputnik Skyline
Stem: Shadow Attack
Grips: Animal Edwins
Barends: Fly Nylon
Headset: Colony Integrated
Clamp: Shadow Alfred Lite
Seatpost: Colony
Seat: Colony Slimmer
Cranks: Profile Racing
Sprocket: Tree Spline drive
Chain: KMC 510 HX
Front Tire: Odyssey Aitken Plyte
Front Wheel: Fly laced to a G-sport Marmoset
Rear Tire: Odyssey path
Rear Wheel: Fly laced to a G-sport Ratchet
Pedals: Animal Hamilton Sealed
Modifications / Extras: Slammed fork, slammed wheel.
On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being most dialed, how dialed is your bike? 11!

Posted on April 3, 2009 - by ChrisDub

Local Action Sports Get A Slew Of Mainstream Attention

The Valley ‘extreme  sports’ scene has been getting a nice chunk of mainstream media attention lately. We got some coverage of the push for a new McAllen skatepark, some video a BMX ’stunt show’ at the Livestock Show, a nice piece on the rollerblading scene and how the local legends are keeping it alive, and a couple videos. I’ve gatherd all the links, and droped them here so you guys wont have to go searching for them. Everybody say ‘Hay!’ for link dumps.

Dominic Garcia and Ray Soto talked to Festiva Magazine about how they have kept the blading scene rolling here in the Valley and continue to do so.
Check it out here

Local skaters, bikers and bladers team up and make a push for a better McAllen skatepark.
Check it out here

Some good ol’ BMX boys from Fort Worth throw down some tailwhips and backflips for the folks at the Livestock Show.
Check it out here

Posted on March 30, 2009 - by ChrisDub

Big Brother & TRUbmx Event

The folks over at Big Brother Skateshop and TRUbmx are getting together and throwing a bit of a BMX pachanga. Expect a good time, some bmx stunt trickery, and some BBQ for some very important persons.

April 11, 2009
From 4pm – Midnight
At Big Brother Skateshop
734 E. Levee, Downtown Brownsville
956.541.3797

Oh, and you wood pushers are welcome too!

Posted on March 24, 2009 - by ChrisDub

Thirteen Quick Tens

So, I went digging through the ol’ Myspace friends list and sorted out every local shredder I could muster up and asked them a quick 10 questions. I was originally going to post these up one at a time but decided against it. If you, or someone you know should be on here, leave a comment and let me know, we’ll try and get a set of these out every few weeks or so.  Now I give you, in no particular order, Thirteen Quick Tens. Enjoy.

NAME: Jimmy Ferril
AGE: 20
HOMETOWN: Mcfuckinallen
SPONSORS: Switchfoot Skateshop
YEARS SHREDDING: 6

1. INSPIRATIONS: just the way the skate world is stepping up!
2. FAVOURITE SPOT: archer park
3. FAVOURITE VIDEO PART: mind field tyler bledsoe, at the moment
4. BEST THING ABOUT SKATEBOARDING: there is no limits!!
5. WORST THING ABOUT SKATEBOARDING: there is nothing bad, its the shit!
6. BIGGEST FEAR: FEAR IS FOR LURKS
7. WORST INJURY: torn the acl off the bone and maniscus (i can tear it but i cant spell it… is it right) 2 times
8. OTHER INTERESTS: umm my girls the shit!
9. THE LAST SONG YOU HEARD: fluorescent lights by windmill
10. THANKS: God, and the board i ride man.

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NAME: Michael Walker
AGE: 23
HOMETOWN: McAllen
SPONSORS: none
YEARS SHREDDING: 10′ish

1. INSPIRATIONS: friends
2. FAVOURITE SPOT: street/downtown corpus park/allen skatepark
3. FAVOURITE VIDEO PART: anything with marinez, homan, or aitken
4. BEST THING ABOUT BMX: freedom to do anything you like
5. WORST THING ABOUT BMX: no bikes allowed
6. BIGGEST FEAR: girls
7. WORST INJURY: just broken toes
8. OTHER INTERESTS: racing
9. THE LAST SONG YOU HEARD: at all cost- what is left to inspire
10. THANKS: everyone that rides with my boring ass

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NAME: Victor Molano
AGE: 15
HOMETOWN: Laredo, Tx.
SPONSORS: none
YEARS SHREDDING: 2

1. INSPIRATIONS: just knowing your in control nothings better than that
2. FAVOURITE SPOT: juice stop
3. FAVOURITE VIDEO PART: bails
4. BEST THING ABOUT ROLLERBLADING: everysingle thing
5. WORST THING ABOUT ROLLERBLADING: theres nothing bad about it
6. BIGGEST FEAR: breaking something again
7. WORST INJURY: dislocated shoulder
8. OTHER INTERESTS: basketball football
9. THE LAST SONG YOU HEARD: the bravery-beleive
10. THANKS: everyone out there

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NAME: MATTHEW CASTANEDA
AGE: 25
HOMETOWN: BROWNSVILLE TX,
SPONSORS: BIG BROTHER, MY MOM AND DAD!!
YEARS SHREDDING: 7 YEARS,PROBABLY MORE!

1. INSPIRATIONS: DAVID CONTRERAS,JOHNNY LOYA, HOMER TREVINO
2. FAVORITE SPOT: THE COURTHOUSE
3. FAVORITE VIDEO PART: VAN HOMAN,IN CRIMINAL MISCHIEF
4. BEST THING ABOUT BMX: INDIVIDUALITY
5. WORST THING ABOUT BMX: BEING ACCEPTED AT PARKS
6. BIGGEST FEAR: BARSPINS
7. WORST INJURY: SPRAINED TOE,FRACTURED FINGER
8. OTHER INTERESTS: WORKING ON CARS,MOTORCYCLES,
9. THE LAST SONG YOU HEARD: THE KILLERS,HUMAN
10. THANKS: TO MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND DAVID AND ICHA AT BIG BROTHER!!

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NAME: Caleb Bevil
AGE: 22
HOMETOWN: McAllen, TEXAS
SPONSORS: MOM, DAD, Big Bro Jake, Myself
YEARS SHREDDING: 7 or 8 maybe?

1. INSPIRATIONS: any one who rides just to have fun
2. FAVOURITE SPOT: anywhere i wont get kicked out
3. FAVOURITE VIDEO PART: anything with Joe Rich or Mike Aitken
4. BEST THING ABOUT BMX: No one can tell you how to ride
5. WORST THING ABOUT BMX: to many fad fags comin up in the scene
6. BIGGEST FEAR: failure
7. WORST INJURY: probly knee or ankle
8. OTHER INTERESTS: Surfing, off-road shit, hot rods, brews, kicken ass
9. THE LAST SONG YOU HEARD: Overkill by MotorHead
10. THANKS: My mom and dad, my big bro Jake, all my friends i have ridden with, anyone who let me crash on there floor on road trips and RGV JUICE!

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NAME: Mikey Sanchez
AGE: 17
HOMETOWN: Harlingen tejas
SPONSORS: none
YEARS SHREDDING: 7

1. INSPIRATIONS: Huey Hefner, haha.
2. FAVOURITE SPOT: Downtown Austin down Red River
3. FAVOURITE VIDEO PART: I say it would have to be jereme rogers part in girl yeah right
4. BEST THING ABOUT SKATEBOARDING: Progressing every day.
5. WORST THING ABOUT SKATEBOARDING: Havein to get shoes every two weeks fuckin sucks..
6. BIGGEST FEAR: Getting racked….
7. WORST INJURY: Falling down the tombstone, that shit sucked.
8. OTHER INTERESTS: Basketball, Soccer and fuckin with my friends when I’m drunk.
9. THE LAST SONG YOU HEARD: Steve Miller Band, The Joker
10. THANKS: To my DAD and my mom, RGVJuice letting me do the 10 questions, and to my brothers in the Valley.

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NAME: Jason Reyna
AGE: 25 years young
HOMETOWN: Harlingen
SPONSORS: Believers
YEARS SHREDDING: moving in on 15

1. INSPIRATIONS: my friends
2. FAVOURITE SPOT: depends on my mood, but lately i enjoy skating park
3. FAVOURITE VIDEO PART: anything by beau cottington
4. BEST THING ABOUT ROLLERBLADING: we go bigger than yours, no seriously. WE DO!
5. WORST THING ABOUT ROLLERBLADING: people hate because they’re ignorant and afraid to admit we go BIGGER!
6. BIGGEST FEAR: failure, but its not an option
7. WORST INJURY: broken ribs took me out for a month
8. OTHER INTERESTS: art, design, editing, filming, web stuff, bothering people, drinking, reading, movies, music, and traveling
9. THE LAST SONG YOU HEARD: no idea, but i listen to zepplin and the beatles daily
10. THANKS: my parents, my brothers (some are blood, some are just people i have bled with over the years), my friends (you know who you are), wild turkey, and naturally the believers who support me, and anyone who supports www.ROLLINGMISSION.com

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NAME: Dylan Cory Elm
AGE: 19
HOMETOWN: B Ville
SPONSORS: Big Brother, Virula
YEARS SHREDDING: 7

1. INSPIRATIONS: Seth Kimbrough, Nathan Williams, Corey Martinez
2. FAVOURITE SPOT: dont really have one, just like rideing
3. FAVOURITE VIDEO PART: when Seth Kimbrough does this crazy 360 over a high rail. INTENSE
4. BEST THING ABOUT BMX: It get me going, it never stops.
5. WORST THING ABOUT BMX: when my bike falls apart
6. BIGGEST FEAR: breaking a bones, i hate that
7. WORST INJURY: i was doing a high jump from a dirt trail. Tip the landing and flip and landed straight on my head almost broke my neck.
8. OTHER INTERESTS: Music, Guitar, making music, living life to it fullest
9. THE LAST SONG YOU HEARD: Minus the bear
10. THANKS: To big brother, my mom and dad my sister my brother for being there and just giving me support for everything. my freinds for pushing me and giving me alot of support and help.. thanks alot everyone

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NAME: Leo A.
AGE: 18
HOMETOWN: San Antonio, Tx
SPONSORS: Bigbrother Skateshop, Hooligan Design Clothing
YEARS SHREDDING: 3

1. INSPIRATIONS: Friends, skating itself
2. FAVOURITE SPOT:
3. FAVOURITE VIDEO PART: Lizard King – Baker has a Deathwish
4. BEST THING ABOUT SKATEBOARDING: Just skating period
5. WORST THING ABOUT SKATEBOARDING: Injures?
6. BIGGEST FEAR: Shitttt
7. WORST INJURY: Broken wrist
8. OTHER INTERESTS: Filming, editing, taking photos
9. THE LAST SONG YOU HEARD: My friend Bill flowing
10. THANKS: All my friends, family, Bigbrother skateshop, everyones whos hooked it up, popa satan, Bill for being so thug, anyone whos filmed or helped me edit stuff, YOU

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NAME: Jeremy Raff
AGE: 19
HOMETOWN: McAllen, TX
SPONSORS: my mom
YEARS SHREDDING: 7

1. INSPIRATIONS: Josh Villegas, Ray Soto, KB, Castor+Pollux
2. FAVOURITE SPOT: Rey Soto’s Backyard and other secret places that cant be on the internet lest a hoard of hooligans decides to mess them up with ledge chunks and graffiti
3. FAVOURITE VIDEO PART: Josh Villegas– Sink/Swim; Abdiel Colberg– Future of Rollerblading 2; Alex Broskow– KFC 2; Erik Bailey– We Are Valo 2 (search these on YouTube and watch!)
4. BEST THING ABOUT ROLLERBLADING: It is my motivation to travel; it gives my life purpose, structure, and color
5. WORST THING ABOUT ROLLERBLADING: I miss it when I cant do it
6. BIGGEST FEAR: being unable to do what I want to do
7. WORST INJURY: thrice broken wrists
8. OTHER INTERESTS: hey little girl dont flirt with me, i’ve got the capabilities to program your circuitry
9. THE LAST SONG YOU HEARD: Bob Dylan– Isis
10. THANKS: Dominic and Damien for picking me up to skate when I was little, Rey for being a jerk yet creating a young man’s paradise at his house, Josh for introducing me to Mexico and being a role model, my mom for thinking skating is great, the University of California for legitimizing my move to CA, and a special thanks to every kid who is strapping on rollerblades all over the valley… I cant wait to meet yall when I come home to visit!

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NAME: Salomon Colmenero
AGE: 19
HOMETOWN: Brownsville, Texas
SPONSORS: America Athletix & usk8 shop, hooligan design clothing
YEARS SHREDDING: 6

1. INSPIRATIONS: The Burning Sun
2. FAVOURITE SPOT: Anything Rad and Fast
3. FAVOURITE VIDEO PART: Reynolds with smoooth ass Roxy music.
4. BEST THING ABOUT SKATEBOARDING: it can get nasty.
5. WORST THING ABOUT SKATEBOARDING: it can get easy.
6. BIGGEST FEAR: God
7. WORST INJURY: fractured tibia.
8. OTHER INTERESTS: Love
9. THE LAST SONG YOU HEARD: MGMT time to pretend
10. THANKS: To (god) and all the wonderful people that have gave me a helping hand. I LOVE THIS LIFE!!! and thank you.

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NAME: Dominic Garcia
AGE: 28 years young
HOMETOWN: McAllen, Tx
SPONSORS: I roll for myself and no one else
YEARS SHREDDING: Rolling for a decade

1. INSPIRATIONS: I get juiced off my friends and the nuts out there killin it on thier skates
2. FAVOURITE SPOT: Park-Eisenbergs W Ramp,Street-5 kink in San Antonio
3. FAVOURITE VIDEO PART: (old school)Dustin Latimer – Brain Fear Gone (current fav)Chris Haffey – 4×4 Drip Drop
4. BEST THING ABOUT ROLLERBLADING: Your skates are part of you, endless possibilities and you best be ready to fall
5. WORST THING ABOUT ROLLERBLADING: Not enough people do it, too much pain and difficulty involved to get any good
6. BIGGEST FEAR: To stop moving
7. WORST INJURY: Retarded ass knee injury that hurts so much and will not go away
8. OTHER INTERESTS: Photography, Trail Biking, Flag Football, Conservative Politics…GOP represent nukka!!
9. THE LAST SONG YOU HEARD: Bonobo- Time is the Enemy
10. THANKS:
Thanks to chris for keeping up on Juice, all the kids that arent retarded and know to not get in my fucking way when i skate, and uuuuh all the guys that have picking up rollerblading these days and coming to our sessions

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NAME: John
AGE: 21
HOMETOWN: Brawley Ca/Mcallen Tx
SPONSORS: Finish Line Pro Bikeshop
YEARS SHREDDING: 9th year

1. INSPIRATIONS: The Streets
2. FAVOURITE SPOT: Anything with Rails Or banks
3. FAVOURITE VIDEO PART: FitLife dvd Eddie Cleveland part
4. BEST THING ABOUT BMX: Getting air
5. WORST THING ABOUT BMX: Breaking Bones
6. BIGGEST FEAR: Not being able to peddle my bike one day
7. WORST INJURY: face planted off a handrail
8. OTHER INTERESTS: Dirt Biking
9. THE LAST SONG YOU HEARD: (dying) by Obituary
10. THANKS: RGV

Posted on March 19, 2009 - by ChrisDub

Quick 10: Homer Trevino

NAME: Homer Trevino
AGE: 22
HOMETOWN: Brownsville
SPONSORS: BIG Brother
YEARS SHREDDING: 10

1. INSPIRATIONS: My Bike
2. FAVOURITE SPOT: Any street
3. FAVOURITE VIDEO PART: Van Homan – Criminal Mischief
4. BEST THING ABOUT BMX: Learning new tricks.
5. WORST THING ABOUT BMX: Getting hurt.
6. BIGGEST FEAR: Not being able to ride anymore.
7. WORST INJURY: Dislocated shoulder.
8. OTHER INTERESTS: none
9. THE LAST SONG YOU HEARD: idk
10. THANKS: My bike.