Chase Hawk is a stylish BMX rider comin' straight outta Texas. He goes higher than anybody with more style while not riding brakes. He hates web videos, but can produce one hell of a video part. Trails, concrete parks, even the occasional street spot, he can shut it down.Top 5's with Chase from Ride BMX:5 Essential items when I travel:- Computer- iPod- Always bring as many blunts as you can if you’re going overseas.- Shoes- Bike5 Great things about where I grew up:- No snow- Ninth Street- Tina and Tom- Riding my bike everywhere.- Good food5 Favorite spots to ride:- Posh- Catty woods- T1 ramp- Ninth Street- The old Little Devil bowl—that thing was fucking amazing.5 Riders I'm stoked on:- Sean Sexton- The Smith brothers- Randy Taylor- Sean Burns- Brian Yeagle5 Last people I called:- Mom- Dylan Smith- Robbo- Badders- The dude that hooks it up with the green.5 Favorite foods:- Chicken- Steak- Chicken fried steak- Anything you can put in the oven or microwave.- I hate cooking.5 Most fun tricks to do:- Tabes- Footjams- Kickouts- No-handers- Three tabes5 Most recent purchases:- TV- Surround sound- Fat sack- A song on iTunes- Pack of cigarellos, mmmm.5 pros I looked up to when I started riding:- Joe Rich- Taj- Mat Hoffman- John Purse- "The Lumberjack" Gary Ellis
Little CURE reference there... Gotta love Fridays. Watch their music video for that song if you want to be creeped out.
If you do not know how beautiful Colorado is... you have your priorities of knowing things mixed up. Empire dudes, from Texas, headed to Colorado and got this EPIC photo feature on defgrip... check it OUT!!
Coco Zurita got some personal information up on ESPN|BMX... top fizzles... Don't know who he is??? I gotta treat for you. Simon Tabron AND Coco... thanks Rooftop!!!
About half an hour ago Vital posted an article about Trey Jones leaving the Fit team. This was right after posting about him leaving Nike 6.0 so I was like what is Trey doing, quitting BMX?
Thennn, it got big. I saw the article posted EARLIER (I missed it?) that Robbie Morales left Fit. ALONG with Chase Hawk and Dakota Roche. In case you didn't know, Robbie Morales pretty much runs Fit. Chris Moeller who owns S&M owns Fit. You knew that. S&M is like the parent company. So, apparently Robbie wanted to created a new company (within the same family of S&M) for just the younger Fit riders to move to. I suppose this was to separate the market of hardcore OG riders such as Van Homan and Brian Foster from the new breed of Dakota Roche and Chase Dehart. Apparently, this idea went sour at this point...
THEN... Chase Dehart is said to have left JUST NOW. (from Vital aka BMXTMZ!!!)
Chris Moeller released this statement: "From day one Robbie helped build an amazing team for FIT. I had known Mike, Van and BF for a long time but I actually never imagined they'd ride for us...Robbie did-and he made it happen. He also introduced us all to Edwin, one of the most innovative and influential riders ever. Robbie definitely has a gift for spotting the best and most stylish riders around.
I called Robbie yesterday to ask him about some more shady rumors I heard at Interbike and he got frustrated and abruptly quit his job. I immediately got a call from Hawk and Dak who also quit the team. Months ago I had been approached by Robbie to start a new brand with only the younger team riders so this didn't surprise me but I was bummed to lose these two because I like them both a lot. I have no hard feelings toward any of the guys and I think everyone should do what makes them happy. So good luck boys, and new frame sponsors be aware if you need some Dak or Hawk frame gussets we have some for sale!"
So, what happens to Fit now? I assume Chris Moeller has to take over Fit for now if they decide to continue it. Will Eddie Cleveland leave Fit as he did when friends of his left MOSH a few years back? Now it's like a who will go and who will stay game... and considering who's left, what will happen to FIT? (LOL, I hope Jim over at Sunday has some spots on the team open, even after he just added Gary Young!!!)
Last time they did one of these I spent a fair amount of time dissing it and hating on every product shown. But this is the complete flipbook for 2010 with all the bikes and parts and...
Let's get down to it. Their complete line is insane. You know it is insane when a person who already has a really expensive custom built bicycle wants one. The Aitken and Cleveland pro bikes look dialed. And there is a really well-rounded line up this year for riders all sizes, all ages, all styles, etc.
They have introduced their cranks to their line up. They have their other parts as always, sprockets, seats, posts, pedals, forks, bars, etc. Some new Dehart grips are out that look quite nice. All these parts are nice but the emphasis is on those bicycles. Aitken's signature complete is basically his bike with lower quality frame fork bars cranks. I suppose that's all, almost exactly the same.
The black TRL3 is a great lower-priced option for trails riders. Van Homan's complete is dialed as always. I think the only signature with a gyro. The street completes, Delarosa and White, come with that caliper brake that you are going to yank off immediately. I would get Tom's 2-piece bar, murdered out bike before Edwin's dank purple 4-piece bar machine. And Eddie's signature bike is supposed to be the ultimate. Thing looks fresh out the box. Chase's looks... less good. And if you can't afford that check out the TECH2.5 and TECH1 in black. Both so fresh.
Little bikes for little people. Big bikes for big people. All the new frames and apparel all frehs as well. So good. Look through this.
