When I went out to England this past September, aside from drinking until I almost died and laughing at Mike Taylor’s jokes til I puked, I got to meet Scott Summerhayes, the owner of Crucial BMX. I was pretty impressed that someone in their early 20’s had started a bike shop and mail order that in 3 short years had already taken over such a large part of the mail order business in England. Even more impressive was how big the BMX scene was in Bristol where Crucial is located. It was a pretty clear sign of how much a local shop can do to make BMX bigger. A few weeks later, Scott hit me up and told me he wanted to carry The Come Up’s shirt line overseas and I was obviously stoked on that. I figured as long as Crucial is the exclusive retailer of TCU shirts in Europe, it would be good to get an interview going so you could all learn more about him and his operation.
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Here’s an exclusive trailer for the new DVD, You Got That which you can buy here. Based on this trailer, I’ve gotta say this video looks sick, go buy one.

(All photos courtesy of Levi Brewer)

Tom Dugan has made quite a name for himself over the past few months with some new sponsorships, some awesome web videos and some wild drama inducing antics. I hit him up to hopefully find out more.
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Max Gaertig needs no introduction. But if you’re not in the know, go watch his 2001 WTP video part before you start reading. Let’s do this.
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(Photos by Lee Dennis)

If you want to have a conversation about riders currently on “the come up”, you’d be foolish to leave Drew Bezanson off the list. His recent onslaught of BMXFU web videos already had his name buzzing online, but then he had to go and win Simpel Session, making it even more obvious that he was a force to be reckoned with. I hit him up to find out a little more about DK’s newest wunderkind.
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Good news:

1) Dans Comp just got the new Come Up shirts in. The 12345 shirt above, the Embrace Hate shirt and they should have the State Of Mind shirt in black with yellow letters up soon. Get that.

2) If you want to order the shirts from me and have them in for Christmas, do it now and I’ll make sure they go out priority so they get there in time – no guarantees though, but they will definitely go out tomorrow (Friday). Use the bonus code “xmas” to get an extra 15 percent off.