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. Continue reading TCU Exclusive: Scott Summerhayes Interview. >
You’ve already seen a BMXFU Texas curb session and a Craig Passero leftover edit from the FU Austin trip, but here’s the official full length edit of their entire trip. It includes heavy sessions in both Austin and Nashville and I’m super stoked on how it came out. Names include Charlie Crumlish, Greg Henry, Garrett Reeves, Jake Seeley, Andrew White and many more. Stick around til the end to find out about the NEW Anti-Greg Henry Rape Mask which should be available in the TCU store soon. Let’s go!
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.
Tom Dugan has made quite a name for himself over the past few months with some new sponsorships, some awesome webvideos and some wild drama inducing antics. I hit him up to hopefully find out more. Continue reading TCU Exclusive: Tom Dugan Interview. >
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. Continue reading TCU Exclusive: Drew Bezanson Interview. >
Every couple weeks it seems like some issues pop up on TCU where someone uses a song from an established video in a web video. Either I say something or someone in the comment says something, and inevitably a bunch of internet white knights run to the offender’s defense with arguments like “who cares if he used the song from ____’s video part?”, “you guys take this shit too seriously” or “BMX is about fun, stop hating”. Of course, all these arguments are completely retarded. Allow me to explain why. Continue reading A Word On Song Jacking. >
(All photos by Bryan Close unless otherwise noted)
I’ve been slacking on the original content for a week or two now, but I’m back and I’ve got a few good interviews lined up with guys like Drew Bezanson and Max Gaertig. But first I have an interview with a friend of mine named Chad Phaire. Most of you outside of NYC probably haven’t heard of Chad yet, but every time I see him out and about he keeps getting better and better at riding and he’s got a real laid back personality which never hurts either. He’s going to have a bunch of footage in the upcoming 718 video plus he’s been working on an edit for The Come Up, but until then check the interview. Continue reading TCU Exclusive: Chad Phaire Interview. >
New Eastern Trailer.
The Primo Scrap-O-licious Edit
Peg Leg/Dig Exclusive Fall Edit.
Troy Merkle - NOS
Lee Dennis In BMXFU's "FUTU".
