such a raw dude

“etnies is backing bmx so hard”
n/h?

Hop Bar Bar…. Fuck!

Wish it was a mid shoe.. But it’s awesome this dude is getting a shoe period haha Nice riding

com·pla·cen·cy
1 : self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies

i cant in any way come to peace with the word credibility. all it tells me is whoever wants credit doesn’t have their head on completely right. pretty good dude for sure. and yes in this world today its hard to be perfect but i just thought at one point in everyones life there was a time when they didn’t want anything more than to pedal their backstreets alone.. cameraless.. careless of where their NAME will stand in the bmx world.
let me put this more simply. there may be different types of worlds, but they are all the same being that its not what you do, its how you do it. and if you thrive on pride and glory then you might as well be dead because that sure isn’t living. thats not what love is.
personally, i dont need anyones approval. dont need credit.. to know that what im doing is okay. if you think you need someones approval then youre not sure of who you are and what you do. youre not one with it. though you may be close.

would you 3 a 16 set for fun and not feel like you had to tell anyone about it?

probably not.

meaning you might as well be saying “hey you guys, watch meee”

every step you take like look at mee. what you dont know who i am. ive got a name in bmx. you aint know?
no matter how often youre able to act like thats not what you care about. so often and so good at it that you ignore the fact that you just lied to yourself because you dont wanna believe that thats who you have become.
you gotta accept your intentions and better them

im in no way trying to make anyone feel bad, because obviously i wouldnt know all this without going through it myself. just tryin to clear all the confusion in people about why they ride. more so, what they’re riding for…

what are you riding for?

what

are
you

riding
for

really

p.s. glad its not a mid shoe

wow really wow that was insane wow omgosh wow wow wow wow

Enemy of complacency, what the heck are you talking about? People ride bikes for a plethora of reasons. Because you choose to ride bikes in an alley and because others choose to ride in a stadium in front of thousands, they both choose to do it because they have a good time and they gather some sort of satisfaction from their endeavors.

In a nut shell if your “complacent” with your riding then so be it, however there are those who strive for their own goals and that what ” they are riding for”.

“Enemy of Complacency”…

Please, clear something up for me. and by something, i mean everything. You seem to sound like you know what you are talking about, but, as a well-educated and well-read individual, i can not for the life of me understand what the hell you are talking about. Yes, we get it, people act humble, when in reality, inside, they know they are spectacular. And yes, we know that doing something for the sake of it, is more “pure” than doing it with ulterior motives…but, human beings thrive on social interaction. It is what makes us human…that and social interaction’s medium…language. And you, sitting behind your computer, have engaged in social interaction in a strange and modern way. And thus, you are doing this for the “look at me” factor as well.
This is in no way an attack, but rather an engagement in a dialog…explain a bit more, what the hell you are talking about….

truck off a curb…damns

hey fuck it

had me some Valelly’s back in the day ..best shoe out ..and all the shoes i bought for riding back then was Etnies

nice double bar ! looks better than mosts

Was I the only one watching him ride, than listening to him talk about his shoe.

great riding.

but seriously, that shoe looks like every other skate shoe ever.

I like Ross but this shoe is disgusting.

You should never be proud of what you do and want other people to see it, you should only ride alone and never push your limits beyond a curb. You should also never write anything for anyone to see if you have a thought, just keep it to yourself, writing on a message board is sensationalism, so you must be doing this for the wrong reasons. Meanwhile the rest of us will go on with business as usual and enjoy watching the footage after 3′ing a 16 stair and thinking “wow I can’t believe I did that, I’m glad I had a camera on hand so I can enjoy this moment again and share it with others.” All this aside the only reason i ride is because girls like scars.

that those interactions are impure. insecure.
and that theres nothing about being ballsy that should make someone feel better about theirself.
im not positive thats his situation, cause maybe he does the things he does for no reason but fun. but most are out there riding to “better” their name. and i dont think a true human being is secure when theyre tied down by this competition. the conscious desire to have style. etc
im talking about all the little things that make us imperfect. it seems to some people that i shouldnt be because in todays world all of those little things have been accepted by a large group of people making us think that our ways are okay. when those are the things that make us selfish enough to lie. selfish enough to let a friend down. selfish enough to let other people treat other people bad. to lose our empathy.

its a gods level.

not sayin im always on that level but i know where its at

and its hard to truly live at fullest when youre vain or complacent. or thrive for anything other than to be

possibly

yo ENEMY IM CALLING U OUT! riding bikes is easy! aaron ross did i gind up 2 stair rail wtf??? hes foolish and too goood on a bike but desighning shoes and sponsor call outs …not so much

it shouldnt take a thousand peoples hand claps to make you feel like you’re on top of the world.

and if a girl likes you because you’re ballsy (girls like scars) then thats not sayin much about you.

but who’s to expect muchelse from guys these days anyways right?

i couldnt agree more…..really i hope your name in bmx is tarnished due to the fact that im sure you’ve filmed some sort of video part and said hey….”im gonna do some bangers..” you wouldnt eye something up for a week without wanting to film it…..if its big show it…thats dope that you can do that….i wanna see the level that other riders are pushing….to me it looks like aaron is having a blast riding that spot…two three stairs and a manual pad….thats sick more power to him….

for being well read you used a lot of comma’s.

womp womp. disregard everything i said if you didnt comprehend it.

everything i said wasnt even towards this particular video it was about the want a lot of people seem to have about being one of the top riders. its a fools desire

.. a childs desire

Etnies should make the shoe in wild fluorescent colors that match his frame and parts exclusively for BMX shops.

And did he hop double bar spin! Hot damn.

bar catch bar off curb WORDDDD

is this chris duncan?

guy sounds like Seth Rogan

The English Patient is the worst movie ever.

James Jurgenson.

last comment..

basically, i just dont want bmx to be an obsession anymore. it should just be something we love to do. it shouldnt be who we are. what we have to do. all we think about.
because all of these amazing tricks shouldnt wow you more than the fact that we are actually alive. then you dont need anything else

and when you comprehend the whole of life from the state of being that i am implying.. youd get as much joy out of taking a walk as riding your bike

all commas are justified you tard. what a terrible response comment. should have written, “for being well read you sure make correct and punctual sentences”.

um… wow you guys take this shit too serious. go have fun kids

i agree… sort of. could you just stop sounding so self righteous? that’d be nice. and honestly the fact you took the time to write out all this philisophical stuff suggests bmx is still kind of an obsession for ya, don’t you think?

honestly i wrote it all in hopes to help cause i dont love how so many people are in it for the glory.

id rather have two blueberry waffles than have a thousand people screaming my name because i can do neat tricks on a bicycle

id rather do hop bars off a brick sidewalk from way back. i put the bird feeder in our front yard

so the birds could have some yummy water

there goes two, a son and his father, talkin bout daughter n how cute it is that she loves to fly with mama

and so on and yada

Yeah. A mid-top would be fucking sick!

The riding was schhwweeet

i’m not in this!

WOW so good,shoe looks poppin also

and they should learn can and not when together is one word – cannot

yeah arron dose that bar to bar so easly……. dam

arron dose that bar 2 bar so easy……dam

you came on a bmx website to preach people about how walking should be just as enjoyable as riding? i understand where you are coming from, but let me break it down to you plain and simple, without the cloud of philosophy babble that conceals the cracks in your thoughts: thats bullshit. sure it works beautifully in theory but life is not theory life is imperfect and blablabla…
i agree with your other comments i guess, but what the hell do they have to do with anything?and what the hell will they change?

all commas are justified you tard. what a terrible response comment. should have written, “for being well read you sure make correct and punctual sentences”.

‘Correctly punctuated’ would have been a better way to put it.

Arron Ross is the perfect spokesman (pun intended) Incredible riding skills taken to near olympic levels combined with sales pitches that could sell a turd to a shitsalesman make him a hot commodity on the shoe scene. Imagine if he had followed football as his passion, NFL star for sure…glad he choose BMX, because he mauls all spots to deth!

Enemy of complacency…put down the bong and go for a ride, it’ll clear your head

“Etnies has been pushing BMX so hard to the world”, “It only helps US more and more” who’s “US” etnies? the riding community? who?? etnies never done shit for any reason other than BOTTOM LINE $$$bills ya’ll … the teams are marketing tools

steven hamilton get off the crack lol

this is me nutting on anyones top tube who does his tricks for a smidge of any reason more than for fun

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i like blueberry muffins.

i like birds.

i like turtles.

all the way up top about 3ing a 16 set for fun.
who wouldn’t??

hey man get over yourself. it pretty much sounds like you’ve developed some kind of self righteous egoism due to the fact that you can give yourself props. woopity fucking do.

you know why i ride? i ride for FUN. it has been stated over and over and over – THAT IS WHY WE RIDE OUR BICYCLES. NOW GET OVER YOURSELF AND HAVE FUN.

what, you took a first year philosophy course and then thought your shitty moralist attitude makes you better than everyone here? get fucking real and get on with your life buddyyyyyyyy!

(i’m not your buddy, friend!)

wow what a rider! and i was thinking he was getting stale…i NEED to see his part in the new sunday vid. he is amazing – end of bitching. seriously, those up rails were so sketchy/high and short but he managed to trick out of them…insane.

is it even legal to be that good at riding? wtf, haha he’s like on another world…

hop double bar dumb ass, he didnt grab

mids are ugly but yeah i have bad ankles

Def. A Hop Bar Bar Dumbass.

dude……. WE DONT WANT YOUR ESSAY!!!! SHUT THE FUCK UP AND RIDE!!!!!!!!

wow these guys like to use big words

haha enemy of complicated comments
nobody wants to hear ‘martin Luther king’ speech

and your getting ripped for it

your a bit very gay

YOUR SUCH A TOOL

i think its funny that the clever guy, just got clevered out by joel!!!! YEAH BOIII

Is a22 really dissing how someone dresses? ha! Look in tha mirror homie

Enemy of complacency – Your a fucking jerk dude. Get back to your landscaping duty’s with cam you cocksmoker

Everybody missed one badass thing in this video! The straight 80s mobile phone next to his computer monitor! There for a paper weight or does he use it?

who honestly gives a flying fuck?

im still wakin my meat to dat double bar lmao0

that hop bar bar was like WHAT THE FUCK

please stfu

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that nosemanu is sorta really sick… cant really remember ross doin nosies lyk that… i like

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