Eastern Bikes Blog

Lightning Bolts Show

I had the honor of attending the Nike Lightning Bolts show in Hollywood and even had a plate in it. There were alot of BMX legends including Bob Haro, Byran Blyther and Mike Dominguez at the show. They played the Nike video and served refreshments. I couldn't beleive how many awesome number plates were there! Oh and Kelly Bolton showwed up and a good time was had. Check out the photos and visit www.athleterecoveryfund.com/lightningbolts/ to see all the plates and bid.

 

This was what I saw when I walked out of the airport.

Mark Lewman

Taj's plate was my favorite.

My plate on the right, next to Chris Hargraves, AKA RONI.

Me and Kelly

Brandon Trotter

Me and Nigel almost have the same glasses. What is Losey doing?

Blast from the past

I was looking at some photos and stumbled across these guys here. The first one is of long time Eastern supporter, Duncan Gore. This was back in 96 or 97. It's a no-footed can-can table in Daytona Beach.

This one is of me being an idiot and riding off the garage roof into our mini ramp. That was in 1997 I think. Man the things you do when you are a spry 27 years old. Click on the photo and wait a minute, it's an animated GIF.

Catalogs, New Tires and Screen Printer

Things haven't slowed down too much since Interbike. We got 6 1/2 pallets of the 09 Eastern catalogs in. Heck yeah. So I got us a big ole truck and delivered them to the warehouse. When I was there I noticed that Seamus had the new foldable tires on his stead. Below are the pictures and he is in love. We also have had t-shirts getting printed non-stop for the last couple weeks. Below is Granger the printer and owner of Design Syndicate. He's a rider and a cool dude. I'm out.

Mexico XGames

Mexico City is the host for the Mexican X Games. I am here to judge the event and relax a little before the madness of Interbike unfolds. This year they are only doing street. Friday was the prelims and practice. It's been a while since I've been able to ride due to my hip injury but I jumped on Brian Kachinsky's bike and did my first handrail in months. Man that felt good. The prelims went off and the locals impressed me a lot!
Saturday was a day off and a bunch of us went on a tour to see some pyramids just outside of the city. We also stopped off at a place that showed us how tequila was made. It's pretty interesting. Next we hit the pyramids and climbed to the top. It was a good day.
So today is the finals and then I hop on a plane to Vegas to start setting up for Interbike. I'll let you know how that goes!
Photo Captions: (1) The course. (2) My first rail in months. (3) A bench. (4) Brain Tunney and myself in front of a plant that will eventually make tequila. (5) This place was amazing! (6) The sunflowers are nice. Too bad that thing in the background ruined the picture. Get it? Ruin? (7) Me hanging out in Mexico.

I'm hip again!

It's been two weeks since my surgery. I have two screws in my hip and am healing fine. I just can't wait to get back on my bike. It's a cool feeling knowing that I am 38 (holy crap that's old...nah!) and still get that little warm, fuzzy feeling inside to ride my bike. Five more weeks and counting. Here a few photos of my hip x-ray.

More from the Eastern trip

The trips is going great despite the heat. We've been riding mostly in the afternoon and night to try and stay cool. Kelly Bolton and Craig Mast left the trip yesterday to get some rest before the Dew Tour. Seamus McKeon came in for the remainder. We have a few more days left. Here are some more photos from Tyler Northrup. Click Here.

The start of the Eastern Video

That's right, Eastern Bikes has started working on a team video. We are currently on a trip filming in 95 degree weather. The crew consists of Kelly Bolton, Darren Boulden, Eric Holley, Craig Mast and Zach Rogers riding. Stew Johnson is filming, Tyler Northrup is shooting the photos and I'm coordinating the whole thang. Despite the heat, the first few days have been awesome in Atlanta. A lot of riding has been done and many bizarre things have happened. I took the photos on this page of Kelly doing the rail, Eric and the blurry feeble and of Craig playing the guitar from the streets. Tyler took the real photos that are in the album. Click here to see those. I'll post more as the trip continues.

Inside/Out Charlotte

We just wrapped up filming the second Inside/Out in Charlotte, North Carolina. Seamus Mckeon and Zach Rogers were the Insiders. Eric Holley and Brian Wizmerski were the outsiders. The edit will be on the site mid-June. Here are a few photos to tie you over. Enjoy. Click here to see the photos.

Kelly Bolton Fakie Flair Attempt

Kelly Bolton has Fakie Front Flips down and tried this for the first time at the JoMo Pro this weekend. The Fakie Front Flip Flair. He came so close but ran out of time before he got it done. Kelly will pull it soon!

The So-Next-Year Bars

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