SHIMMER AND HAZE: A Vans BMX BTS Experience With Travis Hughes & Lewis Mills | BMX | VANS
The Vans BMX young guns really know how to keep the OG’s moving. From Huntington Beach to Sydney these guys worked their way into the 2019 Vans BMX film “Shimmer”. The new blood between Travis Hughes & Lewis Mills help fuel BMX and these guys show you how in the second installment of "Haze," the "Shimmer" Behind the Scenes experience.
Name: Kenny Kekow
Age: 32
Hometown: Pinole CA. Currently residing in Woodland CA
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Zorg Bike Co, El Sobrante Cyclery, John Buultjens, 1UP Motorsports, Tangent
The favorite list:
-Spot to ride: Alameda Skatepark. Ramp Rats. RIP. Anywhere where the session is good!
-BMX video: Criminal Mischief, End Search, Markit Zero, Anthem 2, Square One Wide Awake Nightmare, Miracle Boy and Nyquist.
Tons of spots, great weather, very lax law enforcement, and some of the nicest locals you'll ever meet: Athens is definitely one of the best cities in the world to visit as a street rider. Check out what the SIBMX squad got done while they were in town.
Joyride 150 skatepark knows how to kick off 2020 right. They invited a whole squad of rippers for the Joyride Street Invitational comp in Canada. Broc Raiford, Mark Burnett, Hobie Doan, Reed Stark, Johnny Raekes, Matt Nordstrom, Travis Hughes, Justin Spriet, Dillon Lloyd and more brought the heat to Toronto and in the newly revamped plaza room, and also the awesome box jump room and pump tracks during the downtime. Peep ten minutes of flip attempts into resi, kendama marathons, and of course next-level riding with an all-star cast.
Halfpipe action in Peter Geys' backyard. 2006.
2020 we got a robot filmer 21 a G out Friday (I really hope) shot on the insta 360 one x, I suck at this thing right now but it’s amazing and I’m learning a lot of new stuff every day. Thank you robot filmer for all you do. expect more of this in the next few months while we figuring it out.
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- The Box One™ Stealth Expert BMX Wheelset is a top of the line race wheelset out of the box. Featuring Stealth Expert Hubs, Box One Expert Spokes, and Box One Alloy Hoops, this wheelset is built to perform! Box One™ Alloy Hoops have a no-nonsense low-profile design that eliminates excess material, making them some of the lightest weight double-wall rims available. By employing single eyelets to help prevent spoke pull-through, higher spoke tensions are possible.
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When you see someone ride you can sometimes tell that he has it. Flow, talent, drive, being eager to learn, someone who always seems to pull things first-go. In Aarle-Rixtel this rider was Tom van den Bogaard. You know who he is now and his talent didn't go unnoticed by companies like Vans, Monster Energy, Tallorder, Paul's Boutique and Triple eight. We cruised around Aarle-Rixtel to take some pics at some iconic places and then sat down at Paul's Boutique to do the interview. Syo van Vliet had already taken some rad action shots over in Eindhoven earlier on which you will find in this piece also.
We’re here at Paul’s Boutique live with local Tom van den Bogaard wearing Vans shoes, a Monster Energy hat, sporting a brand new Tallorder bike built up by Paul’s Boutique. But it didn’t start that way. When did you start riding BMX Tom?
Tom van den Bogaard: I believe I was in group 8 in school. I was 12, or 13, I think 12 actually when I bought a brown wethepeople Reason here at Paul’s Boutique. My brother had a newer model year wethepeople bike, the Arcade and Nick had the blue WTP Nova.
Were you still playing soccer at that time?
Tom van den Bogaard: Yes, I was still playing soccer at ASV ’33. I played from age 6 till I was 13. I was a goalie and there weren’t many so it was hard for me to quit because they would have to search for a
FLBMX 2020 Sarasota Stop 2. Saturday, January 11, 2020
Street Open Results:
1st Josh Roberson BMX, Age 22
2nd Logan Place, Age 23
3rd Zach Ozment, Age 25
4th Bobby Proctor, Age 27
5th Dylan Potter, Age 25
6th TK Billups
7th Jessie Nalley, Age 36
8th Dylan Kakowski, Age 26
Last year was a great year for me. Take a look :)
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.