A few photos from Ride BMX mag the way they maybe should have been.

Since Harry Main is from England I figure he’s used to dealing with dragons and stuff, but it doesn’t look like he expected to find this one jumping out of a suburban house. This is how he broke his leg in case you were wondering. (Mirra Co ad, Ride #157)

In his interview Kurtis Elwell talks about how its tough to make a living from BMX. Above is the solution! (Zielinski cover photo, Ride #159)

For some reason they totally left out anything about Kurtis’ kung-fu demos. (Zielinski photo, Ride #159)

Forget about blowing out his tire, here Garrett Byrnes blows out a nice veggie powered crop duster on this wall. (Mulligan photo, Ride #157)

Max Gaertig has to know that it would have been way cooler if he had done this 180 whip over the guardrail barefoot and barhopped. (Zielinkski photo, Ride #157)

Based on his Ball Park Frank ad/ interview I guess Ryan Sher really likes wieners. I bet he would like riding one around town too! (Ball Park ad, Ride #159)

Aaron Ross learns the hard way that its not a good idea to try and catch the cannonball shot out of Odyssey’s new giant neon brake lever cannon. (Odyssey Ad, Ride #159)

Make your own… all you need is a Ride mag and eraser…. unless you’re one of those people saving them so you can sell them on ebay 20 years from now.

Erase away some of the photo, then fill in the blanks.

I can’t deny that there is still a 14 year old kid inside me who is utterly infatuated with BMX and loves the idea of helping test products and getting to ride prototypes. Its the coolest! I still wish I had gotten to be part of the BMX Action test team. Maybe Odyssey could start an official test team that I could be a member of just so I feel like I’ve accomplished something with my life. I picked up a couple new exclusive high tech toys on my last trip. 

But first, I got two of Fly Bike’s flatland company Suelo Bikes new grips… or wiggly tubes or whatever the hell they are. 

Despite looking like a cool pair of numchucks or some kind of sex toy they actually have a great unintended purpose as a set of track bike grips. 

They go from bar end to stem in one grip and make an awesome alternative to the terrible fixed gear trend of riding on cold ass handlebars with nothing on them. 

The first of the sweet prototype products I am getting to test out are Odyssey’s PC JC pedals. 

I seriously think this is the most ingenious pedal ever. Lighter, stronger, grippy, grindable, skateparks can’t complain when you drop your bike AND simple!…. its got everything! You can see more of how it works here.

Such a cool design! So stoked to get to ride it. 

Next on the sample/ prototype front is a test of an Odyssey Aitken Pivital seat. Its my first pivital seat.. pivotal? Pivatal? I don’t know how to spell it. 

This Giant frame I’m riding is also a prototype and it has a little bit weird sized seat tube. Its caused me to break a couple seat post clamps ’cause I have to pry them open just a bit to make them fit. Now that I have the Pivotal thing I am getting to try out a wedge post and do away with the seat post clamp entirely. Hopefully this will work ok ’cause it looks real clean. I’m not quite sure why we used to have to ride a Viking Double Seat Post Clamp to keep our frames from breaking back in the day.

Last night I had an amazing vegan thanksgiving over at Ryan Corrigan’s and Billie Latzer’s house. So delicious. Billie made a vegan turkey that actually had stuffing and skin and gravy. It might sound weird but it was delicious. Also as a present she gave me a 1987 Odyssey “Leading Edge” seat. I though it might be appropriate given the time of year to offer up thanks to Odyssey for continuing to progress, innovate and make so many awesome products in BMX… because… this seat is just…. well… phalic and scary. I love riding for Odyssey and all the stuff they make, AND I am so glad that I don’t have to ride this seat! So much history over there at Odyssey… BMX has been through a lot.

Maybe Fat Tony can help me figure out why you have to click on the picture for my animation to play. 

Just reach under the nose, give it a light touch on its button, and “POP” your seat just got longer.

Patented! (or at least I assume the patent has cleared by now).

Don’t even try to make your own stiletto style seat extending device!