An Ode to Dave Osato

16 Nov An Ode to Dave Osato

Posted at 23:45h in archive by Aaron Gates

Let’s talk about Dave Osato. If there ever was a guy who was ahead of his time, it was Osato. Dave came from a generation of ramp riders with front brakes and full pads, but his influence had much wider scope than that. I’d be willing to bet that most people don’t even think about some of the ways he’s pushed different aspects of riding, so I’ve scoured Youtube for some poorly compressed old footage and compiled a simple list.

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13 Nov Random Photo – James Van De Kamp

Posted at 19:59h in archive by Aaron Gates

One time James stated that his goal in BMX is to ride as much like Chris Doyle as possible. That’s pretty great, and James cranks a mean turndown. Also, how awesome are Kush trails?

29 Oct Karl Engstrom in 807 – Let’s Get Our War On

Posted at 22:08h in archive by Aaron Gates

Around 2001 a guy named Jon Bot moved to Kelowna. He stayed for about six months, we went on a couple of trips and then he left for Australia. While he was in town, Jon showed us a video full of raw footage from Kenora, Ontario. The video included a guy on a Blue Schwinn complete who did tricks I’d never seen done and a bunch of big gaps and rails. Some of those clips ended up in the last part of the 807 video, which is one of the best Canadian scene videos ever. Karl Engstrom had the ender; it was awesome in 2003, and it still holds up today.

21 Oct Ladyhawk – No Can Do

Posted at 09:19h in archive by Aaron Gates

Ladyhawk took four years off and after a few years of prolific side projects (SPORTS, Duffy and the Doubters, Baptists etc.) they pulled the band back together to quietly record this banger of an album. I’ll spare you all the long windedness of a typical album review and just say this – the album is awesome, the whole thing is streaming here, they’re on tour right now with Baby Eagle (Kelowna tonight) and they finish up at the Biltmore November 1st with Shotgun Jimmie.

18 Oct Rick Nicholls by Kyle Faulk

Posted at 23:16h in archive by Aaron Gates

The thing that really struck me about this video is that Princeton appears to have a street spot. Rick continues to dominate this small, fun looking park.

17 Oct Embassy Montana Edit

Posted at 08:13h in archive by Aaron Gates

This edit concludes our series of posts from Montana. If you haven’t seen the rest of the series, check it out here. The song is by Jon-Rae and the River, who no longer exist but were awesome.

15 Oct Danny Cox

Posted at 08:20h in archive by Aaron Gates

Danny Cox is a Calgary legend. This video came up on BMXboard recently and it’s too good not to share. I have no idea where this guy is today, but last I heard he was riding road bikes across continents. Ten years ago he was crankflipping, cranksliding and pushing the boundaries of the GT Snowracer.

14 Oct Embassy Montana – Part 3

Posted at 00:46h in archive by Aaron Gates

Hango by Ridgeway.

Today’s post is the longest of the series, but it’s awesome. Ridgeway sent over a four page long paragraph detailing the ins and outs of our trip and we’ve gathered a bunch of photos and four or five short edits to go along with the spots that we visited.

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