Leave it to tenpack to jam something awesome like this together. Props to them for stepping out and getting shit done!

Ten Pack Re-Session Tour Eastern Canada Stops from Presence Bmx on Vimeo.

We have some extra parts we want to sell off, all prices are super low, and shipping is dirt cheap within Canada.

Sorry we do not ship to USA anymore because of the new CPSC laws.

Seshin Chilko Bars: $29.99
FSA impact headsets: $14.99

Sometimes BMX just makes me laugh. It’s such a rad sport, but sometimes I need to just sit back and laugh at how things progress as far as trends go.

This past weekend I was out of town, and while I was at a friends house, his little daughters bike caught my eye. I would have never even looked at the bike, had it’s factory paint job not screamed out to me. As I looked closer, I saw a familiar color scheme. I thought to myself… “no, It couldn’t be”. To my amazement the paint was almost identical to that of the hottest paint in BMX right now.

Now I must say, I love this purple/black paint scheme, I think it’s a large improvement from… this horrible excuse for a limited paint color. However all this has me thinking, where does BMX really get it’s ideas from? And if we don’t like the answer to that question, does it really matter where they come from?

Sorry to keep you all waiting, but life just got interesting.

A five minute drive from my house burns a large forest fire, which could burn down the house I live in if we don’t get a lot of rain… and fast.

It amazes me how Canada can send people to the moon, but it can’t put out a fire which could burn down one of it’s main city centers. Well, at least we still have free health care going for us!

I have been riding BMX for 15 years, and have worked in BMX for the last 8. I owned a shop for 3 years, wrote for several BMX magazines, own a BMX bike company, traveled a lot and met a large amount of people over the years.

Having said that, in recent years I have noticed a downward trend in the state of BMX. In the last 3 years specifically, things have been going from a brotherhood of bikers, to more of a generic state of sport. The popularity of BMX in recent years has bought many new riders into the sport, while this is a good thing to sustain the BMX industry, it’s a not a good thing for BMX in the long run.

I remember days in which the scene was so small, you could count the BMXers in town on two hands. These were the days in which the real BMXers were separated from the ones who would float away when the next fad would come into town.

So what’s the point of this post? Not to bash BMX, but to celebrate it. Every once in a while, I will get a glimpse of what BMX should be. Today while searching the web, I found a glimpse of just that. A man in NJ opened up a small BMX shop in memory of his son (BMXer) who died a few years ago in a motorcycle accident. I personally wish them the best, and hope to see more of this in BMX in the future. real BMX community.

Dillon Lloyd is off Seshin and on Macneil.

By the looks of things, Seshin is going to have an entirely new team when we come back from our Hiatus.

What can I say about TJ Lavin.

The guy has been a pro dirt jumper for many many years, but today he  failed hard.

TheComeUp posted a video with TJ Lavin hanging out with a reporter, teaching her how to skateboard.

This strikes me as odd for several reasons, however the biggest reason is that TJ probably can’t even skateboard.

The second thing that just kills me about this video is the fact that TJ Lavin has ZERO “quick as a cat” skills to catch falling female reporters.

ODI is a bad-ass company. They have been producing amazing grips in California since 1983.

They recently posted a video on how they make ODI grips, and it’s even got some riding footage.

Know your roots.

Sean Burns has an interview up on the Peta website. Sean is always good for a laugh, one quote made my day.

“I myself like cats like my women—thick and voluptuous. And if you like big fat cats, there are plenty at the shelter. Massive, jumbo, hungry, big fat cats.” Sean Burns

Chilko is off Seshin and on superstar. Much love JJ, thanks for what you have contributed to the company and best wishes for the future.