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Jared stopped by the warehouse last week and put together his new Federal signature frame, which will be out later this spring.

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Here's another installment of Steven Hamilton's self-filmed and edited short videos, "Dumber By The Day Eight":

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Garret was out in Barcelona a few months ago, and in this Vital edit of Mike "Rooftop" Escamilla, Garret has a few clips eating a sandwich from his favorite food spot and riding this random mini ramp at a bar called Nevermind. Check it out below; he may have hit that light above the ramp about 38 times. Garret's first Animal ad (out now in Dig #75) at the infamous fin was also from that trip.

Rooftop Shreds Nevermind's Mini Ramp - More BMX Videos

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MCM of Source Bike shop in Bethlehem, PA sent this through:

"The City of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Parks Department has applied for a $250,000 grant for the Bethlehem Skateplaza with the Pepsi Refresh Project. This grant is unique because the project that receives the most votes from the general public is awarded the money.

Starting March 1, the public will be able to cast their vote for this project once a day, every day, in the month of March. It is important that we receive as many votes as possible to ensure that we are awarded the grant!
It is Easy to vote.
1. Click: HERE
2. Click “Sign In” along the bottom of the page by using your Facebook Account or by creating a Pepsi user name. To create a new account, enter your email address, and click no, “I'm new here”, and follow the instructions to register your email. You can vote once per email registered per day.
3. Once signed in, click “Vote for this Idea” on the right hand side of the webpage.
4. Spread the word to all your friends, coworkers, family via Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, email, etc. to vote for the project
5. REMEMBER TO VOTE EVERYDAY!"

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We are proud to announce that Oba Stanley has been bumped up to the pro team. Welcome to the team Oba! He also has a dope interview in the new Ride UK.

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The 3rd 10 Year Anniversary shirt is now available through our online store. We only did a small run of these Lines shirts, once they sell out they are gone.

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Butcher and the Atown Trash crew have a new promo/edit up here:

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Dig #75 is out now. Clifton local Lil' Jeff Kocsis has an interview in there riding some Jersey/ NYC spots and talks about all kinds of stuff like East Coast architecture and winters, the old JT's skatepark in West Orange, and Biggie; Check it out. Jared also has a LFW photo in there too.

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Here's a Vital edit of Jared, Mike, and crew at Drop In Skatepark in Suffern, N.Y.

Session @ Drop In Skatepark - More BMX Videos

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We just got in a poster of Wiz which will be going out with all orders from the online store.

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Last weekend, we were invited up by Mike Macisco from Tony's Bikes and Sports to and Rick Kraft from New Haven Skatepark, it was a good time, the kids out there really showed their support! Thanks a lot for everything guys!

There are more photos up at the Group Home Bikes site

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Ralph's friend, skateboard legend, Grove Street Bikes employee, Shut Skateboard employee, and all kinds of bikes lover Matt Terwilliger had this write-up representing Animal as he always does HERE.

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Edwin has a tops 5's up on the Fit site.

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Dave has a wallpaper you can download up on the Ride BMX Site Check it out

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John from Dick Maul's Bike Shop is going to be throwing a contest Skater's Edge in Taunton MA on March 7th. It supposed to be jam format, check the flyer for details and make sure to go and show your support. Lots of prizes form a bunch of different brands along with stuff from us.

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Rob has a new site up twicebmx A bunch of the team guys have photos there.Go take a look.

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The Wallride Shirt is second release in our throwback series for 2010. This is an updated version of the original which came out in 2001. We only made a small run, they are available now in our online store.

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Ride Issue #162 is out; Congrats to Mike on scoring the cover. Every photo in his interview is wild. Wiz has a photo from a 2X4 road trip, and Butcher has the Finish page. Check it out; the whole issue is awesome.

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A few more photos from the day are posted on the Dig site HERE.

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Chad DeGroot sent over a flyer for a contest that he is throwing and we are sponsoring. I asked him to give me a rundown, this is what he had to say about it......

Pretty much my bike shop with help from my hairy manager James, were running this shit.
OSP had a bike session, then with some employee changes we lost it...then with some calls to the city we got a session back. Then with my skatepark, Mesh, closing. i talked them into another session. Its an amazing cement park right near downtown Orlando with huge bowls, spine, hips, and a smaller section with ledges and tons of flow. Were gonna take over for that Saturday and run the BMX jam like we usually do back at Mesh.
Stop by and get some prizes, see the vending area which will feature sponsors booth for viewing and purchasing merchandise. Best of all, support a park who is supporting BMX.

hope that works...


So hit up the contest and check out Chad's new shop.

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Builder of the some of the best trails in existence and Animal supporter, Frenchy Marc, sent some photos of his trails in France; they look like a work of art.

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Here is a trailer for the Philly area video called You Got That., WHICH IS NOW IN STOCK!!

Official Trailer - You Got That. from INFAMY BMX on Vimeo.

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The new issue of Dig, #74, has been out for a few weeks, but if you haven't seen it yet, check it out. Edwin, Butcher and Bob have photos in there, as well as Mike B's new ad.

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There is a rally/ jam this Saturday at the Brooklyn Banks; here are a few words about it from Steve Rodriguez:

"Just to be clear the jam will be at the Brooklyn Banks at 1pm on Saturday January 23rd.
I have asked all communities that use the banks to come out. Fuel TV will be there to do a little piece on it. Please try to come out."

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To celebrate our 10 year anniversary we are re-releasing our first stem. This run of the top load is limited to 300 pieces. It's exactly the same as the original stem but with updated engraving and comes with a flower pot sticker, which is the first ever animal sticker. These are made in the USA and available for pre-order through our online store. They will ship between 01.20.10 and 01.23.10.

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Ralph has an interview on a new site called Least Most; check it out HERE.

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Dope video By Ryan Landman. We will be getting these in sometime this week. If you live in the Philly area make sure to make it out to the premiere

You Got That. from Infamy BMX on Vimeo.

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Ralph's friend Shane Geanoules, blastin' in the mid 80's on Colnut’s ramp in Clifton, NJ. Clifton has some deep BMX roots...

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Butcher and the ATown Trash crew put up a little edit of them cruising around Allentown on a recent winter day:

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We just got in our first 5 Panel cap, The Jammy. Check it out and all the details on our products page. They should be available at your local shop in a few days, if not ask them to get some.

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Happy New Year!!

2010 marks our 10 year anniversary, we have a lot planned for this year and one of the things we are doing to celebrate is re-releasing some of our old shirts. The first one is the OG Logo, which is the first Animal shirt ever. Throughout 2010 we are going to be releasing a new shirt on the first of every month. We are not printing a lot of these and are only doing one run, when they're gone they're gone.

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This past October I had a little birthday party at the Animal warehouse. This is a little edit that was filmed by Ryan Navzio the day of the party. The idea behind this edit was to have the camera moving in each shot, without a dolly or steadicam.



Featuring:

Jared Washington
Mike Brennan
Dominic Biro
Hector Terramoto
Jeff Kocsis
Gollup

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Lino's 90east posted a winter promo; check it out:

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Last week Butcher and the A-Town Trash crew got in a sunny day of riding around their 'hood, despite temps hovering around the freezing mark. Might be the last one for a while; this was a few days before the Northeast was inundated with over a foot of snow.

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Last week we got in a new poster of Butcher doing a suicide no hander bump jump over a rail. The next 10 orders on the webstore get a signed poster.

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Dig posted Ralph's interview from issue #27, March/April 2003; check it out HERE.

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We just got in a small advanced order of the Jump Off Remix Stem. Availability is limited until we get the full order, hit up your local shop to pick one up.

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The newest issue of Ride BMX mag (#161 January/February '10) has been out for a few weeks, but if you haven't seen it yet, check it out. Nigel has a photo and some words about filming for his part in Nike's Writing On the Wall (posted below), the NORA cup video of the year. Jared's new ad is in there also.
Speaking of Ride, Jeff Z was out in NJ a few weeks ago. Mike B. was in OD mode and Jeff shot a bunch of wild moves.

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We are having a 24hr New Era fitted sale this Friday. Most of our New Era's will be reduced to $10.00. We are clearing some old stock, there are limited sizes and numbers, once there gone there gone.

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We just got in our first shipment of solid black Hamilton PC pedals with gold caps.

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Lino has an interview about 90east on the Dig site HERE.

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If you can't figure out where to go on your next trip consider China. Osso and I went out there again this past October. There are spots all over Shanghai and almost nothing is a bust. Your going to need someone to show you around though so hit up my man Kane who runs a hostel in Shanghai that caters to riders. The hostel is pretty close to SMP (biggest skatepark in the world) and down the block from the subway which can get you to anywhere in the city. When we were out there The Make crew was staying with Kane for about a month and loving life. Kane showed us all great spots, bars, food, and massage parlors. Hit up Kane and stay at the hostel, guaranteed to have a good time.

Kane also runs cnbmx.com which translates all of the English news into Chinese. It's pretty cool that he takes the time to do that and help out his scene.

Check out the hostel info below with some photos of all the newly renovated rooms.

Kane Wang
Rider's Lodge China
Add:Room103，No820
Zhongxing Rd，Shanghai，China
Tel:+8621-5663 9299
kane@cnbmx.com

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Pacewon and Mr. Green doing what they do best... "Who I Am":

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New Jersey Prefab Session - More BMX Videos

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Banks update:
Looks like they will be closing for six months beginning January 15, and then be at least partially rideable through 2014 when all the bridge work is completed.

Statement from the DOT:
"The Brooklyn Bridge is in urgent need of rehabilitation, and this project is slated to begin in 2010 and expected to finish in 2014. During this time, a portion of the Brooklyn Banks will be closed for use by the contractor. When the storage area is established, more than half of the area currently used as a skatepark will be available for public use.
The scope of work for this project also includes painting, which is expected to begin in the winter of 2010. During painting work, the park will be closed to provide the space required for painting operations. After the painting work in this area is complete, anticipated for mid 2010, the park will be reopened with the exception of the storage area. The park will completely reopen when the rehabilitation is completed. DOT has been working closely with Steve Rodriguez, spokesperson for the Brooklyn Banks and the communities that use it, to share this space without compromising the vital reconstruction of the Brooklyn Bridge."

5boro skate company owner Steve Rodriguez has been working to minimize the time the banks are closed, and keep them at least somewhat rideable during the five years the bridge works will be taking place:
"I have attached an image called "Project area" which shows the entire area that will be used for "staging"(the grayed out area) during the 4 years. I highlighted in red the area that would be great NOT to have staging in which would allow the banks to be used pretty much as it is used on a regular basis. It's a pretty small space compared to the total project area. I have requested that DOT try to change this area into an area that is NOT used for staging and to me that would be huge."

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We still have some of the huge 36" x 36" Mike Brennan posters left. We just added them to the store. The first 10 orders that go out will get a free poster signed by Mike. You can order them here.

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Mike has a bike check on the Dig site HERE.

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Luc Legrand, who rides for Animal in France, sent over a little edit Soul BMX magazine's Hadrien Picard put together of Luc riding some crazy spot in France:

Luc Legrand lost spot from HadrienPicard on Vimeo.

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Skapegoat 4 is up; check it out:

skapegoat 4 from Skavenger on Vimeo.

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Osso has a bio on the Orchid site, along with a few photos from his recent trip to Japan. Check it out HERE.

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Steven seems to be all over the internet lately; this time it's on John Paul Rogers' Boxed Wine Fiasco blog. Last week, JP scanned and posted Steven's interview from Faction (which might have been one of the most entertaining magazines ever) issue #21 in like '04 or '05. Check it out HERE.

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Here's a recent random short vid of Steven shredding a spot.

hood antics presents: a session with Steven Hamilton from Rob DiQuattro on Vimeo.

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Post Bikes held Movie Night last night, and bunch of videos premiered- Skapegoat 4, Launchpad's 718 video, Long Story promo, the Dah Shop promo, and Joey Piazza's new AM:PM video. Between all the video showings, it seemed like everyone in the entire NYC scene had at least one clip shown on the big screen, even BX legend Casio. So much good riding was viewed in those couple of hours; good times...

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Another NYC spot in jeopardy- a call out all NYC area riders:

"There is an online petition to save the Unisphere at Flushing Meadows Park. This spot has been a landmark for NYC BMX'ers and Skateboarders for almost 20yrs and, would be a great loss if it was no longer open to riding and skating. Give your support and sign the petition
HERE."

Thanks to Post Bikes for the info.
Also, check back tomorrow for some photos from last night's Movie Night at Post.

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This is a cool little edit that 13wittness did with Nigel, some dope editing and the usual slick riding from Nigel. Nigel makes the city obstacles look like a playground

Escape From Tomorrow (A Day In the Life With Nigel Sylvester) from 13thWitness™ on Vimeo.

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Back in 2006 we lost a very good friend of ours, Jeremy Barcik passed away in a tragic motorcycle accident. Since then there has been a Jeremy Jam at the Hackettstown SkatePark every yr. Whether you knew jeremy or not please go to show your support he was a great rider and a great friend. If you feel like sleeping under the ramps then you can stay and have a crazy night on Dec 6th with Hippie Steve Wesbeski and his crazy Jump For Joy Contest. Hippie throws one of these every year and they are always a good time! go show your support!

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Butcher has a Q&A up on Fat BMX HERE.

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BYOP- bring your own popcorn. Post Bikes in Brooklyn is having a multi- video premiere movie night this Friday, including Joey Piazza's new AM:PM video, Skapegoat 4, and Launchpad's 718 video. Starts at 9 PM.

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Dig recently posted Steven's interview from issue 42 in October 2004; check it all out HERE.permalink

4Down Distribution put up an edit of a few of their Animal UK riders - Ben Green, Dan Boiski & Joss Fenn- from a recent 2 week trip to New York; check it out below:

NYC bmx edit feat Ben Green, Dan Boiski & Joss Fenn from Centric Media on Vimeo.

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Jeff Z did an interview with a few of the team riders about our recent road trips. Pretty cool article, check it out on the RideBMX site!

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Always trying to keep things fresh, so here is yet another new color for the Edwin Grip

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Nigel is all over the internet this week. Here's another video, this one is Maestro Knows- NYC Edition first episode:

"In this first episode of NYC Edition watch Maestro & Nigel ride down the middle of Broadway headed toward the Brooklyn banks, and also checking out Format Queens, Five Guys burger and an extra pit stop in Las Vegas!"

Maestro Knows - NYC Edition (Nigel Sylvester) from Maestro Knows on Vimeo.

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Nigel did a Gatorade "Because I Grind" tour this past summer with Ratkid, Belcher, and Mike. Four episodes about the tour are below:

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Nigel has an interview on Vital. Check it out below:

Press List: Nigel Sylvester - More BMX Videos

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Randomness; thanks to Dublin Cyclery in Dublin, CA for the photo.

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This kind of of old news, but needs to be mentioned here anyway. In case you haven't heard, it looks like the Brooklyn Banks will be shut down in the next month or so for about five years due to bridge construction. The Dig site has a link to that article with details from a NYC news source posted last week, along with a few links to a couple of random Animal jam edits from a few years ago HERE.
There's also an interesting follow-up to the news article HERE.
Check back for info about any upcoming public meetings taking place to help minimize the time the banks are closed off.

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We found 14 pairs on clear edwin grips in the back. We used to make these back in the day but decided to get rid of them. Since these are still sold overseas they have gotten a little updated so now its a more frosted grip and they come with black plastic bar ends. You can pick up a set in our store Animal Store

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Tom has a brief interview about his recent knee injury, video parts, and his infamous voicemail message on the DIG site HERE. Tom goes in for knee surgery this week; good luck with it and heal up soon buddy.

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Some photos from last weekend's session at Gollup's trails in Jersey.

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As you may notice, George Dossantos is no longer listed on the riders page. George D. is still and will always be a part of the Animal family, but at his discretion, he wanted to be removed from the riders page on the new site. George still rides and kills it as usual; check out Skapegoat 3 below in the warehouse section at 4:33 for proof if you haven't seen it already. Also check out the Archives section for ads and videos of George.

skapegoat 3 from Skavenger on Vimeo.

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We have been working on this site now for months and have finally gotten to a place where we could take it live. We tried to make it really content heavy, with a full ad archive, a ton of riding photos, as well as all of our videos (I'm sure a lot of people have hit up or vimeo account already as we have been building the site). We will try to keep adding more content to keep it fresh. Our dealer page with a full shop list and interactive map should be up in a few days.

To celebrate the launch of our site and the release of The Art of Story Telling issue 1 we have limited collabo shirt that is only available through our online store (well you can also get it over at TAOST store). The first issue has a story from Ralph about a spot he used to ride when he was a kid, an interview with Vinnie, and an Animal ad featuring Osso. You can pick up a copy at you local B&N.

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Edwin came by the warehouse this afternoon and gave me a copy a Japanese magazine called PEDAL SPEED. They sent him a few copies because they dedicated a couple of spreads to a story on POST to my surpirse they also had a cool little feature on the 2009 winter clothing range. I have no clue what any of it says but the spread looks great. I don't know where you can buy this magazine but if you see it bring it home with you.

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Some of you may have seen this hat at Interbike, and many of you wanted to buy the only one we had… well now you can just go to your local shop or mailorder and pick it up!

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