Animal Bikes

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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