Quick update from the road. We wrapped up shows and now we are headed back east. Stopped in Lake Forest today and rode the Etnies park. Here are two pics from the day. Thanks to Dylan at Etnies for the shots!

Tony Watkinson spreadin’ em..

Charlie Bowers blasting like always…more soon!

We made it out to California and the Maxxis shows have been amazing. We stopped at a couple parks along the way – check out the web edit up on Vital Bmx..

Tony Watkinson upside down at Anthem park in Vegas.

Charlie Bowers – Santa Rosa skatepark.

B. Hunt gettin’ down at Santa Rosa. Check back for more updates & clips from the road!

Brett sent over a few pics and an update from his recent trip to Barcelona with Levi’s…(you know he smiling because he probably just shut down the city)

“Well I just returned home from Barcelona to sunny California from one of the best trips I have ever been on. I have been in Barcelona, Spain with Morgan Wade, Dakota Roche, and Will Stroud filming for web videos and also the new full length Levi’s BMX DVD. It was an amazing trip to one of the best street riding cities in the world. There are more spots to ride then you could ever hope for and some of the friendliest people Ive ever met. We ran into some locals the first day we were there and they ended up being our tour guides for the whole trip!”

Check out Brett’s whip here.

Brian Hunt has been mixing up the indoor winter sessions with a bit of snowboarding…

Check out Brian’s fresh new ride, the newest frame in the works (we featured a few posts back)- we’ll keep you posted when these are available.

Catfish and the crew are on tour right now doing shows..check the dates below to see if they’re coming though your city!

Team DK is headed out to the left coast to support longtime co-sponsor Maxxis tires at the Amgen Tour of California. The team will be following the tour doing shows at every stage. Headed out is Anthony Watkinson, Brian Hunt, Charlie Bowers, System Cycle rider Ronny Napolitan, and TM Catfish. Here are the dates and locations:Sunday, February 17Palo Alto-Stanford University (Prologue Start/Finish)Hours : 11:30am to 4:30pmMonday, February 18 Santa Rosa (Stage 1 Finish)Hours : 11:30am to 4:30pmTuesday, February 19 Sacramento (Stage 2 Finish)Hours : 12pm to 4pmWednesday, February 20 San José (Stage 3 Finish)Hours : 12pm to 4pmThursday, February 21 San Luis Obispo (Stage 4 Finish)Hours : 1pm to 5pmFriday, February 22 Solvang (Stage 5 Time Trial)Hours : 10:30am to 4:pmSaturday, February 23 Santa Clarita (Stage 6 Finish)Hours : 12:30pm to 4:30pmSunday, February 24 Pasadena (Stage 7)Hours : 12:30pm to 4:30pmIf you live in these areas..come out and chill with the boys. We will be lounging in the huge Maxxis RV in addition to premiering the new Props Megatour Europe all week. Plus..we want to take full advantage of the California weather…so if you want to ride or know some good parks..come on out and shred.

DK’s Raddest Dude- Dane Beardsley is recovering from a wild crash right before Christmas. A rail-hop gone wrong resulted in two broken elbows and a long time off his bike. The casts came off today and Dane is stoked. In celebration I am posting this awesome video of Dane filmed a few weeks before the crash. Filmed by Jon Dowker. Peep it. So good.

It’s official. Chris Childs is DK’s newest recruit for the Damn Kids team. Welcome!!

Chris is 17 years old and from Attleboro, Massachusetts. Welcome to DK Chris!

Nina sent in a couple pictures of her new ride…


She put together the new Team frame with the light blue Alpha stem, sprocket, and seatclamp. There’s a little hint of a lavender front hub in there too.

DK racer (and trail blaster), Aaron Johnson had a bike check recently in BMX Plus on his R/T frame. You can check it out here. 

This is our friend Ricardo Gambé from Brazil. He sent over a few pics of him shredding on his DK 4-pack. It’s so awesome to see what’s going on in Brazil and riding scenes that aren’t always in the spotlight.
 
You can check out the Brazilian BMX magazine called “Subsolo” here. From design to content..it looks pretty interesting.
 
Check back soon for an update of what Brian Hunt’s been doing over over the winter months..

From BK: Fresh off an adventure to Estonia. I was fortunate enough to go over to the winter wonderland a few days early with the rest of the Etnies team to check out what Tallinn had to offer. We spent the first full day wondering around the city and checking out the sites. It was extremely cold but it seemed like everytime we thought about turning around and going back to our hotel we’d see something cool again and continue exploring. By the next day I was antsy to ride. We had walked around the city and I’d seen a million cool things to ride. It’s such a bummer to see some great stuff to ride and see it covered by a foot of snow and ice. Low and behold, later that day the sun actually came out and George(a photographer from Austria) and I went riding around Tallinn.I have to admit, under these conditions at home I would head straight for the indoor skatepark but we were in Estonia and I couldn’t pass up the chance to ride this stuff before the contest weekend got underway. We found some amazing stuff and shot some cool photos. My hands were frozen, my bike was caked in dirt and slush, my clothes were soaked, my back had a huge mud-line all the way up to my head, my brakes didn’t work, my chain was frozen and even despite all that I had one of the best times I’ve ever had on my bike.
 


Here is a photo of a spot we found with endless ledges down stairs. I had to chip ice off the left side one in order to ride it. In hindsight I probably should have removed the ice from the landing too but I made it work. Random wrench use # 138: use to chip ice of a ledge in Estonia. haha

  I’m glad to be home. I have some serious stitches in my knee cap from a piece of wood on the course but it should be better in a couple weeks.Then off to Florida and California! more soon….