We started hooking Ruel Smith up a while ago, and now he is on the FBM Pro Team. Wormz is a badass, look for some collaborations with him in the future, and some good stuff. Tony Hamlin, and Cameron Wood have updated Bike Checks and Galleries on the rider pages, as do a bunch of the other guys. We’ll be getting new interviews up soon as well as some Blogs. Ton Cardona has ashit ton of new photos in his gallery, and Christopher “the Dude” Hallman sent over these pics of Tony Shredding down in Austin, where he has been staying. Word has it Tony Has been killing it. Thanks to the dude for the snaps. More news… FBM will be helping organize a BMX end of the the Bicycle Film Festival in NYC. If you want a video shown at the Festival, get ahold of us here at FBM, we will also be organizing a submissions contest, videos up to 5 minutes long can be submitted, to win a frame and goody’s from FBM, as well as a years worth of shoes from Duff’s.
I am still wrking on the details for this event, but submissions will need to bee here by the middle of April, and the Showing will be in NYC on May19th, which we will be also holding a cash payout Bunnyhop contest, amongst othr goodtimes activities….So, get your calenders marked. More News to follow.
Anyon interested in getting involved, let me know…

Originally Posted by Steve crandall

Traveling is fun,here`s a glimpse
a evening one going through new mexico
on the way to colorado and a awesome
armadillo sandy and i took pics of and
observed for 40 minutes,casually sniffing
around like a bulldozer. It would see us ,
stand still for 10 seconds and then go on
sniffing and snorting through the leaves.
Armadillo`s sure aren`t trendy they do what
they know and aren`t too caught up in purchasing
SUV`s or wearing girls pants,but they sure do
pant!

Originally Posted by leif

A mike tag fan club is lurking in the ditches of austin texas,heres proof.
Also in totally unrelated news ceasar chavez is not to be messed with apparently,after being wrangled by the catholics his birth control methods went out the window,hence he has a big family that has his back,so don`t tangle w/ a chavez if you know whats good for you.

While trying to cover the daunting task of coming up with new frame graphics for the 06 line, i’ve managed to come up with these gems. It looks like something i drew amidst my short attention span in 9th grade global studies. Great. I did come across this picture of Phil though, from a while back at a Backyard jam. Phil’s bike , the PW Moto, will have some nice new features, for the new season. Phil has been busy with Super Rat Machine Works in Kansas City where he has been making Prototype parts for Vegas. Coffee, Cigarettes, a Machine Shop in a cave, and a Professional Wrestlers Mustache, thats Phil….

Originally Posted by Steve Crandall

Shawn Shoener has alerted us of some happenings
around the the minersville area,very disturbing news
of miners being discriminated against,for simply being miners!
He forwarded this black and white photo of the discrimination in action.
Oh yeah York,pa needs a skatepark one that won`t discriminate against bikes so please go here and sign this petition and york`s zip is either
17402,17403,17404 so make sure one of those is on there.

www.petitononline.com/sk8york/petition.html

thanks.

Originally Posted by associated press

Here`s an old pic we found of Tag,Corrigan,Crandall and Gilly
testing some pre-angel of death era frames.This portable curved wall ride is still in the prototype stages even after all these years,although it may be dialed and ready at interbike,lets keep our fingers crossed!

Originally Posted by leif

We are currntly in return home mode, and at Phil Wasson’s home right now, in Kansas City Missouri, after a straight shot from Portland, only slowing down to get fuel, and snacks from gas stations. Derek may or may not have drank froma contaminated bottle, Punched twin in the face, and laughed for 33 hours non stop.
More news when my brain works……

Originally Posted by CRan Cran

Soup Gang member 007 jamie bestwick has secured the win at the x games. This will bring much needed funding the the gang as there as there are still many bad people to be dealt with.
Here is a surveilance photo of operative horsecrap
phoning in the news to HQ,operative horsecrap had to use the stallion instead of the rent a car as L.A. traffic was at its usual crawling pace.

Originally Posted by S.G. 1

Aaron behnke was recently flowed an
fbm equilibrium to spend time on,
he was so stoked on dave,ken,
jim and corts work that in an ode to cornpie
he went out and bought 2 astrovans and had
westcoast choppers merge them,he instantly
got double the gas mileage and was offered
numerous jobs in the field of science and male chaufferism.

Originally Posted by leif

I went for about a 25 mile bike ride today and shot this pic. It was hot and humid, you can see the haze. I just thought it looked cool. Dane Wild tried keeping up, but he was in Michigan, losing his liscense or something. Heres a shot of him doing a rail ride to barspin. Dane will be at the Demo derby later this month to watch as FBM dominates in the destruction. Go to Fat BMX and vote for me in the poll. Theres no way Aitken is going to beet me, this ain’t bike riding. I’ve got a few tricks up my sleeve, and i’m not talking about alley oop darkside 1 footers out of a 10 foot cement bowl in Utah. It should be a doozy regardless of who wins. Check Kink’s site for more details. Reezenblaster is buying us all food and beer that week, and paying for it with his Buddy shitpants’ credit card. Party! Rumor also ha sit that Manowar will be playing at the after party. They are from Auburn. 30 minutes north of Ithaca. Ronny James Dio is from cortland, also 30 miles away. They have aroad there called Dio way. Apes. Weekend…….. audi!

Originally Posted by Cran cran

The Kid doing the wheelie at the Gravity Games,was the leader of a gang of ratty kids busting moves in the parking lot at FDR. They were shredders. Heres a couple of random pics from our drive down. Philly Phil Wasson loves contests, they bring the true characters out of the woodwork. Phu at Epic and his crew will be doing a BBQ on sunday july 31st, and showing the new vid. Cameron Wood is also throwing one at Fuzzy’s 50/50 shop in Utah next weekend. In other news, Philly is crowded with tons of traffic. Jim Bagg stories? yeah, they can be treat, sometimes they can be shitty though…

Originally Posted by Cran Cran

The apes have been let out of the cage. The Gravity Games are done, fuzzy hurt his ankle, Gootler won dirt by doing a half barspin, narrowly beating out Freddy Chulo. Elf mad a sculpture out of a toilet, and soaked everyone. Gilly got kicked out for smashing a camera tower with a bobcat, Gary Young won Street. Derrick Girard drove down in the 65, and cheered as BF did the transfer of the contest. Van killed it too. Tony Hamlin ate all the free food he could, and watched Aitken get made fun of by a South Philly cop for talking like a girl and wearing tight pants. Dave King was probably the highlight of the event.

Originally Posted by cran Cran

Aaron Ross is an ape. Walter Peringer sent this pic of him in Austin, killing it.To see more Aaron footy, check his part in the Empire video, or in the new FBM video when it comes out. You can also check bmxonline to see a clip from the new video. In other news, Ryan Nyquist got ina scuffle with Dunny at the denver comp, and was lumped up by the Dunny Bunny for use of the seat stand manual in his run, details are skechy at this point, but we wish Ryan a quick recovery. A character out of Leifs brain was questioned in the Incident.

Originally Posted by Cran cran

Big Dave and I are off this weekend to North Little Rock for the 24th annual “Colt Seevers Demo Derby Invitational”. The Demo Derby on july 27th should be cake, as we have been practicing all week, and have more experience than the other competitors. Colt calle himself to let me know that FBM is the odds on favorite at the bookie in Vegas, so place your bets. Chickenwrap, Deuce, and Dunny are all part of the Pit crew, as well, and will sure to have the car in tip top shape.
Jason Bissel rode well at the National in Pa. this weekend, he didn’t make the mains in 20, but did in cruiser, and then went on to get in a fist fight with Terry Tennete, who tried stealing his Bitchin Camaro after the semi’s.
Holla Dolla!

Originally Posted by cran cran

4th of July weekend was a banger, it started with the fundraiser at the Ithaca Skatepark, which went really well, and had Derrick Girard jumping 30 feet out of the bowl into the shottiest launch ramp in town. The rest of the weekend was fun too, with a punk rock wedding reception later that night, and a trip to the Catty woods the next morning. Catty trails are full of apes. Later that night was off to Minersville, where a bunch of us camped out and hung out all day for Shawny Shawns Jam, which is becoming an East Coast underground classic.
This years Highlights inluded Tony Cardona killing the trails and himself, and chilling his crew of animals from the Vercoe trails in Illinois. Robo was in the house, dressed as a pumpkin, while Chase and BF absolutely killed it. Maniac and yeagle impressed as well, along with toting a 7 pound can of beans, and 360ing every jump at the trails. The day was so much fun. Apefest 2005.
Keep posted this week for more info…..

Originally Posted by cran cran

There are some new shirts available from FBM, here are a couple of them. Call Last Call if your shop doesn’t have them yet. Tony Hamlin and the twins were so excited about the new shirts, they flushed cherry bombs down the toilet at the Kink warehouse. They woke the bum up that was sleeping in there, and he shit his pants. This weekend is a Holiday, Celebrating our Independance, many Americans will be celebrating by filling up the gas tanks on thier SUV’s and driving someplace crowded. I hope to end up in the woods around a bunch of bikes. Ken is headed to NYC to check the World Messenger Championships, and enter footdown on his fixed gear. Thousands of Bike messengers will be bringing the Ruckus to NYC, and partying with little regard for the price of gas. Sounds super fun. In other news, Dave King and Gilly start digging the Gravity Games Jumps at FDR in Philly next week, As strange as that is. Tony Cardona has been chillin’ in Arizona thispast week, but will be on the East Coast this weekend. Leif Valin is riding Flat in York and drinking coffee, as well as utilizing his deadpan humor, while working part time framing artwork for strange men. Not much else, If anyone see’s Arata this weekend buy him a beer for us….holla!

Originally Posted by Cran Cran

John Corts, self proclaimed “smartest guy ever”, and Big Dave have been Hustling in the Machine shop, getting the frames built in new sizes, and whipping out Deployers like no ones business, they made so many damn bikes, Ken had to build a new tubing rack. Curtis has been keeping Jim Bagg in line, and the frames are better than ever back there. Team Major air in the tumbler? There is a fundraiser in Ithaca again on Saturday July 2nd, to fix the park up, and keep it from sinking. Show up and eat some food, ride some ramps, and watch Erbles shred in a game of SKATE. He is the Reigning champ since ’89. Tim Dunbar who invented the ollie, will be taking a beak from his meth habit, and will be signing autographs. In other news, Kerry Sayre may have laughed this week, as he sold ashitload of stuff to a bunch of shops, and found out that Sam’s Club has 9 pound bags of Doritos for 5.99. Keep posted for more news about BMX, because it’s awesome.

Originally Posted by C-diddy YO!

Blast from the past. This weekend Rob Kucherak got married, Forgash was the wedding photographer, and it was fun as hell. Congrats Rob and Liz. They had an Ape partying at the reception. Rob was the first person to loan any of the FBM crew a bike video a million years ago, and it was none other than “head First” where we first learned about Jawbreaker, and Mat Hoffman’s strange sense of humor. Rob is an ape, and also runs American Icon screenprinting with another friend of ours that grew up riding with all of us, Andy Camay. Andy gave me custom FBM Long underwear last week. Party! The other Photo is from Guav, a native Ithacan with some 80’s street riding. Guav was one of the first freestylers in Ithaca, and actually shot that photo last week (it only looks old for athenticity purposes), for an 80’s retro article for Details magazine. Ryan Corrigan is still in Joplin Missouri with Wessal and Ty Sty. He said its been 114 degrees and Ty works in his underwear and workboots only. The park is supposed to be sick though. Dave King and Gilly are booked all summer building dirt courses for all the TV events, and will be in Vancouver for a month for the Metro jam. Fisher moved to Temecula California the other Day. In other news, John Corts is the smartest person in the world, and “ApeHanger” Derrick Girard signature bars will be available from FBM sometime this summer. HollllllAAAAA!

Originally Posted by cran Cran

Slow healing, Fast driving Shanton Wilson sent some pics of him riding, to let us know he’s back riding after the leg break. He drives 155 and rides like an APE, so beware. Mike “the mangler” Mcqueen is in town, helping save the FBM video from the fiery depths of the 21st century blues. Hopefully that project will be done sooner than later, as I come closer to flinging the computer out the window as each day passes. Kelly Baker mentioned that he made a “big Bike” or a tall bike, over 8 feet, and that when the chain popped off, he realized that he forgot to tighten the handlebars, and took a good wreck all from up above.
Rumor of a wild contest in Philly soon, the “bone death” challenge, being organized by Sean Burns, i’ll post more info about it when I find out what’s going on, I have heard about a ring of fire, animals, strippers, bums, and a long jump challenge onto a rail…. OUTRAGEOUS. keep posted…..

Originally Posted by Cran Cran

It’s friday, and if friday were a band it would be Manowar. They wear pelts, and wield swords. Rumor has it that Dave King’s dad was a roadie for Manowar. Not much in the way of news, Stateline skatepark in Fort Mill SC,is closing its doors, Corey and Droo are cool dudes, and that park hosted the first ever Last Call bicycle comp a few years back, and we were loaded up with TONS of fireworks. Supposedly Jim and Tammy Faye Baker bought the building and are opening a Cracker Barrel there, under the Heritage Amusement park theme. Look for Team Major Air from Cleveland in NY this weekend, listening to WASP and other 80’s metal bands. Holla…..

Originally Posted by cran cran

Did I mention yesterday, all of the shit that has broken lately? Well at least the transmission in the Last Call Van is dialed now, look for that thing to be mowing down some spots in the near future. Aaron Ross just got a new Depolyer frame, with the new race sprocket. He powder coated it himself, Transluscent green, its awesome looking. Aaron also rides for Empire, and if you saw his part in that video, you would be shitting your pants just looking at the bike he rides. APE.
Shanton Wilson is back on Ape status, look for riding pics soon. Don’t Forget the new sizes on Deployers (20.25″) Pw’s (20.5″) and Capones(20 3/8″). Kerry is selling these things like crazy. Crazy like the Ratt house. Today is also the longest day of the year, and a full moon, so get off the computer, get on your bikes and have some fun. Pronto…..

Originally Posted by Cran Cran

The race sprockets are out in all sizes now, and the revised hose clamps are in as well. The new clamps dont have holes all the way through, to prevent cracking. They prevent crack as well, I have one on my bike, and so far, I have never used crack, so they are proven to be effective. Call up Kerry “the Big K” Sayre at Last Call, to order some new FBM stuff, or just chat about Rick Thorne, the Gravity Games, or maybe even ask how Curtis the shop dog is doing. In other FBM news, Aaron Ross had an upset stomach last night, Tony Hamlin is almost done with High School, Cameron Wood beat Fuzzy in a Poker tournament, Tony Cardona hates being called “tiny” and Shanton is riding again after a long injury. News From Billy the kid, Mike Tag, and Deploy Master Derrick Girard- the were 2 days late to the worlds because the Germans wouldn’t let thier sketchy Van across the border. They snuck in. Better Late then never, and what we have come to expect from any Shitluck affiliation. Trouble. Holla at the Knights in Chively Armor. Dave king? you guessed it, He aint shit. More news later……

Originally Posted by C-diddy YO!

Big Ape Brian Osbourne (no relation to Ozzy) Sent this pic of his son Jared with Nyquist, at the Mountain Spew Comp in Louisville this weekend. From what I understand, its a huge comp, and Catfish is running a spinner front wheel. Phil Wasson and Gilly are working at the comp as well. Phil says DMC was bowling on an 8 foot 1/4, and knocked Mirra into Kerry Sayre and Deuce, and a fight nearly broke out. Tony Hamlin is featured on the new a Coaltion wallpaper download. Tony is also a big Ape. Product news- New revised seat post clamps that are not screwed up are in stock, and we are working on new sizes on some of the frames. PW moto will be in 20.5″. The Capone in 20 3/8″ tt, and the Deployer in 20.25″ Toptube. Order 400 of these so Kerry can Get Gold plated Teeth for his customized special anniversary edition VW. That thing is faster than my Laptop. Much Faster. In other FBM news, Big Dave threatened to weld John Corts mouth shut, if he didn’t quit singing “pour some sugar on me” by Def Leppard while running the tumbler in the machine shop, Curtis slept through the ruckus. Dave King narrowly avoided a robbery at gunpoint in south Philly 2 nights ago, by telling the armed assailant he was an Ass, and that he only had 2 dollars. Dave King ain’t got shit. If you want new MFNFBM shirts, call Last Call and ask about availability, i’ll post a pic later….

Originally Posted by crandialer

Heres a couple more pics from the demo over the weekend, Greg Francis sent a couple, and the one of me jumping the cop car is from the cops buddy. I am almost positive that cop arrested me in 1999 for a loud party, and took me to the station.the police reort stated “f#*% the neighbors”. 150 bucks for noise ordinance. He also yelled at me that day for towing down the road on a cars bumper. He was stoked on the BMX though, and stoked on Catfizzle messing with the police over the Pa. Funtimes. Kerry and Big Dave are in Philly tonight, with Dave King, checking out Lucero . That will be fun.Gilly is in Louisville building jumps at the big contest, and chilling with Fuzzy and the bigtimers. Corts is smart. The rest of the team is out doing whatever, i havent talked to some of the guys in a minute, but I am sure they are either having a good or a shitty day. Hoods on the right wild for the night, punks in the back…..

Originally Posted by crandialer

Forgash, close friend to the infamous “speed wolf” will be in New York this month to sing in a Billy Idol Male Drag cover band called “White Wedding”. He will also be destroying toilet bowls throughout the souther tier, and having more fun than anyone else. Billy the Kid, Derrick Girard, and Tag are still in Europe, and aping it hard. Look for FBM to participating in a Demolition derby this summer, thats the news today, we’ll keep you posted about that.-hollatchaboyeee…

Originally Posted by crandall

If you tried contacting FBM or Last Call today, and had no luck, its because a wild storm went through and left us without power, We’ll be up and running in point 2 though. Yesterday we held an Fundraiser for The Ithaca Skatepark at Stewart park in Ithaca. Catfish brought the DK boxjump, and we had a really fun day. Tony Hamlin, Twin1, J.pavia, Jeff Harrington, the Baker Family, The Farm crew, Chris Hancock, Office Max, Hallman, R-unit, The big Job and a bunch of riders and skaters rode all day. Tony ate shit on the big bike, trying to up the boxjump. Kelly and Catfish rode tilts and Unicycles. The Big bikes got lake jumped. A cop yelled at me. He got stoked 5 minutes later when I jumped a cop car. Sort of. We ate food, laughed, liisten to the Ramones, got flat tires, catfish heckled people with the PA, we all got heatstroke and sunburn, and an old man with rollerblades ate shit on the box as well. The Last Call van made it to jersey on the way to Animal, and the transmission shit the bed, so those gus didn’t do shit. Dave and Ken drank 40’s in some bushes, Corts complained and the Big K was not stoked. the curse is back. They never made it to the jam, but they did get to ride 6 miles after the towtruck driver left them on the side of the Hi-way. Holla at a tow truck driver.

Originally Posted by Crancran

Kerry Sayre update- He doesn’t really hate smiling, he just likes pretending he hates smiling. Check Kerry out on Fuels 54321 coverage of the Subdivision weekend, on TV today and throughout the week. John Corts also pictured won a 15 dollar bet today on who could pull a 2 foot tall handrail first, between him, myself,and the Big K. He is holding the new Ape Beer coozies, which you can get by calling Kerry at Last Call, and you can also ask him how the hand rail challenge went. Kerry said he almost puked from trying the rail so many times, Corts pulled it opposite for the win by the way…. The Demo at Stewart park in Ithaca stats at about noon on sunday, and Simone the pitbull will be in full effect, trying to kill ducks that swim in Cayuga lake. Box jump heroes…..Hollatcha Boyeee!

Originally Posted by C-diddy

This week has been busy, but a minute at Bakers Acres turned up these 2 pics. Kelly and I have been riding dirt jumps together since the late eighties. Old Fashioned Good Time BMX, nothing fancy but it was fun as hell. If you want to have some fun, go hit up some trails. I almost forgot how fun it is. Animal is having some Bike shop demo’s this weekend, down in Jersey, and some of the FBM guys are headed down. The remainder will be in Ithaca, along with the infamous Catfish, and the DK stunt team, doing a demo/fundraiser for the Ithaca Skatepark, at Stewart Park on Sunday. It should be a good time, bands, riding, etc… Tony Hamlin, Dave King and the twins are rumored to be in the house for that one. In other FBM news, Aaron Ross is an Ape, Cameron Wood had a birthday, and Billy Ashby turned 21 last week as well. Not much else, Holla atchboyeeee!

Originally Posted by crandialer

Check out Dane “buckass” Wild on a Team young roadtrip to Ohio this weekend. Flip from Albes shot the pic, so peep their sites to see what they are up to. The Team Young guys are a bunch of Apes. Ride contest info should be posted real soon, so sit tight, and get ready to send us some footy. Tag, Derrick, Billy the Kid and the rest of the Shitluck crew have left for the Worlds in Prague, so keep an eye out for those Dudes if you are in Europe for the next 2 weeks. Just look for the black cloud if you can’t find them. Holla atcha boy- UFO Wall slap rider in the Subdivsion Pics on BMXonline is none other than Allan Twin, 1/2 of the Rochester God damned Twins, just so you know. Tony Hamlin kills twins, and horses. Stay off the CRACK. That Shit is Whack. It oughtta be Illegal too…..

Originally Posted by crancran

Another generation of apes in progress, here is 4 year old Benny Baker in his backyard in Newark Valley NY. Speaking of Apes, if anyone remebers or has any info about the Monkey Lust crew, give us a shout. Monkey Lust was a very influencial group of punk rock bmxers from the early nineties, who even sponsored Taj at one point. Stories about the tradeshow are posted on fatbmx.com and at wooxybmx.com so check that out if you get a chance. bmxonline.com also has some pics posted of the comp, including some of Shanton Wilson. There will be a fundraiser at the Ithaca Festival, to raise money for the skatepark, with FBM riders and the DK stunt team featuring Catfish, this sunday, keep posted for more info on that, WORD!

Originally Posted by c-did

It’s Memorial Day in America, and Lots of BBQing going on. I just got back from Road Fools 14, it was fun hanging out with Chase Hawk (3 tickets in NYC for drinking), Robin Fenlon and the crew. Derrick Girard met up with us on the trip for a minute. Aaron Ross is stoked on the Deployer, and the Maniac is stoked on his tooth. Gilly Is chillin in B-town, riding and digging at Posh with Dunny, inbetween a busy schedule of Dirt jump building, next week is Louisville for the Core Tour. The Hooligan’s Jam went down on Saturday as well, those guys are serious Apes, Wild Matt, the Mayor was fun as hell to hang out with. In Dave King News, he ain’t shit, but Shawn Arata is, did anyone see him in the new Orchid Video? and in the poster that came with it? Holla. Now that I am back in town, expect more regular updates on the site. If you are curious about the Ride Mag contest stuff, we’ll have it posted in a few days…. Have a good one.

Originally Posted by C-did

If you need something to freshen up your monitor, check out the Mike Tag wallpaper over at the Coalition website

Originally Posted by Mike

The Road Fools 14 trip is in its latter half, and we are in western Mass riding with Berger and his crew at the private ramps, and its fun. The Fattrax crew is here, and a few kids are on Deployers already which has me stoked. Sorry for no pics on the updates, but computer access has been limited. In other news, aside from the rainy weather, Kelly Baker is getting ready for another episode of his TV show with Bill Nye, and the discovery of a monkey who can ride a bicycle. A serious Ape. The Guys at FBM have been cranking out Frames and riding when the weather is good, So give Kerry a holler at Last Call and Find out what is in stock… Look for Mike Tag, Derrick Girard, Little Billy, Leland and some of the other Shitluck kids in Europe next week, as they are off to Prague for the Worlds, and who Knows what else….

Originally Posted by c-diddy

We are currently at The Little Devil warehouse, in Norristown Pa., riding the BOWL, and its awesome. Derek gave me a belt, Clarke gave me a beer, and Morgan Wade did a flair. Its a good trip so far, and Aaron Ross is definitelt aping it hard. Shawn Arata is in the house blasting huge airs, and putting his Orchid Footwear to good use, while smiling ear to ear. All is good on Road Fools 14, Hollatcha Boyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Originally Posted by Crandialer

After a rough weekend with Subdivision sleeplessness, A few FBM riders are on Road Fools 14, and currently at Staff BMX, and Incline Club in Lakewood NJ. Aaron Ross has been killing it, and on day 3 he has already managed to knock his front tooth out. The trip is super fun already, and I’ll post some pics in a day or 2. Posts might be sporadic while we are on the road, but keep close, to see whats going down. Scotty Cranmer is in the house, and already flared a wedge, and we’ve only been here 5 minutes. More news later….

Originally Posted by C-diddy

Thanks again to everyone who came to SubDivision last week. The contest results have just been posted and expect photos soon.
If you weren’t able to come, look for a DVD out this summer with footage from the contest, the trade show and more.

Originally Posted by Mike

Well the last coulple posts were deleted so i will make a small recap of what I can remember from the weekend. First check out Kelly with Blyther,(NYC movie night) KB is holding a hat he got from a Haro show in the 80’s. Blyther has seen me almost naked. Anyway’s here goes, The tradeshow was awesome, so many people, new products, and an overall good vibe. Show highlights include the Shook booth, anyone that checked out the FBM stuff, Robbie Morales’ sick stash mullet combo, The new premium sprockets, and all the smiles people had. Then Friday night hits us like a safe dropping out of a hi-rise building. Loition, Dity Bird, and Lucero all play a video premiere party, and it ends up being more of a rock concert than anything. People were stoked on the video, Dirty Bird was hilarious, and Lucero pretty much stopped the show. Literally. Loubickle rapped during

Originally Posted by C-did

Originally Posted by crandialer

Originally Posted by C-did

If You live within 100 lightyears of Johnson City Ny, and you are not at the Subdivision Tadeshow, Contest, and FBM video premiere this week, then kick yourself in the ass. Lucero will be rocking the Video premiere, after Dirty Bird, Lotion, the Red Bull Mexico Video, and the New FBM Video. If you work at FBM, and you are not cleaning the basement, or editing, there is a slight chance you are chilling with Big Dave eating Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwhiches where the Ghetto Comp stood only 8 months ago. Dave is psyched that the Race Bike, the Bitchin Camaro is going to be the frame for BMXPlus’ ultimate race bike, and even recieved a call from Speedwolf (forgash’s dog) to say congrats. jeff and the Big K are stoked the race stuff is going well too, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at Kerry, he hates smiling. ATTN Tommy, Find Shawn ARATA, and bring him to FBM this weekend, or you are both in deep shit. Let the Apefest commence…….

Originally Posted by crandialer

Phil Wasson is in recovery from surgery, and drinking coffee in Kansas City, and chillin with Courtney, his dog and a Hells Angels book. Best wishes PW. Woozy BMX from Germany, at least I think its German, is sending thier Robot Emiglio to Subdivision to raise hell, Dominik from Woozy said to have Security on Full Alert, so… The Tradeshow, comp and Video premiere are only a few days away, so things are hectic at FBM right now, but keep posted for possible chain male pics later in the week…. Rumor also has it that Deuce will be hiring Dunny to manage the stripper pole in his booth at the show.

Originally Posted by CranCran

After driving to Rochester with Jeremy Pavia, to shoot pics and video of Tony Hamlin, we soon realized it was Cinco de Mayo. To celebrate went to Xdreams and Tony did casual flairs, and pocket air tailwhips. Pretty Awesome. It was also the Rochester goddamn Twins Birthday, so the city was on alert. Tony Did a huge street Gap, and I intensified my street level credibility by doing an old dirt jumping trick on a sketchy lip. Stoked, so we go get Mexican food, and they are sold out…. King and I serves great Sesame Tofu, with coconut curry sauce, so we were dialed anyhow. More news tonight, maybe even something relevant. holla….

Originally Posted by C-did

While the next generation of Baker apes are practicing their moves in Newark Valley, and Kelly is arm wrestling with Bill Nye on TV, Fabulous Phil Wasson is going under the Knife in Kansas City to get his lousy shoulder operated on. Send get wells to FBM, c/0 PW, and make sure they are flowers, Phil loves flowers. Tupac had a press conference the other day, he is alive, and has been staying with Chain Male for the past 9 years, getting him ready for the Pool tournament, which is rumoured to be going down next wednesday at the Chanticleer, between Chains and Wales’ very own Ian “the cue crusher” Morris. More news on that later. Spendy Mcthrifty stopped in to FBM to check on the Flat Jam surface for the Subdivision comp, and mentioned that signups are available at Subdivisionbmx.com. He also told us about the Layton Massacre Video on BMXonline.com, that has footy of Cameron Woood killing it, and a Robbie Morales mustache shot. Sick Man.

Originally Posted by C-did

Just when you think Dave King couldnt get any Shittier, he goes and blows the doors off the outhouse with his very own Crandall tattoo. Sucker.What kind of lunatic does that? Shanton Wilson hasn’t gotten any ridiculous tattoos recently, but he is rehabilitating his busted leg, by doing flailing backflips near Volkswagons. Scott Towne, thanks for the shoes, and the the pics of Dane”buck ass” Wild from Michigan. Dane is an Albes rider getting some help from FBM, and his name alone should get him an award, he also apes it hard. In other FBM news, we are all busy getting ready for Subdivision, so keep posted….

Originally Posted by C-dizzle

Scotty, the new FBM team Ape Leader, got beat up by Oprah’s security on his ride to NYC, when he stopped in Chicago, because he was wearing an FBM hat, during taping and she asked him to remove it. He was in the audiance. Below are a couple of pictures of Tiny Cardona, shot by Mike Colucci, AKA, Negative Mike. Sans ninja Turtles of course. Ryan Corrigan and Phil Wasson are flying to Los Angeles tonight for a private screening of Rick Thorne’s new TV show, with Kelly Baker and Bill Nye the Science Guy, its a TV show about how a guy named C,Ludwig Von Cornpeel invented a bicycle that utilizes perpetual motion to create electricity. Holla for the weekend….

Originally Posted by cranbone

Here is a picture of Original FBM gangster Andrew Forgash, taking a bath with a 3 eyed rubber duck, and his dog ralph, aka Speedwolf. Forgash is a pro snowboarder, who had a video part in the Holden video “love Hate”. Serious Ape. His roomate Scotty Whittlake rode a fixed gear from Portland to NYC in slip on Vans with onlly an Ipod and backpack full of Ramen Noodles. Cooked ones. In 37 days. He’s now the unofficial FBM team Leader, with Wild Mat, who was on Elimi-Date this week, drinking Johnny Walker Blue, at 50 bucks a shot. Holla Atcha Boyeeee.

Originally Posted by cranman

The First pic of a complete Deployer was emailed over. This one belongs to Kieth Bodner of Steel City Tattoo in Allentown. Why the big old sprocket you asked? If you started racing in 1979, and had a cow with a snorkel, you might still have a set up like that too. Keith Came up with everyone’s favorite Dave King last weekend, and dished out tattoo’s like he was in county lockup with some india ink. He’s is responsible for the infamous “pig wit’ wings” tattoo on Dave, but that tattoo is not his flagship. While Dave forgets to lock the door behind him in the bathroom of the Little Devil warehouse, Clarke is busy picking up his slack, and shipping out all the orders. Keep up the good work Clarke. Keep posted for more updates, more news is brewing as we speak….

Originally Posted by C-dubz

Here are the flyers for the comp and the video premiere. You can pre register for the comp and get a schedule at Subdivisionbmx.com. The premiere should be fun, Leland’s band Dirty Bird, which was in Mega Tour 3, is a hoot for sure, and will definitely be off the hook. Check Luceromusic.com f you don’t already know about them, they are a favorite in the BMX community, and did the Jawbreaker cover of Kiss The Bottle that Ryan Corrigan rides to in All Time Low.
Holla Atcha boy!

Originally Posted by crandialer

After a winter filled with such antics as falling off of a 25 ft. roof, crashing a snowmobile at 110 mph, and lighting Nutter on fire, Derrick Girard is lucky to be able to see his new pro model frame. Check it out on the new products section, it’s a nice one. In other news, The Lucero show is a go, and will be the headliner for Dirty Bird, and an almost finished FBM video premiere, that has yet to be named. Expect a new FBM Video available for release about a month or so after the premiere. If there aren’t any huge ball ups.more news in a minute…..

Originally Posted by C-did

After spending a week on the road with OG FBM gangsters. Mike Tag, and Steve Crandall, filming for an upcoming FBM Video, Cameron Wood went home to Utah to chill with Fuzzy, Elf, Berringer and the rest of the Utah Cobras. This past weekend in Utah was the 50/50 Layton Massacre Skatepark Comp, and Tons of Pro’s were in the House, Cameron scored himself Second place behind Mike Aitken, giving Cam top 2 in the past 2 comps he’s entered. Holla atcha boy Fuzzy. If you folks out there in the internet aren’t sure who Cameron is, he’s the ape on Road Fools 13 that tried 360ing off the vert ramp in Kansas City, and blew his foot up. In other news, dave King is still working at Little Devil, looking for a home in Philly, while Ryan Corrigan is working at Terrible One adding onto the monstrosity of a ramp they have there. Aaron Ross is trying to finish High School so he can gear up for Road Fools 14, and Derrick Girard is dialing in New England, while his deployer Frames head to bike shops all across America. We’ll have Deployer pics posted this week.More news in a minute….

Originally Posted by c-dub

Lief Valin is throwing down a Flat Jam at the Subdivision Trade Show, it will be indoors, and there will be prizes and whatnot. No word on whether or not Brett Marshal will be there though. Congrats to Arknasas’ Jud Ferguson, of Ferguson’s Skatepark, he got married this weekend, Jud is a serious ape, and always shows the FBM crew a good time when we are in town. We wish him, Angela, and Chopper the best. In unrelated news, Mike The Nightmare Haigas called out of the blue to say he was stoked on the 10 year DVD, and that his ramps were in one of the old videos. Mike used to do a clothing company called Nightmare wear, and make shirts that said “do you take meat to the face?” He was also a favorite in the Hoffman comps expert caless in the early 90’s. He was also stoked on the use of pallets for ghetto comps. Word. More news later.

Originally Posted by steve crandall

Brett Marshal came to FBM today and chilled with Big Dave and Curtis. Dave is pumped on Brett. While that was going down, more details for the Subdivision comp were being sorted. East Coast Terminal is dialing in the park, and in the picture below, you can see the perch at the Richford dirt bowl, which will also host a jam one of the nights during that weekend. Rumours are already Flying about a Friday the 13th FBM video premiere with Dirty Bird opening for Lucero. Keep posted for confirmation on that and more details. In other Subdivision news, we should have a flyer for the comp this week, and more prizes that you could shake a stick at. Kerry Sayre has been getting the comp organized, has a ton of sponsors lined up, and there is a good chance that Catfish, Leland, and more special Guest announcers will be on hand to keep the party rolling. Will Duece and Lou Bickle be assisting Dunny on the Mic as well? Leif Valin is also hosting a Flat Jam so Keep posted on that one too. Winner Gets an autographed glossy of Brett Marshal, and gets to take Curtis for a walk. Holla atyerboy….

Originally Posted by C-dialer

Well our trip to the midwest was fun, and we’ll have some pics posted this week. Cameron Wood from Utah was with us, and he aped it hard all week. Upon returning to NY, a bunch of us met up for the first time this year at Bakers Acres. FBM head of Security was in the house as Kelly Baker did opposite wallrides to opposite tables to get the season rolling. Kelly was no doubt excited after his encounter with Brett Marshal last week, as well as the weather getting better. Keep posted for more news, and check your local shop for the Deployer frames, which are now officially available, and DIALED! Seriously, that frame is awesome. Holla…

Originally Posted by C-dub

We went to the infamous Ft. Wayne Indiana, which was home to some of the earliest wild times with FBM, and it lived up to its wild reputation, to say the least. We met up with Jody Donnely and his crew at one point, and ended up with worldwide legend Matt Hanes, and Nick Weaver. It was Buck Wild. Seriously. While visiting, we went to the site of the Fat House, which burnt to the ground a few years back. 2 of the Original Fat House Players, Mike Tag and Myself are pictured here, where the pool table probably used to be. If you check out some of the old FBM videos, you can see some of the good times that happened in that very spot. It was weird seeing a lot where we used to live, but its also pretty cool to remember the good times that went down there, in the earlier years of FBM. Ft.wayne is one strange place. In actual news, we are currently in Louisville, filming, and Billy Ashby is in the house. Billy, known as the pride of New Albany, is a fishing enthusiast, and was also coming close to 180 tailwhips today. Holla… more news later!

Originally Posted by C-dubz

If the stories are true, later on this week we might see an update on The Brett Marshal experience in Newark Valley later this week,and stories about assault and batter with 10 pounds of pancake mix. While wild shit has been going down in FBM territory, Cameron Wood has been aping it hard in the midwest. Mike Tag, Cam, Office Maxx and myself are travelling around filming this week, after the Albes comp in Novi. Cameron won the comp, and the 2 Tony’s (hamlin and Cardona) also made the finals. It was an all out apefest, and the Big Dave peanut gallery was in full effect, as were the Twins. While all this and more was going down, Kelly Baker flew out to Colorado with Rick Thorne for more TV work, and did a bmx experiment with Bill Nye the science guy. More details on that to follow. Juan was part of the experiment, and the result brought back a mohawk, and a smurfy mushroom shirt. Holla atcha boy.

Originally Posted by C-dub

Jared Souney sent over this amazing shot of FBM Faltland flow rider Brian chapman, with this info attached- “He’s doing a kickflip hitchhiker. It’s not easy.
His knuckle is still the size of a golf-ball…it’s gross.
He’s going to have a part in the next Flat Crap video.
I think that’s my Brian Chapman facts for the day.” Word.
The next Pic is a shotty video of Dave King, who aint shit, “slipping on some ice” in upstate NY, and breaking his wrist, Expect Dave to be in a cast for 6 weeks, and also helping out at Little Devil and Orchid in the warehouse, while he heals up. Clarke beware. In other news, Stew Johnson got his Big Dave special from us and sent a pic of his bike built up, referring to it as “the best bike EVER'”. Thats right. Big Timers are down with FBM as well. Scott Towne, Michigan’s biggest Ape, also sent another pic of his bike with the customized “Mia” Headtube sticker, sometimes I think Scott repaints his bike just so I’ll post it on the site. Peep
deliveranceclothing.com to see more of Sctotts Ape scene. Lookout Midwest, here we come this wekend, FBM represent in Detroit Rock City at the Albes comp…..Holla atcha boy!

Originally Posted by C-diddy.

Yesterday was a fun day at FBM, first Bill from Ride stopped by, and took some of us out to lunch, and then a gang of apes came through. Tag and Max showed up, and in hot pursuit were Tony Hamlin, his Hessian Dad, and the Rochester God Damned Twins. After work we rode the Ghetto Ramps, and it was a blast, Hallman is a HUGE ape on those ramps. I even did ghetto wall taps for the first time. Stoked. Good Fun. The Deployer is nearing release, and should be available next week. Here are some of the Specs-
Top tube available in 20.75″ and 21.25″. with a 13.75″ rear (centered)
Colors- Army Green, Tansluscent Black, and Limited Matte Black
Seat Stay Brakes
Euro or MID BB, 11.75″ height
Externally relieved seat tube to reduce weight.
Externally machined headtube, with Integrated Headset.
14mm Axle slots,
3/16″ heattreated dropouts/.
weighs- 5 lbs, 3 ounces (20.75)
Made in the USA with Aircraft Grade Chromol. Holla atyer boy.

Originally Posted by crandialer

Lots of news, so i’m gonna have to wait till tomorrow for a proper post. The kids that stole the prototype shit from FBM, are going to be in deep shit, lucky for them Kelly Baker had to fly to Korea with Rick Thorne for the day, for a Moto X deal, otherwise Whitney point would be knee deep in Kung Pao. Kelly sent this pic he shot of the Biker in Black while they chilled in Seoul for a few, inbetween events. KB flies back in tonight, for work at his regular job, and the Circus coming up in Newark Valey with Brett Marshal, who was one of the stuntmen in the movie RAD. That ain’t no Bullshit neither.

Originally Posted by Cranwho?

New belt buckles have showed (you mean shown?) up at FBM, and they do look nice. Designed by none other than the infamous H-Did, aka the Hallmanator, these buckles are by far the nicest ones we’ve had yet. Word. In real news, Jeremy Reiss, AKA, “Magilla” actually had his car stolen on friday night. For Real. His mid 90’s red Nissan Sentra with flat black wheels, and thule roof rack, was stolen outside of his Southside Bethlehem home. He is not stoked. Several months earlier, the chrome valve caps on my car were also stolen in front of his house. Sketchy. If anyone see’s Gilly’s car, or has it, let us know. That combined with the stuff stolen from FBM the week prior is making for a good reason to call Mcgruff the crime dog, and start a neighborhood watch community. Crime don’t pay. Unless you are a gangsta rapper I suppose. Holla dolla.

Originally Posted by crandall

Saturday, a good day for a random post about some comps coming up, next weekend is the Albes contest in Detroit, and these 2 flyers are for comps later in April. The sketchy one was sent by Matt Berringer. Go figure. The nice one was sent by Jamie Moore from Stowaway in Australia, which is very far from where I am sitting right now, but if you are in the area, be sure to check it out.

Originally Posted by FBM

Originally Posted by Friennd Mcenemey

Dave King came up to FBM today, to chill and check out the deployability of some handrails in Ithaca. He bet Tag a 40 of Laser and a shortstop sandwhich he couldn’t pull a triple kinked handrail. I shot tag pulling the rail with a 5 mega pickle dilly Yo camera, and then we hauled ass down the hill for a photo shoot with MC Carpet. MC Carpet is in a 2 Live Crew Cover band with Kelly Baker called “face down Ass up” who will be playing a show at the Subdivision comp on the weekend of May13-14. Holla. Laser in effect, protect ya neck….

Originally Posted by C-didd?

Fishty Cent, the OG FBM Gangsta from the mean streets of Ithaca, was trying to rub his FBM tattoo off with his front tire today. The weather was nice, and spring was in Fishty’s hops, he was blasting good inverts at the infamous Ithaca skatepark/swamp. In Random Fisher news, his dog, the half pomeranian, half pekanese, named Leo, was also shredding the park, after pissing on some kids leg. Look for a comprehensive news post about the soon to be released Dployer frame in a day or 2, Big Dave has been welding them up this week, and they look hot. I meant HOTT, with two T’s, sorry about that. Holla dolla.

Originally Posted by C-dizzle

Dave gets stoked when the dudes from Torrington Ct. come down to the end of the month factory tours. This time they brought Dave a n Albert Street sign that they all autographed. Apes. While all that was going down, Curtis was sleeping in the office, dreaming about the UPS man, and biting him. Curtis hates the UPS guy. The Tours are cool, if you didn’t know about them, basically Big Dave and Ken show anyone who is interested, how bikes are made, the entire process. We do it on the last Friday of every month. Most people are stoked on seeing what goes into making a good BMX bike. Handbuilt frames and forks are harder to come by these days, especially ones built by dudes who ride, so check it out next month, you might learn something. If you are Lucky, Snoop Dog and Dre Daywill be in the house, we sent in a request to the management. Not much else today, holla if you have some news for us.

Originally Posted by C-did

If you noticed a spinning Capone frame on the opening page, and were wondering what Arata is up to, you are not alone. When he isn’t apeing it hard, who knows what the hell he is up to. Probably still Apeing it. Leif Valin found this drawing somewhere, I guess it what happens when worlds collide, somewhere between Cornpie, and Rick Thorne, this Gem appeared. i am a fan. Dave King called, left a message after his drive accross the country, it simply said “ahhh, home shit home…” Dave king aint shit, but he sure is a lot of fun. Holla.

Originally Posted by crandialer

Some crazy bastard sent over this picture of an FBM tattoo he got and it simply said in the email “I like FBM” , Party. Huy Doan Also sent over this pic of Aratty blasting scrap, if you find Aratty, have him holla at us. If you are wondering why the Cranman and Ratty Shitty Adam are stoked in the other pic, its for a couple of reasons, A 6 page Crandall interview in the new Ride UK, as well as a GOSH DANG Aaron Ross Banger interview. Look for that at newstands, and what not. The Other reason those 2 are so stoked, is the band photo, its “Tiny and the Little Billys'” a new Rock Group that got a lot of attention at this years South By Southwest Music Festival, in Austin. Billy Ashby is blowing up, First Dig Mag, and Now Rolling Stone. Holla. They opened up For ZZ top. Gotta look good, cuz every girl’s crazy ’bout a sharp dressed man…

Originally Posted by C-did

14MM CB4KS ARE NOW IN STOCK!

That’s right, the best darn forks this side of the dinner table are now available with the 14mm axle slots. If you are looking for a new pair of quality forks, call your local shop or favorite mail order and have them order you a pair.

Random FBM News:
The master of 80’s metal John Corts caved in to local brakeless peer pressure and now shreds the course sin frenos. Disco Dave Harrison finally built himself a new frame and has been spotted riding again. He is also considering getting another dog to keep Curtis company. Jeff Harrington tore something in his rib cage when he did a no hander on the mini ramp at ECT and got his arm stuck on a pipe in the ceiling. For those of you not familiar with the mini ramp at ECT, it’s real mellow, and most humans can’t get anywhere near that pipe. So I guess that makes Jeff not quite human. The ever verile Ken Musgrave returned to work yesterday after almost two weeks off looking after his girlfriend and brand spanking new baby boy named Declan. Jim Bagg has been designing ever more dialed fixtures, lamenting the end of the ski season, and looking forward to the kayak season. If you live in Eastern Pennsylvania and go white water rafting or kayaking this summer, you might just run into Jim on the Lehigh river where he hopes to work as a river guide.Curtis completed obedience training and is learning to listen when you tell him to do things like don’t bite the UPS man.

That’s about all the news I can think of. The rest of us bozos aren’t doing much aside from work. Thanks for checking in, and keep on pedaling.

Originally Posted by Jumpin G. Willagers

Scott Towne was even recognized by a crew of apes in Florence Y’all Kentucky, because of his bike pics on the FBM site. They were even riding Pw’s. Heres Scott’s new custom Paint Job for all you fans. In other kentucianna news, Billy The Kid from New Albany Indiana has a 2 page spot in the newest Dig mag. Billy Rides for FBM, Shitluck and Duffs, and everyones favorite dancing, farting, drunken, vegan, bmx legend Ryan Corrigan shot the article. Its nice. I once bet Billy a fish sandwhich he couldn’t pulla curved rail in 3 tries, he pulled it 2nd try and rode straight over saying “where’s my fish sandwhich bitch?” Billy Apes it hard. More news later….

Originally Posted by C-diddddy

This is a picture of Texas Chainsaw Apefest’s Aaron Ross, and I think he is brushing his teeth while driving down the highway. Cavity creeps beware. Ratty crew’s Adam and Devdog shot video and snapshots of Aaron on a recent trip, and had this to say “aaron ross is a f-ing destroyer, dude he was seriously doing curved wallrides to whips and riding away on his balllzz. ooooh” In case you were wondering, Ratty shitty Adam and Dev dog live in the house we shot the Props 55 Derrick Girard commercial at, and they are currently cleaning it for a dinner with the folks type atmosphere. Good Luck. In other news i was thrown out of a bar by 7:30 tonight. It was Tag’s fault. I am currently documenting footage while doing this update as well. Holla.

Originally Posted by C-did

Leland Thurman was in town for less than 24 hours for a business meeting with his partner in crime, Mike Tag. While in town a pool tournament went down at the Chanti, and ED from an old FBM ad showed up to hang out with Leland, and tell him his name sounded “cute”. Chain Male showed up, under the assumption that Ian Morris was also in town, and prepared for a rematch. Ian was not around, But we got some shots of Leland with Chains, and some other locals. Leif Valin was also in town this weekend, shooting photos for an FBM ad, and drinking coffee, while Ryan Corrigan recovered from the South by SouthWest music festival in Austin Tx. Dave King was omnipresent at the festival, and no doubt involved in something questionable while hanging out with Long Island Legend “wild Matt”. In other news, Aaron Ross is a big Ape, hopefully the ratty shitty crew will send us some pics to post this week, Holla back.

Originally Posted by C-Did

If you were Little Scary Derek Adams, owner of Orchid Footwear and LittleDevilbrand.com, You would have these reasons to be stoked right now, 1. you are on the FBM site checking out Nyquist blasting the new bowl of mostrosity in your new warehouse. 2. You have a warehouse with that friggin’ bowl in the first place. 3. BF rides there. 4. VAN HOMAN 5. Your girlfriend smells good. Thanks to the guys at Trans Am for letting us ride there. Clarke is goon though. Its St. Patricks Day today, so to celbrate, Big Dave is painting Binghamton green today. Later He and Curtis are going to get Shamrock Shakes, and drink green beer too. In other news, there is no other news, Shanton Wilson’s leg is slowly getting better, so as soon as that happens, expect some major updates. Holla.

Originally Posted by C-diddy

Originally Posted by C-dizzle

I posted 2 flyers for upcoming comps below, the one at section 8 is this weekend, and Kerry Sayre will be there doing 360 tailwhip can can footplants on Biggie Smalls’ head. I also posted a pic of Emmit, chillin with Tag, forgash, and Kelly Baker, circa 99 or so. Thanks Wags. The other Picture is another from the brain Of Leif Valin. Leif has a cool Interview on BMXonline.com about his art, and whatnot, Leif Drinks Coffee with a pace nearly unmatched. That might have something to do with his unique perspective on things, either way, its awesome, so check it out. Trees vs Power Lines is my favorite.
In other news, we are working on organizing the 2005 Subdivision BMX trade show, Check out the link on the home page, and email your favorite companies, and your favorite shops and tell them to get on it for this year, because BMX needs it. Dunny will be in the house. Holla.

Originally Posted by C-diddy

Yesterday the BMX community suffered a loss, as Emmit, the dog who has been at the trails for the last 11 years, was killed by a passing motorist. Services will be held at Bakers Acres. Kelly Baker is upset, but admitted Emmit had probably had more fun than most dogs, and had a good life. Emmit had several brushes with his maker in the past few years, and his luck ran out. We’ll miss you buddy. To commemorate his life, A bunch of us went and saw Motorhead last night, and it seriously rocked. My ears are still ringing. It was so much fun that my neck hurts from headbanging. That hasn’t happened since ’93. Air guitars were in full effect, even during a 10 minute drum solo. Heavy Metal.In riding news, Tony Cardona’s group placed 3rd at the Ratty bike fest in Milwaukee this weekend, and Hallman practiced flairs at woodward. More news Later…

Originally Posted by crandialer

I would have never of guessed, but Chris Duncan called to tell us how much he liked the FBM ads lately, alot of people seem stoked on them, and if you missed them, check out the ad archive. Warner Bros. was not stoked. Warn a brother next time you are gonna give out a cease and desist. Dave King did what we expected in Mexico, caused a ruckus. Pickpockets,transvestite hookers, and even a brick through their hotel window were all on the rap sheet. Border trouble. In other news, FBM affiliatte Aaron Ross is headed to Alberts Turkey NM, with the Austin Ratty Shitty crew, to film for an upcoming FBM video, that will no doubt be late, but out this year. Cameron Wood in Utah has also been filming, fo get some riding to go along with the footage Gilly got in New Orleans of Dave King wrestling Fuzzy and partying on Bourbon St. with Street performers and random weirdos. TGIF! Holla. I almost forgot, Congratulations to Ken the welder at FBM, who became a father for the second time with his girlfriend Stef, to a baby boy named Deklin, which I probably spelled wrong, but you get the point. He’s at home trying to catch up on some sleep right now, and he’s probably going to need it.

Originally Posted by crandialed

John Povah, and the Canadian Firecracker John Heaton Met Up with Gilly and I at Xdreams yesterday. Tony Hamlin showed up as well, minus the twins. Tony had been out with a shoulder injury and it was his second time on his bike. He Aped it hard none the less. It was also his first time meeting Gilly, who he sis not realize was such a large human being. Gilly towered over Tony, and asked “where are these God Damned Twins I’ve been hearing about?” Tony then told us his dad is the same age as Kelly Baker, has 7 kids, used to ride BMX, and his favorite band is Overkill. Hello from the gutter. Stew loves that song. We then went to the King And I and Povah bought us Thai food. The only thing better than coconut curry, is when its free, thank Etnies and Povah for that one. DIALED. Business Dinners have thier perks. Buy Povah’s Coalition stem, or I’ll put one in a sock, and beat a baby dolphin with it. Save the Dolphins. I’m kidding. Ratty Bike fest is coming up, Look for Tony Cardona, and maybe even Shawn Arata repping the FBM out in Milwaukee. Holla.

Originally Posted by Crandialer

International man of mystery, Leif Valin, recently had some artwork commissioned by Urban Outfitters which they have used on some new girls t-shirts. Go check it out and buy the lady in your life a nice new t-shirt. Or if you are into girls clothing, get them for yourself.

Originally Posted by chris

Yesterday we were lucky enough to have 50 degree weather, tonight, the weather alert says “use common sense, don’t go outside it’s too friggin’ cold”. Its like negative 300 with the wind chill.
Dave King doesn’t care though, he is in Mexico tonight, drinking water, tequila, and cerveza. Gilly and him are off to Vegas on Monday for another major broadcast network gig, this time they have to “practice” building a dirt course for some shit. Ian Morris is said to out in Cali, avoiding Chainmale, we are not sure on the Status of the pool tournament. In other news, there is no other news, its too cold.

Originally Posted by crandialer

It’s Monday, and its above the feezing point in NY, so thats cool. Metro Jam was a blast this weekend, Josh Harrington won, Morgan Wade did Flair whips, Osato tried a whip to rail, and a 360 whip bunnyhop drop in. all kinds of crazy shit went down, including some wild night life. Catfish and his band of merry dipshits were in full effect, and at one point we ended up at a bar in downtown Toronto, whose policy was simply “no BMXers” . Big props to the 10 pack crew and Jay Miron for a great weekend, Dunny was not at the Metro JAm, due to contract negotiations with a toy company for a new “Dunny Doll”. Apparently there is a new craze sweeping the nation. In other news, Mike Tag is in the NorthWest somewhere with Leland, Leif Valin is illustrating some obscurely funnny graphics, and Shawn Arata is MIA. In Unrelated FBM news, Motorhead is playing in town this weekend. More News later….

Originally Posted by Crandialer

After a succesful border crossing, A couple of us cruised into Toronto for the Metro Jam, and plenty of good riding went down in Am. Tomorrow is Pro, and Shit will be off the hook for sure. Mel Cody was spotted rolling ECD style with the GZA and the RZA, it was amazing. Lil Scrappy is doing a show tonight so we are going to get some Crunk in our system. Stew Johnson is in a small hand cast, filming with an injury for Props. Apparently the same dog that ate my phone charger got buck wild with Merle the Squirrel, and then Merle got Buck wild on Stew’s finger, thinking it was dinner. Holla!

Originally Posted by cranada dr

Kelly Baker sent over a pic he shot of Rick Thorne at the FMX championships in Paraguay, where they both hung out over the weekend. Kelly was stoked when he got back to snowy NY, and saw the HOTT new FBM Hats and Belts. They are available now at your favorite shops. Notice hot was spelled with 2 t’s. The laser etching on the belt buckles looks cool, and the canvas belt can be a useful defense if you are ever screwing around with Greg Walsh, and he tries to put you in a submission hold. Povah should be stoked, on his Coalition stems being available now, Last Call sells them and they look cool. Povah is an ape. Speaking of Apes, Jim Bagg’s real name is Allan. Huh. Allan Jim Bagg. Word!

Originally Posted by crandialer

Ryan “precious” Corrigan, as he is known at the Ritz, in Austin Texas where he bartends, loves to get drunk and make fun of people. Every night that he worked, he would come home, and climb on me while I slept on his couch, and got “maddy”, his dog, to jump on my head and eat my cell phone charger. Wonderful. In other Austin news, Dave King should be returning, minus the presence of house Guest “Tiny” who snores alot. Dave was with Gilly, Elf, Fuzz, and Nasty Nate Wessal, making ramps for a major network extreme home makeover show. They were supposed to build jumps, but the yard was a swamp, and they ended up building a ramp. They also got Intoxicated, and got footage for an upcoming FBM dvd, where Dave King grapples the world famous Tim “fuzzy” Hall. Props to Tom and Tina at Empire bmx mailorder for a successful weekend that included a new video premiere, and a comp at Ramp Ranch. Joel Moody filmed and edited the video, and did a great job. Highlights include a mike tyson punchout section, and a video ender part by Aaron Ross, who is now receiving Flow from FBM. Holla.

Originally Posted by crandialer

Buck, AKA “I HAVE AN I PASS BITCH” sent over some pics of him and Aratty partying with Lucero in Chicago. We were going to see them in Louisville last night, but the show was cancelled because Ben was hit with pnemonia. Instead of Rocking and rolling, Derek drank 3 forty’s and we rode the Louisville park by ourselves in freezing temperatures. Derek had a flat as well. Still aped it hard like Tiny snores though. The Texas trip is officially over. I am back in the snow. Thanks to all the peeps at the Ratty House, Tom and Tina at Empire, Stew, Billy, and corrigan, and the dog who ate my phone charger, Jud and the Arknasas posse, and everyone else for all the hospitality. It was good fun. More news later homies.

Originally Posted by C-drive

The limited edition deep red capones are in stock. CLICK HERE to see more photos. If you would like one, have your favorite shop or mailorder call up Last Call and order one for you. The Last Call Red Capone Hotline is 607-729-2803. If Corts were here he would say that they look TUFF with two F’s.

Originally Posted by chris

The Maniac, aka Derrick Girard, turned 25, and we celebrated by going to abilene Texas, and checking out a thrift store, and a cement park. We also ran over an animal, and made several referances to “tiny”. Dave King is with Gilly and Fuzzy, and they are in close proximity to a slurpee machine that dispenses Alcohol. Tomorrow, we are having Dinner with Neil Diamond, at a “sweet caroliine” music festival in LLano Texas. Ryan Corrigan got us free passes to the event, and did not fart as much as Stew Johnson who ate Taco Bell for the past 7 meals. Mike Tag is in the Carolina region of the United States, buying up all the 1983 Volkswagon Gti’s he can find, and Kelly Baker is in NY aping it hard, listening to Saxon’s “Denim and Leather” track, and making a guest bedroom for Dunny. Dunny is reported to be moving to Newark Valley and getting a job at “spilled the Beans”, a coffee shop/ internet cafe, that specializes in Howard the Duck paraphanalia. peace out.

Originally Posted by C-driver

Guess which BMX pro is in this pic( he rides for F-it) and win 2 weeks at the Ratty House, cleaning up after him and Dave King. Rain is the top subject today, not much else going on. Phil Wasson is 4 deep in a sixer of pbr’s and Derrick is dressed like he’s in Jamiroqui. Dave and Gilly fly out Tomorrow for some TV show they are working on, and thats it….Holla!

Originally Posted by C-drizzle

We went to Ramp Ranch, North of Austin today, and rode a bunch. We ran into a rollerblade kid who said he heard of FBM, when he was in San Francisco, and saw one of the guys feeding beer to a seal and hanging over one of the peirs. Dave got psyched and Hi fived him over the box jump, Derek yelled “DIALED” right afterwards. We then went to GATTILAND, a pizza buffet gameland, and watched some kid win a dancing contest, and Ron Metcalf win an Ashley Simpson poster playing Wacky Duck. It was darn tootin good time. Tony Cardona aped it hard as well, and was very happy about eating pizza after a skatepark session. He was over heard saying ” I really Like Pizza…” to Phil Wasson, who replied- “me too.”

Originally Posted by C-diddy!

Yesterday was a good one, after getting lost we ended up at a spot where Billy Ashby evel Kneiveled a double fence gap, and Derrick Girard dialed in an amazing rail fufanu. It was also in a parking lot where all of Texas’ worst drivers converge for multiple crashes while we try and ride. After some good street sessions, we all went to T1 for a BBQ ramp jam, and tons of people showed up, rode, ate food, drank beer and watched the apeshow go down. Tony Cardona killed it. Huge downside whips that even had Taj talking. Not Bad. Many Heads were chillin, Steve-o, Parrick,Santana, Friemuth, Bob Skurbo, the Rathouse crew, Paul Buchanan. Tons of people, even the Gute. It ruled. Big Thanks to Taj and the T1 guys again. The Dave King deplyment show was even in effect. Pw celebrated the arrrival of his new blue frames, by popping his shoulder out landing flatbottom. Helping someone pop there shoulder back in is almost as fun as driving to Texas to get Bronchitis. Holla!

Originally Posted by C-dizz

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to work for the most ghetto fabulous bike company in BMX? Well at this time of year – it’s just plain cold! You see there is no heat in the basement here at FBM, until now that is. We just received a few heaters courtesy of the landlord and Spaceship engineer Jim Bagg has begun testing one of the new units. Jim has found that, while they don’t do much to heat a huge machine shop, they do a real nice job of roasting hot dogs. Jim used his Yankee ingenuity, some welding rod, and one of the new heaters to make this handy hot dog rotisserie unit. So while it may be cold, at least we have tasty hot dogs to warm our bellies. It’s times like these that bring to mind the immortal words of Kelly Baker, “I love hot dogs – the good ones!!!”

In actual product news we are busy shipping the limited edition translucent blue PW-Motos.Click Here to see more photos. If you would like to get your hands on one, call up your local shop or mail order and have them give Last Call a shout – 607-729-2803. The new blue PW’s are going fast, and we should have limited edition blood red capones in in a few days also. Check back for pictures of the Capone when we get them.

In FBM road trip news, c_diddy has apparently fallen ill with bronchitis and is wasting away in a ditch somewhere in Mexico. Either that or he’s still in Austin taking antiboitics and nursing himself back to health. Choose whichever version of the story you like best. Keep your eyes peeled for more road trip updates as c_did’s strengh returns to him. Get well soon buddy.

Originally Posted by chris

Texas weather is good, and some sessions have gone down. Taj has been very hospitable, and let us ride the T1 ramp, Roscoe was in the house, and talked in great depth about his buddy Curtis. Phil Wasson shows up tonight. There are plenty of people in town, escaping winter, so it has been very interesting, and amazingly enough, Dave King isn’t even the shittiest dude here. He is a pretty shitty looking guy though. Everyone in Texas is sick, and taking robitussin too. Timmy Martin already stole my hat, and We all got flat tires yesterday. Party.

Originally Posted by C-did

After 3 or so days stricken with the black plague, the FBM Texas adventure was on idle, although the boys were still riding the spots around town, and parties were still in effect. Tony Cardona was seen across Americe with his homemade “self containment unit” complete with homemade telescope, and Ramen noodle dispenser. Dave King is seriously a sick man. I don’t know what goes on with that guy. Him and the Maniac in the same town as nutter and the ratty AUSTIN CREW is bad news. A squirrel on a leash, Taj on the T1 ramp, and Bellydancers have even been witnessed so far in the past week. Keep Tuned. PW shows up tomorrow,

Originally Posted by C-deathbed

We made it to Texas, just in time for me to get deathly sick, and for the Ratty House crew to host the new FBM commercial for Props.
If you are wondering if it got wild, check this picture of Nutter’s hair after the video shoot. Joe Simon helped with the editing, and it makes almost as much sense as the last commercial. Kerry will be stoked I’m sure. I feel like shit, so I’ll get a better update on here in a day or so. Holla.

Originally Posted by C-diddy

Brian Chapman, fbm flow flatland rider, sent us this lovely photo of his hand after ligament reattachment sugery. Brian is an integral part of the New England flatland scene, both as a rider as well as a photographer and writer. Just before going under the knife he headed south to Athens, Georgia for the Final Exam Jam to ride and take photos. You can check out his photos of the jam HERE, and you can see more of his work as well as lots of good stories and photos at ewirezine.com.

Speaking of flatland, Leif Valin is in town spreading the good word, drinking coffee, developing new products, riding, and making us all laugh with outrageous jokes. Here’s a sample: what do you call a sailor that can only say the letters A, B, and C??? Lost at C! Check back for more orignal Leif Valin humor as he will be in town for the rest of the week, and as always, keep the faith.

Originally Posted by chris

Originally Posted by C-dialed.

These are some of the new shirts. If you like them, have your shop call Last Call and raise hell with Jeff and Kerry. Jeff shot me in the ass with a plastic pellet gun today. An FBM filming trip towards Texas starts soon, so keep an eye out for a van full of Apes. I don’t know if many people remeber Al Smashu, but last night Captain Morgan, the cousin of Admiral Nelson, made him walk the plank, and he was eaten by sharks. Happy Birthday to FBM affiliate Scott Towne who apes it hard and is turning 40 soon. Congrats on that, and his pending family man-ness. TGIF beotch! Oh yeah, Stew Johnson called very late last night, with a message that ended like this “… it was amazing, OK, I’m gonna go puke near the street spine now!”

Originally Posted by c-dial

New shirts are rolling off the presses at FBM, this one, is also available in blue with yellow print, and looks cool as hell. Look for new “Learn the Hard way” shirts very soon as well. The new Head Tube Logo, and Robot shirts are already out. In other news, Gilly spent the past day or so, in Alberts Turkey New Mexico, riding with the locals, and is off for Flagsaff Arizona as we speak. Dave King called earlier to let me know that he turned down a 5 thousand dollar a month Offer from Redline, so he could stick with FBM, as a token of our appreciation, we are coming out with a Limited Edition
Dave King Signature piss bottle, designed for long Road Trips. Kelly Baker is doing the CAD drawings for it as we type the news. He will be Nano-fabricating them at Cornell University. Not much else going on, but as soon as something actually does happen, we’ll let you know….

Originally Posted by C-dizzle

I promise this new section will not turn into classifieds for freinds of FBM, but today it might seem that way.Justin Holt of Sent Zine, “sent” over this shot of Team Pimpske’s Mike Lee blasting at Staeline park. Check out Taj’s bmx media for justin’s zine and many other’s that give you a closer look at bmx scenes throughout the world. Ron White form central Pa. also wanted you guys to check out extentclothing.com, Ron and his homies ride with us, and listen to Gangstarr at peak levels. Another Ron, aka Shitcalf, also emailed about his Staircase DVD which will be available at Empire and other mailorders. Ron helps Film for FBM, and is a news page celebrity. Ian Morris’ pool playing nemesis was out last night, calling Ian out about the international pool tournament at the Chanticleer. Chain Male who was wearing his customary chain link shirt, told Forgash, ” Oh hey….” and then drank beer out of a pitcher. That’s it from the third most popular site in bmx since myspace…. Holla at me with some more updates.

Originally Posted by Coffee man

While Fuzzy, and the rest of the Utah weirdos were partying all weekend, Cameron Wood was out trying to destroy his bike and himself. He reports to us with Rave reviews of his PW Moto saying it’s been holding up great, and sent in some pictures of his sprocket after he shattered a pair of cranks. Kick Ass. Tony Hamlin is pictured below pulling the first ever backflip on a bike. The shot is by Jeremy Pavia during this years Ghetto Comp, who also shot an article that is in a new Freedom Magazine out of Germany. In other news, I was told today that it is “colder than a well diggers ass in alaska” outside. Gilly and the crew are in Texas riding the Ramp Ranch, since it’s been raining the whole time they have been there. Luckily Chase broke Abe’s nose, who is travelling the country with Gilly and Chickenwrap. The Kids are wild In TX.
Big Dave and Hallman have been snowboarding alot lately, and are planning a trip with the infamous Dunny Bunny, who has also been shredding the slopes. Dunny had this to say-” I just got back from a week in Denver and
snowboarding/skiing in the Rockies. A good time was
had but would’ve been better if I TOOK MY BIKE! I
thought that Denver was going to be in the 30s.
Stupid Dunny Bunny! The temps were in the low 60’s in
town.” Party on Brian.

Originally Posted by C-deez

Weekend Madness ensues. Andrew Forgash (FBM affiliate, and pro Snowboarder) Showed up in Ithaca with a large crew of media types and Snowboard Apes, filming and whatnot. He’s big time. You can see Forgash on an FBM in the nw TW Snow, in an Ad mock of the Movie E.T. Lou Bickle also showed up, for about 4 hours, and in rare form even for him. He bit people, took his clothes off, man handled E-dog, raised hell, and then drove off into the night. He called the next morning and asked if he did crack. Kelly Baker was at the warehouse this week, inspecting frame, and taking care of general quality control, and making sure Jeff Collins cuts transitions properly on the new ramps being built at East Coast Terminal. Fisher crashed his brand new car, while driving home from buying a dog. It’s a pomeranian dude, it has papers. In other weekend events, Fuzzy, Berringer, and Elf decided it would be fun to call me at 6am, and babble into the phone. I have no idea what they were saying, except that Matt has the cover of the new Ride, and Fuzzy learned Nac Nac’s finally. Who Knows….

Originally Posted by C-did

It’s Friday, and at FBM it means we go and eat chinese food at a place called Foliage. They make our bellies full with tofu and vegetables. Its great. E-dog and Harrington got snaked by some old ladies there today though. Anyhow, the Last Call Crew is back From Mega Tour, and I posted a couple pics, from the trip.Harrington brought Mike Laird’s goatee back from the trip with him as a souvenier. Not much to report, aside from a pot of coffee just getting brewed, and Curtis biting 2 people in the last 2 days. That dog is crazy, and he came very close to being kicked out of Kennedy’s fried chicken for a week, for stealing a pack of Newports, and some Mac and Cheese. Where is little Billy from Louisville? anyone know? holla at us. In team news, Ron “the Michigan Mauler” Kimler is preparing for parenthood, as his wife Marcia is 8 months pregnant. Good Luck and congratulations to those two lunatics. Ron says he has been busy and what not, but still aping it hard at woodward west. Mike Tag is in Kentucky at an Easyriders convention, with Leland, and Fisher bought me breakfast today at Hal’s Deli, it was awesome. Fisher rules, Kelly Baker started riding flatland with Tunney and Leif, and has already pulled the elusive stubbleduck, switchstance. He also got an equilibrium, not the KHE one though.
Gilly is in Austin, and it’s raining there, but the Texas Death Rattle will probably be in effect tonight, keeping Dave King and Chickewrap in full swing. Party till the car don’t Start…

Originally Posted by C-did

The 2 previous updates, were done by none other than FBM’s favorite travelling wilbury, Ryan Corrigan, drunk, and with no regard for spelling, puncuation or grammar, RC got E-dog psyched this time. The april issue of Ride came out, with this Shanton Wilson ad, check the ad archive for a full size pic of it. I think it’s hilarious. There is also an awesome write up in the issue about Posh, and an amazing Berringer Interview. I got a message today as well, referring to me in the same sentance as cotton candy, fuzzy socks and a jigsaw. Interesting. Ratty Shitty Adam, you almost got me in trouble mang. Holla Back.

Originally Posted by C-didn’t do the last update

In the midst of random and bizarre updates, sometimes I forget to mention how kick ass FBM bikes are. The reason is because Kick Ass Welders are making them. Here are some pics of Big Dave, and Crazy Ass Ken the Welder working on some frames. It’s tough sometimes back there, and they work real hard, but quality craftsmanship is the result. This weeks machine shop quote -“Good Bikes Ain’t Cheap, and Cheap Bikes Ain’t Good!”
In other news, the Red Bull Comp is slated to go down in Monterey Mexico on Feb. 26th, with $30,000 pesos up for grabs, (I think thats how much). FBM riders will probably be in attendance drinking the water. Holla mi amigo!

Originally Posted by CRANDALL

dave king of fbnm crash status has started his own clothing company called HOT UPPER LIP. shirtis are 8 whole dollars to buy. email deadlast_11@hotmail.com for details on hot ass shirts.

Originally Posted by c-didy

dave and corrigan had a bike barspin challenge. ratty shitty devdog was all over the course shreadin barspins like it was no ones business. chase hawk was in attendance but he was too ratty to get annnnnny thing done, so he just said aahuggghahaharobo!!! next up as the 540 t-tap challenge. i dont even think anyone even came close to winning this one espesally cran-dad. he kinda sucked (aka really sucked). then ron tried to be really inoncent,(where is my i pod) claiming that it didnt really matter, so its alright. everyone is worried right now about who is goanna sign this update, but it will all work out in the end(those pussies). adams worried about not being old enough and every one is tring to steal his girl. hot upper lip shirts have been selling like crazy, but buy more they are on sale at fbmbmx.com buy!!

Originally Posted by dave and corrigan

The MEGA tour in Florida ends tonight, at the Skatepark Of Tampa.
I guess Jeff Harrington has not pulled a bike flip yet, as reported by Kerry, and he will probably end up changing crank arm size when he gets home as a result. Tony Cardona DiD knock himself out last night though, and either Dorito or Leif Valin pulled a double tailwhip air on a mini, I’m not sure which one though. Ron Metcalf, who has been desribed as bizarre in his appearances on the FBM news, has ben officially banned from Gatti’s pizza buffet, for trying to sneak pizza out in his pockets. Ron who was onced Dubbed the Timmy Martin protoge, is still not quite as shitty as Timmy though. Ryan Corrigan is headed to Hawaii in a week or so, for a surfing trip with Joe Rich, although he does not know how to surf. He’ll be testing the effectiveness of the most recent Outsider sticker packs, and also filming (we hope). Oliver Leonard can ride a bike real well. We got a tape from him yesterday for an upcoming FBM video, Arata was also on the tape, he is an Ape. Fisher news, none to report, other than that he left a bag full of expensive clothes at Tag’s house. Shanton is still injured, and Kelly Baker once fed beer to a seal off the peir in San Francicsco. Holla back.

Originally Posted by c-deploy

Its an awesome party at FBM today, Monday Jan.24th. This Bike is a Pipe Bomb is on the iTunes, and Duece even called . We have a decent amount of beanies in stock, although its late in the season, its still cold, so peep them on the online store, or at your local dealer. Shanton Wilson shown here at the Ghetto Comp is still recovering from a broken leg, which is taking it’s sweet ass time to heal, told us that when he gets better, he is going ride until 4th grade learns to spell, or until he collapses, whichever comes first. Gilly Just left for a Trans American road trip with Chickenwrap, and Abe, so if you see those dudes in your hood, give ’em a hi-5. Chicken is seriously bonkers.

Originally Posted by C-did

I saw the snow monster from Ken the welder’s Imagination last night, during the storm, and he demanded menthol cigarettes. We were given about a foot of snow, and very cold temperatures, he was psyched.In unrelated news about the weather, if anyone knows NDN Paul from Wisconsin, have him give us an email… BMX Bandito represent. We also received a phone call from the INFAMOUS Reggie Styles late last night from a strip club in Ft. Wayne Indiana, with Matt Hanes, and Jody “the flagpole” Donnely hollering “Falls City” in the background. TREAT! Jody Donnely is an advocate of the Experiment.

Originally Posted by C-did

Dig magazine, an amazing publication from Ireland, is running this subscription deal. so check it out. Dig has been a long supporter of FBM, and you guys should really check the mag out. They need the support so they can kep putting out the mag, because shit ain’t cheap, making a magazine and all. In other news, I (steve Crandall) have a new batch of pictures and art posted on my rider page that you can check out. Its also seriously God Damned cold in NY, and snowing like a bastard. Email us some warm sunny weather ASAP. I had my oven turned on with the door open to keep warm earlier….

Originally Posted by the DID

Remember the contest we had is september? The one with all those shitty ramps? Well Paul Horan, who won best trick by launching off a Penske truck onto a handrail, rides for Relapse Clothing, out of Philly. They have a cool shirt with a guy with a saw for a head. Anyhow, Ghetto Steve told me he’d make go to church if I didn’t tell you guys about the website, Relapseclothing.com , I stole this pic of Paul off their site, but it’s ok, because they stole t off ours first. Its still cold.

Originally Posted by Crancran

We gave the site a new look, so unless you are retarded or have a shitty computer, you should be able to enjoy some different visuals. Last week we posted a pic of Ron Shitcalf eating Dave Kings foot, now Ratty Shitty Adam, from Empire is eating Dave’s Ear. Cannibals. Apparently they filmed an FBM commercial last night, and Chase Hawk fell into his own piss. Good Job Kid, He’s secured himself a co sponsorship with FBM, for being Shitty. All he gets from FBM, is made fun of on the site. We love you Chase. In other news, Big Dave has some pics from the Swiss Alps, and wanted to let everyone know, that neither the bar or himself were injured in his Swiss Army Barfight, while he defended the honor of Curtis from a Knife weilding Frenchman. Shanton Wilson, and Tony Cardona have rider pages posted, those guys are APES. Shanton, whose agent is the Infamous Catfizzle, has been reportedley walking around in a soft cast, and getting hosed with Quinn, at a bar in Comlumbus with a mechanical bull. Last thing I want to hear is Shanton out for 2 more months because he fell over drunk. More News later. Last Call Crew is sweating In Gainesville, hopefully nowhere near the 2-hip team, who is also on Mega tour, with Hack Legend “gonz” who now wears lipstick while riding in sweat pants. Great.

Originally Posted by Doctor Crandallstien

This is a pic of the new FBM shirt we got in, in Brown and Black t-shirts. I have been on the phone talking to shops this week, which Jeff and Kerry usually do, and its good to actually talk to some of the people selling FBM shit. Phu at Epic was especially a treat to speak with. I want to send a shout out to all the shops I have spoken with this week, for having the patience to deal with such a screwball. Holla. In other news, it;s still cold, ECT is building few new ramps upstairs as we speak, including a big old bowl corner, and the UPS man suggested we make snow bikes, I thought he was nuts, and then Dave Davenport says the same thing…. All that and a pack of Newports.

Originally Posted by crancran

Chris Reezenblaster is pissed he Aint got a bike as red as C-did’s. Lucky for him though he went snowboarding and the lift broke with him stranded 30 feet in the air in minus 10 degree weather. Apparenly some one tried getting on the lift with a pair of El Guapo pegs and it totally shit the bed. Oh well. Cran Cran and Derek “nuechman” Girard celebrated the cold streak by making rope swings, lighting fires and pounding beer. Enough beer to Launch a Cell phone right into the toilet, totally destroying it. Big Dave is back from Switzerland, he told us about the gondolas over there, and how big a beer you can get for breakfast. He also got in a bar fight with a man who pulled out a swiss army knife on Curtis. Don’t Mess with Curtis, Do you hear me Bonnie? Dave King has informed us of injuries sustained from a bad weggie, via Josh Stricker, and Matt trevial. Dave will be sidelined for a day or two, while tending to an all-U-can eat buffet somewhere. Yeah.

Originally Posted by C-dialer

FBM NEWs UPDATE- Its SO cold up here. Minus 5. I actually saw a penguin frozen to death today. Fishty cent, Derek Girard, Nasty Nate, and CRan CRan avoid the cold in this photo by getting Dialed. Last Call MEGA tour update, Flat Tire on the Van, and Harrington is pissed that Leif Valin, and Kerry are still Heckling him. Since the sales staff is in Warm Florida, promising to pull Bike Flips, we are freezing our asses off up here, so dealers, give E-dog and Myself a call and order some shit, so we can keep warm, by shipping out orders. In team news, Kelly Baker, had court today for DWI on FRIGGIN BIKE. His charges were reduced to reckless driving, ON A FRIGGIN BIKE. and a charge related to setting off fireworks. The state of Ohio actually took his lisence away for having a couple off beers and being on his bike at the Chenga Comp. On a more positive note though, he says his back is feeling better, and he’s been cleaning up with C-lo at the Collins’ Ranch in Berkshire. He hopes to win enough money for Stuffed Biggie Smalls dolls and Gold Fronts for All 3 of his Kids. In product news, we are working on prototyping an Extra Terrestrial carrier that mounts on the handllebars, and a 3 foot tall Catfish Pez Dispenser with Hydraulics. Dialed.

Originally Posted by C-dialed

Phil Wasson is an Ape, order a PW Moto frame today, or kick yourself in the Balls. Here he is blasting a serious Turndown in Trinidad Colorado (transexual surgery capital of the world). Kerry Sayre reported in today from their journey to Florida, for the MEGA tour. The guys are at Nicotine, a shop in Jacksonville Fl. and riding with the guys that work there. Kerry says the shop is pretty cool. Holla. I guess Leif and Dorito already have Harrington going by Calling him Mike Laird, due to the enormity of His Goatee. HA! In other news, Its Tony Cardona’s Birthday today, best wishes kid. Shanton Wilson is still laid up, and going stir crazy, drinking Red Bull, and internetting for 38 hours straight. Today is also the National Holiday to celebrate the Birth of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Double Holla. Not much else in NY, the weather is perpetually shitty, Jim Bagg is nuts, Ken Shaved off his filthy beard, and John Corts is eating pizza. Official FBM non-official affiliate, Ron Metcalf doesn’t like the knick name “shitcalf”, but Dave King does like a good buffet. If you are in Texas, go to Gatti’s and tell those 2 we said hello. Ratcalf….

Originally Posted by C-dud

I tell you what, My Dad bought me a pound of Dunkin Donuts coffee the other day, so shit is going to be off the charts this week.
While in Nc, visiting family and riding, we ran into Leigh Ramsdell, who will be hosting the Props MEGA tour 4, in Florida. Jeff and Kerry left for the tour, with Tony Cardona, Jordan Stewart, Dorito, Leif Valin and some others, So E-dog and I are doing Sales for the next 2 weeks, holla at us and order a ton of shit. We have some new shirts in, and bikes, and all kinds of shit. I’ll sell Jeff’s desk if I have to. Jeff put together a brand spanking new PW Moto for the trip and it looks hoTT! He told me he was going to pull a bike flip on the trip. Seriously. In other news, Kids have been spotted around the warehouse in green tights, and Sweet Baby Chase actually called pretending to be Dave King, If anyone has ever talked to Chase, his voice sounds like a 12 year old girls. Dave is a certified neanderthal. Big Dave gets back from his trip to the Swiss Alps this week, where he guzzled hot cocoa and went snowboarding with Paris Hilton. Expect some good stories and some new shit in the works after he gets back to Bigglestown. Word to Booty folks….

Originally Posted by C-did!

Dave King and Queen, and thier baby, Prince Chase Hawk, sent some more action shots from the Texas Honeymoon. Sweet Baby Chase got so kooked on Mike’s Hard Lemonade with Dunny, that he fell asleep yelling Robbo’s name. Poor kid, he was just recovering from a night of Jello shots with Bob Skurbo, and celebrating his Signature SlackJaw from 2 hippies, and he fell asleep. In other news, The Maniac bought soap, clothes and a shower curtain today, and Gilly farted. Tennage Mutant Tony Cardona is partying with the Big K, and John Corts right now, we’ll get some pics of him up on the site soon, keep posted.

Originally Posted by C-diddy

Dirty Ratty Broken throat Devon, is asleep right now, but his partner in crime, Ratty Shitty Adam, sent over these pics. Dave King and his “I heart Ron” Tattoo, are pictured here, You would Love Ron too, If he ate your foot. I guess the Buffet at Gatti’s Pizza isn’t enough for Ron Shitcalf anymore. Dave’s new girlfriend “hot upper lip” will be featured in a new Props commercial, so keep an eye on that as well. Chase Hawk, who is hoping to drink his way on to the unofficial FBM dipshit squad, Was practicing his slack jaw techniques, in hopes that Lou Bickle wouldn’t recognize him at the next comp, and has a signature hangover coming out this spring with Fit bikes. In other news, Kelly Baker is starting to heal up from another back injury, and word is coming in on the telegraph of a possible engagement between Shawn Arata and his girl. We’ll keep you posted on that. Congrats Shawn. Tune in in a day or so, so see more Dave King Tattoos and Texas dabauchery.

Originally Posted by C-devon

Originally Posted by C-dookie

Reports from the rat-fest in Texas, have Devon and Ratty Adam providing the party , and Ron Shitcalf on the designated list after a belly flop to broken wrist trying to ride off of Dave King’s beer gut.
Dave Called to fill us in on the Nightly Light Blue Van parties, and to talk about Snafu Backpacks. Corrigan is on the wagon for the Time Being, But Derek, “the Groper” Girard, is doubling up on his binge lifestyle to make up for it. He is a mess, someone send this kid a lifeline. It is Snowing Like Bastard In New York as I type this, and twice today I have already stepped in at least 6 inches of slush. Wonderful. Kelly Baker went sledding with his kids today, which sounded more fun than stepping in slush, and Big Dave woke up on his couch this morning next to what was apparently the remains of a snowman he brought home from the bar, melted all over the place. Nothing but a scarf, a hat, some coal, a carrot and a big puddle. Wierd.

Originally Posted by C-did

The days of riding in shorts on a T-shirt may not be upon us today, but Here Crancran enjoys some better weather on RF13, out in boulder. In team news, Arata is in Illinois doing drywall, and sanding until he turns ghost white, and Phil Wasson is in Kansas working some 9-5. Both are holding on for Better weather, while Shanton Wilson, is waiting for his leg to heal up, which isn’t going as quick as we had all hoped. Kelly Baker is still bothered by his disc problems, and checking out Jerry Bagley’s bike on Ebay. Mike Tag is wearing sweater somewhere, while Dave King journeyed down to Austin to hang with Corrigan, Ron Shitcalf and the Empire Party Brigade. Fisher is somewhere gambling and listening to Biggie, and as Far as I Know Kimler is in Cali, holding down the Woodward West. Emery is plum Fucking Nuts. Tony Hamlin and Tony Cardona are sharing first names and mistreating twins, And if that aint a pile of useless news, than I don’t know what is. It’s cold, and I don’t like it.

Originally Posted by c-did

Below is a photo of the Infamous Snake, Big Dave, and Ken the welder. While Dave is showing off his Bling, and Snake is off in LaLa Land, Ken is seemingly totally Zombified. Although He may seem Vacant at times, The above Photo, is actually what was going through his head, and he was completely shocked at what he was seeing. Poor guy was having visions of a monster and Derek Girard’s head on the sidewalk.

Originally Posted by C-diddd

Adding to the list of industry types with K-9s, Lord clothing just enlisted the infamous Snoop Dog to their roster. In an attempt to legitmize the dog Status of Snoop, Lord has teamed up with FBM, to give away free stuff (clothing) later this month, keep posted for details. Andy, 1 half of the Lord twins, has been calling every day with Snoop updates, and questions about other Industry dogs, Curtis, Roscoe, Simone, and Bonnie. His overseas phone bill was so high, he couldn’t even Afford tickets to see Queensryche open up for King’s X in Liverpool with Foxy. Hot Damn!

Originally Posted by C-dog

Leif Valin is a pro bike rider, with a signature Flatland frame with FBM, and often times I neglect to post any news about him. Well hears the deal, at least once a week, Leif send us artwork, with a unique twist, and usually from a perspective that is totally out there.
Leif is also on a media blitz right now, and has a hang 5 how to in the new Ride, following an awesome interview deal in Dig, and a Bio in the last Props. Holla. Leif can also be spotted riding and filming with Kevin Jones when the weather is good, and drinking coffee very fast.

Originally Posted by C-didnot

When Jimmy Chow is in the house, shit gets wild, especially if Snake and Kerry Sayre are doing shots and the Fox Girls Freestyle team shows up. White suits, and fake rolex’s were in effect, and Curtis bit a woman in the face. It was sunny this morning, we’ll take that as a good sign that this year will be alright, happy new years people….

Originally Posted by C-dizzy

Its the last day of 2004, i’m wearing a white suit, my shoes are green and yellow, and things are good. FBM wishes everyone a happy New year, and Phil probably wishes he was blasting that hip in some warm weather again right now. Till next year…..

Originally Posted by C-diddy

Scott Towne is great, sometimes he sends us shoes, sometimes he sends us Cd’s with Born Against songs, and sometimes he sends pictures of his bike, sitting in a foot of snow. That is how stoked he is on his FBM. Yeah Scott. Fellow midwest Shoe mogul, Brian Osbourne also sent us an email letting us know that Tony Cardona is now being Flowed shoes from Duffs. Holla. New shoes are good for the feet. In other news, I am getting sick of driving around in shitty weather. My eyes get dried out from having the defroster on, and god forbid I dont check how much winshield washer I have….Cameron Wood, who was Flowed a PW Moto frame a few months back, sent in some footy the other day, he was hurt on Road Fools 13, but seeing this tape of him, Elf and berringer, almost made me shit. That kid can SHRED! Not much else going on, take it light ya’ll.

Originally Posted by C-dontlikefuckinwinter…

Originally Posted by c-diddy

It is 12 degrees outside, -3 with the wind chill. For those of you not familiar with that, Its is seriously cold out. Luckily, I showed up today to the arrivals of both the S&M, and T1 videos, both of which are awesome. The T1 video particularly stands out for me, as having the most depth of any video I have seen in a while. You can actually purchase that vid through Last Call as well. so Holla. In other news, I got some Dunkin Donuts gift certificates for Christmas, and treated myself to a nice cup of coffee today. The contest at the Flow is going on as we speak, and FBM rookies Shanton Wilson, Tony Cardona, and Tony Hamlin are all representing….Shanton called last night to fill me in on his progress with the dice. Good work Kid.

Originally Posted by C-did

Any night that ends up with Big Dave naked in the street yelling “I make your Bikes….” is a good one. Plenty of party people came out last night, rolled dice, danced, boozed, ate food, and celebrated with the FBM crew. It was good fun. Check Catfizzle next time he does an update for more pics from the evening. Fisher was in the house, as well as Ratty Santa, and Run DMC’s “christmas time in Hollis, Queens, was at peak levels. Holla days……

Originally Posted by C-diddy

Catfish, Shanton Wilson and Magilla all came to town today for a photo shoot with bad Santa, Superman, and big pink bunny, all of which were on crack. Tonight is the Christmas Party, and Big Dave’s B-day, Happy Birthday Dave. Kelly Baker is in the hospital, after an accident that caused him to collapse. Kelly has had 2 surgeries on his back due to ruptured discs, and the disc was giving him serious pain again, and he could not walk. The worst part of it, is that the accident was a cough. Go Figure, the guy Apes it for his whole life, and in a matter of a couple weeks, gets a DWI on his bicycle, and blows his back out coughing. Get well soon Buddy. Fisher has a $1000 watch, and expensive clothes. Holla>

Originally Posted by c-diz

Wanna have some fun tomorrow? Well its Big Dave’s Birthday, and curtis organized a party at the Belmar for him, which is also serving as the official FBM Christmas party. Food, spirits, and plenty of holiday cheer, bitches. Santa Snake will be there, you can sit on his lap, and ask for a bag of crack for Christmas, there might even be a guest appearance from Superman himself. 10pm is the party, and some of the FBM team will probably be riding at ECT prior to that. Someone said the staff from Kennedy’s Fried Chicken will be in attendance, so holla at us, and lemme get a pack of Newports…..

Originally Posted by Crancran

Every once in a while I get a late night drunken phone call from Ryan Corrigan, yelling “hey boss….” into the phone, and letting me know what outrageous shit he’s up to. Last night he was in a Limo with Tommy from the Ritz and Joe Rich, wearing a pair of Black Sabbath sweatpants, and a Stryper t-shirt. I love that guy. Snake Santa’s trusty sidekick, Ace, AKA Hansen (age 19), got married yesterday, so congrats goes out to him and his new Family. Hansen’s wife is about 30 years older than him, and a very interesting person. We wish them both the best of luck. Rumors of Tag and Bugsy wearing suits at the wedding…. If you were lucky enough to know it was on TV, Fuel channel aired a 30 minute segment on saturday about the Ghetto Comp, I’ll keep you posted for more airtimes. John Corts wanted the world to know that Ratt is a fad as well…. Holla!

Originally Posted by C-diditgetcolder?

Negative Mike comes through once again with photos of some serious Ape work going down. Thanks Mike. These pics are of Tony Cardona, FBM’s new recruit, who we mentioned last week, keep an eye out for this guy. Tony will also be on the next Mega Tour, with Last Call, with Kerry Sayre, Jeff Harrington, Sean Emery, and Dunny. Holla. In other news, Shanton Wilson is recovering from his broken leg and already rollerblading around Ohio, and training with his manager, Catfish. An excellent freestyle rapper, with a penchent for wearing sweaters, and shaving company logo’s in his dog’s fur, Catfish has big plans to propel Shanton into super stardom. FBM Christmas Party, next week at the Belmar, Dec.22 ,it’s Big Dave’s Birthday as well, so show up and wish him the best and have a drink with FBM legend-Jim Bagg, who will no doubt be in full effect.

Originally Posted by C-MuthafuckinDID

Ever wonder why people from Ohio are so strange? Well I have, and Kerry Sayre is an Ohio native with plenty of Ohio pride, Call him up and ask why so many dudes in Ohio shred, about bikes, or what his latest sketchy tattoo is about. If anyone has any suggestions for new FBM products for our spring line,send us an email. In unrelated news Curtis, the official FBM mascott, is in training for an upcoming bmx company dog fight. He is vicious.
Not much else, the weather is cold, and the lat night action at Kennedy’s is hot. Holla back….

Originally Posted by C-didn’t

I went on a mini road trip to Xdreams, with FBM’s official Steve Crandall translator, Nasty Nate, and his sidekick “the tick”. We ran into the official Tony Hamlin, who had this to say-“man, I’m trying to stop wearing girls pants, and I even got rid of the mandatory bmx shaggy hair…” He rode well of course, both there and at the Foreword ramps, which we also hit up. I did a curved wallride on a purple bike. Holla. We saw a copy of the new Kink video there, and noticed a subliminal in the intro that read “muthafuck FBM”. Thanks guys. Call up Reez and let him know that Antonio’s shit in they cheese……

Originally Posted by c-did

Wondering what’s going on with Derrick “the Maniac” Girard lately? Expect a full update later this week, until then try telling me what’s wrong with this picture….Gift certificates are available on the FBM webstore, so tell someone with a shitload of money to buy some. In other news, Fisher has a bunch of expensive stuff, and works a whole lot. He is currently practicing shopping with his girlfriend so he has a standing chance on “The Price is Right” if he ever makes it out of Ithaca, and out to San Diego. Linn get ahold of this kid, he’s out of control. If anyone know’s Joe from Buffalo, have him give a holla. That’s it. Peace.

Originally Posted by C-did

Sometime, a while back, Ryan Corrigan gave the lead singer from Avail a few FBM shirts, and now look, the guy is wearing one in the new issue of Revolver magazine. Rock and Roll bitches…. I told Ryan, and he said, ” he was supposed to give me something for those shirts, and he never did, that bastard….” If you are not familiar with Avail, they rock. Go learn about them.

Originally Posted by C-did

When not cooped up in his home in the Philly ghetto, or kicking out cab windows, John Paul can actually shoot some nice photos. He sent this one over, of Fabulous Phill Wasson. Thanks JP. The Chenga story is posted, in the stories section, Midewestbmx.net has a video on thier site, and you can also check out flatstatebmx.4t.com for pics from last weekend. In other news Curtis is almost always happy, Shanton wilson is hemmed up in Ohio, recovering from his leg injury, and clocking in some hours on Grand Theft Auto, and Kerry Sayre hates the FBM commercial in the new props. Scott Towne is a serious ape.

Originally Posted by C-dizzle

Originally Posted by Lou bickle

I stole this pic from Catpisscatpiss.com, it’s Shanton Wilson, doing some serious ape work at the Chenga comp this past weekend. We will post a full story in a day or 2, but i’ll give you a brief rundown, Tony Cardona and Shanton Wilson signed on For official Ape status at FBM, and then Shanton broke his leg 5 minutes later. In other hard luck FBM news, We had to bail out another rider, Cops pulled shot guns and cuffed a seperate FBM rider, and 2 more were stranded in Ohio, due to a faulty waterpump on Mister B’s rig. Lots more to read about, so hold on a day or 2, to learn more about the Crandall trampoline, mousetraps, Lou Bickle, Puk-e Mon, fireworks, a DWI on a bike, and Little Billy from Indiana…Holla.

Originally Posted by C-did

If you are not at Chenga this weekend for the Lat Call comp, you had better be broken down on the side of the road, because that’s the only good excuse. Bring some dice, and a bag of laughs, because it is sure to be a good time. Curtis will be signing autographs at the FBM table, with Lou Bickle and Big Dave Fourthousandonehundredthirty. In other news about the comp, FBM riders in attendance include the Infamous and very good looking Steve Crandall, Kelly Baker, Gilly, Chris Hallman, Tony Hamlin, Mike Tag, Shawn Arata, Dave Kingaintshit, and more. Word up.

Originally Posted by C-lo

Todd from Albe’s informed us that he won’t be able to make it to the Chenga Comp this weekend, because he has to take care of his new dog “Lola” and watch ” The Forbidden Zone” starring Herve Villachez and Oingo boingo. He’s probably better off, since Kelly Baker has been talking about letting a 12 foot long python loose during the contest. The comp should be off the meat hooks, with Robbie Morales and the Fit team showing up and holding a sidebar contest- “The Fit Bike Co. first annual Tight Pants Contest”
whoever’s pants Fit the tightest wins a brand new Fit lowrider truck autographed by Chad Kakey. Chase Hawk is expected to take the gold. Leif Valin is confusing…..

Originally Posted by c-dog

Clint Reynolds of Credence found a mongoose on the side of the road, and sent over this pic of Derek G. dialing it in under the watchful eye of Brian Yeagle. Those guys are seious apes.

Originally Posted by C-dial

After Serious editing for weeks, Stew Johnson celebrated finishing Props Issue 54, by Flying FBM executive E-Dog, and Rayray to Austin Texas for Death Rattlers, and an all U-can eat at Jimmy Buffet’s Dinner Palace on Guadalupe. In that issue, Leif Valin has an interesting Bio, and there is an Australia trip with Dave King, and Gilly by Dolecki. In other news, there is a bike check posted for Phil Wasson, and Christpher Wallace, as well as an Interview with Magilla. Holla. Chenga Comp Countdown, where my cameras are at?

Originally Posted by C-did

A few days since a news update, and I ‘ll tell you why. After the comp at Stateline, I decided to drive to Florida, and essentially turn right back around and drive back to NY. Bad weather and bad traffic, I actually drove myself INSANE. Not the smartest idea I have had in a while. Anyhow, look for Ron Metcalf in an upcoming FBM ad in Props, he was the one in the orange dress, getting pissed at being reffered to as Timmy Martin. In other news, Kerry Sayre and Jeff Harrington are busy preparing for the Chenga comp next weekend, and rumor has it that Team Pimpske AND a van full of apes from Empire in Texas are showing up to wreak havoc. Look for a C-Lo challenge, and Lou Bickle to be in full effect. Catfish and Russel Jones will be sharing the anouncing duties, while Curtis is in charge of Security.

Originally Posted by c-driver

Catfish was officially wearing a shirt with Biggie Smalls on it at the Comp today, which was won by Tenessee’s very own Will Love, who by the way is a serious fu*!#ng Ape. Colin Winkleman showed up 30 minutes afterwards due to sever injuries recieved crashing over a van that broke not only all of his bones, but Evel Kneviel bones as well. Cory and Drew from Stateline kick ass, and much thanks to Cory for the HUGE box of fireworks he hooked up. Thanks man, the comp was fun. I won playing C-lo, and its Allan Cookes b-day, Holla….

Originally Posted by c-unit

It’s friday November 19th, exactly one week past Kelly Baker’s birthday, which we all forgot about. Happy belated birthday to Kelly who is now 38, and still going shit nuts on a bike. A few weeks ago he jumped 45 feet off of a launch ramp after being towed at said launch ramp by a car driven by none other than Ghetto Street security guard Jeff Collins. Congratulations Kelly.

In other news, C_dizzle is driving south in the drizzle headed for the contest this weekend at Stateline Skatepark on the border of North and South Carolina. Go heckle the dizzle if you can. There is also a contest this weekend at the Hacketstown skatepark in Hacketstown, New Jersey. Both comps are sponsored by FBM, so if you enter and ape it sufficiently hard, you can win some nice FBM goodies.

In shop news, Curtis’ favorite “tug of war” Terrible One t-shirt is beginning to look a little rough around the edges. If anyone has any toys for Curtis, you can send them to FBM. Otherwise we may have to steal more of C_did’s clothing for him to chew up.

There’s a few new Interviews and bike checks posted on the team page, so check it dawg.

Originally Posted by dude

Unlikely friday night party, SCG shoes steve, C-did, Catfish, Rob Darden, Allan Cooke, Matt Miller, Josh Harrington, and more. Steve Cuesta was at the store, spending steet rider Tony’s money on PBR. Stateline Skatepark tomorrow, we out…

Originally Posted by c-unit

I received an email from a Chenga local nown as “pants” today with a picture of him attached. In it, it said “billy Idol is gay”, “John Corts is a bitch” and “curtis aint shit”. I have no idea what it meant.
Look on Phil Wasson’s page for his interview which was just posted. Phil is a serious Ape. In other news, there is no other news.
word up.

Originally Posted by c-damn

Look for Tony Hamlin’s foul mouthed interview posted today on his rider page, and find out why him and his friends piss everyone off. Expect to see Tony’s Chevy Malibu on MTV’s “pimp my ride” in upcoming months as well. For some reason Kelly Baker started firing out attempts at handplants yesterday, and ended up looking like he got in in a squabble with Mike Tag over 50 cents on the Chanticleer’s pool table. It was pretty cool. Mike Tag is allegedly back in NY for a spell, who really knows with that guy though. His Volkswagon Jetta was also on “pimp my ride” and is covered in a Black Velevet exterior. Fisher went Riding today. Phil Drank Coffee. Curtis wrestled a T1 shirt, and thats about it. Holla…

Originally Posted by C-did

Its a sad day in American history, Wu-Tang’s very own Old Dirty Bastard has passed away. In remeberance, we post this picture of BMX’s closest version of Big Baby Jesus himself, (aside from Fisher) Shanton Wilson. Shanton’s Ape status was confirmed when he was kicked out of Kennedy’s Fried Chicken for wearing tennis ball green Duffs, and being “too Gangster”. Damn. Kerry Sayre, Big Dave and Curtis paid thier respects this afternoon by driving around Binghamton in a Limo, eating Ramen Noodles, and
collecting food stamps.

Originally Posted by C-dirt

The new Issue of Props is nearly done, Stew Johnson, with the aide of his trusty squirrel “merle”, just finished Leif Valin’s Bio, for that issue, which has been described as “bizarre”. Awesome. Kelly Baker is 38 years old today, HAPPY BIRTHDAY mang. In other news, Its snowing in New York again. Great. Holla back…

Originally Posted by C-did

Guess whats going on this photo, and win an evening with Big Dave that ends up at Kennedy’s Fried Chicken during its peak hours. In other Big Dave news, the photo on his page labeled “couch nazi” got us a phone call from someone concerned about us being nazis. To answer any questions, the swastika painted behind Dave is a result of the vandalism that goes on in our Ghetto location, we are NOT nazis, end of sentence. In site news, there is a Kelly Baker history posted on his page, and a Road trip photo section posted for Leif Valin both of which are very fun to look at. Merle the Squirrel news from Stew Johnson; ” I caught him eating paint chips, and then a tube of super glue, if I don’t keep an eye on him, he’ll start trying the hard stuff…” Oh hell no!

Originally Posted by C-dizz

This picture was shot at least 25 years ago, of Mike Tag, who celebrates his 30th birthday today. Everyone at FBM wishes him the best of shitluck and birthday wishes. For those of you not familiar with Mike Tag, he’s the one who couldn’t say “elementary” right in Road Fools 2. In other news, Kelly Baker has a new interview and some pics posted which made me laugh outloud when I first saw them. Kelly Also has a birthday this week, and his first concert for “Face Down, Ass up” in Cleveland thursday night. If you are wondering what exactly that is, it’s a 2Live Crew cover Band he’s in with Lou Bickle and Catfish. Should be a treat. The new online store is up as well, so check that out for hard to find FBM stuff, and sale items…. YEAH!

Originally Posted by C-dizzle

Another weekend come and gone, and it was a doozy for sure. Here is a picture of Shitty Dave Aping it after a wild night of Booze, Women and Pasta in Bethlehem, keep posted for more news on that. Ron Metcalf was in half effect, while Dave King deployed several times filming this past weekend, keep an eye out for the official FBM film crew. In other news Hallman, Big Dave and Corts scouted out street spots in Northern Pa, while Phil Wasson drank coffee and smoked cigarettes in KC, and Ryan Corrigan farted in Texas. Happy Belated Birthday as well to Ian Morris, of Seventies and Federal bikes, who aged one more year last week. Ian got a little bit older but his Ape status increased significantly, as he started scheduling his pool tournament against Ithaca’s very own “Chain Male”…. Word!

Originally Posted by C-diz

Ben Pritchard shot this photo of some serious film work going down for an upcoming FBM video, pictured is Jeremy “magilla” Reiss throwing down some serious street spine action, while Steve Crandall gets the shot. Look for the video to be released as soon as we actually get some footage. In other news, Dave King’s Gramma is spry. Look for Philadelphia area Kingpin “black” Steve to be fetching bikes from punk ass kids this week, and hopefully making Nasty Nate Smile, while earning himself several Camo’s and a trip with Dunny. Ron Metcalf is a Champion as well.

Originally Posted by C-drizzle

Derrick Girard is a kook. He’s got the keys to my apartment, so if you see him, let him know….Product news- Jeremy “Magilla” Reiss is in town working on a triple clamp seat post clamp that is lighter than any thing on the market right now. More news on that soon. Nasty nate’s bike was ripped off in Philly, if it is returned tonight, the reward will be a 3 hour drive in Philly traffic with Dunny, and Dave King, with a 6 pack of Mikes hard Lemonade. Curtis is an Ape.

Originally Posted by C-DIZZLE

Originally Posted by chris

Halloween is behind us now, and some of the FBM crew went to Bethlehem to check out Kyle Kecks new video, and party with Chris Stauffer who threw a premiere/party at a bar he rented, it was super fun. While down there we hooked up with Jeremy “birdman” Behler, who is recovering from the accident at Ghetto Street, he was in good spirits, and says he’ll start riding again as soon as the doctor gives him the OK. He still has a ton of bills, so we are still selling shirts and whatnot to help raise money. Check Dead Memory’s site for more updates as well. While in B-town we also saw alot of the old heads, like MCM, Butcher, Sal, and Duece was even there dressed up as Eazy-E. It was cool seeing Butcher, he seemed stoked on being a daddy. Derrick Girard was covered in flour, and was Chad Kakey. The Flour turned into cement in his hair and won’t come out. Good. In other news Big Dave was actually thrown into a Bar, and not out of one, thats a first, and Dave King is one shitty dude.

Originally Posted by C-dizzle

2 updates in one day. Wow. If we hadn’t run this picture of the infamous Mark “toast” Johnson without dreads, then you wouldn’t realize that he is the same kook from the FSA ads thats had dreadlocks for like 20 years. Mark is a a good friend, so we can poke a little fun. It must be some sort of omen, prophesizing something big, first Harrington cuts his hair, then Toast, and BOOM, all of the sudden a slightly balding Phil Wasson is partying with King Diamond. Mercyful Fate…… Oh yeah, our good friend Aaron Burto over at Hell on Earth, sent over the graphic on the front page after 12 Large Dunkin Donuts coffees, He’s on the VIP list over there.

Originally Posted by C-dizzle

Originally Posted by barcelona solo mission

The RZA says coffee can cause delerium. Serious Delerium, which might explain a little about Derrick Girard in his interview and sketchy art that is now posted. Kelly “nutstomper” Baker also has a bike check posted as well as Hallman, who has added to his photo library, which is very pleasing to the eyeballs, so check that out too. Anyone sending photos of the shittiest Halloween costumes win’s a free trip to Flo’s Clam Shack, and a weekend in NYC with Dunny and Dave King. Holla Dolla Gilly Smalls style…

Originally Posted by C-dizzle

A batch of 21″ Capones are being welded up as I type. A limited number should be ready before Christmas, so if you would like one, have your local shop or mail order call Last Call distribution (607-729-2803) and pre-order you one.

Originally Posted by chris

Capone frames showed up and are AWESOME. They are also moving very quickly, so check with your local shop asap. Big Dave, Corts and Maniac Bike Check, and Interviews are up as well as Crandall’s interview. If anyone is asking, only one person at FBM was wearing white jeans and a tiedyed shirt today, and it was not pretty, Tony Hamlin was arrested this week for making fun of horses, and Nutter also spent the weekend in Jail down in Pa. for calling a cop Dave King to his face, bad idea I guess, even for an ape of his proportions. More news to come, and with Halloween this weekend, be on the lookout for frankenbreakers. Peace.

Originally Posted by C-dizzle

New news bitches, we just got out of the first ever International Federation Of Wet Ass Trails and Shit meeting, with Chris Sales, Kelly Baker, Gilly, Dave King and The Maniac, and it was decided that FBM will be releasing weather resistant trails next year, available on the online store only. Here is a pic of Derrick Girard testing the prototype Suffield versions. IFOWTS will be having more meetings this winter so stay tuned. Capone frames should be coming back from paint as early as tonight, so start hounding your local shop or mailorder. Is that it?

Originally Posted by C-dizzle

No major updates today, other than Kerry Sayre being so sick, he looked like a gumpy old man, and could not make it to work. He usually looks like a grumpy old man though. Here is a photo of our man Shanton Wilson APING it, by negative Mike. Word. Aside from that, Curtis almost bit the UPS man, and he got pissed, Jim Bagg had a great weekend and even took a shower, Corts got a gnarly speeding ticket, Chunks girlfriend puked on Big Dave, and Ken almost spilled his coffee today nearly getting hit by a car, while cycling from Dunkin Donuts to the shop. Dunkin Donuts coffee gets me psyched. If anyone has any news, email it over, and keep an eye out on those Capone frames that should be showing up soon….

Originally Posted by C-diddy

Originally Posted by fbm

I got an email from the original Super BMX Ape, Scott Towne of Cobras local 77 fame, and he was so stoked on his new PW Moto, that he sent over a bike check, peep it. Scott Rules

check it out! 
FBM PW moto 20.75 euro BB, Internal headset
FBM CB4ks
FSA sealed headset
Solid stem
T-1 medium bars
Shadow grips
Shadow Slim seat
Odyssey aluminum seatpost
Intregal spc
Primo Powerbite cranks
FBM race sprocket 36T (painted gold)
Shadow chain
Fly hubs
Odyssey 13T fw
Odyssey haz. lite. rear rim
Sun Rhino lite front rim
Animal GLH rear tire 1.9
Demolition Trail Slayer front tire 2.2
Fly brakes, Odyssey linear cable, cut-down Dirty Harry lever.
Animal lite pegs
  thanks to FBM, Albes, Dans Comp, Shadow, System and Tip Plus for helping out.  I am stoked.  this bike is so good!
-Scott Towne

Originally Posted by C-diddy

A date has been set for the next Last Call Bicycle Rodeo contest which will go down on December 4th at the original Chenga in North Ridgeville, Ohio. The original Chenga is an amazing skatepark so the contest is bound to be bangin. If you are under 18 years of age and plan to enter, you will need a signed release form, so download it now.

Click Here to download the flyer and release form.

Originally Posted by chris

If anyone has any clue as to how to get ahold of Shawn Arata, let us know, because his pro model frame the “Capone” is at paint and should be available very soon. If you have a television, and want to watch some coverage of the Ghetto Comp this weekend, it will be on Fox, The show is called Fuel’s 54321, and it airs this saturday on fox sports net, so check your local
listing. If you want to Find out why Dave king Ain’t Shit, peep his bike check which is now posted. word up……

Originally Posted by C-Diddy

Thank you to everyone who donated money to Jeremy Behler. We just got the t-shirts in and they will be shipping out this week. Again thank you and anyone else who would like to donate money can of course still do so. Simply click the Jeremy Behler link to the right and make a donation.

Originally Posted by chris

A rider named Mickey from Germany is organizing a “Jeremy Behler” benefit jam in Augsburg, Germany. All proceeds will go to Jeremy and his family. If you live in Europe or have been looking for a good reason to go to Germany, check out the contest. For more information you can email Mickey: chromozine@gmx.net

Originally Posted by chris

In case you hadn’t seen the 7075 sprockets, here is a pic. They are Pretty. Bike check’s have ben posted on Gilly and Steve Crandall’s rider pages, and there will be more to come, so peep that shit beotch. In team news, Dave King is in NYC this weekend, and when asked what he was up to he said -“I’m guzzling 40’s and driving a beat up caddy….” Word. Phil Wasson is doing shows in Panguich Utah this weekend at Wesley Snipes’ resort in the mountains, along with DMC. More news on that later. Ron Kimler, and Ryan Corrigan are going overseas to the next Backyard jam, where they’ll be riding and working on Ramps. Ian Morris is also Flying Ithaca’s own “ChainMale” over for a Seventies Distro Pool Tournament. 8 ball sucka. Aside from that things are quiet at FBM, so send us some emails and ask us what songs were in the old videos. (not really)

Originally Posted by C-diddy

New from FBM, seat post clamps-HOLY SHIT. We are officially the first bike company to make a seat post clamp, so go out and buy 5 of them, they come with an awesome sticker. I like them alot. In other news, 7075 sprockets started shipping, and they kick ass.
I’m listening to the Saints right now. woohoo….

Originally Posted by C-diddy

Guess which riders are pictured above (14 years ago) and how old they will be this week (old?), and win a free trip in the Mothership to Flo’s Clam Shack, and a gift package from Reggie Styles. In additional Birthday news, sales force Jedi, Kerry Sayre has a birthday this week as well, so call up Last Call and wish him well.
I posted a short story about the Suffield Trail Jam in the stories section, so check that out. For some comedy, check out the shop talk page and email Big Dave about his current custody battle concerning FBM machine shop Dog “curtis”. Holla …….

Originally Posted by C-did

A Crew of FBM cowboys spent the past week out in Vegas at Interbike, rustling up plenty of trouble. The phantom was in full effect, and even partied with Kid Rock, Catfish, and many others. Bad Bad. Show highlights include Greg Hill sitting on the Bitchin Camaro race bike and being stoked, and a ton of shops being stoked on the new products. Props to Nyquist and Morgan Wade on amazing Video parts, and I got a sneak peek at the T1 video which was seriosly amazing. Dave King and Gilly stayed home, Gilly spent the weekend rebuilding Posh, and Dave started riding again after a broken wrist, training heavily for the worlds with Dunny Bunny.In other Dave King news, he ain’t shit. Seriously. Look for Tag and Tony Hamlin out west on the way to Austin Tx. on a Coalition Road Trip, and Nasty Nate checking out the Value Menu at “sanwhiches and such”. Holla!

Originally Posted by C-diddy

Our new race sprockets are starting to show up and they look FAST. They should be available as soon as the other half of FBM gets back from Interbike in Vegas. Crandall, Jeff, Kerry, and Big Dave are all out in sin city representing FBM. Word is that C-diddy was voted on to the IBMXFF which is the international bmx sanctioning body that was created to regulate how BMX is portrayed in the Olympics. So now we can all rest assured that when Jamie Bestwick and Dave Mirra are rolling in for their Olympic vert runs there will be a grill on the deck with fresh chicken wings and corn on the cob to keep those guys in top physical condition during the competition. Be on the lookout for more interbike news as we hear it.

Originally Posted by chris

We’ve updated the Ghetto Street link and added a benefit for Jeremy Behler, the rider who was seriously hurt at this years Ghetto Street Comp. Jeremy crashed hard and broke many of the bones in his face. He has since undergone surgery and is healing, but he has no insurance, and his medical bills will total over $200,000.00. In an effort to help, we have set up a benefit fund for Jeremy and his family. You can make donations online through PayPal using either a PayPal account or a credit card. Everyone who donates $20.00 or more will receive an FBM/Dead Memory “Jeremy Behler” T-shirt, and those who donate more than $100.00 will be entered in a raffle to win a custom FBM frame. We will also be selling a limited number of custom FBM frames to those who donate $500.00 or more. CLICK HERE TO MAKE A DONATION The link will take you to the Ghetto Street page. Scroll down to the Jeremy Behler Benefit to make a donation. Thank you. – FBM

Originally Posted by chris

This is the sort of thing that gets the guys in the machine shop excited, it’s a new jig for mitering fork legs. You put the fork legs in, lock them in place, and then cut the radii into the tops of the fork legs with a hole saw. This is precision tooling courtesy of Jim Bagg and Leif Valin who machined most of the pieces for it the last time he was here. Speaking of Leif, he recently spent a few weeks in Poland helping his brother who was riding in an enduro motorcycle race there. Leif sent us a few photos from his trip, and they are now up on his photo section, so check it out.

If you’re going to be at Interbike, check us out at booth#5547. Crandall and the Last Call Crew are heading out with a ton of new product, so go say, “Hi” and see the new goods. -peace

Originally Posted by chris

Pictured below is Jeremy “birdman” Behler, doing a corner pocket air to wall ride before the accident, and pictured above is the shirt we are doing with Dead Memory to help raise money for Jeremy. In case you didn’t know, Jeremy was hurt badly at this years ghetto comp, and need surgery on his face, and his medical insurance did not cover it. This means big bills, so we are going to give the entire 15$ per shirt we sell to help. look for this shirt available as soon as we get it printed on the online store, and at participating shops.The guys at Dead memory will also be holding a comp at the ghettoest skatepark around in 2 weekends (northhampton pa)
so keep posted for more info………

Here are the placings for the comp as well………
1 Matt V 2 Keyle Bouley 3 Jake Seeley 4 Rob “P-nelli” Pettinelli 5 Scott Smashu 6 Rickey Bates 7 Shane Aven 8 Toby Rettinelli 9 Otto Ayala 10 Scott Twiford 11 Scott Steele 12 Arther Dakey 13 Ben Ogden  14 Tim Raymond 43 Daniel Rosenthal 15 Mike Petoczny 44 Eric Hollady 16 Bill Jones 45 Jimi Demetrion 17 Eric Babbel 46 Kevin Loesser 18 Josh Pekich 47 Dan Wolf 19 Ken Teidman 48 Aston Marshall 20 Chris Bates 49 Eric Baun 21 Ben Hittle 50 Chris Saunders 22 Donvan Mabnice 51 Mark Peppe 23 Devin Cross 52 Mike Reynolds 24 Sean Ryan 53 Nick Couts 25 Vencent Sulam 54 Jeremy Coleman 26 Jeff Klugiewicz 55 Wes Auddleston 27 Andre Postell 56 Chad Rash 28 Darren Meenan 57 Nick Faroni 29 Paul McIntyre 58 Nick Steben 30 Jim Murray 59 Dan Reid 31 Kenny Horton 60 Howard Marshall 32 Grady Matteson 61 Branden (Diddy) McQueen 33 Timothy Carrico 62 Steve Wesbeski 34 Matt Adalian 63 Ben Cole 35 Aaron Elam 64 Blake Rickman 36 Ryan Landman 65 Russell Hawkins 37 Mike Monell 66 Ryan Sonus 38 Erik Hingerty 67 Ray Renolds 39 Jeff Sylvain 68 Nate Preschutti 40 Chris Howell 69 Johnny O 41 Ricky Hernandez 42 Tim Sullivan

Pro Finals 1 Rob Tibbs 2 Brian Hunt 3 Dave Wagner 4 Tony Cardona 5 Shawn Arata 6 Matthew Plassmann 7 Will Love 8 Jim Bauer 9 Karl Poynter 10 Cesar Monzon 11 James Lukas 12 Jacob Pudlines (Clipper) 13 Clint Reynolds 14 Geoff Slattery 15 Scott Eisel 16 Dirty Dan 17 Tony Hamlin 18 Jermey Pavia 19 Shanton Wilson 20 Mike Hinkens 21 Ron Kimler 22 Sean Emery 23 Chase Dehart 24 Ryan Hillegass 25 Jesse Bower 26 Derrick Girard 27 Branden Bellew 28 Ashley Crabb 29 Anthony V 30 Dustin Bauer 31 Bill Richard 32 Nate Dogg 33 Max Leftwich 34 Nick Warren………..

If you want o send get well wishes or donations care of Jeremy Behler, to FBM, feel Free, we will forward all of it to him and his family. In related news, 4th place in pro at last weekends La rev in Rochester paid $150, Steve Debusk donated what he won to help Jeremy, and it is greatly apreciatted, thanks Steve!

Originally Posted by C-did

Originally Posted by chris

We got a bunch of new soft goods in today. This is the new heart logo mesh hat. They come in blue and green and they look good. We also got our new race jerseys and race jersey inspired long sleeve tee shirts back from the printers. They look FAST!

I just posted pictures of the new PW Moto frames. So CLICK HERE to check them out.

It’s Friday, the La Revolution is tomorrow in Rochester, and a bunch of the crew is already headed up to ride and hang out. Go there and heckle Crandall. He loves it.

Originally Posted by chris

PW Moto frames are in and ready to ship, so check these bad boys out. They are HOTTTT! They are available in Mid BB, or Euro, with integrated headsets, 20.75 TT, and are about 5 and a half pounds. I went and saw Jeremy Behler at the hospital yesterday, and he is recovering from surgery after a bad wreck at the ghetto comp. For those of you who don’t know, Jeremy is a rider from Pa., who got hurt real bad, with no medical insurance on sunday. Keep posted on the site, FBM, along with Dead Memory, will be raising money to help with the bills, by selling a special edition T-shirt, with all the proceeds going to help Jeremy and his family. There will also be information on how more people can help, very soon, so keep posted. Thanks to all the riders and sponsors who kicked in money Sunday afternoon, it will all help. In other news, if any of the riders who were filming at the ghetto comp want to send in copies of thier footage, for a Ghetto Bonus section in the next DVD, let us know, we’d be stoked….. Holla back.

Originally Posted by C-Diddy

Originally Posted by curtis

Well the rain ended early, and clean up is in full swing. The contest today will be running late, but running none the less. Tomorrow is sceduled to be sunny all day. Ghetto Comp on.

Originally Posted by chris

Ghetto Street Day 1 is history. It was nuts of course. CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS Pro is tomorrow. See you then.

Originally Posted by dude

Well it’s raining here in Johnson City, but if you have half a sack that won’t stop you from coming to the ghetto comp. We’ve got a sump pump, and the rain is supposed to stop tomorrow morning. Hey man, sometimes it rains in the ghetto. This is a picture of Brian Yeagle boosting the hip on the ghetto bowl. Outrageous. Sunday is supposed to be sunny all day so you’ll see a lot more of this if you aren’t too scared to show up.

Originally Posted by ivan

Like I said, we’ve got a sump pump and an army of lunatics ready to do whatever it takes to make this contest happen. Even if you couldn’t ride tomorrow, it would be worth the trip to watch these fools get this place together. Oh yeah, Kennedy’s will still be open. People are still hungry in the ghetto.

Originally Posted by ivan

This is the Maniac and Brian Yeagle amusing themselves in the rain. AND YES that is a pallet loop in the background. Derrick and Brian won $10 from John Paul Rodgers for making it to the casket grind box next to the loop without falling in the water.

Originally Posted by ivan

Rain won’t stop the Penske Handrail Challenge! These fools drove all the way from Virginia to set up in the rain.

Originally Posted by ivan the terrible

Did you notice the purple mothership in the penske photo. Sal isn’t just in the house, he brought the house with him and set up camp inside the street course. Look for salty Sal to be chillin on his stoop all weekend long.

Originally Posted by ivanovich

Kennedy’s Fried Chicken don’t close when it rains, so don’t worry about the weather at the Ghetto Comp, and show up (it won’t rain anyhow). You might be amazed what can be done with a pallet.
Sal is bringing the Mothership, and Team Pimpske is penned in for a party as well. So holla back. PWmoto frames went to paint today, so have your local shop call Last Call and order some…..

Originally Posted by C-did

Ghetto comp updates, and schedules are posted, so look at the info before you email over any questions. Shit should be a doozy, rain or shine, and S&M is pemiering thier video saturday night, edited by Bob and Wiz. It’s a doozy. The FBM filming trip to Motreal was cut short, when they were refused entry to the country, and Tag was told not to come back for 10 years. Awesome. The weekend after Ghetto, the La Rav is going down at Xdreams in Rochester NY, where the Twins and Tony Hamlin will be in full effect. Twins know how to party, pure playaz style dawg.
Hell cart represent.

Originally Posted by C-did

GHETTO STREET UPDATE

Construction of this years ghetto street course is getting crazier by the day. Look for pictures of the course as it unfolds in the next couple of days. The contest is going on Rain or Shine, so be here on Saturday no matter what.

If you are under 18 years of age and plan to enter, you need to have your parent or legal guardian sign a release form. CLICK HERE to download a release form. Print it out, fill it out, have it signed, and bring it with you to the contest. -peace

Originally Posted by chris

Well the photo of phil is of his liscense to sell alcohol. He is now official, and will be selling it all weekend long at some lame ass rock festival, where “the presidents of the united states” ae playing.
Weird. The pic below is the ride home after working on the Ghetto comp course with Big Dave, and a few others. Fisher dropped off some wood, and I actually held up a half of an Astro Van while English swept up underneath it. That was a first (holding up half of a van). Corrigan flies in tomorrow, and him and some of the team are off to Montreal to film for a few days. Morre news later dudes, its Friday night, and there is a 12er calling me out. Holla Dolla….

Originally Posted by C-did

After we found Gilly lurking around in an alleyway in Bethlehem. I came back to NY, and actually rode the trails up here. After such a rainy season, it was like riding through a dried up creek bed. Party.
Phil Wasson PWMoto frames are about to be finished, ( some already are) and we have been getting a ton of Emails about Arata’s frame, “Capone”, which that will be out in early october. Both will be available in Euro, and Mid size BB. In other news, Dave King ain’t shit. Holla….

Originally Posted by C-diddy

Tony Hamlin Don’t Carrot all……

Originally Posted by C-did

After extensive negotiations with executives at the Terrible One Corporation, we have secured sponsorship for the Ghetto Street Comp. This Year, we will be hosting the T1 Pinata challenge ( we actually paid for the Pinata), the challenge will be hitting the Pinata while jumping a bicycle off of a ramp, and the winner will be compensated generously. Taj Mihelich (pictured right of Mseiben.com) flew in for a high profile meeting in Johnson City, and was back on his flight within hours of buying a pack of Newport cigarettes at Kennedy Fried Chicken (menthol).Tony Hamlin just called, I’m out….

Originally Posted by C-did

We now have Bitchin’ Camaros in stock. Click Here to have a look. We’re also testing a new race sprocket, race forks, and race specific chain tensioners. I’ll post photos of these other products soon.

Originally Posted by chris

After Ian Morris generously sent some of the new Federal tires for the FBM crew to check out, we ran into Ian’s Arch Nemesis Chainmale, AKA “chains” at the Chanticleer. He and Ian have a longstanding rivalry, that might see its next round at the Ghetto Comp coming up. Federal Is kicking down $500 bucks for Best trick, so word to that. Rumor also has it on a Faction building a Teepee out of pallets, and 10 bucks a foot put up by S&M for long Jump. Look for Red Bull to be Flying the Winner to Mexico this January as well, for thier Comp in the ditch. In other news, Hallman ran down Interstate 81 in a traffic jam, in sandals, and flipped some one off who was driving like an asshole. Holla! oh yeah, and Kerry did the ninja drop tailwhip trick at the Pavia ramps….

Originally Posted by C-did

After reading yesterdays news update, i was quickly repremanded by Greg Walsh, for referring to the food Stew sent out as simply “chinese” food, He then told me “… that wasn’t chinese food, it was an ecclectic blend of Asian Vegeterian Cuisine, Dumbass…” Now I know. In Non food related news, look for Louisville area shredder, Billy Ashby. AKA ‘Billy the F’n Kid’, to be riding FBM flow, as long as leland doesn’t screw it up for him. Billy is actually from New Albany Indiana, and comes reccomended from Mike Tag, who he rides with when he’s below the Mason-Dixon. Billy was on the Trip to Chicago with us, doing rails, tailwhips, drinking Camo, and calling people drunk on Tag’s phone. Quite a sight.

Originally Posted by C-Diddy

“I-pods and I-patches Bitch…”
The Late August 2004 “What’s Hot and What’s not” list at FBM

Hot-
I-pods (mobile gangster rap is essential), Eye patches (pirates are cool?), Non BMX related footwear ( comfort is a must), Pallets (building the Ghetto street course should be a doozy), Tony Hamlin (his rider page is posted, peep that shit), Free nights and weekends (drunk dial?), Curtis (this dog is off the hook), Sketchy tattoos?, 1970 Pontiac Catalina 400 (Buck Fever sucka), The We The People road trip in the new Props, RATT and roll,Stew Johnson overnighting chinese food from California for Me and Big Dave

Not-
Rain, Trail Season, Hood rat kids throwing pool balls through Hallmans window, Dave King (he aint shit, and out 6 weeks with a broken wrist), Smoking Crack (it should be illegal), Corrigan farting, the Twins (little shitbags), The price of Gas, Did I mention how rainy its been?, Girls Pants on dudes (maybe I just don’t get it), No updates on Catfish’s website, No bikes at the New Bigglestown public park, Big Wheeling, Billy Idol Live.

Originally Posted by C-did

Just got back from a week in Chicagoland, filming and checking out the Last Call Comp at Scrap. Shawn Arata took the win, and then jumped on a plane to Utah for an Orchid Road Trip to the Metro Jam in Vancouver. Oliver Leonard, Bought a house the week prior, and has been so busy that he actually fell asleep standing up near a bonfire in his backyard. The week was super fun thanks the “official Hi-test Buck Fever” and his borderline trustworthy 1970 Pontiac Catalina 400. Luckily it seats 12, and is fun to drive around in and party when its raining. thanks Buck. More news in a minute.

Originally Posted by C-Diddy

Its official, Buck is nuts. A good part of the FBM team (Tag, corrigan, Kimler, billy the Kid, Arata, Tony Hamlin, Oliver?) as well as more are packed into a 1970 Pontiac Catalina, driving around Chicagoland, with all the bikes in the trunk. The official Hi-test Buck Nutty has been seen hollering at toll booth attendents, ” I have an I-pass, this is bullshit”, when the gate doesnt open. The highlight of the trip so far is a phone call made to Hallman, only to hear that he is alligator hunting in the everglades, and I am not even bullshitting. The Twins are little shitbags. Billy the F’n Kid got killed twice today trying tailwhips, and Ryan Corrigan got us kicked out of a Denny’s for farting, and got us kicked out of a church as well as a skatepark for riding. Holla.

Originally Posted by C-diddy

Originally Posted by C-did

We got two pair of cb4ks painted the colors that the new Bitchin’ Camaro race frame will come in, and they look awesome. The blue is a transluscent blue, and the black has speckles of silver in the paint. Click on the links to see closeups of each. The race frames will go to paint in the next few days and will probably start showing up in shops in the next month.

Originally Posted by chris

When Chris Hallman, aka H-did, isn’t building pallet palaces, or wreaking havoc in the FBM art Dept., you might find him in the woods, either busting flat ass tabletops, or lifting rocks trying to find rattlesnakes. Chad Knavel sent over this shot of Hallman last weekend at Minersville. Holla. In team news, Dave King is in Salt Lake City this week, filming with Elf and the rest of the crew out there. Mike Tag is in Michigan filming as well this week, on a Shitluck trip. Ryan Corrigan actually got kicked out of a Lucero concert, who he used to roadie for, no word on whether or not he was ejected from Ozfest, where he says he wanted to see Judas Priest (is ryan a closet slipknot fan?). Tony Hamlin is crazy. Fisher is a thug. Kelly Baker spent part of the weekend throwing apples at me, and Big Dave is busy training Curtis how to fetch welding rod in the machine shop.

Originally Posted by C-diddy

Big News update- The Terrible One pinata showed up, as well as a few bags of cheetos. Steve Crandall (pictured w/nuerosis t-shirt) immediately took the T1 pinata into the machine shop and devised a lighter weight version that is currently in the prototype stages for FBM. Pinatas are big in BMX this year. In Other news, Dave King won X-Games freestyle motocross, by doing a heelclicker backflip, in the nude with Ron Metcalf riding piggy back. Extreme. In other more Pertinent news, Ron Kimler and his wife Marcia, are expecting a baby kimler in a few months, Ron told us the news, and now you get to hear it. CONGRATULATIONS Kimler family. Livewire mini’s are not scheduled for production yet, but doing my laundry is on the schedule….. HOLLA!

Originally Posted by c-diddy

Fast Kids pay heed!!! After months of debate we finally decided to go with Jeff Harrington’s original suggestion for the name for the new race frame – the “Bitchin’ Camaro”; and with frames already in production we quickly devised the sticker pack you see above. Expect frames to be shipping in about two to three weeks.
-peace silly rabbits

Originally Posted by puddlesworth

There’s a Last Call Bicycle Rodeo contest the weekend of August 21st at SCRAP skatepark in Hoffman Estates, IL, which is just outside of Chicago. A whole crew of FBM riders is road tripping out to Chicago in the newly remodled “Skeleton” van for the contest. Go there, heckle Crandall, and see Arata ape his home park. You might also want to check out Tony Hamlin who will be joining the madness along with the twins and Jason. Click Here for a larger flyer.

Originally Posted by fbm

In an attempt to come up with new graphics for our beloved FBM bike company, I have come up with this, a drawing of a toilet. Great.
Expect to see some new graphics over here, as soon as i get my head out of my ass….

Originally Posted by C-did

Hell on Earth’s Dave Walsh wanted you all to know about the next La Rev comp at Xdreams the weekend after the Ghetto comp this year, so check it out. The storefront is in Rochester Ny, and is super nice. If you are into underground music and BMX, check this spot out. Tony Hamlin, FBM’s new hotshot also rides for HOE, as well as Coalition, here he is at “the farm” somewhere near Rochester. Thanks to Chris Makowski for letting us ride the ramps up there, and also his buddy Greg Francis for shooting some pics.
Tony also has a nice full page shot in the new Ride, from the La Rev at ECT. Word up. anything else going on?

Originally Posted by c-did

Here`s one for all the ones that don`t like the other one, here at FBM we aim to please regardless ,so this one s got more bends than bukowski`s life had in it.
Word is it will be available salted or not,Thanks for your concern.
Leif

Originally Posted by .

Originally Posted by fbm

Well it’s raining for the second day straight here in Binghamton. The Leifska is in town personally overseeing sticker placement on the first batch of Equilibriums. The production models look real nice. In particular the dropouts are smaller and the gusset at the headtube has been refined. In shop news, Curtis got sprayed by a skunk last night and had to be bathed in tomato juice. Other than that things are rolling right along. With the addition of John Corts to the machine shop roster production is up and we should be starting on race frames soon. That’s all for now.

Originally Posted by fbm

After heavy weekend of relaxing and festivus, we are back at work today, some of the highlights of the weekend include the Manmade Video premiere on Long Island, where Fisher and I got to sign FBM on a girls boob, and we got to see a Huge Bouncer call Dave King an “ASSFACE”. That was super funny, because Dave was spraying people with a hose outside the door of the bar, and his response was simply “good one…” After that we headed up to a lake in upstate NY, with Chris Reezenbastard, of Kink/ Blackout and went fishing. Fisher sucks at fishing, and Chris blacked out and got his truck stuck in the lake. Luckily Tony Zanni was nowhere around to make things worse, but Zack Philips did show up in a Limo, to pull us out of the water. Zack then took off with the several strippers he was with, to drop them off at the strip bar He recently purchased called “the bottom of the Barrel”, or some shit like that. It was good fun.

Originally Posted by C-diddy

In other news, the “Ewok Village” Story is under the stories section of the website, so peep that shit fool. Manmade Video party tonight on Long Island, see you there…..

Originally Posted by C-Diddy

We got a pair of transluscent red CB4ks back from the painter today. They are limited edition (35), so if you like them have your shop call up our distributor, Last Call and order a pair. We’ll be doing more Limited Edition color forks in the future, so email any requests.

Originally Posted by C-Diddy

Leif Valin has been at woodward a bunch this summer, and while not riding, he has been honing in his basketball skills. Recently MTV sports stopped in to shoot a part for “Jocks vs Extreme athletes” that Dave Mirra will be hosting this fall. In this photo, Leif Dunks one on Dennis Rodman, and some other dude. In other Leif news, his Equilibrium frames are in production finally, and a few will be back from paint this week. They look great, and when we asked FBM head welder “BIG DAVE 4130” how things were going he said this; “this head tube junction is a pain in the ass to make, plus curtis ate my god damn sanwhich and peanut butter kongs…”
More news to come……

Originally Posted by C-diddy

The news of the PW moto signature frame for Phil Wasson has spread like wild fire all the way to Hollywood, where Mel Gibson has Allegedly offered Phil a part in the sequel to Braveheart, so he can get on the waiting list for the new bike when it’s released. The new movie is rumored to be based on the antics of Team SANO dating back to the early years in Scotland, and how Grant Smith Even pissed of William Wallace by being too drunk. Its been raining for 2 weeks in New York, If anyone wanst to come up and help fix up Bakers Acres, there is a Gift Certificate to Flo’s Clam Shack in it for you, as well as a Week long Vacation at Chris “SAL” Sales new home in Pa. Holla…..

Originally Posted by C-diddy

As long as there are no major problems, look for this years FBM Ghetto Street Comp to go down on sept 18-19 at East Coast Terminal this year. We just started planning it,so keep posted for more infoo as it becomes available. In other news, the first Equilibriums started rolling off the welding table today, the first one, which Leif will be getting, goes to paint next week. They look kick ass too. Look in the “stories” section monday for comprehensive coverage of the “ewok village” we’ve been busy.
holla….

Originally Posted by C-diddy

Originally Posted by fbm

Some photos from the impromptu weekend of Insanity for you. A big crew of people showed up in town this weekend to ride, BBQ, and Party, Big Dave (shown) was testing the new FBM old 76 handlebar and grill. Tons of great riding and trail fabricating went down this weekend, and the Reverend Al Samshu even showed up, and passed out inbetween a jump and a berm, after crashing on every obstacle from Bakers Acres all the way to Collins’ barn ramp, where 6-7 carloads of us showed up in the middle of the night on Saturday. Dave King ate shit there, Al ate shit, everyone ate shit, except Stew Johnson who was being “coached” by Kelly Baker, and getting VIP treatment for extended runs on the ramp until his maneuvers were executed. The Big event of the weekend was the initiatives being taken to build what is known simply as “the ewok village”. No pictures will be unveiled until tomorrow or wednesday, due to its insanity, but i will tell you this, it involves the Maniac, Kelly Baker, some pallets, some chains and something by the name of the “wild thing”, or the “dialed thing” depending on who is speaking. Keep posted.

Originally Posted by c-diddy

Outsider frames are currently being welded by Big Dave, and Ken, and should be available again soon. Equilibrium frames are being processed now as well, and should be next on the production schedule, so keep an eye out for those soon. In unrelated news, Here is a picture of Dave King with a tattoo the reads “pig wit wings”. I don;t know about you, but it makes me curious as to what the hell is wrong with him. I already know he ain’t shit….. Holla!

Originally Posted by C-diddy

We just got a batch of new CB4ks in, and in order to make the stickering process a bit more dialed, Jeff built a custom fork stickering jig, thus assuring that fbm forks will have the straightest stickers in the business. Definitely not the least bit ratchety! The new forks also feature a threaded steer tube and new aluminum compression nut. Click Here to see the new CB4ks up close.

In other news, it’s squirrely as all hell here in the office. After putting new bunks into the ambulance, it promptly broke down stranding Stew and Merle here in lovely Johnson City. That means that Merle the squirrel is on the loose! I think he gets crazier every day and has been seen pulling as many as 7 consecutive backflips. Stew Johnson is thinking of opening a squirrel training center called “SquirrelWARD”. Look for Merle in the next Road Fools.

We’re also close to finishing the new website, I’d guess it will be another week or so, so keep checking back. Now go dial.

Originally Posted by fbm

Just a few days into the tour, and already in Bethlehem pa, where I ran into the DunnyBunny at Posh. He was shredding. Dave King was blasting hungover tables over a wadded chickenwrap, while Gilly worked on peoples brakes for them at his BMX bicycle maintenece clinic that went down at the trails. Brian Foster paid 20 bucks to have his headset tightened. Bigtime.Brian Yeagle and the Maniac were doing trains and holding converstaions over large doubles, and laughing at each other while deploying. Reggie Styles was nowhere to be found, But Drew Jenkins, and BF were showing off thier New Balance sneakers, proving that Hallmans Deal with NB, is legitimate, and he has tremendous marketing value in the trails scene. Dialed.

Originally Posted by c-diddy

Rain won’t stop the Penske Handrail Challenge! These fools drove all the way from Virginia to set up in the rain.

Originally Posted by c-diddy

The 4th of July is almost upon us. We at FBM are going to celebrate with a weekend of trail jams, BBQ’s, crazy bonfires, and a little bit of kayaking. Leif got the party started right and celebrated his civil freedom by purchasing this flatland tour van, which he personalized with this kick ass mural. Look for Leif to be hitting up dungeons and dragons tournaments all across the east coast.

In product news, we’re working on a bunch of new things including a number plate and race jersey to go with our new race frame. The Equilibrium flatland frame is going into production real soon and the race frame will follow shortly after that.

The Maniac and Tag just got here and we have some ramp dialing to do, so have a good weekend.

Peace

Originally Posted by fbm

The second day of the “Crandall homeless tour 2004” took place at Bakers Acres last night. The Maniac, Chris Hancock and Mike Tag were in attendance for the festivities, and cookout. Waking up to wild animals running around is not much different than hearing Fisher’s girlfriend walk on hardwood floors with high heel shoes. We are considering names for the FBM race frame, so any suggestions are welcome. If we choose a name submitted, we will award the person free lunch at Flo’s Clam Shack, and a weekend roadtrip with Magilla and Dave King to Sal’s new house in Pennsylvania.

Originally Posted by c-diddy

After John Paul’s bike mysteriously got stolen, Kelly Baker came ripping through town on a bike that looked amazingly similar. He was also grumbling something about being pissed off still that JP put his brother over a berm at the Orlando track years ago, and finally getting even. In other news, after Hallman secured a deal with New Balance, he was later hired to build a researh facility at thier Kirkwood NY. location just minutes down the road from FBM. He was given a budget to build ramps, and opted to build this contraption out of pallets, following his success when he introduced the “dorito” at last years Ghetto comp. It has been dubbed the ramp of insanity, and Hallman was overheard saying, “genius is often confused with insanity”.

Originally Posted by c-did

Big Dave is currently welding up the new version of the CB4ks. they are now lighter and feature a thread in compresion bolt with an FBM logo, rather than the old style. Merle the Squirrel has been chillin with curtis up in the office. thats whats new. Look for the forks available shortly. Fisher is nuts.

Originally Posted by c-diddy

After securing a deal with New Balance, Hallman was seen testing thier new “so fresh and so clean” white trails shoe. They must work well, because that fool was shredding the course. It was a good weekend for riding dirt jumps, and BBQing at Bakers Acres, and a planning committee was formed for the “crandall homeless tour 2004” it starts Tuesday, and will span through the middle of July, Scheduled stops include Richford, Caroline Center, Berkshire and Newark Valley. For booking info, email us or get ahold of Jeff Collins who is in charge of tour management.

Originally Posted by c-diddy

I’m moving out of my apartment right now, and figured i’d update the news before i tear the computer down. Here is a picture that Jaime Moore sent over of Peter Koh riding the shit out of his FBM frame down under in Australia. Those guys kick ass. Dave King aint shit.

Originally Posted by c-diddy

We went and saw the Evens play yesterday. Its some thing with Ian Mackaye, and a woman playing drums named Amy, it was awesome, they played at a Museam in Ithaca, under a giant whale skeleton. Big Dave got an autograph on an old Minor Threat Album, and we got to check out a mastadon skeleton and reminisce about Corrigans uncle Tim. Hallman was in the house wearing his new signature shoe from New Balance. Dialed.

Originally Posted by c-diddy

After Road Fools 13 ended friday night in St. Louis, and after i had lit my sleeping bag on fire, as well as a 3 foot tall stuffed rabbit, with faulty fireworks, and after I saw the hugest balls in the world, we headed east on Interstate 70, completely shitfaced, only to have our bikes fall off the rack in east St. louis. The wierd part is that the the 2 bikes that fell of, (mine and Stew’s) weren’t the last ones on the rack, and somehow the least lucky dude in the world (John Paul) still had his bike on the rack. Incidentally, John Paul is stuck here hanging out near Fishers butt, while he sits on a bongo. If anyone wants to give JP a ride to Philly, let us know. The Big news though, is this; JEFF HARRINGTON CUT HIS HAIR! After over 10 years of wild haircutness, Jeff finally turned in his chips on trying to have the shittiest haircut in BMX. Losey is gonna be bummed. For a sticker of Jeff’s hair, and a clump of it, send $10 to FBM ATTN. “a clump of Jeff’s hair and a sticker”.

Originally Posted by C-Diddy

If you were wondering what a BMX legend looks like in a bunny suit, heres a picture of Tim “fuzzy” Hall. He was seen wearing this and doing bunny hops over bundles of carrots while smoking menthol cigarettes. He was later seen at a circus trying to get circus bears on mini bikes to high-side on elephant shit, with Kelly Baker. Expect Phil Wasson back on his bike in a few short weeks, he is in a shoulder harness for the time being. holla.

Originally Posted by c-did

Sorry for the delayed updates, limited computer access on the road, so if you have emailed FBM, and not heard a reply, hang on a couple of days. Road Fools news, Phill Wasson dislocated his shoulder last night in Kansas City, hopefully he’ll be back in the saddle soon enough. Mike Tag has been shredding it on the trip, and his amp cannon is one of the trips highlights so far. Party. In other news, FBM Outsider Frames should be back in stock this week. Big Dave and the crew have been welding up a storm lately, and I am sitting in a storm in Missouri. Word to the mother.

Originally Posted by c-diddy

In case you were wondering what it is like to be on Road Fools, heres a picture of Marco on the rig, using Merle the Squirrel as a desk, and surfing the Internet. In other news, Gilly built an outhouse at the trails this year so Sal could use the bathroom with better convenience. Todd Clahoun is a tweaked out cab driver in Boulder Colorado, I recommend his services to anyone looking for a ride to shitty bar full of people in flip-flops, or sandals, with pony tails.holla.

Originally Posted by c-diddy

If you have been having trouble finding the Monkey Wrench, Baby Seal or Soup Gang T-Shirts at you local shop, look no further, they are now available at the FBM Online Store.

Originally Posted by c-diddy

Well it’s Friday afternoon and about a 1/4 of the Road Fools 13 crew, consisting of Steve Crandall, Stew Johnson, Derrick Nelson, Rob Dolecki, and of course Merle the squirrel (Yep these fools really are crazy!) just set sail.

Before leaving Admiral c_diddy ran through the preflight checklist of Road Fools essentials… 1 ambulance, check! 1 pink stuffed bunny, check! 1 squirrel named Merle, check!, 1 55 gallon drum of bio diesel, check! Everything seemed in order (huh?) so they loaded up and shoved off.

This is no doubt going to be one of the most bizarre Road Fools to date. The adventure officially starts Tuesday in Denver. Unfortunately we’ll all have to wait until this thing comes out to see what goes down, but check the news here as I’m sure that c_diddy will share some of the adventures along the way.

In other news I just posted a close up inspection of Shawn Arata’s new bike. Click the link to check it out. The bike looks awesome and should be available sometime late summer. Shawn’s going to ride it for a while to make sure everything is ok, and then we’ll go into production.

Speaking of new frames, the Equilibrium, Leif’s signature flatland frame, should be going into production in a few weeks. Click the link to see that frame.

I think that’s about all the news for now. It’s 5:00pm Friday, time to go ride.

Originally Posted by Merle

After witnessing Shawn Arata ape it on his new proto-type frame this past weekend, Dave King said he’s been having wierd dreams about him. If thats not wierd enough, he also got a tattoo of a pig with wings that looks like a 5 year old drew it, and its says in scribble “pig wit wings”. After a long week prior to the tradeshow/contest, and a party hard weekend, things at FBM are getting back to normal, even with 4 new prototypes being tested for production. look for Lief Valins flat Frame out first. Its called the Equilibrium, and should be started shortly. In other news, Derrick Girard has been staying in Ithaca and painting houses while dialing in his I-pod, and Gilly got a job consulting the Bethlehem Area Development Committee in Economics. His first project, includes budgeting for Ramen noodles, and scoping out free food happy hours around town. All the money He saves the city, will be spent on DVD’s for the poor. All is good that ends good, so stay off the crystal meth, and keep riding folks…..

Originally Posted by c-diddy

PHIL WASSON NEWS FLASH

Phil has just been added to the Road Fools 13 crew. Phil will join Steve Crandall, maybe Mike Tag, and a bunch of other fools when they set sail early next week. Look for Phil to be shredding his new Pro Model Frame and drinking gallons of freshly brewed coffee.

If you haven’t already, click on Phil’s Pro Model Frame and check that piece out.

Now peace out rabbit.

Originally Posted by fbm

The La Revolution at East Coast Terminal went down yesterday with two FBM representitives making the finals. Congratulations to Tony Hamlin for winning the whole thing, and to Shawn Arata for an impressive sixth place aboard his new signature bike.

Both Tony and Shawn rode really well, as did everyone else. Click here for highlights from Tony and Shawn.

The Subdivision Trade show also went down this weekend, and it went real well. It was a good opportunity for everyone in the industry to get together, talk, plan, and meet with shops and the public. We’ll post more from the trade show in a day or two. Right now it’s time to ride some trails.

Peace

Originally Posted by fbm

It’s the weekend of the Subdivision BMX Trade Show and the La Revolution here in lovely Johnson City. The trade show has been going on for two days with a good percentage of the BMX Industry in attendance. One of the most heated debates of the weekend so far is over the Fly Bikes “Spanish BB” and a new similar prototype BB that we have put on a few new prototype bikes.

You can see the prototype FBM BB here on Shawn Arata’s new prototype signature frame. Both BB’s work the same and are machined so that the bearings press straight into the BB, thus doing away with BB cups. The difference is that the FBM is built around a standard Profile bearing, while the Spainsh BB uses a new and slightly smaller bearing.

Industry leaders met yesterday in order to discuss the merits of each in an attempt to come up with an agreed upon standard so that frames and parts will be easily interchangeable.

No matter which BB everyone decides to go with, Shawn is going to be stoked on his new frame either way. After building it up he immediately fell in love with it, claiming that it has more “pop” than his old frame. Check back after the weekend for full specs and to see how the new frame performs over the weekend.

Have a good weekend.

Originally Posted by fbm

We just got the new prototype FBM race frame back from paint. It weighs in at a trim 4.4 lbs and looks smooth.

It features an internal headset, euro bottom bracket, an integrated seat post clamp, an externally butted seat tube, cantilever brake mounts on the seat stays, and 1/8 inch heat treated dropouts. The head tube angle is 74 degrees, the seat tube angle is 71 degrees, and the bottom bracket height is 11.75 inches.

Tubing Specs

Top Tube: 1 1/4 inch diameter, .035 wall

Down Tube: 1 3/8 inch diameter, .035 wall

Seat Stays: 5/8 inch diameter, .035 wall

Chain Stays: 7/8 inch diameter, .035 wall

Click Here for a Close Up View

Originally Posted by chris

Well, Next week is the Subdivision Trade show, and FBM should have some new products to display, un-officially there might be a couple of new prototype frames endorsed by FBM Pro Riders, but I won’t mention any names yet. Also be on the lookout for the possibility of a High quality, Full chromoly, light weight race frame to be debuted at the show. In non product related news, Lief Valin is in town tonight for a Soup Gang meeting, ingredients are many, and are vegetarian as well. There will also be cookies and Ice Cream at tonights Soup gang Party, as well as C-Lo, women, and other party favors. Derrick Girard is chilling in Ithaca, playing frisbee and throwing water balloons at college girls until further notice, and Shawn arata is Doing Demos with Oliver Leonard this weekend at random riding spots in the Chicago Area. Look for more news and website updates soon….

Originally Posted by C-diddy

Its friday, in case you did not know. This picture is of Dave King after a night out on the town, with his good friend RBS, Dave is in Philly this weekend building jumps in Little Devil owner, Derek Adams’ backyard. Gilly, Phil Wasson and Hallman are all out at the Vans triple crown in Utah, and Corrigan is off to Mexico. Last night The Maniac was spotted on a 3 speed bike that he “found” bombing the hills of Ithaca at 1 am, and Brian Yeagle was in close pursuit..Not much else going on. Have a good weekend folks, i’m out…..

Originally Posted by C-diddy

We got some photos in the mail today, this one of Ryan Corrigan, was sent over by none other than Sandy carson, and it said simply, “corrigan goes to mexico with a case of redbull, watch out chad kagy”. Sandy and Ryan and some kids are going to the Red Bull comp in a ditch somewhere in Mexico for some reason. Sounds awesome. The other photo was sent by Chris Smith from Canada, and is of his buddy Rob Parsons, who rides for FBM up there through ten pack. Parsons is an ape. Riding down hills in the dark whith an Ipod is fun. Digging with a fire going, listening to the Ipod is fun. Losing footage in the computer while listening to the Ipod is not as much fun. Shit the Bed….

Originally Posted by c-diddy

We just got the new prototype, fiberglass seat/post combo from our research department over in Pine Bluff, it weighs in at a whopping negative 3 ounces, so it actually lightens your bike up when you add this item. Its part of our new atkins friendly product line we are working on, as well as our Lo- carb frames (a 100 % carbon fiber)and it only weighs 1.2 pounds. This picture is of curtis testing the seat/post, try shoving this baby up a pineapples ass,and you’ll do better gate starts at the Orange Y-track. Check the online store for good FBM merchandise bitches. Gilly is building jumps at the vans triple crown right now in Utah, if you see him or Fuzzy, bitch slap those fools, and send a shout out to Biggie Smalls…..

Originally Posted by c-diddy

2 people that play a huge role in the the success FBM has had over the years, are Big Dave and Kelly Baker. Heres a picture of Kelly riding way back in 1977, on a kawasaki shock bike. Kelly has been killing it for years and has been a huge inspiration, thanks KB. The other picture is big Dave having a big beer after welding up another batch of Outsider frames, if you ride an FBM and you are stoked on it, thank this guy, he sure can make a kick ass bike.
In other news, its friday, and its time to party…. HOLLA!

Originally Posted by c-diddy

Dave King got a Tattoo that says “i love ron” on behalf of his buddy ron metcalf. iI don’t know who is worse off, Ron , or Dave. Either way, if its an all-u-can eat buffet, Gilly is there. In Magilla news, he was recently interviewed by Guiness books television, about being the tallest dirt jump builder for the x-games. He won a free pass to Flo’s Clam Shack in Rhode Island. FatBMX made fun of FBM for making a flatland frame, so with all the money we make cashing in on flatland, we are going to buy out ESPN, and put it back on television, and Bart Dejong will be the head judge. After we get done cashing in on flatland, we are going to the trails, and cashing in all the recycle-ables, for 5 cents a can, and buying out NBC, and putting beer drinking in the Gravity Games. Kelly Baker put the “king” in Beer drinking by the way. Leif valin ate soup today, split pea bitches…..

Originally Posted by C-diddy

Big news from the CFB at woodward west, this years course had water, and Dunny shown here took first in pro park, with moves like this surfer. Congrats to the Dunny Bunny for his first pro win, and qualifying to the X games. FBM rider Ron Kimler gets an honorable mention as well, he took third. Kick Ass Ron. According to BMX message boards though, he only got 3rd becasue he lives there, not because he shreds with an original style, goes faster than a sonofabitch, and hits every ramp at the joint. Oh well. In other news, Kelly Baker removed the old dishwasher from his kitchen, Hallman played with curtis this afternoon, Gilly drank some milk, phil drank some coffee, Arata had a cigarette, and Dave King aint shit. Oh yeah, and Big Dave hooked me up with some bread and peanut butter, since I lost all my money playing C-lo with Fisher last night.

Originally Posted by C-diddy

Still recovering from the trip to Arkansas, heres a couple more pics from the trip, Todd Danger at nervous charlies fireworks with the apes, and the royal mainac at an abandoned water park in Ak.
Some of us went to Xdreams last night for Hell on Earth’s bike night, and took thier money rolling dice and spent it on beer. Fisher did a heel clicker into the foam pit. It was glorious.
In other news,Kelly Baker bought a house last week, congrats to him. Corrigan got punched in the shoulder by a drunk guy while working the door at the ritz, and Tommy the Bartender ended up tending to more than just the bar. not much else today, holla back…

Originally Posted by c-diddy

OK so we made it back from our trip, and I can finally update the news. Too much to remember, but we rode ramps with cool people from here to Little Rock Arkansas, and it was kick ass. Some of the highlights include the whole crew in Memphis, who took us to some pools and ghetto ramps, Props to Derek T, dee, Marcus, Nick, gabe and that whole gang for hooking us up. We also went to Pine Bluff Arkansas, to Tony’s radical sports, where corrigan learned how to ride ghetto backyard ramps, it was awesome. Backyard ramps, BBQ’s, fire’s, ghetto ramps, shitty tattoos, contests, demos, and too much more, I’ll do a more extensive story later, but thanks to everyone we met along the way, and thanks to Jud Ferguson for hooking us up all week in Little Rock.

Originally Posted by c-diddy

The limited edition 10 Years of FBM t-shirts arrived today, and they are only available at the FBM Online Store with our new DVD.

If you live near Little Rock Arkansas, you should check out Last Call’s Bicycle Rodeo contest at Ferguson’s Skatepark tomorrow.

Originally Posted by Mike

Jon West from overseas sent these 2 pics from the weekend in Amsterdam, we got several emails telling us how wild Shawn Arata was, and this one shows how good Corrigan was dancing over there. Scary Dance was in efect later that night, but I’m not sure about the pukeedance yet. Yesterday was the first demo, at Studio 334, and it was good fun, we played frisbee, gambled on basket ball, had a wost trick comp that 3 people entered, BBQ’d in the parking lot, and chilled out. Kieth and the locals were super cool, and plenty of people were shredding. Highlights include a subbox toothpick tailwhip by mike cottle, Kerry landing on his eyeball, Cico did some big fakie, and Phil and Derek were going big. Dave King was riding, but he aint shit. He ate shit though. we’ll post some pics from the demos ASAP. Word up! see you at Section 8 tonight.

Originally Posted by c-diddy

The FBM DVD’s finally showed up, its got all the old FBM vids, and plenty of new shit as well. Not Bad. The shredder in the other picture is a kid named Stevan in Italy that rides for us via Thomas Stellwag, and Allride distro. Pretty kick ass photo. Phil Wasson is in town a couple days early for the Tour next week on the way to the comp, I’ll post some pics of him drinking coffee tomorrow. In other news, beer causes short term memory loss if you drink too many. Oh yeah, and supposedly trail are making a comeback in 2004. I guess they are fun……

Originally Posted by c-diddy

If you live in the northeast you might be familiar with makeshift ramps, this technique is called “making tuna fish outa tuna shit” by Kelly Baker, its a common occurance when riding in the early spring before the earth is actually thawed out. Next wek is the Last Call tour to Arknasas, stopping along the way, in Pa, Ohio, and Tenesee. Look for Phil Wasson, Steve Crandall, Magilla, Dave King, Chris Hallman, Jeff Harrington, Kerry Sayre, the Maniac, and more to be “shredding the course” and talking about the Experiment. In other news, Dee called for you….. holla. Oh yeah Harrington wore matching shoes today.

Originally Posted by c-diddy

The DVD’s didn’t show up today like we had hoped, but Tony Hamlin did. Tony is from rochester, and kills, look for him to be representing FBM nowadays, and shredding on a nice black outsider frame. Heres 2 pics of Big T. In other news, Metallica is blasting out of my itunes, and the Baker’s Acres is finally in progress after the late thaw. Curtis ate shit today trying to jump up on the shipping table, while Big Dave and Ken were welding up Livewires with Internals and euro’s which should be available agian very soon. Not much else. Ron Metcalf is disgusting….

Originally Posted by c-diddy

Like I mentioned earlier, new rider pages with art galleries are starting to get posted, Leif’s page is up, as well as Steve Crandall’s. If you go to the staff page you can check out Chris Hallman’s Art gallery, which consists of some of the most amazing photos EVER!
Hallman is a champ with the camera, no shit. He is also the man responsible for all the kick ass graphics at FBM this past year. Props to Chris, he rules…. In other news, Corrigan is going to Prague with the Seventies crew for a nice little trip, and Finally after much delay, The FBM 10 year DVD should be out on Friday.
Lets hope it shows up.

Originally Posted by C-diddy

Hell on Earth’s “La Revolution” contest series has picked up Empire BMX as the new title sponsor for the series. To celebrate they designed a way fancier flyer.

Click Here to see a larger version that you can actually read.

So make sure you come check out the contest as well as the Subdivision BMX Trade Show that will be going on downstairs. It’s going to be a good show.

Originally Posted by eff_bee_emm

NEW FBM TRAVEL MUG

Check out the new FBM travel mugs. If you love coffee, tea, hot cocoa, or any other hot beverage, and you like to travel, then this handy thermal mug is for you.

Click Here to go to the FBM Online Store right now!

Originally Posted by fbm

We went to Bethlehem this weekend to hang out and shoot photos and such, it was a good time, although the weather was pretty shitty. Pictured here is Ryan Hillegas, riding the sketchiest skatepark in history, look for more news on this kid soon, he is a serious APE. Over the weekend, we definitely saw some historical figures in BMX, Brian Stimmel was out, Luc-e, MCM, Chris Sales, Stauff and Murph to name a few, and Jaime Moore from Australia is in the house as well. Action Wheels Larry is seriously off the hook. He ain’s scared of no yellow Primo stogies, thats for sure. We ( dave king, ron metcalf, chunk and I) checked out some video premiere, with Dan Meier. Chris Janis was on the Mic. Nice. In other news the Backyard Jam went down this weekend, Corrigan and Kimler were there, riding, helping build ramps, and trying to figure out whats up with Ian’s phone. I think Dunny won. More News later. shit the bed….

Originally Posted by C-diddy

Heres a pic of Dave King on the ground after eating shit, trying to ice pick a hand rail from this weekend, check out hilgee in the back ground.

If anyone is wondering what Gilly is up to this weekend, he’ll be in Nyack Ny, visiting his Grandmother for her birthday. He will probably fart as well. Dunny will be with him, it should be an adventure. If any girls are out there with money, please email us with details….

Originally Posted by c-diddy

Heres a Picture of Dave King.

Originally Posted by C-diddy

This is a picture of one of the early prototypes of the bike we are working on with Leif Valin, it was too big, so it was back to the drawing board with that one. Check out Leif’s rider page, which features a picture/art gallery, that we will be converting most of the rider pages to as soon as we get more materials. It looks pretty good. Not much else, but keep posted, you never know….

Originally Posted by c-diddy

Fifty cent and G-unit flew Fisher to NYC this weekend, to help record a new cut for an FBM commercial in Props, called “fishty cent yo!” While hanging with the homeboys, 50 taught Fisher the ins and outs of being a thug, and Fisher tought him how to drink olde english.word. Look for fisher in box seats at the Next sixers game as well, courtesy of his boy Alan Iverson. No shit either.

Originally Posted by c-diddy

We are starting to do rider designed/endorsed products on the webstore, and the first one is this yellow ass coffee mug by Phil Wasson. Look for rider specific shirts in the near future as well. A portion of the sales will be paid to the riders, so they can afford to eat more than just ramen noodles, so if you are stoked on Phil. order a mug. Elsewhere, Jeff Harrington, Kerry Sayre, Big Dave and Justin are all supposed to be at the contest At Voodoo this weekend, holla at them if you see them around.

Originally Posted by c-diddy

Stew Johnson of Props fame just bought an ambulance that he will be converting into the ultimate roadtrip/party vehicle after he returns from a 6 week trip to europe. Stew is kick ass, but watch out if you are sleeping next to a plate of rigatoni. Look for Chris Hallman to be biting the heads off of hamsters while rocking a sick mustache. (he found one in his oven). When your at the next Lucero concert, watch out for the Ryan Corrigan piss machine.
holla.

Originally Posted by c-diddy

I know one thing is for sure, its not freezing cold in NY today, and the world looks a lot nicer when your not shivering. This is a pic of Mike Tag,doing a canadian footjam, Look for Tag on the 2004 nighttrain the next time you see him, they are now available with euro BB, lowered 990 mounts, and they come in at under 6 pounds. Check the frame page for more specs, and new photos will be up soon. Leif Valin has been testing the new bike he helped design, and thats been going well, while trying to come up with names for the frame, so far all we have is “the message board topic”. Any ideas, email them over. Ron Kimler just got back from Texas, and is rocking Etnies, no longer in the duffs. Word to John Povah for hooking Ron up. In other news, I’m going riding. Keep posted more updates soon….

Originally Posted by c-diddy

Leif was in town for a few weeks working on his new flatland frame. Yesterday was the day it all came together. Leif, Dave, and Jim Bagg worked all morning putting the frame together. Just after lunch it went to paint, and a few hours later Leif had himself a new bike.

The bike will come in two top tube sizes 18.75″ and 19.25″. The rear end length 13.5″ center to center, and 13″ with the wheel all the way forward. The head tube is 75 degrees, the seat tube is 71 degrees, and the BB height is 11.625″. It’s clean, simple, and functional. Click Here to check out more photos of the frame.

As soon as he had the frame in hand, Leif jumped in his Honda Civic and drove home in a snowstorm to put it together. Then he rode it for a few hours in his local parking garage before heading out to do shows in Cleveland. All in a days work for Leif.

Originally Posted by dude

Shawn Arata had never seen a palm tree in real life before this photo was taken, nor had he been to “bagel me”, since then however, has made it clear that he wants a palm tree in his house, and he also got a full deal interview in the new Ride UK. His interview borderlined on being incoherent, but his riding spoke very clearly, spelling out the word BADASS. Props to shawn. In other rider news, Ron Kimler is visting Austin Tx, and no doubt shredding. Leif Valin worked with Big Dave today on a new prototype, which we will be displaying later this week. Kelly Baker is recovering from a weekend with Deuce, which was said to off the handle. Corrigan keeps calling all hours of the night. Free nights and weekends, just add one asshole and some alcohol.
Not much else going on, aside from the newly installed batting cage at FBM, huh?

Originally Posted by c-diddy

Corrigan is still on tour with Lucero, heres a pic of Brian the guitar player, (he rides an old ass angel of death) with Los Angeles behind him. Since the tour started, Corrigan has called me several times, at all hours of the night, holding his phone next to a speaker, and clearly he’s drunk, with little or no regard for the time difference. Kellly Baker was rolling with Duece and the “bad as hell” crew today, that was a sight, seeing clipper in action. Look at Ron Kimler on BMXonline.com If you want to learn Nosepicks, he’s got a how to posted up on that piece, and If you want to learn about bloody marys, check out Blackneck’s girlfriend…. 2 down, the rest of the night to go!

Originally Posted by c-diddy

Kelly baker got so stoked on being in Dig Mag, he went apeshit at the park on wednesday night, he might be the first person to hit the ceiling there, and he was setting up makeshift obstacles all over and just shredding. Last night was E-dogs 30th birthday party, Snoop and tupac showed up for the gala event, as well as phantom Hallman, chunk, big Dave, and Hunter S. Thompson.
I’ll post some more pics later this afternoon. party….

Originally Posted by c-diddy

Team news, FBM official milk chicken gangsta, Fishty Cent is on the road with Tag, and the Maniac, down in texas, to crash the mega tour with Team Shitluck, watch out Blacken. Leland is pissed. Ryan Corrigan is the Roadie for Lucero, Heres a picture of him farting in the tour van, with Roy Berry, the drummer for Lucero. Also on the tour is Against Me!, so i’m sure the party is on. Ryan might be the first roadie to get fired for rancid farts, we’ll see. Holla….

Originally Posted by c-diddy

Heres a couple of pics from the FBM trip out to Cali, Arata ended up getting stitches in his mouth, and Oliver landed fakie. Check out bmxonline.com to see a quick video of the crew on Ride magazines ramp. The FBM work crew has been busy working on new products lately, so keep an eye out for new graphics real soon. Holla….

Originally Posted by c-diddy

The first of the updates from this past weekend in Toronto, it was nuts. The first photo off the presses is John paul passed out in a corner in the room, along side of the Maniac, AKA “grotbags mummy” who went totally Apeshit this weekend. More highlights to come as we get more photos back, but to sum it all up, the riding was nuts, the nightlife was crazy, and there were dudes in full protective gear riding unicycles down stairs, and they all had mohawks. Leland and Tag got kicked out of the whole entire arena, and so forth…
In unrelated news, FBM dealers can now get Props from Last Call Dist. (FBM’s in house distributor) starting with issue 51, that has amazing coverage of the Ghetto comp done by Joel Moody. Road Fools 12 is on the loose as well. holla. keep posted, more soon.

Originally Posted by c-diddy

Heres some more pics… one is of Hallman trying to catch snowflakes in his mouth, and the other of a “gay black caveman, witha band-aid on his nose”. Seriously the weekend was toonuts…

Originally Posted by c-diddy

Everyone has gone completely nuts at FBM! We’re currently packing about 20 people in the Last Call Van and are about to head out for the Torornto Metro Jam, but we’ll probably break down and spend the weekend in some small western NY town. We’ve left skeletor in charge of things while we’re gone, so don’t even think about messin’ with him. If you’re going to Toronto, maybe you’ll see us there, unless we see you first. Look for updates on Monday.

Holla!

Originally Posted by fbm

Got off the phone with dave king, after their big trip to Australia, (check the amazing photo Dolecki sent today) and I learned that Beer is really expensive over there, and that Jamie Moore Kicks more ass than I thought. I guess the boys ended up in Tazmania to ride a snake run, and Jamie got his nose slugged by some jackass at a bar, Dave jumped on the dude, and Gilly kicked him in the head, the cops then made everyone apologize. That works I guess. In other news, I got of the new HCS bikes video, and I am pleased to announce that someone on a BMX still has the abilty to think for themselves. Derek Nelson is a fucking APE. Also congrats to Brian Yeagel for his cover on the new Dig, and Kelly Baker who got the backchat. Mike Tag was also featured in a icepick to fakie how-to. Toronto is this weekend, let see what goes down this year….

Originally Posted by C-diddy

JEFF HARRINGTON GOES POSTAL!

We’ve just launched the fbm online store. If you look to your left, you’ll notice a store link at the bottom of the navigation bar. Get clicky and check it out. We’re not out to compete with our dealers and so we will not be selling all of our products online. What you can now buy online are “blem” products, some hard to find items like the FBM zippo and flask, and things like stickers. We will also be adding short run “web exclusive” items like rider t_shirts in the near future.

What is a “blem”?A blem is any superficial defect which renders a product unsellable to our retail dealers. Things like small dents, paint scratches, scuffs, etc. constitute blemishes. We will not sell any parts with structural defects that would make them weak or unsafe.

Jeff will be in charge of online orders, and boy he can’t wait to start mailing out those packages, so go buy something and give Jeff more work.

Originally Posted by fbm

Jamie Moore from Australia emailed to let me know that he dropped Dave, Gilly, and Dos Equis off at the airport to come home, and to also let us know about a new starting fluid that Stowaway has developed, in association with Dave King. Big marketing plans for that one. Not much else going on, it was warm enough to ride in Ithaca, so we shovelled snow off the skatepark and rode, that was fun. Keep posted this week for more random and retarded news.

Originally Posted by c-diddy

News from the FBM excursion downunder, by Dave King, Gilly and rob Dolecki, Jamie Moore had this to say” FBM tour down under has been treats and there is still a few days to go.Nuff good spots hit and footage logged.Gillys farts have driven me to drink out here. check the pic. ” Good to hear Gilly is keeping real in the field.
Dave King was causing trouble again, and got in another fight, this time with a transvestite at Jamies local bar. He got his ass kicked by a man with tits, and a dress, i don’t know any other details yet. keep posted as more comes over the wire….

Originally Posted by c-diddy

Big news this weekend is that, Tag and Leland are in southern California, to film and ride for the next FBM video. Meeting up with them tomorrow, are Shawn Arata, Oliver Leonard, Buck, Ron Kimler, and Seam Emery. Should be a hoot, oliver’s back wheel is jb welded together, and Arata just got back from a court date where he has to pay $1000 dollars for an illegal wallride. Oh, the wonders of the legal system. In other news, Internal headset Livewires are out, with seatstay mounts, and a couple with euro BB’s as well, they are HOT. Outsider 3/4 sleeve shirts are out now too, and looking good, more great graphic design via the Hallman.
Look for more news tonight hombres….

Originally Posted by c-diddy

More news… Leif Valin is nuts…

Originally Posted by c-diddy

This weekend was banger, not only was there a mechanical bull outside my apartment and a chili cookoff, but we also rode bunch. Saturday was an awesome session at Collins’ barn, then sunday we went to the snow capitol of NY, and rode the Red Planet park in Oswego. Kelly was seen shredding the box jump, and doing various wallride transfers.Fisher killed it as well. Lucky for us, there were kids spraypainting, and giving us plenty of fumes to inhale. Kerry sayre ended up at the section 8, and shot this photo of 4th grade getting in a barfight. He sucks at spelling real bad, but manged to spell FBM right on his huge forearm tattoo. Leif Valin is in town riding in the new FBM flatland research area, developing new technologies, as well as soup recipes, today was split pea. Look for plenty of coffee to be consumed while Leif is around, and a good amount of dry humor. Holla….

Originally Posted by c-diddy

Leif Valin Fell off his green 20″ toptube nighttrain and ended up on the wrong side of the tracks last night, luckily Dunny was on hand to fill in as FBM’s new professional Flatland rider. Its uncertain whether or not any menu items were half off at TGIF’s as a result.
Soup Gang applications have been pouring in, with new ones this week from Chris Stauffer, Josh Stricker, Salbo, and the chef From the muppets. Tonights specialty is vegan chili alacrandall. Look for Kerry Sayre and some of the FBM crew at the section 8 contest this weekend, as long as there are no automobile problems, usually the Last Call van breaks down every other trip, so it should be cool this time.

Originally Posted by c-diddy

Thanks to Ryan Corrigan for sending us a box full of Lone Star Beer. What a guy! And it even got here on Friday, talk about good timing.

Thanks Ryan

Originally Posted by fbm

Wednesday is payday at FBM, so often times the FBM staff can found at the bowling alley spending thier hard earned pay, heres big Dave with his custom “Big Ern” ernie Mccraken signature pink swirl bowling ball. Dunny was also in the house, and for those of you who don’t know. he is shit crazy, heres a picture of him doing a surfer at the FBM warehouse. the Dunny Bunny in full effect. Expect more dunny coverage in the future at factionbmxmag.com. Manmade Darren was also bowling, he was dressed up as the drummer from Def Leppard, with 1 arm and all. No real news today, but idid have a nice cup of tea at an internet coffee shop today, and that was a first.

Originally Posted by c-diddy

Oh yeah, we rode bikes last night too, heres a picture I shot of the Hallman, formerly known as the Dude. He is at height on a very steep 6 foot quarter. Minutes after this he worked on building the bowl corners in his photo studio. He too is nuts.

Originally Posted by c-diddy

FBM UPDATE

Hi to everyone with their noses in the Internet. There has been some interesting things happening here at FBM and I thought I would share.

First of all I’ll get some product news out of the way. We’ve got a redesign of the chanticleer bar end coming back from the lab today. The new bar end features a rooster, and they are guaranteed to make your bike roll with increased confidence and head strong pride.

Meanwhile back in the shop a batch of Live Wire’s with internal head tubes is currently on the welding table. That’s Big Dave applying the weld.

We’ve also got a bunch of sprockets coming in today. “Stryper” who makes the sprockets is personally delivering the sprockets and bar ends, and they’re even taking us out to lunch. What a deal!

For a long time I’ve wanted to have a nice photo studio set up for taking product type photos, and I’ve decided to go for it and build one myself. So I cleaned out a section of the bathroom, gathered wood from an abandoned building nearby, and began construction on “Outhouse Studios”.

While moving lockers that were in the bathroom I unearthed some intriguing artifacts.

exhibit #1: a Piels Light Beer Can. Can you remember a time when you had to open beer can’s with a can opener? I can’t. We’ve sent the can to the lab for radiocarbon dating and are currently awaiting results. We believe it may be the artifact of a previously unknown Central, NY hominid we’re calling Homo Sissius.

exhibit#2: a schematic drawing of a fighter jet. What was going on in this building before we got here? Was it a top secret military instalation? Was someone smuggling military secrets to Cuba through this very building? Speculations abound but so far no connection can be made between this drawing and the existence of a tv dating show about midgets.

exhibit#3: “A Loving Step Brother” Perhaps the most disturbing find of all!! Light beer, fighter jets, and soft porn??? What is the connection? It just doesn’t add up. Even more disturbing, the book seems to have misteriously disappeared. And I was worried about the people that used to work here, now it seems that someone amongst us has a soft spot for cheap dime store porn!!! So far everyone denies any knowledge of it’s disappearance. Stay tuned to see if the culprit surfaces.

That’s all for now. Back to work and suspicious wonderings.

Originally Posted by The Hallman

Radical Bathroom

We (Crandall, johnny drinkshimselftodeath, and Nasty Nate spiero) left town thursday at noon last week, for a quick trip through the midwest, with our first stop to ride the Flow, in columbus, with catfish and crew, it was good fun. Afterwards we narrowly escaped sniper fire on 270, on the way to Louisville, and then Arkansas. The whole premise for the trip, was to drive 1200 miles to Little Rock on Friday the 13th, ride the park, and meet up with Jud Ferguson, and brian, get 42 beers, and drive north to Conway, and watch Lucero play, and get loaded. The catch is that Conway is in a dry county (no booze). It kicked ass, i lost my keys, and ended up in some unmentionable situations, and so on. Next Stop Memphis, where we checked out the skatepark, and met Derek T. Jones, and his crew, who were working on some new ramps and had an awesome spot. We picked up a hitchhiker there (a guy named Lewis, who was headed to Nashville), and the heater core blew out, which caused problems, and we had to stop using the heat. Awesome party. we Lost all the coolant in the engine as well, which was almost a really bad scene, but fuck it, we had lewis, and he was crazy as shit.
We arrived at the 6th ave Skatepark, just in time for bible study. Joel, who worked there was super cool , and he let us ride, we also met up with Leland and mike tag. The Following day, we drove back to NY, with no heat, and had to scrape ice off the windows (inside the car), and that sucked, as did getting pulled over in Salamnca. Holy. More action to come….

Originally Posted by c-diddy

We didn’t have any photos of new products that we are working on, but we had a couple of drawings of coffee mugs, and socks, that will be available soon, on the online store, which will also up soon. A couple of us might ride the Flow park in Columbus tonight with ADD rapper Catfizzle, then a weekend jaunt further south may be in the works. The FBM DVD, is at the duplicator, and should be ready soon, so keep an eye out for that one. Corn chowder, veggie gumbo, cheddar broccoli, Soup Gang represent. Does any one know if chili counts? Stew Johnson rules.

Originally Posted by c-diddy

2 live crew went down, but apparently Luke Sky walker isn’t in the band anymore, but MC Carpet was in the house, heres a pic of Kelly, and Hallman with MC Carpet. Fisher was onstage the entire show, and was yelled at for smacking the strippers asses. Holla. In other news, Dave King almost got kicked out of Australia this week, for grabbing a security guards ass, and then getting arrested. Luckily, the constable was familiar with Colin Mccay, and showed leaniency to Dave since he is a BMXer. We are working on a soup Gang website, so start sending in your photos of soup ASAP.

Originally Posted by c-diddy

If any one knows a better way to keep your feet warm in the winter, let us know. Catfish wanted to het sponsored by little devil so bad that he shaved the sign of the beast into his dog. Then it bit him in the balls. Phil Wasson called today to let us know he’s back from his sabbatical to India, where he spent the last few weeks studying eastern machining philosophy. I guess is gets cold in Kansas as well. Look for photos this week from the 2 live crew show tonight….
Stew Johnson has a posse! But can he hang with the soup gang?

Originally Posted by c-diddy

We got our first reports from downunder, and Rob Dolecki, Gilly , and Dave King arrived safely. Jaime Moore from stowaway tells me they have some fun shit planned out for the next few weeks, so keep in tune. I also hear that Dave already got thrown out of a restaurant for calling the waiter crocodile dundee, and dolecki got punched out by a kangaroo. Apparently gilly got so stoked on peacocks that he bought on and named it “thunderbird” after our old neighbor in Ft. Wayne, T-bird, who used to sit on the porch all day getting loaded on cheap wine. In other news, 2 live crew is playing in Ithaca monday night, they are Kelly’s favorite band, we’ll try and get some photos. Soup Gang represent….

Originally Posted by c-diddy

After a work week spent in the south, Steve Crandall is back in NY, so if your emails went unanswered last week, be patient. Pictured is The Maniac, Derek Girard, one of the only FBM team riders to enter a full-on pro contest barefoot. with his bars backwards, a wig, a pirate hat, and smoking a cigarette with no shirt on, here is is at one of the backyard jams, expect more FBM riders in the UK this summer, Derrick is currently busy in Maine, working and drinking beer near a woodstove. Rumors of a new FBM pro and a Flatland frame are still flying, as are applications for the “soup gang”. Expect more soup gang info this week. In other news, Gilly and Dave are downunder, and Mike Tag, Shawn Arata, Oliver, Kimler, , Sean Emery, and Buck will all be in California in late Feb.to start filming for a new FBM video. We’ll keep you posted about that as well. Jeff and Kerry are back from Florida, where they witnessed Kris Marcum of Bully bikes, get drunk and push an old lady over at a shopping plaza. Real nice kris. Kerry is currently at the Chenga 2 contest, scouting new FBM talent, with John Paul Rogers, and Leif Valin, he also got 8 tattoos this weekend from Greg at 252 Tattoo studio. 8! more soon.(news not tattoos)

Originally Posted by c-diddy

Last night, Magilla and Dave King Flew to Malaysia for a day, on thier way to Australia for a month long trip with Rob Dolecki, and Jaimie Moore of Stowaway Dist.
Expect web updates posted from thier journey. In related news, Crandall (pictured) finally lost his mind, due to the winter weather, and got in his 1990 toyota and started driving south. No destination was officially set, but he was well equipped with 214,000 miles on the engine, and plenty of CD’s…. More updates as they come.

Originally Posted by c-diddy

The show last night was awesome, heres a pic of pipe bomb rockin’ the flatbottom of the mini ramp at ECT. Riding bikes, partying with the pipe bomb, and good rock and roll made for a fun night. Good turnout and good times, thanks Big Dave. I’ll post some more pics and news soon, as well as some stories of the nights events. Soup gang represent!

Originally Posted by c-diddy

I don’t think it hasn’t been above freezing this year yet in upstate NY, its some kind of record. So we started a soup gang. Cuz we aint got time to chew our food, Yo! Email us if you want to initiated into the soup gang. Tonight is the Pipe Bomb show, i’ll post pics tomorrow hopefully.Kelly Baker was seen riding the skatepark last night, and shredding so hard his pants got ripped almost entirely off. In other news, we are working on releasing a bike that charges batteries via an alternator, i’ll also try and post pics of that prototype soon. Chris Stauffer and murph helped design it. Hell Yeah.

Originally Posted by c-diddy

Its still snowing in New York, if you were Steve Crandall, this is what you might look like at 2am, In other Crandall news, look for him at the roots jam/incline club comp this weekend, at the FBM sponsorship application table, if you show up, bring a full resume and edited video part. Jeff Harrington, and Kerry Sayre went to a contest this weekend at Chad Degroots park in Orlando, they also went with Kris Markum, who is full factory Bully Bikes, and filming for a video part called “shitty dudes”. Tomorrow is the Pipe bomb show, don’t forget about that, and if the rumors are true, there is a still a new rider at FBM this week. In tradition with current trends in bmx favoring the color pink, Brian Tunney got himself pinkeye. Keepin’ it real!

Originally Posted by c-diddy

Joe Rich called me last night at 4 am, from the Ritz with Tommy the bartender, yelling into the phone, saying something about pizza, and i remembered to post some news about the show Big dave put together this thursday. This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb is playing on the ramp at ECT on Thursday, and then at Fitz’s pub later that night. Part Time FBM worker, Justin also has a band called “eat your heart out” which will be playing the ramp as well. Peep it. If any BMX ers need help with thier taxes, FBM bro team rider, Jeremy Fahey has a tax and accounting business, he does all of our personal taxes, and you can email him at jeremy4130@aol.com. More news after breakfast, it’s snowing so we’ll have plenty of updates.

Originally Posted by c-diddy

Originally Posted by –

If the rumors are true, the man the photo above, may or may not be the next rider at FBM. If it is true, there is also a chance that some new products may or may not be available in the future, pertaining to his involvement. At any rate, its clear to see whats going on around here. Keep posted as more news unfolds.

Originally Posted by c-diddy

The video premiere at Ard’s cricket ranch was flop, 4 people showed up, and Earl, of Earls killer squirrels, got us thrown out before the video even played. Check out Gabe Smith in the photo, he’s a local. In other news, the Maniac is returned from a trip to Maine, where it was surprisingly warm, here’s a pic of him and Brian Yeagle doing shirtless wallrides in the winter. Look for the “dude” Chris Hallman to pick up resident status in Bigglestown over the weekend, and Chickenrap to be shredding at Xdreams.
It’s still cold in NY, so keep posted for more stircrazy random news updates.

Originally Posted by c-diddy

Web updates include an actual bio and new pics of Butcher on his rider page, and some new staff pics up for Ken and the infamous E-dog. Look for a Dave king aint shit Bio soon as well. It’s still cold in Ny, and it is not fun. Here is a picture of Kelly, riding in an uninsulated barn, trying to make the best out of a cold winter. Hopefully we’ll have some pictures ready to post from the Video premiere, it was off the hook, more details to come.

Originally Posted by c-diddy

More Phil wasson news, his coffe mug/ashtray/cigarette lighter was recently praised by inventors weekly, and he will be flown to Tocoma Washington on friday, to show it at a seminar. Phil is stoked. More big news, FBM video premiere tonight at Ard’s cricket ranch, in Pensacola florida, we’ll post pic’s by thursday of the event, it should be a doozy, with local rock legends “earl’s killer squirrels” playing after the video, and the Big Dave 4130 arm wresting challenge for $100 bucks. Underground bmx pro Kent Huntsman should be in the house as well.

Originally Posted by c-diddy

Got back from the contest in Hacketstown NJ, this weekend, this picture is of Dave King, during pro finals, he won of course with the patented golf cart jump, overly competetive BMX dads were not psyched on an FBM rider winning the contest. Oh well. Ralph Sinisi was in the house, as was George D., it was almost fun. Some lady that worked there told Jeff Harrington he was stupid, and we got kicked out of the vending area for a 150 person rollerskating party, that 17 people showed up for, and of course they played Micheal Jackson while little kids skated in circles. Wonderful. Actually it was good time, except for a couple of stiff moments, and seeing murph and stauff from dead memory laugh about cornpie made it all worth while.

Originally Posted by c-diddy

We just got back from the injection molding lab, where we picked up the first prototype of the Phil Wasson signature Coffee mug/ cigarette lighter/ ashtray combo. Its light blue. Arata pictured with Phil is currently testing it for durability in chicago, at the construction site he works at with Oliver Leonard. If I haven’t mentioned it yet, Oliver made an awesome segment for the new Faction vid, with the DGC crew, it rocks, oliver and arata kill it. seriously, the video is dead now. Speaking of dead, FBM legend, Chris Hallman thought he was going to die after a harsch snowboard accident, and went to the hospital due to the fact that he was coughing up blood for 2 days. They told him he had bronchitis. Go figure. In other news, its still cold in NY, and we hope to go to a comp at hackettstown this weekend. see you there.

Originally Posted by c-diddy

This is fisher. his girlfriend has a unicorn named liberace. Its so cold in New York right now, that time froze still. seriously.Its so cold that there is no real news… Check out factionbmxmag.com if you want to laugh.

Originally Posted by c-diddy

Well, its horribly cold in Ny right now. It sucks. The weekend in Louisville however was HOT. Loubickle did not show up at Lelands birthday, as rumored, but you can imagine what it would have looked like if he did, if not, heres a visual. Kaptain Executive made an appearance though, partying like only core-prit america can. Faction video was off the hizzy, and hanging out with Dave Johnson from the Glasspack was hilarious. They played an awesome set in Lelands garage. Serious garage rock. “dudes, rock on”- thats what Dave said when we left. Outsiders with euros got back from paint today, so call your shop if you are into those frames. They are smoking, just ask Big dave how much he likes reaming those bottom brackets…. heres a pic of big dave with Brittany Spears. Party like it was on sale for $19.99

Originally Posted by c-diddy

You might not believe this, i know i find it hard to believe, But our friends Rex and Jimmy from Hong Kong sent us these photos of an upcoming Jackie Chan movie with bmx in it and some FBM stickers on the ramps. Go figure. Jackie Chan also called my cell phone this weekend, and I invited him to Leland’s birthday party this weekend, but he respectfully declined. I was shocked that he didn’t want to go, seeing as how there is a Faction video premiere as well as a possible Lou Bickle appearance. He was super nice, apparently he plans on coming to the FBM video premiere, and the trade show we are planning at the Binghamton La Rev. Holla.

Originally Posted by c_diddy

After some serious negotiations, FBM has signed pro soap shoe athlete “train hitter” to a multi million dollar deal. Look for a new ad in sports illustrated for kids this month. Its actually 10 degrees in New York right now, and we’d post more news, but the internet froze….

Originally Posted by c_diddy

It’ so cold up here in New York, that Ryan and Dave decided to visit yesterday, for a quick photo shoot in the tundra, we flew Seth Holton in for the photo shoot, and this was the only photo we got. Originally, we were gonna shoot a sequence of ryan running over dave king with a snowmobile, but we ran out of daylight. In other news, Tag’s first name is still mike, and derek girard is “stoked”.
we just got in the new bottlenecks, with more machining to save weight, and new graphics on the cap. We also came out with a shorter version of the bottleneck, that has no bottle opener, and its called the “midget”. Word up yo!

Originally Posted by c_diddy

Sean Emery is bad as hell, if you see him, tell him i said “holla”.
FBM rang in the New year by figuring out perpetual motion, and the like. or something. This weekend is the Faction video premiere in Louisville, so, shit, i dunno. keep posted for a real update.

Originally Posted by C_diddy

This photo of Kelly Baker was shot by Hallman(way up in the rafters), at the Collins’ barn ramp, Jeff Collins and his sons, along with Kelly built some cool new ramps and these are the first photos of Kelly since his back operation. Kick Ass. In case anyone was wondering, Jeff is the wild security guard at the Ghetto Comp each year. Christmas came and went, I along with Mat Hoffman, and Brian Dunlap, ate dinner with Evel Kneival for the holiday at Kennedy’s YO. It was off the hizzy! keep posted.

Originally Posted by crandall

In case anyone has been emailing, and not getting any response, it’s because my email hasn’t been working while i’m on the road, so expect to hear from someone after the holiday,since most of us are out for the visiting family and friends. WORD.

Originally Posted by crandall

Gilly farted so bad that our waitress dryheaved at the restaraunt tonight, it was sick. Joe and Taj took us out for Christmas dinner tonight, that was kick ass, thanks guys. Its cold up in NY, and the boys at work have been busting thier asses getting last minute frames built and shipped out the door, for the holiday, so if you come across some of the FBM crew over XMas break, buy them a mug of hot chocolate. Kelly Baker is getting into physical therapy, after his second back surgery, so hopefully he’ll be riding again after the weather breaks, good luck KB. In other news, look for Dave Mirra signature microwave popcorn through FBM for new years, and for Ron Kimler to be making his cell phone comeback.
Holla.

Originally Posted by crandall

Jimmy Levan was party animal #1 this week, with quotes like “rock and roll ain’t pretty”, but he sure does look pretty in this photo. Gilly is the trips flat tire master, and Dave King lost his voice. Tag is still in Louisville, and as crazy as ever, and Fabulous Phil Wasson is keeping the peeps in check over in Kansas, while I head out to see “the Goonies” at a movie theatre tonight that serves beer, at midnight no less. Awesome party. Tom and Tina bought us dinner at chuy’s last night, thanks from around the chips and salsa bowl to the rulers from Empire. The T-1 website has real footage of me doing flip pocket airs on the ramp, no smoke and mirrors on that one, its the real thing. More updates as the weekend approaches.

Originally Posted by crandall

Here are a couple of crappy video grabs, from the trip, one is of Joe Rich, BLASTING an invert on the T-1 ramp, and the other is gilly at 5 hip. Last night was Stew Johnsons 30th birthday, and Jimmy Levan celebrated by inviting everyone over to watch simple life, and then we were alloff to the Ritz for the festivities. There were probably no less than a dozen high profile BMX riders tipping thier glasses last night, it was good fun. While riding down the street, a menacing motorist swerved at us and yelled, “GET A CAR MOTHERFUCKERRRR!!!” it was awesome, the driving poulation in Austin has probably never even heard of Driver Education, because they are morons. Seriously.

Originally Posted by crandaddy

So far Dave King, (hung like a light switch) has gotten drunk, and puked on the Props computer, and ruined all of the edited Road Fools footage, and Stew had to call the cops. Gizzy (gaz) got hired by FBM this week to be the webphoto editor, and tonight is his birthday, and at midnight it will be Stews as well. Happy Birthday boys. Last night we partied at Emo’s, and saw Against Me play. (props FBM road trip issue 48 song). Today we rode the T-1 ramp with Joe and Taj, they rode that ramp like true gangsta’s, and i could have sworn 50 cent was there too. keep posted, more updates after tonight.

Originally Posted by crandall

News! I got some Q and A type thing on BMXonline.com if anyone gives a shit. We Left for Texas on Tuesday, stopped by Louisville, and then Little Rock Arkansas, to hang out with Jud Ferguson and the crew, and ride the park there.Cracky Bear tried selling us some Oakley sunglasses as soon as we parked, so he could buy beer, we told him it was too dark for shades, and gave him some mac and chhese from Kennedy’s, It was awesome, the guys there are kick ass. We hit up the Kanis bowl on the way to Tx., and Dave king ate shit, all the way to the bottom, he ain’t shit. We got to Austin last night, and we already got into a car wreck, got drunk, and sat around in the rain. I visited Empire bmx for the first time, and that was cool too. Props to Tom and Tina. Keep posted for updates, i’ll have some good stories, I’m sure. Jeff, Kerry, Hallman, and Big Dave took the Last Call Van to the Chenga comp this weekend, and broke down in Jamestown, so if anyone has any tools, help them out and get them to the show. later.

Originally Posted by crandall

Winter is officially here with the arrival of our first big snow storm. Mike Tag, his lady friend Red, and I celebrated by hiking a powerline and floating down through the fresh powder. Fisher has been on the snowboard tip as well and has even busted a 12 stair Ithaca handrail on his snowboard. All I can say is thank god for snowboarding, otherwise winter would be a real downer.

Crandall celebrated the snow in another way, he left town and is at this very moment driving south with Magilla and Dave King. If you live in Texas, be on the look out. Check back for travel stories from the man himself.

In FBM product news we’ve got euro bb Outsiders in stock, a whole bunch of new sprockets, and our new stems are being anodized. In case your unaware, the new stems include a lighter version of the bottleneck, and a shorter stem called the Midget. Viva da plane!

Originally Posted by Hallman

T.G.I.F. suckas, and there is a nice little snowstorm in the works in the northeast. Heres a picture of Fisher trying a x-up whip last week, he ballrode out of it, but shit, i thought it looked cool anyways. Just got word that Gilly was invited to dig dirt jumps for a new Xtream challenge being held by Campbells soup, and that the jumps will be over giant bowls of French onion, and Tomato soup. I hope Ryan Nyquist doesn’t crash and fall into the soup, that cracker. Derrick Girard is an APE. The new Standpoint video zine has some good FBM coverage in it, ghetto street, and the La Rev, as well as a George Dossantos bio, that is amazing.
check out standpointvideozine.com for more info. On a related note, the kid that is in the way in every photo from the Ghetto comp, wearing the khaki pants, he is one of the guys that made it.

Originally Posted by crandall

This is what the feet of the entire FBM staff might look like if it weren’t for the generosity of Derek adams and the crew over at Orchid footwear and Little Debbie. Big thanks to all of them for hooking us up with some kick ass new shoes, the last thing we need is Big Dave nursing a stubbed toe while trying to weld up the new outsider frames. check orchidfootwear.com for more info! There is a jam on saturday at Skater Island, and on Dec. 13th there is a contest at Chengaworld. Peep that shit.

Originally Posted by crandall

Heres a pic of Mike Tag blasting a huge flatty at X dreams park last night, which was fun, I actually saw a rollerblader crash into an extreme mountainbiker and then a skateboarder crashed into them, it was like an X-games jambalaya. The guys at X dreams are having a comp on Dec. 19th, so check it out. In product news, The Outsider frames are now available with Euro BB, and we also have a few 20″ toptube outsiders in stock. Big Dave, Ken, and Jim Bagg have been kicking ass in the machine shop lately, and things are going well for them, so props to those guys. Expect to see new photos up this week of the outsiders, as well as more updates on the staff and rider pages, Jim Bagg’s new photos will be off the hizzy Fo Sho!

Originally Posted by crandall

Thanks to everyone who participated in the raffle. We’ll be choosing and announcing the winners in a few days.

Originally Posted by FBM

Thad from Kansas sent us some photos to use for the website, heres a pic of Fabulous Phil Wasson, killing it, as usual. Look for more photos on his page tonight. Thanks Thad!

Originally Posted by crandall

It’s a wonderful monday, and i decided to post a picture of me doing a tabletop at the ghetto street comp. why? because i can.
I did a tabletop today, it wasn’t the best one ever but it felt cool.
Tabletops, good friends and good tunes make life better, do yourself a favor and be thankful if you have any of these. Stew Johnson is kick ass, he sent me some new music in the mail today and it got me stoked. I’m rocking out to ‘Against Me’ right now. In other news, Ful Factory Phill Wasson still kicks ass, Kimler figured out how to use the telephone and Gilly Smalls aint that small. Hallman can ride good, and so can Fisher, so seeing them ride at woodward was cool. I can’t ride vert worth a shit but i like it now, so watch out Mat Hoffman. word to the peanut bird suckas….

Originally Posted by crandall

I forgot to mention this earlier, but Dig magazine is giving away 3 free issues of their Mag, every purchase of an FBM frame, which is a cool way to see Hallman and Joe Rich’s amazing photography, this cover is Craigy from Minersville, that Hallman shot over the summer, and yes he’s riding an FBM….

Originally Posted by crandall

It’s friday, woohoo. This picture of Dave was taken aftera tiring day of fiming for abercrombie and fitch, he was so exhausted afterwards, that he passed out at the bowling alley. He was later seen with Ernie McCraken filming for the sequel to kingpin. E-dog is off for the weekend to go sky diving, and we are off to woodward to learn flip whips. Holla. Phil Wasson is currently at the neverland ranch in california, looking after Micheal Jackson’s pet chimp, ‘bubbles’, while the king of pop tends to his legal affairs. Phil called last night to tell us about the whole deal, and said it was “weird”.
huh? In other news, Ron Kimler has quit using telephones, and Shawn Arata is partying this weekend. Check out the new Dig, and Transworld mags for awesome photos from the ghetto comp, and check out Brian Tunney’s ass in the foreground of one of the pictures.

Originally Posted by crandaddy

If anyone thought the picture of Fisher was questionable, check out E-dog, the jury is still out on that guy, he’s nuts. Minutes before that photo was taken, he had just finished the 3rd quarter fiscal review, did the payroll, and double checked the entire FBM inventory all for shits and giggles. Last night was another banger at X-dreams, with Fisher busting out no handed flips, and some fat kid chasing me around the park asking if I was “crandall” and if he could have some stickers, or kick me in the balls or whatever he was saying.
Tag has been riding in Louisville, and chilling with John Paul, and Leland, that might not sound like anything too exciting, but there aren’t any cracked out strippers in my office right now either. Shawn Arata rules.

Originally Posted by crandilly-yo

I shot this terrible picture of Greg Walsh a while back at the ramps in Rochester, Greg rides a Nighttrain, so that was a good enough excuse to post it, and sugue into the rest of the news. For a look at some good photos, check all the rider/staff pages, they have been updated with new pics and such, and the photo of hallman with his cat is hilarious. Not too much else going on, I’m retarded, it’s raining, and like the old saying goes “when it rains it pours”, so buckle in for a nice ride my friends. Fisher is wierd too check out the pic of him.

Originally Posted by crandaddy

Originally Posted by crandall

Last night was a big session at ECT, check out Gilly’s huge wallride he was letting out of the bag last night. Tons of people were at the park killing it, whill we filmed for the promo that will be on the DVD. Dave King, English, Cruz, Fisher, John Lee, Shredder Dan, and the Wilkes Barre crew were all killing it last night, it was good fun. The DVD is in progress, and will be a double disc, with all the old videos, as well as new shit, hopefully it will be out around new years, and it will mark 10 years of FBM. shit.
In other news, euro BB Outsiders are in progress, so look for those shortly, and thats about it mang.

Originally Posted by ccrandall

After returning from a Tammy faye/ 50 cent concert at the Oral Roberts University Auditorium, Fisher returned with a new tattoo. Its awesome! Look for new rider pages and updates on the team page soon/now, including Fisher and the fabulous Phil Wasson. Phil rules.    www.rampit.us is a website you can learn more about Phil and the Kansas city area. word.

Originally Posted by crandall

It’s a nice and cold tuesday in upstate New York. A handful of us just recently returned from the Last Call comp at stateline skatepark that Jeff Harrington and Kerry Sayre put on. It was a blast, and Catfish is an amazing orator. The Nyquist Bros. were in the house, and still rode amazing even theough Catfish had them pissing themselves during thier runs. Thanks to Cory from stateline for the Beer and Fireworks, and the fun ramps, and to all the locals, who were cool as hell. Corrigan is currently suffering from jetlag, and is now back home roaming the street of Austin, after a jaunt to England, and Spain. Corrigan will fart. Ithaca bids farewell to our good friend Mike Tag tonight, as he leaves for new ventures, and residence in Loiusville, to live with Leland and work on Shitluck more. Good luck Mike, we hope you don’t stay gone too long. He is still the FBM Team Manager, And still kicking ass on the Nighttrain, so keep an eye on the pool tables, especially if there are quarters on it.

Originally Posted by crandall

Big News in the rumormill, Mike Tag is moving to Louisville for the winter, or so we hear.Hopefully he’ll be back when the weather gets nice again. Look for some web updates in the future that will include new team riders Oliver Leonard, and Phil Wasson (pictured), as well as some others that arent listed, like Fisher.
õt much else going on, although i did talk to Hal Brindley today on the phone, and he rules. Binky and Scamper represent. Last Call comp this weekend at the Stateline skate park, go there, or Ryan Nyquist will kick your ass.

Originally Posted by crandall

Here are some new product photos. The new FBM embroidered beanie, and color options on the new Outsider frame.

Originally Posted by Chris

Happy Halloween! Its Friday, and the weather is nice. Fisher, Tag, the Maniac and the crew are back in America after a trip to the UK, fisher got 3rd or 4th to last in Pro at the Backyard Jam, and Arata is said to have ridden like an Ape, placing in the top 10. Going Riding for a little while, more news as it comes…..

Originally Posted by crandall

FBM’s new frame, the Outsider, is now in production and will be available shortly. That’s Ken welding one up like a man posessed.

The Outsider represents a combination of American Quality and affordability. By utilizing simplified manufacturing processes and fewer finishing refinements we are able to deliver a quality American made frame for a suggested retail price of $280.00.

Fewer finishing refinements means that we forgo things like end caps on the tubes and use simple plate gussets instead of tube gussets which are more time consuming and harder to weld. These are the sort of things that do not do much structurally, they just make the frame look prettier. The frames are still built in house at the FBM Machine Shop, and they still kick ass.

As soon as we get the production models back from paint we will add the frame to the products page. Until then, happy trick or treating.

Originally Posted by chris hallman

The above photos are of the new flex-fit hats, CB4ks, and a prototype frame with seatstay mounts and a euro bottom bracket.
The forks are now available, and feature.058 wall fork legs, 3/16″ heat treated dropouts (3/8 only), a machined 1 piece steer tube, and weigh in at just 2.8 pounds. The frame pictured is Kerry Sayre’s Nighttrain he’s testing out, Jeff Harrington, is trying out an Old Boy, and Ron Kimler has been riding a Livewire for some time now, all with seat stay mounts amd Euro BB’s, in the near future look for these frames to be available with these options as well, as with the regular brake mount/ BB features. The Outsider Frames are being put together as we speak, and will have seat stay mounts, as well as euro BB’s. The first batch will only be available in american BB though. Hope that will do for news right now. My eyes are bleeding from looking at a computer screen for too long.

Originally Posted by crandall

matt schilling sent me this photo of a rather large tattoo on his back. I met him at the La Rev in Rochester, and gave him a new hat for the tat, if it would have said FBM, i might have given him a shirt too. It snowed on the way to work today, and i hung out with Rob Dolecki, who was up to get a new bike, his got stolen. I heard George Dossantos stole it. No I didn’t, but he quit 2-Hip, and then his bike got stolen too. George, gimme a call fucker. More news later, keep posted.

Originally Posted by crandall

Tunney sent this photo of E-dog over to us. If you would have ever told mike 5 years ago that he’d be in vegas at a bike show, riding around in a bike taxi, he’d of probably told you that you were an idiot. This weekend is a comp at the skatepark of tampa, and Jeff and Kerry will be there representing. Next weekend is the backyard jam, and FBM will be in effect, look for Fisher, Mike Tag, Shawn Arata, the Maniac, and Corrigan all at the comp. It should be a banger.

Originally Posted by crandall

Yesterday was Gilly’s birthday, and mine was on monday, we are both oficially older now. Hallman got a dog on thursday, and it ran away on friday while at the trails. He’s been spotted snce then several times just running around. Hallman even camped out there Sat. night, with food and water, and the dog returned that morning, only to haul ass back into the woods after he ate the food. Jeff Harrington, and Kerry Sayre are throwing a Last call contest at the Stateline skatepark on Nov. 8 in south carolina. FBM is sponsoring it, so get your asses down there. I’ll post a flyer tommorow.

Originally Posted by crandall

Indian summer is officially here, and the leaves are getting bright. The trails have been awesome all week, and the weather looks like it might last a few more days, if you live in the northeast, enjoy it while you can. New FBM Zip ups are out, we’ll post some pics this week. Oliver leonard does not answer his phone, so if you see him tell him to call Tag. Guess who the FBM pro is in the pic, and what year it is, and you win a chance to drink more beers than Kelly Baker.

Originally Posted by crandall

Its monday, and it looks like the weather might be good this week.
Maybe some autumn trail sessions will go down, unfortunately, Kelly Baker, who is pictured above, won’t be riding for a while, he has to go in for surgery on his spine for a ruptured disc. This isn’t a walk in the park either, and its the second time this year he’s gotten hurt real bad. Kelly turns 37 next month, and is still an ass kicker, so please send get well and birthday wishes to FBM, and i’ll pass them along, he’s gonna need it, since he’ll be laid up for about 6 weeks in bed. If you don’t know who kelly is, he’s the guy at the diner booth you might eat with some day, and when you are telling everyone some crazy story, he’ll have the squeezable ketchup and mustard bottles underneath the table, totally soaking your feet and legs. Kelly Rules.

Originally Posted by crandall

New Sprockets. Check them out in the products section.

Originally Posted by Hallman

New Mesh Hat

Originally Posted by Hallman

Here’s a photo of Shawn Arata’s bike.

Originally Posted by Hallman

Regarding internal headsets on our bikes. It seems that a rumor has started that we will not be using internal headsets. The truth is that we most likely will, but we are still testing the headsets. Arata has been riding one for several months with no problems, and even the E-brake didn’t kill it, which is impressive. Wait until you see this maneuver in Props. RIDICULOUS!

Originally Posted by Hallman

sprocket close up

Jeff Harrington has started a new Clothing Company called “Iconoclast” in addition to working at FBM full time and still finding time to ride. He also made the finals at the Ghetto Street Comp and pulled a decade jump over the dumpster. Jeff is clearly a man of many talents. Ask your local shop about getting Iconoclast clothing.

Originally Posted by Hallman