During Scott Hamlins second run, at the Blatic Games in Poland, he went to stall the huge wall after the box jump and went over the back of it. Scott tried to grab the scaffolding but his momentum was too much and he fell straight to the ground breaking a bone in his lower back, cracking his pelvis, and breaking his foot and shoulder. In true Scott Hamlin fashion he somehow got back to his feet and hobbled back out to the course, waved to the crowd and passed out. He's now in the hospital recovering. I talked with Scott ...

Brian Wizmerski has his updated shoe, The Wiz 2 coming out in October from Orchid. There's an interview with him up on Def Grip. Click the photo below to read it plus see a few more shots of his new shoe. I am a huge fan of his last shoe and even have one brand new pair in the box so I can't wait to get my hands (or would it be feet?) on the new shoes!

This is a great history lesson on Brian Wizmerski. Anther great video that has incredible older footage of Wiz is Square 1's Wide Awake Nightmare. For newer video's check out Eastern's The Death of Fun, 2x4's self-titled and Animals Cut. They all have great riding from Brian. Click on the photo below and see the Brian Wizmerski Props Interview.  

  0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false   This year we brought the entire Eastern Bikes Pro Team to the Eastern head quarters in North Carolina to shoot photos for the 2011 catalog and to have a team meeting. We also had other guys on the Am and Testee team that were close-by come on down and riding, shoot photos and just have a good time in the 100 degree humid heat that has become pretty normal this time of the year. It was great having the team together and Eastern owners, Jon and Mike, ...

Vital has a this little video of Adam throwing down a few moves on a make shift flat rail at Woodward West. Click the photo to view it.

Today was the NASS finals. The Goliath ramps started a little after 11am. It was windy and you could tell the riders were feeling it. Kelly Bolton qualified 3rd but had the mindset to either win or go out with a bang. His first jump was his inverted barrel roll that came up short and his second was a 720 that came around but you could tell the wind was messing with him and he didn't pull either. Since they take the best two jumps out of three Kelly knew that his last jump had to be something to blow ...

Today is the start of NASS, an action sports and music festival. After a three hour drive we got to the venue, introduced the guys to Rob and Andy from Split Second Distro and missed the first practice of street but Kelly and Scott headed on over to the Mini-Mega ramp. They call it the Goliath ramp which makes sense since it's a pretty big ramp. Everyone was making the jump easily but the quarter was slightly over vert and that can make for some tricky airs. Kelly was doing no-handers, flips, no-handed flips and barrel rolls. Scott's first jump ...

Day two of our England Tour was packed with driving, shop stops and riding. We woke, ate breaky and drove to our first stop Manchester Cycle Exchange. It was a small shop packed with bikes. They definitely knew how to stock the shop. We hung out there for a while and started to get hungry so we went to a local mall for lunch. The mall reminded us of Vegas. The whole place had different themes, from New Orleans to Egypt. Lunch was consumed and off to the next shop for our meet and greet. After a few wrong turns ...

Eastern Bikes will be spending some time in the UK sipping tea and riding bikes. Kelly Bolton, Josh Perry, Scott Hamlin and Leigh Ramsdell will be hitting up shops, parks and the NASS event from July 6th - 12th. The dates are below so come on out for a good time. TOUR DATES Tuesday July 6th -     3:30pm / Send-It / Rushden (shop meet & greet)                               Evening session at Adrenaline Alley Skatepark / Corby Wednesday July 7th - 12pm / Manchester Cycle Exchange / Liverpool (shop meet & greet)                                3:30pm / Hobson Cycles / Liverpool (shop meet & ...

Click the photo below and head on over to VitalBMX to see a short lil' gem featuring Adam Banton and friends hitting a flat rail. Boom.  

Click on the photo below or here or even here and head on over to RideBMX.com to read Kelly's Top 5's Interview. Photo: RideBMX.com

Wiz and Cody went riding yesterday and got some sweet photos on the 2x4 site. Head on over to peep them...and check out the Wiz Resist tribute tee or one of Cody's Bone Pile Tee's while your there.

  Tulsa Trip Words: Seamus McKeonPhotos: Eric and Seamus 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false Young business moguls Ty Morrow and Miles Rogoish have concocted a brainchild. Combining their passion for filming and their inhuman shredding abilities, they have assembled a crew of 15 riders of their choice to start a new website, titled ‘The Trip.’ Now I’m not the type to go around spoiling a good surprise, so I’m gonna make you wait for all the juicy details. When the website drops July 1st peoples feelings will be hurt. Ty and Miles are going ...

Adam Banton has been clocking the web coverage lately and shows no end in site. RideBMX.com has a cool video of him sessioning Woodward West. It's a short video but packed full of Banton originals. Click the photo to peep it.   It's been a while since Josh Perry's surgery and he just now got back on his bike. He told me the first day he just smiled the whole time riding which is so awesome. VitalBMX.com has a video of him talking about the whole surgery deal and also features a compilation from previous years riding. Click the photo ...

I met Patrick over ten years ago in France. We went to his trails and hung out a bit and he was real cool so I was pumped when I found out he wanted to ride for Eastern. He's an amazing dirt rider and really down to earth guy. Check out his Bio here...

Nobody beats the Wiz. Well maybe you can and win some stuff. 2x4 is having a BBQ event on June 6th and you can win a gift card if you do the Wiz Challange.What is it? Well head over to the 2x4 site and check it out. There's also an older video of Wiz up too see check that out. Ah yeah.

Both Kelly Bolton and Adam Banton are all over RideBMX.com lately. Kelly is on DC Roughing it tour and they are updating photos daily so keep checking RideBMX.com for some great photos of Bolton. Adam is in a funny video playing a game of BIKE. Good laughs so check it... There are actually alot of riding photos of Kelly to head on over to RideBMX.com and find em.   Adam in the middle of a Lucky grind during a game of BIKE.

Eric and Nick made a few trips to the Badlands in Minneapolis and came up with this lil nug.  

I've personally always liked Karl's style(Indiana Style?) so it was good to hear that RideBMX felt the same way. There's an article up called "Top 5 Most Creative Riders in BMX Right Now". Head on over to RideBMX.com to check it out. Thanks Karl for repping Eastern with your originality! Just a sample of Karl's skill.   Not only does Karl have bike skills but he has a great sense of humor and is fun to hang out with.Here Karl might be thinking twice about being Vegetarian.

Daniel Donges has been our Australian rider for some time now. He has a great attitude and loves to have so much fun on and off his bike. He recently sent over these shot of his bike. These photos were shot in an area near Daniel's house What a great place to live. Daniel is rocking the Eastern Boss complete with a few personal mods. Here is what the Boss looks like when you get it out of the shop. Frame: Eastern FULL 4130 Chromoly Frame with Lightning Rod Tubing, Holes for Replaceable Gyro Tabs, Eastern Heat-Treated Dropouts, and Integrated ...

Remember that old hat your dad use to wear? Well now you can get an Eastern one just like it minus the funky smell! These new Eastern snapback hats were inspired by the early 90's sports team hats that were all over the place back in the day. Stay looking fresh, get one today! Click the photo for more details

Josh Perry is back home in Greenville and doing great, other than some bad insomnia. Everyone here is beyond stoked for him. Digbmx.com did an interview with him about the surgery and his future plans. Click the photo below to read it and see how positive Josh has been through all this.

Adam Banton has a good Luc-E Grind how-to on RideBMX.com. Click the photo and got get learnded.

I've said this before and I will continue to say it again and again, Greg Masson knows how to have fun on his bike. He just sent me this video of himself riding one of those prefab parks that are below par but somehow Greg put together this entertaining video.   One day in Proutward. from AFphoto.fr on Vimeo.

If you haven't seen the newest issue of Props I would suggest picking one up. It's a great issue and has a bunch of Eastern riders in it. Josh Perry is in the Midwest Winter Skate Park Tour. Brian Wizmerski and Cody Jennings are in TwoByFour Road Trip. Seamus makes an apperance as well. The riding is great and the credits...well you just have to see. Top notch. If your local dealer doesn't have a copy get one at propsvisual.com. Cody screenshot.

Greg Masson is an awesome guy that likes to have so much fun on his bike. RideBMX.com has a short video of him doing just that at a single spot. Click the photo to see the edit.  

Cody has been on the road for a while hitting up some great spots and living life. In the middle of his trip he hit me up with this email... "Umm… Basicly I’m on a trip in  a Winnibago with two girls and a guy who I’ve never met before the trip. We’re all tight now tho. The girl owns the rig and when I found out there were going cross country I had to jump in on it and they let me, haha. It’s been a month today since we left and I’ve been riding the most amazing spots ...

It's like Christmas here when a container shows up with new products. I seriously still get giddy opening the boxes and seeing all the new colors, updated parts and brand new designs just sitting there ready to be on a bike, looking good. Here are the things that came in. Hit up your local dealer to see these items in person. If they don't have it in stock tell 'em to give us a call pronto! Click on any of the photos below for more details on the products.   BiRectional Classic Hubs in New Colors! Medusa 3-D CNC'ed Sprocket ...

The Eastern Pop-N-Lock hub guards are here! They are available in Black, White, Red, Blue or Purple. Pop-n-Locks work exclusively on Eastern or Nitrous hubs that have the Pop-N-Lock groove on them. Check out the photos below for more details or visit your local dealer.     The Pop-N-Lock Hub Guards.   First you need to make sure your hub has this groove on it. These are found on the newer Eastern or Nitrous hubs.     Here's a shot of the nubs that pop on groove of the hub.   The Pop-N-Lock protects your hub and spokes and looks ...

First I'd like to start off saying thank you to all of the riders who sent in videos. Eastern Bikes and I had a lot of fun hosting this contest and we were really happy to see the huge amount of entries that came in. They were all really good and I hope everyone had a fun time. It was really tough for me to narrow it down to just one video. With that being said, we decided to award an Eastern Bikes prize package to the 2nd and 3rd place videos as well and 1st place walking away with ...

Spring is on the way and soon it'll be time to shed your winter layers. There's no better time to get stocked up on some new Eastern and Nitrous tee's. Click on the photo below and peruse through our fine selection of T-shirts. 0190_2a5069ec26_o.jpg" alt="New Eastern Nitrous Tees" width="586" height="637" />Warehouse workers/Super model Logan shows off a few of the new shirts available now.

RideBMX.com has a great bike check on Karl Poynter's bike. Click the photo below to the machine that goes backwards as much as forwards.

The 2010 Eastern Bikes Cobra is now available in two additional colors; Red and Blue. Click on the photo's below to take you to the Cobra page that has more photos and all the specs.  

THE CONTEST IS OVER. Karl is checking out all the videos now and we should have the winner announce by the end of the week. Thanks to everyone who put time and effort into the contest!   0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false An Eastern Bikes Journey Frame, Hawkeye Fork and Wonder Year Bar are up for grabs. How do you win these magnificent items? Just enter the Karl Poynter Slider Contest. Make a video of you doing a slider. Anything goes. Karl will pick the winner on March 1rst. Have fun and be creative.  ...

Adam Banton, along with Brian Miller got fourth place at the Ray's MTB Odd Couple contest last weekend. They just  had a few days to film and edit this. A lot of good riding happening. Check it out below. You can go to Ray's Vimeo page and see the other videos too.  

Karl has a great photo slide show on ESPN.go.com. Click here to go there and see how Karl looks at the world from behind a lens.

Kelly Bolton has a sweet interview on RideBMX.com. It's a good read and Fat Tony took some great shots of Kelly when he still lived in California. Click here to go read it. Since Fat Tony took all the photos in the interview it only makes sense to showa photo that he contributed to our 2010 Eastern Catalog. Barspin gap off flat rail.

Josh Perry Bike Check I've seen Josh do things on his bike that just make me shake my head in disbelief. Sometimes I think that if I put my bike together just like Josh I can be that good. Here's the run down of his set-up and a few riding shots as well. 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false Frame: Eastern Journey 20.75” Fork: Eastern Hawkeyes Bars: Eastern Wonderyears 8.25” rise Stem: Premium Grips: ODI Longneck Bar ends: Plastic Detangler: SNAFU Headset: Eastern Clamp: ...

  A Precious Metal is a rare, naturally occurring metallic element of high economic value. It's true, I looked it up on Wikipedia. But it just so happens that Eastern Bikes Precious Metal Hardware is also a great way to make your bike look like a million bucks (or 91,175,003.05 Yen.) You can choose from two great colors, Gold or the even rarer Flatinum. Products that are available in both of these colors are Axles Nuts, CNC'ed Barends, CNC'ed Grip Stops and the Decepticon Stem. You can also get the Choker III Stem, Strangler Stem and Medusa Sprockets in gold. ...

Let's cut to the chase…the Scythe is 100% 4130 Cro-Mo goodness, pro-level specs at a great price. This bike is ready to go from showroom to what ever you want to ride. The spec below the photo say it all! Top Tube Length: 20.75" Weight: 24.82 Colors: Matte Black or Thunder Grey Frame: Eastern FULL 4130 Chromoly Frame with Holes for Replaceable Gyro Tabs, Eastern Logo Dropouts, and Integrated “Grim Reaper” Seatpost Clamp. Eastern Promise: Lifetime Warranty*, Lifetime Upgrade Policy** Fork: Eastern Full 4130 Chromoly with 1-Piece Steerer Tube, Machined Integrated Bearing Race, Tapered Legs and Hangfree Headset: Sealed Bearing ...