A Shot At BMX Glory Under Highway 169
“Troy Hale takes you beneath Highway 169 in Hopkins, Minnesota, where some of the top local BMX riders compete for a shot at BMX, and possible Dew Tour, glory.” -PressPassTV
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T-Shirts Are Here!
My first order of t-shirts have arrived! Small, Medium, Large, available in many different colors. Let me know if you are interested…
Lag B’omer!
Sunday we did shows for the wonderful Jewish people and their ya micas on Rich’s very beautiful ramp… Lots of fun, and I met some new friends!! L’Chaim!
Cinco De Mayo!
This weekend we did shows at the Cinco De Mayo on Saturday. I showed up way late for practicing for the show… About my 5th jump (on a very, very sketchy ramp) I went way to fast and over shot the landing and landed right on my palm and tore a bunch of skin. Finished … Read more
Mankato Contest
Went out there with 5 people and 5 bikes in Cal’s tiny Corolla. It was a long trip… I did my first opposite 360 downside whip! It took a good few years for this one… I remember back at G-Shock about 4 years ago trying these for hours. Contest was good. Contest was hot!! Lots … Read more
My First Barspin Backflip
Bicycle, Travel, and Fitness Expo, Minneapolis Convention Center. 2007. First Backflip Barspin on a Box Jump.
Bicycle, Travel, & Fitness Expo
Minneapolis Convention Center – This was the second year of this event, and it seems to be growing. We had the same setup as last year with even more tricks. Nick, Bob, and I did 9 shows throughout Saturday and Sunday. At one point we were doing a train where all of us jump right … Read more
QBP Frostbike 2007
Frostbike once again… This year we had Drive BMX, Eastern Bikes, FBM, Odyssey, Sunday, UGP, Profile Racing, Answer BMX, Supercross, Primo, Lotek, and a few other BMX brands out for the show. The weather was a bit warmer than last year (2006 was -30 degrees, 2007 was about -15 degrees). It was a great weekend, … Read more
QBP BMX DEFPOPS – Houston, TX
We arrived in Houston and went straight to Adrenaline Skatepark where they let us ride for free and stay after hours. My rear wheel blew up so I rode Eric’s brakeless bike and did some flairs on it for him. The next day we fixed my wheel at the OFP BMX Shop and then went … Read more
QBP BMX DEFPOPS – San Antonio, TX
All we rode in San Antonio was pure street. We rode downtown and filmed all night. The next day we rode some sweet ditches until the cops kicked us out. We’ve encountered quite a few cops on this trip so far but no tickets yet. This is actually the first update on my phone. We … Read more
QBP BMX DEFPOPS – Austin, TX
We spent our morning in Austin Texas riding through downtown trying to find IHOP. We finally ate our breakfeast and then rode to the other side of downtown to Empire BMX. On the way their, two cops on bikes ran into each other while trying to stop all of us from riding through traffic. They … Read more
QBP BMX DEFPOPS – Dallas, TX
QBP is sending Todd, Jay, Darrin, Cal and I to road trip thru Texas to visit a few of our dealers and ride at some local skateparks. Todd got a handful of our vendors (DEFPOPS – Drive, Eastern, FBM, Primo, Odyssey, Profile, Sunday) to sponsor the trip and also send some team riders along to … Read more
“Mill-e-wah-que” Algonquin for The Good Land.
I took the day off on Friday and headed out to WI with Elliot, Cal, and Jason. We checked out the first stop of the Props Rock & Roll Tour in Milwaukee. Tons of manly pros were there.. Nyquist, Morgan, Tobias, Scotty, Doyle, Crandall, Ramsdell, etc. We stayed in a very ghetto house that night, … Read more
QBP BMX Interbike 2006
I flew out Tuesday afternoon to Interbike with Cal. There were about 15 other QBP employees on the same flight. Jay, Tony, etc. We have about 75 QBP employees at Interbike this week. Crazy. Our QBP BMX booth had some sweet bright neon colors. I met a ton of dealers and vendors at the show. … Read more
MN State Fair ‘06
Come check out our shows at the MN State Fair if you have a chance. Shows are every day at 2:30 and 3:30. Last day is Monday the 4th, Labor Day. The level of riding is incredible, so come check it out. It’s only our second day of shows, and there are already double whips, … Read more
Front Flip Monkey Village
First time riding the big set at Monkey Village. Frontie in the middle. July 2006. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9OfjpWgDkE
Woodward West
Week one was great! I had an awesome cabin of kids and a great group of 10 riders for instruction each day. Lots of kids learned many new tricks… I taught Hunter (one of the youngest kids at camp) the most massive backflipsOur cabin set the Woodward record for the cleanest cabin ever. We scored … Read more
Straight out of Compton
Spent the day in LA with Erik Engstrom from Drive. We hit up a few cement parks, one was right outside of Compton. Some dude asked me for some money as I was putting my bike together on the sidewalk. He also found some change in the trunk of our car that he took. Very … Read more
Oklahoma City CFB Comp
Once again an early flight… MSP airport at 5:00am. Layover in Denver, then to Oklahoma City for Mat Hoffman’s CFB Comp (Crazy Fricken Bikers). The dirt is fricken rediculous. 10′ landings & a crazy kicker with a 10′ gap into a 12′ tall roll in… The street course is in Mat’s cement park with about … Read more
Raleigh Trip
Had an early flight back home this morning… Went to bed at 2:30am and was at the Airport at 4:45am. Special thanks to Leigh Ramsdell for letting Todd and I stay at his place, and to Mike Corley for inviting us out. Semi business trip for QBP, meeting with our vendor and riding of course. … Read more
Spring Shopping – Mall of America
I did a show at the Mall of America the other day and Sun Current got a sick shot! Apparently I am 10 years old on the cover of their newspaper…
Uptown Bastille Days
First time riding Mark Lukens’ ramps! 3′ wide launch??! Uptown is fricken awesome!