Woodward & Lake Owen

Woodward & Lake Owen

TwisterX15 SoCal Tour

Talk about a fun trip, Tristan Sagastume & Chase Bilich flew back with me to CA after the holidays where we met up with my roomies AJ Anaya & Alex Landeros, then Victor Salazar & AJ’s GF from Estonia Maria joined us as we toured all the great riding spots of Southern California… We even did Cash Roll School 2 at Woodward !

Check out http://youtube.com/twisterx15 for all the video coverage !

Categories: BMX

RIP Lake Owen Camp

From my little brother Matt dropping into a concussion on vert, to late night walks down to the trails, and learning to wakeboard, the endless number of stories from Lake Owen Camp will always keep the spirit alive.

Thank you Hinkens, Crawford, Dowhen, Ron, and the entire LOC family for these past 5 summers. Especially for your support in our facility in Minneapolis, we were all honored to throw down a wild show for camp that last day. Summer camp will never be the same. #sandwichpunch

Proper 3 invert, learned at Lake Owen Camp.

Photo: Mouradian 2011

Categories: BMX

Winter in Southern California

Thank you everyone for the life changing experience. Special thanks to Jason Brandt, Dylan Pfohl, Polo, 8 Mile, Stephen Murray, Sean & Nick, Marcy & Joel, G&G, Woodward West, Debbie Williams, Da Compound, Shane, Link Foundation, Caleb Gilbertson, BMX Plus, Stolen & Fiction Bikes, AJ Anaya, Ben Snowden, Alex Landeros, Victor Salazar, Bryce Tyron, K-Rob & Simon, Big Daddy, Tristan JMC AJ Haines Kenny Jay Colton Walker, everyone with trails, everyone who holds a shovel, photographers & filmers, & I’m sure there are more !!

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50′ Backflip on MegaRamp at Woodward West Tehachapi, CA

No words will ever explain the feeling of this.. 45-50 MPH on a BMX bike. Tires screaming louder than you’ve ever heard. You’ve made your commitment. No stopping from here. Send it.

Wasn’t even expecting to ride this thing outside of a few dreams, until I was at camp with Alex Landeros who casually says “wanna ride Mega?”……”Sure.” hahh (scared out of my mind) there’s such a small number of people who have ridden this thing. And the 28′ quarter is the scariest part.

Ben Snowden, Kevin Robinson, Simon Tabron, Big Poppa AKA GOD, Dusty Wygle, Will Blount.. All of us walked up that monster roll in. The nice part about Woodward’s Mega is that is like a big table top, and to some point, you can gradually work your way up to the full gap until you get to this 35-40′ turning point where you do not want to start hanging up. This clip was my first time landing the 50 footer, I sent one full speed straight jump, bailed, & then started flipping.. Everyone says it’s easier to flip… Good. LORD. And the quarter, INSANE.

Special thanks to Alex for the full face & pads. Props to Ricky Moseley & John Andrus for this clip.

Life highlight.

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Lake Owen Camp 2010 Video, 2011 Summer Starting Soon!!

Check out Lake Owen’s video collage from last summer, tons of clips from local MN shredders.

http://www.lakeowencamp.com/component/content/article/1-latest-news/148-summer-2010.html

Thanks again LOC, super pumped for camp again this year. If you haven’t been to Lake Owen’s Action Sports Camp in Cable, WI, I high suggest checkout out their website and saving your hard earned money for one week at camp, you’ll never regret it. I saved my Dairy Queen money to go to BMX camp for 4 years in a row, one of the most memorable things I ever saved my money for. And the wild part is, even though I first went to camp almost 10 years ago, to this day I am still randomly running into other riders that I originally met at camp years ago. Start saving!!!

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Woodward West

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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 550 points out of 500 throughout the week (Bonus points for our poems, cookies, money, and Red Bulls to the cabin inspectors). We got a pizza party for our good work… I met some more “team mates” this week. Ricky from SNAFU who came from Argentina/Spain, and Steve Woodward & James Foster from Drive (First kid to ever do a triple tailwhip in a comp). Lots of new people on InterBMX… I sat next to Gary Young as he created his sweet profile… Other big names on my site include Ryan Guettler, Adam Banton, Colin Mackay (Who is getting the Australians on InterBMX), Corey Bohan, Catfish, Diogo Canina, Steve Woodward, and Mike O’Donnell (Another Drive Teammate). Don’t forget about Leigh Ramsdell and Ryan Nyquist who were on there weeks ago…

Week two rocked! I instructed BMX once again and also worked as an OSI/On Site Instructor (Skatepark Lifeguard). I stayed up on top of the mountain at the Woodward West Lodge this week. Nice rooms, away from camp, peace and quiet… Looking forward to going home on Saturday. I’ve been gone for over three weeks now.

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