Instagram Get Street Contest !

Who wants to win some hot new Fiend goods to freshin up that whip ? Well thanks to tenpackbmx all you have to do is go ride your bike and take a sweet pic at your favourite street spot. That's right street spot, this is a street contest so get creative and get rad ! Go cruise around with your buds and find that unique new fun spot, take a shot and hastag #bmxgallery4130 and #getstreet on Instagram.

We will be running this contest until June 15th and choosing the winner shortly after. The parts pictured above is what you win ! If you have any questions about the contest or would like to submit a photo without Instagram you can email us at info@bmxgallery.ca Now go #getstreet !

                                Richard Gallant Getting his street on.

Kink Squash It Video Premier

It's been awhile since the last premier we did but this one is well worth the wait. Stoked to announce the premier of Kink's new Squash it Dvd next friday May 24th ! Looks like a lot of work was put in to make it this one happen by a team stacked full of burly dudes. It's gonna be good !

Thanks to TenPack we will have some free copy's of the DVD to giveaway and will be pressing play at 7pm. So make sure you dress up nice and bring your bikes as there may be some street riding happening after the premier.  Hope to see everyone here !

Scene Setups: Jesse Mueller

Jesse Mueller just built up this BSD "The Beverage" Tony Malouf frame with these Profile Rasta Hubs laced onto 1664 rims and smoke chrome 1664 cranks! This thing looks sick! 

New City of Calgary Skateparks - What's to come?

You may or may not know, but The City of Calgary passed a Skatepark strategy that will see 50 parks built in the next 10 years. This strategy is hopeful to return Calgary to a leading skatepark city in North America (this belief was first reached when they built Millennium skatepark the worlds largest free outdoor park). A HUGE help was CASE, who spent countless hours organizing and directing the strategy.

I am VERY excited to see what happens over the next few years, it will be a different feel for riders. Right now, with the city only having 1 BMX friendly skatepark, everyone meets up in one place and everyone knows eachother. It will be different with 50 parks; "where do you want to meet up to ride today?"

I read the whole RFP and here are some things that I will share:

"Opportunity Description: The City of Calgary, Recreation is seeking an engineering or architectural consulting firm that has extensive experience with planning and designing a range of skate parks to assist in the implementation of the Skateboarding Amenities Strategy. Scope of requirements for this project includes communication, site selection, concept planning, construction drawings, and construction tendering." - From Here

• The successful company (who must provide 4 examples of similar parks in their response) will be awarded the work by June 2013. 
• End of July 2013 - Locations for the parks will be finalized
• January 2014 - Park designs drawn up

My GUESS is that we will see some sort of ground breaking in 2014, I have my fingers crossed I'm right. The Calgary BMX scene is about to see some great changes!

How can you help out? How can you PERHAPS have any input in what is built? - Talk to your community's Residents Association (or ask your parents too if you are under 18) Send a letter / email / phone call to the President, and let them know politely that you would strongly encourage a skatepark in your community! I sent an email to mine (Auburn Bay) and they responded that day with a phone call, and let me know that they were interested in having a skatepark.

You can find information HERE on how to contact them. We have the entire 70 page City of Calgary Skatepark Strategy printed at the shop if you'd like to see it!

BMX Gallery: 4130 Shop Update 2013

So we are entering our 3rd summer this year, and we are fully stocked to the roof with 100% BMX!! We started out carrying 20 - 30 completes for our first summer, and now we have OVER 100 models to choose from including CULT, WE THE PEOPLE, REDLINE, KINK, SUNDAY, FIT BIKE CO., SUBROSA, KINDERBIKES, ENCORE, and UNITED. Currently we have all our orders delivered and are proud to say that we have the largest BMX selection in Western Canada!

We are now open on Sundays for our summer hours! Come on down to the  shop for a full BMX lifestyle shop; we specialize in BMX sizing and rider packages. With over 70 years collectively of staff expertise, you are sure to walk out with the right product.

We ONLY carry BMX and it is what we know, so come down, take a browse and get involved in the BMX community!

Locals: Mitchel Hall

Mitchell has been coming round the store for a little bit, and is always shredding the park. I remember meeting him and asking him where he got his bike, cause the exact same bike was stolden from our store.. haha! regardless, it wasn't the same one. He's had a bit of bad luck over the winter, getting his bike stolen, but he just won the 2013 Springbreak Shootout! Here are some words with him.

Age? Calgary Hood?
I am 15 years old and Im from The northeast part of town in pineridge.

How long have you been riding BMX, and what got you into it?
I have been riding normal bikes for almost my whole life, I just recently got into BMX around 2-3 years ago & I love every minute of it. No one really got me into BMX I just loved to get air time and stuff haha

You just won the 2013 Springbreak Shootout, did you have any plans to shoot anything, or you just sorta stumble into gettting the photo?

Travis and I kinda just met up at the skatepark as I was just about to head to the dirtjumps I asked if you would wanna come so he came and I remembered that I needed to shoot a photo to enter and then it kinda just stumbled into place and I was stoked on the shot.

Tell us a little about the winning pic?
I am super stoked on the shot , Thanks Travis!

DO you dig at the Edmonton Trail spot? (how much, what have you worked on) 
I have digged before but not really recently cause I hurt my back, I usually work on the landing cause a lot of mountain bikers ride there and they don't need as good of a landing of us BMXERS ..

What do you like / hate about that spot?
I like how mellow the lip is , its one of the best trick jumps I've hit in my time, I Hate how sandy and dusty the landing is because as soon as you land you just sink and almost flip over the bars.

Do you like to dig?
digging isn't my favorite but I love to dig at times

I've seen you blast the skatepark, is that your favorite type of 
riding? I really like street riding, but I love to just get flowy and just shred around hit big caps and boost the crap out of things.

Who do you usually ride with? Why do you like riding with them?
I mostly ride with Markus & Jesse cause they're never negative and they keep me motivated to ride my bike and they're just super chill dudes in general.
TEll me about losing your teeth. 

All I remember was when it just finished raining and I dropped into 15 foot first try then some kid wanted to see it again so I decided to do it and I slipped smashed my teeth off my bars knocked myself out, when I woke up I felt something in my mouth so I spit it out and it was 4 chipped teeth so I stood up right away and layed down on the roller between 9 foot and 15 then called my dad.

What makes a session a good time for you? When everyones killing it with no injuries and riding with the gallery squad.
Do you have any goals this year? 
Just to have a lot of fun , not to hurt myself , film some goodies , and Travel as much as I can.

List your bike set up: 
Frame: S&M BTM 21"
Fork: S&M Pitchfork
Bars: Deluxe XXL
Stem: Fitbikeco
Front wheel: Cinema on a Cinema 333
Rear wheel: Animal Javelin laced to a Gsport ribcage
tires: Fit faf
cranks: 1664
sprocket: Deluxe
pedals: sixty4? ha
Seat: Shadow Simone Barraco
Post: Macneil
Brakes: NONE
Pegs: No pegs
Hub guards: None
Mods

Spring Break Shootout Instagram Winner

Congrats to Mitchell Hall for winning this years SpringBreak Shootout. Or as Mitchell calls it the SpringBreak Shoutout ! Extra points were thrown in for getting dirty and dipping this T-Bog on a borrowed bike. Also a shout out to the unknown dude behind the lens and and pulling that trigger.

Another dope Pic of Nick Russell By Kris Yavorsky.

Huge thanks to Deluxebmx and Killemalldistro for hooking up all the sweet swag and making this happen. If you missed out on some of the shots that were entered you can check them out on Instagram #bmxgallery4130 and #Deluxebmx !