Battle of Alberta: BMX Edition

Hope everyone had a good time last weekend! Both contests went off without a hitch (despite it being -35 outside)! Matt had his GoPro out inbetween trying to run the show... so he did a little something up THANK YOU to everyone that helped out at the contests, riders, and sponsors!!

Ten Pack 
Kill em All
Populess

Battle of Alberta from BmxGallery4130 on Vimeo.

Three Hills - Genesis Skatepark
Saturday March 1, 2014

UG
First - JP Maffret
Second - Mitchell Johnson
Third - Carson Donovan

OG
First - Travis Kozie
Second - John Alden
Third - Mat Walser
Fourth - Mitch Anderson
Fifth - Trucker Dan

Best Trick - Mitch Anderson

Sylvan Lake - Incline Industries
Sunday March 2, 2014

Weekend Overall

UG 

First - JP Maffret

Second - Darion Scott

Third - Mitchell Johnson

OG

First - John Alden

Second - Travis Kozie

Third - Mitch Anderson

$300 Rail Challenge - Jaumell Campbell

 https://vimeo.com/88304393

Battle of Alberta Contest Practice/Ride Times

Only a few more days to go till we get a break from winter to hang with your friends and givcr on the bikes ! First off huge thanks to the dudes at Three Hills, Incline, Killemall, Tenpack and Populess and Walmart for helping out and making this happen. Stoked !

Here is a bit of a timeline on how things are hoping to go down so everyone gets the most ride time in. But it is bmx so be prepared to go with the fun. Everyone is split into groups of 5 and gets time to practice and ride so you don't have to worry about ten dudes trying footjams whips on the quarter when you are trying to dial your run in and transfer the whole park Drew B style.

Practice starts at 10am sharp for the first group of dudes at both Sylvan and Three Hills so check who your riding groupies are and be ready to ride at the practice times listed below. Try to show up enough time before you ride to pay your dues, sign some waivers and do your business. And heads up some times and groups may vary between Three hills and Sylvan.

Heres the list of who's in what group and who your riding homies are. UG is the 16 Under Groupies and OG is....well you know.

Three Hills Groupies 

U.G 1- Kyle Nolan

          - Darian Scott

          - Fernando Pinto

          - Connor Campbell

          - Liam Gerlitz

          - Dredon Tattrie

U.G 2- Mitchell Johnson

          - Karson Belcourt

          - Carson Donovan

          - Kurtis Donovan

          - Zane Fichten

          - Logan Kreutz

O.G 1- Mitch Anderson

          - Jack Nicholl !

          - Lance Potratz

          - Seth Varga

          - Landon Parenteau

O.G 2- Pat Dudar

          - Baron Ward

          - Curtis Del Grosso

          - Tyler Horness

          - Braden Beck

O.G 3- Scott Davis

          - Carson Bell

          - Jeff Costigan

          - Dylan Oler

          - Eduard Dyck

O.G 4- Tadros Eyob

          - Brock Gandy

          - Jay Rides Park

          - Quintin Baptiste

          - Alex Jo

O.G 5- Evan Johnson

          - Ian Aube

          - Linden Cerkoniak

          - Spencer Hansen

          - Tyler Madsen

O.G 6- Jarred Boyson

          - Levi Wiersma

          - Trucker Dan

          - Trucker Dan's Top Secret rider #1

          - Trucker Dan's Top Secret rider #2

O.G 7- John Alden

          - Austin Odegnal

          - Travis Kozie

          - Wade Lajlar

          - Nik Muryn

O.G 8- Richard Gallant

          - Mike Boag Orita

          - Jaumell Campbell Boing

          - Andrew Macleod

          - Clayton Peters

Three Hills Times

First Practice Starts at 10am

10:00- U.G 1

10:20- U.G 2

10:40- O.G 1

11:00- O.G 2

11:20- O.G 3

11:40- O.G 4

12:00- O.G 5

12:20- O.G 6

12:40- O.G 7

1:00 -  O.G 8

1:20-1:55 Free For All/Break/Naptime/Madness

2:00-4:00 Jam Style Heats, Same groupies, Same order. 

2:00- U.G 1

2:10- U.G 2

2:20- O.G 1

2:30- O.G 2

2:40- O.G 3

2:50- O.G 4

3:00- O.G 5

3:10- O.G 6

4:00- Best Trick 

4:20- Celebration ! Ride till you can and head for Reddeer !

Sylvan Lake Groupies

U.G 1- Kyle Nolan

          - Darian Scott

          - Fernando Pinto

          - Dredon Tattrie

          - Christian Neeves

U.G 2- Mitchell Johnson

          - Karson Belcourt

          - Carson Donovan

          - Kurtis Donovan

          - Zane Fichten

O.G 1- Mitch Anderson

          - Jack Nicholl !

          - Lance Potratz

          - Seth Varga

          - Landon Parenteau

          - Braden Beck

O.G 2- Kevin Fox

          - Ian Aube

          - Aaron Aube

          - Linden Cerkowniak

          - Tyler Madsen

          - Spencer Hansen

O.G 3- Brock Gandy !

          - Jay Rides Park

          - Quintin Baptiste

          - Jesse Mueller

          - Tadros Eyob

O.G 4- Jarred Boyson

          - Levi Wiersma

          - Trucker Dan

          - Trucker Dan's Top Secret rider #1

          - Trucker Dan's Top Secret rider #2

O.G 5- John Alden

          - Austin Odegnal

          - Travis Kozie

          - Wade Lajlar

          - Nik Muryn

O.G 6- Richard Gallant

          - Mike Boag Orita

          - Jaumell Campbell Boing

          - Andrew Macleod

          - Tyler Horness

Sylvan Lake Times

First Practice Starts at 10am

10:00- U.G 1

10:25- U.G 2

10:50- O.G 1

11:15- O.G 2

11:40- O.G 3

12:05- O.G 4

12:30- O.G 5

12:55- O.G 6

1:20-1:55 Free For All/Break/Naptime/Madness

2:00-3:30 Jam Style Heats, Same groupies, Same order.

2:00- U.G 1

2:10- U.G 2

2:20- O.G 1

2:30- O.G 2

2:40- O.G 3

2:50- O.G 4

3:00- O.G 5

3:10- O.G 6

3:45-4:00 $ Best Rail Trick Contest $ 

4:00- Celebrate and dance or Ride till you can and get Awesome !

P.S. If you didn't notice there is some Ca$h money up for grabs in the best rail trick contest at Sylvan. Can't wait to see everyone out there and shred some bikes !

Also here is the location to the Three Hills Indoor if you are not knowing where it is !

Battle of Alberta BMX Weekend

Who is ready to get awesome and ride bikes all weekend long ? That's right ALL weekend ! Thanks to some great sponsors like TenPack and Killemall Distribution this is going to be a great time. The first stop is going down in Three Hills Saturday March 1st and the contest will kick off the grand opening to this new and freshly built up park. The Second stop will be at Incline Indoor Park in Sylvan Lake the following day Sunday March 2nd. So round up your buddy's and hit the road for a BMX weekender !

As for the fun, we will have 2 categories at each stop to compete or just ride and have in. There will be a 16 and Under class followed by a 17 and Over class at both contests. And don't worry Darcy Peters won't be winning this one so get signed up ! Riders are limited to 60 shredders at Three Hills and 40 at Incline to make the best of time and space provided. 

We are also doing a pre-registration for this event so we can let people know if there are any spots left to ride in before the contest date so you don't drive all the way out to find it's been filled and can't ride. That would be a bummer so get on it and get your spot locked in. To get signed up or if you have any questions that need to be answered we are asking everyone to either come by the shop or give us a call at 403-264-4900. If you are from out of town and don't want to deal with the long distance send us a email at info@bmxgallery.ca and we call you back and get you sorted. 

The entry fees for Three Hills will be $20 per rider and all the proceeds will be donated to them for building new ramps and keeping this place going. The entry fees for the contest at Incline will also be $20 per rider. Some of this amount will go to the park and some will go towards a prize purse for winners and or best trick so get out there for some practice if you want in on that. 

We will keep you up to date with any changes and add ons to these events as they come up but for now this is it and this is what it's going to be ! So get signed up and have some fun on the bike. 

   

Welcome to the Team - Teddy Eyob

Teddy has been hitting Vancouver up to stack the clips for this edit. Awesome job buddy, stepping it up on his rail game!

Happy he is part of the family and look forward to more moves from this guy!

Tadros Eyob- Welcome To The Team from BmxGallery4130 on Vimeo.

Animal QSS #6 Video Premiere

Who wants to see some bmx madness from the Animal Bikes Crew ? We will be premiering the new QSS#6 video at the shop tomorrow Saturday Jan 17 ! Come by watch some vids and ride your whip outside on some of the shop ramps. Thanks to TenPack for hooking this up and hope to see you all down here !

City of Calgary Skatepark Open Houses

Rumor is, is that Calgary is FINALLY getting some new concrete poured in 2014!! Yes, finally!!!
Dont miss this meeting as the City is looking to get input from future park users.... so if you want to have any say on what's built, you need to come to these meetings to represent BMX. 

-Tuesday, January 28: Cardel Theatre – 180 Quarry Park Blvd S.E.
-Wednesday, January 29: Edgemont Community Association – 33 Edgevalley Circle N.W.
-Thursday, January 30: Southland Leisure Centre – 2000 Southland Dr. S.W.
There are three dates for the open houses, all at different locations but all run from 5PM-8PM:

Learn more about it here: http://calgaryskateboarding.com/city-calgary-skatepark-open-houses/

At the open houses, you can learn more about:

-the consultants that are designing the skateparks
-communities that have been identified to receive a skatepark and why
-how this could impact you or your family
-modern skatepark design, construction, and the positive impact they have on communities
-how your community or region can get involved for selection of future parks

Free Tune-Ups for the month of January !

It's that time of year when your most likely not putting your bike to very much use and it has probably been beat up a bit from a season of shredding. So if you want your bike all dialed in and ready to go for spring or your next session out come drop your bike off for a Free Tune-Up.

We are offering the Free service on any complete bike that has ever been purchased from us. This service is normally valued at $80 and goes over the entire bike checking to see if everything is safe, properly tightened or if it may be in need of any new parts, bearings etc. So make sure you swing by, drop off your whip and feel good about your bike and who has worked on it.

No appointment is needed for this service, just come by with your bike and we will have it done for you within 2 days. If you have any questions about this or would like to know more please give us a call at 403-264-4900 or send us off a email to info@bmxgallery.ca and we will get you all set up !