View Full Version : Ray's: B-I-K-E- event Feb 8
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Who are the rest of the the sixteen teams? Post em up.
1. Paul Basgoitia and John Cowan
2. Taj Mihelich and Aaron Ross.
3. Greg and Andy Watts.
4. Phil Sunbaum and Joe Perrizzo
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v-digit
02-05-2008, 10:10 AM
:( i was supposed to go and watch this nonsense - but it didnt work out
Beast
02-05-2008, 02:51 PM
Justin Guinard is in. Don't know of anyone else, though.
BigHitComp04
02-05-2008, 02:56 PM
I find it hard to believe that Taj and Aaron will be possible to beat. They are disgusting.
FreeRide-Junkie
02-05-2008, 03:01 PM
I wish I could make it. Should be sick to watch.
arboc!
02-06-2008, 02:45 PM
joe and phil should be sick to watch... dumped 3s and flips for days
t1maglio
02-06-2008, 04:45 PM
joe and phil should be sick to watch... dumped 3s and flips for days
Mmmm, but Taj and Aaron's bags of trick are so much better then 3's and flips. IMHO
Those young'ns have much to learn before they can pale to the comparison of Taj.
joelalamo45
02-06-2008, 05:09 PM
Don't sleep on Greg Watts...
and I believe his name is John Cowan, not Jeff...
Don't sleep on Greg Watts...
and I believe his name is John Cowan, not Jeff...
yeah, well he better be glad Melvin Hoffman and Blaine Bestwick don't show up.
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heh thanks ; )
ThePriceSeliger
02-06-2008, 05:32 PM
John Cowan doesn't stand a chance with these new kids.
Mmmm, but Taj and Aaron's bags of trick are so much better then 3's and flips. IMHO
Those young'ns have much to learn before they can pale to the comparison of Taj.
Ya I agree with you.
I am Skipping work Friday so I'll be there all day.
To anyone: Say hi if you see an old guy riding a brown molly with a "gold" gold lable.
Scott
dexter
02-06-2008, 08:20 PM
what happened to my post? anyways watts is the only other person besides taj and ross that can throw down loonie toons ****, but no one stands a chance against ross
Mmmm, but Taj and Aaron's bags of trick are so much better then 3's and flips. IMHO
Those young'ns have much to learn before they can pale to the comparison of Taj.
I just got in from Ray's and saw Taj and Aaron on some STP's. Let me just say, you guys going to the comp this weekend will see some very good riding.
The place is fun as hell - I was so tired but couldn't stop riding. There is so much stuff to ride there.
i hope there will be some high end video coverage. does mtb have a PROPS equivalent ?
i hope there will be some high end video coverage. does mtb have a PROPS equivalent ?
Ya kind of DH productions MatchVideozine series.
yesimaddicted
02-06-2008, 11:23 PM
alloutprod. might be there dont know
Stoked
02-06-2008, 11:24 PM
ill be there with friends that weekend. lt. blue tonic fg
Leethal
02-07-2008, 07:23 AM
I am sure Adam Hauk will be there
manhattanprjkt83
02-07-2008, 08:15 AM
am i crazy but i dont see an event schedule, anyone know what it looks like? I want to go up sunday...thoughts?
John Cowan doesn't stand a chance with these new kids.
Cowan is most likely going there for the name recognition, and because Kona is covering his airfare. He will have fun riding, and sign grom's NWD DVD's. That is why he is going, not because he thinks he has a chance against Taj and Chase.
Leethal
02-07-2008, 10:34 AM
This is only word of mouth but think it is pretty solid... qualifying 10-5pm friday... finals sat night...
opjones
02-08-2008, 06:29 AM
Jeff Lenosky and Aaron Chase are the judges/organizers
Eric Porter
Ryan Smith
Joe Prisel
Adam Hauck
http://www.matchvideozine.com/SOS/lenosky-bikerules.jpg
manhattanprjkt83
02-08-2008, 07:49 AM
This is only word of mouth but think it is pretty solid... qualifying 10-5pm friday... finals sat night...
can anyone confirm this?
it seem it would make more sense to have it go down on 2 weekend days no?
Leethal
02-08-2008, 07:54 AM
I am 100% positive now... and there is a link on the site www.raysmtb.com on the main menu below "prices"
Finals are scheduled for 6pm Sat
manhattanprjkt83
02-08-2008, 08:37 AM
well there goes that idea...that is a bummer...
Jeff Lenosky and Aaron Chase are the judges/organizers
Eric Porter
Ryan Smith
Joe Prisel
Adam Hauck
http://www.matchvideozine.com/SOS/lenosky-bikerules.jpg
Hey I was up there all day... Taj and Aaron Ross are just head and shoulders above everyone else. Of course that is my perception of the riding I watched. It was so disorganized and impossible to hear that I really have no idea where people stand scorewise but if those two aren't on the top of the heap there is something wrong.
Chase and Lenowski did a good job MCing it wasn't their fault.
Wow some of the stuff Taj and Ross pulled was amazing. JD was really doing well too.
Oh too bad there wasn't any duece quads allowed.
I'm heading back up to ride in a few hours and will rep the 24s.
Hey I was up there all day... Taj and Aaron Ross are just head and shoulders above everyone else. Of course that is my perception of the riding I watched. It was so disorganized and impossible to hear that I really have no idea where people stand scorewise but if those two aren't on the top of the heap there is something wrong.
Chase and Lenowski did a good job MCing it wasn't their fault.
Wow some of the stuff Taj and Ross pulled was amazing. JD was really doing well too.
Oh too bad there wasn't any duece quads allowed.
I'm heading back up to ride in a few hours and will rep the 24s.
know anyone there who is going to post some video !!??
know anyone there who is going to post some video !!??
No but there were a about 4 guys shooting video... just a matter of time beofore gets up on youtube or some such.
Cru Jones
02-08-2008, 05:08 PM
Taj and Aaron Ross are just head and shoulders above everyone else.
Duh. Can't wait to see them on 2-sixes... I wonder what the come up will have to say about that?
roamingoregon
02-08-2008, 06:39 PM
Taj has been riding 26" bikes on and off for awhile. Aaron hangs out with Taj quite a bit so it's no surprise he can shred them too. It's a shame things didn't work out for him to ride for a company that makes all types of bikes...
No but there were a about 4 guys shooting video... just a matter of time beofore gets up on youtube or some such.
c'mon dude, get your girlfriend or something to hold a videocamera and post this sh*t !!! i am pissed i can't be there.
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Taj has been riding 26" bikes on and off for awhile. Aaron hangs out with Taj quite a bit so it's no surprise he can shred them too. It's a shame things didn't work out for him to ride for a company that makes all types of bikes...
Not surprised by Axis's report of Taj and Aaron (damn, it's impressive watching them ride) but I'm not so sure how much jumping and park riding either of them has done on a 26"er before.
The STP's they were on looked pretty new, if not out of the box new, and it seemed like they were just getting used to them (although they got used to them pretty damn quick). I don't know, I could be completely wrong, just seemed that riding 26" bikes at Ray's was a fresh experience for them. I'll be very interested to see the contest footage.
ill be there with friends that weekend. lt. blue tonic fg
Ahh I just saw you leaving around 9:30 as I was coming in. I would have said hi but I didn't notice the until after it was too late. I was pushing my molly up the ramp to get in. Nice bike, liked the profile hubs. 24s rule.
I'll be up Sunday monring around 9ish.
Cru Jones
02-10-2008, 10:14 PM
So who won? Who's got pics and vids?
swerve76
02-10-2008, 10:32 PM
From http://www.matchvideozine.com/V2/
Today was the finals for the Rays BIKE contest. The contest went a little late, but there were some bangers that made it all worthwhile! I think the highlight for me was watching Taj throw down a huge 180 gap over a wall, and Adam Hauck matched it! It was out of control!
Adam Hauck was partnered up with Thomas Hancock, but he blew up his ankle on a flip over the Red Bull box, so Brandon Semenuk filled in for the final round. Semenuk came in especially handy on the no-hander, when he did a three-pointer (both hands and one foot off the bike) to no foot can!
Here are the final results:
1. Adam Hauck, Thomas Hancock, Brandon Semenuk
2. Taj Mihelich & Aaron Ross
3. JD Swanguen & Tyler McCaul
4. Michal Plonka & Justin Guignard
From http://www.matchvideozine.com/V2/
Today was the finals for the Rays BIKE contest. The contest went a little late, but there were some bangers that made it all worthwhile! I think the highlight for me was watching Taj throw down a huge 180 gap over a wall, and Adam Hauck matched it! It was out of control!
I can't wait to see some footage of that 180 gap. I wonder where that was.
Cru Jones
02-11-2008, 12:04 AM
That's crazy that they beat Taj and Aaron. Adam Hauck is good, really good, but I've never been a huge fan of his style (or lack thereof).
swerve76
02-11-2008, 12:12 AM
Hopefully when video does come out, it is better than most MTB park/slopestyle/trails comps. Most of the big bike comps bore me.
Leethal
02-11-2008, 08:15 AM
I was there I am not a huge fan of the format but maybe the videographers can work some magic. Style is completely thown out of the equation in this format....release your hands from the grips 0.01875" from the bars and it is a no-hander....
From what I saw and this is just my opinion, Taj and Aaron were the top riders.
t1maglio
02-11-2008, 09:23 AM
Just my opinion, if you break your bike in competition, you borrow someone elses, thats cool. If you break yourself in competition, you compete broken, or your done. You can't sub a new rider in, thats bullocks!
Whatever, I'm just of the opinion that the two bmx transplants riding on newly aquired bikes that (it sound like) hung with the mtb guys probably should have won. But my opinion is biased and I wasn't there, so it really doesn't count.
Cru Jones
02-11-2008, 10:10 AM
You also have to remember that Thomas Hancock is also a bmx pro who just recently started riding hardtails. He kills. IMO, he was the best rider at Supersessions this year. Sucks he got hurt. Is it a broken akle? Or, just sprained? What did he do?
Yeah, I agree on the format being kinda lame. And having straight up "trick contests" like this aren't going to help mtbs gain respect in the eyes of bmxers.
t1maglio
02-11-2008, 10:18 AM
Naw, I think the idea is cool, just got to work out some of the details. Imagine turning some of the best 20" rider loose on something like this. It might be something simple like a one hander, but what if you use the trick to handplant something ridonkulous? It could be knarly.
Daman
02-11-2008, 10:34 AM
I was there I am not a huge fan of the format but maybe the videographers can work some magic. Style is completely thown out of the equation in this format....release your hands from the grips 0.01875" from the bars and it is a no-hander....
Pic a barspin card ....and do a half bar spin and its good ?
But hey...its part of the game...
it alowed almost unknown riders like Plonka to show what he can do in the final. The confrontation of the big air jumper to the super thecnical street guys was cool to see...in the end...its the riders that were the most versatile and most allaround skilled that won it...it was very cool!! congrats to Ray and all the riders that showed up to compete or just to have fun!
Leethal
02-11-2008, 10:47 AM
Michel and Justin did Awesome....
Stoked
02-11-2008, 08:35 PM
team DOB were awesome. blk mrkt killed it too. highlight for me was watching aaron ross 180 the redbull box clean. then go back and try to 180 bars it!! he didnt pull it but he did try 3 or 4 times. came close but pretty much blew up every time. that was ****ing bonkers!! btw he was just practicing.
it was good to meet some dudes there, usb lee, greg melms, ray, tons more.
where's the f-ing footage !!!????
hah! c'mon !
Boxxer
02-12-2008, 01:51 PM
Wheres the footage you bums!!? I heard it was a good time, sorry I wasnt able to make it out there...
Castle
02-12-2008, 05:20 PM
still looking for footage!
dexter
02-12-2008, 05:38 PM
same....
jeff da grom
02-12-2008, 10:22 PM
Thomas Hancock ... Sucks he got hurt. Is it a broken akle? Or, just sprained? What did he do?
I saw him later... said he broke either his tibia or fibia (i can't remember). The format was kinda rough. It made it hard to watch, you had to keep running all over the park. I wish it was just like a jump jam.
GMDesigns
02-12-2008, 10:25 PM
Don't get excited, I don't have footage either...
And I'd rather not post my opinion of the contest format.
(Just how many times did we walk back and forth across that place?)
But...
I think this is an appropriate place to say how neat it was to meet some really great people like:
Lee from USB
Joe from USB
Alain from DOB
Stoked and Jeff Da Grom from RM
Ray Petro
Thomas Hosford of Atomlab
and a bunch who I've already forgotten their names...sorry!
Carter Holland even took my bike for a few laps!
OK, somebody better dig up some footage.
GM
OK no video yet but these were taken by a local USB rider.
http://www.sephotos.net/p40590
As I find more I will update.
t1maglio
02-13-2008, 11:42 AM
Sweet, thanks. Its good to finally see some of the stuff going down (cept that fruitbooter poo :-)).
a bunch who I've already forgotten their names...sorry!
Ohhhh duh now I know who you are! That custom bike you have is sweet! I wish I would have put it together I would have bent your ear more about the mods.
Here are some more.....
edit .... on the other hand after looking throught the pics only a couple actually show the riders on bikes the rest are all goofy mug/grimace shots of locals. I am happy to report I escaped the lens this time!
So you have been warned...
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=2335636&albumId=1455606
FreeRide-Junkie
02-18-2008, 12:45 AM
I want video. Haha I was out there this weekend riding a bit. I talked to a few of the locals I know that were there for the comp. More than anything I want to see the 180 over the Red Bull Box. Its a pretty good sized jump....
opjones
02-21-2008, 10:32 AM
http://freecaster.com/1000006_1003877
Castle
02-21-2008, 11:21 AM
sweet, I dig it! I would think the riders had a good time... maybe not the best from a onlookers perspective, but I bet the riders had fun...
http://freecaster.com/1000006_1003877
damn. . . is it the website or just my computer ? the audio works fine. but the video freezes constantly. unwatchable.
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