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Reed Stark spent some time at Lake Owen this summer and filmed this edit.  Super good lines, clean style and the ability to make it all look easy is a good way to describe this video. This was filmed and edited by the super creative Arik Elstrain.

Look like we have a Sunday Friends from Latvia and it’s a Black Magic Model C!  I do believe this is the first one in Latvia which is courtesy of Sergej Babikov.  It’s great to see that the Model C’s geometry is being understood and accepted all over the place!  There’s a few more photos after the break.  Privet s rajona!

Jim Cielencki, Model C from Sunday Bikes

Check out Joel Paul’s new Black Magic Third Wave!  Super solid and super clean!

The 80’s are like back!  Here is Full Factory’s head honcho, Bobby Parker’s brand new white Sunday Third Wave!  If you didn’t know, Full Factory is Sunday’s distributor in the USA. Just throw some white mags on there and this would easily be found blasting Pipeline Skatepark back in 1986!  Follow this LINK to see his full bike check!  Totally gnarly!

Tammy “teaches” you how to do a one footed X-up over on the Ride BMX site.

Check this out!  Jim Bauer jumping the new Woodward Mega Ramp on his Model C!  I do believe this is a first for a Model C.  From my experience, I would rather jump that far on a 24″ than a 20″ due to it being way more stable.  The cool thing about this set up is that you can test jump it by jumping increments at a time.  Actually jumping 25ft as a test jump would be really scary!  So sick!  Nice work Jim!  And nice work Jeff Z who shot this photo!

This edition of Sunday Friends is an amazing one!  William Palmer is a huge fan of Sunday and it shows will all his Aaron Ross Funday collection.  There’s some classic colors in here: Ocean blue, Fluorange, fluorescent yellow, the Watermelon Bike and now Aaron’s latest the Picnic Bike.  I couldn’t be more stoked on seeing these photos.  Some amazing bikes here!  Thanks again William!  You’re collection is sweet!

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So, you want to learn crankslides?  Well watch this video and learn how to do them.  Let me give you some major pointers first.

• Ride absolutely parallel with the rail.  If you have any momentum going into the rail then chances are you will go over the bars.
• Learn to stall the trick on a low rail first.  There’s no sense in trying to slide a trick that you can’t even hold.
• To land on the rail just bunnyhop and turn between 45 and 90 degrees.  Put about 90% of your weight on your foot.
• Land on the pedal and crank arm.
• Don’t lean back.  You’ll loop out.  Just stay centered over the bike.
• Don’t pull the brakes.  You won’t be able to adjust your positioning.
• To ride away just go off the end of the rail and ride away.  It’s not too hard.
• Use a sprocket guard because chances are you will break a chain if you don’t.  Odyssey MDS sprocket works the best.

Once you’ve figured them out, then take them to bigger rails, up rails, do them jump over, switch, barspin in it, 180, frontside, pop out early and do trick into and out of them.  For more crankslide footage, go check out the I Like Crankslides video from last summer.

Check out this Alex Magallan photo!  This is what he does best, when it looks like there isn’t a spot, Alex will come up with something.  It never ceases to amaze me what he comes up with.  He is celebrating his 23rd birthday today!  Happy birthday Alex!

Alex Magallan is a shredder!  For proof just watch this www.blvdlights.com video!  Good stuff in only 4 hours!

Custom builds don’t get much better than this!  SIBOT BMX near Crawley, UK built up this new white Third Wave custom bike.  Wow!  This looks amazing! Go check out their website for a whole bunch of other interesting custom builds!  Nice job!

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Check out Tom Arkus‘ latest video filmed mostly at his home trails of Hazelwood.  Most of the longer sequences are the actual lines at his home trails.  The trails are super long, big and wooded, so you can’t just stand in one spot and film.  We went a week or so ago and now I fully understand how they work.  Tom makes it look easy when he should probably be scared.  Look for photos of Tom riding his home trails in an upcoming issue of Case Magazine.  In other Tom news, him and his wife just bought a house.  Congratulations!

ERIC LICHTENBERGER ON ODYSSEY! FROM ODYSSEYBMX.COM

Eric Lichtenberger just became the newest member of the Odyssey team.  This is his welcome to the team video!  As usual, the video is filled with unique spots and seemingly impossible moves that only Eric could spot.  Congratulations Eric!  We are stoked for you!  Go watch his Hold On! video for more Eric videos!

For Monday’s installment of Sunday Friends, we have Jake Possemato’s Black Magic Third Wave.  He had his Sunday First Wave stolen while at the Dew Tour and ended up replacing it with a new Sunday.  This bike couldn’t look any more solid!  Thanks for the support Jake!

The time has come to start pre-booking the 2011 Sunday complete bike line which will release later in the fall.  If you’re a shop who missed out on the 2010 bikes or are looking to freshen up your showroom floor then get ahold of Full Factory Distribution today by calling 512-382-9973 or emailing them at info@fullfactorydistro.com.  We are pre-booking now and there is a limited supply.

Here is a photo of all the new Sunday frames at our UK distributor, IMG.  They received all the new frames today and have already shipped them out to shops and mail orders throughout the UK!  So, if you’re in the UK and have been patiently waiting for the new Forecaster, watermelon green Funday or Black Magic Third Wave then wait no longer.  Oh, there’s even some white Third Waves available too!  I’ve already been told that these are selling fast, so get on it quick!

While we were at Woodward East last week, we met a few guys riding Sunday completes including Matt Sehl and his Funday PRO.  He bought it from his local bike shop Ancaster Cycle in Ancaster, Ontario.  This was the second Funday PRO that we saw at camp that week.  Check out Riley Scott’s from the other day’s Sunday Friends.

Yep, all the new Sunday frames are now available in Australia!  The Forecaster, watermelon Funday and Third Wave frames can be found at your local BMX shop or your favorite mail order.  This photo courtesy of Strictly BMX.  These will be gone in no time, so get them quick!

Look what showed up at the warehouse!  Third Wave frame in white!  The stickers work so well in the white and the Black Magic.  These are in stock now and they will be sold out super quick, so have your shop call Full Factory Distribution today!

Way to go Gary! He got third place at Park in this year’s X-Games!

Here is Riley Scott’s Funday PRO that he bought at Joe Momma’s Bike Shop in Ottawa, Ontario.  Riley’s been shredding at Woodward East for the past week.  In fact his bike was the first bike I saw as we rolled into Woodward East and it wasn’t due to the color either.  He’s a super nice kid and I’m psyched that he’s on a Sunday!  Thanks Riley!

Here’s a photo of Gary Young’s 360 turndowning at last weekend’s Dew Tour in Chicago.  He ended up getting 6th place in Park with his super fast, super smooth, unique and original lines and tricks.    Gary will be taking be taking this momentum to the X-Games this weekend.  Be on the lookout for a new bike, too!  Thanks to Kurt Hohberger for the photo!