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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.

This is my favorite pool in Buffalo!  It might actually be my favorite pool ever because of how much speed you can get in this thing.  It’s only rideable for about  2 weeks out of the year and it’s usually in the spring.  This photo was shot by Brett Carlsen last fall which marks a first because it’s never been rideable in the fall.  This bunnyhop over the diving board block into the deep end thing was the scariest thing I’ve done in the pool.

Sunday is making it’s way down under starting Feb 24th!  Aaron Ross, Gary Young, Alex Magallan, Jake Seeley, Tom Arkus and Jim Cielencki will be driving on the left side of the road for 12 days visiting shops, riding street and seeing some amazing skateparks all while avoiding kangaroo punches, boomerangs and great whites.  The tour will take us from Melbourne to Brisbane and back down to the US vs Them contest in Melbourne.  Shops and dates to be announced soon!  Stop by and see us!

I just did a mini interview up on the Stranger Things website.  Go HERE to read about Sunday, my thoughts on Ian leaving BMX and the new completes.

On Saturday, I went down to Austin to check out some of the Sunday complete samples that had arrived at the office.  The day went smoothly, but then everyone wanted to go to Ramp Ranch to ride.  Unfortunately, I didn’t bring my bike due to it being a short trip.  Well, since I’m really excited about the new bikes especially the Funday PRO, I decided to just ride that bike at the skatepark.  I’ll be honest and say that I felt shaky at first, due to it having different bars than I’m use to, plus, the small 13.25 inch rear end was something I had never ridden before.  But after a ninja drop, everything started to work for me.  Nothing crazy went down, but we did get the clip above.  Check out the other one after the jump.  Not bad for a $655 bike!  Look for Sunday completes available at the end of February!

I’m not sure if anyone of us found any glory on Ride UK’s Ride to Glory trip, but check out Aaron Ross, Joe Cox and Jim Cielencki on Odyssey’s section of the trip.  The trip was a lot of fun, the van was terrible, the weather cooperated most of the time, Road Chef wasn’t amazing, Rom Skatepark was amazing though, Liverpool wasn’t so sketchy, Aaron is addicted to IPhone games and we came in 4th out of 5.  Trip was fun, but next time we need a working GPS and a van that shifts gears properly!

Twitter is taking over!  If you want to hear the ramblings and what not of most of the Sunday team then check out the links below.  Warning some are really good, some might be over the top and some might only be for adults.  So Twitter wisely!

Sunday Bikes @sundaybikes
Gary Young @GaryBYoung
Jake Seeley @thejakeseeley
Aaron Ross @theaaronross
Funday @thefunday
Eric Lichtenberger @ericlichtenberg
Jim Cielencki @jimcielencki
Garrett Reeves @GJReeves88
Tom Arkus @vinylbmx
Craig Passero @CraigPassero

This is awesome!  My own t-shirt!  Maybe not eggactly what I’d want, but never the less I’ll take the coverage!  James Hitchcox comes up with this one.  Hopefully he’ll be nice and send me one!

Here are two more photos of my Model C with green and gold colorway in action!  The barspin between the van and the U-Haul isn’t that crazy, but 180ing between the two is much different.  The photo of me holding the bike up to show how little room there was lost, but I’d say it was about an inch on either side.  You can sort of tell from the photo that there wasn’t much room.  Thanks to Zak Taylor for shooting these two photos.  Look for more Model C stuff coming soon!

Here’s a photo of me barspinning the local jersey barrier in Buffalo aboard the Sunday Plus 4 Model C that I’ve been riding since last fall.  The photo was shot by Zak Taylor when Jake Seeley and the Garden team was here filming awhile back.  I’m trying to make some Sunday Wallpapers so you might see this photo along with some from the rest of the Sunday team.

Here is the Fluorange Funday I just built up to try out some new dimensions.  I’ve been riding the my 24″ Model C for 2 months now and it was time to change it up and ride a 20 for a little while.  I put together the Funday because of its 13.5 rear end length and the 11.5 inch bottom bracket height.  The idea is that the lower bb will keep the bike stable and not too loopy while still allowing it to tailwhip and spin better.  I grew up riding long rear end frames so having something this short is foreign to me.  Hopefully the lower bb will counter act the short rear end.  If not then its back to the Second Wave.  I’ll update you over the next few weeks.  Here’s my parts list below.

Frame Fluorange Funday 20.75″ with brake mounts
Fork Black Morning 2.1 forks with built in race
Bars Black Magic Sunday Forumphs with 4 degrees upsweep
Stem Odyssey Elementary Black
Front Hub GSport Marmoset
Front Rims GSport Rib Cage Blue 36
Front Tire Odyssey Aitken 2.1
Cranks Odyssey Twombolts 175mm
Sprocket Odyssey MDS 27
Pedals Odyssey JCPC
Chain KMC 510
Seat Odyssey Aitken
Seat Post Odyssey Intac
Seat Clamp Sunday Prototype
Rear Hub GSport Ratchet 36 9t
Rear Rim GSport Rib Cage Blue 36
Rear Tire Odyssey Aitken 2.1
Brakes Odyssey Evo II black
Lever Odyssey Mono Lever Trigger style
Cable Odyssey Linear black
Pegs GSport Plegs

Forumph Bar Dimensions

Height 8.32 inches
Width 28 inches
Back Sweep 12 degrees
Up Sweep 4 degrees
Weight 1 lb 10 oz
Colors White, Black Magic, Blue, Gray

All sunday! bars are multi-butted, 41-thermal processed and
backed by a lifetime guarantee against bending or breaking.

Sunday has some good stuff in Dig issue 71.  You can see Lee Dennis featured in the New Day Rising article.  Check out this link to see some clips from Lee’s interview.  There’s a good photo of Alex Magallan in the Leland Thurman article.  Chris Hilbrich and I are featured in the Sunday ad.  He’s showcasing Sunday’s trail frame the Model D while I have a few little photos of myself riding the Model C.  This issue is a great read especially the Leland article!

The end of May is a great time to be in Buffalo, this pool in the photo is mostly drained and is totally ridable!  You can pretty much go as fast as you want and carve the whole main wall.  You are able to air it and pocket air the corners along with so much other stuff.  Don’t fall because it might as well be covered with sandpaper.  In the photo, I’m hopping over the diving board thing and into the vert.  Right after we shot this photo, the cops booted us out.  I’ll be back next May!

Well since I can’t ride right now, I get stuck riding this thing around.  Either way it’s a lot of fun.  Did you read the interview I had on Defgrip where I talk about Up, Up and Away?  If not then follow this link to check it out!  Also, if you get the latest Dig there’s another interview in there about the Sunday video.  Look for premier dates announced this week!

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Check out the video above to learn more about the Sunday Model C 24″ frame and Plus 4 24umph bars and Morning 24.1 forks that will be fully available real soon.  Currently, the bars and forks are available with the frames coming available by the middle of April.  The first few minutes are of me talking about the reason for the bike’s design and its features.  Then there’s a video part shot sporadically over the past month and a half on my particular bike setup.  Hope you enjoy it!  And if I sound like a jerk during the bike check, it’s because it was 32 degrees outside when we shot it.

Check out this Warm Red Sunday Second Wave kit I built up recently.  It has 20.75 inch tube top length and the back wheel is run at 14 inches to provide me with a little extra comfort for bunnyhops and manuals.  I use Morning 2.1 forks and put Forumph bars on because the 4 degrees of upsweep feels better to me.  Click on the photo to see the full view and a bunch of closeups!  What do you think of the tires?  I’m way into them!