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Sunday Team at Texas Toast from Sunday Bikes

Check out what Sunday put together to showcase their team riding at Texas Toast. Check the clip at 1:40 for a gnarly 3 to wall ride attempt and the crowd-pleasing over-under at 1:50. That weekend was a blast. I still say when we throw some FGFS shit in Texas, it’ll be like that.

Check out all my coverage from Texas Toast here!

Literally minutes before our ride to the airport is supposed to show up, my film gets delivered to my email. Here’s a whole hell of a lot of 35mm photos from various cameras, covering the events of the Odyssey BMX Texas Toast Jam! Check out a slideshow of this Recent Roll post below!

Man, what a weekend. Yesterday was the final day of the Odyssey BMX Texas Toast Jam and like Saturday, the heat and wind didn’t stop people from throwing down and having a great time. When I made it out to the spot, it was just in time for the Empire Curved Wallride. Then everyone just kicked it around and warmed up on the dirt. It was a much more relaxed vibe but people threw down when it came to the dirt comp. Seeing this caliber of riding in person was intense and I’ve only got the most respect for these guys.

Check out my final slideshow from this event below. There are some good ones in there so don’t miss ’em!

Documenting the dirt side of the Odyssey BMX Texas Toast Jam has been a challenge for me. I’m just not used to photographing such massive airs! Since the photos I shot today are a lot better than the ones I shot yesterday, I’ll make this one brief.

Check out a slideshow below!

The Leap Frog Beard Bunny Hop Contest at the Odyssey BMX Texas Toast Jam was insanity! The guys went head to head for over an hour until Broc Raiford took first place with a 49″ bunnyhop.

Check out a slideshow below!

Two of the bigger events yesterday at the Odyssey BMX Texas Toast Jam were the Dragon Slayer and Rail Jams. I managed to get some great photos in the 110° heat index and scorching sun.

Check out a slideshow below!

Man, what a day. I was at the Odyssey BMX Texas Toast Jam from noon until 7pm today shooting photos, chatting with riders and just hanging out. While the rail jam, dirt and bunny hop contests were awesome, my favorite course of the day was the GAUNTLET OF DEATH! Ryan did an incredible job building out the course, under Taj’s supervision and it was hilarious how difficult of a time even the top pros had getting through it.

Here are a few choice shots with a slideshow below!

Here’s the schedule!

Saturday
11:00AM – 1:30PM Gauntlet of Death
1:30 – 2:30PM Dragon Slayer Practice
2:30 – 3:30PM Dragon Slayer Best Trick
3:30 – 8:00PM Gauntlet of Death reopens
3:30 – 4:30PM Leap Frog Beard (Bunny Hop) Contest
5:00 – 7:00PM PRO Dirt Qualifying
7:00 – 8:00PM PRO Rail Jam Best Trick

Sunday
11:00AM – 2:00PM Gauntlet of Death
12:00 – 1:30PM Longest Icepick Grind
2:00 – 3:30PM PRO Curved Wall Ride Best Trick
3:30 – 4:30PM Gauntlet of Death reopens
4:30 – 6:00PM PRO Dirt Finals

Fox’s Gauntlet of Death
First person to make it through this death defying obstacle course wins a treasure chest of prizes. Everyone who makes it through gets something. Runing all weekend, free to enter with entry and waiver, donations to benefit Mike Tag suggested.

Odyssey’s Dragon Slayer Best Trick
A winner take all best trick contest on the ferocious Odyssey Dragon.
$300 Bounty and prizes, free to enter with entry and waiver.

Oakley, Failure Bikes, Austin Facial Hair Club present the Bearded Leap Frog Contest
This bunny hop high jump contest is winner take all for highest hop. Free to enter with entry and waiver. Winner gets $100, one of a kind hand made Oakley trophy and Failure Beach Cruiser.

Sunday Bike’s Longest Ice Pick Grind Challenge
Whoever can do the longest Ice Pick Grind on Sunday’s 100 foot long rail wins $250 and prizes. Free to enter with entry and waiver.

Empire BMX’s Pro Curved Wall Ride Best Trick Contest
Do the best trick on Empire’s step-up curved wall ride and win $500 and prizes. $10 to enter.

Van’s Pro Rail Jam
Whoever does the best trick on Van’s handrail wins $700 and prizes. $10 to enter.

Odyssey Presents Pro Dirt
Pro’s compete for a $12,500 purse:
1st place wins $5500 (thanks in part to a $2500 bonus for the winner from Fox)
2nd place wins $3000
3rd place wins $2000
4th place wins $1250
5th place wins $750

Today, Taj and the crew opened up the Odyssey Texas Toast BMX Jam‘s dirt jumps to the pros and locals to warm up on. Since the jumps are pretty standard (ranging from 5′ – 8’), the course was the least of their worries. The wind and sun seemed to be taking its toll on the riders.

Check out more photos from the warm up session at the Texas Roast BMX Jam below!

Hear ye, hear ye. All ye men who wish to approach ye Gauntlet of Death! Yesterday, instead of moping around the house feeling bummed out about missing #MWM2, I went over to the Texas Toast site to check in on the progress of the street course. Part of the course is dubbed the Gauntlet of Death and man, it is something else!

Check out more photos below!

It is already in the 90’s here in Austin. This makes any outdoor activities physically draining. Without the constant retreat to shade trees to chug water, you’d fry out there. With the Odyssey Texas Toast event approaching here in Austin, I’ve been checking in every day on the progress over on 5th street where the dirt jumps are being set up. Yesterday, I just so happened to catch some local rippers tearing it up and managed to grab some photos of the course’s progress.

Check out more below!

Darryl Nau is kind of a living legend. The dude is a time capsule from the 80’s, when people shredded the gnar on 30+ lbs bikes and really knew how to party. Leave it to Odyssey to put him in charge of the official Texas Toast afterparty. Come party with Darryl and the rest of the BMX community Saturday night at the Burnt Toast!

Details below!

ESPN met up with Taj at the OTX compound to discuss this weekend’s Texas Toast event here in Austin. This is the only time in recent months that I literally wish I could be in two places at once. I’ll be in Milwaukee at the #MWM2, which will deliver on very different levels. This shit looks like it’s going to be a blast!

The one and only Taj Mihelich is putting together a major competition next week here in Austin. With a $10,000 prize purse, the Odyssey Texas Toast is going to be pulling in pros of all ages from all over. If you’re around, head down there and if you shoot any photos, email them to me and I’ll post them up. I’d be there but I’m going to be at #MWM2.

Just check out that line-up of confirmed pros!

Well, I hope you all had a great New Year. I’m assuming most of you are back to work now and probably have some time to kill today during your lunch break so I invite you to check out a year in review. 2011 brought about a lot of traveling for me and like the increase in frequent flier miles, the site’s content continues to rack up. International, cross-continental and bi-coastal travels brought me to shops, events and in front of Beautiful Bicycles.

Check out Prolly is Not Probably’s Year in Review below!

Go to PropsBMX.tv for more videos.

Darryl Nau is one rare bird. When I lived in Brooklyn, he’d come cruising through the Peel Sessions on his 40 lb BMX blasting wallrides and pulling crazy lines. For the past 5 months, he was here in Austin and for some unknown reason, he and I never linked up except for at the Texas Toast event. Dude’s seriously one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet in the cycling industry. Period. Check out this bike check, shot on 9th Street for Props BMX on his new FBM!

America!

When I was at the Texas Toast Jam on Saturday, Robbie from Cult flagged me down to chat. I’ve bumped into him in the past in Austin and it’s always a pleasure to see what he’s up to. He supports PiNP on the Cult blog and that’s cool by me! At any rate, Robbie was wearing these new Cult x Vans when I saw him and I took a few photos of these Well Used sneakers.