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Have you ever heard the line in the Tupac song Old School where the chorus says “I wouldn’t be here today if the old school didn’t pave the way?”  This is so fitting for this situation.  John “Dizz” Hicks rode for CW back in the 80’s and had his own unique look and style.  He’s been the subject of Ryan Humphrey‘s art show Fast Forward.  From the wedge ramp mastering to the heavy metal hair, he easily stood out in the magazines and everyone’s memories today.  I can’t imagine BMX in the 80’s without him and I can guarantee others feel the same way.  So this is sort of my way of repaying one of the guys that paved my way into BMX and made me think of it in a completely different way.  I am psyched to have Dizz riding a Funday.  All photos by Brian Barnhart.

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If you are having trouble finding a copy of Up, Up and Away then look no further then the Sunday online store!  There’s a whole bunch of other stuff in there too including t-shirts, spare parts, replacement chain tensioners, sticker kits and close out parts.  So follow this link right HERE!

Sunday‘s first ever video Up, Up and Away is now available just about everywhere Sunday stuff is sold!  If your shop doesn’t have it then have them call their Sunday distributor!  If you don’t have a good shop near you then check out one of the mail orders!  The team kills it in the video and if you haven’t heard Ian Schwartz‘s part is amazing!  Super refreshing!

Tom Arkus sent me a whole bunch of photos from him riding some pools with Brian Yeagle, Moris and Jason Willis.  Here is what he had to say:

There is probably no better way to spend 4th of July with your homies riding 3 different pools in one day. I’ve known about the pools for a while now but never got the chance to go check them out cause i had no idea where they were. 5 phone calls later we are riding them… The first pools were massive with some nice tranny’s to banks very fun to ride. One of the pools was 12ft deep, you are able to roast the crap out of that one but the water put a damper on that this time around. The pool at the foreclosed house was sick! It had the feeling that you were out in the woods and you just stumbled upon a tight tranny pool. The thing probably had 6 inch’s of tranny but it was laid back so it felt awesome carving it like a berm. Dropping in was a big deal but we got it done in the deep end. Look forward to seeing some footage very soon… Thanks to Moris for showing us around. Shout out to Yeagle for going on the mission. Thanks to Jason Willis for the sweet photographs.

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Sunday introduced the Wave downtube at Interbike in 2007. This unique feature quickly became a centerpiece in our goal of bringing riders a frame that’s both strong and light. Surprisingly, a lot of people didn’t notice the Wave when we initially showed it at Interbike, and to this day some riders STILL haven’t noticed it. There are also riders out there that are unaware of how well the tube design really works. However, with that said, I have heard countless stories from Sunday frame owners about what their Wave downtubes have been through. It’s understood that the tube won’t take “everything” thrown at it (after all, it’s still just made of 4130 chromoly), but it will take a lot of the abuse that ordinary round tubes won’t, and once the downtube of a frame has been damaged, it’s only a matter of time before a new frame will be needed. At this point it’s been over two years since we began testing the original prototypes, so I figured that it was time to show some photos of what a Wave downtube looks like on the inside.

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Aaron Ross won the Nike 6.0 standout street rider for the Chicago Dew Tour!  Go over to BMXonline and check out the results!  Congratulations on winning and pulling that last line!  That was amazing!  In other Aaron news, he is riding his wildest bike ever today for a photo shoot!  You’ll have to wait and see it at a later date!

Alex Magallan and Jake Seeley are heading to Woodward East next week for Week 5!  So hit them up if you are going to be there next week!  Jake will be there on Sunday and Alex will be there Monday afternoon.  I’ve been telling them about the new outdoor street section, so you might want to look for them there.  Have you guys seen all the new stuff at Woodward East?  I had a great time when I was there last week!  I might even try and meet these guys there next week for a day or two!

Check out Reed Stark‘s ESPN Exclusive edit!  Casual and relaxed with a fun feel is the best way to decribe his part.  His last trick probably took him one try, but it looks like it should’ve taken a lot longer!  So good!  Read his interview HERE!  Also check out his Second Wave bike check along with half of his Team Dilly It Do video part HERE!

Tom Arkus sent me this photo of him nac-nac-ing his silver Model D.  You can see his bike check from a month back right HERE.  Have you checked out his website lately?  If not then go check it out VinylBMX right HERE!  Does anyone know who invented the nac-nac?

Ian Schwartz went out and filmed this huge half cab drop in Boston while we were on the Up, Up and Away video premiere trip in the northeast. He basically did it first try and without any worry. Then did it a second time to make it look even better. Ian’s frame was the FIRST frame with a built in Pivotal Post plus it has all the Sunday Second Wave frame features like super strong HOLLOW 8mm dropouts with built in chain tensioners, dent fighting Wave downtube, proven 41 Thermal Post Weld Heat Treating and Director Style wishbone just to mention a few.  He is riding the latest color Maroon, so now you can get it in that color along with white, post-it note yellow and Black Magic!