If you’re in or near Southern California, hit up the Vans Skatepark in Orange on July 6th for a FREE session. We will also have the new 2018 completes on display for you guys to check out in person.
ODYSSEY vs SUNDAY / VX Edit #1
Odyssey and Sunday are proud to present the first of four monthly VX videos filmed and edited by our incredibly multitalented team riders while out at the Odyssey vs Sunday house. This month we’ve got Mark Burnett, Jared Duncan, Justin Spriet, Julian Arteaga, Jacob Cable, Alec Siemon, and Chris Childs killing it on both sides of the lens, and we’re sure you’ll enjoy.
ODYSSEY vs SUNDAY / An Introduction
Get ready, Odyssey vs Sunday is underway now. Which team will win a trip anywhere in the world? Here’s the rundown:
- All Odyssey and Sunday team riders can visit the Providence, RI house whenever they want, all summer long.
- Odyssey and Sunday will each release a video in the fall with all their best footage.
- Viewers vote for their favorite video, and the team with the most votes wins a trip anywhere in the world.
- Riders from both teams will also be working together to film and edit VX videos dropping monthly.
Aaron Ross / Bike Check
Check out what the Bossman is currently running on his Motoross.
Frame: Sunday Motoross, 20.75” TT
Fork: Odyssey R32
Handlebar: Odyssey BOSS
Stem: Odyssey BOSS
Headset: Odyssey PRO, Conical
Grips: Odyssey Aaron Ross
Seat: Odyssey Anniversary Retro
Seat Post: Odyssey Tripod
Seat Clamp: Sunday
Crank: Odyssey Thunderbolts, 175mm
Sprocket: Odyssey Fang, 28-T
Pedals: Odyssey Grandstand
Chain: Odyssey Keychain with Hollow Pins
Tires: Odyssey Ross 2
(2.4” Reflective Stripe rear, 2.3″ Big Logo front)
Rims: Odyssey Hazard Lite
Front Hub: Odyssey Antigram
Rear Hub: Odyssey Clutch v2 Freecoaster
Pegs: Sunday Seeley PC, 4.5″
Preview / Sunday 2018 Complete Bikes
For 2018, Sunday Bikes continue to be the benchmarks for value, quality, and style that other brands measure themselves against. With new features like sealed cassettes on the Primer, intergrated head tubes on the Blueprint, Cyclone freecoasters on the Forecaster, and Odyssey Twisted Pro pedals and Path Pro tires throughout the majority of the line, Sunday can’t be beat for 2018. We hope you’ll enjoy riding these bikes as much as we’ve enjoyed making them. Thank you for choosing a Sunday.
Look for 2018 Sunday completes to be arriving at shops in July.
RE-UP: Alec Siemon Video
Here’s a RE-UP of this sick Alec Shmalec part that dropped last month. Click play if you missed it.
Gary Young in VANS Illustrated
Gary just keeps getting better. Hit play ’cause you’re definitely not going to want to miss this.
GROW UP / Credits
We hope you’ve enjoyed watching Grow Up as much as we enjoyed making it.
–Walter Pieringer
If you haven’t seen Grow Up yet, you can buy the digital download for $5, or buy the DVD and get over an hour’s worth of bonus footage. Also make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel to get instant updates on new releases!
GROW UP / Erik Elstran
It’s easy to see Erik Elstran is a free spirit. Take one look at whatever colorful and delightfully eccentric outfit he’s sporting at any given moment (that he probably sewed himself), and it’s pretty clear this guy isn’t trying to run with the herd.
Watching him ride, it’s even easier to appreciate the breadth of Erik’s fertile imagination. Erik can do whatever he wants on his bike, and he chooses not to do what everyone else is doing. Erik could be a tech rail master or flat ledge god if he wished, stacking the usual tricks in new and innovative ways and linearly progressing BMX in standard increments, but he is destined for so much more.
You can always count on Erik to see a spot where no one else has and look at a classic spot in ways others haven’t. Erik’s M.O. is to seek out and locate a unique spot, and then do the unthinkable on it. Never content to simply make do with the obvious, it’s his determination to go above and beyond, to carve his own path and dream up ideas no one else would ever think of, that defines Erik’s riding.
Erik has more fun on his bike than anyone I know. He’ll happily ride the most ridiculous non-spot as hard as he can for hours, or, even more impressively, be 100 tries in filming some impossible trick and still laughing and cracking jokes. Even when riding at the highest possible levels, he’s really just playing around. While cataloging footage for Grow Up, I discovered Erik had – by far – the most B roll of anyone one the team, and nearly all of it was him being stoked and goofing off. Erik possesses a singular positivity and enthusiasm for living that radiates outward and inspires those around him.
It takes something very special to end a two-year full-length team video, and special is about the best word I can think of to describe Erik’s section. What Erik does is more than just bike riding; this borders on performance art. So go ahead and check out his part; I dare you not to smile.
–Walter Pieringer
If you haven’t seen Grow Up yet, you can buy the digital download for $5, or buy the DVD and get over an hour’s worth of bonus footage. Also make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel to get instant updates on new releases!
Erik rides the Motoross
Available now in Fluorescent Yellow, Raw, Trans Gold, Fluorescent Red, and Black Magic. Learn more »
Top Tube Lengths: 20.75″ and 21″
Head Tube Angle: 75°
Seat Tube Angle: 71°
Chainstay Length: 13.25″ slammed
Bottom Bracket Height: 11.5″
Standover: 8.8″
Tire Clearance: 2.4”
Weight: 5 lbs.
Jake Seeley – Homie Sessions
There are so many good setups in this video and Jake and his homies definitely know how to put them to good use. Hit play to witness some proper spot usage!
What I Ride: Jake Seeley
Click HERE for a quick Jake Seeley bike check, courtesy of Ride BMX.
GROW UP / Chris Childs
Shooting with Chris Childs can be a harrowing experience. Chris pedals fast, jumps far, airs high, grinds big… there’s plenty of potential for catastrophe, but I get the sense I’m usually more concerned than he is.
The word “casual” gets thrown around a lot when describing highly-skilled bike riders, but Chris is the poster boy for casual. Chris routinely fires out the craziest shit like it’s nothing; I’ve never seen anything like it. Even after years of filming with him, I’m still taken aback by the caliber of the stunts he’s dreaming up, and perhaps even more so by his carefree attitude towards them. For the incredible amount of risk Chris is taking, he’s cool as a cucumber.
With Chris there are usually no run ups and no second tries. Even on the rare occasion he’s actually sweating something, more often than not it’s one and done. The last five tricks in his part were all first try. That’s unheard of.
You see, Chris may send wild moves on the reg, but he’s no hucker. To the contrary, Chris thinks through everything he does, and if he calls something out you know it’s been fully analyzed and deemed within his capabilities. When you’re messing with as much speed, distance, and gravity as Chris is, you can’t be rolling the dice.
Aside from its sheer magnitude, the other striking thing about Chris’s riding is its diversity. Chris can do it all – the biggest gaps, drops, wallrides, and rails, put together a flat ledge line, trick every jump at the trails, flow a ramp like it’s nobody’s business – Chris feels at home on all terrains and at all speeds, even if his preferred mode is hauling ass.
But to me, the best thing about watching Chris ride is that as calculated and dialed as he may be, he pushes it to the limit and sits right on the line between in control and total disaster. His riding has a certain looseness to it that keeps you on the edge of your seat and just a little bit scared for his life. It’s that little bobble, that extra bit of seemingly accidental kickout that gives his riding so much character and makes it so goddamn entertaining.
And, Chris is a true renaissance man. When not effortlessly dominating his bicycle, he spends his time making music, painting, filming and editing BCAVE videos, and enjoying a whole slew of other creative interests that keep his mind productive. He’s also a solid dude and one of the most easygoing people you could ever hope to travel with, and while I don’t have any actual tallies, he probably spent more time on the road filming for Grow Up than anybody else. Watching his part, it’s easy to see that dedication.
Chris has an immense amount of control over his bike that, combined with his innate fearlessness and abundant creativity, makes him capable of just about anything. So sit back, relax, and enjoy Chris’s part, and don’t worry, he (mostly) made it through just fine.
–Walter Pieringer
If you haven’t seen Grow Up yet, you can buy the digital download for $5, or buy the DVD and get over an hour’s worth of bonus footage. Also make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel to get instant updates on new releases!
Chris rides the Soundwave
Hollow dropouts, integrated chain tensioners, Wave down tube and top tube, Cable Channel, new screw-in cable guide, angled removable brake mounts, Director style wishbone, post-weld machining of the BB & HT and full 41 Thermal heat-treating backed by a lifetime warranty all come standard on the Soundwave. Learn more »
Top Tube Lengths: 20.75″, 21″, and 21.25″
Head Tube Angle: 75°
Seat Tube Angle: 71°
Chainstay Length: 13.5″ – 13.75″
Bottom Bracket Height: 11.5″
Standover: 9″
Tire Clearance: 2.4”
Weight: 4.87 lbs.
