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John Ludwick is your Myspace Friend

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Since Mike Hinkens is leaving for Nicaragua this summer and will have his fair share of job responsibilities, he will be handing the myspace job over to John Ludwick. As of May 1st, Ludwick has taken the helm and might actually be working on posting stuff as we speak. ...

Hinkens and crew enjoying the spring weather...

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The weather is up and down in a Midwest spring and the Milwaukee guys have been back on the shred. Some more serious sessions have already gone down, but here is a warm afternoon for you to check out... ...

McDermott Shirts

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The last two new Madera shirts designed by McDermott have arrived from the printer. To accompany all four, I asked Dave if he could give us a little insight onto each design...

\"With a lot of my art, it seems that other art inspires it. ...

Madera Pivotal Seats

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We just got these Madera Pivotal seats in stock. It\'s taken them so long to get here that we almost forgot what the prototypes looked like, but we like them so much that it was a pleasant surprise to see them again. ...

Ludwick update

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Ludwick called me at 2:30 in the morning Sunday...they had just got into town and needed a place to stay. We met at the house, settled in, slept, woke up, and after a quick breakfast and coffee, set out at 10am for a pretty amazing street session through the streets of Tampa. ...

New Madera Shirts

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Two of the four newest Madera shirts designed by Dave McDermott have arrived from the printer. My jaw dropped when I opened the boxes--seeing them mocked up in photo shop is one thing, but seeing them in production is another. ...

Welcome to Florida

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I recently made the move to Orlando Florida-Here is the story. My roommates band\'s singer parted ways with them & joined my band. ...

Madera Stem Dan's Comp Video

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Dan\'s asked that the new Madera Unity stem be posted in their monthly product guide on Vital Bmx. Here it is, my appologies for sounded monotone, I was trying to be as clear and concise as possible.... ...

Nicaragua!

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Mike Hinkens has been pursuing a career outside of BMX for quite some years now and he has recently made a large decision that will undoubtedly affect his life in all ways, including BMX. Here is what he had to say... ...

Aguadilla

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A few weeks ago i set out for my annual surfing expedition with my old lady and my friend Brian. Aguadilla is a small town on the north west coast of Puerto Rico. Most of the visitors to this area are surfers. ...

Hinkens video

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Here\'s a little remix of Mike Hinkens 2008 leftovers....actually, a couple of these clips are from the first days of 2009. Don\'t let Mike fool you.... ...

toilets

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Just a reminder that the Toilet Bowl Jam is tomorrow at 10am in the S.P.O.T Bowl. Practice starts tonight at 7pm. Madera is hooking up some product (as well as Animal, Country Bikes, JandR Bike shop, ODI, Nike 6. ...

Josh Eilken webvid 3

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Here\'s a quick one from Josh Eilken during the last days of winter in Illinois.

Jeff Dowhen's Mustache

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For the past couple months, we\'ve been throwing around the idea to do a Madera roadtrip this summer through New Jersey. Looks like everyone has committed to going and dates will be set between June 27th and July 5th. ...

Casey

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Casey Strong sent this quick bit of news over celebrating the coming end to a NW winter. Even when he\'s short of words, it somehow still makes me laugh.

\"We had our first real day of spring last week, i think it was in the mid 50\'s. ...

How This is Made #3: Madera Stems

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The second run of the Madera \"Unity\" stems are being produced in the machines as we speak. Although the process is very similar to the Profile \"Acoustic,\" aesthetic changes make time in the machine just a tad bit longer. ...

Toilet Bowl Jam

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We just finalized the flier for the Skatepark of Tampa bowl Jam on March 28th. Entries are limited to 24 a division. Spots will go quick so you might want to sign up asap!

Jeff Kocsis Pic

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Dig Issue #69 just showed up in the mail. This lovely photo of Jeff Kocsis (formerly known as \"lil Jeff\") was a nice little treasure to take a peek at. Thanks to Ralph at Animal for making this a winter sanctuary to those in Northern Jersey. ...

cold pizza

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Last Saturday, Toppers Pizza opened a location in my hometown. The first 50 people got one free pizza a week for 1 year. Me and 8 of my friends camped out over night with wind chill at about zero degrees. I have never been that cold in my entire life. ...

Jeff Dowhen news

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Jeff Dowhen sent over these two photos....He annotated one, I\'ll do the other.

Mike Hinkens: 2001- Midwhere

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Since I cant ride and have not been producing anything from the frozen tundra of Wisconsin, how bout some recycling? Here is the favorite section I\'ve ever done. This section came out in 2001 in the epic 2 hour saga we called Midwhere. ...

Rivalry

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After months of trying to get this design to everyone\'s satisfaction, Mike Hinken\'s Madera Rivalry shirt has been printed and is now in-stock....done deal.

Available in all sizes.
Brown with yellow and white print. ...

Dave McDermott News

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Jeff Kocsis just flew into Orlando yesterday for a week\'s stay (sabbatical from the cold) with McDermott. I spoke to Dave yesterday and their plans for the weekend have be postponed due to this

Tom Villareal Interview

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It seems that Tom Villareal just appeared one day. Years ago I was riding the skatepark here in town and among the droves of kids cutting across the park, there was Tom, tweaking the most dialed turndown, laterally, against traffic in the park. ...

Unity

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We\'ve been keeping this beauty under wraps for a bit while it has been tested...Dave McDermott, Conall Keenan, Tom Villareal, and myself have been riding the new Madera \"Unity\" stem for a good while. ...