Tom & Dom

2 Employees hard at work

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Rya AirGary

The other day I was saying how Gary went on a roadtrip to RyeAirfield, and attatched a doublewhip air sequence, well heres a better one, as well as him walltapping a forest? Awesome huh? I bet he produced 100times more than any of thos kids on CJS did. HAHAHA.

SALE CODE...

Hey,

Here's a Kick Ass sale code for the Nation Website.

CODE: 3195

Will get you 15% OFF on anything on the website between now and Christmas

-mike

New Employee Spotlight

This fucking kid landing flat is Tom Molyneux. Hes our new shop employee. Hes going to be the new website dude, so all you dudes who have the excuse "theres nothing on the website to order", now there will be, and now you can spend all your mom and dads money on bmx parts. How exciting? Tom was in the last issue of props doing the long jump to flat contest at BONE DEATH!

Sick of Bullshit

Im sick of people asking for stickers and then the next time i see them, they have a dans comp sticker on there bike.

Im sick of riders we SPONSOR dont want to send in any new photos/videos or news for me to put up.

So today is FUCK YOU day. Thank you.



If you havent noticed im having a wicked bad day, and to top it off im going to the Incline Club in Lakewood, NJ. Hopefully I comeback with some cool photos of garrett and Cbeef.

Keep coming back to check whats going on.

More random news.

Heres our man Tony Hamlin busting a crankarmslide in Boston, MA. Photo is by Lino Gonzalez. Hes all over the new Dig Magazine and has a few clips in almost every section of the new props.

The picture of the double peg down the handrail would be our other dude Jared Washington, this was a federal ad months back. I honestly think this was the last cool thing hes done haha. Just kidding, his crews video is out and on sale at Nation dubbed "PuPu Platter". Hes also informed me hes in the new Chingy video? photo is by Rob Dolecki

DIG BMX

Mr. Brian Tunney has linked us on www.digbmx.com. Thanks Tunney.
He also reviewed our DVD in the newest issue of dig, says lots of awesome things about it, but then called out Spam on his pants, whats that make? the thousandth person to tell Spam to buy some 32s?

Ben Hittle Fashion Tips

Heres a photo of Gary from Rye Airfield(not on a CJS trip). Its a double tailwhip sequence, even though the sequence sucks.

And for the people requesting Ben Hittle fashion tips, heres straight from the horses mouth:
"ok, well i went to target and bought some packs of white tees and thats all ive been wearing for the past two months, i still wear womens trousers, but i buy them in much larger sizes than i used to haha. Lately I've been getting into sneakers, so im usually in a fresh pair of nikes." Spam is leaving Illinois today at 5am to come home to NYC. Who the hell would wanna move from this amazing city?! NOT ME!

Flow Rider Spotlight:Nick Steben aka C Beef

Cbeefs Hematoma
Nation: Name, age, current location?
CBeef: Nick "c-beef" Steben, 19 years, going to school in long island, but im from west hartford, ct
Nation: How is it being from such a rich town? Where almost nobody rides BMX? What made you stick with it and keep progressing?
CBeef: its kinda bad in a way cuz alot of people bitch about riding. ive been honked at from blocks away by old people cuz i was riding in the road. there was like 2 or 3 kids who road trails and stuff in my town and some of my friends biked, but they stoped early on in high school but i keep on riding. it was just fun and i enjoyed it. landing new tricks are fun. i liked that feeling also people had no lives and just sat around, i liked being out and about riding
Nation: So instead of staying around your area, you opted to go to woodward every summer and hangout with friends and fellow BMXers? Right? Howmuch has woodward camp influenced your bike riding?
CBeef: yeah i liked going to woodward its fun, i met so many people there when i was younger and just keep keeping in touch with them and some of them are my closest friends now. back in ct there was only a prefab park near my house which was alright and a realy mellow hip bowl at another park. i like riding street in west hartford. lots of ledges which i liked alot. but there wasnt too much park or ramps near there. when i first went to woodward i didnt know how to ride ramps or parks. i couldnt even double peg. i learned the basics there lol. but i also learned lots of other stuff out of that place, i was siked to be at a place with other bmxers, kinda felt good. no homo
Nation: What do you like to ride now? Who do you enjoy riding with the most?
CBeef: i seriously like to ride everything. ramps, dirt and street. ill do anything as long as im having a good time. vert is even fun. everything feels good. i enjoy riding with you (stevo) bro. i ride with him alot cuz hes near me at school. everyone back in ct barcus, grat, fakie, buckler, dups sven. all the other kids i ride with alot villani wade garret augie . god the list is long. so many people are fun to ride with. potocznys for sure. pretty much everyone met over the years
Nation: How do you feel about being on nation? Do you think you fit the team well? And will your dad be giving us the Gas Card for Nation roadtrips?
CBeef: im siked as hell to be on nation and given that opportunity to ride for someone. being apart of a team with people i like to ride with. nation is awsome. some days just go and not ride but hang out there for hours watching videos and talking with people. i dont know if i fit the team well ? i guess i do cuz i got asked on it. lol. i like nation. everyone is friendly there. na i dont got that gas card anymore. i wish tho. gas card r.i.p 05-06
Nation: Damn, that gas card got us through some rough times. You recently went on a Shook Interactive roadtrip. How was that?
CBeef: hell yeah that gas card saved us. we went everywhere. just keep and eye out for them shells. the shook trip was fun as hell. i met a bunch of other riders who went on the trip that i never rode with before. marlyn,rah ralphie, jarrod allen, obaaa. i never rode with them befor and i really got to know them better.i like meeting new people. met a bunch of other dudes too from the places we staye at. chris naigbhors, chrs wilson, all the cincy kids. one person i met sucked tho..big time. just gona say IU. i was siked to be invited on the shook trip. too bad i suck and got a hematoma on my ass the first day. the bruse was gnarly.
Nation: Haha man that Hematoma was crazy...Anyway, any last words?
CBeef: yeah that hematoma was nuts. i couldnt sleep one night cuz i was in so much pain. i could blab on forever about random stores. but i wont. thanks for interviewing me, you were my first! and also thanks for warning me about the "almost car accidents" that i would of gotten in if u wernt there to save me. nation bmx rules. hollar


Check out Cbeef doing a little shredding of his local park.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jujh5kE36S4

Flow Rider Spotlight:Tom Lavorgna

Nation: Whats your full name, age, and current location?
Tom: Tom Lavorgna, 18, Thomason CT
Nation: Youre from a small town, is it hard to find motivation to ride around your area?
Tom: yea, most of my friends i ride with are from diffrent towns or states so its usually just me riding at like 1 in the morning
Nation: damn, thats rough, ive been to your town too, not much to ride, how do you deal with that? and how do you keep progressing
Tom: i make the best of what i have, theres one rail in my town and its only 4 steps and a mellow bank and some manuel pads i ride everyday and try and learn new things with what i got
Nation: Ive known you since you skated, shit you pregressed quickly, whats your motivation? Anyone that gets you pumped to learn new things? Any pros in particular you look up to?
Tom: when i skated all my friends were bike riders so it was a given i would turn over to bmx bikes, my motivation is to just learn new things on my bike its the best feeling, all my friends get me pumped to learn new things, van homan is probably someone i look up to the most
Nation: Do you feel you fit into the Nation BMX team? Do you think you deserved your place on it?
Tom: i think i fit in pretty well, alot of diffrent kind of riders, all so good, i dont think its up to me to decide if i deserved my place but im psyced to be chosen as part of the team
Nation: Well, any last words?
Tom: just be yourself and support NATION! bmx

Throwback Pic

Heres a Photo from about 2Years ago, on the Shook Winteractive Trip.
Photo is by Keith Terra.

Oh and buy the new shook video.
Theres a trailer on www.shookin.com for it, support Chad so he can keep making videos, keep it off google/youtube.

Here are some photos of Garrett Reynolds and Anthony Villani.
All photos are by our good friend Chris Marshall.
Anthony, Gary, Spam and Myself all have clips in Props issue62 at the Tiseo Jam.
go check it out.

Oh yeah, fuck you CJS

Spam Bike Check

Frame-Take Ivy
Fork-S&M XLT
Bars-Fly Pantera
Stem-Fly
Grips-ODI longnecks
Seat/Post-Macneil, Custom joint so no seatclamp needed
Cranks-Odyssey Wombolts
Sprocket-Profile Imperial
Pedals-Welgo MG1
Hubs-Profile race, Studs in both wheels.
Tires-KHE light
Chain-KMC race 3/32
Pegs-NONE Brakes-NONE

PROPS 62

New trailer on the RIDE BMX site

Steve O got a clip

>>>> Click Here <<<<

The Flow

here are some pics from Keith Romanawski of http://www.ride-li.com, there of our new flow rider Cbeef Chillen and Garrett Reynolds Killing it. Garrett got first, but is that really a suprise?

STEVEO GETS 2 PAGES IN BMX PLUS

Steveo always repin' nation hard as hell.

Thanks dude

-mike

new trailer

little teaser i made for the new video, everyone on the team kinda got to choose a flow team rider, the idea is to have each rider have a split section with their flow team rider

Team Rider BEN HITTLE

Older footage... so good dosen't even matter

Tuck No Handers.

Well, our main man, Tony Hamlin was on that rock n roll tour thing, and I guess fat tony over at ridebmx went along. So he had Tony do a thing for ride, on how to tuck no hander. So if youre loking to learn this trick, this is the man to learn from(other than cbeef)

http://www.bmxonline.com/bmx/video/image/0,27679,1560057_78_1,00.html

In other news, Garrett, Cbeef, and Ben just left for the flow contest. Im sure ill be posting news about them winning on monday.

Check back for more updates

SPAM EDIT...

Here's an edit of Nick Ponterio (spam). Kinda old so he might get pissed that I posted it, but check it out anyway cause it's still pretty damn good. Oh... and don't miss the banger at the end!

more news

Jake Seeley came to my house this weekend, we both went shooting with Scott Marceau(www.scottmarceau.com)


look for clips in upcoming manmade dvd and symmetric dvd.

















Heres a Tony Hamlin Bike check.





























Frame: FBM Autopilot (ox blood red), 20.125"
Fork: Odyssey Race
Bars: Sunday Triumph
Stem: Odyssey Elementary
Grips: ODI Longneck
Barends: FBM
Headset: FSA
Seatpost Clamp: FBM
Seatpost: FBM
Seat: FBM Pivotal
Cranks: Profile 175mm, ti spindle and ti flush bolts
Sprocket: FBM Race 38T
Chain: KMC Super Light
Brakes: Fly
Cables: Odyssey Slic
Brake Lever: Odyssey Medium
Front Tire: Fly Ruben
Front Wheel: Odyssey 7KA laced to a Coalition 36 hole hub
Rear Tire: Odyssey Path
Rear Wheel: Odyssey 7KA laced to a Coalition LHD 36 hole cassette hub, 9T
Pedals: Fly Ruben
Detangler:Odyssey Aluminum GTX



Tony was just on props Rock n' Roll Fools killing it. All photos taken by Fat Tony of Ride BMX.

CJS put on a game of B I K E at the edison park sunday, Dom and Joe both killed it, Dom took the best box trick, Joe did the highest air, and best trick on the quarterpipe.
Take that you bitchass CJS dudes.

GARY NEELSON

how fuckin good is Gary... outta control!

MANMADE EDIT...

This new commercial for Manmade Clothing features Nation Riders Jake Seeley and Garrett Reynolds, and was filmed by Nation friend Wade Young (he did our dvd).



Support Manmade... nice threads!
www.manmadeclothing.com

GET IN ON THIS...

Team Rider Garrett Reynolds

Pretty sure most people have seen this. Just thought I would post it for those who havent.

Pretty damn funny

GHB Trailer

Features Paino and Spam from Nation BMX

COLORED BOLTS

We been workin on bringing these to the public for some time now.

Direct from us at Nation BMX...

* Ti Stem Bolts (6 per set): $42.99

* 7075 Aluminum Colored Allen Bolts (6 per set): $24.99

* Ti Elementry Stem Bolt: $22.99

* 7075 Aluminum Seat Post Clamp Bolt (fits intergrated and most reg. seatpost clamps): $3.99

* Brake Lever Bolt Set: $7.99

* 990 Brake Post Bolts (works best with seatstay mounts): $7.99



CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN... RED, BLUE & PURPLE

***Our aluminum 7075 anodized bolts fit MOST stems with metric threads.
(these bolts MUST be properly installed for maximum strength)

Should be available for purchase on our website within a day or two

Who is Nation BMX

Hey,

Just thought I'd give some insight as to who runs the show around here, how we came to be, and what we stand for.

Nation BMX was started by Mike Strollo (me), back in 2001 as a mail-order side project to bring bmx product to the masses beyond Central Jersey. At the time I also owned Circles Bike & Skate and when we made the move from Red Bank NJ to Sayreville, NJ we decided to drop the Skateboarding end of our business out of respect to the area Skateshops who had been keeping the Skate scene rockin' in the Sayreville area for a long time... it only seemed like the right thing to do. So, once we discontinued the skate section of the shop Nation BMX just kinda fell into place as the new name for the shop as well as the mail-order site.

My wife and I have owned this business for the last 6 years and have no plans of ever ending it. I have met amazing people, seen some sick ass riding, and made a lot of life long friends all because of Nation BMX.

The whole idea of the shop from the beginning was and still is to bring the highest quality product from the most respected names in the industry to our customers at the best price possible.

I started bmx racing back in about 1981. Freestyle and street riding weren't really even though of yet. I remember the first time I saw the Hutch Freestyle Team, I was like what the fuck...? Sooo crazy.

Anyway I kinda slipped outta BMX for a while in the late 80's and really got into Skateboarding. There was a whole rebellion goin on back then that I loved. The music, the style, and the freedom to do whatever you want with a skateboard. It was good times, no doubt.

Anyway... fast forward quite a few years and I started to watching props early issues and really started to feel for BMX and started riding again. I then wanted to bring that feeling of walking into a dialed skate or bmx shop and seeing all the latest stuff to kids who never experienced that before. But MOST importantly, I didn't want kids felling unwelcome, or unappreciated ever. We still stand by that today... Full respect to every customer, ALWAYS.

And now for some random pics of me and my son Damien.

just chillin'


what a ripper... haha


drums, bass, keyboards, vocals... i like making music


my 4 year old son... the infamous "nation kid"




If you read this far... MUCH RESPECT, AND THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!

Oh, and to anyone trying to make profit off BMX when you have zero ties to the sport and no care to give back to the industry... FUCK OFF!!!

-Mike

News News News

Alright so Mike has given me the Job of updating this thing, so it will be updated more often.
Im sure most of you know, Jeremy Barcik has passed away, they had a jam for him at hackettstown skatepark sunday, a lot of the team went out for that.
Nation and Animal have gotten together for a little contest, buy any animal product from nov1st to december 24th and you will be entered into a drawing for a tour of the animal warehouse.
As for the team, i guess everyones been real busy lately, Doms always working and riding, Garretts traveling all over the US and killing every contest he goes to, Steve Debusk, well i havent heard from him but im sure hes doing something wild, Tony Hamlins been real busy traveling as well, Eric, well Eric is nuts, has anyone seen road fools 15 lately? Jesus christ. Ben Hittle just got back from florida from Baco, Anthony is doing the usual, park sessions everytime he wants to ride, hes riding chainless/brakeless and can still fufanu anything you put in front of him. Ahhhh Spam, im sure a lot of you know already, but Spams moving to a small town in Illinois, goodluck spam. Jake seeley sent me this photo of him the other day
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hahaha. Painferd, havent heard much from Paino, im hoping now that Spams gone that we wont stop seeing much of Paino, Joe Synosky is just hangin at the shop everyday doing his usual work, and studying Chase Hawks every clip of every video(just kidding), where is Rob Hicks?! Gary Nilson has been killing it lately, go to his myspace page to check out the madnesshttp://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=15644249&MyToken=b3313134-794f-4e41-a6e7-dee3926b09c8
As for me, Ive been just trying to film for Linos new clothing company called Symmetric Clothing Co, and filming for my split section with Anthony.
Our two new editions Tom Lovorgna and Nick Steben aka Cbeef have been riding there asses off as usual, Tom rides more than anyone I know and Cbeef is always down to ride even in the freezing weather.
Jareds probably out buying some expensive jeans or an exclusive pair of nikes. He is now on mosh products...Just kidding hahaha.

keep checking this site, it will be updated pretty often

STEVE O is Taking over...

Yeah Nation BMX's TM Steve Croteau has decided to take over this blog, concidering I haven't posted shit since I started it.

Anyway... Steve tells me pretty soon you will be able to check up on all Nation team riders, and a bunch of other random bmx happenings here in this blog.

Stay Tuned

-the nation