This past weekend marked the 3rd annual Blake Butterfield memorial jam at Kempsey skatepark. Brodie and his crew of legendary rad lads work hard every year to make this happen and by the looks of things it was a smashing success. Good job there fella. Check out the little edit Brodie threw together to get a sense of how rad of a day it was. Fingerscrossed I will be able to make it up there for the next one. Get on!

The 3rd Annual Blake Butterfield Memorial Jam from brodie butterfield on Vimeo.

Fresh in time for the weekends activities, we have a stack of new DVD’s ready to entertain and amaze you! I don’t know about you but for me a new BMX DVD is possibly one of the greatest ways to pass the time when it is too dark, cold or even too hot out to actually ride your bike. Let me tell you all that these three fine examples Bicycle stunt riding caught on tape, are on par with some of the greats of our generation. Check out the trailers below if you dont believe me ……… go on ……. I dare you.

FBM “Thousand Yard Stare” -Defgrip Preview from FBM BMX on Vimeo.

S&M Q.P. DVD Volume #4 “Salt Lake Shake” – Intro/Trailer from S&M Bikes on Vimeo.

FBMs Thousand Yard Stare has been playing non stop in the store for 2 days now and I have no intentions of changing it for now, that says a lot about it, good old boys having loads of fun riding their bikes and goofing around! $25. Owned is a new concept from the legendary movie men of Props Visual and it is full of bangers. $29. S&Ms Salt Lake Shake is not the newest flick out but it is an instant classic and for only $10 you must be a little bit weird if you dont jump for joy at the thought of owning this for such a small amount of pennies.

Four words starting with ‘S’ in a title must be some kind of new record! To celebrate such a mile stone, the awesome dudes at Stowaway Distribution were getting rid of a whole mess of amazing stock for even more amazing prices. We scored a few gems that we can offer for close to or below half price…….. holy moly! Il stop beating around the bloomin bush and get to the bargains of the century. Prepare to be dazzled.

We have an assortment of legit Skavenger tees in various sizes and styles that will fill your wardrobe without emptying your wallet. $20!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bar end jar!!!!!! This sweet addition to the front counter boasts many colours of the bow in the form of rad cheap bar ends. Animal and Federal are both represented within my glass cage of emotion., and emotional you may get when you discover that a fresh pair of stomach savers will only set you back $2.

When was the last time you saw a quality BMX seat from a brand that actually has a good reputation for making quality parts that you will actually want to own for $20? If you did not answer with the word NEVER then I call you a filthy liar!
S&M P rail seats are tidy, light and generally awesome and if your buns aint afraid of a little plastic then who are you not to buy one of these for $20. Amazing!

These beastly bargains are unlikely to stick around for long so get on it, I mean check out the masses of people waiting to catch the train to Newtown to grab themselves a deal. Hurry, these folks look hungry!

Just like the wise words spoken by Tommy Saxondale ” I dont dance to Dido dude! I realise there are lots of D’s in that sentence”. I realise the alliteration in my blog tittles has gotten a bit stupid recently, but hey it is fun.

Setting aside the use of multiple D’s, we just got a bunch of fresh Deluxe gear back in and ready to spruce up your trail slaying vessel.

Deluxe sprockets are back in various vibrant variations ( oh no…… no he is onto over use of the letter V!!!! )The classic sprocket and the Pom Pom versions are here and ready to meet your chain and cranks.$79. The ever popular and super light Deluxe one piece seat/ post combos are also back in…..$79. Giddy up! New for 2012 Deluxe have climbed up one small step into the realm of the large handle bar world that is modern bmx. These puppies measure in at 8.5 inches tall and 28.5 inches wide, big but not freakshow big , a tasteful big infact. Chrome and looking clean!

Legendary top load stems are back and ready to legitimize you bike! $99. The super sleek F- Lite hubs are back in black and are also now available in a stealthy Titanium grey……Tidy.

Be sure to check out the Deluxe site for daily udates of all things dirty and radical!

If you ventured into the store over the Xmas period and were shopping for a noggin protector for yourself , you may have left a little disappointed. For some incredible reason helmets were a hot item for pre Xmas shoppers, this left us with a rather small variety of helmets left for those who got in a little late. The popular response from me when asked if we had any more stock was ” check back in the first or second week of Jan ” . This picture below is me staying true to my word and letting the world know that we have plenty of lids back in stock ready to do battle for your brain.

Ok ok, my new years resolution may or may not be to cut out the cheesy and horrible blog post tittles. Yes the tittle sucks but I feel it is appropriate considering the wacky year we have had.

Couldnt resist this one…….. sorry.

2011 has been an emotional journey, and we have seen many great times. Once again I was fortunate enough to spend most of the year working alongside two amazing dudes.

Dave Cee, what can I say, what a dude…….. a legendary one at that. Dave had a 3 month long dream holiday over in the states this year at it wet his appetite to what the big wide world outside of King St has on offer. Needless to say he had amazing time. Dave has since moved on from his duties in the shop and is going on to bigger and much radder things. Love you Dave, your contribution to the shop has been amazing and I cant thank you enough. Here is to many rad sessions e will undoubtedly have in the future.

While Dave was off having the time of his life in the states, good old bot ill Herrmann stepped in to fill Daves boots for a while. I first met Will whist in the UK last year. We actually met in Wales of all places, whilst attending all around legendary dude, Toby Fortes stag do. Just before Dave went away, Will appeared in town and the rest as they say is radical. Will is currently trekking about in New Zealand, surfing, riding, hiking and generally having himself a great time. Will played a major role in keeping me psyched on life and keeping the shop looking and felling good. We hope that he will return to our shores one day so we can go down to the Hero Of Waterloo on a Sunday evening for some pints and dancing to the amazing live Irish music. Get on Willis!

I will be having a few days off so this will be the official last post of the year. We will be closed for the 31st through to the 4th of January.For me and Hell On Wheels I would like to thank each and every one of you fine folks out there for making 2011 the amazing year that it was. See you all in the future, Im off to watch a very well named DVD about stock car racing back in the day. YEEWWWWWWW!!!!!!

Once again I find myself at that awkward time of year between the mad rush of Christmas and the wild parties of New Years Eve. It is a strange time in the bike shop world as the shop is looking a little on the bare side and the distributors are not yet re open for business until the new year is in. So the shop is looking a little empty and there is no way of filling it for a couple of weeks. The shop has still been fairly busy and I have not been short of things to do, so I will leave you with 3 pictures from happenings in the shop today and a few words to accompany those pictures.

Always at Christmas time the cheaper K-Mart style bikes start to roll through the shop for minor tuning and re building. Every one of these bikes has the same disclaimer type sicker on them and it makes me giggle every time. Ah………………. Stunting, one of my favourite words. STUNTING!!!!!

As always, I was quite excited to receive my big brown envelope filled with Brittish BMXs finest words and photographs. The Albion always goes down smooth. On the topic of going down smooth,legendary friends of Hell on Wheels Timmy & Brigitta gave me a tasty little Christmas present to sip on while relaxing and reading some of the good yarns the Albion has on offer. Cheers guys!

The time finally came to tear down Wills shop window masterpiece and to start fresh with a new theme. This time we have a little bike of a BMX and Skate history lesson/ museum type of thing going on. The window is damn near impossible to get a good picture of so you will just have to pop in and see for yourself!
That is all the blogging I can handle for today, see you of the morrow.

Allright then folks I have actually finalised our shops Xmas trading hours so here goes…………….Xmas eve- Open as normal 11-5, Xmas day, Boxing Day & Tues will will be closed. Wed the 28th till Friday the 30th we will be open as normal. Closed again on the 31st then re open on Wed the 4th of Jan…YEWWWW!!!! We wish you all a safe and fun time over the Xmas break. See you in a bit……..

It has been a wild old year that is for sure. You may even compare the wildness to that of these fine folks pictured above………… Wild ones indeed! We would like to thank evey one out there who has come into the shop this year for being rad and for supporting your local shop. Cheers folks!!!

I think I am mre stoked on this pic than anything at the moment! Stanta gots style!

Just when I thought that the world of BMX web videos had gotten a bit on the stale and generic side, I somehow get my mind blown and my love of riding re booted by another BMX web video. What? Who would of thaught. But not just anybody out there could create a modern web video filled with modern street riding that would get me, a grumpy park and trail rat excited. That person is non other than our bud John Young. All I can really say is this video flat out rules and is all the inspiration you need to get out there on your bike. To see John grow into the talented man he is over the years has been really rad and I am so proud of the little bugger for how he has perfected his creative outlet. Get on John! Enjoy!

Afray Crew Mixtape from John Young on Vimeo.

Look out for Hell On Wheels to be stocking Afray goodies in the new year.

Allright now! It has been a while since my last horrible blog post tittle, but there you have it folks, they have returned.

As if all of last weeks deliveries were not last minute enough, we just got a whole stack more skate stuff through the door today. It may be last minute, but it is all worth the wait. Some boards are long , some are short….. see what I did with the tittle now…… say cheese.

First up for all you lovers of fantastical plastic, we have something extra special. The new clear cruisers from Diamond Flex are freakin cool and they only cost $145! Not a bad score for your stocking.

Drifters have always been known for thier colourful tastes in car decorations, and these new Drifter boards are no different. Bright colours and big wheels. The shorties run at a lush $169 and the long boy goes for $199….. not bad

The good folks at Gold Coast keep on churning out the good stuff, this time a slightly more substantial sized sidewalk surfer named Salvo. These quality planks will set you back $210.

I was not lying when I told you last week that we would be getting more colours in the radical Gold Coast Whizz range in very soon, and here they are. Lovingly nicknamed the Red Rocket this baddie could be yours for the now reduced price of $159!!!!

Our good buddy Nigel of Houston Cycles fame popped in to the store to show us his latest creation. This super light weight race bike is an impressive machine for sure. In its debut race Nigel was in front by so much that he was left thinking ” did I cheat or something?”, No Nige you are just a bad ass! This bike has a 150 cc engiine and only weighs in a 60 kgs! Expect to see more of these Super Mono projects around in the future. Legendary man indeed.

Nigel strated it up out the front of the shop and this thing sounds incredible……. sign me up, I think I need one.

Fly just keep on hammering out the good stuff. Just when I thought all my pre Christmas stock had arrived, this giant box of Fly parts arrives. To say the box was full of bicycle pornography would be an understatement. Fly really know how to impress a guy!

The Fly Zapatas brake pads still have the most entertaining name of any product in BMX and luckily for them they are still the raddest brake pads out there.

The Piramide is the new affordable, light and strong rims from Flybikes. The pyramidal structure is designed to be very strong. They are triple pinned to save you a little dinero while maintaining strength at the joint. As well as being cheap light and strong the also look amazing! There are two options to choose from: the Piramide 17 low profile brakeless version, and the Piramide 21 medium profile brake friendly version. Both cost only $59……… Holy Cow!

The ever popular graphite Ruben pedals are back and now available in pretty shades of blue, green and brown……Ole’

Fly Alta stems are back along with the new front loading Baja stem. $69!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

New for 2012 are some new and improved versions of some Fly classics. The Dolmen cranks featuring investment cast technology and the re worked Fly front hubs. $220 & $99.

Last of all is the new Sergio Layos signature frame, the Trueno. Now Im not sure if Trueno is a Spanish word for something or maybe Sergio is a massive drift and initial D fan, either way this frame is nothing short of spectacular. Clean lines, investment cast dropouts, EBS removable brake hardware and a glossy paintjob that would make a grown man weep with happiness are what make this thing a thing of beuty and lust. $359 will get you this mean ass machine!

In Hell On Wheels land santa has well and truly come early. Some of the Maddogs finest wares are back in stock just in time for christmas . As you are probably well and truly aware by now , we are massive fans of anything S&M has ever and will ever do, and every thime we get a fresh batch of goodies it gets me pretty damn stoked to be doing what I am doing here at the shop. Naturally it made my day when our good friend Johnny Generic the courier driver dropped off this box of goods, hell, even Johnny Generic was stoked!

First up and back in stock is the world famous Challenger stem. Back in Black and looking classy. Back in the late 90s when I was racing every second weekend and riding the bowl at 5 Dock every day inbetween, I would have sold my soul for one of these. Ah the Challenger….all time classic.

If you like your bars largin and chargin then we have some big guns back in store. Hoders in black & chrome along with perfect 10s and some race XLTs all in Black or chrome , I mean what other colours would you have , really?

When our man Toby at Stowaway told me that they were getting thier hands on some of the last batch of Stricker frames to ever be produced , I jumped at the chance to grab one and here she is in all its big gappy, high speed, drunken strickery glory! 21″ and Black………. how could you possibly go wrong

Rounding off this box of goodies is the all new patch snap back cap, the ever popular and always awesome Salt lake Shake DVD and the classic retro padset. Man I almost want to buy all of this stuff for myself. I have always wanted a good padset just to show that I am old enough to have been around when people ran these things all the time. Ah the golden years eh.

The day has finally come! The long awaited Fly Bikes range of Trebol complete bikes are here and looking absolutely stunning. Much like We The People and United before them, Fly have raised the bar of quality complete bikes even higher. I mean these things are possibly the Oxford Dictionary meaning of the term “Legit”. Check out the specs on the products page for all the info on every nut and bolt. For now enjoy some sweet sweet eye candy!

The idea is simple. Have 3 different models,all at the same price, all with the same specs on components and differing in size and geometry of the frame and bars. Easy and radical! Pictured above is both colours in the Proton model, which is the big boy of the bunch.

Oh my word! This is a spectacular specimen of a serious stunt sickle! The Neutron pictured above and below these words is the mid sized bike aimed at the shorter folks and the ones who like to get thier tech on. With similar geometry to the ever popular Tierra frame the neutron is a serious contendor.

Just incase you were not already sold on these things, check out the video below which is sure to convince you of the awesomeness!

Flybikes complete bikes. from flybikes on Vimeo.

The best thing about all of this is that all of these are priced at $649!!!!!!! Holy cow!

As you are more than likely aware, Christmas is quite litterally around the corner. Lucky for us some fresh planks on wheels have arrived just in time for the mad rush. If you are into sliding rails , smashing down hills or just cruising about we have you covered.

First up are some new boards from those crazy folks at Blast. The cartoon, comic vibe could be under your feet for a very reasonable $139!

Gold Coast is a new brand for us here and you would be forgiven for thinking that they are from Queensland, fortunately for us and every one else they are not. This Californian based brand are really coming out with some tidy stuff and these boards named ” The Whizz” are a little victory for those who are looking for that 70s plastic/ fibreglass zephyr vibe without having to skate on something named after that chick from the big bang theory.

These are all class. Much lighter wieght than its competitors and with a slightly longer wheelbase, you will not be getting horrible death wobbles all the time. The aftermarket quality wheels, bearings and trucks are going to last through many a good shred sesh. Not a bad little weapon for only $175. Gold Coast will be dropping 2 new colours every other month so look out for those.

Last of all is the “Hanzo” named after the famous samurai sword from the kill bill movies. This little rocket has won my heart and i cant wait to own my own Hanzo very soon….. an X mas pressie for myself I think. $205