Former Verde pro Kris Bennett has fired up Square One Clothing again. Square One always had incredible teams and videos, so we’re stoked to see the brand ride again. Dave Thompson is part of the new Square One crew. Check out the full team roster here. Good luck Kris.
IPath Footwear backs BMX and they’ve put together a new site that focuses on their BMX team. Verde’s Mike Ardelean is the IPath TM, plus both Dave Thompson and Brian Yeagle are part of the IPath crew. Check it out.
Photographer and friend Jared Souney had some kind words to say about Ryan Barrett. Barrett (pictured above from back in 2007) was the very first team rider on Verde and was instrumental in adding both Brian Yeagle and Dave Thompson to the team. Barrett is a busy guy and we’re stoked to see him riding more often.
The crew here at Verde Bikes wishes a fond farewell to AJ the Intern. After 16 weeks AJ has moved on to a paid position delivering pizzas at Papa John’s. We’re confident that AJ is better prepared for life after working here. Thanks AJ.
This week’s episode of “Tuesday with Miles” over on the BNQT site features Joe West shredding his warehouse in Springfield, MO. Joe rules! Enjoy.
Jordan Vilonna is a photographer friend of ours who lives in Greenville. Jordan’s currently running a Cartel frame and sent over a pic of his kit. We’re psyched that Jordan’s so stoked on his rig.
I was browsing the news over on Vital and noticed that our good friend Ben Paul has a photo of himself featured on the main page today. Psyched! Ben Paul rules.
I just got off the phone with Joe West over at The Hub in Springfield, MO. Joe let me know about this video tour of the shop that John Andrus put together last month. Pretty cool. We love coffee too!
A month of so ago we sent out a new Cartel Series kit for Lee Reynolds to build up. Lee was previously running a 2008 Verde Spectrum from our inaugural line of completes. He sent over this photo today just to say “thanks” for the hook-up. If you didn’t see it when it was first posted last month, be sure to check out Lee’s interview over on Defgrip. And… If you don’t know who Lee is, do your BMX history homework and watch this. Legend.
Luke Parker is one of our flow guys down under, hooked up through our Australian distributor, Elite Cycle Imports. Luke turned 15 last week and celebrated his b-day by sessioning his local park. This photo of Luke was featured as Vital BMX’s “Photo of the Day” earlier this week. Happy belated, Luke!