Herman This

It seems like every time I clean my office I find gems like this one. Herman Munster sprocket in 45t.

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BIZ

Due to the overwhelming response too my earlier post about bugging Biz for his autograph, he asked if i could post this.He's say he's getting mobbed everywhere and is finding it hard to get any riding done.So if you see him out there just back off and wait for the right time , Thanks

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Media

The SF trip is now up on the MEDIA page of the site.

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Joe Riley Edit

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T-Shirt Contest

After going over all of the t-shirt designs for the contest we finally found a winner.
Congrats goes out to Jon Edwards for a simple design that includes the Volume Bikes fundamental design concept (musically inspired).

Again, thanks for all of those who entered the contest and we'll have another one up soon.

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Biz is now out on the Local Exposure tour. So grab your copy of the new RIDEUK with his interview, and I'm sure if you offer to buy him some plain,all drums at your local Hooters, he'll autograph it for you.

posted by ends at 9:54 AM 0 comments

The MACHINE keeps turning

Hey i just got back from Barcelona and road fools. Barcelona was amazing we stayed in this condo right next to the beach. There are so many good spots so close to each other i couldn't believe it. We found pretty much the only bike shop in town and they had volume and demolition stuff so that was kinda cool. our tour guide had kind of a temper when it came to people kicking us out of spots. Well we only got kicked out of one spot the whole time. so we were riding this spot on the bridge and this police man stops on the road below gets out of his car and is yelling at us to leave or he was going to take our bikes. Our tour guide gets pissed that the cop was kicking us out starts yelling back at the cop and tried grabbing this brick out of the planter box to throw at the cop it was pretty intense. Road Fools was just as fun the crew was awesome. We started in Phoenix stayed there for like a week since there was so much to ride. It was 100 degrees the majority of the time so there was a lot of night sessions. Then we went down to Tucson for a day rode some pretty good ditches and this cougar permission pool. We got there kinda late and they had it all lit up for us. It was weird having like 15 dudes all at a pool session that doesn't happen often.We ended up in San Diego we had to do a demo at the levi's store that was pretty fun. Well that's about it for now.

Rob.
Manly rail hop
Tight quarters, Euro Travel

Spain Crew

posted by ends at 11:41 AM 0 comments

Biz on fire

Check out the new RIDE UK (issue #115 May 08) with Ryan 'Biz' Jordan's interview. He's got some absolutely crazy tricks in there that only Biz can pull off.

posted by BOSS at 12:33 PM 0 comments

SF Road Trip Vid

Our main man Ed Subias (Chinchilla Man) just finished the SF trip video (can't miss it since it's on the main page)
Big thanks goes out to Joey Cobbs for all the banger spots. Enjoy!

posted by BOSS at 9:43 PM 2 comments

Volume Paintings

One of our best fans Fernando Reyes painted these. We are honored to have someone spend the time to actually paint something revolving around Volume. Thanks again Fernando.

posted by BOSS at 1:28 PM 0 comments

Snow in April!

Went out today with Surrey Steve to try and get my clip count for a split part with Eman,that we've been working on.Found this random cement satellite dish in the middle of a new play ground.I got my fly out on. Its hard to believe from the first few pics that it would be snowing about an hour later

The seldom seen street tailwhip
180 Table

180 table , different angle

Tryin to get a line, gap to rail to snow

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Update from England

Nate's got another week and a half in England, till he's back in sunny LA traffic. He says he's been finishing up filming and shooting the stuff he wants to get done before he leaves.The weather has been a little wet there as you can tell by the photo of Nate and Brad Simms out on a rainy filmin mission

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HEATON!

Heaton is back home now from Africa, enjoying the beautiful spring weather rolling in off Lake Erie.All the snow has melted and the street session are back on.John says he's been shooting a bunch of pics and searching for spots around his new pad in Kitchener.Hopefully the rest of the team will get out east for a volume trip and reap the benefits of all his hard work.

John doing a flat ground demo at a school in Africa

Skater Dave Nolan catchin the concrete wave bra!

posted by ends at 8:44 PM 0 comments

Shirt contest update

sample shirt by francis delapena
The shirt contest will be over Fri 4/18/08.
Thanks to everyone that has already entered.

posted by BOSS at 11:04 AM 2 comments

Nate Interview

Nate Moroshan has an interview up at streetphire.co.uk.

posted by BOSS at 12:31 PM 0 comments

Enns ad

Ends frame back in stock (all colors: white, metallic orange, Dodger blue and gun metal grey). Support a Canuck, they need all the help they can get right now (I mean next season). GO DUCKS!

posted by BOSS at 12:20 PM 0 comments

Help a homey out

Mike is a fellow bike rider who was hit by a car while riding his bike on the way to work. He sustained severe head trauma and other bodily injuries from the accident. Please join us this Sunday, April 6th, at 1:00 PM at The Chinatown Metro Station, 901 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012.

This event welcomes all types of bicycles and riding levels. There are rest stops planned along the ride to allow everyone to catch up. The event will be followed by a raffle to raise funds for this cause.

posted by BOSS at 7:05 PM 1 comments

Boy ridin dirty

1)Favorite spot of the trip? Shit half of time i didn't even know where i was lol but i gatta say da up-down rail...
2)Least favorite spot of the trip? i uno?? there were all dope! da trip was mad fun! good looks joey 4 dem fire ass spots!
3)Favorite CD of the trip? dem gangsta grillz n flash back lloyd banks bumpin out my cell haha
4)Best meal? jack in da box 4sure!! lol
5)Best trick witnessed? rob "the machine" wise reaching 4 the sky!
6)Trip MVP? biz

posted by ends at 5:50 PM 0 comments

Trip survey

EMAN says
1) Favorite spot of the trip?All of them! Good shit but that pyramid rail for sureee and that school with the ledge that went off the top.
2)Least favorite spot of the trip?None of them! We hit good shit, all the spots were good! And good shit got done on all of them!
3)Favorite Cd of the trip?Rick Ross "Port Of Miami" was the only cd we heard in the van but other than that my iPod.
4)Best meal?The ultimate Jack In The Box! Panda Express and Wienerschnitzel too though...
5)Best trick witnessed?Some crazy vertical ice on a bank to rail by Rob Wise and also Rob Wise flying like E.T at the pyramid rail. Shit was bananass!
6)Trip MVP? The machine Rob Wise.

ED says,
1) Favorite spot of the trip.....Walking out on the Golden Gate Bridge
2)Least favorite spot of the trip....the KFC with the crazy crack lady
3)Favorite Cd of the trip..anything not picked by Boy or E-Man
4)Best meal? Deep Dish Pizza place by Stanford
5)Best trick witnessed? Anything by Rob Wise or Biz
6)Trip MVP? Jason Enns

JOEY says,
1) Favorite spot of the trip?Bossy J's high school
2) Least favorite spot of the trip?SF Community College
3) Favorite CD of the trip?Music was lame
4) Best meal?Hooters
5) Best trick witnessed?Rob Wise, fakie ice pick on crazy bank to rail setup
6) Trip MVP?Rob Wise

JASON says
1)Favorite spot of the trip? Hooters
2)Least favorite spot of the trip?Toss up between the traffic from LA to Santa Barbra or EMAN and boy's room at 4:30 in the morning, or the cold water only showers in the hotel
3)Favorite CD of the trip?Duh... LIL WANYE
4)Best meal?Hooters, but weinerschnitzel is bomb!
5)Best trick witnessed?The Van not rolling over on Lombard St.
6)Trip MVP?Everybody shredded, but it's between Biz and Rob for sure

SKINNY says
1) Favorite spot of the trip?My favorite spot of the trip was the school with the banks and manual pads.
2)Least favorite spot of the trip?Least favorite was the tranny barriers. I've got to step my tranny skills up
3)Favorite Cd of the trip?I think Jason busted out the Lil wayne album somewhere along the trip.
4)Best meal?Hooters was good, but Weinerschnitzel is GREAT! I wish there was one out here, the burgers, chili cheese fries, etc, awww man...
5)Best trick witnessed?Biz half cab at Hubba
6)Trip MVP?Rob "The Machine" Wise. Banger after banger


ROB says
1) Favorite spot of the trip?the up down rail. that thing was amazing!
2)Least favorite spot of the trip?probably the huba ledge spot. wasn't a big fan of that spot.
3)Favorite Cd of the trip?lucero, but we only listened to that the last day i was there.
4)Best meal?anything that wasn't jack in the box.
5)Best trick witnessed?probably biz's manual to whip over that gap thing.
6)Trip MVP?the chinchilla man

BIZ says
1) Favorite spot of the trip?Hubba was cool,been there before just too look at it but it was cool too ride it
2)Least favorite spot of the trip ?Any of the tranny walls
3)Favorite Cd of the trip ? DMX was ok ha
4)Best meal? Boston Market
5)Best trick witnessed? Robs grinding up the rail too gap was cool
6)Trip MVP? Ed,he was running around filming 8 dudes all day

posted by ends at 6:46 PM 2 comments

Trips over

Bye Ed and Skinny

Bye Rob and Boy

Bye Biz

Bye Joey,HUGE THANKS

Bye E

Bye Jake, thanks

The last supper

..And for me, im in Cali till monday, then back to the snow and rain,boo

posted by ends at 7:38 PM 0 comments

Day 6

BIZANATOR!

E taking a break from watching the japanese homerun derby

Joey going from there to here

?

I got one!

Pocket Machine

Pretty sure i heard Boy's cell going off during this hangover

Dont poke the bear

Gap Machine

posted by ends at 9:10 PM 0 comments

Skinny enjoying the view

Rob makin friends

Biz using his super human strength to make sure traffic keeps moving

Joey, yeehaw!

Boy crankin it

posted by ends at 10:34 PM 0 comments

Next day!

Rob tooth 180, pole jam


EMAN makin sure that shit is LIT!


Boy, motivation, pic by E

Boy holdin it down, pic by E

Ed makin sure all the action is caught


Another day in paradise

posted by ends at 1:18 AM 0 comments

Trip Update!

After heading out of LA on friday, on a drive that should take 5 hours and turned into a 9 hour due to traffic, we set up camp in San Jose. We picked up Skinny Saturday, and Joey Cobbs has been hooking us up with the hot spots.

EMAN hittin the hotshit

Joey getting it done,pic by EMAN

Biz whippin it real good,pic by EMAN

Boy holdin on, pic by EMAN
Hopefully we can get up some quality updates when we get a better web connection, till then

posted by ends at 8:51 PM 2 comments

Tour de brakes is on!

posted by ends at 9:48 PM 0 comments

BC interview

Brian has an interview up on Mark Rainha's new site thecom-unity.org about the new site and the future of bmx media.

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Volume just turned up the awesome with the purchase of the new team/tour van. Expect to see this van all over the USA this year. When you see it, come say whats up and get some fresh shit

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New Site

After 5 or more years with the same site we finally have a new one up. From team blogs to contests hopefully the site will keep you coming back for more. On top of all that it'll work on your iPhone! We're still working on fixing the bugs out for Internet Explorer. Should be 100% in a couple of days.
Let us know what you think or what we should change in the posts.

Also, check out the new shirts (Tooney, Guitar and Miles) here.

posted by BOSS at 1:51 PM 2 comments

After Rob got back from Vegas, his girl Sydnee and him added a new member to the family, this boston terrier, Welcome little buddy

posted by ends at 7:58 PM 0 comments

Sounds like Heaton is having quite the adventure in Africa already, here's his first email since he's been there. Also dosen't look like the building supplies over there are anything like were use to seeing over here,just look at the 2x4's for proof

Heres my little story...
So i was about a block and a half from the hotel, after spending all day in the shadiest of shady markets, in the taxi. About 5 guys have this make shift secutity post with a bamboo stick set across 2, 45 gallon drums and the cabby honked a few times to let us through and they didnt like that......they were insisting on seeing his taxi light which was in the trunk and all the while they were yelling back and forth....while i was in the back, and the cabby arguing with about 4 dudes, one of them pulls out a gun and shoots one off in the air and starts chasing the cabby! While he was being slapped in the face by the others...i was frozen! i didnt know what to do...but they never even looked or talked to me, they were just pissed that this taxi driver was being dis respectful...so they cabby didnt get killed and within 4 minutes the guys and the cabby were being nice and polite to each other!!!! When he got back in the car and proceeded through the gate, they gave each other a polite wave!!!! What the fuck. i asked him if he was ok and he said " ya no problem, these are stupid fuckin people" and that was it....other than that, everyone i saw and met today were soooo nice to be and waving at the "white man"... im seriously impressed with how awesome they are here' incident aside of course..
so thats my first day here...pretty nuts to say the least.

posted by ends at 7:14 PM 0 comments

Rob Wise now on Volume! Everyone here is super excited to have Rob on board. We just met up with him in Vegas to do some shooting for the new Volume site and for his upcoming web video.
Click here to go to his Volume bike check
He already has an interview up over there at RIDE BMX.

posted by BOSS at 11:39 AM 0 comments

First update from Nate. Says he's in England and putting the transit system to good use. He says it's been real cold, I guess he's been in Cali too long too remember that February=winter in almost every part of the world. He's off to Leeds for the weekend to hit up some contest. He seems to be pretty psyched on to get out of the crazy rat race, that is L.A.

Heaton is in Africa for the next month doing shows and promoting the use of bikes in different ways. Since he got back from his Cali trip, he spent most of his time before shoveling mass amounts of snow that have been dumped on T.O. this winter. He also told me he had been shredding the St.Thomas indoor a whole bunch and also recovering from all the shots he had to get in preparation for Africa. Expect some good photo's from his journey soon.


This pic is of Brian clawing his way through the pack to finish his first 10k race. I guess this is what you got to do to stay trim when In N Out is your main staple sustenance.

Brian Castillo: Working way too much on new products and not enough time riding. Expect to see an all new Ryan 'Biz' Jordan frame, Rob Wise frame / Bars, E-Man Grip, Enns Grip, all new Sledgehammer and a slew of other stuff. Hopefully by the time you guys read this the new Volume site will be up and running? I also just got back from Las Vegas shooting and riding with Rob Wise.

With all the rain that So.Cal has been seeing, BIZ says he's just been trying to maintain the trails as much as possible. That's when he's not out getting clips for his upcoming Vital edit. That should be done the same time his Ride UK interview drops in about a month and a half.

Eman just got back from a quick trip to Vegas to get some clips and photos. He said they hit up some real good spots and really good parks, but he's happy to be back in the loving arms of East LA. Also if you wanna set your bike up just like E, you can get a copy of the new BMX PLUS!, where he's got a bike check in the new issue

Skinny's been trying to keep warm from the deep freeze in New York by dreaming' of the sunny So. Cal weather. He'll be riding in on the upcoming Volume trip in march. Till then he'll be busy moving from his pad in Queens to his old stomping grounds of Brooklyn.

As for me (Jason), I've been enjoying the t-shirt weather here in Van right now, finally been able to start riding consistently again after a long wet winter. You know Spring is in the air when you get to dust off and install the 24"s, see you later winter truck, hello summer whip!

Rob Wise just got back from his trip the Vegas with Brian and Eman where I heard he got some amazing footage. Rob's been busy working on the design for his new signature frame, big bars as well as a signature Demolition grip. Also has been getting tutored by Eman on many exotic animals.

posted by ends at 9:47 AM 0 comments

Time for The Big Dirty?

posted by ends at 9:39 PM 3 comments

Skinny hooked us up with this photo to remind us it's still winter in most parts of the country. Stay warm out there kiddies

posted by ends at 8:07 PM 0 comments

Cutter update:
Get em while the gettin' is good!!
52cm>> sold out
55cm>> sold out
58 cm>> a handful left in White and Rootbeer
Call 714.690.6954 if you wanna hit the streets with one.
CLICK HERE for more pics.

posted by Ed at 10:32 AM 4 comments

Ryan Jordan has been busy at work filming a Volume web edit with Glenn Milligan for the last couple of months and finally finished last week. There is some amazing stuff in here. Too bad web videos go dead after a week, some of the stuff he does is crazy.
Click here to watch it.

posted by BOSS at 3:27 PM 13 comments

Got to love those sunny day sessions

Jason's answers

1)Mac or PC?Mac for sure

2)Dream car?96' caprice wagon. Bagged on 24's, if your gonna dream, dream big

3)If you could see any musician, past or present, who?The Zit Remedy

4)Favorite rider from the 80's?If you know any. Dave Clymer

5)Choose any place to live , other than where your at now?Sunny So.CAL.

6)If you could date any celebrity, who?Ashley Judd

7)Favorite sport, besides bikes?Duh, Hockey, but really like watching tennis as well

8)If you were an animal, which one would you be?Godzilla

9)Dream sponsor, outside of riding?An ATM sponsor would be nice, or petrol

10)Pants or shorts?Would wear shorts everyday if i lived some where warm.

and Brian's

1)Mac or PC? Mac. After working on the newer Macs and going back to a PC is like working on the old Commodore 64.

2)Dream car? Tesla. Fast as hell and I don't have to support the big oil companies

3) If you could see any musician, past or present, who? John Lennon

4) Favorite rider from the 80's? If you of know any. Craig Cambell. Dude was way ahead of his time

5 ) Choose any place to live, other than where your at now? Southern Oregon

6) If you could date any celebrity, who? Britney Spears. That would be fu.... wild man

7) Favorite sport, besides bikes? Is Guitar Hero a sport?

8) If you were an animal, which one would you be? Springer Spaniel. The ladies go nuts for mine. If only that was me.

9) Dream sponsor, outside of riding? B of A. They'd hook me up with free stocks and bonds.

10) Pants or shorts? Pants. Nobody wants to see my sticks

posted by ends at 8:43 PM 0 comments

Well most of us are snowed in , John's in California enjoying the sunshine, here's his his answers to the same random questions, enjoy

1)Mac or PC? mac.

2)Dream car? toyota hilux pickup. you cant get them in north america but they come with 4 doors and a 2.5 diesel engine but they arent a full size.

3)If you could see any musician, past or present, who? elvis.....the king.

4)Favorite rider from the 80's?If you know any. jason enns....haha? funny?

5)Choose any place to live , other than where your at now? north van near lynn valley...or the bahamas.

6)If you could date any celebrity, who? if i wasnt married probably sandra bullock cause shes hot and seems cool as fuck on anything ive seen.

7)Favorite sport, besides bikes? hockey.

8)If you were an animal, which one would you be? a dog and i would be the best behaved dog ever.
i would protect my owners and make them laugh too.

9)Dream sponsor, outside of riding? dewalt tools, home depot and redbull.

10)Pants or shorts? pants when riding and shorts when swimming.

posted by ends at 8:04 PM 1 comments

We just put up a new slide show of the Cutter track bikes for your viewing pleasure.
Still have some 55's and 58's still in stock. Give us a call or email if you're interested. ( 714-690-6454 / info@volumebikes.com )

posted by BOSS at 1:46 PM 0 comments

Skinny's answer's to a few random question's, enjoy!

1)Mac or PC?
I'm a Mac Fanatic! Its just so simple and easy to use, and there aren't any stupid error messages or random pop ups

2)Dream car?
Station wagon with wood panels, lol, actually the magnum hatchback looks dope, I'm not even sure if that's the correct name

3)If you could see any musician, past or present, who?
Jimi Hendrix, I saw some crazy youtube clip where he played the guitar with his tongue, the ladies must have loved that guy


4)Favorite rider from the 80's?If you know any.
I saw GT's dead sailor when I was younger, Dave Young's part was crazy

5)Choose any place to live , other than where your at now?
I'd like to live somewhere exotic, somewhere in the Caribbean, or even Dominican Republic, Brazil?

6)If you could date any celebrity, who?
Megan Good... I'm a sucker for cute girls with bangin bodies.

7)Favorite sport, besides bikes?
I got fight night round 3 so I've been into boxing since, The knicks suck but I'm still a bball fan. There's currently football fever here in NY though "GO GIANTS"

8)If you were an animal, which one would you be?
I'd be a horse, cuz the ladies love to ride

9)Dream sponsor, outside of riding?
Live Mechanics is dope, maybe ARIZONA Beverage co, or Stewart's, their cream soda is official

10)Pants or Shorts?
I like my women with panties or boy shorts

posted by ends at 7:04 PM 0 comments

Kurtis Elwell is no longer riding for the Volume Bikes family. We wish Kurtis nothing but the best in whatever his future endeavors might be. We're sure he won't be sponsor-less for long. Thanks again Kurtis.

posted by BOSS at 3:05 PM 0 comments

i know most of the country looks like the photo above right now, so we thought we'd give you an update on the team to kill a few more minutes of your winter.

John Heaton has had enough of plowing the white stuff in T.O and is off to cali to finish up filming for an upcoming web edit and also head out on a primo trip to San Fransisco after that. If any of you see him, dont mention the state of the MapleLeafs, he's pretty sensitive about that at the moment.

Eman says he's been chillin and holdin it down at nine star, helping out random celebrity's like Paris Hilton pick out the latest fashions.He's been shooting a bunch of pictures and also starting to get footage for his upcoming web edit.Check him out in the new photo issue of RideBmx, with 2 spreads.

Biz has been real busy, he's finished up his Ride UK interview as well as his volume web edit , which should be up on the site any day.i know he's been counting the days till the super bowl to see if the patriots can be the first team to pull off the perfect season.If they do, could mean good things for the trails.Biz also recently celebrated his 27 birthday,congrats biz

Skinny's been in NewYork freezing his ass off like most everybody else this time of year.To keep himself busy thru the winter he's making sure all the business's across the country are well stocked with all the office supplies you could imagine.He's also looking forward to the up coming volume trip in march to the Bay area.

Nate Morashan will be spending the next week or 2 with Heaton, hittin up all the good LA spots.That's if the rain will hold off long enough and Nate's VW will dry out and decided to start. Nate got some real good footage logged for a volume web edit that should hit the net in the near future.

I (jason) just got back to Canada after 2 weeks in the sun down in cali.Had a blast getting footy for the team edit for the site. Also shot some photo's with BMX PLUS! for an upcoming issue.Not much else to do up here except stay warm and cheer on the best team in the NHL right now,the CANUCKS,

Brian is crazy busy , as always.With having a few team members in town,shooting with them, unloading containers, new product design,and his new facebook account.Even with all that going on , he still found some time to log a couple clips for the volume team edit.

posted by ends at 8:21 PM 4 comments

Limited Edition Z06 and Cutter completes NOW IN STOCK
We are now accepting orders direct. Call us or email us at info@volumebikes.com or 714-690-6454.

The stock on the Cutter is getting low, please order the size you want asap before they are gone (the 52's are already taken).

We know our online store is currently down but will be up soon. Both bikes are going for $800 and yes we are dealing direct to customers on our limited edition bikes only.
Shipping: Only to customers from Continental United States.

Current Inventory of Cutters:
52cm: white: SOLD OUT
root beer: SOLD OUT

55cm: white: 5
root beer: SOLD OUT

58cm: white: 15
root beer: 16

posted by BOSS at 5:05 PM 0 comments

Pic of the day: BIZ doing his best Matt Hensley impersonation.....

posted by Ed at 11:10 AM 1 comments

Now with my new duties as TM over at volume, i decided to get some advice from DR.Phil about dealing with conflict and confrontation with the team. Got some good pointers to help me in the right direction.Thanks Doc.

posted by ends at 10:16 AM 7 comments

You can't beat the SoCal weather, sunny and 75 degrees in the dead of winter!! Jason Enns snapped a few postcard esque photos of himself and members of the Volume team shredding the local Los Angeles schoolyards the other day.

posted by Ed at 4:29 PM 0 comments

Cloverfield is coming?

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