shook - like totally.

Odyssey just got these at the warehouse so they should be available soon; Garrett Reynolds section is set to be sick, check it out.

new fly levers

For you strange few who still run brakes; Fly just released some info on a new lever, its got less flex and its removable by using a hinge so you don't have to take off your grips and reset your brake every time-perfect for lazy people. fly have a rep for making amazing brakes so hopefully these will be the shit. they are hoping to get them out by late April early May.

Shotton Skatepark Being Built?

Rumor has it that a new skatepark is being built in the Shotton/Deeside area if anyones remotley interested. Should be metal, slippy, and full of twats, I for one cant wait!

On a brighter note work has begun already according to camo and is planned to have plenty in the way of steps, banks, and grindables.

smashing!

Jimmy Le Van Update

After his recent injury's while filming for the new odyssey video, heres what jimmy le van had to say on the latest post from the metal bikes site....

"wow, i don't even know where to start! i guess thank you to all my friends is the main place at the moment. the last two months has been a weird one for me.the day after Halloween i left for the last odyssey trip for the video and made it two days until i almost saw my death. after smashing my skull into the street i went into a coma that i was in for 15 days, but stuck in the hospital 23 and it was a wild ride. the doctors had to drill a hole in my skull to drain 3 pints of brain fluid. after awaking i was a crazy man that was strapped down wrists and ankles to the bed to keep me still. of course i was screaming at doctors and nurses thinking i was held hostage due to the fact i didn't know what was going on.

When questioned for the first time by the doctors i was asked many simple questions that i answered wrong. the first one was what month is it?...i said may. no they answered, it's the end of november. i freaked out on them for keeping me under for six months and stealing my summer. they had to explain that i was only under 15 days. for the next 8 or so days i was a mental mess that would remember the strange garage door opener that my friend david yates had when we were 6-8, or childhood happenings even earlier, but not know the name of the street i lived on or my moms middle name. i had not only fractured my skull horribly but smashed my frontal lobe which makes you act crazy with anger or love, no in between.your frontal lobe controlls your emotions and how you carry yourself, but when damaged in the middle, you only get the extreme sides of moods and that was exactly what i was giving.

I had great company with many family and friends coming to see me. my sister, mom and dad were all there being great and working hard. as for the great amount of friends who made it to the hospital to visit me i have to thank my lady amy ulbright, sandy carson, devin lausman,brian foster, sean burns, albie bennett, ramsey grissim, leland thurman, jimmy flaherty, jason lonergan and sal from posh, thomas hooper and his wife kimberly and if for some reason i left anyone out please remember that i was out of my fuckin head! these people went way out of their way to come that far to see me and i have to say that means alot to me.thank you so much.

Once i started to get my head back i started to learn how lucky i really came. i was 95% supposed to die...if i did live i was supposed to be like a four year old child.i've never claimed to be normal, but i do know that i'm getting back to my normalcy beside small items i forget sometimes. one thing i haven't forgotten and never will is all the help that my friends have given. a huge thank you needs to go out to sandy carson, odyssey, empire bmx,dans comp, 4down,strictlybmx,s&mbikes,duffs,thomas oats,pat doherty and terrible one for even finiancally helping me out with my bills!!!! this is why bmx is soooo great, because you get to make real friends that not only love doing the same things that you do, but stick with helping you out the most they can.this accident did and does suck. i wish i could erase it, but i must look at the positive side of it because i can't change it. i did get to live through something that i wasn't supposed to. i did get to see family and friends be the best people towards me and make me realize how great our lives are.

I've realized stupid aspects of my life that i need to take more seriously and work harder at.i was blown away by the e-mails i received from people all over the world that love bmx as much as i do and go out of their way to show they care.all the little stupid dramas between people and nonsense has disappeared and i'm just happy to still be alive and be here.i just want to thank all the people that helped out and the ones reading this, because i know you've helped me before.all my great friends who gave me great phone calls were basically there too so another thanks to mat hoffman, taj, joe rich, dave paho....shit, i can't even start it's too long of a list. thanks everyone, and if you ever hear my dumb ass repeat myself tell me to shut up and go work on my brain contusion!!

thanks friends,
jimmy le van"