Trent Brocker, aka ChiefRocka, @goride09, and man of many nicknames; celebrated becoming a grandfather by hitting the big line at the Santa Rosa jumps.
Turn the sound up to hear his cheering section!
He even has this artsy shot of himself to commemorate the occasion.
Nice!
(photo credit: Derek John Dudek)
Not bad for the “old guy” on a 24!
I got to celebrate another spin around the sun this past weekend.
Yes, it was my birthday.
And while there were more than sixteen candles on the cake, I still managed to have some fun in my now rapidly advancing years.
It was an action-packed weekend filled with indie wrestling, the Trainspotting sequel, a session at Joyride 150 and a Raptors/Pacers basketball game.
The icing on the proverbial cake, however, was seeing a Facebook picture of Trent Brocker sporting a Cruiser Revolution t-shirt atop the MegaRamp at Woodward West.
(Trent was attending the Old School BMX Reunion and getting a few laps in.)
Trent even got a little dirt on it to break it in.
Nice!
As you can see, the space-age fabric (100% cotton) the shirt can take some abuse and is (like Trent) no worse for wear.
Finally, I was hoping to wrap up this meandering post with riding shots but alas I was remiss in pulling out my phone while riding at Joyride.
Thankfully, Bunky Dunn also recently celebrated a birthday and commemorated the day by flinging himself down a couple rails.
Please enjoy in lieu of my absent riding photos.
Cheers…and go see Trainspotting 2 if you haven’t seen it…good flick!
Trent Brocker with some wallride action at park in Fresno…some time back in 2011.
(Pic poached from one of Trent Brocker’s social media feeds from the other day.)
Five years ago, 40-something Jon Faure blew minds when he took on the Woodward West MegaRamp on his 24″ cruiser.
The years have gone by and we’ve often wondered who would be the next 24″ rider to brave the wooden beast.
Turns out it would be none other than “Chief Rocka” Trent Brocker.
He did at the OSBMXR event this past weekend.
Trent got the motivation from the Condor himself, Mat Hoffman.
And, just to keep things interesting…Trent did it brakeless.
Wow.
That’s some business right there.
Here’s a closeup shot of Trent right up in the letters at the top of the ramp (the rider in white is his good friend Scott Yowell…who was no slouch on the ramp this day either).
Hot damn, I’m pretty stoked on this.
Finally, since we’re on the subject anyway…check out this POV vid that Mat Hoffman posted of his view during his run on the MegaRamp.
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Holy Cow….
We first spotted this frame back in September at Interbike amongst the other new stuff on display from Sunday.
At the time, this frame was being promoted as a full cro-mo version of the frame on the Model C complete, at a more affordable pricepoint than the Wave-C frame.
This frame is exactly those things. Gone are the wave tubing and wishbone back end of the Wave-C but what remains is a frame that shares the same geo of that iconic frame but is much more accessible to the masses.
Trent Brocker has built one of these frames up and it looks pretty dialed!
I think we’ll start seeing more of these frames built up very soon!
For full specs and information on this frame, check the Full Factory site.
(Pics courtesy of Trent Brocker & Full Factory)
Ever since my Walnut Creek session aboard Buddy Sardenga’s old Volume Sledgehammer, I’ve been thinking about 26″ cruisers.
Following that session, I noticed Stephen Browning mentioned something about the new Volume Hessian 26 on the CR Facebook page, and my interest was piqued.
What does Volume have planned?
Word on the street is that Volume is retiring the much beloved Sledgehammer from its lineup and replacing it with the Hessian 26 (some time this summer).
No details yet on specs but it’s said to be similar in handling to the Sledgehammer but at a lower price point. The Volume site does say that it has “a shorter and wider rear end, allowing room for the fat 2.3” street tires”, so that’s a good sign.
In terms of parts, Volume has indicated that aftermarket parts, such as the Volume Staple top load stem, Demolition Trooper Nylon pedals, and the Odyssey Springfield brake system are all standard but has been tight-lipped about the rest of the parts assortment.
With big-wheel aficionados, like Trent Brocker, Buddy Sardenga and the TwoFourFlat crew of Joe Cicman and Danny Sirkin, all riding a 26″ Volume recently (and tearing things up in their own unique way on it) you know that this Volume will probably be a bike worth checking out.
I, for one, will be keeping my eyes peeled for its release.
For the past 5 years, Steve Swope has been an hosting an event called the Old School BMX Reunion at Woodward West.
It’s basically a chance for old school BMX heroes and old regular BMX Joes to get together and celebrate BMX. It went down last week and it looks like it was a super fun time.
Trent Brocker has been attending for a while now and he (along with his friend, Dennis Dowling) managed to snap a few pics from the weekend.
Check ’em out.
Trent ramp riding (pic by Dennis Dowling)
Here’s one of flatlander James McGraw tearing things up on Trent’s Wave-C.
And another one of James McGraw.
To get a sense of what this weekend is all about, check out DionRidesBikes to get the perspective from someone attending the event for the first time. (Let’s just say, I think Dion is going to be attending every year from now on.)
For more on the event, check out this video from DionRidesBikes.
The San Francisco Cruiser Ride went down last weekend and it looks a good time was had by all.
Check out this turnout:
…and the action captured by Dionridesbikes.com in this video clip:
Looks like a line has been drawn in the sand…Cruisers did really rule San Francisco this past Sunday.
Really looking forward to seeing what else Trent Brocker and his crew have up their sleeve for the next one. I’ve a got a feeling that this ride is gonna get big!
If you’re in the San Francisco this Sunday, you better be making your way to the Clocktower ’cause Trent Brocker and his crew are putting together a Cruiser Ride that should not be missed.
Joe Moody and Mattyjo Shelley are already confirmed so you know you’ll be rolling with good peeps.
24 or 26″, whatever you got, it don’t matter; just get out your big wheels and ride!
Check out all the details on the Cruiser Ride Facebook page.
Today I stumbled on a cool Flickr group called BMX Cruisers.
The “About” section has this description:
This group contains pictures of people having fun with BMX cruisers. The main focus is on the salad days of 26″ cruisers, but two four peeps are welcome too.
It’s a pretty cool representation of the different facets of cruiser riding. There’s a bit of everything in this Flickr group: from flatland, to street, to pool riding, even just bombing the streets.
You might recognize a few familiar faces on it too.
Like Trent Brocker above.
Or Joseph Moody below.
Good to see pics of those guys tearing things up.
Heck, here’s another pic of Trent…it’s been a while since we’ve had a flatland pic on here.
Well worth a look.
Check it out here.
(All pics featured here by den dowling.)
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