Here is a little story on a trip I did to Greenville. Yesterday I got back home from Greenville, NC at 7 in the morning and I passed out in my bed. It was a long drive but a fun trip. Last week my friends Rob and Jimmy decided last minute to go to Greenville. I go there all the time but this was their first time so I knew they would have a blast.

On the way from Miami to Orlando we went to Mesh sk8 park and Vans. Had a good time, then the next day we took the 9 hour drive to Greenville. We stopped at South Of the Border. It was late at night. Its pretty weird. Its just a big touristy area where there are just shops of the same stuff in each store. To me it seemed like a scary movie but we took a bunch of pictures there. Jimmy beat Rob in a game of checkers and we left and got to Greenville pretty late. All week long we just hung out and rode. It was awesome.

At one point in the trip we all got sick but that didnt stop us from riding. Jimmy and I learned some tricks that are *********** ha ha ha. It was sweet and we decided to drive straight from Greenville back home to Florida. It was a long drive and Im excited to do it again soon.

Mike Spinner

Alessandro Barbero had a crash in his first run which resulted in a broken collarbone.

With a trip planned for Woodward after the event and also the Dubai X-Games you know that Alessandro is hating life right now dragging his bike and bags back to Italy with one hand. Sometimes riders miraculously heal quicker than the average person so lets see when Ale will make it back on his Black Pearl.

Al D will also be out for a few weeks with a broken fibula but also he will be back.

Get well soon guys!

Cold weather, babies, thumbs, and 22s! Just another day at the office for the Mirra Co. riders. Heres your update.

Dave Mirra: Dave brought his second baby GIRL into this world Friday. Congrats to Dave and his beautiful wife Lauren from all of us at Mirra Co.

Mike Laird: along with myself are now just getting over being sick. Laird also put together a new bike so look forward to his bike check this week.

Nigel Sylvester: Is up in NY trying to stay warm and ride when weather permits. You can also see Nigel riding in the Down and Dirty Red Bull contest posted on www.thecomeupbmx.net. Some good riding went down that day so make sure you peep that.

Mike Spinner: Has been workin on some new stuff and every time I ask him he just tells me 08 Gator 08. Also Spinner is about to get some 22s for that new Magnum he just bought. Ballin!

Ryan Guettler: Is returning back from the LG contest in Dallas where Morgan Wade took first place with some huge transfer lines.

Rob Wise: Broke his thumb doing a Gap in Salt Lake and should only be off his for 3 weeks. Hope you feel better soon.

2008 Icon Moto: Full Crmo indeed

Hey everyone. Sorry Ive been MIA for the last couple of weeks. A lot of cool stuff has been going on. Let me tell ya. So, where do I start. Lets go back to Orlando. To be totally honest, I really wasnt psyched to go to Orlando for the last stop. After Salt Lake, I really lost a lot of motivation because that was the deciding contest where I would most likely end up in year end points.

Anyway, I flew down on Friday which is last minute for me but I kinda like the limited practice . I had no time to waste in practice which meant get right to business. Qualifying was so - so but by Sunday I was glad I went and I had very little pressure. This contest was for my pleasure not for points or any other b.s. you tend to stress yourself out at these events. My first run in the finals was pretty tame and I said to myself just do a safe run. It was funny because when I watched it on tv Robbie Floyd just kept going on and on about how lost I was . It was exactly what I wanted but pretty close. Oh well. My second run I started with a flair whip and landed just a little too low and slid out. Bummer. Then I proceed to pull a perfect no handed 360 flip. Finally. I finished out the run but just wanted to ride so after my run I did a flair whip and nailed it too good. Day late dollar short.

All in all I was glad I went and had a great time. There have been times when Ive wanted to run and hide, but in the end, standing face to face with your fears is sometimes more rewarding than having the best contest of your life.

The recently went to Albany, new york for two days of private rally lessons with legend John Buffum. What a trip. Vermont sports brought an all wheel drive Subaru wrx for me to drive and get prepared for my first race over thanksgiving weekend. Its always been my dream to basically have a license to drive how ever you want. Growing up in Syracuse, ny winters got pretty gnarly and I was always out driving in the snow learning how to slide around. Rally is amazing and the techniques you learn to control the car is really cool because I never thought it was that technical. Cool stuff and Ill let you know how it goes.

Talk to ya soon.

dm

People always ask me why do you ride brakeless? So I asked Nigel and Rytell to answer that question for you. I also went brakeless recently so I added my two cents as well. Hope you enjoy

Gator

Name: Nigel Flyvester

Years riding: 7 of them things

Years riding brakeless: Since I started because all of my friends were doing it, so thanks to them.

Why you ride brakeless?

I ride brakeless for many reasons, I love how clean and simple my bike looks. But Im not going to front..I did try riding breaks a few times but it never worked out. I would always pop them in a few days after putting them on from doing skids all day. I love doing them. I could also remember one night I put on breaks just because I was bored out my mind and did one abubaca on the curb and took them right off like no way. I enjoy riding brakeless especially in NYC, one of my favorite things to do when I get into the city, is ride as fast as I can in the street dipping through trafficits just a dope adrenalin rush. I truly believe riding brakless steps your bike control up. Last but not least it just feels wonderful. FEEL MEEEEEEE.

Name: Dave Rytell

Years riding: 9 years on my bike

Years riding brakeless: I have always been off and on with brakes but now its been about 4 months straight brakeless.

Why you ride brakeless?

Well I started riding a lot of street with a lot of street riders and just cruisin down the road watching the brakeless riders was soo cool they had soo much control on what they were doing.. and it just looked like so much fun and new that I could try with bmx. So now I am riding brakeless and I have learned so much more. You really have to know your bike to be a good brakeless rider. Everything is so much harder but much funner. I feel really challanged everytime I go and ride my bike like when I first started riding and to me that is the best feeling in the world learning something new with something that you love so much.

Name: Gator

Years Riding: 12 years

Years riding brakeless: 2 months currently but I have played with it before in the past.

Why you ride brakeless?

I first took my brakes off because of the noise that my brakes were making. As I started riding brakeless I liked the control it made me have. You feel one with your bike, and I also like how clean my bike looks. I have no plans of putting my brakes back on. The only time I might put them back on is to ride trails. Dont do it cause you are liable to never get them back on. Just kidding!

Remember, these guys are professionals. Be careful out there.

 

Dubai X-Games

The ESPN Dubai X-Games are taking place the second weekend of December. Jean-Marie Baertsch (Switzerland) has already booked his flight to ride vert and also Mirraco riders Alessandro Barbero (Italy) and Maxime Charveron (France) are on the invite list for street.

Nate Wessel is designing the street course so you know it will be good. Expect a report from Dubai on the Mirraco website once we get there.

Maxime Charveron is the latest Mirraco recruit. He already has a bike check on Agoride.com which you can watch by going HERE.

 

Mirraco Germany

The new issue of Freedom BMX came out in Germany and it has Mirraco rider Alessandro Barbero on the back cover. It also came with a La Finca distribution catalog which had 4 pages of Mirraco bikes in it.

The bikes will be arriving in Germany soon.

 

Nigel designs Nike shoe

Nike iD teamed up with Mirraco rider Nigel Sylvester to introduce the new Nike iD studio at Niketown New York. Bringing a style all his own, Nigel put on a quick demo and then got to the task at hand; designing a pair of custom shoes.

Nigel explains the custom shoe: Well there are 4 colors in my shoe. I started off with black as the base, its just a strong color. The navy blue and white goes with my favorite fitted hat which is the classic navy blue Yankee, NYC all day feel meeee. The purple which is my moms favorite color just gives the whole shoe POP! I have to give my lil homie Alex credit because he helped me a bunch on this design. So in a way each color has its own little story.

The only place you can find the Air Classic BW is on Nike iD at the iD studio in Niketown NYC.

 

Al D Bike Check. Or is that Spidermans?

Al D (flow) is out of commission with a broken bone at the moment. He did however find time to send back this Bike Check pretty quickly. Just like Spiderman Al D likes to fly around helping people out. Here is a list for you with all the parts he runs on his Mirraco Blend.

Frame: Mirraco Blend

Fork: Odyssey classic dirt

Stem: Shadow attack

Pedals: Fly

Bars: Subrosa pandora

Grips: Macneil

Lever: Tech 77

Brake: hombre

Detangler: Odyssey

Wheels: Primo hula hoops

Seat: Shadow

Seat post: Thomson

Seat Post Clamp: shadow

Crank: RNC

Sprocket: Tree 30 t

Tires: KHE

Pegs: Eastern

Modifications: bars cut

 

 

Dagger celebrated halloween too

What up guys, not much news on this side. I was meant to go to Cuba for a demo for Vans shoes but when we were at the airport it all fell through from a hurricane. So Im in Greenville riding with the Colony team.
Next is the LG comp in Dallas. Ill let you know how it goes..

Ryan Guettler

 

Team rider update

Mirra buys Rally car, Spinner moves to G-ville, Guettler on the road, Nigel goes Banksgiving Jam, Rytell MIA.

Spinner: Has already put 40 thousand miles on his new car. I think he lives in it now. Na all jokes aside he is finally making his move to Greenville and will be living with Austin Coleman.

Mirra: Has been at rally school, which I dont know how you call it school. You get to get in a car and rip around the track. Thats a class I would never be late for. He also just bought a Rally car so look forward for a car check with Dave.

Ryan G. : Apparently likes to fly around the United States and not go anywhere. He was supposed to go to Cuba for a demo but due to the weather they had to bring it back home. He also just got off a Colony road trip which from what I hear its a bunch of crazy Aussies killin it on bikes.

Nigel: Has been enjoying the weather in N.Y before the cold and snow come. He will also be heading out to the Banksgiving Jam. So keep your eye out for big things from my good friend Nigel. I also want to say Sorry to Nigel he knows what I'm talkin about, lol talk to you soon.

Rytell: Is MIA with the rest of us so Dave if you read this, call your family we miss you.

Gator 

 

Top fives with Mike Laird

CDs (or artist)

1. Through The Eyes Of The Dead

2. From Graves Of Valor

3. The Red Chord

4. Prayer For Cleansing

5. All Out War

 

RIDERS

1. Dave Mirra

2. Jeremy Fanberg

3. Ryan Nyquist

4. Josh Boatright

5. Markus Tooker

 

Places to ride.

1. Mirras animal house

2. JC Park

3. Downtown Gville street

4. The Unit

5. Ocean Front Va.Beach, street

 

Video Games

1. SOCOM Fire Team Bravo 2 (PSP)

2. Skate (XBOX 360)

3. Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2

4. Ghost Recon 2 (XBOX 360)

5. God of War

 

Outside of BMX.

1. My wife Lisa

2. Roxy, Essie, and Priness my animals

3. Welding Stainless Steel

4. Car stereo

5. iPhone

 

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