First of all, today is our dude Zach Babinski’s bday! Zach has been down with SMC since day 1 and seeing him progress and shred over the years has been nothing short of a pleasure. Anyone that’s met my man knows he always brings the energy, positivity, and laughs. So head over to his IG and wish him a happy day!
We recently rode the Hawaiian Gardens skatepark and Zach was hitting this quarter so stylish-like that I needed to snap a pic. Bro tweaking!
Damn this one got a serious SQUAAAAD! Oscar is back with the 4th edition of Send Saturdays and there is so much going on here. We got a rare Zach appearance, one of my personal favorite slept on riders, Matt, Deacon, Marco, Oscar, Calvin, and Ryan. Very entertaining and HEAVY!
Last set of photos from our Back to Track Jam that went down last month! Big thanks to Suzie aka my GF for snapping photos all day. If you post any of her photos, make sure to tag her @suzieskates! Also make sure to check out our video recap here!
This past weekend on Saturday we held our highly anticipated BACK TO TRACK trick track competition. It’s the first trick track specific competition that’s happened since around 2009 and it was a major success! To give some info about how the day went, we started at our original spot and people started showing up. It was the PERFECT spot. Basketball court, poles to spin off, and a bank next to it to do tricks on.
Almost immediately, a park official came up and told us we all had to leave. It was a scramble to find a new spot and get everyone there, but we ended up at a park in long beach that worked out perfectly (sign of relief). We had about 50 people total and the energy was great. With the resurgence of Trick Track riding, I think people were excited to have an event specifically for it. We’re gonna be dropping a bunch of photos from the day this week as well as a video recap on our Youtube channel, so keep an eye out for that. If you didn’t make it out, I highly recommend you make it out next year cause it was a blast. Thanks to everyone who came, supported, rode, and everything in between.
RESULTS:
Pro:
Result:
Name:
Division:
1st
Jake Lanich 🥇
Pro
2nd
Marcos Castillo 🥈
Pro
3rd
Langdon Baulisch 🥉
Pro
4th
Guillermo Galindo
Pro
5th
Zach Babinski
Pro
Am:
Result:
Name:
Division:
1st
Ruben Evangelista 🥇
Am
2nd
Matt “Bastard” Dizon 🥈
Am
3rd
Erik Flores 🥉
Am
4th
Oscar Lopez
Am
See you all next year! (Suck My Comp 5 happening first though so look out for that)
Destroy just released their new “Destroy Unicorn Killer Comp” frame and it looks killer. A more compact version of their famous Unicorn Killer series. Thing looks ready to shred out the gate. Heres what Destroy has to say about it:
“The evolution of a classic DESTROY FGFS Frame. Built for all around carnage on the street at the park heck why not dirt. A compact version of the frame that set modern day FGFS. Now with a geometry oriented to fit a greater range of riders while offering a centered and reliable under body feel.
With the idea always being that the UNICORN KILLER COMP would be put though constant torture we complimented this frame with one of our strongest rear ends and dropouts that fit 14mm axels.”
FOAD finally dropped the vlog from our day together that we also vlogged a few months ago. Tell us which video you liked more in the comments! Comment “700c” for ours, or “26” for FOAD’s!
Jackson (FOAD GANG) came down to our area a couple months ago and spent a day of riding with us! Subscribe to our Youtube to support us HERE, we’d highly appreciate it