New Hats!!!

Check out the new TYRANT lids! None of that poser punk, West Coast wanna-be, flat brim, wankster sh!t here! You can take your $50 "New Error" hats and shove 'em! These FlexFIT caps are black with a white embroidered outline of the original TYRANT logo and will be available in sizes S/M and L/XL. These hats will be in stock in the next few weeks and are bound to sell fast! Get on it and contact me to pre-order yours today!

FlexFIT TYRANT Hats - $20.00

More Jam Donors!

A huge thanks to Vic at Circuit BMX, Bill & Gary at PEDAL POWER, Mike at FAT TRAX, and Ben at STAMPEDE for donating some FREE swag for the SPRING has SPRUNG jam! Click on the links and check these guys out! I'll continue to update the flyer as more donors offer to help out.

The Streets of M-Town

We rounded up a crew and rode some street in Middletown this evening. Bikes and bros wasting the night away...super fun! We made our way to Spear and the Harbor. Some guys were considering heading up to Wesleyan but we heard rumors of a bunch of guys getting chased by public safety earlier in the evening. Like I always say, stay away from Wesleyan!

Tonight's photos: CLICK HERE

Manther with a rack-pick

Spring has Sprung!

Spring officially starts tomorrow and I'm going to kick-off the riding season right with a jam next month to celebrate. Come ride bikes and have fun!















I'm waiting to hear back from a bunch more companies about "FREE Swag" donations to a huge product toss. As more companies sign on I'll update the flyer.

What Goes Up Doesn't Come Down!

Thanks to PLEGs, which I recently put on my bike, I've been doing a whole lot more grinding. Having the ability to slide aluminum, raw concrete, wood, and any other surfaces metal pegs would bind up on is opening a whole new realm of riding! All this new peg trickery has also helped me discover that I am a complete wacko! I am scared sh!tless to go down handrails, mainly cause I don't want to fall on my face again...but I've found I can go up them pretty easily? I've never been a rail guy, but I have 3 up-rails under my belt in the past 2 days. I have a few spots I want to hit up this week and with the Spring-like weather here night time street riding sessions are going to begin. Go buy some PLEGs and come ride!

XI

Shawn Hebrank and Albie Rock are at in again collabing on some madness! Save your lunch money, collect cans, do whatever you have to do...just get to 11. For a mere $11 you can rock the hotness. Head over to Shawn or Albie's site to get one of these shirts!

Best of 2008

I decided to do a "Best of" photo series from last year since I had a ton of photos of Arnwine and "Tiny TYRANT" Brandon. Check out the "Best of 2008" sets over at the TYRANT Photo Page.

Roadtrip Anyone?

As T and I were driving around the Manchester, Vermont area while on our ski vacation last week I noticed some ramps out of the corner of my eye. I found an entrance to a town park and sure enough there before us was a pretty rad wooden park with some big ramps. One of the lines here reminded me of the Mullaly Rink set-up in NYC. There was a 6 foot quarter to drop in on which lead into 2 back to back street spines and ended into a huge bank to slant wallride. I'm thinking we need to roadtrip it 3 hours to Vermont this Summer and ride this park along with a few others on the way there. Check out the Bondville Skatepark! This is 15 minutes from the Manchester Park, but I heard they are cut throat about the "No Bikes" rule. Maybe we can sneak in an early AM session? Either way, we need to head North one weekend this Summer!

Manchester, VT Park: CLICK HERE

4 Parks in 6 Hours...solo!

Today was amazing, the ideal Spring day (even though Spring is still 6 days away!). It was in the low 50's and I rode for 6 hours traveling to 4 different parks. T was in Rhode Island for the day and Arnwine and Schmidt were busy, which left me and my bike traveling around CT for the day solo. I started out at the Bristol Park watching "Tiny TYRANT" and his friends kill it. 7 stair set 180's and 360's, free coaster madness, and I even witness a skater break his nose taking a mean digger. Somebody please explain to me how this helmetless kid only walks away with a broken nose and every time I fall on my face I lose teeth, require stitches, and get concussions...and I have my helmet on! That ain't right! The man, the myth, the legend, "The Hammer" showed up to skate the bowl and was killing it. He has a wife, 2 dogs, and a new home, but the dude finds time to skate...priorities! I made a quick exit from Bristol as droves of kids flocked to the park between 1-2pm. I hit up Newington, Wethersfield, and the Cromwell Park, each for an hour and then headed home. My whole body hurts, my left knee is the size of a grapefruit, and I have a vicious blister on my right pinkie. Damn I love riding!

Today's Photos: CLICK HERE

Reed Zacharias boosting the hump at Wethersfield

More Decals

More vinyl window decals are in, this time rocking the old school font like I had on the back of the Chee years back. If you want one of these 12" decals for your vehicle contact me...and I'll install if for you! These are white all weather vinyl decals with an outdoor life of 5+ years. That's 5+ years of showing some TYRANT love. Get on it!

Tiny TYRANT's Compund

Arnwine and I headed over to Tiny TYRANT's place today to ride his backyard set-up. Lots of people showed up, nobody got hurt, and everyone had a great time. Those kids are getting so good...I felt like an old man! A huge thanks to the Begin's for having us over and a special thanks to Pops for building us a plexiglass wallride and treating us to pizza for lunch. THANK YOU, WE APPRECIATE IT! I'm signing off for a few days, headed up to Stratton with T for some skiing action and relaxation. Talk to everyone late in the week when we return.

Check out today's Photos: CLICK HERE

Stratford Jam update...

I just got word from Mike C. of the CT Pedal Mulisha that the Stratford Town Council is supporting the jam which should make for a fun, hassle free day. For all of us that are not Stratford town residents, YOU NEED TO FILL OUT A WAIVER. In addition the city asked that we follow a few basic rules, they're all common sense...respect one another and the park! NO FIGHTING, NO SWEARING, NO STEALING, NO ALCOHOL, NO DRINKS ON THE RAMPS, OBEY ALL STAFF MEMBERS, NO LITTERING (TYRANT will be supplying trash bags!) and HELMETS MUST BE WORN AT ALL TIMES!

If you're going to start sh!t about the helmet rule, STAY HOME! Mikey Aitken almost died because he didn't have a helmet on.
NO HELMET=NO RIDE=NO EXCEPTIONS!!

CLICK HERE, PRINT THE 2 WAIVER PAGES, FILL THEM OUT, AND BRING THEM TO THE JAM

Stratford Jam

I was contacted by some of the Local BMX Crew and asked if I'd like help support a jam at the Stratford Skatepark on Saturday, March 28th from 11 am till dark. Mark your calendars! I'm gathering up some troops and hoping to have a few car loads leaving from Pedal Power around 10am that Saturday morning, come join us and follow the caravan down. The park is one of those metal set-ups but it looks pretty fun and I'm always down to ride new places with new faces.

NOTE: This is Stratford, down past Bridgeport, not Stafford up by UCONN!

BRRRRRRRRRistol!

We rode the Bristol Skatepark for 5 hours yesterday and it was a really fun time. My right hand almost froze and fell off while shooting photos, but other than that it was a great day.

Bristol Photos: CLICK HERE

Matt Barchus with a big icepick

Stickers are in!

Hundreds of black vinyl stickers arrived today!













also, a new shirt up at the TYRANT Store

Feb. Haven Rental

Last night's Haven rental was pretty wild and crazy. We had BMXers, fixies, flatland, MTB, a little skateboarding, and some freestyle walking going on. Just like last month, the vibe was really chill...which you never get a regular skatepark session. It was good to see Vic from Circuit BMX and some of his buddies head down from Rhode Island. In addition, some of the Scorchers made an appearance again and appeared to have a good time. Thanks to everybody who showed up! I'm shooting for 9-midnight next month, a 3 hour session.

February Rental Photos: CLICK HERE

Reed Z. spine to wallride

Guest Artist Shirt: Jason Patrician

Jason got me his shirt design late last night and it's really rad. Jason incorporated a photo he took a few years ago at the TYRANT Jam with some illustration work creating a flowy piece. Head over to the TYRANT Store to grab one of these limited edition shirts.

Guest Artist Shirt: SHAWN HEBRANK

Shawn's shirt is now available for purchase at the TYRANT Store. Get on that! Mr. Hebrank always has amazing ideas and this "Raging Rhino" is pure awesomeness!

DropOut 80s Jam

LAST NIGHT WAS NUTS, in true 80's metal fashion!
People were going off, Rob Clancy rocketed over a 41" high bar to take home the bunnyhop title, some lunatic kids slid under a 36" bar to take home the bicycle limbo, and all in all it was a rad night!

Last night's photos: CLICK HERE

Guest Artist Shirts

So I'm a little behind schedule, but the first 2 guest artist shirts are going to hit with a bang soon! Shawn Hebrank and Jason Patrician both have shirt designs that will being going up on the TYRANT Store next week. Stay tuned!