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A few weeks ago I met up with a heavy group of locals at Five Dock Skatepark. This edit is full of true Aussie bowl destruction by Benn Pigot, Mathew Muttock, Aaron Guy, Hunter Cowen-Murphy, Michael Hanfler, Phil Piazza and Jacob Devony.
Alive & well… That’s an understatement. The Australia BMX scene is killing it. But don’t take our word for it, see for yourself.
Riders: Jake “Dizzy” Deering, Sean Falkenstein, Alex Bolton, Kym Grosser, Pat Freyne and Jack Kelly.
The rumor mill in the BMX industry is a strong one and I rarely perpetuate rumors, so I’ve let this one circulate for a while now. Whether it’s bad money management, general industry struggles, or a ‘extinction of a dinosaurs’ type event I do not know and won’t speculate, but Dan’s Comp has been reportedly having monetary issues for well over a year.
Today, it has seemingly come to a head, with Dan’s team manager/marketing/point man announcing via instagram that he’ll no longer be with the brand after seven years. Along with that, several riders have confirmed that they’ve gotten notice that the massive Dan’s team (Homan, Trey, Martinez, Adams, Broc, Nathan, etc) has been dismantled. Rumors of money owed to … More