New Product in from Shadow

The Shadow Conspiracy Lighter and Crowgora sprockets available in a variety of colors and sizes.

Available at the shop and on our online store.

The Shadow Conspiracy 13B bars, Creeper 035 forks, Attack front and top load stems all available in various colors and instock at the shop and on our online store.

New soft goods instock at the shop including hats, wrist bands, wallets, and tees.

Flatland

We recently donated product and put on a small BMX show at a local fundraiser here in New Castle, IN. Our friend Alan Young from Indianapolis, IN was kind enough to come down and help us by doing some flat moves. Here's a photo of Alan riding flat during the event.

Karl Poynter Bike Check

Click HERE to view HS team rider Karl Poynter's  Eastern/Shadow bike check over on the Eastern Bikes site.

HS BlackJack Tee!

Here it is. The long awaited BlackJack Tee. As many of you know, we have a shop cat named BlackJack. We found him at a skatepark several years ago. Over time BlackJack has made a ton of fans. So it only made sense to give him his own signature shirt. Stop in the shop and pick one up or purchase one on our online store. 

*Keep in mind that by purchasing one of these tees is helping keep BlackJack eating the best cat food you can buy.

Available in white and yellow with black print.

DK Valve stem cap/spoke wrench

Valve stem caps with integrated spoke wrench brought to you by DK Bicycles now instock at the shop.

Available in: 3.23mm (Black size equivalent), 3.30mm (Green size equivalent), 3.45mm (Red size equivalent

All DK product, including complete bikes and parts, available at Hardcore Sportz.

Eastern Trip/Day 8

Here is the last "photo a day" update from my Eastern trip. This photo is a shot from my window seat on my flight back home.

My first Eastern trip went well and was a lot of fun. It was a good time riding, filming, and hanging out with everyone. I hope you enjoyed my daily updates from my trip. I'll be posting a full blog post with different photos from the trip over on the Eastern site soon. I'll keep you posted o when that goes up. Thanks for following along with me.

Eastern Trip/Day 7

Today we rode one of my favorite spots of the trip called the "Twin Towers" in Greenville, SC. This spot was a foundation filled with ledges, pole jams, and much more made by skaters and BMX riders. There were a few puddles scattered about when we arrived, but a push broom and the sun took care of that. A long day of riding "Twin Towers" and downtown, along with a small session at a local indoor park called "No Name" made a good way to end the last full day of the trip. Adam Banton, HS team rider Zach Rogers, and myself all were able to get things done, which made for a productive and fun time to say the least. Stay tuned for one last photo to end the Eastern trip updates.

Eastern Trip/Day 6

Day 6 was filled with a ton of riding even with us staying busy avoiding the rain drops. We rode UNC in Charlotte and the downtown area. This photo is of myself clocking in a clip with the man behind the Eastern video, Mike "The Mangler" McQueen.

Eastern Trip/Day 5

Day 5 was one of the best days yet due to us meeting up with Eastern and HS team rider Zach Rogers. Now Zach will be with us for the rest of the trip to hang out, ride, and give us a tour of the best spots around the Charlotte and Winston-Salem area. 

So today we headed to downtown Winston-Salem to hit up a series of spots along with some of the local riders. I ended up hurting my ankle and wasn't able to get much done for filming. I'm hoping it gets well fast. Only time will tell. More to come for day 6.

The photo shown is of HS team rider Zach Rogers doing a foot-jam at the first spot we rode.

Eastern Trip/Day 4

For day 4 we decided to ride NC State College in Raleigh, NC. A lot of riding and filming went down all while enjoying the sunny weather. During our session we randomly stumbled on other local BMX riders, which was really cool and eventually led to us rollin' with a big crew of riders around the college campus. The more we rode the more clips kept compiling for the Eastern video. The progress is looking good.

Pictured here is our bikes locked up outside from where we were having lunch.

Click HERE for a news feature which includes more photos from the Eastern trip.

Eastern Trip/Day 3

For the first part of day 3 we decided to continue our session we had at the special spot from day 2. So, we ended up not riding a ton of places, which explains why there's a photo of a restaurant for the day 3 update. This was a really nice Tai restaurant that specialized in vegetarian food. It was a good way to end day 3 after a long day of riding. 

Eastern Trip/Day 2

This photo is of Adam Banton and I on our first official riding day of the Eastern trip. Today was a lot fun due to us riding a special spot that consisted of concrete, transitions, toys, sub boxes, and plenty more. I was able to film my first clips for the Eastern video and I must say it feels good. You'll have to wait for when the video drops to see everything that went down here. We plan to ride this spot again tomorrow. More to come.

Eastern Trip/Day 1

For the next week I'll be teaming up with good friend Adam Banton to film for the upcoming Eastern video. We'll be riding our bikes in Raleigh and Charlotte, NC and Greenville, SC while Leigh Ramsdell and Micheal McQueen step in to document what goes down. With that being said, stay tuned for a photo and a brief description of what we're up to on each day of the trip.

Shown in this photo is Eastern Bike's rider Adam Banton and team manager Leigh Ramsdell at the Eastern office. Not a lot of riding happened today due to the rain, but we did do a lot of eating at an all vegetarian Asian restaurant and a local mexican spot. The majority of today was hanging out at the office checking out some of Eastern's upcoming products. Look for update #2 tomorrow.  

New Product from Eastern

Lots of new Eastern product arrived at the shop today including a restock of the new Curb Monkey and Burn Out tires, sprockets, cranks, wheels, rim strips, and more.

Ride BMX Issue 155

HS team rider Karl Poynter just scored a 2 page spread in the May issue of Ride BMX magazine. This photo was taken in Buffalo, NY by Jeff Z. Click the photo to enlarge or just stop by the shop to view it in person.

Fresh Footwear!

New footwear from Lotek now instock at the shop including the Shadow/Chase Dehart and Fremont/Ian Schwartz models. We also have new colorways in the Coastal, Nightwolf, and Nightwolf slim models.

Orchid Footwear 2009 line coming soon!

New Shadow Goods!

New product instock at the shop from The Shadow Conspiracy including the new flangeless Lil' Dirty grips, Little One pegs, Crank N' Bones 25t sprockets, and the '09 pivotal team seats from Ryan Sher, and HS team riders Seth Kimbrough and Karl Poynter.

New Product

We now have integrated headsets back instock from Verde and Fly Bikes.

Fly headset:

one piece top cup design

CNC machined 6061-T6 aluminum

2 heights high (7mm high) and low (2mm high)

top cup high 0.4 oz./top cup low 0.2 oz.

sealed bearings (pair) 1.7 oz.

Verde headset:

CNC machined 6061-T6 aluminum

single piece, split cap design

integrated sealed bearings
includes fork race
weight: 2.3 oz.

Johnny Devlin update

For those of you who have been wondering what HS team rider Johnny Devlin has been up to. Here's a photo of Johnny hanging out in the Smokey Mountains. He may be making his way up North to Indiana this spring/summer. Only time will tell on what's next for Mr. Devlin. More to come soon. 

Words from Johnny: Hello sisters and brothers at H/S. Just checking in to say hi. I love you all and miss you all, and I hope to see you soon. I hope everyone is doing well.

Grace and Peace,
Johnny 

Custom guns from CCM!

As some of you may know, my brother Kyle and I are into playing paintball and we sell paintball products at the shop. Our friends over at CCM hooked us up with 2 rad custom Series 6 guns. We would like to say thanks to Melissa, Rod, and Bill for doing this for us. We really appreciate it. Expect some action shots of us with the guns soon. 

CCM products and all your other paintball needs available at Hardcore Sportz. 

Jeff K video bike check

Click HERE to view a video bike check, along with some riding, with HS team rider Jeff Klugiewicz's over on BNGT.

Also, click HERE to check out an interview with Jeff on CNBMX from China.