Disposed: Nike in San Antonio

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Interview: Edwin De La Rosa

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Disposed: Colony X Vans in Adelaide

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Top 10 Defgrip posts of 2011

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Scrapbook 2011: Nuno Oliveira

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— July, 2011 —

Best of Defgrip on Bnqt

Best of Defgrip on Bnqt

July 15, 2011

Bnqt hit us up to do a “best of” feature on their site covering some of the top content we’ve had on Defgrip. I dug through our Analytics and put together a list in no particular order of the top 10 most viewed pieces of content we’ve had on the site over the past years. [...]

Disposed: Red Bull Ride & Seek

Disposed: Red Bull Ride & Seek

July 14, 2011

Justin Kosman went on the recent Red Bull Ride & Seek trip, and took a disposable camera with him to loosely document the trip for us. From Kosman: Fuzzy Hall just started a job with Red Bull this year and he kicked off his summer with a huge road trip from Salt Lake City, to [...]

Kink in France

July 14, 2011

More Darryl Tocco goodness! This time, with the Kink dudes in France. From Kink: Ben Hittle, Darryl Tocco, Aaron Smith, Clement Carpentier, Roland Pellegrin, and Jay Roe cruising through France, from Paris to Montpellier. Big thanks to Unleaded Distribution. Filmed and edited by Darryl Tocco, additional filming by Jay Roe.

Sparkys Toasted in Texas Trip

Sparkys Toasted in Texas Trip

July 14, 2011

If you haven’t seen it yet, check out a great flipbook from the Sparky’s crew, documenting their trip out to the Texas Toast Jam.

Brandon Galosi

Brandon Galosi

July 14, 2011

Brandon Galosi is one of the dudes responsible for making ALYK look sweet. Go HERE and eyeball his site and work.

Part 3: What is Your Camera Setup of Choice and Why?

Part 3: What is Your Camera Setup of Choice and Why?

July 13, 2011

Here is part 3 of our “What is your Camera Setup of Choice and Why?” features. Here is Part one and two if you missed them. Again, each photographer was asked: What is Your Camera Setup of Choice and Why? Click below to see what Ricky Adam, Jeff Allen, Scott Marceau, Tristan Afre, Huy Doan, [...]

Alex Donnachie / Mutiny Edit

July 13, 2011

Alex Donnachie doing it for Mutiny.

RE-UP: Albert Mercado edit

July 13, 2011

This edit is worthy of a re-post, along with being opened for embedding. So all you dudes with sites, have at it!! Shout out to Albert, Andre Gonzalez and Darryl Tocco for this one.

2D Goldberg Machine

July 13, 2011

2D Photography studio spent about 6 months planning and building this insane Rube Goldberg machine out of photo-related equipment and the above video is the result. Definitely seemed like a rad project to work on, can’t even imagine how satisfying it must’ve felt when that final take worked out. To read about and watch more [...]

Random Instagram: Dakota Roche

Random Instagram: Dakota Roche

July 13, 2011

Via – @dakroche

Gianmarco Magnani

Gianmarco Magnani

July 12, 2011

Illustrations by Gianmarco Magnani. Pretty, pretty, pretty good! Check out his site HERE and order prints HERE.

Ben Austin @ Random

Ben Austin @ Random

July 12, 2011
Marko Knezevic Portfolio

Marko Knezevic Portfolio

July 12, 2011

Defgrip contributor Mark Knezevic just launched a new portfolio site. Check it out!

Tom Dugan

Tom Dugan

July 12, 2011

Check out an exciting house check with Fit/Odyssey’s Tom Dugan on ESPN.

Original: Nike Pool

Original: Nike Pool

July 7, 2011

Back in May, Nuno and I headed out to England to shoot photos and film the Nike Pool jam. I had no idea what to expect when I was heading there, but the Nike Pool jam ended up being one of the best contest I have ever been to… not only from a riding standpoint, [...]

New Defgrip T-Shirts

New Defgrip T-Shirts

July 7, 2011

We (finally) have a new batch of Defgrip T-Shirts out. We have two designs, the Circle logo that you see above, and the Arch (like the Defgrip X Quintin hat), both printed on American Apparel Summer T’s. They’ll be on our online store by the weekend, but if you want to pick some up now, [...]

The Talks

The Talks

July 7, 2011

The Talks is an impressive website I stumbled across over the holiday weekend focusing on interviews with some very influential figures in culture. From Mike Tyson to Valentino, there is some serious content on this site, not to mention great photos mixed with a simple and clean website… With all of those elements, it’s hard [...]

Albin Holmqvist

Albin Holmqvist

July 7, 2011

Check out a great series of typographic treatments based on cities around the world from designer Albin Holmqvist.

Cy Twombly

Cy Twombly

July 7, 2011

The artist Cy Twombly passed away on Tuesday. Gaining notoriety in New York in the late 50′s along side his friends Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns,  Twombly’s simplistic scribbles and drips have been a huge influence on artists over the past 20+ years including Jean Michel Basquiat. He passed away in Rome at the age of [...]

Preview: Verde 2012 Completes

Preview: Verde 2012 Completes

July 6, 2011

As they’ve done in previous years, Verde has given us the opportunity to present you with a preview of their 2012 completes, which will be available around the end of July. Click below to eyeball the goods.

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Nike BMX Night in Los Angeles

July 6, 2011

If you ride bikes and have never dabbled in the tranquil LA Tunnels at night, than Nike has you covered. They are throwing a jam this weekend, which should be interesting. From Nike: The event is Sat July 9th 7-10pm. Confirmed athletes are Dennis Enarson, Garrett Reynolds, Nigel Sylvester and Chad Kerley. This will be [...]

Lloyd Wright Kink Pro

July 6, 2011

Defgrip contributing photographer, Lloyd Wright, has been added to the Kink Pro team. Congrats goes out to Lloyd and enjoy the edit above!

Randy Taylor

July 6, 2011

After almost two days of being offline, we are going to catch up on some posts. The first is a great edit from Mutiny with Randy Taylor. After being off his bike for 12 months, Randy is back and put this edit together over the first few weeks back on his bike.

Bobby Simmons X Defgrip Edit

Bobby Simmons X Defgrip Edit

July 1, 2011

Straight up, this came out sick! I was itching to post this Bobby Simmons edit all week, but wanted to hold out for today so it could ride out the weekend. Bobby came through on this, and I’m super thankful for it. Be sure to pick up Still Here if you haven’t. Shout out to [...]