Just a forewarning. We’re planning an impromptu trail jam for some weekend coming soon (within the next month, we just have to finalize a date). This one is going to be a somewhat low-key event. Nothing crazy, just an excuse to party. We’re right outside of Philly, if you’re in the Northeast and want to be notified you can friend us on our myspace, or check back here for updates.

Photo: Mike Finn, Collegeville homeboy on the home page once again!

By now I’m sure you’ve heard about the new X-Games event called Superpark. The course design is based on the original Little Devil bowl, which Nate Wessel then proceeded to inject with steroids and liquid crack. It should be a fun event to watch…people are going to ride FAST! Click here to check out the course.

Philadelphia finally won something! Since our sports teams won’t do it for us, we’ll take a victory any way we can. According to this report Philly is now the stolen bike capital of the USA. When you’re in town protect yo neck…and yo whip. Here’s the results.

Top 10 Worst Cities for Bike Theft in 2007:

1. Philadelphia, PA
2. Chicago, IL
3. New York City, NY
4. San Francisco, CA
5. Tucson, AZ (tie)
Portland, OR (tie)
7. Denver, CO
8. New Haven, CT
9. Cambridge, MA
10. Austin, TX

Don’t slip Philly! Let’s take the win again in 2008. Get out there and jack some rides!

The Do-It-Yourself mentality has been spreading throughout the Orchid team riders. First Kevin Porter filmed a video part all by himself and now Corey Martinez has become his own personal photographer. He set up a timer and took these shots on his own. Pretty rad.

UK Team has been puttin’ in work. Here’s a big update from Owain Clegg:

Ben Wallace just got back from the Baltimore Dew Tour where he got 12th but also came away with a meniscus tear in his knee so he is possibly getting that operated on.

Jason Phelan is in NYC with We The People. He was also on the Ride To Glory trip, only he had a bad backwards rail crash which resulted in a Jimmy Levan style fit. He is okay now but he looked in a bad way by the end.

Robin Fenlon has been working a lot for Ride UK, he has a bigger roll now in the mag. He went to that Kevin Robinson high air thing which looked funny, not my cup of tea.

Matt Roe is waiting on his signature frame coming out on Mutiny.

I (Owain Clegg) have been riding a bunch and did a demo for the local council last weekend. Also got back from the Ride To Glory trip which was a lot of fun, also got an article coming up in this Ride UK from a Shadow filming trip around the UK. Pretty psyched on it, and I am just finishing off my ramp in my garden.

Loz Taylor just finished his art degree and just got accepted for a place in London where only 20 people from the country are allocated. I am also just finishing up an Orchid web edit for him so I will send it over as soon as it is done.

Mark Love has been riding a bunch and rode really well on the ride to glory trip. He also has a wicked video on the Federal home page.

So Mandrew thought it was time to learn how to ride a big boy’s bike. He needs the biker image to go with his new tats, so Mike Clarke let him try his 1964 Harley Panhead that he built up from scratch…

…probably not the best idea. Before Mandrew even left the driveway he gave it too much gas and ate shit, bending parts, denting the gas tank, and acquiring a gnarly road rash. The crash went something like this:

Do they make training wheels for Harleys?

This is a really good upbeat video featuring Kevin Porter and the Fly Bikes team. Edited by Tom Arkus. Click here to watch it in HD. Looks amazing.

Uh oh…Big Daddy has some explaining to do.

Here’s a really funny video of Corey Martinez hamming it up for a pseudo-Cribs segment. Big ballin’ baby! It’s as good as the real thing, put it on MTV!

If the video doesn’t play you can watch it here.

Yes! These bad boys are back in stock, the Cobra Tee with the art from Matt Beringer’s shoe box (after this I promise no more tye dyes). We also have the plain black version if you’re scared.

The above photo is from last year when Randy Brown and I got busted by the Fashion Police. I have to admit, I’ve had a few fashion police incidents recently (another one including Van) but couldn’t bring myself to get the camera out. Catch me if you can!