When there is 3 feet of snow on the ground or it rains all the time you have got to do something to be able to ride. The ultimate solution is spend some time at Camp Woodward. Alessandro Barbero (Italy) and Maxime Charveron (France) both made it to Woodward East and are having a good time riding with Daniel Dhers, Zack Warden, Axel Juergens, Anthony Napolitan and the other pros who happen to come over to ride.

Maxime is now on his way to New York City for an Animal session and will try to snap some pics for the Mirraco site.

Have fun guys!

Frame: Mirraco, The Black Pearl
Fork: Official
Bars: unlucky 13
Stem: Colony
Grips: Scotty Cammer’s Duo
Barends: Colony
Headset: Triple Six
Clamp: Shadow
Seatpost: Animal
Seat: Colony slim
Cranks: New flys
Headset: Triple Six
Clamp: Shadow
Seatpost: Animal
Seat: Colony slim
Cranks: New flys
Front Tire: Khe dirt
Front Wheel: Odyssey
Rear Tire: Khe Park
Rear Wheel: Odyssey, Colony hub
Pegs: Colony Oneway
Pedals: Wellgos

Riding for a big company like Nike has its advantages. Getting to design your own shoe, travel around the world doing photo shoots and filming some clips, and getting yourself into magazine ads.

Mirraco riders Nigel Sylvester and Mike Spinner have been enjoying the ride and put in their time too. Here’s the latest NIKE ad featuring Nigel Sylvester.

Dave Mirra’s Mirraco Blend Limited is one of the nicest complete bikes ever made. It has it all and looks dope. And if it works for Dave, why wouldn’t it work for you? Sure, the price is a bit steep but you get what you pay for. Plus it’s a unique ride with only 100 of them made.

Model: Mirraco Blend Ltd.

Advertised Price Blend Ltd: $1,949.99

Frame & Fork 20.75″ Top Tube

Frame Full D.B. Crmo, Fully Heat-Treated after welding

Frame Colors White

Fork MirraCo Full Crmo fully heat-treated after welding, CNC steerer tube w/ S.B. legs (1.4 / 1.1t)

Headset TH / FPD Impact Integrated ACB type bearing

-Drivetrain Components

Crankset Fly “2.5-pc” Crmo 170mm, 22mmx48 spline Crmo axle

Bottom Bracket MID BB w/ R12 sealed bearings

Chainwheel FBM Race 28t

Freewheel Proper 10T Crmo LHD 1-pc driver

Chain KMC 710 SL chrome

Pedals Mirraco M3 Magnesium sealed bearing 9/16″

-Control Center Components

Handlebar MirraCo 2-pc 11-butted Crmo 7.5″ tall

Stem FBM Crown Royal

Aheadset 1-1/8″, Front Mount

Grips Snafu “Dave Mirra” w/ flange

Saddle Snafu Dunbar Ice, 8mm Crmo rails

Seat Post Thomson Elite 25.4×200mm

Seat Post Clamp Snafu Conrad alloy 28.6mm

-Wheelset Components

Front Hub Proper Magnalite, 36H, 3/8″ Crmo axle, sealed bearings

Rear Hub Proper Magnalite cassette hub, LHD, 48H, 14mm hollow Crmo axle, sealed bearings

Rims Odyssey Hazard Lite 36/48H Chromed front & rear

Spokes Stainless double-butted black, Alloy nipples

Tires Maxxis “Miracle Lite” 20×2.1″ front, 1.85″ rear, 120 PSI, Kevlar beads

Pegs Colony “One-Way Street” 7005 heat -treated alloy, 1 pair (1×3/8″, 1×14mm)

-Braking Components

Rotor Snafu Mobeus w/ SST upper & lower cables

Brake Set Fly Bikes U-brake w/ alloy accessories, rear only

Brake Lever Odyssey Trigger w/ hinge, rear only

Weight: 23.2 lbs/10.5 Kgs

*Specifications, geometry and pricing subject to change at any time and without notice.

19 year old Drew Hosselton from Phoenix, Arizona is on the Mirraco flow program. Smoker Dave writes some good things about Drew in the Bio that he received in the latest Transworld RIDEBMX magazine (May 2008).

Next time you see Drew, ask him to do a Kermit the Frog impression.

To promote the availability of the Fivestar Lite frame Dave Rytell was used in the latest Mirraco ad. Dave goes and is ripping. In the sequence he does a hop to ledge to 360 over and down 15 feet. It’s a good thing that there are visuals in the ad as a description of the move doesn’t tell you much. Rytell rides the Fivestar Lite which it the exact frame that you can buy at your local Mirraco store.

Hey what’s up guys. So I have been in Greenville for two days now and I have about 3 more days to chill then I am back to Australia for about two weeks. Going to Camberra to hang out with Cam White for 4 days then going to Melbourne on a Nike trip for about a week. Should be a good time.

For me the last month has been wild! Pretty much in a plane every 4 days. It’s been amazing but a little tiring I’m not gonna lie. The last 10 days I’ve been In Toronto for the not Metro contest which was pretty crazy for the fact that I went from super good Florida weather to the most freezing weather I’ve ever been in my whole life. It was cool though. Got to meet a bunch of people, had a pretty good time there.

Then I flew to Cali to Meet up with Ryan Guettler and Dave Rytell. We were there for 4 days. It was an awesome trip back in great weather. Rode a bunch of street and a few little concrete parks. I’m about to go to sleep but, I’ll try to keep you guys posted while I’m down UNDER!

Spinner

Ryan Guettler was in California for a few days last week and made sure he got a session in at Luke Parslow’s trails. See Ryan do 720-s, 1080-s and superman backflips in the clip that is up on the Vans site.

If you are wondering how his current Black Pearl looks, make sure to check it out.

Our friends at RIDEBMX recently posted the Mirraco parts line on their website. It shows the 2008 Mirraco frames (Chocolate, Blend Lite, Black Pearl Lite, Fivestar Lite), Black Label forks, M3 Gas pedals, Behind Bars, M3 seats, and the M3 sprocket.

Go check it!

Josh Betley, Kyle Carlson, and I had been toying with the idea of taking an all-street trip to Vegas for a long time. The problem is that Betley and I both drive a couple of junkers which makes going on road trips quite a gamble. After mulling it over we finally decided to send it down to Vegas and cross our fingers we made it there.

Vegas is definitely known for its abundance of concrete parks and wild nightlife. As far as street spots go I had always assumed it was slim pickins’, but that pre-conceived notion was quickly proven wrong. I was actually pretty blown away at how many good spots there were, and since Vegas doesn’t have much of a street scene they are all pretty much untouched.

The first spot on the first day started off with some bangers, which definitely set the tone for the rest of the trip. Betley and I were really feeling it on day one and we had a pretty productive day until the weather started getting pretty rough. We opted out of the wind and headed indoors for some Rock Band and some Vegas nightlife.

Day 2 had a lot more ups and downs. Beltey got wrecked on a gnarly toothpick hanger, and I followed suit and took it trying to magic carpet grind a ledge. Josh who had been feeling pretty salty about getting broke off earlier got in the zone and started making stuff happen. A big ledge ride, opposite toothpick hanger, and a pretty tech hang 5 variation got us all out of the slump we had gotten in after getting broke. By the end of the day we all felt pretty good about the footage we had gotten and decided to pack up and mosey on home to Phoenix.

The drive home was pretty mellow, we stopped off at the Hoover Dam and took a dam picture. We made good time heading home so we stopped off in Wickenburg for some late night Filibertos.

By far one of the funnest weekend trips to date. Keep an eye out on VitalBmx for the video. I just bought a van that is a pretty serious road warrior so there will be many more trips like this to come. I’m headed back there this weekend for the Skate City contest, I don’t even think I’m going to bother unpacking.

Drew Hosselton 

Pics by Kyle Carson