Deco BMX, Mat Hoffman, Valleyside, Mat Olson flairs, TBR, Chad DeGroot, Save the Casselberry Trails, recap of 2011
Thanks to everyone for an amazing 2011 for Deco., were doing big things next year so look the hell out for us. Hit us, were everywhere. Drop bombs, dig dirt, lift a skirt…Holla days are here.
The first pic below is a 2011 recap banner image, we were going to make a huge collage but this seems a little better. The video is Mat Hoffman and our crew talking about the Agro Circus and setting up the show. Valleyside Distro is taking this ad out in Ride UK. Mat Olson Flair session. TBR interview with Chad DeGroot. Save the Casselberry trails. Lastly the 12 months of 2011 recap of the best posts for your eyes only. Read more…
Flatland Fuel, Kona, Taylor Bonds, Kelsy Hoog, Mat Olson, Chad DeGroot, Mat Hoffman @ Universal, and One Love
There is a lot going on in December, xmas is closing in fast. Are you ready? If not, get at Flatland Fuel for their give away. Otherwise find Deco. goods at finer shops everywhere. Can’t find one? Hit us up. Check out Decade BMX shop in Tokyo doing it big with G-sport watches. Great two videos. Kona skatepark is the longest running skatepark in the US. Great jam just went down there and video is coming soon. Taylor Bonds checks in with a tire slide at Louisville skatepark. Tokyo is doing Deco’s Kitchen…yum yum. Kelsy Hoog gets a full page in Ride US mag. Mat Olson gets the home page banner image with a wallride over the wall. Chad has new eyes. Mat Hoffman let us build his Agro Circus at Universal Studios. Lastly, One Love Jam is coming up. Check it all out and hit up our other options on the site, Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter (goes live on our page, so say something funny), flikr, and more…now you know. -Chad DeGroot Read more…
Tom Villarreal going to LA, Mat Olson shows, Key West, Chad DeGroot ad, Props and BMXFU, Packers, and One Love
This post has a lot, from what is going on with Tom, Mat doing a million school shows, Thanksgiving, Van Homan, and a ton more including the One Love jam. So read below, check the vid, and hit up our facebook, tumblr, and best of all our streaming Twitter on our homepage. Thanks for the support ya’ll. FART… Read more…
Tremaine Stewart, Mike Meister by Kesly, Would you?, and Mat Olson pics
Pusher has some serious talent coming out their area. Check out the Tremaine edit and some amazing parks they ride daily. Kelsy Hoog can’t say “Mike Meister”. A chick who looks like Tony Malouf, “Would you”? Doobie Brothers made Chad do weird things. The last video is pretty amazing. Lastly Mat Olson checking in with some pics. More Lastly, old people dancing. Check it all out below…this is our weekly update with tons to see and laugh at…your welcome. Read more…
Long rail, Eurotuner vid, Edwards edit, Kelsy in Austin, Mike Meister banner, Kona, and Chad DeGroot Flizzzatland
These posts are getting longer and longer and longer and longer and longer and longer. Whew! Click the link below for the long rail from Mat Olson. John Ludwick and the Eurotuner video is pretty sweet seeing behind the scenes from the photo shoot. Jon Edwards is doing it for Deco. in the UK. Kelsy Hoog and the Austin edit. Mike Meister’s friend Jeff Brown send over a few pics and they made up the new Banner image. Kona skatepark comp is coming up, you should be there. Lastly Chad DeGroot riding flat. More lastly Mat Olson in a rap video, party hard. Read more…
Halloween, Tom V and the Madera edit, DTM flatland Jam, Spot Roast…
Halloween is the best time of the year, the weather is changing and the leaves are falling. Best of all you dress up like a dick or if your a girl dress slutty. Guess you guys can do those things to, your call. Tom V pic below is to funny. He showed up for the last 10 minutes of the SPOT Roast in Tampa and looked like he has been on vacation for awhile. Thanks to SPOT and Profile for letting the Deco. booth rage. Thanks to all who purchased items as well. Next up is the flyer for a San Francisco Flatland Jam put on by legend Pete Brandt and crew. Hit that up if your in that area. Tom V and the Madera crew have a mix edit that is worth the watch, Tom gets loose on Allen’s backyard ramp. Decade, our Japan Distro sent us over a shot of some company in Japan named Deco…sweet name. The next photo is “Explain this photo”. Go for it. And lastly John Ludwick has been into his car forever. He does a lot of work on it, it doesn’t really show, but somehow he got into Eurotuner mag on the cover and about 15 other shots inside included a few two pagers. Thanks for rockin the Deco. logo tee. Represent. WOOPS, one more thing, wanna get a Deco./Madera complete bike? Check it out HERE. Read more…
QBMX/Deco. give away
“Here at QBMX we thought Chad DeGroot from Deco had a great idea with making a list of some things to get done. Take a look at our list and see we are almost finished. Make a list of your own and post it on our Facebook . The list we like the best will win Deco prizes then we can check that off.”
Check out more details and give it a laugh, click below… Read more…
Profile New England Pt. 1, SPOT Roast, TV and Owned, Bacon…and more.
Another long post. Were going to one a week now and it takes a whole week to read and go through it. Take it for Deco. So to start we have the Pt. 1 Profile New England trip. Not sure why you can’t embed part 2, but that is the come up doing their thing. Then we have some video as promo for the SPOT roast. Be there and get roasted. Tom Villareal has wrapped up his part in Props Owned, heard he went ape shit crazy. There are some things happening in Florida, so hit up those flyers and come on out to the events going down. Then we are trying to make the bacon tee, what do you think? And lastly the newest Deco. tattoo. One more thing, were stupid so were selling grips for $0.01 on our online store. Read more…
Nickels, Profile New England part #1, one day with Tom Villarreal, and Boulder Park Mix
Our posts are getting longer and longer for good reason, were doing shit son. For starts we have Chad DeGroot and the Exclusive “Nickels” which is “why do you ride?
Then the Profile New England trip video which is a Come up exclusive so you can’t embed shit. So click away, everyone kills it with my favorites being…shit…, everyone on this trip killed it. And its only part #1.
Tom Villarreal has been staying local, but Dan filmed “Team Chocolate Chip’s day in the life of Tom Villarreal.” “It rained and we got a late start but here ya go.”
And lastly Mat Olson and crew killing the Boulder park, stomping a mud hole in its ass. Figure that one out…
NEW Deco. Tee, peep it HERE. Read more…
The Best and worst, FLEER trading card situation, and Oprah tee is out
This post has a lot going on, starting with why Baco 11 is taking so long. Then it goes right into two videos Chad has good reason to post again. The whole FLEER trading card reasoning. Lastly the long awaited Oprah tee which is going to limited cause Oprah’s staff found out about this already and is putting it to rest. So get them HERE while they last.
This is a little interview about why Baco 11 has been taking so long. Read more…
New pics and Springer
Mat Olson is living it up doing school shows for awhile. Most people don’t think living it up is doing weird shows for bratty school kids, but if you are getting a few bucks, traveling, and riding your bike for people, I really don’t think that is to bad. So if you know Mat and crew are coming to your school, scream “do a backflip” the whole time they are performing. They really like that shit.
The pics below are all of Mat sessioning the Casselberry trails and around Orlando. It was a must to bring him to the Maitland trannies and witness him doing the highest airs and even more than a few flairs on the steep trannies. Hit this LINK to see the video.
ESPN recently did a story on “the various ways that other BMXers have made the jump from riding into television. Starting with Chad Degroot’s appearance on The Jerry Springer show and ending with Strangers in Danger, this is a small sampling of BMXers turned TV personalities. Enjoy.” HERE is the tab and launch the gallery to see the 1st pic of guess who? Read more…
SPOT Roast, Rickey, Deco. All Day
Its real hard to write words for someone who passed away. Glad to have known you, ridden with you, and supported you through Mesh skatepark and MR. B’s. RIP Rickey…and sorry for calling you “turd dick”. I am pretty sure you didn’t give a shit, but maybe we shouldn’t have taken an ad out for that. Either way, you didn’t give a shit. Respect for that…-Chad D
-Hit up the SPOT Roast in Tampa coming up next month. Deco. will be out there showing our shit off and maybe rolling around for a minute. See ya there.
-The Two By Four/Deco. grassroots riders Eugene and Zach threw this edit together with a pretty funny intro. Thanks guys. Holla anytime. Read more…
Interbike 2011
Interbike usually is a blur from no sleep, tons of alcohol, and just plain on-the-go format. This year I decided to show up late and leave early which proved to be the way to go. Rumors were flying about this year being really small and a lot of companies backing out. Truthfully it was still pretty big but YES a few big boys were not in attendance. Otherwise it was amazing, non stop laughing, drinking, and a little bit of bmx made it one of the best so far. -Chad D
Here are a few pics and some videos from Interbike 2011
Who has the best 360′s in the Business? Click here and find out some reactions. Read more…
Profile Racing NOW distributing Deco. in the US…YA BUDDY
Deco. BMX and Profile Racing would like to announce the new US Distribution of Deco. products through Profile headquarters in Saint Petersburg, Florida. Below are a few questions between Chad DeGroot (owner of Deco. BMX) and Matt Coplon (TM and head sales) about the Distribution situation.
Profile has been making some moves the last few years, now with Deco. being distributed by Profile Racing, how do you feel about this?
It’s been ten years now since I came on board to manage Profile Distribution. We have never been in a position where we seek out product to distribute—we actually started the distro here b/c most of our Domestic and International distributors cannot stock all the variations (odds and ends) of the bike products that we manufacture. Through those years, we’ve picked up a very limited number of brands (Country Bikes and Sun Rims) to compliment what we carry here in the shop. For the most part, those brands are close to us on a personal level…picking up Deco falls into the same category. DeGroot has been riding for Profile now for four years…it’s been a strong relationship and anything that Chad does we would like to be in a position to help support him. He’s family, and Deco is quality Product that we both ride and feel confident in pushing.
You mentioned offering some completes, Profile parts and Deco. rounding it off, this leads into some real high end bikes. Is this more for promo or will these be for sale?
Like we currently offer with Country/Profile, we plan on doing the same with Deco through our Online store. Basically, a higher end Profile complete featuring a Deco frame, fork, bars, grips, and pedals.
There are two very different companies uniting to scratch each others backs, is this a Florida thing?
Less Florida, more family! You’re still a yankee until you reach that 20 year residency mark…that’s coming up, right?
To find out more, come check us out at Interbike or contact:
Chad@decobmx.com http://decobmx.com/category/products/
Matt@profileracing.com http://profileracing.com/
YA Buddy…
Mat Olson Roof Gap
Mat Olson told me about this, then went and handled it properly. Such a huge gap and seems to float in the air forever…
Pretty sure he did it then wanted to film it better. So I guess it was kind of a session. Look close at those drains, little to the left and he is done for. So I can agree with him being excited when he says “I’m Not Dead”.
The Fine Print
Sometimes when you see to many words it looks like a chore to read it all. We used the right wording and inspiration and posted it on all our packaging. Its a product description that makes sense. Click on each one to unleash our secrets. -Chad D Read more…
You know when someone is filming you and he makes comments like…
Mat Olson doing:
“360 Flip Dude or 360 flip dawg…shit”
Mat is from Lake Havasu. His skatepark is rinky dinky but he makes it worth while. The city asked him to build some trails next to the park. So he did. The video below isn’t about the riding or the trails, its about the man behind the camera and us getting an interview with him. Read more…
Red Bull Mini Drome in Orlando plus drive sober Wisconsin
Don’t drink and ride?
Check this video out from the 4 Seasons skatepark in Milwaukee. Pretty sure I heard all of these dudes were real hung over shooting this commercial for Don’t Drink and Ride campaingn. Its being aired all the time on TV which is sweet since the last clip is a camera shot focused on Deco top fork bolt…holla Deco bitches. Watch the video cause there is sweet riding in it to…thanks Wisconsin. I will drink a PBR tonight for ya. Here is the link below. Also don’t forget to hit the Red Bull video below where I got 3rd place in my first ever race. Hit our Tumblr for more funny times and sweet videos…Thanks. Read more…
SpaceBar
Longtime friend Mike Altz decided to throw a photo show with featured artist like Ron Bonner, Ryan Sher, Chipp Riggs, and numerous other local talents in SpaceBar which during the week is called Covert skate shop. Deal was these pics had to be taken by a cell phone and editing done solely in the cell phone. Great turn out, amazing pics, and finally got out of the house to chill with local homies in the Milk district near downtown Orlando. Happened on the Fix gear crew that was at the Red Bull Mini Drome as well. Guess PBR does a pub crawl every month, $1 tall boys at each stop. Who hates that? I have to get on that and I suggest you get on your bike and come out and meet us for the next one. Also, the SpaceBar photo gallery is going to happen 4 times a year. So get on that tip. Thanks to Tommy Mott, Mike Altz, and the crew of photographers to make it all happen. Good times as you can see from the pics below. It starts with the photo gallery, leads into the night, then ends with all my pics I submitted. Chickty check it son… -Chad
The Beard
My Wife received a Kindle for xmas and has a hard time putting it down. Since then I have read a few books on my version, the iPhone. Pretty amazing everything is on a little phone, pretty much everything except wet wipes. So she tells me that she got me a book on Kindle, which my phone has an app for that, and I read the intro.. why wouldn’t I sit back and put some time into reading this book? Here is what lured me in, not sure who this writer is, and I am not done with the book yet, but I am pretty sure this description would excite anyone. -Chad D Read more…
Make a list and check it off
Back in the day riders had fun and made fun of other riders, Chad took it to a props commercial for baco designs and did a check list of riders and did their tricks, top that
Fast Forward and Mike Meister makes his own list. I love this shit…
Thanks for the laugh. And anyone who is reading this, please make a list of your own and send me the edit. -Chad D
Lil interview with Chad DeGroot
Chad DeGroot about Deco
So, I have been on a lil kids bike for nearly 15years now, grew up in the Florida scene, spent my summers and fathers money at Mission [Skate Park]. I have always looked to certain riders in videos. I have also just looked up to people in this industry in general, I have ate, bled and breathed BMX since the mid 90’s. One rider I have always looked up to is Chad [Degroot], he has this mad smooth flat style and a park style I could only dream of selling at a large retail venue by the bucket.
So, over the years a lot of new rider-owned companies have been popping up. some stick, some flop. Some are still infants, some own the industry. Mr. Chad DeGroot took some time from his never ending circle of fun to answer a hand full of questions for me. He is the owner/operator of DECO BMX and a Bike shop (Mr.B’s Bikes N Boards) in the Longwood FL Area. These are the thoughts from his never ending circulation of knowledge. Read more…
Go Ape, Tom V’s new whip
Here are those couple pics of Tom I took on Tuesday. We went out and started to film for the next Madera edit, got a couple clips that were pretty bad ass.
Snapped this shot of a brand new spot we found. It used to be an old wallride—someone lopped it off and made it a stem high ledge. Tom jumped it once then nose bonk 180’d it. Fucking ape. -Matt Coplon
More of the same, less of the more…
Slacking is not a word I use often but as you can see by these inconsistant posts slacker is more fitting. So here you go, an overload of stuff you want and don’t want to see. Take it, you want this. It starts with Tom Villarreal in BMX Plus. I have yet to read one of these this year. That is not bragging, I wish a copy would show up like they use to when I ran a skatepark. Then it goes into Red Bull, Photo Gallery, the NEW Deco. line, some flat trick everyone has seen before, then it all ends with a surprise…
Profile New England Trip
The Profile shop tour in the New England states was the best, but cut short since I had to return to reality. Great shops, amazing locals and riders, and a ton of people attended either the shop session or the skatepark sessions. Thanks to everyone including: Matt Coplon, Tony Cardona, Jeff K, Tony Malouf, Mark Mulville, Mike Meister, and Conall Keenan. Thanks to Vic and Circuit BMX, Tonys Bikes, Fat Trax, Daily Grind, Dick Maul’s, and Eastern Border. We really didn’t know which state we were in at any given time, but we showed up on time and road the shit out of everything in our way. Huge Thanks to Tony Malouf, he kept the crew raging day and night and the video will prove it. Sweet chilling with you. -Chad D Read more…
