Sorry, will be gone for awhile
I truely apologize for the overload of BMX in these posts, but sometimes I get excited. Specially since I am running a company now. But as you know, I can’t forget the Deco. roots. I will be out of town for bit. Going to Korea then Taiwan. Doing some riding, some judging, then some sightseeing. Didn’t want you to think I was getting soft. So here you go. Enjoy these pics cause I won’t be doing a post for a week. Holla holla holla.
Don’t forget to follow me on my twitter and on Facebook. Will be updating those two suckas while I am gone.
Supporters
If you don’t know Kerry Gatt, watch the edit below. Long time Baco Boy now residing on the West coast living it up. He moved over here from New Zealand and we instantly got him in Baco 6. This kid has history with Baco. I could go on and on about Kerry and his style that changed flatland and made people open their eyes.
Good to have ya rocking some gear. Thanks.
To read more about the Baco history, CLICK HERE. 23mag.com does an amazing job and keeping current the timeline.
To get the FuBars, Logo Grips, and FlexFit hat that Kerry is wearing, click HERE
Gatt also has a few clips in Baco 9. I don’t have any other Baco’ online, otherwise I would post them…
Baco 9 from bmxmdb.com on Vimeo.
Chad DeGroot hang 5 spins for DECO.
We got this clip before we were told to turn off the camera.
I really wanted to come in with a 540 pivot to fakie to slider, but the man wasn’t having it. It will happen.
Rules are rules. I will be back to conquer this front wheel boogie. Some kid told me it looked like I was figure skating when I did that link. Fucking kids say some shit huh?
Maybe I’ll just put it in Baco 11.
Chad DeGroot hang 5 spins for DECO. from Chad DeGroot/Deco. on Vimeo.
Black people have more fun
I hate to do this to you, but trust me on this.
Watch the first video, shit your pants.
Then watch the 2nd video.
It really doesn’t get better than this.
Trust me.
Beotch.
Beeeotch.
DEATHCULTSUNSHINESTEW interview with Chad DeGroot
Mike Meister has a blog and its pretty entertaining to say the least. We have been going back and forth a lot lately and he decided to interview me for his site. He mentions starting bmx when we had Baco 8 video hitting the world. There are a lot of people who grew up on the Baco series, and we all have our favorites. I personally love #6, but each one has good ass memories.
Now I am babbling, so before I start writing some weird shit, CLICK HERE to read about what Mike really wanted to know about me….
How was DECO Days? Looked like a good turn out. funny about all the haters fuckin’ up your steaze mang…
Anyway. I would like to start the interview with this…
Chad Degroot- Describe yourself in 7-15 words.Thought we started already with the last email?
Shit, that was good, will start over if you want.
Thanks again for the interview Mike…
Fubar 2
Check out the write up on Fubar 2. Why do they need to even talk about it, its a done deal, see it.
The original site for the first movie is pretty epic as well.
Here is a sneak peak of Fubar 2 so fucking good…watched this shit 5 times already.
I hate laughing, fuck. Shit sucks.
Mike Meister interviewed me, its pretty good, thanks Mike. Click here to read on…
Site of the day
This site might keep you busy for more than a day.
It pretty much could keep me busy for a few weeks.
Holy shit.
Here are a few pics and links, but there are too many to just point out a few…so go for it.
Mat Olson was nice enough to have this on his new blog. Go slayer.
Deco. sponsoring Hardcore Sportz street jam
I went on a trip a few years back to Tallahassee to film and ride with some friends. We all were having a great time till one day I went into the bathroom at the hotel we were at and there it was. Excessive amounts of toilet paper perfectly forming what birds do to make a NEST. Making a nest should be familiar to most people who travel. I have done them here and there. But this was a first. A nest in our very own hotel room. Come on. Who did it? Who did it? No one fessed up. It came down to either Tony Malouf or Karl. Then Tony was ruled out. So who does that leave you with? You do the math. To this day, he still won’t admit guilt for the now famous NEST. Its time to come clean Karl. So if your at this jam he is holding and Deco. is sponsoring, ask him why.
Hardcore Sportz is an authorized Deco. dealer. Holla.
Humpty dance and peach fuzz
Slow day today. Found this pic from the trip out to JOMO pro. Saw digital undergrounds singer doing the humpty dance with that nose…anyone follow me?
Pretty sure that is Brumlow telling him his best black jokes.
Check out Scott Powell in the for ground wishing he could do the humpty dance and not get beat by me on his bike in a flatland contest in Hawaii.
Get to know Mat Olson + buy a hippy shirt
I don’t want to spoil the whole interview here.
So you have to click.
Go to FatBMX.com
Woops, here is one fucked up invert pic…
Hell yes…
Also, we did a run of some tye dye shirts Deco style
Limited run of Deco Tye Dye tees, everyone is different…get one today HERE
Deco day at Mr. B’s
Thanks to everyone who stopped by to check out Mr. B’s and Deco Day.
Big thanks to Red Bull and the catering crew, namely Pam and Tom.
Hope everyone had a great time. The cops only stopped by 3 times, no one got hurt, and everyone had a full belly with either beer or food.
One kid bought a ton of wax and was eating it. He kept coming up buying wax. Then his gums started bleeding so we had to cut him off. Parents need to feed their kids. (note, there was free food all day, but wax might tasted better)
Everyone in our plaza officially hates us and wants us gone. They are old smelly people who can suck it. I would rather suck a turd than be nice to fuckers that hate on what we do.
Thanks again everyone…holla holla and fuck off to the haters in our plaza and the city of longwood for not helping with the city skatepark.
Mike Meister new edit from Solid
Mike is good.
Mike is great. Check out his blog HERE, its some good reading and pics. Always updated.
Here is an edit from Solid. Mike can do a skid and make it look good. Actually he does more than a few in this. My favorite is the multiple pedal curved wall.
Deco. represent. If you want the yellow shirt Mike is wearing, check it out here and pick one up.
Mike Meister Solid Bikes Edit from Dustin Arp on Vimeo.
Big in Bavaria Vol II – Official Highlight Clip …
Our distributor AllRide in Germany sent us over this vid from
Big in Bavaria Vol II – Official Highlight Clip ..
If you attended you know it was nuts. If your in Europe and need some Deco. gear…holla at them HERE
Or see more pics and highlight from the dirt comp and trade show HERE
Tom Villarreal Bike Check
Tom put together this with Josh Shaw, one sweet ass bike check.
Filmed in the rain.
Filmed on the streets.
Up in smoke.
Here it is…keep it real.
Tom Villarreal Deco. bike check from Chad DeGroot/Deco. on Vimeo.
The shirt Tom is wearing is available HERE
All the Deco. parts are available HERE
Check out Tom’s new pics HERE
Front wheel boogie + MEAT + NEW trucker hats + more…
My #1 employee helped take this pic below. When I posted it on Flikr and Twitter a lot of response was do I still ride flatland. Or as some people call it “flizzzzatland.”
I do ride as much as I can. Some times it isn’t possible to ride. So when I do it is as sweet as it was years ago. Never a bad time, unless my bike fucks up.
The flatland version is coming soon. Samples are done and some are being ridden. So expect them hopefully sooner than later.
If you want to get a fresh new trucker hat, click here and one will be sent your way…thanks.
This is amazing and we are going to session these asap. What a great concept.
The hats are in…new design this time…Holla at one of these.
Buy dem truckers hats n shit HERE shipped right to your house or trailer
Site of the day
Pretty sure I posted this already.
But why not take another look.
It’s called Synthetic Pubes.
Perfect name.
Here you go.
The site of the day is…
Tom and Chad in Gainesville
Madera needed a poster pic of Tom, so we decided to head up to Gainsville, Florida to sesh the campus, city, and the new local free cement park.
Your going to have to wait for the poster to come out, but till then, here are a few pics of Tom trying to kiss an old man. They were both talking about doing a 90 year old lady…wild conversation for sure.
“Hey Tom, what you been up to?” “Nothing, working at a surf shop on the beach”
“Hey Chad, are you going to interview Jason Levy?” “Ffffffuck yes. He is nuts, I am on that shit for sure. Will get that on Deco asap”
Coming soon, Jason Levy interview, Tom V bike check video, Mat Olson bike check, and Chad’s Deco Day.
Quick nose to nose wheelie…Hip hop on that nose
As we rolled up to the gainsville park, it poured. But Florida weather will dry that shit as fast as it comes down.
Don’t forget to check out all the new pics HERE
Tom Villarreal on Wolf Brand
Its been a bit since we have had some Tom news. Here it is.
Mulville likes to lick sass off his fingers, put the sass down Mark.
Wolf Brand (Mark Mulville’s clothing company) decided to pick up Tom for the team. Mark talks a bit about the brand and what is up HERE
I heard one of the requirements of being on Wolf Brand is you have to eat a lot of sass and lick your fingers uncontrollably.
Don’t tell Mark, but I am starting my clothing company called “Woof Brand” with dogs as the logo.
SC profile trip
There are a lot of pics on this post. Some of you might like that, most won’t.
When your on the road, you find the weird shit amusing.
We all had a lot of time on our hands, so we kept using our phone app called Pano. No, no Porno, PANO.
Porno doesn’t need an app I don’t think. Does it?
Thanks to Matt, Profile, and Danny for a sweet trip.
This first pic is funny. I needed a bed to sleep on, so an easy cheap way was to get a blow up mattress. This one was easy cause the girl on it is hot…
If your on Twitter, hit me up CHADBACOMESH. There is a tab that lets you see nearby tweets in your area. This is some girl in our neighborhood who posts nudes a lot…
This guy fell asleep playing that game Kobudo or some shit. Passed out…gotta love business.
This is the #1 pic of the trip. Jeff K gave me this and said “doesn’t this look like Tony Malouf?”
Would you?
The house we stayed at was sweet minus the dog shit…this ramp was out back…pretty nice.
This was the crew. Jeff K’s head is real thin, Matt’s neck is real thin, larry is looking the wrong way, and myself…shit, just tough.
Dogs killed the house everyday. Ate everything and shit everywhere.
Jeff would not stop eating cheese…his quote “I am from wisconsin”
Not sure what is going on here. The party was mostly inside, but and easy way to get outside was through the window.
Danny, thanks for letting us stay…
More dog shit.
I love expired sandals, specially when cigs garnish them.
Dogs had a session. Funny thing was they only ate carpet and fake plants to produce this mess.
The shit was everywhere. Was almost a common thing each day. We had to wear shoes at all times in the house.
The culprit
More cheese.
Pano of the ramp.
Pano in the van 360 degree shot
This spot was sweet. Bank to shit pipe.
Mark with sass
Not sure what Mark is doing here.
The last night the dogs got loose and tore up the upstairs then shit some more.
This is what the stores look like in SC, 40 heaven
On acid at the airport
The future?
Mat Olson…son
Mat Olson (that is how you spell it I swear) has been added to the Deco. team recently. For those who don’t know him, click on the 3rd video below and find out a little something something about Mat and how he rolls with the Colorado crew. The other two vids are just some amazing riding.
More news coming soon.
Welcome Mat…
Matt Olson Bio “SHORT” from Alex Raban on Vimeo.
Matt Olson Bio “Natural Born Killer” from Alex Raban on Vimeo.
Tony Mortenson down
The first I heard of Tony was while we were filming for Baco 10. Freimuth told me about some dude in Minnesota who could spin anything. He also can puke on command. Both will take you far in our sport. He had pretty much one of best sections in Baco 10. If you have a chance, take another look. We all wish him the best on his speedy recovery. -Chad DeGroot and the Florida crew
Tony crashed real bad at the trails on monday.. fractured his skull in a few places.
he had emergency surgery and he’s doing really well despite the severity of the injury..
he has no insurance and I’m organizing this jam to help him out with the upcoming bills.
I also applied for for the ARF athletes recovery fund on his behalf.
it’s a shitty situation for him already.. he shouldn’t stress about bills…
here is the flier so far…
Todd Johnson
-Declare Peace.
CLICK HERE to see Tony after his operation and also take a peek at a trailer for Baco and his youtube video…all a must see…
If your a little squeemish, don’t click on the link above. Its pretty serious. Get better little buddy.
On a lighter note, Deco. is now available at Hardcore Sportz.
Karl has a sweet shop and an online store…holla at him and ask him about the famous “Nest”
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Today’s post is pretty simple.
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Pool pics are cool pics + Deco. day coming soon
This pool is insane. It is so big and full of possibilities. These pics, care of James Covington, are just a sample.
The pool is so big that the shallow end will never fill up with the Florida rain. So some quickrete action will be going down. Why wouldn’t it?
This first pic is a gap over the corner ladder and avoiding the crazy pole jam. Looks like I have sweet pony tail action.
This is a classic. The tranny was so tight it was hard as hell to get up der…
180 the corner ladder and fell a couple times cause the filmer didn’t get the clip. I fell on my thumb, dumb thumb now…feels real crappy.
This is a pedal hang 5 in the shallow end. Trying to avoid the animal bones everywhere. The poor fellows would fall in the pool and not get out…bones everywhere. Boners all over to.
If you care to see more pics, CLICK HERE
