Tune in this (Saturday February 6th) to watch me ride LIVE in my backyard! This will be my first ever live session so you don’t want to miss it. I even have a couple tricks that I have not pulled yet that I want to try for you! The show will start at 12PM Pacific standard time. Just CLICK HERE to start watching me ride live!
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On Monday February 8th sometime in the afternoon I will twitter 3 questions about myself. The first person that answer’s the questions correctly will receive a ton of prizes from Dan’s Comp Including
2 Dans Deluxe tubes
1 pr Dans rim strips
1 Dans air pump
1 pro tool kit
1 Dans multi allen tool
3 Dans shirts
1pr Dans socks
1 Dans cinch bag
1pr Dans headphones
rules are:
:Must be a Terry Adams Follower on Twitter
:First one to Answer all 3 questions 1st wins
Click here and go follow me now!
Well the contest is over and it was blast. I ended up sneaking my way into the Finals after my brake locked up in Prelims. I managed to pull a couple of tricks and was stoked to be apart of the finals. At first I was told I was battling Matthias with the bracket system because he qualified 1st and I qualified 8th.. Right before the contest started I was then told I qualified 7th and would be battling Matt Wilhelm. When the finals started Matthias was the first battle with Moto from Japan. It was a crazy battle because Moto rode so well that he beat my young french friend. It was wild because I have never watched Matthias loose a battle so early in a competition. I was the second battle and thought I had a great chance of beating Matt for the first battle, But I must admit.. he was on fire! He beat me hands down. Congrats boy! He wound up winning every battle after me and taking the win for the entire contest!
The Finals had a packed crowd and the energy was super high! It was rad to apart of the contest for sure! Congrats to James Newton, Jake Jackson, & Alan Young for putting on an amazing flatland contest!
Me in the finals busting my signature from 2005 the Katrina
Interview with Fuel TV about the event!
Always nice to sign some shirts for my Fans!
Congrats to Matt Wilhelm for killing it!
I arrived in Indianapolis on Thursday for the Red Bull fight with Flight contest. This year this event is going to be awesome. So many great riders showed up and everything looks very well organized as well. Yesterday me and my great friend & Red Bull team mate Matthias Dandois went to School and performed for a bunch of middle school kids. They were stoked! After the demo I spent the entire day filming an edit with Matt Wilhem for Dans comp, Shooting photos & videos for Red Bull and then of-course the pre-jam was also going on at the contest location. I counted like 70 riders busting out! I am very stoked to see a turn-out like this in the USA. Flat is back! The contest is today so I am headed to venue!
I am Austin, Texas right now filming a web edit with Aaron Ross. This is something I have been wanting to do for over 2 years now. Can’t wait until this edit drops! Its going to be awesome..
Transworld BMX just did an exclusive video of my Crib. Please enjoy.. Pretty funny stuff. Click here
I just returned from Buffalo a couple days ago where I finished off 2009 with some wild Red Bull demos. The first set of demos where located in a ball room with a formal dinner to follow. It was pretty rad to ride in a setting where everyone was dressed to impress. After the ball room shows we headed over to Buffalo’s hottest club..(PURE).. riding, drinks, girls, dancing and fun followed the night!
The club was packed! Just enough room for me to ride! A ton of booty popin went down on that floor before & after I rode. It was pretty much insane. The ladies in Buffalo like to get low!
The night ended with me arm wrestling this random guy for his VIP section. I lost the battle as well as the spot. On the way back to the hotel I dropped my cell phone at a rest stop in the snowy/muddy parkenlot. Luckily Josh from RB was nice enough to bring me back to retrieve my phone. Sorry for peeing on your truck homie! See you guys in 2010!!
I will be performing in Buffalo NY next week. If you happen to live out that.. Come check me out.
Go enter to win a full Flatware parts kit over at www.dans360.com/contests.html
Only 2 days left!!
My film Dreams filmed & edited by Mickey Gaidos was accepted to the “big easy film festival” in New Orleans and will be playing at the Canal Place Theatre on November 14th at 10pm… Hope to see you there!
My film “Dreams” that was filmed and edited by Mickey Gaidos has been accepted to “The Big Easy Film Festival” in New Orleans ! The film will play at the Canal Place theaters on November 14th at 10 pm. Tickets can be purchased at the door for 16$ or you can buy them in advance from their website. http://www.BigEasyFilmFestivals.com/schedule.html
If you are interested in coming and have any questions about the showing please contact me by e-mail.
See you there!
(Red Carpet)
This past week has been so wild.. I attended a special Red Bull party in New Orleans for Reggie Bush “formal NFL Saints player. It was super rad to walk the Red Carpet with him and the other Red Bull Athletes. Red Bull mixing their action sports guys with the main stream athletes!
(Fans)
After parting it up in New Orleans I ended up in Virginia Beach doing some demos for Red Bull at one of their accounts that was located on an army base. I ended up meeting some really cool folks and was able to hand out some Terry Adams Raising Canes T-shirts in between the shows.
In the mix of all the crazy fun this week I also put in an offer on another investment home that is a couple miles from my house. I just found out the offer was accepted so I am pretty excited. My good friend Justin Miller and riding buddy will be coming out from Saginaw, Michigan to work on the house to get it rent ready. Maybe he will bring his bike and we can get in some sessions. If so… You know I will keep you posted!
Last week my Props interview aired on Fuel T.V. a couple times a day. Pretty stoked to get some T.V. coverage for sure!
I also just appeared on “The Big Big BMX show” on Vital BMX. I have a small interview with a couple tricks over i-chat as well! Head over to Vital to check it out.
Today I appeared on the Ellen Degeneres show. Here are a couple photos to check out from the short but very memorable moment of my career.
A little nervous but I held it together. :)
A dream come true!
I will be riding on the Ellen Degeneres show this Monday October 12th! Make sure to check your TV listings for times. I have wanted to be on the Ellen show for at least 4 years! This was a dream come true! Please don’t forget to tune in!
Today my boy Mickey Gaidos came over for a session at my home spot. Mickey is a big reason I began riding flatland and I owe a ton of thanks to him for that. I met Mickey when I was 12 years old and since that day we have been obsessed with riding with each other for so many reasons. I could blab for days about why we love riding with each other. The obvious reason is that we know that flatland has brought us together. It’s very crazy to think that because of a 20 inch bike you can find a life long friend. That is exactly what happened with me and Mickey. We both know that we owe thanks to flatland for our awesome friendship and it shows in every session we have. We have had so many memorable sessions through-out our friendship. We will roll out “anytime” of “anyday” to meet up and ride. That is how it has always been and always will be. We have ridden and watched the sun rise, ridden when we were too tired to walk, and the best sessions were when we rode
and then talked about our love for flatland.
Mickey is by far one of the most talented riders on the planet. I have always admired his love for flatland because he seemed to be driven by the challenge of the trick. I have watched him pull more tricks than I will ever learn. He will learn a trick simply to get feeling of pulling something new. I am pretty sure he is addicted to that feeling and that is the reason he is the the most progressive rider I will ever know. I wanted to throw him a special thanks in this post for all times he rolled out to share that beautiful feeling of flatland with me. Most importantly I wanted to thank him for all the years of motivation and all the years of friendship. When the session calls….. We will be there…. Until the end….
Go to invictawatch.com and check out their new online catalog! You might even come across a hard copy somewhere. I have 2 photos in their new catalog so I am stoked for sure! The watches are pretty tight too! go to the site and check em out!
Riding in the office!
I flew into Chicago last night because Redbull was throwing a party at their new office. I spent the day hanging out, doing a little flatland, and shooting some photos for a local Chicago magazine. It was yet again another fun trip on list for 2009. Right now I am chilling in my hotel starting to pack for my 7:00 a.m flight that heads back to Louisiana.. ahhh.. Gotta get some sleep tonight!
Sorry for the late update but I have been on a really crazy schedule traveling all over the midwest doing a ton of College tours for Red Bull. It has been a month jammed packed with with nothing but traveling but I have been loving every second of it. Since it would take forever to talk about every trip I am going to talk about my favorite one so far. I just did some demos around Detroit, Michigan yesterday and then I had Justin Miller take about a 2 hour drive to come pick me up so I could spend some time with him and his family back in the good ol’ town of Saginaw. Now this was a very special trip for me for many reasons. I have traveled all over the world with Justin and It was always a dream of mine to see his home town and visit his family. I also had a dream of riding with him at his personal riding spot. I also just purchased an investment house in his home town so it was really awesome to check it out before it gets rented out. Thanks to Justin & Cris for showing me around the Nasty! I love you guys!
Me Justin and Cris at their riding spot
Justins new mower for his growing company Bilt Tuff!
Justin has not rode since April and almost pulled this crazy new trick! You will have to wait to see it in person!He is the best in the world for sure!
My new home in Saginaw that Justin help me pick out!
I landed a 3rd cover of the back 2 school Dans Comp catalog’s! That is 3 covers in less than 2 months. I am super stoked!
The collection of my Dan’s Covers!
I will be a Judge for Ground Tactic’s online flatland contest! Read more about this contest on their website.
http://www.ground-tactics.com/
My riding buddy and long term friend Joweee came over this morning for a session on my back yard spot. I have been pretty stoked on all the traffic my practice pad has been getting. Even more stoked that the sessions have been amazing.
Jowee busting a no handed wheel chair with his white chicken legs attached! Thanks for rolling out Jowee! I had a blast! Oh yeah.. Nice shorts !
Well.. The contest for this year are basically over. So today I went out for a different kind of session. A progression session. I will be the first to admit that spending all these years making sure my tricks are dialed for contest has sometimes put a damper on on the progression side of my riding. I would also like to say that I have really enjoyed the training it took to stay consistent in contest as well. Not too mention riding has just always felt better to me if I was able to pull all my tricks 90% of the time and not worry so much about learning this everything under the sun. Of-course that was my personal choice and its not for every rider.
Anyway… That is not what this story is about.. It is about the feeling I received from today’s riding session. Yesterday I went out with the intention of learning something new, fresh, & original. About 15 minutes into the session I found myself flat on back with a bruised knot on my arm the size of a tennis ball. I was very frustrated to say the least. I decided to cancel the session and wait until today to continue my mission of a new trick, switch, or whatever.
Last night I was laying in bed around 11:30 thinking of a possible trick. The crazy part about this is, I was doing to same thing when I was 11 years old. Laying in bed dreaming of what tricks I could try when the sun came up. Last night I smile came to face for 2 reasons. The first reason is because I realized how long flatland has consumed my life and how I am very proud of that. The second reason I smiled is because I thought of a trick that I might be able to do. The trick is not even worth mentioning because it was not some big original banger that was going to impress everyone. It was a simple trick that I somehow thought I would have the skill to do. It was actually kind of difficult to get to sleep. I wanted to try it!
It is sometimes more difficult for me to think of a new trick then to actually learn it. I guess doing the same contest combos all year long also puts a damper on my creative thinking.
So today I went out for the session and of course the first trick I attempted was the one that was on my mind. After about 10 tries it was mine. Not just mine because I am sure over a 1,000 people can do it. But you know what I mean. I learned it just from a thought in my head. It gave me the same feelings I had at age 13 when I learned a new position on my bike. Pedaling around in my backyard I started to think……. That was such an incredible feeling and even more incredible that I have had that feeling from flatland countless times over the course of 15 years! I hope I get that same feeling many more times to come. I am so thankful for this life and so thankful that I found something as special as flatland.