LostBMX

The Chill Out is a yearly event at Skatepark Westblaak in Rotterdam. Although this event still needs to grow and the mc was really silent we still dropped a good show!

After having a lot of good comments about my seat, I thought it was usefull to make an propper "How-To" costumize your Macneil S.L. seat (or any brand with this type of seats).

I have my seat 8 months now and it's still in perfect shape, only a little bit sliden because of the backwheel tricks. With this seat you will have a hell lot more space! And, it's soft, not hard like the KHE Watanabe so no more hammeriods. With some modification it has the perfect hold too. Here is how to make one yourself!


Supply list:
- Screwdriver
- Saw
- Scissor
- Staple Pistol
- Dremel/Drill

Step 1:
Leave the seat on the bike, just put the bike upside down. Remove the plastic peace first, and then remove the staples. After you have done that, remove the leather kindly all the way to the back. Then, you take a saw and cut it before the first rail.


Step 2:
For this part you need a "Dremel" or a drill with the right part. I use a sandpaper tool to remove the first rail of the seat. This is for better holding. But you have to be gentel that you don't remove to mutch.


Step 3

This is to give it a nice finnish up! You use the "Dremel" again with the sandpaper tool to make the nose nice and round. After that you flip over the leather and thight it with the "Staple Pistol". Then you cut of the extra leather and your seat is ready to be used!


It's going to cost you around 30 min with the right tools but its totally worth it! I wish you good luck. Oh and know im not responsible for if anything goes wrong ;)

Two months ago this was shot, it is an episode of the famous Dutch quiz called "Hoe?Zo!".

This time the location of Streetmasters was Amsterdam, a day we all have been waiting for! With a perfect location at the Museamsquare, in the center of Amsterdam and perfect weather the day couldn't go wrong!



Nine riders entered the competition, which is a lot for Holland so that was cool. We made pools and I ended up against our LostBmx member Erik Hogers. Sietse van Berkel was competing for the 3e place against my brother and crew member Bodean Maarsen.





There was a good crowd and Hoite Polkamp was on the mic, so everything went perfect! The battle against Erik was fun, we started out with a real battle to see who of us could do which trick. Erik wasn't pulling his bunny whips, maybe he was still traumatised from his crash. But later on I dropped some links, not all of them were clean since everything went so fast and I had no time to rest.


I heard the judges had some discussions about who should have won, but in the end I won again!

The results were:

1. Dez Maarsen (Me)
2. Erik Hogers (LostBmx)
3. Sietse van Berkel
4. Bodean Maarsen (LostBmx)



Bram also made a small report at Dutchflatland, check it out!

Not mutch flatland but great video of what was going down!

Last Saturday Streetmasters was held in Dordrecht! They have a pretty nice skatepark which is build under a bridge that works as an elevator! It's pretty weird to see! Six riders showed up to compete and there were three judges, so we had good session! The vibe was really 'ghetto' but that was what made it really cool!


A few crackheads were going totally nuts during the final battle, it was really funny. Hope someone made a picture of them! Everything went very well! But I had nasty crash, so my arm is pretty scarred:(


The results were:

1. Dez Maarsen (Me)
2. Sietse van Berkel
3. Michael van der Kroft

Video will follow later!

Next week Streetmasters in Amsterdam! Looking forward to this one! Great location and great vibe!

This year, there will be a flatland contest at Breakfest. So be sure that you will be there! I will also be there with Ish to do some shows.