My bad...I guess the guy was in need of a proper set of tools. Good on ya Danny for seeking out the sponsors that will do you the most good. Oh, and an I was few beers in when I posted that comment, and feelin a little punchy.

Am I really supposed to believe that Danny has been pulling the sh*t he does these last few years with his bike in a constant state of disrepair because he never had any "real" tools? What a load of crap.

Hmm. This is stepping up to be a great team and all, but I still have trouble dealing with the fact that GT and all the other companies collected by Pacific are just funneling our money into China. Back in the day, GT was a grassroots team, with all the owners, designers, and company based out of So-Cal. I lusted after a GT Zaskar when I was in college....all that ball burnished, triple-triangled, MADE IN THE USA goodness. GT is, sadly, a mere shadow of what it was...really only a name, a couple of designers left from the old days, and a giant Wallyworld based conglomerate sucking up all the profits and shooting them overseas. Even if they manage to collect up all of the best pros in the world and take every podium from here to eternity, I would still rather my hard earned scratch go to a smaller company, run by real riders, who reflect and stand by the lifestyle I live. Keep it in the family.

I respectfully disagree, Brad. Plenty of people are still happily, and capably, riding "whatever the mountain throws at us". Just because the mountain is less littered with often sketchy, needless, and mostly illegal wooden stunt features, doesn't mean we have downgraded to "lift jockeys" as as a whole. Flow is something most riders strive to obtain. It's the end result of skills, speed, grace, and fitness , all coming together at the right moment. Don't get me wrong, I still love to see, and ride, the occasional wooden feature that skips me across a gully, or over a section of un-ridable muck, but for the most part I'm happy to say that that I'm glad the gratuitous 2x4s in the woods have been replaced by thoughtful, natural building. I only see the collective skill set of riders moving upward, even if the style has changed somewhat.

Nice old skool vid...That style of riding and building really takes me back. I know it was only a few years ago, but things have progressed so much it seems like a different age. There was a real cool vibe to that type of feature riding...definitely the golden age of freeride. Think I'll go stick in my copy of Freewheel Burning and soak up some memories.

Holy crap... I remember when you couldn't jump.. Or even spell BMX. Good on ya kid!