Hey everyone and welcome back to BMX news
This is a weekly BMX news show where I talk about
Everything that happened in the previous week within the world of BMX that I think you might care about with that being said
Let's jump right on into the news. The first thing we have to talk about this week is news. Not just within
BMX but within bicycles in general and even
might make the mainstream news if it hasn't already and that is that there were some tariffs approved on bikes and bike parts that are
imported from China to the effect of a
25% increase on the currently existing numbers that will go into effect
January 1st, 2019
there's going to be a 10% increase in the time between now and then so what this means is that
Companies that have parts that are made over in China are going to have to pay
25% more when importing these parts or
Bicycles from China to the US and an important thing to note here. Is that these tariffs only affect
China and not Taiwan, this is something that I haven't seen anyone really talking about with in BMX
everyone is freaking out as if every single thing that is made overseas is going to be taxed which
May end up being the case, but we're not there yet
I'm not 100% sure or completely educated on what specific parts are made in China
versus what's made in Taiwan, but I do know that there are a lot of frames and bars and
steel parts that are made in Taiwan
mainly the more expensive big-ticket items are made in Taiwan versus China which makes things like bearings and
Pedals and tires and things of that nature that are naturally less
Expensive so that might lead you to believe that these tariffs might not affect the big ticket items like frames Forks bars
wheels and things of that nature
But with that being said no matter what is produced in China versus Taiwan
We still could be affected as the consumers
Because with increased tariffs on products coming from China other bike and parts
Manufacturers may look to relocate their business to Taiwan which isn't being affected by these
tariffs which could incite a bidding war between the
Existing manufacturers that are already there and the ones that are looking to expand or relocate
There which could in turn affect our prices over here
Even though the tariffs aren't being implemented on Taiwan itself. Honestly, it's impossible to say for sure
What's going to come next but what we can say for sure as that change is probably coming and with a perspective
bidding war between
companies trying to relocate to Taiwan and existing companies in Taiwan and
the approved higher tariffs on Chinese imports
We are definitely going to see something happen and costs can only rise so far before
Companies look at the potential to relocate
Entirely to the US or somewhere else for their manufacturing
I would personally like to see companies move back to the US but now it almost certainly mean a price hike for the
Consumer at least to the level that we see currently with US
manufactured bikes and bike parts
And with that being said the raw material prices in the US have seen an increase
Another thing to note here is while yes
Us-based BMX manufacturing companies aren't going to have to worry as much
About this tariff increase they still are being affected by rising raw
material prices and they most certainly are going to be affected because I think the entire industry of BMX in
General when it comes to bikes and bike parts is going to be affected by this
unless you're someone like
profile who does everything in state in house as much as they possibly can and
Doesn't rely on the outside world of China Taiwan or anything like that
Or any of their parts when they can help it
So it's extremely unlikely that we won't see some sort of price increase across the board when it comes to BMX
but either way what comes next and how this plays out will be very
Interesting to see we can only hope that companies find a way to pass this on
Evenly between the companies the manufacturers the consumers and the bike shops
And they don't just pass this on and put the higher tariffs to the consumers and the bike shops and make us pay
Everything so that they don't see a decrease in their profits
hopefully they can find a solution that works and distributes all of these higher costs to everyone and
Only time will tell and with that being said you've got to keep in mind that definitively complete and reliable
Information about this is still scarce because these tariffs were only approved this week
So there's not a ton of information out there the bicycle industry isn't exactly the most
Important thing in the world to everyone else. So with time we will have more information and more accurate information
We really haven't seen anyone within BMX talking outwardly in a video about this yet
and it's kind of super important which is why I wanted to talk about it first in this news video because honestly,
This is the biggest piece of news that we could possibly talk about within the world of BMX this week
And with that I talked about this for a very long time so I slimmed down the rest of the news video
I also have something else that I'm going to be deep diving in so I didn't want to make this video 20 minutes long
So let's move into the next parts of the normal BMX news that we talked about
First thing is contest in jams. We had a video behind the scenes from Austin Oggy at the Battle of Hastings
It's a 20 minute long video that shows a ton of stuff that you probably haven't seen from the Battle of Hastings
So check that one out
There's another video from ride called what makes the Battle of Hastings so great
And this one features a ton of people that work at the Battle of Hastings
Talking about and answering the question what makes Battle of Hastings so great. So with this video asking a few very
Recognizable people what makes the valve Hastings so great
there are a lot of
Similar answers which you can definitely see if you've been following any of the content from the Battle of Hastings
And I want to take this opportunity to say why I think the Battle of Hastings is so great
I personally think that this is another one of those
Mecca's for BMX like roots jam or the baked oak contest only it's over in the UK
So it gives an entirely different
demographic of people an opportunity to have
Access to these people who they otherwise would not have ever had a chance to be around without the Battle of Hastings
Because it brings so many people so many prevalent people within BMX all into one place
for one purpose and it's not some X Games feast style contest where they have to be very
Structured and I feel like you just don't have access to the people in the contest the same way you do at Battle of Hastings
And it's just one of those things that brings so many people together the way that all of these
highlights throughout the years of BMX have like the roots jams or baked OU or today's
Swamp fest or Texas toast and I love that
it gives people on the other side of the world an opportunity to experience these things the way that
Previously could only really happen in the US for the most part
I know there were a lot of contests and jams happen overseas
but nothing quite as big or monumental as the Battle of Hastings and with that being said
another aspect to this is that
people like Dave of Sato and Matt
behringer can be involved in this contest in a way that they just couldn't be involved with something like
Feasts or X Games because with the way that the Battle of Hastings is organised
It just works in a way that it couldn't add these other types of contests. Hopefully as time goes on these events
Keep happening in BMX grows to a point that it can
Justify putting down the time and the money that it takes to make these events
Happen more often and maybe even have a US and UK version of the Battle of Hastings
And that's what I think makes bowell Hastings. So great
And now you can see why we're going to be doing a slimmed down version for the rest of this BMX news video
Compared to previous BMX news videos, so let's keep going
We've got a battle Clips video from ride BMX from the Battle of Hastings
We've got a course preview with Tyler fer nego from the Vans BMX Pro Cup 2018 in
Malaga Spain and then we have a day 2 video from ride BMX
from that same van's
BMX Pro Tour in Malaga Spain and that brings us to the videos from this week
the first one that I want to talk about in the video that is at the top of my
Must-watch video list from this week is a video with Kubo brouk. Hopefully I said that right and it's called. Goodbye
Brno for Nia or BR
No.4 Nia, this is seriously my favorite video of the week within the first 20 seconds
this dude does a running man and a cross footed 180 and gets out of it to go back to normal and
Continuous line. There's just something about videos where people are
100%
Themselves that I love so much and that's so obvious that this is what this video is
This guy has a style all of his own but he also mixes in some super tech
grinds with this video and all in all
This video is one
You just have to watch in the last clip and this one is a fakie wall ride to double peg on a quarter
I'm gonna explain that to you because I feel like it's really hard to understand just saying it the guy was riding along a deck
Of a quarter hit a wall ride straight up and down like he was on flat ground
Then instead of going to fakie on the deck of the quarter
He did it so that when he dropped back straight down
He landed in a double peg stall on a quarter pipe complete insanity
Watch the video after that we've got one called hogs abroad. This is an
extremely well-put-together trip video that features BMX and skate and just
adventuring in general then
We've got a how-to 360 with Brandon Lu posts and a how to do a pegs over
Hard 180 with grant casts to lose Oh from Madeira
This one hopefully will let me learn this trick a little bit more
Consistently and on a flat rail rather than just an up rail
And after that we've got Curtis Cantwell's arch crash video. This is one that I would say
just don't watch if you don't react well to crash videos because honestly the aftermath of the crash itself is
100 times worse than
Just watching the crash. It's
completely
Terrible to watch honestly, I didn't like it
I skipped through it because it's just kind of hard to watch but it's awesome to see that he had such good
Friends with him and I presume that he was okay because this was uploaded to his YouTube channel
Alongside other riding videos and that's the last video that I want to talk in depth about this week
So let's go right on through and list the rest of the videos that I thought were worth watching
The first one is from Jaime Gonzales, and it's called 720 by 576
Then we've got one from Matias Dan Gua called lineup and it's from red bull
then we had a fellow bikes Atlanta trip a video called rail Slayer featuring Martin swaboda from junk ride and
BSD a new day featuring Stephen Hamilton, and then the entire
BSD
Transmission DVD was uploaded to YouTube as a whole we had a couple bike checks to talk about this week
The first one is Jake C. Lee's unpacking bike check
This is kind of less of a bike check and more of just a conversation
About his bike while he takes it out of a bike bag and puts it back together
He doesn't exactly list all of the parts that he has then we've got a bike check from SNM from ever peacock
This is the guy who won the high in best whip contest at posh trails that we talked about last week
He won both hi air and best whip
So you definitely want to check him out if you like trails after that
We had an Anthony Perrin fall 2018 bike check from federal and that brings us right on into the products from this week
The first one is that Sunday's fall?
2018 apparel was dropped and then another video from Sunday featuring Alex semen and a promotional video for his
2019 Sunday complete
forecaster bike if you needed any sort of proof that sunday completes are built to take the level of abuse that a pro can throw
At them this video does it for you Alec does a couple technical?
Grinds starting out with a double peg to downside whip to fakie on a real rail and then ends it with a gigantic
360 this bike is just under five hundred dollars and just like the sunday
aaron
Ross forecasts are complete that we talked about last week and that it comes with an integrated a headset mid bottom bracket
Sealed hubs and an odyssey clutch free coaster rear wheel after that
We've got another complete bike promo video this time for Joe Battaglia
's signature Park fit complete bike
This is another one that I'm super pumped on because I love when complete bikes are built for a specific purpose
Just like this bike with a gyro brakes and no pegs
Which is perfect for Joe's riding in a great representation
and he is a perfect person to have a signature bike made like this one and
The promo video is just under a minute long and features some classic Joe Battaglia riding that you all know and love after that
We've got a huge write up with tons of videos in writing about the weave the people
2019 completes that's over on ride BMX
Comm there's a write-up in a video for every single complete bike that we the people has
So check that one out if you're in the market for a weave the people complete 20:19 bike
My voice is disappearing. Good thing. We only have one other thing to talk about and that is an interview
It's the robot podcast from kyle carlson who Vital BMX this time
It's with Justin Cosman
So if you want to check that one out
It's in a link in the description below as well as links to
everything else that I've talked about today in the
Order that it was talked about and one thing I forgot to mention at the end of talking about the tariff stuff at the beginning
Of the video is that I've included a link in the description
To a list of products that are included in this tariff
So check that out if you care and let's have a conversation in the comments down below
About anything from the news video this week or just in general with BMX in the news
That you guys care about so with that being said that's gonna wrap up this week's BMX news video. I hope you enjoyed it
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