2013 Wolfpack Hustle Midnight Drag Race // Event Recap

2013-09-10

2013 Wolfpack Hustle Midnight Drag Race // Event Recap

The Wolfpack Hustle Unified Title Series held its final race of the summer this past weekend on the 6th Street Bridge in Los Angeles, CA. With the LA cityscape as a scenic backdrop, hundreds of riders took over the bridge, lining up in pairs of two to battle for the coveted dog tags in the Midnight Drag Race. The event lasted long into the next morning with the aid of food trucks, plenty of Red Bull and DJ's keeping the party going. At the end, Long Beach local and close friend of the shop Edgar 'Willow' Juarez stood atop the...

Wolfpack Hustle 6th Street Drag Race // Registration Open Now!

2013-08-12

Wolfpack Hustle 6th Street Drag Race // Registration Open Now!

Registration is now open for the Wolfpack Hustle Midnight Drag Race, the last event of the 2013 Unified Title Race Series. It's all going down on September 7th at the 6th Street bridge in LA. City Grounds has been a running the athlete's zone for all of the events and will be out there in full force to support the athletes. It should be an amazing event, make sure to come watch who takes home the coveted dog tags! Some more info about the race: The Midnight Drag Race is an all out sprint race across the 6th Street Bridge...

Red Bull Ride + Style 2013 // FGFS Competition

2013-05-06

Red Bull Ride + Style 2013 // FGFS Competition

As the freestyle competitors hit the freshly painted course features, the judges knew they were in for a tough decision. Last year’s winner, Josh Boothby, was looking to land the first ever in-competition flare, a full 180 degree backflip, while riders like 2011 winner Matt Reyes were cruising the course with an uncanny consistency. A surprise to most but certainly a welcome one was seeing Zawada on the course throwing huge tuck no-handers and making his way onto the elite list of just three people to pull a backflip in fixed-gear competition. In the end there was no stopping Reyes...

Red Bull Ride + Style 2013 // Track Race Photo Recap

2013-05-06

Red Bull Ride + Style 2013 // Track Race Photo Recap

The 2013 Red Bull Ride + Style event was held this past weekend in San Francisco on Saturday, May 4th. A crowd of over 5,000 people showed up to watch and cheer on a solid group of track and fixed gear freestyle riders throughout the day. The event consisted of two sub events, a track race which incorporated obstacles and ramps in the morning and a fixed gear freestyle trick competition in the afternoon. The track race featured last years winner Addison Zawada along with other familiar faces including Jason Clary, Hernan Montenegro, Walton Brush and our very own team...

Red Bull Ride + Style 2013 // Official Press Release

2013-05-02

Red Bull Ride + Style 2013 // Official Press Release

San Francisco, CA (May 1, 2013) - On Saturday, May 4, Red Bull Ride + Style will return to San Francisco for the third time, reuniting the world’s best fixed gear racers and freestylers together in Justin Herman Plaza. The event also brings together four of the world’s top street artists – Risk (Los Angeles), Tristan Eaton (NYC), Insa (London) and Sam Flores (San Francisco) – through collaborative art on both the race course and the freestyle ramps. Josh Boothby (freestyle) and Addison Zawada (race) are the defending champions and will return to compete on a course boasting six features...

Red Bull Ride & Style 2013 // Course Testing Video

2013-04-22

Red Bull Ride & Style 2013 // Course Testing Video

Red Bull Ride + Style returns to San Francisco on Saturday, May 4th 2013 and they are starting to build the hype with a video released today of selected riders getting a chance to test the course. Check out the video below from the Red Bull team: Stay tuned to the Red Bull Ride + Style Facebook page for news and updates (click here). Are you planning on going this year? If so, what are you most excited to see? Let us know in the comments!

Throwback Thursday // Red Bull Ride & Style 2012

2013-04-11

Throwback Thursday // Red Bull Ride & Style 2012

I can't believe this already almost a year old. It's not that far of a throwback, but to be honest I just really like this video. Can't wait to go again for the upcoming 2013 event, which we just are starting to get information and press releases from Red Bull about. The following is a press release from Red Bull for this years event:  On Saturday, May 4, Red Bull Ride + Style will return to San Francisco for the third time, reuniting the world’s best fixed gear racers and freestylers together in Justin Herman Plaza. The event also brings...

Red Bull Ride & Style // Video Recap

2012-05-04

Red Bull Ride & Style // Video Recap

This past weekend a few of the City Grounds staff, team riders and friends headed up to San Francisco to take part in the 2nd annual Red Bull Ride & Style Event. Check out the video we put together highlighting some of the weekend including the Chrome pre-party, the ride & style event and much more. Great job to our team riders Justin "Congo" Mitchell, Matt Spencer & Corey San Agustin for representing City Grounds and the rest of the participants in pushing the sport of FGFS!