SOTATOUR 2014

SOTATOUR 2014

Happy Holidays 2014 from The Factory & The City of Eden Prairie 4th of July Festival

Wishing you a warm holiday season this year !! Eden Prairie’s local filmer & professional editor Doug Griess has collected all of the best footage from the last two years of our BMX shows at Eden Prairie’s 4th of July Festival, and put together this unique BMX edit with a fun splash of holiday spirit:)) Have a great holiday season everyone, ask Santa for bike parts, and be sure to get out & ride! Thanks again City of Eden Prairie !! Hope to see you THIS WEEK THURSDAY at our Holiday Party!

Lowry Open Streets Minneapolis 2014 BMX Photos

HUGE THANK YOU RIDERS PARENTS FANS & OPEN STREETS MINNEAPOLIS !! What an incredible day here in Minneapolis, and right down the road from our training facility! Check out some of the photos below, and our brand new bike winner! Hope to see you again 2015!IMG_9705.JPG

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Bloomington Heritage Days 2014 BMX Photos

Proud to be back for out 4th year! What an absolutely GORGEOUS morning & afternoon in Bloomington, it is incredible to see how much Heritage Days has grown in just a few years. We just finished all three of our shows right before the rain came in, what a line up of riders, and so many kids signed up to ride the lesson ramp! Check out all the photos, and once again THANK YOU BLOOMINGTON HERITAGE DAYS we hope to see you again 2015 !!

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Blue Goose Tavern Grand Opening 2014 Photos Garrison MN on Lake Mille Lacs with Broadway Pizza & Burger King!

Thank you Blue Goose Tavern, Michelle and Jason Tufty! Absolutely GORGEOUS day in Garrison right on Lake Mille Lacs, this was our first show for a bar/restaurant and we had an absolute blast! The new Blue Goose Tavern building is split into two sides, one side is fast food the other is a sit down side with a bar, and both sides you can order Burger King and Broadway Pizza. They also had helicopter rides and games for the kids, we did three shows throughout the afternoon and things got wilddddd. Check out some of the photos below, we would love to be back for another event and Garrison!IMG_8236.JPGIMG_8241.JPG

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HAYDAYS 2014 MegaJump Show Photos with Redbull MSP

Huge thank you to Redbull Minneapolis St. Paul and Matt Ford, what a crazy event! We heard that there were supposed to be 50,000 people at this event and when we drove through the eight fields of parking lots in the morning we knew they were not kidding! We had such a cool set up for this show, all of the riders started riding through the Redbull arch and our announcer got to use the Redbull fire truck from Chicago and it’s audio system for announcing. Check out some of the photos from practice and some of the shows! Thanks again Red Bull!IMG_7662.JPG

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MN State Fair 2014 X-Zone BMX Show Photos with 3rd Lair

Another year at The Minnesota State Fair! 3rd lair has now been at the fair for 14 years in a row, and our cofounder Dustin Grice has been performing in the shows for 12 years in a row now on the BMX side. It has been quite an adventure together, definitely one of the most exciting times of the year. Take a look at all of the photos from this year, looking forward to 2015!IMG_5733.JPGIMG_6026.JPG

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Mcleod County Fair 2014 Photos Hutchinson MN

HUGE THANK YOU RIDERS PARENTS FANS & ‪#‎MCLEODCOUNTYFAIR‬ !! Such a fun weekend, great crowds, great weather, we even gave away a free brand new bike! We’d LOVE to see you again 2015! ‪#‎DIESELJUMP‬ flipwhip by @dustingrice Check out the rest of the pics !!

 

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8 YEAR OLD Reed Bleymeyer Lands his First Backflip & Sheds a Tear – BMX at The Factory

Earlier this year, 8 year old Reed Bleymeyer had to choose his birthday present, an Amazon Kindle, or chipping in for his own skatepark key at The Factory, and you know exactly what he picked !! Not even one year later, Reed just became one of the youngest riders ever to land backflips on a BMX bike. And all on our massive 6 footer, he’s been doing suicides & nothings in our shows all summer. Your parents family and friends are so proud of you Reed, you set a goal and you crushed it, can’t wait until our next show !!

#reedbleymeyer #8yearold #gromflip #gromlife #backflip #megajump #sotatour #ridetcff #bmx #bmxgroms #midwestbmxscenekillinit @mama_bley

Mille Lacs County Fair 2014 Photos

We LOVE Mille Lacs !!!! What a fun fair, GORGEOUS weather all week, friendly people, great vendors & rides, and incredible BMX SHOWS!! Check out all the photos from our shows, all of the riders had a BLAST! Thanks again Mille Lacs, hope to see you again 2015!

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St Louis County Fair 2014 Photos

We’re back!! It’s been another fun weekend in St Louis County! We saw some of the most beautiful sunsets we have seen all summer. Once again the shows and crowd were absolutely INCREDIBLE. Some of the photos are insane. Huge thanks so Backflip Billy, Jay Schlie, AJ Haines, Dallas Weimer, Kenny, Betty, all the fans, kids, and especially ST LOUIS COUNTY FAIR we had a BLAST!! Hope to see you again for a three-peat next year 2015!

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Kandiyohi County Fair 2014 Photos

We had a less than perfect setup but did we make the best of it!! Every show was right to 11!!! Not one show was a let down and the crowd showed it with love!!! From Brent being at EVERY SINGLE show to 90% of the crowd hanging around after shows, we had a BLAST!! Again, perfect weather and better people helping to make this a huge success. We even had a bunch of the Equine ladies demanding we go ride horses, which some of us had never done!! Knocked that one off the bucket list for those guys:) At the request of the coordinator, we were requested to bring back the exact same team. That is amazing. All we can say is YOU GOT IT!!!

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Carver County Fair 2014 Grandstand Photos

We can’t even tell you how incredible it was to be featured as our first grandstand act ever at Carver County fair 2014. The rumble from the massive crowd in the bleachers was absolutely epic. The riders were so pumped, we can’t even believe the level of riding we threw down. We even set up our “Learn with The Pros” mini padded BMX ramp in between shows where all of the kids watching the shows could come down into the Grandstand and ride bikes with the pros, on the pros bikes. He even gave away a brand-new bike to one lucky kid! Carver County, we are all local riders throughout the suburbs and we would LOVE to be back for 2015 !!

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Wright County Fair 2014 BMX Photos

We had a great time out at the Wright County Fair! The crowds were amazing, and really got the riders pumped up. Dallas, Tommy, Billy, Jeremiah, and myself were surprised by how many people came and talked to us afterwards. It was very exciting to see all the photos they showed us. We also had a lot of fun checking out the demo derby, and mud race after our shows. The bike give away worked out perfect as a young boy won on Friday that needed a new bike, and a young girl won the other on Saturday. Thanks again for everything, can’t wait for next year! -Jay Schlie

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Washington County Fair 2014 Photos

What a week!! The level of riding at Washington County Fair were some of the best any BMX Show has ever seen! The crowds were great and the staff was even greater! We love when the staff comes and watches the shows. They are the other major reason we love doing them. From the perfect weather, to the great people, it was an all around solid 5 days of shows with everyone walking away smiling. Thanks again and hope to see you next year!!! IMG_4541 IMG_4965 IMG_4962 IMG_4961 IMG_4960 IMG_4932 IMG_4926 IMG_4924 IMG_4923 IMG_4919 IMG_4918 IMG_4893 IMG_4889 IMG_4888 IMG_4887 IMG_4886 IMG_4885 IMG_4883 IMG_4882 IMG_4881 IMG_4879 IMG_4875 IMG_4873 IMG_4864 IMG_4744 IMG_4743 IMG_4742 IMG_4741 IMG_4730 IMG_4729 IMG_4726 IMG_4725 IMG_4722 IMG_4710 IMG_4709 IMG_4708 IMG_4707 IMG_4705 IMG_4704 IMG_4703 IMG_4702 IMG_4701 IMG_4692 IMG_4691 IMG_4690 IMG_4689 IMG_4688 IMG_4687 IMG_4686 IMG_4684 IMG_4603 IMG_4600 IMG_4582 IMG_4580 IMG_4579 IMG_4575 IMG_4557 IMG_4544 IMG_4542

Lyon County Fair 2014 Photos

What a fun town!!!! We had such a blast at Lyon County Fair this year!! All of the staff was so helpful, the crowds were great, and we had such beautiful weather! Thanks again Lyon County, we hope to see you again in 2015!

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Faribault County Fair 2014 Photos

What a weekend!!! Our riders had one of the best ramp setups they could have asked for and LOVED every show!! We greatly appreciated all of the help we received and all of the great people who came and gave us great complements. It is the REASON we love doing these shows! Everyone was so willing to help and wanted to do more, but everything went so smoothly!! We look forward to doing more and can only hope we get that call!!

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Big Stone County Fair 2014 BMX Photos

VERY excited to be back for our second year in a row at Big Stone County Fair! A handful of the crew from last year made their appearances again including Tristan TwisterX15 and Alex Hiltunen. Dustin Grice, Jacob Walker, and Emmet Thomas from California also joined the fun, check out some of the photos we took while in town including our Grand Finale backflip tailwhip blast! Thanks again Big Stone County hope to see you next year for a three-peat!

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Waseca Country Free Fair 2014 Photos

What a location! Huge thanks to Waseca for putting us RIGHT in the middle of the action, our crowds were INSANE. Rows & rows of people surrounding the entire course. What a gorgeous Saturday, all of the riders had a blast. We even gave away another brand new bike from DK Bicycles! Thanks again Waseca County Fair, we hope to see you next year!

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Hastings Rivertown Days 2014 Photos

This, our third year at Hastings Rivertown Days, was our biggest year yet. Hastings tripled the size of the bleachers and we triple the size of the launch ramp with the Hastings debut of BFJ – the largest mobile launch ramp in the entire country. Pro riders ranged in age from 30 all the way down to 8 years old and were all super excited to perform for some of our largest crowds yet. Our sponsors Sota Clothing and the Link Foundation Charity also brought great vibes and free giveaways as well. Thanks again Hastings. We love Rivertown Days and hope to be back again soon.

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St Cloud Downtown Walkabout & Strider Race!

St Cloud Downtown Walkabout on Saturday July 12th was awesome! We had a perfect patch of pavement in front of Fitzharris Bike & Sports to setup the nations largest show ramp. Our youngest pro Dallas Light has performed all over the world but this was his first show on home turf, literally only 6 blocks from his house. Unfortunately we only got in one show before the rain came. Thanks again for your support St Cloud we hope to see you again next year!20140715-174729-64049662.jpg20140715-174729-64049796.jpg

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