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New Back to the ‘Gravity’ Shirts Decided!

R. Black — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:25:44 +0000

Recently on our Facebook we had a poll for what location of the design on the back of the Gravity shirts we should use. There were two options. Bottom right (like the Jump. Defy. Trick. v2 Shirts) or on the top middle (like the Traceur-Arrows Design). It was actually pretty close, but in the end the second option pulled in front. Here is the new back to the ‘Gravity is Overrated‘ shirts. It will be implemented within the next few weeks, when we get more in stock.

Any more opinions about the new design? Leave your comments below:

Up Next: Traceur Shirts

R. Black — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 01:59:45 +0000

Over the next few weeks we will be rolling out a few more additions to our clothing lines. Equally spread among the Tricking and Parkour categories. The success of our “Jump. Defy. Trick. v2.0″ shirts has lead us into our next batch of shirts. As you might have guessed from the title of this post, the “Traceur Arrows” design will be released next. Expect it to go on pre-order in about a week. I hope you guys are as excited as we are!

Other updates:

The March 2010 STLpk Jam was a huge success, gave away some free stuff, and everyone had a great time. Expect a video to pop up on our YouTube channel for it.

There are also plans in the works for some changes to the “Gravity is Overrated” shirts. Keep your eyes open.

Most the shirts have dropped down to under $15.00! It doesn’t really count as a sale since it expected to be permanent for most shirts!

Our photo album on Facebook has been updated a few times recently. Check it out and become a fan while you’re at it!

TT Forums Are Closing: What Happens Now?

R. Black — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:45:55 +0000

As many of you may have heard, the TT forums are closing. Juji has decided that taking the time and energy that it does for him to keep these forums running isn’t worth it. Is this such a bad thing? Or is it a chance for this small tricking community to grow when it’s kicked out of it’s warm, cozy, massive red/white color schemed home?

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It is a depressing time for the tricking world indeed. TricksTutorials has been recognized as the hub of tricking. With over 40,836 threads, 881,745 posts, and 11,952 members, it is easily the largest and most visited tricking forum on the web. If you read the above picture all the way through, Juji stated he will not give the keys/databases to someone that decides to step up and take over. The future of TT and the overall tricking community relies on the moderators of the forums and the community as a whole. Will they direct all the users to a new forum? Or will they merge with another online community like Club540 or DogenTricks?

If we find anything else out it will be posted on our Twitter account.

Review: Techno XMA XR2 Pants

R. Black — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:49:47 +0000

Pants are an important clothing item when you decide to go out and pull crazy flips in the middle of a field during a summer day. Also, if you decide you want to spend your days running through a city climbing up walls and balancing on rails all the time, pants are also a very important factor. You have to take into account temperature, freedom of movement, and durability. You don’t want to wear some heavy black pants on a hot summer day, you’ll die, and you’ll want to go home. I had this problem a while back, I tried multiple kinds of pants. APK Cargo pants were so heavy it felt like I was wearing weights around my legs. I needed something lightweight, durable, and comfortable.

My problem ended up being solved when I bought some Techno XMA XR2 pants. These were Recommended by Epic. They weren’t all that cheap, but I figured I should give them a try anyway. When I first tried them on I was surprised by how they felt. It felt almost like I wasn’t wearing anything. I could kick as high as I wanted, and they wouldn’t get in the way. I could work on my flexibility and not worry about ripping them. So they passed the tricking test, but what about Parkour?

I really thought that these things would rip the minute I tried to run up any kind of wall, or fell on my knees. This is what blew my mind: I have had these pants for over a year, I use them mainly for PK training in the city, and tricking in the gym and at the park literally all the time . I have not had one single tear in them since I got them. The only problem I have experienced with these is that after countless hours of stretching on my floor, and getting better at kicks and such, the stitches in the center where the legs split has begun to pull apart. There isn’t a hole or anything, but you can see the stitches. This happened over the past few months, but other than that the pants worked well for a lot longer than I expected.

You would think that black nylon pants aren’t a good thing in the summer, but these pants are extremely cool, even in direct sunlight in the middle of a field. Seriously, these are some comfortable pants. I would recommend them for sure. Spend $40.00 of your hard earned cash on these pants.

So here’s a quick recap of the scores:

Comfort: 9
Look: 8
Durability: 6
Freedom of Movement: 10