Aaron spent some time recently in his home town to relax and catch up with family and friends. Of course, he managed to squeeze some riding in as well. Here are a couple snaps from Carlos Tamez-Mendez.

Instagram has been blowing up like crazy lately and just about every single one of our riders and staff members are on it. If you’re on there and looking for some new people to follow, hit up our crew:

• Aaron Ross – @theaaronross
• Eric Lichtenberger – @ericlichtenberger
• Adam Banton – @adambanton
• Terry Adams – @terryadamsbmx
• Gary Young – @garybyoung
• Mike Aitken – @nightwolfslc
• Sean Sexton – @sean_sexton
• Justin Simpson – @justinsimpson
• George Boyd – @geoboyd
• Hoang Tran – @hoang69
• Broc Raiford – @brocafloka
• Michael Ardelean – @michaelardelean
• Taj Mihelich – @tajlucas
• Jim Cielencki – @jimcielencki
• Jim Bauer – @nameisbauer
• Nuno Oliveira – @olivejuuuuice
• Francis Delapena – @francisdelapena
• Stephen Campbell – @milktoothpaste

NOTE: The links will take you to a website called “STATIGRAM.” You can login there to follow us or do it through the iPhone app using our usernames.

We spent a good portion of this past month in Louisiana and hung out with Aaron, Terry and Broc. Between the four of us, we snapped a bunch of photos. Here’s a little compilation of some of our favorite snapshots, along with a handful of new ones.

Terry Adams = Twitter, Facebook and Instagram (@terryadamsbmx)
Aaron Ross = Twitter, Facebook and Instagram (@theaaronross)
Broc Raiford = Twitter and Instagram (@brocafloka)

Tom just got a new bike and his house just got a new pair of sunglasses.
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George Boyd just joined the ranks of Mutiny‘s pro team. Here’s a welcome edit he fired out in an afternoon. Congrats George!

Our new Gary Young inspired Metallic Silver color kit is available now!

This kit includes:

• 175mm RHD Thunderbolt cranks
• V3 9T Cassette & Vandero 2 front hub
• 36H Quadrant & Seven K-A rims
• R25 & R32 forks
• Short & Medium Monolever & Evo 2 brakes
• 25, 28, 30t Chase Hawk C-512 sprockets
• Aaron Ross Double Spacebars & Gary Young 3 bars
• Cufflink, Aaron Ross, Chase Hawk and Adam Banton signature grips

USA dealers please contact QBP, SBS, Custom Cycle, J&B or Full Factory Distribution.

International dealers please hit up our distro page.

Here’s Chase Hawk getting styled out at the Black Pearl from their Travel Log to the Cayman Islands.

In other Chase Hawk news, his signature Tomahawk Stem is Available NOW!

Photo by Walter Pieringer.

Adam Banton always has some creative moves up his sleeve and this print ad is no exception. If you haven’t done so already, make sure to watch his Eastern Best of 2011 video. It’s equally as rad.

Photo by Justin Kosman.

Here’s Aaron Ross with a hefty wallride in one of our most recent print ads. Download it and set it as your desktop!

Photo by Walter Pieringer.

After more than a year of ride testing and development the Tomahawk Stem is finally available at shops worldwide.

The Tomahawk is based around a list of front-load features that Chase Hawk requested and it is the first front-load stem to use convergent bolt axes for the front cap. This allows the stem to have the separate adjustability and “look” of a traditional four bolt front-loader, but with a smoother overall shape. It also eliminates the stresses associated with letting the bolt holes break through the outer face of the stem body. As a bonus, this means that the stem still looks “normal” when it is flipped to raise the handlebars.

You’ll also notice that the Tomahawk makes use of the steerer tube clamping design that is found in the Elementary stem. With this unique configuration the locking bolt for the fork’s steerer tube remains straight during tightening (rather than bending as the wedges rotate around the steerer). The stem’s fully internal clamp design also means that the back of the body can be bolt-free, and knee-friendly.

For the Tomahawk, we invested in full forging tools for the stem’s cap and body in order to maximize the strength of the material used. This stem was designed as a forging (rather than simply machining it) because forging improves a part’s strength by forming the ideal grain structure that is needed for a given shape. As a benefit, this process also means that we can offer the stem at a reasonable selling price.

• Front-load design
• Chase Hawk approved
• Converging front bolt axes eliminate typical through-hole stresses and improve the stem’s look when flipped
• Easily accessible internal clamping system
• Forged 6061-T6 aluminum maximizes strength and minimizes waste
• 53mm reach
• 9.5mm rise or 22.5mm when flipped
• 9.4 oz (266g)

Chase Hawk Bike Check (View Parts List, Photos by Devon Hutchins)