United & Éclat have teamed up to venture the high roads of California and make it to the hills of San Francisco.

Midway through the trip we are hitting Pacific Ave Cycles in Santa Cruz for an Instore signing and demo, come ride with the likes of Nathan Williams, Shane Weston, Chester Blacksmith, Corey Martinez, Geoff Slattery, Christian Rigal and Iz Pulido.

Monday 28th May from 4pm
Pacific Ave Cycles
318 Pacific Ave
Santa Cruz
CA
95060
(831) 471-2453

Keep an eye on highandbound.com for content from the trip, and follow #highandbound on twitter and instagram for updates on the road.

http://unitedbikeco.com
http://www.eclatbmx.com

Phil has been putting some hard work in for a long time on UK street, I know because I got a call recently asking if I knew a good rail for a certain trick, usually when I point things like this out it never gets done or even looked at. This time however reality came through and the cover is the result. Nice one Phil.

Deep into the China trip and we have been overwhelmed by the reaction to us being here, we have met the nicest people and enjoyed some of the most mind blowing scenery and culture. This thursday the guys from CNBMX put on a grind box comp and helped us organise a demo…

Nathan and the rest of the Etnies team recently took a trip through eastern europe in search of all things shred-worthy. Sit back and watch the whole team kill it as they venture through the streets of Estonia & Finland.

So the days maybe blending into one right now, thats what generally happens on trips. China like we have said before is big melting pot of culture, food and mayhem…we are starting to like it. Today was another cruise around the city, we took a ferry and ended up in some unusual spots and some also very well known spots. The city still amazes us every minute of every day, and we are even getting used to the constant horn honks.

Its confusing but I think we are going to state this as day 1, yesterday does not count and to be fair I think time and travel robbed us of a day if that makes sense? Our first real cruise took us to some amazing places, with the help of kane and clark and co we visiting some really interesting spots, rode amongst some crazy ass Chinese cars, cabs, bikes and scooters and ate some more cheap cheap food.

So we landed in China today, for the first day of our Shanghai trip. We are all completely shattered after flying between 10 and 15 hours each, many of you who have done this knows how it can really grate after a while. Shanghai is a dream for riders, its messy, rough around the edges and full of marble ledges.

Here in this video for Ride US Nathan explains how to icepick a rail from his perspective.

Well time does fly by when your having fun, yes its only 7 days till we fly to Shanghai, China and kick of part 2 of the #freensleazy tour. Ashley is still hurt from his second ACL operation so all the best to him so taking his place is the king sub IZ Pulido, he will be joining Shane Weston, Darryl Tocco, Chester Blacksmith, Sean Burns and Nathan Williams.

Shane cruising 5-hip and giving you all those backwards treats. Curtesy of Dans.