Caleb Stark!!!! Rapid City Flatlander

I moved to Rapid city, SD in February and it has been a while since I have had another Flatlander to ride with. My son and I met up with local Flat rider Caleb Stark today and sessioned at a local middle school. This was a great time and I picked up some new skills from Mr. Stark....I will also mention his ride is awesome...I will be doing a bike check with him soon. Caleb will be doing some shows with me in the near future so watch out for some videos and pics!

Blessings;

Chris Ridener

Memorial Day/BMX/Blessings

This weekend marks a great weekend as we remember those who have fallen to protect our freedoms. I just ask that if you see a soldier, veteran, spouse of a military member take the time to say thank you and please take the time to remember those who have died for our freedom and their families. This weekend marks my opening weekend of shows at Http://www.storybookisland.org We will be doing shows on Saturday at 10am, 12 pm, 3pm, and 5pm....my daughter will be annoucing and my son will be performing with me! He is only 4 years old...crazy! I am blessed and have to thank Airspeed and SE Bikes....also igh clothing and especially Tammy at Bold4God for always helping me at the last minute!

Blessings;

Chris Ridener

Random Thoughts

Many of you who come here are always seeing a small video clip...or hearing about me and updates: My site is focused for youth and I want to ensure our youth are getting a good message. If you found yourself here reading and you are a young man or women into extreme sports or into other things and just reading this I want to tell you Flatmonkey Bmx exist for you. God has blessed me to be here and be able to do shows to reach out to youth and adults. I want all of you to know you and I exist because of God! All of you out there God is talking to you and it is up to you whether you really listen or not! I have been opening my heart lately and struggling with different things like all of us do. However; I am trying to listen hard right now because I know there is a message God is sending to my heart and mind about many different things with my everyday life. So many times someone tells us something in our life and we hear what that say but, do we really hear? Do we listen? The answer many times is no! We pick out what we think is important information and we acknowledge the ideas of what we think we heard! We do this with God sometimes as well. We hear but, we do not really listen. We sometimes become impatient waiting on the answer to our concerns. Stop and pray, read your Bible, and listen! Take the time to wait for an answer.....we sometimes let our own heart and mind lead us....if we would just be patient and let God lead us we would end up in much better places......I pray and read my bible to stay balanced...just like when I am riding flatland I keep my focus on my tricks to stay balanced....pray and the bible does this for me in my life! God Bless....Chris Ridener

2009 New Sponsors

After a lot of prayer and decisions our 2009 line is changing. If you check out our sponsorship section at Http://www.flatmonkeybmx.com you will see some changes. The biggest change is my bike sponsorship! For those who follow my shows, news and updates you know I come from the old school days of the AFA (American Freestyle Association) Flatland has progressed greatly and I have many friends in the scene from the old days and today. In terms of flatland these days I do not believe there is a difference in old school/new school it is all kinda of mixed together. I do believe in it is Flatland Freestyle and that means ride and have fun and do what you want. My old school traditions and other reasons has helped me go back to my roots. This past month I left a great company Hitman Bikes owned by Christen and Lisa. These two have been great to me and their business is awesome. There products are great and they made me a part of their Bmx Family. I could send them e-mails monthly not just about riding but, life and they were great to me. So why leave? I changed my show formats and they way I am performing outreach. I have been friends with Todd Lyons and Brett Downs for years and they both help runs SE Bikes. Both have been great supports in my trials and tribunes of Bmx and my shows and travels. After some serious thinking I returned to SE Bikes. This is a place I fit and plan to stay. The bikes and my style of riding fit me better. Like I stated this was a hard move but, the right one for me! So check out SE Bikes in my sponsor section and watch for the glowing Orange SE Quadanngle coming to my future shows and contests!

God Bless!

Chris Ridener