AO Lambda 3.1 Out Now Promo

AO has been on the constant grind when it comes to pumping out solid decks. The latest to drop is the Lambda 3.1, I don't know about you guys, but I always read it as Lambada lol. The promo is pretty tight, and Zig and Cory kill it. I don't think it ever gets old seeing Zig send himself over ridiculous gaps, and Cory's style is up there with the best. Check it, and grab yourself one of the new decks at your local AO dealer or online shop.

AO IN EL PASO

Alright, I know rankings are dumb or whatever but if we had a Rider of the Year award, it almost certainly would have to go to Elliot Arnold.  The dude has been merking it in every AO/Elyts video this year.  Also gotta give props to Cory Vanlew and Zig Short, attacking such huge rails and hubbas, and all those other super fun looking spots in El Paso.  I guess this footage was in the AO DVD, I gotta get myself a copy, and I suggest you do the same.

Alpha Omega Presents 1300 Miles to Gold

When you take Elliot Arnold, Cory Vanlew, Fedore Moore, and Manny Vargas together, and then stick Max Manning in there to film and edit all the footage.. You end up with a beast edit. All these dudes hold it down with plenty of style in all of their clips. It's a lengthy video (though it does end after the 10 min mark), if you didn't already get that from the name. But it's well worth it. Check it out.

Elliot Arnold "Seizure"

Elliot has been dropping a lot of edits this year for AO, and the other companies under Sunshine. As always he has plenty of solid clips. That heelwhip steeze at around the 45 second mark was tight. Editing had my eyes hurting though, that's for sure, haha.

AO in Germany

AO was in Germany for the ISA Competition, and along with some other riders put together a bad ass edit. Tons of tech riding on all kinds of obstacles. Lambert was killing it, and of course Brandon James was shutting it down as usual. Worth the watch for sure.

AO France Shred Strasbourg

The French AO Team definitely hold it down in this edit. Tons of tech tricks, and that last rail was tight. Lambert's clip at 1:40 was seriously ridiculous.

Elliot Arnold and Johan Wazel Shred Europe Tour

The AO boy came through hard in this edit through Europe. Elliot Arnold and Johan throw bangers throughout this edit, and keep it all looking clean and steezy. Elliot does a killer nose blunt around the middle of the edit. Song has some profanity in it, so if you're just a young boy.. you've been warned.

AO Arizona Winter Tour 2012

The AO Team shut it down hard with this edit from this past winter in Arizona. Zig Short, Cory Vanlew, Dom Olorenshaw, and Elliot Arnold are the riders featured, and each of them has some seriously legit clips in this. Max Manning was handling the camera, and editing, and it came out great. Loved this edit.

Zig Short Scoot Scoot Bang Bang

If there is one rider in the sport that faces adversity at every turn, it's Zig Short. Whether it's for his success, his riding style, or his rapping, which yes, the song in the edit is by himself, or any of his other personal decisions, riders always have something to say about Zig. Through it all he keeps a good head on his shoulders, and continues doing what he does. The below is his latest edit, and it features some of his best riding so far. Though if he dropped this edit, it leaves you wondering what his part for the upcoming AO DVD will be like. Check it out below.

AO Turquoise Epsilon Release + Tobias Mayer Edit

First up we have Dom Olorenshaw giving you the run down on the Turquoise Epsilon Complete. He backs it up with some clips that he got while in Cali.





Next up, Tobias Mayer who you might remember in Vienna Calling which dropped recently, has also been added to the ever growing AO team. Pretty stoked on this, hoping with new opportunities we will get to see an even better Tobias in the future.

Jerry Walther- Welcome To AO

Jerry Walther | Welcome to AO from AO Scooters on Vimeo.

Jerry is a super OG rider from..somewhere in Europe, I'm not sure.  Anyways he recently joined the ever-growing list of riders who have ridden for a Sunshine Distribution brand, Alpha Omega specifically.    They flew him out to Cali to film for the AO DVD and he had these clips leftover, check em out.

Remi Bouchard Welcome to AO

Man, I don't even know. Remi is one of those riders that seems like he doesn't really have a limit to what he can do. It's like when he's riding, he's actually holding back all the time, but if he wants you can tell he can toss in an extra whip at any time. Just makes it all look too easy. Check it out below, and stay tuned for Part 2 of his edit.

Filming - Phillip Long, Andy Rea, Max Manning
Editing - Phillip Loooonggggg

AO Epsilon Complete Scooter

So I didn't know AO was actually making a complete scooter, but in turns out they have. Their complete features parts from Raptor and 841, and also one piece bars, and new forks..that I haven't heard anything about yet performance wise. To learn more about the AO Epsilon Complete, see the information provided below by AO.

AO scooters are the first decks specifically designed for street. Key

innovation of the deck is a removable soul frame and nose blunt plate which are made of a super tough plastic material. This not only protects your deck but enables you to effortlessly grind anything: unwaxed curbs, concrete and stone ledges, wood and it even gives you more control on metal rails. The grind plate adds significant strength to the deck and opens a wide range of new obstacles and tricks. Now the fun begins on the curb right in front of your doorsteps and you can do tricks on your scooter anytime, anywhere.

The complete Epsilon scooter comes with the finest and strongest components available: The threadless fork is forged in one piece out of a block of aluminum under 5 tons of pressure making it extremely strong yet light weight. The headtube is fully integrated and comes with sealed bearings and hidden internal compression system (HIC) which is the gold standard for bikes and scooters. Other features are an oversized Y-shaped handle bar in 4130 Chromoly steel with a triple clamp in 6061 T6 aluminum, flangeless Raptor Scale grips for easy bar spins and shock absorption and 110 mm 841 aluminum wheels for superfast speeds and perfect grip.

The Epsilon deck is made of re-heat treated 6061 T6 aluminum in one of the world’s leading BMX factories. The slightly concave deck is 4 ½” wide (115 mm) and features a completely flat bottom to maximize the grinding area. It comes in 3 lengths (19 ½”, 20 ½” and 21 ¼”) and weighs 3.8 lbs. (1.6 kg). Other features are a rounded stainless steel flex brake to avoid flat spots on your wheel and 8 mm high tensile Chromoly axle bolts (12.9 grade). 

Epsilon Complete Features: 

- Deck in re-heat treated 6061 T6 aluminum

- Fully integrated system (HIC)

- Flat bottom

- Super tough grind plate

- Nose blunt grind plate

- Rounded, stainless steel flex brake (2 mm)

- 8 mm high tensile Chromoly axle bolt (12.9 grade)

- Head tube angle 82.5
- width: 4 ½” (115 mm)
- Threadless forged fork, 7” (178 mm), closed top, internal thread, compression system
- Sealed bearings
- Chromoly handle bar, oversized, height 23” x width 22” (580 x 560 mm)
- Raptor Scale Grips, flangeless
- Triple clamp, 6061 T6 aluminum
- 110 mm 841 wheels, ABEC 7 Titen bearings

3 Sizes:

Size s: 19 ½” (495 mm)

Size m: 20½” (520 mm)

Size l: 21 ¼” (535 mm)

Welcome to AO Ryan Scott

AO recently grabbed Ryan Scott from England for the Team. He came down to California for a while, and was able to get this Welcome Edit done. Filmed and Edited by Phillip Long.

AO Epsilon Deck Release

All right, so AO didn't exactly get the best reviews with the first deck, but let's see what they have for us the second time around. Does it look better? Absolutely. Will it hold up better? We'll see. Details below were provided by AO.


AO scooters are the first decks specifically designed for street. Key innovation of the deck is a removable grind and nose blunt plate which is made of a super tough plastic material which not only protects your deck but enables you to effortlessly grind anything: unwaxed curbs, concrete and stone ledges, wood and it even gives you more control on metal rails. 

The grind plates open a whole new dimension in scootering and you don’t depend on someone to drive you to a skate park: Now you can ride your scooter on curbs, ledges and rails right in front of your door steps – anytime, anywhere. 

The AO Epsilon deck is made of re-heat treated 6061 T6 aluminum in one of the world’s leading BMX factories. The slightly concave deck is 4 ½” wide (115 mm) and features a completely flat bottom to maximize the grinding area. It comes in 3 lengths (19 ½”, 20 ½” and 21 ¼”) and weighs 3.8 lbs. (1.6 kg). It comes with stainless steel flex brake (rounded so your wheels won't get flat), 8 mm high tensile Chromoly axle bolts (12.9 grade) and a grind plate made of super tough Nylon material.

Epsilon Deck Features:

- Deck in re-heat treated 6061 T6 aluminum

- Fully integrated system (HIC)

- Flat bottom

- Super tough grind plate

- Nose blunt grind plate

- Rounded, stainless steel flex brake (2 mm)

- 8 mm high tensile Chromoly axle bolt (12.9 grade)

- Length: 20.5” (520 mm), width: 4 ½” (115 mm)

               - Head tube angle 82.5

Mitch Baldry AO PROfile

"Throughout the last year Mitch Baldry has taken his riding and career to another level. With his recent success on the Nitro Circus tour as well as his full length section in the Elyts DVD, Mitch has made it to the center stage.
This section is just a small collection of the clips Mitch snagged in his last visit to California. Quite something when you realize just what this boy is capable of in just a few short days. Watch out for his full section in the AO team video." - AO

Quad Whip Flat by Remi Bouchard

Well damn. Figures it's from Remi Bouchard, the same guy who did the worlds first double fingerwhip flat on film. Now has the world first quad whip flat on film... in a line, and it's clean as hell. Also later in the video I think there's a double heel to rewind on flat as well. Ridiculous.

Welcome to AO: Jonas Kjaer

Looks like AO picked up another new rider, Jonas Kjaer, While most of you have probably not really heard of this kid before, let's go off what we see in the video. 1. Up and coming street rider. 2. Likes baseball tees, preferably Proto. 3. Wears bright color shorts.

That being said check out his Welcome to AO Edit below.

Filmed and Edited by Phillip Long

AO Europe Tour Part 4

The final installment of the AO Europe Tour featuring Cory Vanlew and Zig Short, and filmed and edited by Phillip Long comes to an end with the 4th edit. We've seen Zig and Cory literally all over Europe promoting the AO Deck, and with the latest news about the deck being released earlier this week, it's just a matter of time before people start getting their hands on it. Check out the edit below.

Alpha Omega Presents The AO Sigma Deck + Sigma Fork

Alpha Omega, better known as AO, is under the same umbrella as ELYTS, 841, and Raptor. AO so far has released information on their one piece deck and fork. We recently got sent all the information you need to know about both of them. For more information see the press release sent to us by AO earlier today.

"AO scooters are the first decks specifically designed for street. The key innovation of the deck is a removable grind plate (soul frame) which is made out of a super tough plastic material which not only protects your deck but enables you to effortlessly grind anything: unwaxed curbs, concrete and stone ledges, wood and it even gives you more control on metal rails.
 

As athletes in other action sports already know there is something about grinding and the soul frame opens a whole new dimension in scootering. Now you don’t depend on your mom to drive you to a skate park: You can ride your scooter right in front of your door steps – anytime, anywhere."


AO SIGMA

The AO Sigma deck is made of re-heat treated 6016 T6 aluminum and comes with stainless steel flex brake (rounded so your wheels won't get flat), 8 mm high tensile Chromoly axle bolts and a grind plate made of super tough Nylon material.

At only 3.6 lbs. (including soul frame) the Sigma is still among the lighter scooters on the market and allows you to do any tricks you've been used to do.

Features:

- Deck in re-heat treated 6016 T6 aluminum

- Length: 19.5”, width: 4 ¼”,

- Weight: 3.6 lbs. incl. grind plate (1.5 kg)

- Super tough grind plate

- Flat bottom

- Rounded, stainless steel flex brake (2 mm)

- 8 mm high tensile Chromoly axle bolt

- Head tube angle 82.5





AO Fork Sigma

The Sigma fork is a 1-piece compression fork which goes perfectly with the Sigma deck. It is forged which means it is pressed from a block of aluminum under 5 tons of pressure. This process re-aligns the molecules and makes the so dense that it is 2.5 times stronger than regular machined aluminum.

Features:

- 1-piece forge fork

- compression system

- 8 mm high tensile Chromoly axle bolt

- 10 mm offset