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Pannonian Challenge XI video

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-08-29T22:51:08+02:00

Pannonian Challenge happened last week in Osijek but I still didn't manage to gather all the photos and make a proper report. All I can tell you is that Pannonian always was and always will be the best event in the whole year. Here is a first official video from this year, its a bit longer but definitely worth watching. Check it out :

Akihiko - 10 years of riding video

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-08-25T12:54:56+02:00

Last week Akihiko made a cool new video as a retrospective of the last 10 years that he spent riding his bike. There is a full story about it on Aki's blog , but in Japanese only.

http://blog.livedoor.jp/back_drunkers/

Pannonian Challenge 11

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-08-15T08:33:36+02:00

In just few days another Pannonian Challenge will take place in Osijek, Croatia , for 11th year in a row. For you that have never been on Pannonian yet, you're missing out on the most amazing combination of bmx and party there is.

Guys from Osijek have been working like crazy for last 2 months to renew the ramps in the skatepark and make sure everything is ready for the biggest party of the year. Huge thanks to whole crew for making this whole thing happen.

You can find all the information about Pannonian on their website , so go check it out and get your ass to Osijek

www.pannonian.org

LowKee complete

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-08-14T08:54:22+02:00

Here is a photo of a great looking beginner level LowKee complete bike that I assembled today for a customer. Looks really cool, check it out.

Umag Dirt Jam

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-08-13T15:02:29+02:00

Sorry for lack of news this last 2 weeks, but I was on a summer holiday and without any internet connection.
Just before that I spent few day with the team on Umag Dirt Jam , a really cool local dirt contest with a great vibe and amazing parties.
Jura and Poky did a lot of amazing stuff on those jumps and took 2nd and 3rd place. Great riding from both of them.
Check out few photos and see how high was that frontflip Jura pulled

Sam riding in rain

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-08-01T21:35:02+02:00

Maybe you didn't know but Sam Foakes doesn't really see a difference between riding on dry surface or riding in rain, its all the same to him, hehe. He is known for being able to pull all his tricks in pouring rain and you can find several videos of him riding while camera guy hold an umbrella to protect his camera, hehe. In this short but hard combo Sam once again shows why he is one of the best flatlanders in the world.

Filip is sick !!

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-07-19T10:24:26+02:00

Today I got a real treat for you guys. Filip finished his new web video and you know it is sick. He spent last month or two working on this one and it turned out amazing. As always, lots of bangers in this video..my favorite would definitely be bunny whip up 5 stairs, hehe.

Check it out cause this will make want to go ride right away

Sam's photo on Red Bull Illume

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-07-15T13:30:29+02:00

Great news, Sam's photo that he did for cover of CREAM magazine made it to top 250 photos on Red Bull Illume contest , out of 22764 photos that were posted. Massive thanks to Richard Baybutt for taking the photo.

Aco filmed a new video

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-07-14T17:35:59+02:00

Last week Filip went to visit Aco for few days and filmed a really cool video. You can see Aco riding his local spots, his backyard and also a clip from that secret spot Aco found few years ago. Check it out :

Zion on iPad

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-07-16T21:27:52+02:00

Hehe, Zion web page looks pretty good on iPad. Cool little gadget ...

Aki in local newspapers

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-07-14T12:10:46+02:00

Few days ago an interview with Aki was published in Japan's newspaper. There is a new sport centre being built in Chiba where Aki lives and he is involved in the whole thing organizing the construction of skatepark and flatland spot in this centre. This is going to be really great for Aki and all Chiba local riders.

Off Limits contest

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-07-13T20:49:35+02:00

This weekend there was a small contest in not far away from Zagreb, so we took the Zion van and went there to ride and hang out. It was hot as hell, but still a good day....some riding , a lot of beers, a lot of laughing and a really fast driving home, hehe. Filip also took the first place on this contest so he took home some prizes.
Here are few photos..

Sam's hardcore combos

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-07-09T13:09:38+02:00

Sorry for not updating this site for a while, I took some time off work and went to Barcelona for a little vacation. I'm a bit late with these news cause I didn't take my laptop with me, but here it is now.

Sam filmed 2 sick sick sick combos exclusively for Flatmatters. Hard as hell , check them out :

Filip

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-06-22T12:19:00+02:00

Filip is riding really hard these days , filming for his new video. Here is a teaser photo from one of his video clips, hehe. Can't wait for this video to be finished.

Photo by Tomislav Moze

Sonic photosession

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-06-21T13:13:38+02:00

Sonic had a little photo session with Boris Perkovic in his hometown Osijek. They made some really cool sunset riding photos, check them out.

Photos by Boris Perkovic

Sam - GroundTactics finals

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-06-20T14:39:15+02:00

And here is also Sam's video for final round of Ground Tactics.. I really can't wait to see the results of this.

Sickest flatland combo ever !!!

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-06-19T10:47:19+02:00

Moto Sasaki took flatland to a whole new level !!! This is the sickest combo ever filmed ! 3 minutes looooong ....you must see it :

moto sasaki ground tactics final from moto sasaki on Vimeo.

Sam Foakes won Groundtactics semi finals

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-06-03T12:40:00+02:00

Sam Foakes on top once again, he won the semi finals round of Groundtactics contest. Now he has to make a new 3 minute nonedited video for final round and if he gets in top 3 he'll be battling other finalists in Helsinki.

1. Sam Foakes 275 points
2. Moto Sasaki 269,5 points
3. Peter Olsen 268 points
4. Takahiro Ikeda 248 points tie
4. Stephan Fabien 248 points tie
5. Toon 245 points
6. Jeromino 244 points
7. David Nagy 242 points
8. Navid Saleki 232 points

Filip uprail grind

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-06-13T11:08:00+02:00

More great riding by Filip , uprail grind in Osijek skatepark. Photo by Samir Kurtagic

Filip - bunny hop winner

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-06-04T11:12:00+02:00

We did a bunnyhop contest on Zion Bmx Camp in Osijek and Filip easily took the prize, hehe. Here is a cool photo of his 110 cm bunny hop, shot by Elvir Tabakovic.

Zion/Nokia OVI application

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-06-02T09:00:00+02:00

Nokia is a real good friend of Zion team and they have been supporting us a lot. And the latest project we did together is Zion OVI application.
Long story short, if you have a Nokia mobile phone you can go to OVI store website and download a Zion application to your phone and check out news from Zion Bike Co. And off course, this is completely free.

Click the link to go to OVI store and download Zion application to your phone :

Irina - fresh photos

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-06-01T10:22:08+02:00

Its been raining non stop for last few weeks around the whole Europe, making riding your bike impossible. But Irina managed to find a nice sunny day and made few cool photos with her new LowKee. You can see how much she loves here bike, hehe

Zion Bmx Camp report

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-05-25T16:33:13+02:00

This weekend Zion did something really cool for kids in Osijek, Croatia. We organized a Zion Bmx Camp, a training camp for all young riders in Croatia where they had an opportunity to learn and train with guys from Zion Pro team.

Five riders from Zion team spent the whole saturday showing kids all the the important stuff they need to know about riding their bike. Warming up and stretching, jumping quaters, jumpbox and spine and teaching them new tricks. It was really a lot of fun.

We had 35 kids attending this camp and they were really eager to learn, so I could really see progress in their riding by the end of the day. Also every single one of those kids went home with some sort of prize. We made a raffle for them , with same number of prizes as number of kids that attended the camp. We hooked them up with lots of Zion parts , Vans and Carhartt t-shirts, caps and backpacks and then we also had 3 main prizes Nokia sponsored us with : 3 Nokia XpressMusic cell phones. One was given as a main prize on raffle , one for winner of bunnyhop contest and one for the kid that shower the biggest progress and made the most effort during this camp. I don't even have to tell you how happy those kids were with these prizes, hehe.

No doubt, a great weekend and we will definitely be doing more of these camps in other cities.

Check out the photo gallery from this event

Zion in Warehouse

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-05-18T12:01:19+02:00

I'm proud to announce you that since yesterday Zion bikes are also available Warehouse shops all around Croatia. You can find more info on Warehouse website , check it out :

http://www.warehouse-sk8.com

News from Japan

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-05-16T19:07:46+02:00

I got an email from Aki with some news from Japan. One is Mar Kun's appearance on students competition "Ground Master" at Yokohama University. You can check out the video on the link below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At9npOItTEM

Second news is that Aki's sponsor PunkDrunkers released Aki's signature cap..You can check their stuff on Punkdrunkers webiste :
http://www.punk-d.com/

Sam Foakes - Groundtactics edit

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-05-15T16:51:08+02:00

Groundtactics semi finals are starting today and here is Sam's edit for this round. You'll agree, Sam's got skills , hehe...

Poki in Zion family

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-05-14T18:13:16+02:00

Hehe, few days ago I announced that there is one more new member in Zion family and people really couldn't wait for it to be announced. Here it is .

A long time friend of Zion and an amazing rider, Poki , is now also part of Zion pro team. All you guys that ever saw him ride know that he pull super hard tricks and also be the funniest guy in every park, hehe.

Here are first photos of Poki and his new Zion ride. Photos by Boris Perkovic :

Jura - Bike Days report

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-05-13T15:24:07+02:00

Jura got back from Switzerland where he competed on Bike Days event and took 5th place. On his way home he stopped at Red Bull HQ near Salzburg and visited Hangar 7. Check out some photos :

Jura - Bike Days

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-05-11T09:19:59+02:00

Jura took 5th place on Bike Days contest in Switzerland this weekend. After the contest he went to Red Bull's HQ near Salzburg and should come to my place tonight with more photos.

Here is a teaser photo for you - 360 double-whip in Switzerland

Akihiko - new video

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-05-10T09:14:36+02:00

Once again, Aki managed to blow my mind with his riding. Check out his new video with some fresh moves :

Denes Katona new video

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-05-05T15:44:48+02:00

This has nothing to do with Zion Bike Co. but it is the most amazing riding I've seen in a long time.

If you ever saw Denes ride , you know that his riding is incredible. But this new video just raised the bar of HARD to a whole different level, hehe.
Thanks to Denes and guys from OG Bike Co. cause they really made my day with this video.

No matter if you ride flatland or street be sure not miss this video cause it is a MUST SEE .

You can download it from OG Bike Co. web site :

http://www.original-gypsy.com/home

Irina Sadovnik - new Zion flow rider

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-05-04T11:17:06+02:00

We have another new flow member on Zion family, first girl in the team, Irina Sadovnik. If you ever met her you know that she is super positive, loves riding and uses every chance to promote bmx. She will be riding on her new purple LowKee this year , so check out few photos and a short video she sent....

Filip's new bike !

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-05-01T13:53:17+02:00

Filip has got some great news to share with everyone, recently he got flow from The Shadow Conspiracy and we assembled a new bike for him with all new Zion prototype stuff and Shadow parts.

Also he started his own blog so click on it and check out his new ride, its a real mean street machine ..

http://onlysteeze.wordpress.com/

New Keelan video

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-04-21T00:05:35+02:00

Jura NYC video

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-04-17T11:15:46+02:00

Here is a cool video of Jura's trip to USA , with Senad Grosic and Michael Blochberger...Nothing but fun here

Product highlight - Spanish BB

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-04-05T14:24:59+02:00

6061 T6 CNC machined cones
for 19mm axle
Slim curved style
Colours: Red, Silver and Black

My bike

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-04-02T22:48:28+02:00

These last few weeks I've been really really busy and haven't been riding much. Well, that has to be changed, hehe.
Today I assembled a new street bike for myself with new prototype of Ace ver.2 frame , new Zion prototype fork and a prototype of Filip's signature bar. Honestly, this one is tooooo light, hehe. Every now and then I like to take some time off flatland and just play around on street bike. I just hope tomorrow is gonna be a sunny day so I can enjoy my new bike.

Jura has a new bike !!!

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-04-01T11:24:04+02:00

2 weeks ago all those new Zion prototype frames and parts arrived to Zion office and testing phase already begun. Here are first photos of Jura's new Silence ver.2 bike.

This is a prototype of a second edition of Jura's signature frame for Zion and I think all of you can agree with me that it turned out sweeeeet. He is also testing a prototype of Headbanger bar (Filip's signature handlebar) and a prototype of new Zion forks.

Photos by Boris Perkovic

Funniest thing in Taiwan !!!

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-03-30T15:59:29+02:00

Hahahaha... Taiwan is amazing and funny in so many ways , but this is one of those little things that makes me laugh every single time I see it.
Pedestrian traffic lights are animated in Taiwan, so when the green light is on a little guy starts walking and counts the time. When times is almost out little green guy starts running like crazy , hehe , to let you know that you should hurry up before you get ran over by a herd of scooters.

Mana 2010 complete bike

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-03-29T11:51:51+02:00

Another new Zion complete bike : Mana

Full CrMo 4130 Zion Mana frame and fork
Zion Jazz bar
Spanish BB , Integrated headset
Sealed bearing cassette hub and front hub
25/9 gear ratio

Frame comes in purple and there are few options for colors of rims, linear cable and grips . You can choose from : yellow, white and black

This bike is designed to be a best buy on Croatian market . Its a Mid level bike that gives you all you need for shredding street or parks for a really affordable price.

Comes in brakeless version also.

Vertigo 2010 complete bike

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-03-28T09:53:18+02:00

Hi everyone,

sorry for not updating for a week , I've been buried in work. But now there are so many news to share with you. New Zion completes arrived to office few days ago so I'll be presenting them to you this next few days.
Also Jura, Filip and Aco got their new prototype frames , forks and bars so you can expect their bike checks real soon.

Today I want to present you first bike from Zion 2010 range : Vertigo

Full CrMo 4130 Zion Vertigo frame and fork
Zion Jazz bar
Spanish BB , Integrated headset
25/9 gear ratio

Frame comes in silver and there are few options for colors of rims, linear cable and grips . You can choose from : red, blue, yellow, black and white.

Comes in brakeless version also.

All in all this is an amazing choice for any beginner/mid level rider

Masatoshi Karino - new Zion shredder from Japan

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-03-20T17:17:19+01:00

I'm really proud to present you a new addition to Zion family , Masatoshi Karino aka MarKun . This young rider is one of most outstanding talents of new Japanese generation of flatlanders, so be sure you remember this name.
He recently assembled his new Zion LowKee and started shreeding right away. Here is a photo gallery of his new bike and his first session in Zion family.

At this moment he is also working on a new web video so you can expect that any time soon. Believe me, it will be sick.

Aco in Love Bmx

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-03-18T04:43:58+01:00

New issue of Love Bmx just got out and Aco has an interview in this one...Check it out :

www.lovebmx.cz

Winter in Woodward

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-03-16T03:05:31+01:00

Few days ago Jura came back from Woodward Camp, so I picked him up on the airport just before I left for Taiwan. He spent 3 weeks in USA enjoying NY City and training hard in Woodward. He spent 2 weeks there getting ready for new season and working on few new moves. Here are few photos of his training session.

Flatland Unlimited 6 video

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-03-11T16:35:04+01:00

Daniel Caruso made these sweeeeeet video of Flatland Unlimited 6 . Once again, congrats to Aki for taking 4th place, you can see him shredding in this video.

Whats up ?

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-03-10T10:58:33+01:00

Hi everyone,

this last days I've been really buried with work cause new 2010 complete bikes are arriving to Zion warehouse and at the same time I'm flying to Taiwan. So I didn't really find time for updating Zion website.

So, this Sunday I'm going to Taiwan to attend Taipei Cycle Show and do some work on few new Zion projects. Can't wait...
When I get back we'll have a photo shooting of new Zion 2010 completes, so you will finally be able to see them (both flatland and street bikes).

Akihiko and few of his friends took a trip to Canada last weekend to compete on FU6 and Aki got 4th place. Great job man...
He just arrived home and so you can expect some photos from his trip these days.

Jura is still in Woodward , training really hard and enjoying every moment. He is also filming a web video of his trip so you can expect that some time this month.

And last news are not that good, hehe.....Croatia is buried in snow , AGAIN !!! so we'll have to wait few more weeks before riding season starts.

FIlip - sequence

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-03-03T12:03:04+01:00

Here is great sequence shot of Filip shot by Dok for Warehouse...Click on the photo to see the sequence.

Photo by : www.foto-dok.net

Spy photos - new frame prototypes !!!

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-03-02T11:19:11+01:00

Some more spy photos for you guys , hehe !!!

These are prototypes of a new version of Zion Silence and Ace frames that we worked on for a long time. I wanted to make highest quality frames so we used all the best technology that is currently available.

Here are some specs :

- triple butted and oval butted TT and DT
- double butted and tapered SS and CS
- fully heat-treated after welding
- offset CNC'd HT and BB shell
- taper lock patent design on dropouts
- integrated seatclamp

Weight of these prototype frame is a joke, only 1.69 kg (3.7 lbs) . We made them lighter for testing phase so if they can stand testing abuse with these lowered weight, production model is going to be indestructible.

We made 3 versions of these prototypes, for Jura, Filip and Aco.

Filip spring session

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-03-01T17:30:18+01:00

Finally winter ended here in Croatia and we had few beautiful sunny days this weekend. So Filip wasted no time and made some fresh riding photos.

Filip - hole in the wall

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-02-26T19:20:35+01:00

Here is a photo that I took few months ago, but never posted it on Zion site....Filip found this cool "hole in the wall" spot and we had a small session there...

Filip - 180 through a hole in the wall

Video highlight - Akihiko Takahashi

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-02-24T12:03:57+01:00

I keep watching this video over and over again and i just can't get enough of it . Aki is so good....

Jura - New York city, day 1

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-02-22T20:36:12+01:00

Jura arrived to NYC yesterday and sent few photos of his day 1 of this road trip.
Its his first time in USA and a special bonus is when you have clown like Senad Grosic with you, haha. Nothing but fun.

Today was a good day

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-02-20T11:12:49+01:00

Another "White Friday" edit by James White. This friday his honoring "the Turbine" and he filmed a short video with Sam.
Check out what he has to say about it on FlatMatters : http://flatmattersonline.blogspot.com/

Jura has a new bike

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-02-18T16:28:28+01:00

Nothing but great stuff happening to Jura these days.

Last week he got one more sponsor, so from now on Odyssey will hook him up with some sweet parts. Today we assembled a new bike for him with all the stuff he got from Odyssey and tomorrow he is going on a really cool trip : Vienna, New York and last stop Camp Woodward.
Sounds like fun !!

We'll keep you updated with some fresh photos from USA these next few weeks, but now check out his new ride.
Zion Silence - his signature frame , Zion Pivotal seat and post, Magic stem , PMS sprocket , Odyssey Twombolt crankset, Path tires, Aaron Ross Space bar, Evo brakes...

nice ride, don't you think so ?

Zion Worldwide - No. 1 rated stem

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-02-09T10:35:41+01:00

Probably every flatlander in the world knows about Global-Flat , cause it really proved itself to be a "must check every day" page for anyone that loves flatland.

Among other contents Global-flat gives you an opportunity to rate flatland products and I'm really proud to say that Zion Worldwide stem has been a no.1 rated stem for a looong time now.
It really makes me proud to see that riders give my work this much credit. Thanks everyone.

What's new ?

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-02-08T13:09:37+01:00

Just wanted to keep you updated with what's going on in Zion at the moment .

Winter hit us really hard this year and I honestly can't remember the last time I rode my bike. But being having this extra free time helped me to finish some projects that have been on standby for some time (including this new website).

If you followed Zion news from the beginning of this year you saw that we have few new products that just finished production. A container with new Zion stuff left Taiwan last week and will be in Croatia in few weeks so I'll add more photos and specifications of new products once they arrive to warehouse.
Biggest part of this shipment is something I haven't showed on Zion site yet, new Zion 2010 completes. These include some really really cool new street completes, from AM to PRO range, and also the prototypes of flatland complete bikes that we working on at the moment. There is a big lack of good flatland completes on the market and Zion is hoping to cover it this year.

Team has also been quite lately because of this winter but this will change as soon as spring comes. Here is what guys are doing at the moment :

Jura is probably the happiest guy on the team at this moment cause his long time wish came true. He always wanted to visit USA and in two weeks its going to happen. He will stay in New York for a week and then visit the Woodward Camp with few other guys from Europe.
You can expect a nice web edit from USA .

Sam recently did an interview for Cream magazine and also he is really proud that for the first time in his career he got a cover shot. This issue of Cream just got out few days ago, so be sure that you get your copy and read what Sam has to say.

Filip is probably the only guy on the team that is still riding these days even though its subzero temp. outside, hehe. His new signature bar is arriving in few weeks so he is super stoked on that.

Aki recently competed on World Classics and did a great job representing Zion. He continues to train real hard and plans to visit Canada to compete there again. Aki and Cory Fester on a same contest , sounds amazing, hehe.

Product highlight - PMS sprocket

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-02-05T10:05:55+01:00

Pretty Mean Sprocket !!!

This Zion sprocket has been on the market for a year now and riders comments on it are really really great. Its really strong, nice simple design, three beautiful colors and is compatible with both 22mm and 19mm axles.
Comes in 2 sizes, 25T and 22 T , and a very unique feature is that 22T version is compatible with all standard cranks.

Akihiko Takahashi - World Classics video

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-01-31T20:57:06+01:00

Here is video of Aki's battle against Adam Kun on World Classics contest that took place in Japan recently.

My summer roadtrip

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-02-03T19:29:00+01:00

Everybody that knows me know how much I love to travel. For me it is one of the best bonuses that comes along with riding bmx.

In summer of 2009 I packed my Zion van and started a long roadtrip from Zagreb (Croatia) to United Kingdom. I planed to do that for a long time and this summer it finally happened. Started in Zagreb, stopped in Munich for a day, few days in Cologne for Bmx Masters and then took a ferry from France to UK. Stayed in UK for 2 weeks, visited Sam, Effraim and Keelan, drove around the country and enjoyed the beautiful nature.
Zion van has a nice big bed and a little stove, so i have all I need and I can always travel on a really low budget.
Whole trip lasted for 3 weeks and I drove for 5000 km.
I uploaded the photo gallery from this roadtrip so you can click on the photo to see it.

Sam Foakes - Fat Favorites

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-01-30T11:33:10+01:00

FatBmx published a Fat Favorites list with Sam Foakes. Too bad they used some super old photos. Check it out :

Bike packing video

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-01-29T09:23:27+01:00

I know many of you are interested in how bikes are made in Taiwan, so here is a little video I filmed last year. This is the final stage of production of complete bikes. Assembly was finished before I arrived to factory, so I didn't get a chance to film it. But here you can see final packing and loading to container.

我会说一点汉语

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-01-28T11:30:45+01:00

Hehe, from the first time I went to Taiwan I fell in love in Chinese language and told myself I'll learn it one day. Well I kept the promise.

Few months ago I signed into a Chinese language class and been really enjoying learning to speak and write Chinese. This week I passed my final exam and got a diploma for a beginner level of Chinese.
Knowing any foreign language is really valuable knowledge, but knowing Chinese in my case also has a great bonus. Since all Zion products are made in Taiwan and I go there every year to arrange and monitor productions , speaking Chinese is going to make a huge difference.

My next trip to Taiwan is in March and I can't wait to test my skills there , hehe.

Product highlight - Magic stem

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-01-27T10:18:33+01:00

Magic stem is our latest frontload stem design for street riders. We made these babies nice and big so they can take a lot of abuse, but the design still allows it to keep the low weight.

for more info click on the photo

Zion desktop wallpaper - Aco dam session

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-01-26T13:17:31+01:00

In download section of Zion website you can download a wallpaper for your desktop. This one is made of Aco's photo from a secret dam session.
Click on the photo to get it

Sam Foakes presents Zion Luna frame to a lucky winner at Bolton YMCA

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-01-25T11:40:29+01:00

At Level Vibes, Chris Massey brought a ton of kids from his youth project in Bolton to compete, what many didn't realise was that, these bikes were funded for the project and don't actually belong to the kids,Sam wanted to give away the frame to a young kid just getting into flatland, hoping to encourage him to ride harder.
Sam recently went to the Bolton YMCA project to personally give the Zion frame to a very stoked Kieran!!
This is a great bit of youth work on Chris and Sam's part, I hope these kids stick at it, much respect to all involved!

Random photos : Big White Elephant

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-01-23T10:59:26+01:00

Hehe, this is one of those insane roadtrip moments that just can't be explained.
We were driving for 10 hours straight from Croatia to Trutnov in Czech Republik for a contest.....the trip took FOREVER and it was hot as hell in the van...and then in the middle of nowhere all of the sudden there is a "real size" white metal elephant right next to the road...standing there in the field, for no reason...I just hit the brakes really hard and we were all just started laughing like crazy...

This is still probably my favorite roadtirp photo, hehehe...

Spy Photos - Rim strip

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-01-24T11:41:17+01:00

Another new little Zion part for your bike, a new Zion rim strip. Here are first spy photo from the factory...

Filip Strbad - indoor winter chill edit

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-01-21T11:29:09+01:00

Filip and his friend Nikola put some effort in cleaning an abandoned building in Zagreb, patched up the holes in the ceiling and made a little indoor spot to ride. In this harsh winter time, even a place like this is so much fun, hehe.

Check it :

Sam Foakes - CREAM cover

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-01-20T18:09:20+01:00

Sam Foakes gets the cover of Cream 37 and interview, shot by Richard Baybutt after Level Vibes. Be sure to get your copy of new Cream and read what Sam has to say .....

Spy photos - Filip Strbad signature handlebar

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-01-19T10:00:00+01:00

I can honestly say that for this whole last year Filip has been riding more then anyone else in Zion team, made huge progress and also put a lot of effort in promoting Zion. So to show my respect to him we started his signature handlebar project.
We made this babies just the way Filip likes them...tall, wide and super strong...

Here are few photos of first prototypes that just came out of factory. We'll be testing them for some time and I expect them to be in shops after summer...

Spy photos - new Zion fork

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-01-22T22:49:00+01:00

Production of some new Zion product is being finished at this moment, so I'm gonna publish you few spy photos from Taiwan.
Today I'm gonna show you first prototype photos of new Zion fork. We're starting the testing phase real soon and we expect them to be available in shops by the end of this year.

Aki on World Classic

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-01-18T10:14:08+01:00

Aki sent some photos from World Classics event that took place in Japan last weekend. Congrats to Aki for entering finals and taking 15th place.

Luna custom bike

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-01-17T13:06:59+01:00

Here are few photos of a custom Luna complete bike that I built for a friend of mine. I just love the way it turned out , so I wanted to share it with you guys. The idea was to make the whole bike black&white only.
I used Zion Luna frame and fork, Worldwide stem, PMS sprocket , headset and bb and some other sweet parts like Colony handlebars, WTP cranks...

I hope you like it ...

New Zion Site !!!

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-01-13T01:38:04+01:00

Hi everyone !!!

I'm really glad to say that new Zion web site is finally online. It has been a project that I wanted to do for ages, but just couldn't find enough free time. But since winter hit us pretty hard and I can't ride at all I decided to finally finish this project.
And here it is , hehe, hope you like it.

Only part of this new site that is still not finished are new team interviews. Those will be published soon and in the meantime you can see riders photo galleries instead.

Another new thing is the compilation of your Zion bikes, so if you want to have a photo of your Zion bike published on Zion website just send it to our email.

Few photos from DVD premiere

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2009-10-12T11:33:22+02:00

This weekend we had a video premiere of the new Zion DVD named "Riding on the road to Zion". This DVD was made from materials that Croatian part of Zion team filmed on a roadtrip this spring. Here are few photos of the team that I took before the premiere started...later we were just to drunk and had to much fun dancing that we forgot to take more photos...sorry about that, hehe.

"Riding on the road to Zion" DVD

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2009-10-14T11:31:20+02:00

Last weekend we had a video premiere for our new Zion DVD and now it is finally available !!!

I would really love to use this opportunity to say thanks to Vans and Carhartt, our main sponsors this roadtrip, and everybody else that helped this procject in any way (you'll find you name in Credits, hehe).

We really had a blast on this trip and can't wait to do it again.

Aki on King of Ground

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2009-10-28T11:28:12+01:00

Aki competed recently on the last stop of King of Ground and placed 23rd this time. His overall ranking now is 16th place which earned him a speacial guest status on BMX Flatland World Classic event that will take place next year.

Jura summer video

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2009-11-02T11:27:20+01:00

Jura made a short Summer edit video. Check it out :

New Filip Strbad video

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2009-11-03T11:25:12+01:00

Another great video part from Filip Strbad. He managed to film this one in these last few sunny days in Croatia...Now it is raining non stop and its cold as hell. Check this out:

Product highlight - new integrated headset

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2009-11-13T11:22:52+01:00

Here is a photo of new Zion headset that is already available in shops worldwide. A new design of a top cap and new stronger bearings make this headset a real sweet part for your bike.... (also, the price is quite cool).
It comes in these three colors : anodized black, anodized red and polished silver

Click on the photo for more info

Level Vibes teaser

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2009-11-15T11:21:49+01:00

James White filmed this little combo with Sam Foakes as a teaser for Level Vibes event that will happen in UK real soon. If you have a chance go there and have fun....

New Sam Foakes video

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2009-11-19T11:20:56+01:00

Another Sam Foakes video by James White ...As you can see Sam keeps pushing flatland, hard....hehe...

Keelan Phillips video

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2009-11-20T11:19:48+01:00

Keelan Phillips also made new web video....Filmed by Stewart Charles, check it out

tomislavmoze.com site is online

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2009-11-28T11:17:28+01:00

Our team photographer Tomislav Moze made a new web site to show his work to everyone. Among other great photos you can also find some Zion team photos there...
Check it out, its really worth it. Click on the photo...

Level Vibes

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2009-12-07T11:14:23+01:00

Level Vibes event took place in London this weekend and I'm really sorry I couldn't be there. While its really cold and wet outside, 50 riders enjoyed a really nice indoor place
and it looks like this event was exactly what flatland needs these days. Hope we have more days like this in 2010.
Sam Foakes had a great idea to donate one Luna frame to a rider that impressed him the most, so one lucky guy (Kieran) will have a nice new frame after this weekend.

You can check out a Level Vibes photo gallery on Global Flat....can't wait for a video....

Winter time

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2009-12-21T11:10:04+01:00

You can see that I haven't been updating the site lately. Well, winter time is here and it came hard, hehe. At this moment Zagreb (my city) is buried in snow and this morning its -15 C outside, so riding is not really an option. Unfortunately, Zagreb has no indoor parks and its probably also one of rare capitals that also doesn't have an indoor flatland spot that we could ride in winter. All parking garages have security so we're not able to session there.
But don't think we're not busy, hehe. Working hard on new website and some new products that are coming this spring...

Aki's new video and Happy New Year

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-01-01T11:05:15+01:00

Hi everyone ,

first of all I would like to wish a happy New Year to everyone....2009 has been really great and I can't wait to see what this new one brings us.
For the first day of 2010 I got a great present for you. Aki made a new video that is INSANE !!! Full 8 minutes of amazing riding. I personally love his style and I know that many of you will agree with me. Check this out :

Sonic's new bike

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-01-07T10:56:36+01:00

What else to do in this cold winter time then work on your bike and ideas for next season. Sonic used his spare time to refresh his ride once again. Check out this amazing custom paint job on his LowKee. You can't beat the look of a pure black bike.

Happy Birthday !!!

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2010-01-05T18:47:49+01:00

Today is Zion Bike Co.'s 5th birthday !!!

Exactly 5 years ago a first finished prototype Zion bike arrived to Croatia, a first generation Luna. Even though the whole project started 6 months before this, I choose this date as a symbolic birthday of Zion Bike Co.
You can't even imagine all the things that happened since that day and I can honestly say I enjoyed every single one of it. What started as a small project of a 20 year old rider is now a legit company that sells bikes and parts worldwide, has an amazing team and enjoys a well deserved reputation of one of the best upoming companies in flatland world.

I would like to say a huge "thank you" to everyone that ever contributed to this in any possible way.

Don't think that I'm just partying and trashing myself these days, cause there are so many new projects going on in Zion at the moment that I barely sleep. First thing I would like to announce is the new Zion website that will be online sometime next week. This is a was a priority cause as you can see this current site is really old and there are so many informations missing, specially in products sestion... completely my fault, hehe.
Next, I would like to announce that new Zion 2010 complete bikes are soon to be shipped from Taiwan so they will be available in shops in February. Also, there are many prototypes of new products that are in production at the moment, like Luna and LowKee complete bikes, new street frames, forks and bars , a final version of Sam's signature Focus frame, a new longer version of Keelan's LowKee frame, a redesigned Worldwide stem and few more projects that I would like to keep a secret for now.

To end these news here is a photo of that first Luna prototype that arrived to Croatia on January 5th, 2005. Whole Zion Bike Co. evolved from this one bike, hehe...

Jura u Kliku

zionbikes@gmail.com — 2009-11-26T21:21:11+01:00

Jura has got an interview in new issue of KLIK magazine. If you get a chance to buy it you will probably spend more time drooling over naked girls then reading his interview...But who can blame you, hehe....