Elliott Arnold and Johan Walzel on Tour in Europe

Meet Elliott and Johan at 15:00 at these skate parks. Let's warm up at the park and go street skating after.

May 18/19: SSC, Roskilde, Denmark

May 20/21: Hamburg, Germany: i-Punkt

May 22/23: Roeselare, Belgium: Truespin

May 24/25: Winterthur, Switzerland, Shred the Block Contest

May 26/27: Karlsruhe, Germany: Backyard Skatepark

May 29: Nuremberg, Germany, Skatepark

May 30: Leipzig, Germany, Heizhaus

May 31: Prague, Czech Rep., Gizmania

Jun 1/2: Pardubice, Czech Rep, Skate Contest

Meet Cory and Zig on Tour on the East Coast May 11 - 19

AO Beta Scooter now available in green and red

Toby

Filmed: Phillip Long, Andy Rea, Max Manning, & Inaki Gil
Edited: Phillip Long

As seen on 841-wheels.com

Great 841 edit with AO riders Johan Walzel and Rubén Rodríguez

Montreux Scooter Contest

Congratulations to Remi Bouchard (1st place bunny-up contest) and Enzo Commeau (3rd place Pro) at the Montreux scooter contest

AO in Arizona

A few months ago some of the AO dudes and I went out to AZ and smashed out some serious riding. These are the freebies that we decided would give off the vibe of the tour. Be on the look out for some more bad ass AZ footage in the AO DVD! - Max Manning

AO Beta Scooter

Although designed and priced for intermediate and advanced riders AO’s Beta scooter is equipped with some of finest and strongest components available. The deck is fully integrated and comes with a threadless fork, sealed headset bearings and hidden internal compression system (HIC) which is the gold standard for bikes and scooters. The oversized Y-shaped handle bar is made of super strong 4130 Chromoly steel and secured with a triple clamp in 6061 T6 aluminum. Flangeless Raptor Scale grips are designed for easy bar spins and the extra thick material increases the life time and provides shock absorption and comfort.
The Beta scooter is equipped with 100 mm/88A aluminum wheels by 841 which are world renowned for their for superfast speeds, strong grip and durability. The rounded stainless steel flex brake is super sturdy and prevents flat spots on your wheel.

The deck features a completely flat bottom for maximum control in grinds and a replaceable, super tough grind plate which protects your deck. It also enables you to effortlessly grind anything from unwaxed curbs to concrete and gives you more control on metal rails. It can easily be replaced when worn. As an added bonus the Beta scooter comes with a second color grip tape with AO allover print.

Georg Gartlehner & Tobias Mayer: Rumble in da Jungle 3

George Gartlehner and Tobias Mayer are holding it down in Linz, Austria.

Cory Vanlew's Rasta deck

Once your soul frame and plugs are worn down take get creative and replace them with some colorful parts.

Customize your scooter like never before

Epsilon Grind Plate
The grind plate or soul frame is the key to a much longer lifetime of your deck. If a rider is into grinding a normal deck might only last for about 1 month. The inexpensive, replaceable soul frame extends the life span of a deck for many months and can be easily replaced when worn. It’s also available in several colors to give your scooter a whole new look.
The best part of the soul frame, however, is its grinding ability: It’s made of a fiberglass reinforced plastic material which effortlessly grinds on literally anything from concrete to stone and even gives you more control on metal rails. The groove in the center of the Epsilon grind plate helps in Fastslides and Feebles. Instead of using the side of the wheels to lock in grinds you can now sit and balance on the groove.
 
Epsilon Front and Rear Plugs:
AO front and rear plugs protect the edges of the deck from bending and the front plate doubles as grind plate for nose blunts. Together with the grind plate they provide all around protection to the deck and can be easily replaced when worn and make your scooter last several times longer than traditional decks.

"Butter" Feat. Cory Vanlew

AO riders had fun customizing their scooters with new soul frame colors and took them for a spin. Plus some clips from a recent trip to Las Vegas.
Riders: Elliot Arnold, Cory Vanlew, Zig Short, & Zack Martin Shred.

Filmed/Edited: Phillip Long

Welcome To AO: Elliott Arnold

AO Scooter Combination Lock

AO’s scooter lock is the perfect solution to prevent your scooter from getting stolen. The hardened U-shaped shackle fits around the deck, downtube or bar. A 5-digit combination lock has over 100.000 combinations and will keep potential thieves busy trying.
 
Features:
-          Hardened shackle, 7 mm steel with PVC cover
-          5 digit resettable lock (over 100.000 combinations)
-          4 mm steel cable, length: 2 m
-          Weight: 380 g (12.5 oz.)

AO on Tour in Michigan

Ruben Rodriguez | Welcome to AO

AO is proud to announce the latest addition to our team: Ruben Rodriguez from Barcelona, Spain.

Filmed by: Iñaki Gil and Javi Trepat
Edited by: Ruben Rodriguez
Song: Pictures of Matchstick Men - Status Quo

Cory Vanlew

Hugo Svare | Welcome To AO

Hugo is one of the most unique members of the AO team. He is truly talented at almost anything he does whether it be Kendama to cable boarding to just being an all-around Danish bad ass. He rocks wicked music too!
One time Hugo and I mixed Drum and Bass all day and he was wicked on the decks as well! Hugo Svare is a complete individual going anywhere he goes with a positive attitude and the will to ride! AO welcomes Hugo Svare to the team.

Filmed & Edited By: Max Manning

AO Australia Street Edit

Mitch Baldry, Brenton Taylor, Regan Thompson, Reece Jones and Dom Impiombato are hitting the streets of Melbourne, Australia.

Filmed/Edited by Thomas Dalbis

Zig Short: Scoot Scoot BANG BANG

Brooklyn's finest Zig Short drops Scoot Scoot BANG BANG for the 2012-2013 holiday season. With his new style since signing to AO Scooters in 2011, Zig shows off a his new found technical side along with the epic gaps and drops he is well known for.

DOP/Editor/Colorist: Max Manning
Additional Camerawork & Graphic Design By Phil Long & Cory Vanlew

Epsilon Turquoise

Key innovation of the Epsilon deck is a replaceable, super tough grind plate which protects your deck and makes it last many times longer than traditional scooters. The inexpensive grind plate can easily be replaced when worn and it comes in different colors so you can give your deck a completely fresh look. The best part however is its amazing grinding abilities: It allows you to effortlessly grind anything from unwaxed curbs to concrete and stone ledges and it even gives you more control on metal rails. Also helpful for grinding is the completely flat bottom and a hardcore concave top that literally grabs your feet.
New are also front and rear plugs which prevent the edges of the deck from bending and the angled front plug allows you to do nose blunts on pretty much any surface.

Tobias Mayer | Welcome To AO

Toby was one of the biggest surprises on our trips to Europe this year. We were blown away by his riding skills and style and instantly booked him a ticket to Cali. Check out some of the leftovers from his upcoming section in the AO DVD.

Filmed: Phillip Long, Andy Rea, & Max Manning
Edited: Phillip Long

AO Scooters Jerry Walther | Welcome to AO

Welcome to AO | Dom Olorenshaw

With Dom's 1st trip to Cali, we were able to bust out some pretty amazing clips. With his style of riding and being able to adapt to both street and park he makes a great addition to the AO family. Take a moment a peep only some of the clips he was able to stack while he was out here in Cali.

Filmed/Edited: Phillip Long

Tip & Tricks:

The groove in the center of the Epsilon grind plate doesn’t look like much but it really helps in Fastslides and Feebles. Instead of using the side of the wheels to lock in grinds you can now sit and balance on the groove.

Epsilon Red

Joe Flowers & Elliott Arnold explaining AO's new Epsilon deck in red. The Red Epsilon carrys several new features and definitely packs one heck of a punch compared to previous products. Giving you the low down we got midwest champ himself Joe Flowers and Clairmont California's Elliott Arnold.

Tune By: FTK - Games & Lames

Filmed & Edited By Max Manning

New on AO: Elliott Arnold

Elliott Arnold's welcome edit to the ELYTS Pro team. Local to San Diego and has an appetite for destruction. This kid will shred anything and is always having a good time while doing so. I see Elli going far in this industry. Not only is this guy 19 but hes seriously only been riding for a few years. I think it goes without saying that he has a ton of room for growth, meaning this monsters only gonna get bigger!

Welcome to AO: Georg Gartlehner

I don't know where to start with George, maybe with the fact that he is probably one of the most dedicated riders i have ever met. While he was out in California filming for the upcoming Alpha Omega Team DVD, he treated every day here like it was his last. Throwing hammer after hammer he is nothing short of amazing. He is deffinitly one of the best street riders out there. So sit back put your legs up and get ready to get your mind blow away.

Filmed: Phillip Long, Andy Rea, & Max Kernmayer
Edited: Phillip Long

Remi Bouchard | Welcome to AO

AO Scooters proudly presents: Remi Bouchard is holding it down for AO in France. He can spin his deck faster than helicopter blades which must give him the uplift needed to do a quadruple whip on flat ground. Check it out.

Filmed: Phillip Long, Andy Rea, & Max Manning

AO in Barcelona

Jonas Kjaer (Denmark), Marko Szabo (Austria), Ruben Rodriguez (Spain) and Jerry Walther (Switzerland) recently spent a week in Barcelona to film a release edits for the new Elyts Nubuck and Action shoes. Everybody busted out tricks and had a great time exploring Barcelona's amazing skate spots.
Filmed by: Daniel Thomz, Luke Painter and Iñaki Gil.
Edited by: Iñaki Gil

Welcome to AO: Ryan Scott

With Ryan out in California for a month filming for the AO DVD, we were able to throw together a quick welcome to the team edit to show you guys the great spirit and dedication Ryan brings to the table. First thing I noticed filming with this dude was his love for gaps which gave him the name mini Zig. But check out his riding and see for yourself.

Official release: AO Epsilon Deck

Available in a few days: AO Epsilon

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.

Welcome to AO: Mitch Baldry, Melbourne

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 relize just what this boy is capable of in just a few short days. Watch out for his full section in the AO team video.

Welcome to AO: Joe Flowers

AO welcomes the latest addition to our team: Joe Flowers surprised everyone with signature tricks such as half cab flairs and he destroyed everything from ledges, gaps and park. While filming for the his section in the AO video he still had plenty clips left for this welcome to the team edit.

AO at Epic Contest

Mitch Baldry, Zig Short and Cory Vanlew attended the Epic scooter contest in Rocklin, CA

Rumble in da Jungle 2

George Gartlehner, Tobias Mayer, Alex Freller and Florian Toegel holding it down in Linz, Austria

AO in Barcelona

Sneak preview from a film production in Barcelona for the new AO Epsilon deck

Featured Rider: Zack Martin

Zack Martin hitting the streets in San Marcos, CA.

Filmers:
Sam Dybeck
Bailey Martin
Riley Ebel
Edited: Myself(Zack Martin)

Coming soon: AO Epsilon

After almost 2 years of product development and rigorous testing, the AO Epsilon deck is finally in production. To accomplish our goal of making the strongest and most street oriented scooter we are only using the best and strongest materials and components and have it made at one of the world’s leading BMX factories.

Manufactured at one of the leading bike factories

Each Epsilon deck is hand made by experienced welders, adjusted and re-heated to regain it's original strength.

Re-heat Treatment

Aluminum loses about 80 % of its strength after welding. To re-gain it's strenght it has to be re-heated in an oil bath of several 1000 degrees so that the molecules can re-align themseves.
Next the Epsilon deck is being re-heated in a T6 tempering process and dropped in a cold bath to obtain its final hardness.

18.0 Hardness on Webster Scale

Each Epsilon deck is undergoing our stringent quality control process and has to meet at least hardness 18.0 on the Webster scale.

AO on Tour in Australia

Watch Mitch Baldry, Zig Short and Cory Vanlew on tour in Australia. They visited Melbourne and Sydney before hitting "Jamo Jam 4" in Penrith, NSW.

Introducing from AO UK: Ryan Scott & Dom Olorenshaw

Featured riders: Georg Gartlehner & Tobias Mayer

Georg Gartlehner & Tobias Mayer filmed a short edit in Linz, Austria in September 2012 . Sponsors: AO Scooters, Elyts Shoes and Scooter-Kickboard.de

AO Rider on Hypebeast

http://hypebeast.com/2012/09/experience-scootering-with-match-baldry/

AO Conference Sep 28-30

Mark your calendar for Sep 28-30, 2012. This will be the date of AO's international conference for the launch of the new Epsilon deck at AO headquarters. Pro riders and company representatives from all over the world will be in attendance. We will be also visiting local skate shops and parks -- stay tuned for times and locations.

Amazing edit: Mitch Baldry

InfinityList The Cinematic Sports Experience takes it latest foray into originally created cinematic sports content with pro scooter rider Mitch Baldry.
With our professional production and editing team we used our innovative shooting style to capture the core aesthetic and beauty of the sport which has recently gained a stronger following.

This is Mitch's first video since performing on tour with the Australian edition of Travis Pastrana’s Nitro Circus where he landed a nearly impossible scooter double back-flip.
Filmed over a 2 day period at Knox Skate Park in Knoxfield Melbourne Victoria, Australia the advanced park features a 2.7m deep bowl, and a gigantic 2.5m hemisphere cup.

Trick list:
0:15 360 Buttercup
0:18 720
0:25 Flair Tailwhip
0:30 Hang 5
0:40 Frontflip no hander
0:57 Backflip no hander to fakie
1:07 Bri whip
1:25 Quad tailwhip
1:30 Front lipslide
1:33 Superman
1:50 Backflip 180
1:56 Nose Manual
2:00 Heelwhip rewind double whip

Scootfest England

Congratulations to the winners of the Scootfest in England

1. Boris Germain (Elyts, MX)
2. Hugo Svare (Elyts, AO)
3. Luke Painter (Elyts, Dogg)
4. Toby Mayer (Elyts, AO)
4. Georg Gartlehner (Elyts, AO)

AO Tour Czech Republic

After picking up Cory and Zig at the Prague Intl Airport we drove to Pardubice to meet our new Teamrider Martin Nogol ( AO, Elyts, 841, Raptor, Titen ) and his guys at a small concrete street plaza. The heat was on and the guys had a fast warm up on curbs and rails.
Around 6 pm we drive to a huge skatepark in Pardubice and the guys went crazy. Zig was doing a 3x3m, double-whip gap down a bank , Cory was grinding a super nice 5m ledge and Martin killed the flybox with a quad flip and the half pipe with big airs.
 
At 8pm we went to another skatepark in Hradec Kralove and had a chill out session but the guys still killin it:
Martin transfered some ramps and Zig grinded a looong rounded kink rail.
 

Tobias Mayer: Worlds first on flat rail

Check out Tobias trick on a flat rail.

Worlds first quad whip flat

Remi Bouchard from France filmed this quad whip flat during his trip to California while filming for the AO video.

Welcome to California: Tobias Mayer (A), Jerry Walther (CH), Remi Bouchard (F)

Tobias Mayer (Austria), Jerry Walther (Switzerland) and Remi Bouchard (France) are currently in town to film for the upcoming AO video. We were totally blown away from the level of riding in Europe. This video is gonna be good!!!

Aug 16 AO on Tour in Prague: Czech Republic

Meet Zig Short and Cory Vanlew at Gizmania scooter shop in Prague.

Sep 16, 14:00: Everybody will meet at the Gizmania Scootpark http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f6CG1u0gSA&feature=player_embedded.
 
15:00: We'll move to the Mystic Park which is within the walking distance from the shop.
 

Aug 15 AO on Tour in Pardubice and Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

Meet Zig Short and Cory Vanlew on Aug 15 in Pardubice and Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.

Here's the plan:
Everybody meets at the plaza in Pardubice at 17:00.
At 18:00 we'll go to the park and ride there for 1 hour.
At 20:00 we will drive to Hradec Kralove to skate the park until close.

Tour host: Martin Nogol, Scootshop.cz

Mitch Baldry putting his AO deck to the test at Nitro Circus

Mitch Baldry going huge on his AO deck -- inlcuding a triple flip attempt.

‎Jonas Kjær | Welcome to AO

"Talk about a young buck on the come up. After filming with this kid for the first week in Cali, I knew Jonas had a very bright future in the sport. With always having a good attitude no matter what, his drive to wanna ride is what made him stand out the most. He could wakeup, skate a skatepark all day and still have the energy to ride all night if he wanted to. We are all about finding the best riders for our team and picking up Jonas will for sure be a great pick. Welcome to the team Jonas Kjaer."-Phillip Long

AO Tour Stop Denmark

At the last stop in Aalborg, Denmark Cory Vanlew and Zig Short finished off the tour with a bang. Huge turnout at the last demo along with the Scandinavian Scooter Contest. Make sure to peep the deck at the end of the video and watch out for upcoming welcome to the team edits.

AO Paris Tour Stop

Zig Short and Cory Vanlew stopped at White Box Shop during their tour in Paris and sessioning with the locals after. Watch Cory grind one the gnarliest ledges ever.

AO Spain Tour

Zig Short and Cory Vanlew took a 2nd tour to Europe to promote the new AO deck, they spent one day at Madrid and two days at Barcelona which we fully used to film and promote the AO products in every shop and skatepark. Watch the smoothest and longest grind ever done on a scooter.

AO Spain Tour Poster

AO Germany Tour Part 2

With Cory and Zig going through Nuremburg and Leipzig, Germany. They are meeting up with some great locals ang get shown around to spots. Stay tuned for the final part where the dudes go Hamburg, Germany and then the ender for the trip in Denmark at the Scandinavian Scooter Contest.

AO Germany Tour Part 1

AO Austria Tour

Check out this edit of Zig and Cory's first AO tour and experience the full power of the AO deck. Endless and effortless grinding on almost any obstacle you can imagine. While scootering is so far mostly limited to skate parks which are not available everywhere, the AO deck allows you to ride anywhere and anytime.

AO -- A Golden Age Has Begun

AO are the first scooters specifically designed for street riding. The key innovation of the deck is a removable grind plate which is made out of a super tough plastic materials which not only protects your deck but enables you to effortless 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. The soul frame (as we call it) opens a whole new dimension and allows scooter riders to experience this amazing feeling. Grinding is where it's at. Try it out!

AO Tour

Zig and Cory are excited to come!

Cory Vanlew best trick at Seattle Street Jam

Corey Vanlew does Feeble to death drop into bank at the 1st Annual Seattle Street Jam.