Ryan Guettler footjams a scary-skinny ledge at the Anthem skatepark in Vegas. All photos: Simon Makker

Unit's two-week mission travelling the length and breadth of the United States is heading towards a huge finish as we hang out and film/shoot our US-based athletes.

After the Las Vegas Supercross (and ensuing MASSIVE after-party) we took a bit of a breather for a day before getting straight back into the thick of the action with a shoot with Unit's BMX team manager and BMX heavy-hitter Ryan Guettler at the Anthem skatepark in Vegas.

Ryan, who's heading out to Italy as you read this, took little time to get used to the park and had the scooter-riders, skaters and BMXers spellbound as he found some creative new lines and pulled out some of his trademark tricks.


Cam White is all smiles now that he's back on the bike.

That afternoon we headed around to hang out with Cam White at TJ Lavin's place. Cam is back riding after a six-month knee reconstruction and is all smiles at being back behind the bars. Unfortunately the Vegas desert wind was raging too hard for us to put a session down, but it was still good to see Cam back to his old self again.

The next morning we were up dark and early to catch a red-eye to Dallas, TX to do a film shoot with MotoConcepts yamaha rider Tommy Hahn. Hahn, who lives on a peaceful 40-acre patch of dirt an hour out of Fort Worth is busy preparing for the start of the Lucas Oils AMA Motocross Championship, which fires up next weekend.


Tommy Hahn digs a new trench at a tacky Oak Hill Raceway.

Tommy is looking forward to the season and took us to his local track, Oak Hill, where he threw down some solid laps as a huge storm began to loom. After a productive session on what looked like a super-fun track we hung out at his house for a few hours, then parted ways.

This morning we were up at 3.45am and again headed to the airport, with our next stop being Seattle, WA. Once arriving in the cold, showery city we met up with BMXer Nate Berkheimer and MTB ripper Kelly McGarry, and undertook an amazing session at a spot called "The Jungle Trails" amidst moss-covered fir trees and bright green undergrowth. We'll have some awesome photos to show you soon, so stay tuned!

T-Hahn throws one at Oak Hill. The kid is pumped and ready for a successful top-five result in the AMA MX Championship.

• By Simon M