New EO Team rider: David Daghita

EnemyOpposition — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:12:09 +0000

David Daghita is a close friend of Joel Barnett who has contacted Enemy Opposition and expressed interest in becoming a part of our family, and of course he was welcomed with open arms. Although he does not ride his bike in an extreme manner he knows that he can use his will to ride and love for the road to be a minister wherever he goes! He is truly a disciple of Christ embracing connections with people through his travels. He rides looking at the beauty of Christ in his surroundings and seeks chances to share the love of Christ with those that he meets on his travels! He is an evangelist like many others, living a life for Christ and seeking those who are lost in order to give them direction in Christ Jesus! We are happy to have him on our team and you will be hearing much more from this man in the months to come! If you do not know him check him out on Facebook, or leave him a comment on our website! He would love to hear from those who are interested in knowing more about his life with Christ!

Here is a short bio written by David!

My name is David Daghita and I am 28 years old. I’ve traveled to many places within the USA and have become sort of a vagabond to where God has been calling me for the last year and half. In all this Christ always humbles me to be the fool to those who favor wisdom and let the Holy Spirit flow. God has been opening doors and allowing me to be a servant of his as well as a child embracing continuous growth on this journey. God’s love is healing and restoration and is REAL. I’ve been humbled to see this over and over again in people’s lives. I like a variety of music except for opera, but I’m picky when hearing about sub-genres. I’m horrible with calculating numbers, analog clocks, and the thought of keeping track of time. I enjoy these books again and again: The Bible, Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller, Living Out Christ’s Love by Toyohiko Kagawa, and No Turning Back by George Verwer. I started road biking little by little when I was in New York back in late 2009. In March 2011, I donated my car to ride bike as much as possible when I arrived in California. I’m pumped to just ride 15-20 miles on my bike enjoying all the beauty and adventure God brings from day to day. I’m sorry if that was long, there’s many other stories, but those are featured points of whats happened. I’m just a skinny, nerdy, and Jesus loving dude. If I left anything out which I’m sure I did if you see me in street, let’s hangout and share life in Christ.

Joel Barnett Update!

EnemyOpposition — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:08:09 +0000

Our man Joel doing his thing!

I wanted to fill you in again on how Joel is doing recovering from his knee surgery and the news is good! He has been healing up way ahead of schedule and it seems as if he will have permission from his doctors to start riding in late February! It is crazy that he has been healing at the pace that he has and it is definitely an answer to our prayers! Stay in touch with us on FACEBOOK and on this site to see and read more about what we have going on and to hear more about our man Joel!

Lucas Hastay – Footplant/Handplant on Vert Wall

EnemyOpposition — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:24:15 +0000

The other day we went riding at Sixth Ave. in Nashville and Lucas pulled this out! Lucas has been riding for some time now, but still pushes himself to do new stuff. Solid rider and a solid dude.

Neal Heary: 270 Backside Unity to Fakie

EnemyOpposition — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:30:18 +0000

Here is a quick clip from Neal Heary at Sixth Avenue Skatepark in Nashville, TN. We have been doing a series of quick edits from all of our riders so that we can keep everyone updated as to what we all are up to. Neal has been off of his skates for nearly 7 months now because of his knee injury. With the help of his new custom brace he is able to get his boots back on! Be sure to keep in touch with our Facebook page to see updates about his knee injury and to see more from all of our riders!

Lucas – Wallride to invert

EnemyOpposition — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:42:50 +0000

This clip is from a few days ago riding some local spots in downtown Nashville with Lucas. Beautiful January day for a session. It was a bit difficult with traffic, but a great spot.

Joel Barnett: Vitamin Water

EnemyOpposition — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:23:53 +0000

While our man Joel is out of commission we wanted to share this edit with you guys once again! Joel is out recovering from knee surgery but it is all going right on schedule! We are excited to keep you all updated with his recovery and you can be sure that he will be back riding as soon as he can! For now, take a look at an edit that was made for one of his sponsors VITAMIN WATER. Be sure to visit the Enemy Opposition Facebook and send your messages of encouragement to Joel!

Enjoy!

FACEBOOK!!

EnemyOpposition — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:23:52 +0000

As all of you know FACEBOOK is a huge part of society now. Enemy Opposition has been working hard to make a presence on this social networking site! We are currently working on getting our page up to 2,000 fans and are asking for help! We know that it is a lot of work to share a page on your profile or type a few words on you status about us so we would like to pay you for your work!! When we hit 2,000 fans we will hook up the first person who comments on our wall with some EO product along with a Joe Folmar print and a Project AK-47 dog tag! This is an awesome chance to get some stuff for practically nothing!! Help us out and get hooked up!!

-Neal

Joel Barnett

EnemyOpposition — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:47:41 +0000

If you don’t know who Joel Barnett is you will by the end of this write-up. I may not be able to tell you everything about Joel but I know enough about him to write this! I met Joel at the iMatter Festival last year in Elmira, NY. He was cruising the skatepark that Enemy Opposition was in and we all could tell that he was insanely good at riding his bike. We all got to talking to him and couldn’t help but notice his positive demeanor. He was smiling the entire time we were talking and was excited to hear more about our team and what we were about. We were able to keep in touch with Joel and invited him out to an event we were doing in Virginia. Joel fit right in with all of the guys on the team and it was great to have another guy around that had a heart of service in devotion to Christ. During the trip we were able to do 2 large school assemblies and 1 full demo and Joel rode incredibly well during all of the shows. After the trip we all ended up going our separate ways but the feeling of being a family never leaves when you’re a part of Enemy Opposition. Shortly after that Virginia trip we heard word that Joel had hurt his knee, and over the course of a few months he found out that he needed surgery in order to repair the ligament damage he had sustained. I can relate to this injury because I have also had a serious knee injury that took me away from my sport. I wanted to write this blog as an encouragement to Joel in his time of injury and to let him know that we are praying for him. I would like to encourage anyone who is reading this to keep Joel in your prayers as well. This type of injury has the ability to tear someone down, especially someone whose career was their sport. We have confidence that we will see Joel recover because in all things we know that God works for the good of those who love him. Please keep Joel in your prayers and join EO in asking God for a speedy recovery so we can get our brother back on his bike!

- Neal

Tis The Season

EnemyOpposition — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:29:11 +0000

We here at Enemy Opposition would like to take this time to thank everyone who has been encouraging us over the past 10 years! It means the world to us to have so many amazing fans that are always so supportive of what we do! Next year is already shaping up to be our busiest season ever and we couldn’t be more excited to see where God is going to take us next! So again, THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts! We couldn’t do it without your help!

In Christ,
The EO Family

Tyler Rickman Team Profile

EnemyOpposition — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:14:35 +0000

Well my name is Andrew Tyler Rickman, but I simply go by Tyler and a various arrangement of dumb nicknames (T-Ricky, Ricky, Ricky Bobby, Etc.). I was born on November 29, 1990 and raised in the small town of White House, Tennessee, which is just north of Nashville. It’s safe to say that I’ve always been a Nashville local. I absolutely love Nashville!! It’s filled with style, culture, and music, but mainly it’s home. I’ve been riding little kids bikes for about 7 years now and it’s something I passionately love and will never give up. BMX has been so good to me and I can say I wouldn’t be the person I am today without it, because it has given me so many great memories and experiences that are unforgettable. From traveling to meeting new people to riding crazy things and just cruising with friends, it has been a center point of my life. Aside from BMX I love to hang out with close friends, watch movies, go out, eat, anything fun, crazy or stupid (thats a recipe for a good time). Other activities include riding my dirt bike (I’m new to that, scary), snowboarding, cliff diving, going out on the boat, fishing, filming, bonfires, star gazing and so much more. When it comes to music I can’t say I like everything because that’s just not true. It’s hard to name genres I like so I’ll just name some favorites (Country Music, Taylor Swift, Lucero, Adele, City and Colour, John Mayer, James Morrison, Mumford and Sons, Kings of Leon, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and Brandon McGregor haha). I feel that I am a loving and caring person and I would have to blame my upbringings of sweet Southern Hospitality!! Nothing like some good ole manners; opening doors, yes ma’am, yes sir, please and thank you. I can say Sweet Tea runs in my veins! I would die without it because there is nothing that can take its place. But aside from who I am and the things that make me who I am, there is only one thing that truly makes me who I am and that is the Salvation that has been given to me by my Lord Jesus Christ. God is the reason I am able to do what I do and I have turned from the ways of the world and chosen to live for Him because He lived and died for me. Deciding to take what I do and share God’s love with it was the best decision I could have made in life and I will live for Him in every way I can. While BMX has been a center point in my life, God is the reason for my life and He is the cornerstone of my life, my refuge, my father, my Savior. Tyler Rickman; This is who I am, nice to meet you!