It was a bit of a crazy week in RC last week. It started on Monday, August 10, 2020 when we heard that Horizon Hobby acquired Pro-Line Racing. That put everyone in a tizzy. The next day, Traxxas announced the Hoss. The day after that ARRMA dropped the Felony and Infraction V2. It was a release war. 

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For the second podcast installment on Axialfest Badlands 2020, I had Jeremy Griffith from Big Squid RC on to talk about his Axial rigs he had on the trail and his experience there. 

You can learn about the rigs he had at Axialfest in his EVERYBODY'S SCALIN' COUNTING DOWN TO AXIALFEST article over at bigsquidrc.com. Click on the title to go check it out. 

We had a great conversation about the SCX10iii, Capra, Axialfest trails, his concourse winning Monster Truck, and more. Hope you enjoy it. 

More coming your way very soon. 

Jeremy's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everybodysscalin/

Welcome to the first of a small series of podcasts about Axialfest Badlands 2020. It was awesome that Axial and Horizon Hobby were able to put it on given the current climate. The event was a great mind break from everything going on and allowed us to focus on our shared passion for the RC hobby.

This episode covers my entire Axialfest journey from preparation, to truck builds, to the event itself. I'll be covering the event specifics in other podcasts, so let me know if you have certain things you want me to hone in on. I plan to do one about my favorite part about Axialfest Badlands, another about experiences with people, maybe one on the night run, and one with Jeremy From Big Squid about his thoughts on it. 

So strap in for the ride. 

Happy Father's Day to all you RC dads out there! Hope you had a great one. I really enjoyed my boys today and this whole weekend. Definitely wanted to keep my focus on them as much as I could. 

I also re-cap my painful 1/5th scale race day from last weekend. It was stressful, but I still really enjoyed the day and left with my RCs running better than when I came. 

Lots to talk about in this episode. I talk about it later in the podcast, but want to link you to it first. Bari Musawwir has a new YouTube channel he is starting called Bari Builds. Subscribe to him here: https://www.youtube.com/user/bigbam2g

Axial announced their SCX10iii RTR today and it looks amazing. Get one while you can get it on the first pre-order because they will sell out. Pre-order at your local shop if you have one. 

You can also pre-order them at Horizon Hobby.

Couple of updates following the CCxRC livestream on YouTube last night. Had a few upgrades to get to. Hear about them here and why I did. 

It was a week of new RC bodies! JConcepts announced the 1987 Buick Grand National street eliminator and Junior Mortician monster truck bodies, while also teasing some new tires in the background of their video.  Pro-line dropped the 70's Rock Van body that looks like an old Dodge/Plymouth van.  They also introduced some new tough-color bodies for their '69 Nova Street eliminator, '66 f100 Stampede body,  and '46 Power Wagon.   

Because I'm not popping them out as quick as I used to (until tomorrow hopefully when my Rodecaster Pro returns from repairs) I've got a lot to talk about. We'll be covering the new Team Associated DR10, my Slash Street Eliminator build, 5th scale monster truck track I'm building in my backyard, and more.  Hope you enjoy it and are doing well. 

This podcast is a huge update and brain dump about all things CCxRC. Here's some of the things I'll be discussing: 

• SMT10 Build

I'm back. Sorry for the break I took as we got used to the the new world of everyone being home all the time. Because of the delay, I have several things to cover: 

Kevin Talbot's YouTuber RC Monster Truck Freestyle Competition

SMT10 RAW Builder's Kit build series

Axial Yeti JR Can AM getting a new Grave Digger body painted by Darkside Designs. 

House Projects and more