Back in the game?

Well, sort of. Long distance trips each weekend are taking their toll. I do, however, still get a chance to watch BMX videos once in a while...

I hadn't seen any footage of Josh Harrington for pretty much forever until just now - his "April 2011" video's been pretty popular it seems, and with good reason. Brakes are off, over-pegs are on.



How come our security guards don't look like this? I mean, I could take or leave the gun aspect of things, but still...



That was shot by Rich Forne for Props - just a behind the scenes thing, so it'll be interesting to see the result...

Nike have money, and they aren't afraid to spend that money. This is how we end up with trailers like this one, for The Pool.



This is getting on a bit now, but Steve Churchill is a beast as this Demolition vid proves.



Shane Weston is one creative dude, which I highly approve of.



After a bit of a chat with Hman on Facebook the other night I had a lurk on Streetphire, where I saw this Unit 23 'spot check' by Dave Sowerby. The man can do no wrong, best edits! I mean I'm no fan of park edits, but this is awesome.



Kink put up this edit of the 'Best of' the Kink House as well as some unseen clips. The whole Kink team rule, so even though this is slightly older, largely re-used footage it's still boss.



Garrett Reeves is a beast. This is just 60secs of his riding - I'd urge you to check out his Football section (click his tag) to check that out too. So good.



Lastly - Fit put up this Trippin' edit to show they're bouncing back from that whole Cult thing. Some radness in this. Van Homan is still one burly dude even after bonking his head.



That video was documented in photographic form by Banners for the Albion (which has by now sold out. I snooze, I lose.). You can check out a little interview with Stew "Anthem" Johnson here about it too.

Biiiiig laaaad

Confusing. Just saw this over on Defgrip, checked the Vimeo page to see how old it was and it's 23 days old. Bleurgh. Pesky "private" to "public" changes throwing dates out the window...

Anyway, all that matters is that this is yet another cool video by Rich Forne, featuring some rad dudes in the form of Jason Phelan, Olly Evans and Pete Sawyer. You also get some classic Biiiiig Laaaaad action at the start. Bonus.



Gran Canaria's been pretty big in the skating world this year (well, 2010 but you know what I mean) so I was sort of expecting to see something from there in BMX soon. All good from my point of view, certainly beats seeing people rinsing the same old spots in Barca!

Continued...

Yet more Almond news.

Brad Simms is absolutely ridiculous.



Nike aren't shy of sending people around the world.



...and that's about it, really.

Potential...

When I saw this rad Jason Phelan edit I thought he was trying to no-foot can over a rail. This needs to be done. No-foot cans are one of the few style tricks that haven't been assimilated and raped by the masses (less E.T.s, more cans!): this needs to begin. Anyway, enough of my opinions:



As a form of public service announcement, Ben Green has edited together this Coalition edit of Dan Paley to inform you he can do awesome, flowy lines, but that he can also never be your woman.



It's now sunny, work is over, I'm going riding. Bye...

Video overload!

Coupla bits.

3rd in the Nike comp went to the USA:



2nd went to the UK.



No pressure on the winners to justify it then, haha.

Shadow have gone on a trip recently.



United's video is going to be rad:



Vinyl have put up a cool edit of Timmy Theus:



ESPN have also put up a cool edit, but this one's of Trey Jones.



Think that's about it. 4 minute blog explosion!

Memories!

Man, the flat-out best part of this video is seeing Chris McArdle in "On a trip" mode. So good. Edit by Phelan featuring loads of different riders.



I heard the music on this video described as "Porn music", which seems like a kinda weird - if accurate - description. Anyways, Vans riders at Vans:



(Mpora ads need to get out of my life)

Very much lastly, a little edit from Matty Long:

Go there, do that.

Go here, watch the video. That is all.

Hell yes!

The gap to wallride at the end of this video has been called out by one or two people in the past, and I've been there when someone's eyed it up previously. It's pretty massive, and I remember at the time sort of hoping they wouldn't do it because that way I wouldn't have to shoot a photo of them killing themselves. Anyway, Jason Phelan is an absolute monster whether it's gaps to wallride or [censored], so it's not too surprising he nailed it. While we're talking of nailing things, Rich Wilson nailed the edit, which is itself 'Very Rich Wilson' in it's style - not that that's a bad thing. Enough talking anyway, check it out. Trailer for a series:



I'm still waiting for my body to decide whether it's going to make me throw up for eating gone-off vegetable stir fry or not, so nighty night...

Really not fussed.

First off: It's good to know people are reading this.

Secondly: Part two (see what I did there?) of the Up In Smoke video Seventies made. Click the relevant tab doon thar for p1.



Thirdly: Saw that previous video over on Ride's site, where I also saw this cool feature from their new issue. Really wanna get a hold of that, looks like a corker.

Fourthly: Dan Foley is awesome. Evidence:



Fifthly: I am really hungry, so I'm gonna go pound some soup.

Boardmasters.

Ride have got some coverage up from the Boardmasters comp daaaahn saaarf. Fakie double whip? Ching!



Double whip to fakie to fakie double whip would The One. Oh, and here's an edit of some of the rest of the stuff. Might wanna fire up iTunes, spotify or whatever you use to listen to music - not the best soundtrack I've heard on a video...

Winners.

One day, two edits, two DUB and Odessa riders? Boom! First up is the now strangely not-as-goofy-footed-as-I-thought Fooman with a pretty sweet Will Evans-edited webvid:



And secondly is The Man, Scott Ditchburn. Too good - that's all that needs to be said. I didn't know who had edited it, but was fully into it, and it turns out it was none other than Jason Phelan. Haven't seen anything by him before, but this was awesome!

Whoa there, champ.

Vclub - For The Sake of the Video - Trailer from Vclub Clothing on Vimeo.

Doing a wallride and seeing that coming out in front of you has gotta suck.

Seeerheeeo Layyooo has an interview up on Etnies. Click "Part 2" in that link for "Part 2". About 48 thousands times better than any other online interview I've read for some, some time. It's amazing how far doing bad interviews can take you in life. Anyway, John Povah actually has some clue what he's talking about and has an interest in the subject, so it's an interview in which you can actually learn something about the other person. Not that I'm saying that standard "Top 5", "Top 3", or generic-sets-of-questions-that-you-ask-every-person style interviews aren't particularly interesting or compelling, but... well actually, I am. They're just not that great. I'm aware for an online interview you're not going to give it your all, but if you aren't, why bother doing it? It makes no sense. At least research the person you're talking about instead of just firing boring, generic questions at them in the hope that they'll provide something interesting? This is a bee I've had in my bonnet for some time, so you're all going to have to deal with me just letting fly there. Again, that's referring to online interviews. Offline dudes (aka "The mags"), top drawer - keep 'em coming. The new Dig, for example, is really good. Just some online dudes... Jeez, I don't understand how they can be that popular... Speaking of Dig, Edwin fragments from when he was 16? Bueno.

Tangent.

Jersey and the pleasantly named Nailz went to Scotchlandshire for a 'wee' holiday, here's a video of what happened all the way up there.



Speaking of holidays, "Yer Man" Jason Phelan went over to Barca with a bunch of dudes from Liverpool. This is what happened:


More BMX >>


Of Montreal. Who the hell wouldn't like Of Montreal? People of questionable taste, that's who. What's not to like about this music? Courtesy of Mutiny.

Stoked On Being Pumped Mix Section 1 from Mutiny Bikes on Vimeo.

The intro to SOBP's up too. Been a fan of Ryan Smith's riding since Overexposed, set to a Joy Division song it's pretty much going to be a non-stop cavalcade of things I enjoy.

Mutiny's Stoked on Being Pumped - Intro + Ryan Smith's Part from Mutiny Bikes on Vimeo.

Eclat have got some things in the pipeline re: their plastic seat/post combo. CLICK MEEE. Do my eyes deceive me, or is that seat further back on the post than it was before? Looks like the seat's pushed back a bit, which is all good in my opinion. Speaking of, that Eclat Gonzo pivotal. Kicked back pivotal seats: More of them, right now, thanks.

Don't think I posted this up, but Sunday posted that Jim C had an interview on Defgrip about Up, Up & Away - here it is. Kinda weird in some parts, didn't really get who/what he seemed to be semi calling out, but there we are. All adds to the mystique and subterfuge. Either way, it doesn't really matter because there's going to be a new Ian Schwartz and Joe Cox section to watch. That's win.

What's not win is what's happened to Dan, who, having made it through Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Borneo and a bunch of other places unscathed managed to get his laptop, mobiles, iPods and some other electrical (Almost said "Electronical", damn you Odyssey!) items. Sour buzz, but life moves on...

Phelan.

NONSTOPVID - Jason Phelan shopping from nonstopvid on Vimeo.