Compare and contrast...

One's a video from a major company showcasing the riding of some of the best known riders on the planet, with travel budgets, pro salaries, appearance fees, etc., and one's a lo-fi video filmed by some guy from Sheffield to document some riding with his friends. Interesting to see which one had the biggest effect on the BMX world though. I wish my copy of Voices still worked...







I can still pretty clearly remember getting home, seeing my copy of Voices had come then how it felt watching it for the first time. Game changer.

Ironic?

Yeah yeah, I know, says one thing and does another... Anyways, here's some cool video footage that's now sort of old. From Pete Greaves' rad For Those About To Peg video, sections 1 and 2 - from Streetphire.





While I'm content raping Streetphire, H posted up this link to Richard Baybutt's France trip photo gallery. While we're talking good photos, Joe Cox is pretty handy with an SLR, and here's a couple of exhibits to prove that - Exhibit A and Exhibit B

So, that's what grip moulds look like?

Bit more Ben Lewis Signature Frame Info, courtesy of Ride UK:



The kids need dropping off so this is the last niblet for today - Niki Croft rules.



From TheMake.

Cause and effect.

Here's a video of George French riding Sheffield (Spotted on Ride.



Here's a video of Joe Cox riding (Amongst other places) Sheffield. Cause and effect?



Heard a few mixed reviews of Joe's section on TWW, but I'm fully keen. Bangers, bangers and more bangers. The dude's too good, and - as with everything on TWW - the sound track is awesome.

Entirely different kinda video now, ODI's team headed over to 'frisco for a session. Hefty. Ender.



Totally different, yet again, is this video from the Oakley Trails Championships thing. The unofficially kick-out comp still going on?



Yet more 2010 completes, this time it's Eastern.

Seeing as everyone else is doing it, Lotek have put the Mike Hoder web-video up for embedability (WORD UP) everywhere now, rather than just their own site (And Streetphire thanks to H-Man's 1337 skillz).

Joe Cox photo site...

Joe Cox had an old blogspot site up before to put up new photographic work, but is putting it in his new photography site instead? Might have the history wrong on that, but the old blog was cool and the new site's even better. Joe's got a rad photographic style that isn't the boring, generic, lighting-by-numbers look that everyone's going for today. Definitely a fan, some stand-out photos in there.



Seen over on Mutiny.

Yet more TWW Bonus

And a bonus it is too - here's the Dan Cox/Mix section. Too good. I actually watched TWW again a few days ago, it's still full-bore awesome.


TWW Bonus - Dan Cox/Mix 2 from Joe Cox on Vimeo.

Speaking of Cox - here's Joe, gapping from feebz down a Barca stairset. Rinsed from the Sunday site.



Seeing as a bunch of people who read this are pretty into their metal boxes on wheels, here's a rad car video that was up on Defgrip (Cheers for the link dudes!). I'm preeeeetty sure I posted the last one when it was up on there too, but this is a sorta 'Behind the scenes' sorta deal. All good. (EDIT: If that doesn't work for you, go here to check it out on their site.)



Seeing as we're miles "Off Message" here, go here, get past Level 4 then gloat at Carlos next time you see him. Better yet, bust out a screenshot of that bad-boy, post it in the comments and we'll have some kind of unofficial Pacman Tournament. Make it happen.

Oh, and even more off topic now... I don't wear hats, but if I did, I'd tip mine to Michael Parkinson for this. To see even more ridiculousness about that, go and watch Charlie Brooker's Newswipe Episode 2 here and actually watch a member of the church describe Jade Goody as a saint. No, really...

(I'm pretty sure that's the most eclectic group of tags this blog's ever gonna have.)

TWW Side Two

Joe Cox has been gradually uploading sections from Side Two of the Tomorrow We Work DVD, and here are the first two - the Newrick/Mix section and Joe's own section. Pretty clear display in Joe's section why he's one of my favourite riders, and also that he's one of the most under-rated - check out that bike control, it's insane! Park dudes - it is possible to do stuff without dabbing brakes or bitch-cranking everywhere, just watch.


TWW Bonus - Newrick/Mix 1 from Joe Cox on Vimeo.


TWW Bonus - Joe Cox from Joe Cox on Vimeo.

Yet more videos?

And indeed other content, but more on that later.

I mentioned in the last post about music that I liked ending up in webvids being pretty cool, and specifically mentioned Modest Mouse and Of Montreal - Vinyl have added to that list today with Band Of Horses in this edit they did for Dig:


More BMX >>


If you're watching this here, you all owe me one so you didn't have to go on the Mpora site and listen to a rubbish ad for some hideously annoying video game decide to autoplay really loudly. Most intrusive, annoying site... (EDIT: I was just listening to that song by playing the video again, and that ad came up at the end again. NO. NO, NO, NO.)

Anyway - Ride UK have decided to post up some Classic Articles on their site, and this one is the awesome Brian Foster one they did a fair few issues ago. Click here for Part 1, here for 2 and here for 3.

In "Classic" news, Joe Cox has put up one of the Bonus Sections from Tomorrow We Work online, and here it is - all filmed in Spain:


Odio Casa Mafia En Espania from Joe Cox on Vimeo.

In totally unrelated news, there are some awesome deals on at The Shop at the moment, so go check them out in case something tickles your fancy (e.g. FBM frames for £179.99 - £120 off! Bargainous).