Double up.

Two edits today that are pretty much hit and runs as far as detailed posting goes from my end - time's tight I'm afraid! Osiris took some of their riders for a cruise around Arizona - sweet vid. Half cabs = danger danger.



Akin was someone who a lot of people spoke about when I lived in London but I didn't really ever get a chance to see him ride much. Fortunately, he's now hooked up by Superstar so we all get to see him now:

Things.

TheMake are adding more riders to their line-up, and this time's it's Paul Horan. A pretty cool vid, no-footed cans are always good to see!



Josh Betley continues to improve:



Tom Blyth does likewise:



And lastly - grip wars! Eclat's Ashley Charles (plus bars (that are 10° backsweep according to Ashley, 11.5° according to Eclat, and 10° according to the graphics) vs. United's Nathan Williams...

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Usually, the standard "WEED WEED WEED 4:20 BLAZE BLAZE BLAZE" kinda web-vids are pretty tedious, and seem to have to feature at least 15seconds of footage of people just smoking, but fortunately, this video doesn't. I went to the Bristol P5 street jam yesterday (Which, since you're asking, was awesome), and like after most jams, web-videos just bore me. They never really get that 'feel' of riding after seeing plenty of nuts stuff in the flesh, but this video broke through that and is really good. Good tune, awesome riding, good filming. Winners.



I've actually got a set of bolts heading across the Atlantic from this guy (I hate the imperial bolts on my Profile stem. They're getting dangerously tweaked out already. 6mm bolts on everything rule.), so it's good to hear a bit more about the man himself. Click here for an interview with the dude who runs BlueSix.

This is the Brighton Ain't Ready mix section, that has so many different people in it that I'm reasonably sure the only people who aren't in this video are you and me. No joke.



Plenty of deeecent stuff in here, straight from Dig.



Josh Betley has a frighteningly unpleasant looking bike. No joke.

Josh Betley @ Brown Skatepark - More BMX Videos

That's all for now. They tweaked the prescription for my lenses in my glasses, and I have a beast of a headache coming on...

Worlds collide.

Even as recently as 2-3 years ago, the idea of Joe Rich having a big interview thing up on ESPN would've seemed pretty weird. I mean, having an editor from Dig - who in the past were never really all that keen on the whole X-Games, mega money, corporate sponsorship side of things - and Ride - who were also sort of along those lines - working at/for ESPN seems weird enough as it is, but bearing in mind how Joe Rich is viewed in the BMX world, and the general sentiments that people have towards T1, it just doesn't really make much sense...


...however, times change I suppose, so here's the Joe Rich Pro Spotlight. Even calling it a 'Pro Spotlight' for Joe ****ing Rich seems wrong!

Unrelated, but Josh Betley went to Europe again:



And Madera took a trip too.

Betley's bike...

Josh Betley's got a new bikecheck up for Felt. Some of the riding's pretty snazzy!


Go to BNQT for more videos.

Relevant title.

Continuing in the Dig Are Awesome series of posts on their site, next up is the Paul Buchanan "Solo Missions" article. Well worth checking out. If you don't know who he is, educate yoselves, fools. Click here!

Josh Betley's got another cool Felt webvid up, that weird playground wall-bank spot looks soooo good. Either way, it's more of the same creative, smooth, flowy riding that Josh is becoming known for.

Josh Betley - Felt Bikes from kyle carlson on Vimeo.

Stoked On Being Pumped was a great video, and Mat Roe had one of the best sections in it. Mutiny have now uploaded that section to Vimeo. Awesome.



Completely unrelated, but trails are fun. Thanks Taliban!

Furious jelly.

This is probably more for filming geeks out there, but yeah, 1000fps. Bang. Anyway, even if you're not into the rest of it skip to around 1:55 to see some furious jelly. You'll see what I mean.


I-Movix SprintCam v3 NAB 2009 showreel from David Coiffier on Vimeo.

I'd also recommend watching it in HD on their actual vimeo page.

While we're talking about non BMX stuff, here's a documentary (Well, it's 3 minutes long) on Reverse Graffiti that ties in nicely with the new Solid ad.





Mutiny have been a treasure-trove of good videos today, firstly posting up this BNQT/Tuesdays With Miles vid featuring some pretty big names (And some pretty big hops thanks to Brad Simms):


Go to BNQT for more videos.


And then this Robbo edit from Up In Smoke's bonus section:


Robbo's 'Up In Smoke' Bonus from Seventies Distribution on Vimeo.

Lastly, Macneil have a competition that you only stand a chance of winning if you're 17, are about to turn 18, and you live in America. So... yeah. In completely unrelated news, I'd forgotten how good this Josh Betley video is.


Josh Betley / Felt Bikes from kyle carlson on Vimeo.

Lots to cover!

Possibly the best thing from today is seeing that Mike Aitken is back on a bike, according to this story on his site and this video:



It must be a pretty amazing feeling to get to roll around on a bike again after all he's been through. Good luck with everything, Mike!

In other news...

It's interesting to compare styles of video that are based on a fairly similar format. Both of these videos (One featuring Stephen Moxley, one featuring Josh Betley and Kevin Kirally) are park based, yet I'm way more into one than the other. Have a guess.

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Steven Moxley Endeavorbmx Edit from Justen Soule on Vimeo.

If that's a bit of a park overload for you, click here to check out a cool Profile trails vid.

Hanson Little, who rides for Mutiny, has the cover of the new Dig:



Looks pretty rad, and if you click around on the Mutiny and Dig site you can see some of the spreads from the mag which look sweet as hell. Like they said on the Mutiny site, give print some love and pick up a copy - Dig are getting it spot on these days.

Steven Hamilton's section in Can I Eat is one of his most talked about sections (And with good reason), but his part in All Day was pretty rad too. And, in fact, here it is:


Animal All Day - Steven Hamilton from Animal Bikes on Vimeo.

Reason I'm posting this, aside from him being my Favourite Rider Of All Time™, is that Animal have a new Vimeo channel up with all their old videos on - well worth checking out!

Right now, I've got a pizza that's almost cooked and a Wales - France game to watch, so ciao for now...

Late late late.

Man, Newcastle is awesome. I mean really, really good. Cheers to everyone for everything, it was amazing! Special thanks definitely go to H-Man for the lift and Tom Kirkby for the sofa provision...

Anyways, stuff has happened in the non-Mark BMX world, up to and including:

This amazing Josh Betley video. Too good.


Josh Betley / Felt Bikes from kyle carlson on Vimeo.

This Bombhead (aka Paul Ryan) video from Rampworx.



I'm pretty sure there was other stuff, but I've got some work to do so this'll do for now...