Smorgasbord.

So, here we are again. Another big gap in posts, another load of videos that were cool.

First up, Chad Kerley - hadn't really heard of him before, but it appears he's pretty good! Certainly good enough for the-company-formerly-known-as-Nike-6.0 to hook him up, which is saying something.



Sticking with shoe companies - this is the crash edit from the Osiris trip I posted before. Again, half cabs = danger danger.



Tenuous shoe company related - thought Shaun Hadlington was still on Orchid, but who knows? Not me. Anyway, Shaun's got an amazing style that's even better to see in person. This is his section from Rain Dogs and it's got some rad lines in it.



Can I keep this up? Vans have fully put out their Vans/Cult collaboration shoes, and here is Vans/Cult rider Chase Hawk doing some cool moves in the ridiculously good looking new concrete park in Austin. As if they needed more to ride over there?!



Apparently I can keep it up - Alex Donnachie rode for Lotek in this year's RideToGlory (that magazine's out now, and is well worth checking out for the DVD alone. Some awesome stuff in there, all the edits rule!), but here he is in an edit for Mutiny.



Still going - Ben Lewis hit up the Etnies 'TF' whilst over on a visit with Fit, here's a self-confessed 'dodgy iPhone edit'. Ben's also in RTG and also does good stuff. Not that surprising...



Still on Etnies - Brian Kachinsky has a new shoe out, a variation of the Jameson 2. Fairly... er... 'interesting' looking. Here's a video explaination of it, and some standard hefty riding from him too.



...and that's about it, really. I'd sort of feel bad posting up non-shoe-sponsor-related stuff even though that just seemed to pop out of nowhere. Coffee time...

EDIT: Actually, just remembered one. Must... find... connection... Darryl Tocco rides for Osiris and Aaron Smith (I think?) rides for DC. Here's a trademark "Never put out a bad edit" video from Kink of their latest sojourn to France.

Bleurgh.

Who cares about titles anyway? I should've just put :eltiT for the millionth time and be done with it...

Anyway: Kevin Porter has been through some dark times (Almost as dark as watching that England vs. Germany game in a "proper" pub up North. Winston Churchill speeches being played over the German national anthem? Serious business), but has done this web-video anyway.



Ty Morrow continues to be awesome, biting styles of video editing does not.



Lastly - Orchid have realised how awesome vulcanised soles feel and are now getting amongst it. This is a good thing.

Boom goes the dynamite.

Saw this on the Orchid site earlier (For the record, 'Orchid' is the best name ever). Niki Croft is burly. Clickity.

Tunney posted up a pretty awesome video of Mat Hoffman from way back when - interestingly, from the first BMX VHS I ever bought. Worth your time, go to Props TV to check it out.

Here's the last two sections of For Those About To Peg, just to complete the series. Generally mixed reviews online, but that's pretty irrelevant. It's nice to have a video to look back on to remind you of good times you've had - I'd imagine it's not quite the same just having sour anonymous comments on a website to look back on. Who knows?





Cleggy posted up this cool video:

Just a quickie...

Got a bit more work to do, so stealing some time!

First up, Mark Noble has interviewed BuildTheWoods creator Homer for ESPN. Unsurprisingly, it's a pretty good interview - check it out ESPN now!

There's an article on a trip to Malta in the new Ride, and now have an accompanying video with it:



Orchid have put up a cool little video of some dudes riding an outdoor park, and in related Orchid news, Van Homan's epic interview is now in it's third stage.

'Ford Purple Velvet Metallic'

Best colour ever, photos soon (even if 'metallic velvet' doesn't make sense)!

Everyone in this video rules, watch it:



Tip of the hat to Pete for that thumbnail, and also for slow-mo'ing himself dead sailoring that bars. So good. In other dead sailor news, I saw a kid at Stoke plaza yesterday dead sailor a 5-set on a skateboard. I was totally unaware that it was possible to dead sailor a skateboard and actually roll out of it, but fair play to that fashion victim.

Bit of Union to lighten the wintery mood? Just played some pool at lunchtime in our non-heated warehouse - trying to type this is a nightmare.



Ben Hucke had this web-edit come out recently for Sputnic - dece:



Laaaaastly, this section from the 2x4 video was one of my favourites - Randy Brown (spotted this on Orchid's site), ripping. So good.



Said it before, and I'll say it again - Orchid's player does the neatest embed code ever!

Good day cont'd

Well, aside from taking one to the hip the moment I got riding, today was good.

Other people have been doing stuff today, too.

Colony posted up some pics of Liam Fahy Hampton's signature grip. "They are extra long to... look more in proportion on today’s wider handlebars." Right...



Orchid posted up the new colourway of Beringer's shoe, the Cobra:



Superstar released some info on their new stem, the Edge 9. Looks like an updated Elect stem to me, which is all good. 49mm reach, 258g, an "assymetric" style bar clamp (Think: Fit DL-series stems) where you tighten the front up flush then the rear to clamp - and it comes in red, black or grey.



Dig did a bikecheck with Robbo so you can see, once and for all, what his seat's actually like. Clickity.

Oh, and if you like watching David Grant ride with his weird rubbery arms, you'll like watching this. Because it contains David Grant. Which is what I was getting at.

Une vidéo de bicyclette.

Seriously, give Ryan Elcock a beret and that's some proper French steez.



Consider that as one for all you park dudes out there too. Blog equality and all that.

If you want to hear a really elaborate way of saying "I used to ride Orchid, but now ride for Duffs", then click here.

At 0:30 in this video by Will Evans, why is Stefan Lantschner shooting photos?!



This is a video of a street jam:



If you're thinking to yourself "Hot damn, that looks sweet!" - you have the chance to get involved in one. THIS SUNDAY at 12pm meeting at mini Lloyds (aka Norwich Union hip) at Bristol, P5 are holding a jam. Seriously - this isn't even a case of "Be there or be square", it's a case of "Be there and have an awesome time or be... well, don't." Not quite as catchy, but it gets the point across.

Another day, another Dry Spell section - Pete Greaves this time, in a section of the video he edited himself. Big 'n' tall!

A predictive text?

Pointed it out as a joke a few days ago, but turns out that actually, T-Nez isn't on Orchid any more, and neither is Kevin Porter according to this post on the Orchid site. Calling things early!

While we're speaking of Orchid, they've got a "sneak peek" of the new Randy Brown shoe's black/gum colourway. Every other word is bold.



Frenchys Day 6.

Done!

EDIT: Actually, I'm not - apparently Randy Taylor is getting hooked up by TheLongURLToType, according to this post by Mutiny. Here's his new rancidly-coloured setup:

Compare and contrast.

Lloyd Wright is now on Orchid flow according to Seventies.

My finger is now on infection flow according to my finger.

One of these bits of news is way better/more awesome than the other.

Corey Machinez.

Check out this video of Corey Machinez doing ridiculous things on a bike in Chicago, filmed and edited by the awesomeness that is Vinyl. Muy bueno!



Harry Main has broken his leg, which sucks. This means yet another no-show for the apparently much anticipated live battle between Mark Webb and Harry. BMX: Serious business.

In other 'apparently' news, Scott Ditchburn is for some reason off Orchid and on Odessa? Weird move, maybe it's different on the other side of the fence...

Lastly, from Federal, you know you're street when you go to a skatepark and don't even touch the trannie...

Slack BMX - Shayn Steels crash from Federal BMX on Vimeo.

Uh-oh...

Dig are apparently not quite up to date (which makes a change, 'cos their new "Something new on the site every day" thing's meant they're making the news, not re-posting it) today, in that in the Randy Taylor bikecheck they posted online an hour and a bit ago they list his parts sponsor as Demolition, yet that isn't the case any more. Hand-bags at dawn?

In other bikecheck - how interesting - news, Justin Inman's got a bikecheck up on Ride US. That is one pimp setup, although I spent the whole time thinking "2.3" on the back and 2.25" on the front? That's gotta feel weird..."

Lastly, Orchid made it into Maxim?! Pretty crazy, although those shoes do look pretty sweet. If they were actually vulc soles I'd probably have bought every existing pair of UK10's that are available. Subtle hint for free product? Always on the look-out...

Duh...

Two things I forgot to post from yesterday - the Newcastle P5 jam and the promo vid for Bob's Jam.

First up, the Newcastle vid from Streetphire/Seventies:

Project 5 Jam Newcastle from Seventies Distribution on Vimeo.

And secondly, the promo vid for Bob's Jam. Frighteningly big jumps, haha! Flyer and info up on Ride UK:

Build Up to Bobs Back Yard Jam from Dave King on Vimeo.

BONUS! Whilst cruising over to the 'Phire, I spotted this video made by Chicken of the finally-sponsored Orchid-supported Shaun Hadlington:

94seconds with Shaun Hadlington from Chicken BCBMX on Vimeo.

In related news, the bank that Shaun footjamwhips at about 0:45 is the reason I've got a second knee on my right leg. No love for that bank.

BMX TRICKS AND STUNTS, YO

I started off riding in a small, little town in Wales with nowt but a little mini-ramp, a 3-set and what could potentially be considered a flat-bank in so much as it's theoretically a bank, and isn't transitioned. Either way, it meant that we had to look at things differently when we were out riding to find stuff to do, so naturally seeing edits of people in roughly similar situations interest me. *Name removed for confidentiality* first e-mailed me a link to his friend's Youtube videos a while back, but then I actually got an e-mail off Joe himself with a link to a pair of new Vimeo videos. Some really creative riding here, proving that you don't have to live in a BMX fashion city to be able to put out a cool edit. Click here for his vimeo channel (Which has another vid on there).

People are Strange from ]:_:[ on Vimeo.

Thanks for the link, Joe!

Orchid mentioned on their site yesterday they'd be putting up a little Geoff Slattery edit, and lo, they have. I really like the word 'Orchid'. Orchid.

Geoff Slattery 2009 from Orchid Footwear on Vimeo.

I also really like the way that Geoff rides tight little ramp setups like that. You just know that was hard as hell to ride...

Speaking of Orchid, they also point out that Kevin Porter's now got a coffee sponsor. Hectic! Go here for irrelevant details that won't make a difference to your life.

In similar news, Eli Platt's quit Subrosa and Shadow to focus on uni. Fair play I guess, although my experience of uni hasn't exactly been favourable. Good to see him stand by his ideals though, Ride US have an interview up with him about it all. Shallow interview with a deep person.

Skating doesn't have anything to do with this blog, but I do and I like skating, so check out some cool skate company ads riiiight here, thanks to a link from InTheGnar, thanks to a link from BMXfeed.

Sunday have a new trailer up for Up, Up & Away, but it still won't make me buy it simply because I don't really want to spend money just to see the Ian Schwartz amazing double-section again. It's really good, but not good enough to buy for me. However, I'm told that I'm 'really negative' and that the video's 'sorta alright', so don't take my word for it. There's definitely some other good stuff on there, but we're pretty much talking better than Electronical (Not a challenge), but not as good as... say... That's It or I Wanna Live (Which most definitely is a challenge, because both those videos rule). I should probably also take this opportunity to point out how much I really want to see the new Empire video. So I will. I really want to see the new Empire video.

Oh, and S&M have some pics of their latest cash-cows on their news feed. Seeing as they're still sticking with their flash site, I can't deep-link to that page so you'll just have to either do battle with their site, or just take my word for it that you probably won't want a re-issued Holmes, you'd probably buy the Fit Shiv forks instead of the first "US-made tapered leg and integrated race" Pitchforks and that the seat (Which comes with Eclat-esque Pivotal adapter. Taiwan 1 - 0 Eclat) does it for me but won't do it for you. Just bear in mind I used to run race seats on my BMX 'cos I thought they looked cool - what would I know?

I am tired. That should also suggest to anyone offended by anything in here that they probably shouldn't take it personally. Getting my Kerouac steez on.

What's Randy thinking about?

What's Randy thinking about?



It probably isn't the new Macneil Whitton III frame?



It might be the new Dew Tour course that he's gotta ride soon?


Maybe Orchid know?

All in good time...

Man, I've got so much more to say but I'm super tired. It involves Randy Brown, who features in this rad little Orchid ad (See Fit? These 'ads' are better than not-so-good photos with product photo 'ads'!) with Van Homan, who also will feature in the post I'm gonna make possibly tomorrow.

But yeah, w00t:


Van Homan and Randy Brown 2009. from Orchid Footwear on Vimeo.

Randy's sig shoe is gonna look like thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis:



Swish. Function low-top.

KP+JK=Bueno

UGP Welcomes KP and Jeff K from Vinylbmx on Vimeo.

Spotted this little vid over on Orchid - Jeff K and Kevin Porter's "Welcome to the team" vid for UGP. Pretty interesting stuff in it, check it out!

In Orchid related news, LittleDevil are now done with their 'til-now recently updated blog. It makes sense after the company's funeral, but there we go. Good luck with future projects!

Lightweight.

No, it's not a half-bolt stem or a Nev-lar bead tyre - it's just a lack of real interesting stuff to post, so it's VIDEOBLOGFRENZYTASTIC time.

Another "Why Not?" tour trailer. Bruno's section > The World.


Bengo 2007 from nonstopvid on Vimeo.

Bengo by Non-Stop in a video that maade my computer spontaneously mute itself.



A sweet JJ Palmere vid from Orchid.

Second part of the Cory Nastazio interview up on Defgrip. Interesting vid.

Sleepy time...