Bengo is nuts.

No really. I mean, that *spoiler* and then the *spoiler*, and then that last *spoiler*? What?

Brutal.

Get well soon, Banners! Savage...

In slightly less horrific news, P5 have both a new site and a new video. Here's the site and here's the video:

P5 Spring Mix from Project Five on Vimeo.

Dig have a new post up about Fly's new forks. Go here for all the details 'n' stuff.



Lastly, Ride UK have put up their interview with Steven Hamilton (Just gotta wait 'til Dig put up the interview from #42 (I think...?) with Hamilton to get some before/after contrast), click here to check that out.

Love this pic...

Bits 'n' bobs.

Instead of talking about riders chopping and changing who they're representing, this time it's magazines? In order (Leaving out the obvious Noble/Noble change)...

Nathan Beddows is now bumped up to Assistant Editor on Ride.
Brian Tunney is off Dig.
Rob Dolecki is off Ride, and is now on Dig flow as Managing Editor and Photographer.

There are apparently a few other change ups in the works, so I'll keep you up to date in Media Team News some time soon. I guess it's all Factory so it's all the same thing anyway? Who knows. If you particularly want to find out, word on the street is that all the Ride guys head up to Cantelowes on a Wednesday night to ride so you could ask them yourself. Cantelowes is usually a pretty good time, so might as well!

Oh yeah - whole point of this spiel was that Rob D has a piece up on Dig about the change-up. Rob's an amazing photographer and writer so if he gets to put more time into getting content setup then that's all good.

Speaking of stuff I'm into - Mat Roe. Specifically, Mat Roe's signature frame from Mutiny, which you can catch a preview of right here.

In other New Product news, H-Man informs me/tells me to post up that Seventies have a bunch of new Kink stuff up. Here's a taster, go check it out! Or H-Man will kill me. Go there now. New Kink fatter seats? Winners.



Madera's Lil Jeff has a rad new vid up - plenty of pedalling, plenty of style, aaaaall good.

Ooooooooh, also almost just forgot the new Ian Frickin' Schwartz webvid. Another change of style for the Madonna of BMX? Ridden with some many different styles before! Read that interview with him I posted a few days ago on the Sunday site, then watch this vid...


BROUGHT TO YOU BY SUNDAY!

Scraps...

Mark Noble is continuing to put up cool stuff on ESPN, showing again why he helped steer Ride so well for such a long time. In this article he has a pretty interesting interview/talk with Chris Harrison, product designer for Federal. Well worth a read!

In semi-related news, Ride have a video up on their site from the Corby sessions that took place while they got the content together for the latest Role Models issue. Seems to have been a controversial issue, but people talking is better than people keeping quiet. Being made to think about things is good...



There must've been some hectic friction burns for Jason Phelan.

In that interview issue of Ride, the long overdue Josh Bedford interview is featured as a full interview. He pulls some pretty crazy lines for it, has an interesting story to tell, and seems to generally have something worth saying. Anyways - key thing is that after KO'ing his collar bone, he's now back riding and testing a signature frame, according to Mutiny, which is where I grabbed this pic from.



Whilst we're talking about interesting, different individuals, Ian Schwartz - who's been pretty under the radar of late - has a bikecheck up on RideUS's site, which is where this tech little widget is from:

Actually, that's a lie - I just went to copy the embed code and they've disabled it, so you've got to go here to check that out. BONUS! Ian also has a few things to say on the Sunday site, including some stuff about new shoes, new spots and new Lotek videos. Apparently Rich Hirsch has remembered he's made some of the best videos around, and is going to do more. Good times!

Probably should've put this earlier, but ESPN have a new video up of Brian Hunt that seems fairly similar to one I've posted before, but I'm fairly sure isn't the same one...



You be the judge?

Check out from 00:37 - 00:44 - potentially the most hectic rollback I've ever seen.




Speaking of hectic, Proper have a new stem coming out in their disappointingly non-flight enabled Microlite range:





Here's the details straight from Bikeguide, which therefore might mean they're not actually true:

Specs:
- 6061 T-6
- 52mm reach
- 249g (8.78 oz)
- Recess allowing for the fork compression bolt to sink flush for a clean look.
- Rounded back that stays out of the way of your knees.
- Internally relieved and slotted top to bottom (stronger than side to side).
- Additional clamping area for slip-free bars.

S&M have a new shorter Redneck XLT coming out, and a new Randy Brown frame, but their site is so abhorrent that I'm not even going to link to it. Just imagine a slightly refined, stubbier Redneck, and a fancier Fit Dehart frame. Hey presto!

In semi-local scene news, Tom Chilvers, who some of you dudes at Pijin will know, fully mangled his ankle tonight:



Whips: Fully not worth it. But seriously dude, get well soon!

"Myspace" Dan has upped and left the UK now, having left Southampton a week or two ago. It's actually his birthday today/yesterday (3rd March), which he spent somewhere in Cambodia - happy birthday Dan!

Procrastination.

Well, the Internet, although being the subject of my essay, is also giving me plenty of procrastination fuel too. Downer.

Anyway, here are a few things that have occupied my time instead of writing:

Lloyd Wright getting more clips, and indeed the ender, in a Federal Flow video? That should probably tell the dudes at Seventies something...


Street Phire x Federal Flow + Lloyd Trip from streetphire on Vimeo.

In related news - Band of Horses: Yeah.

FBM sent their "3 Toms" to Malaga for some filming and sun, and this video is what they came up with. Really nicely filmed (Looks great in HD too), nicely edited, and some ridiculous riding from all of 'em ('specially Tom Blyth - if I don't ride for a week I feel rusty as hell, he's out for months and months, and comes back like that?!).


Channel 4Down BMX :: FBM 3 Toms In Malaga from Channel 4Down on Vimeo.

Ride UK have clicked on various toggle boxes in Wordpress to create their new site. Not really keen on it (Clusterf- well, you get the idea), but it's not my call. Similarly in "Not keen" news, this is from their upcoming "UK's most influential riders" piece. It involves Corby, a load of park dudes, and is features the 20 most influential riders? Hmm, we'll see. I'm foolishly hoping that this time, a "These guys are really good" thing from Ride doesn't exclusively refer to a select few park riders. One day...

Still, here's Harry.