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.

Ride/Rode to Glory/Not-so-Glory

One of these teams rode to glory, four of them didn't. You can now add some glory in the form of voting on Ride's website. In the mean-time, some videos.

The last few days...

Well, as a result of the Tim Lewis Live Text Update service I was getting I had a rough idea about the whole Ride to Glory gig, but a H-Man (Namedrop!) call on the way back from Leeds confirmed that WTP won this year. Good stuff. Go here for the legit coverage. Heard some interesting Jim C./Ben Hennon stuff, haha.

Anyways, as I mentioned, I was in Leeds for the Charles Prow "King For A Day" jam. Good times were had, and I think it was a great tribute to Charles. I put up some 'proper' words on the subject (and some photos) up here.

The day before, I ate a piece of fish that was as long as my forearm. All fish, right the way up the batter. Bangin'! I know, I know, I put it on my blog too, but it's a remarkable piece of food!



On the same weekend, P5 re-assessed whether Brighton Was Ready and held another jam. Ollie from Streetphire put this little edit together of the day.



In other news...

J.J. Palmere is back on Premium and back on your screens:



And finally, another video, courtesy of Madera, who took a trip to Memphis.

EDIT: Forgot to mention as well - I said a few days ago about Fly having proto plastic pedals - well, they do, as well as a new type of stem with a different way of clamping your forks, and some other little trinkets too, including a weird new rear hub that everyone kinda knows about anyway. Super precise info there, revel in it...

Awesome!

The North West of the UK has some amazing riders, who all seem to have remained fairly under the radar. The latest DVD to show their talents is The Wythenshawe Waltz. The premiere's later this month (Sunday 26th July at NoHo bar in Manchester from 9pm. NoHo, Stevenson Square, Northern Quarter, Manchester, M1 1FB, according to 4Down), so hopefully the DVD won't be too far behind.



This is gonna rule.

Oh, by the way - plenty more Ride To Glory updates on Ride!

Called it.

***Things I can't say.***

From a company like that to a company I have a lot of time for (Who happen to produce pretty much the best sprockets you'll ever need) - Tree. Posted their new straight-pull front hub before, and TheComeUp have posted up some shots of their new cassette. Techidy tech.





Hell of a lot of pretty cool stuff going on in that hub, no lie!

In "Company" news, been posting a couple of things about Mutant recently, and this is one of their team riders (Spotted on Dig):



Not testing the peg-guard out there!

Other news...

Chris Noble has put Level up online. Plenty of content by people who are pretty much the best at what they do. Check it out.

Posting this almost exclusively down to the way this guy (Poland's Colony's rider) looks exactly like Boiski?



Lastly, head over to RideUK for Ride To Glory updates. Tip of the hat to Tim for his gap-to-tooth. Progression session.

Oh, and I've got a pretty bad cold coming on, and there's been someone staying at my house who had swine flu. Drama.

Heated.

Looks like Ride have some fairly justifiable issues to talk about on their site. From my own experiences of being in Cologne during the Masters last year, there were plenty of drunk people being fully annoying, making tools of themselves and getting BMXers kicked out of shops and bars, and - you guessed it - they were all from the UK too (Not that they were any of the people involved in that video, or the "Blame List" in the comments).

Ride have also put up the teams for next week's Ride To Glory, which are:

Shadow Conspiracy

TM: Darryl Charles
Niki Croft, Owain Clegg, Paul Ryan, Scott Ditchburn
Guest: Ricky Bates (USA)
Video: Carlie Jobling
Photog: Hman

Odyssey

TM: Jim Celinski (USA)
Joe Cox, Fraggle, Mike Taylor, Warren Daniel
Guest: Aaron Ross (USA)
Video: Tonash Goodyear
Photog: Walter Pieringer (USA)

Vans

TM: Jon Taylor
Bas Keep, Ben Hennon, Matt Priest, Scott Edgworth
Guest: Ty Morrow (USA)
Video: Matty Lambert
Photog: Daniel Benson

Profile

TM: Craig Stevens
Liam Eltham, Leo Forte, Phil Aller, Martyn Tambling
Guest: Jeff Klugiewicz (USA)
Video: James Harrison
Photog: Steve Bancroft

Wethepeople

TM: Chris McArdle
Jason Phelan, Farren Downs, Will Jackson, Teddy Lewis
Guest: Bruno Hoffman (Germany)
Video: James Smith
Photo: Nathan Beddows

I'd put my money on it either being Shadow or Sunday, but last year's winners WTP might be in with a shout? Who knows. Speaking of, here is their video from last year's comp, and here's the rest. Just as a health warning, you're probably going to have to watch in the region of just under 2 minutes of pre-rolls if you watch all those videos, so you might want to have a pillow nearby that you can punch/stab to relieve the rage that'll build up...



I wonder what people think they get out of the deal when they remove the 'embed' tag from Vimeo videos? Really upping the chances of distributing their videos, which is the whole point of web-videos? If people are messing around with letting people watch their videos, I'm going to mess around with directing people to their sites. This video was apparently for 1664.

Superstar Mirror, RTG and Vinyl...

Superstar have a new frame coming out, the Mirror, which is Antony Lille's signature frame:



100 % Sanko cr-mo tubing, heat treated after welding
top tube : 21"
chainstays : 13.2"
head angle : 75.3°
seat angle : 69°
BB height : 11.5"
2.15 kg / 4.75 lbs

complete specs :
19 mm D-shape chain stays (dent free)
super small 4 mm dropouts for 14 mm axle (heat treated)
integrated chain tensioners inside dropouts
removable brake hardware
integrated seat post for seat with rails. Can be cut to put a seat clamp and a normal seat post

In case you've forgotten who he is or how he rides, here's a couple of reminders...


VANS Websode BMX Antony Lille from VANS on Vimeo.

Antony lille
Uploaded by bebertdu33

Ride To Glory is almost done, so get voting one last time for your favourite vid by going to the Ride site Here to vote!

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That's all I'm saying...

There seems to be a lot of love for Vinyl edits, so here's another one:


Vinylbmx Crew Remix from Vinylbmx on Vimeo.

WTP have long been using Salt parts on their completes - good, strong parts that don't cost a bomb are ideal, and are where Salt really excels. WTP have set up a dedicated mini-site for their Salt range now, so go here if you want to check out their stuff.