Lloyd Wright: Really good.

1. Read that /\
2. Watch that \/
3. Agree.
4. Look at the stuff on the Seventies site.
5. Buy it from the shop.

Awesome...

Ever wanted to see a dog on a conveyor belt? Get in there... From Seventies.



They've also been gradually putting all (but one, eh Ollie?) One More Brew sections up online - Joel's Southampton edit all up in herrrr:



If any of you dudes at the shop happen to read this, cheers for the quick postage, awesome picture, and comedy address. You're all winners.

Reminisce.

I remember seeing a clip of Chase Hawk doing a 360 to manual on the T-1 ramp in You Get What You Get (You need to see this vid if you haven't) and thinking it was amazing, turns out he's got them awesome and indeed brakeless according to this new video from Nuno.



Saw this video over on Deluxe, and it's amazing! Haven't seen anything like it before, looks like such a fun session. Top marks to those who put spade to dirt to make them.



Seventies have a cool 'team' video up where they show some of the shoots for their new catalogues 'n' stuff - some old footage that people won't have seen yet, and some more recent stuff. Fun fact - when Niki does the whip on the bank to 180 off, then high fives a Shelter worker, he got her number. Seeing Niki work his magic on her was amazing, like putty in his hand.



Saw this on the Fly site when I was looking for the not particularly interesting video of Kevin Porter putting a tube on his bike, but got reminded about it by TCU - here's a bikecheck with Stefan Lantschner, featuring a frame I was nearly going to buy tomorrow. So near, yet so far. In related news, see all you Southampton dudes tomorrow!

Time to poo, gotta run.

Well whaddaya know?

With my wireless plan I get 12am-9am free, and usually it's dog slow. Tonight, however, it's on fire!

Couple of quick vids before some sleep and the resume of the daily grind - first up, Part Two of Ian Schwartz's part in the Sunday video. Click his label for P1.

Ian Schwartz, Part 2 from SundayBikes.com

Lastly, this banger of an edit from Charlie Jobling of Mat Roe and Robbo. Those two can't actually ever have a bad edit between them - fact. So good! I mentioned liking the smaller things like little hip tweaks, well, Mat Roe has a bunch of cool ways of going over a spine. It's the little things...

Presents.

As a Christmas bonus, Ride UK have put up their awesome video No Front Teeth. The video shows it's age a bit in terms of how ridiculously young certain people in there look, the tricks being done and bike setups in general, but it's still amazing and well worth a watch. I used to watch it pretty much every day when I first got hold of it, and some sections on it are still my favourites out of any DVD.

Click here to check it out.

Promo!

Seventies have put their Up In Smoke video up online - some Pijin footage makes it worth the watch, haha. Hoglands RPRZNT.



Steve Bancroft: "You're not high fiving me for getting kissed by a man." Click that to understand more...

Ridge's park the Trick Factory is under threat - spotted this over on Ride's site, click here for some info. I'm not too sure how well Facebook groups and stuff work, but still, it's worth a pop!

Now for something not under threat - Simpel Session's back, and here's the promo. Get over there!

Owain Clegg.

That last gap. What?! Seventies/Shadow:

Vans Let It Ride - pure drama?

Saw this up on Ride, where apparently someone disagreed with Ride saying they "Quite rightly" had posted it first, whereas Streetphire and Seventies had done it first? I knew this whole "More exclusive than thou" thing would probably go in this direction, and as I've said before, what's "Exclusive" about posting something first that's easily embeddable elsewhere? You Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V'd it before someone else? Who honestly cares? Being able to copy and paste it is nothing compared to the effort required to actually make it, so why not give credit where credit's due and congratulate the people out there making the content instead of everyone patting themselves on the back for being able to get the blog posts up first? Yet another case of the BMX media industry giving itself precedence over the photographers and filmers who generate the content that means that they can exist themselves. How incredibly surprising.

In case you were wondering, yes, I'm in a bad mood.

Anyway, here's the Let It Ride video. Ashley Charles messed his arm up before going on this trip, meaning that the only people left in it are people I don't really want to invest 5 minutes of my life watching ride right now. Some of you might, so again, get amongst it.

Vans Let It Ride - UK team from Seventies Distribution on Vimeo.

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.

New Hoffman rider

For some reason, Seventies newest rider is neither Shaun H or Lloyd W. Weird. Either way, it is Zack Williams from the sponsored rider factory that is Rampworx/Liverpool. Here's his new video, anyway. Oh, and he's on Hoffman.


Zack_Williams_park from Anthony Watkinson on Vimeo.

One reason to watch this.

The most unlikely match in BMX - Mad John in a DUB top?


A Very Seventies Christmas 2008 from Seventies Distribution on Vimeo.

Merry Christmas to you too, Seventies!

Assorted things...

I have a new frame: Yeeeeah! A2B, courtesy of Hot-Wheels, those excellent people!



Go here for detail pics 'n' stuff.

In other news:

Lakai have one of the best ads ever on their site - on the main video player on their site, click on the little black and white "LUCAS" logo and watch that vid. Radness.

In more important news, Mike Aitken is continuing to improve. He actually left hospital yesterday, and there's a video from a local news show up.



It seemed weird how on the one hand, that video was pretty sad seeing how he is now compared to how he was in the 50:50 video, but then you realise just how far he's come since he was in a coma and it seems amazing that he's fought back that far. There's still obviously a long, long way to go, but here's hoping he pulls through 100%.

Vinyl have both a new site and a new video:


Vinyl Summer 08 from Vinylbmx on Vimeo.

Similarly, Seventies have a new site up (And a new catalogue which you can see in the shop), and a new video of Niki Croft being awesome:


Niki Croft - Seventies ramp session from Seventies Distribution on Vimeo.