Mixture...

You want Eclat stuff? Pijin's got what you need. New drop of Eclat stuff is up on the site now, including the delightfully awesome looking Gonzo seats. Been waiting for them to come out for a while now, somewhat typically after I just bought a different seat. I lose...



Anyways, someone who loses in the pedalling fast at stuff stakes is Liam Fahy-Hampton. His Run At Me Slut section was amazing (click the tag at the bottom to find it), and this one's pretty cool too.



Dan Lacey has a video interview up on Woozy - click here for the text and photos, and click Play to watch it, I guess. I had to watch it on mute which kinda doesn't work for a video interview, so it's quality is unknown to me at the time of writing. Sorry...



Photos of Mike Aitken's first rail went up a few days ago, now his first up-rail too? Boom.



For more photos, and the chance to see Tate Roskelley with a real big fish, click here.

Laaaaaastly, a bit of history - Eli Platt made a name for himself with this video, then went on to make the awesome Micreation vid too, and then featured in a bunch of other cool videos of various descriptions. Trooper. Watch and enjoy...

Retro reference.

I was going to track down the DIC "I made this" jingle on Youtube so I could put it up before linking you to the P5 jam write-up I did on Streetphire, but, well... too late, I guess? Photos are poor 'cos I just took a camera up with me, no lights and fancy gizmos. Blag it.



Lurking TheComeUp, I happened to catch a glimpse of the Brad Simms interview, and the accompanying New York webvideo that I hadn't seen first time round. Well, it's late, but it's amazing:



I mean, really...

Speaking of webvideos - last time I saw, Micky Marshall was on FBM, but apparently isn't any more. Que? This is his Orchid webvid anyway.



It features that turndown gap too. The weird curved wallride setup near the start also reminded me that some builders make amazing stuff, reaffirming my belief that quality street (tasty sweets) can exist having just ridden the damp, drizzly wasteland that is Preston.

I need to go and play pool now, so as a 'final thought', I'll end with this - why try and make a chain stronger if it's fundamentally flawed (if you want the strongest chain possible, I wouldn't imagine it'd be composed of half-links)? Weird... Come back to me when you've got the real chain version of this and we'll talk, eh?



Found that on TheComeUp too. Yeah, I'm a cheater.

Photo update?

Not mine!

First up, a load of awesome from Keith Romanowski over on ESPN. Man, that background looks bad...



Deluxe have put up a sort of photo of an advert:



Rich Forne/Wilson has a bit of a feature up on Ride about what he's up to these days, got some cool photos with it too. Read it!

In non-video news, in my brief hiatus from the BMX world, I'd sort of forgotten how incredibly ridiculous the internet BMX drama scene is. From people involved with magazines making unintentionally (but brutally) ironic statements to people fabricating 'issues' with other riders, it's something I'd not missed. This video was up on TCU, where the video was followed by 'I foresee this getting a lot of negative comments' - it just makes you wonder what people really have going on with their lives if they've got time for stuff like that... Anyway, this video's got some pretty rad riding in it. Yes, it's goof, and yes, it's not filmed that well, but the video's still pretty sweet.



Lastly, 'cos I'm going to be late for dropping the kids off at the pool if I hang around much longer, FBM have some new products that you can view by clicking on that there link...

'arry Main

Heard word about this from Dave at Inspired a few days ago, it's a peach!

Hmm.

Open my e-mail account.

"NEW STEFAN LANTSCHNER VIDEO!"

Drop one.

Follow link.

Watch video.


Go to TV.WoozyBMX.com for more videos.


Deflate.

Meh.

Carhartt win.

(Helpful edit: Auto-running videos need to stop. In any case, about 4 videos down that Profile video's going to start blaring away so you might wanna scoot down the page, nip that in the bud, then head back up here and begin reading...)

It's really no surprise Rich Wilson (or Forne depending on where you look/who you speak to?) won the Nike Apprenticeship with skills like these! The dude's awesome at making videos, this is no exception. A pretty different take on indoor park videos, so no doubt the interwebs are going to be flooded with copy-cat edits asap. You know it'll happen...



Niki was riding the P5 jam with some "RIP Broady Banks" stickers on his bike, commemorating the recently merked Nottingham spot. To give you an inkling about what the spot was like, here's a section from The Make's What's What DVD with some classic footage from there.



I can't remember whether this Mulville video got posted out, but basically the dude utterly rules so any content is good content. This video is a bit older, and this Profile video is... well... newer? Anyway, here's two videos of Mark Mulville.





I shamelessly copied those videos from Deluxe.

Oh, and in other news that's very much less interesting from my point of view, Jake Daw is now riding for Stereo BMX, who aren't Stereo set up by My Name Is Earl star Jason Lee. I mean really - there are a katrillion different words in the English language, I'm sure they could've found something else? "Publish"? "Post"? "Save"? "Now"? "Draft"? "Autosaved"? Just a few that spring to mind...



That's Jake riding, anyway. Enjoy it if you're into that parky biz.

Revert.

Well, after some 'exclusive content' (if that's what people still call it!), need to revert back to some reposted stuff. There appear to be a range of cool videos out today, which is all good.

Firstly, the Levis team mix. It's obviously going to be good, but damn, Jamie Bestwick is beyond amazing.

Levi's® Clip of the Week - Team Mix 2009 - More BMX Videos

Kevin Kiraly generally produces some pretty amazing videos, and this one's pretty sweet even though it is purely park (boo, hiss). The brakeless flip to manny - taking it back to the old school Owain Clegg steez?



Another person it's always cool to see ride is Hoang Tran (That San Diego edit with the remix of Born To Be Wild on is too good!), so it was cool to see this pop up on my feed today, over on Odyssey's site.



In non-video news, the P5 jam at Newcastle went down this weekend - the setup was insane, and the riding was pretty nutso too. Every time I see Niki Croft ride it makes me want to ride better. The dude's amazing. Here's a little teaser anyway, more pics up on Streetphire asap!

Case BMX Magazine - Mike Netley Interview

It certainly is a bold move to bring out a new BMX magazine in this day and age. Case BMX Magazine is out this Friday, and it's free! If you're in the UK, then just go to your nearest good BMX shop, who will gladly hand you a copy.

I caught up with Mike Netley, the editor of Case, to ask him a few questions on his new venture.



First off, for those who don't know you, could you tell us a little about yourself?
"My name is Michael. I'm 23, been riding for 10 years, would rather spend a good day at the trails with a BBQ and friends than anything else and I started a new BMX magazine 6 months ago and the first issue is about done.... NOW!"

Subway or KFC?
"Those new BBQ beast meals from KFC are quite a treat. With a side order of hot wings too. Yeah son! Pepsi or Pepsi max, I'm not fussed. A shit ton of ketchup and a lot of salt on the chips. Lil tub of BBQ baked beans in the BBQ beast box meal too. Bangin'"

You've made many contributions to BMX publications in the last couple of years. What prompted you to start Case BMX Magazine?
"I myself wanted to see something different and it became apparent to me that ride and dig weren't going in the right direction and had no intention of doing so. What it comes down to is me being selfish and putting what i want to see in a magazine and hoping that others share a similar vision. I'm kidding about the selfish bit, but from what i hear people are certainly more than ready for a change!"

Obviously a lot of thought has gone into Case BMX Magazine. Was it hard to make the decision to give the magazine away for free, or has this always been one of your objectives?
"there was initially going to be a cover price. but after speaking with a lot of shops it was made quite clear to me that magazine sales were severely down. being free is my unique selling point. it sets Case apart from the rest. free of charge, more people will see it = better pitch to give to the advertisers."

Apart from being free, what sets Case apart from other magazines?
"i have a few things i want to do with Case...

its not happened on the first issue but id like to run exclusive adverts.

i believe this will benefit the magazine and the advertisers for the same reason.

that reason is... no one is going to pay any real attention to an advert they have already seen in another magazine, so if its new, more people will take note of it.

this is good for the advertisers because they can show off other products and people WILL look at it. it's good for case, cos its exclusive and no one would have seen it yet. simple.

each issue, i basically want to put someone who i would consider a bit of a legend on the cover. i think that will appeal to a lot of the people who have been around for a long time.

I plan on covering all aspects of riding where ever possible and will not solely focus on what ever is trendy at the time.

Case is fully rider owned. their are no big fancy names to impress so what appears in case is truthful and to the point. if something sucks, it sucks, if its good, then people will know its good"

You have a full time job already. How do you find the time to put together a magazine?
"for the past 2 months (when putting the magazine together), i worked a 9-5, got home, had dinner, then sat down at about 7am and worked solidly until the early hours of the morning.

i did that pretty much every day for 2 months. it wasn't easy but it sure was worth it."

Can you give us a sneak peak of what we can expect in the first issue?
"loads and loads. seriously, issue one is stacked.
Alex Valentino
this dude named maria from the Philly area who is bad ass
a decent amount of photos from the infamous Pa trail scene
the Deluxe UK trails road trip
a Southampton scene report
Scott Malyon
DK dirt circuit
Gav Shortall
Will Herrmann
8 page photo section
3 or 4 trail jams from the UK to the south of France
Mike Potoczny
a chance to win £100 from the guys at the source

and quite a lot more..."

Radio silence.

Man, 3 months feels like forever when all you really want to do is just go out riding with some friends. Life doesn't always work out the way you'd maybe want it to, I suppose.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, but hopefully I'll be able to get some more coherent updates on here some time soon. Fully trying to sort out a net connection at home, but it's taking a while. Incredibly out of the loop with virtually everything at the moment, scrabbling to try and know what's going on simply from looking at issues of Ride (the brand new, just-come-out one's a banger, by the way).

In any case, this video is awesome and I'll say no more...

Stay Fit Premier - Southampton

Join us on Monday 16th November at the Orange Rooms for the Premier of the new Stay Fit video! Entry is free. The video starts at 9pm. Come have a drink and watch some stunts. Can you think of a better way to spend a Monday evening?

Have a look here on Facebook to see who's coming!

Note: Entry for over 18s only.