Wednesday, December 09, 2009

Lunchtime video spectacular?

Got a few choice video treats for you this lunch time...

TheMake have banged out another little short 'n' sweet web-edit, to celebrate the launch of some new items of clothing finery:



Miles has done another Tuesdays with..., this time featuring a place that looks preeeeeeeeeetty fun to ride.



Kriss Kyle appears to have gotten better, smoother, faster and somehow a lot older looking in the space between this edit and his last. This one's for BSD.

Tuesday, December 08, 2009

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!

Randy? S and M.

This dude now rides for Eclat, and is also a winner:



It's been a while since Randy Taylor's had an all-out banger section, so it's always good to see this again!

A bit of S&M for you too. I'm too kind.



If you've got a WTP Warrior frame, go here to win some stuff. Pretty exclusive contest - if you've got one, you've probably got a good chance of winning!

Lastly, courtesy indirectly of TCU, and directly of Manmade, a reminder that a fair while back Garrett Reynolds was better than almost everyone else is today.

Monday, December 07, 2009

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...

Saturday, December 05, 2009

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.

Friday, December 04, 2009

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!

Wednesday, December 02, 2009

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.

Tuesday, December 01, 2009

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!