Online Ride US subs...

RideUS are now apparently offering online subs (Click that link), and are cutting back to 9 issues a year (Like the better Ride and Dig used to do. Apparently this is where I'm supposed to say "Print is dead", but I don't believe that any more than I did when people started saying it years ago. While there's still the prestige of having your work published in an actual magazine instead of just some rubbish little 'team update' feature on a company website, comps/jams to have write-ups for (because some people don't like just watching a 30sec web-edit of a comp), roadtrips that are taking place (because some people don't like just watching a 30-sec web-edit of a trip), there are 'big' riders around (because some people like reading decent interviews with interesting people, rather than a 10-question "Did you do any research for that interview at all?" online 'interview'), new products that deserve an actual explaination/review (not just Ctrl C + Ctrl V from a companies website) and companies still see that it's a good form of advertising (A full page spread ad is slightly more attention grabbing than having your 120px x 20px banner in competition with 400 others on the same page), I doubt magazines are really going to be going anywhere any time soon. I think Mark Noble's intro to an older issue of Ride (100, maybe?) - there's another benefit, archiving ;-) - summed it up way better than I could, but there really isn't going to be the 'death of print' that a lot of people are claiming will happen.

PomPom/Deluxe

Pompom@Deluxe from jemsbmx on Vimeo.

New edit of Pompom from Deluxe. Nice No Front Teeth style intro, all good. In related news: Louis from Aversion was lurking around certain London street spots, camera in hand, with his new Deluxe set-up - pretty damn nice. Really nice looking frames, good quality. If you're looking for a trailsy frame, it'd probably be worth holding on for.

Boost!

From the comments:

wow nice very good your tricks

Quite.

Take two...

The Levis video is re-uploaded in higher quality on Freecaster.tv, so I suppose they've bitten the bullet and put it up online. Bit of a downer they did it so soon after Dig came out, but I guess it being uploaded badly onto Googlevideo forced their hand. Equally, here's Will Stroud's take on Caribougate, aka the age-old "Re-using songs" debate:

To everyone who's saying I bit songs from Tomorrow We Work: I did not do this on purpose. We started working on music clearance for the Levi's video earlier this summer and it took months for us to clear all of the songs - yes, Levi's paid for all of the music in this video. I didn't see TWW until just recently and it's unfortunate that the song is repeated, but this was not done on purpose. I hope everyone can still enjoy this free video Levi's and the riders have spent so much time, effort, and money on. Will Stroud

And finally, here's the vid:



Apparently Blogger's not cool with that embed code, so click here to open in a new window...

Multitasking...

Blogging and putting a tyre on simultaneously: Technique.

This is largely an "Awesome videos" related post. First up, Subrosa have a new site, and also put their bonus section from Brighton Ain't Ready up online. B.A.R. is a rad vid, can't wait to see it again when I'm not tired and in Wolverhampton. Features Chandlers Ford, Southampton and Pijin! Cameo from Carlos too, there's fancy...


Subrosa Cheers Brother! (Brighton Ain't Ready Bonus Section) from Subrosa Brand on Vimeo.

In other "Trip video" news, FBM have put up this cool webvid by Devin Feil of a roadtrip some of their newer riders went on. Plenty of trails and park - click here.

Also, here's a link to the Levis video now it's online somewhat illegally - gonna end up online on the Levis site in full qual soon so I'll post that link up, but here's a low quality version for now.

I need food.

Buy the new Dig, now.

The Levis DVD is jaw-droppingly amazing.

Buy Dig and watch it.

Now.

No, really...

Fly UK trip video

Happy halloween. I'm tired. Good night, but watch this. Some really, really good lines in the Saffron Walden section, and some sunny trails footage. Yeah, sunny trails footage. Calling BS on the "UK" tour part of that if it was dry...

Linky linky liiiiiiiiinky!

Two Aitken videos...

MikeAitken.com featured these two videos yesterday - one new one (To me, at least), and one older one. The first is his section from the Fox 'Pedal to the metal' video, and the second is his runs from the SLC Dew Tour stop where he took gold. Well worth watching. Second run through the jumps, think it's the third double - what...


Mike Aitken from Fitbikeco. on Vimeo.


Mikey Dew Tour from Fitbikeco. on Vimeo.

Dakota Roche has a signature colourway on the '09 Nightwolf shoe from Lotek - the new style Nightwolf upper with the Nightwolf Slim sole? Tasty...



In unrelated shoes, I'm not buying anything other than white and black shoes in the future...

Apparently it's sample season at the Hirsch residence - they've also got the new new new Fremont shoes up, which I know for a fact Dan is going to be into...

Shadow's new vid looks like it should be pretty rad:


Into The Void Trailer from Shadow Conspiracy on Vimeo.

Hefty hefty heeefty! Yeah, I quoted Family Guy.

Two good videos from today.

Direct titles, gotta love 'em. First up, yet another sweet DubBMX edit. About time some of these riders got featured in a good webvid.


DUB Friends + Flow Edit. from Dub BMX on Vimeo.

And lastly, a cool video from the Red Bull Trick Or Treat Jam. Bruno Hoffman getting 3rd without doing some kind of ridiculous "whip*x^2" kinda trick shenanigans, Garrett Reynolds being really really good, and Kevin Porter doing a massive banger to earn best trick. Check it oot!

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