Head over to the Empire blog to read some words from Tom Williams about the addition of Tom Smith and Tom Dugan. Tom overload.
STEP UP X DOWN?
posted 1 hour, 26 minutes ago
”A sundown session that went down in about 30 mins before it got dark. Song is: Rusko - jahova”
CLOUSE CELLAR - GRAB 17
posted 1 hour, 32 minutes ago
”When me and JB were in Berlin, we stayed with Brian… He is the sickest dude out, lives for riding, and has a solid crew of homies to help him share the good times… I was real fortunate to have experienced that scene. Anyway, here is the murphy featuring Brian and his two dudes Sascha and Jakob. Enjoy.”
”The morning of Day 2 bring antics and hijinx in San Jose, CA, and a new Twitter account for Big Daddy. Hit em wit it at Twitter.com/BIGDADDYakaGOD and check the rest of crew’s opinions on Twitter.”
CLUB 3RD LAIR AT MINNESOTA STATE FAIR
posted 2 hours, 55 minutes ago
”“I said it. Go tell it. Confetti. Who ready? I’m ready! You ready! Lets get it!”
WHO: “You know I know how”
Iron Man AJ Haines, Darrin Banana Man Treanor, Justin Wolf Man DEWitt, Mini Mark Wrecking Ball Schlegel, Phil The Pill Book, Benny Polaschek, Josh Nendza, Calvin Caltron Burgstahler, Nick Pirate Man K, The Young Colton Walker, Lee Mies, Kenny “Not Worth Mentioning” Short, Reed “I used to Rollerblade” Stark, Glenn “4 in one month” Dussl, Jason Nevonen, Evan “Shingle Retailer” Moyle, Nick “Sleeves of Doom” Palmquist, Dustin “Short Term Memory” Griess.
WHEN & WHERE: “To make em stop and stare as I zone out”
7 shows every day of the fair. Thurs 8/26 thru Labor Day Mon 9/6 in the northwest “X-Zone” corner of fairgrounds at crossroads of Murphy & Underwood. 20 minutes of shredding, sharp at 11:00am, 12:30pm, 2:30, 3:30, 5:00, 6:30, and 7:30pm followed by an epic autograph session, although don’t be surprised when you find yourself aroused in an exclusive private autograph session.
CLUB SHOW DETAILS: “The club can’t even handle me right now”
Who has been invited back to their 10th year of throwing down at the fair? Exactly. Time to celebrate. Introducing CLUB 3RD LAIR. DJ’s, GIRLS, fog machines, GIRLS, strobe lights, GIRLS, LASERS, GIRLS, glow sticks, GIRLS. Atmosphere provided by Sound in Motion featuring Minneapolis’ hottest local DJ’s including Jack Trash, Cities of Gold, Tyler Hampton, Ben Clear, D-Struct, Stash and Guest MC Obliquity. Each ‘Club Enhanced’ night show starts at dusk after our last 7:30 day show (shortly after 8pm) on Fri 8/27, Sat 8/28, Thu 9/2, Fri 9/3, Sat 9/4, Sun 9/5.
“Watchin you I’m watchin you we go all out”
Not our fault the fans keep flocking to us, our shows easily exceed four figures on a daily basis. Our ultra refined 2010 skatepark setup is guaranteed with thousands of whips, hundreds of flips, fronties, flipwhips, 3doublewhips… NBD.
“The club can’t even handle me right now” (put your hands up!)
3rd Lair. Sound in Motion. Grub Apps.
DIG contributor Tommy Blanco got together this good edit of Luis Cabellero for ESPN. Apparently Luis went through 4 frames during the filming for this edit! You can also check an interview with Luis in DIG 77.
”Dialing in your ride is as important as nailing your tricks. The pros have some secrets of their own when it comes to gear tweaks and personal preferences. In Setup, they reveal it all. For this installment, we hear from BMX’er Scotty Cranmer”
CATTY WOODS - SUMMER 2010
posted 1 day, 2 hours ago
”Catty woods summer 2010 footage, support the woods
pawoods.com”
PUB BMX - BECAUSE WE CAN
posted 1 day, 3 hours ago
Filmed and edited by Jason Phelan
SIMON O’BRIEN FLAT/RAMP EDIT
posted 1 day, 3 hours ago
”Simon lays down some bangers once again in this edit showing his skills on both ramp & flatland. Enjoy.” - Colony
”On a hot and humid Saturday morning, Troy Merkle, Tony Cherry and Neil Harrington met up with Justin Simpson and Kris Marcum for a day of street shredding in Cleveland, Ohio. Credit: Bud Dickman”
SEGMENT CLOTHING AUGUST DESIGNS
posted 1 day, 4 hours ago
Segment have some brand new tees and vests out now on the new American Apparel stock. Check ‘em out!
A new episode of Strictly Stuff is out, this time Leon goes through some products from Snafu, Eclat, Stranger, Odyssey and United.
BIRTH OF BIG AIR ON ESPN IN UK TONIGHT!
posted 1 day, 5 hours ago
If you live in the UK tune in to ESPN tonight at 10pm on Sky channel 417 to catch a showing of The Birth Of Big Air. This is something you really don’t want to miss out on. If you haven’t seen it already watch the trailer below to see what you can look forward to.
”Akin Hercules-Walker wanted a proper section with all the clips (some old, some new) we’ve been collecting over this summer. Everything is ungraded and straight out of the camera. I hope you enjoy…
Song is The Come Up by AZ.
Shot with a Canon 7D at 60p. Used a Glidecam HD-2000, Sigma 10mm f/2.8 Fisheye, Canon 50mm f/1.8 and Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 lenses.
”Scott is a maniac. He was firing grinds like this out on anything you could slide. During a flat rail warmup session, tunnel bridge transition and a loading dock I threw this together. Enjoy watching Scott do some of the dopest grinds as he waited to get to the real spots. His G.U.T.I. section will be monsterous. Ridaz.
Music Credit: Zeb - Dub Specialist Credit: Miles Rogoish”
”The rider inside is one of the first BMX guys in Russia – Gordeev Andrew. He has his own style and even though he doesn’t perform any super tricks, he’s definitely very interesting to watch. He had to stop riding for some time because of some knees problems and went into park building. As for now all health problems are overcome and he’s back in riding. Hope you’ll like the edit.”
”Reed Stark spent some time at Lake Owen this summer and filmed this edit. Super good lines, clean style and the ability to make it all look easy is a good way to describe this video. This was filmed and edited by the super creative Arik Elstrain.”
KINGS RIDE SHOP: SUMMER SHRED
posted 2 days, 1 hour ago
”This shred has been collected throughout the summer here in southern california. A bunch of random different sessions where we partied really hard has created this super fun make and watch! Ridaz: Lahsaan Kobza,Connor Lodes,Chad Kerley,Steven Mack,Donald Rios,and myself. kingsrideshop.com . 6669- Tammy”
”The trails were damp and the wind was blowing, but the riders still threw down for a great cause - Stephen Murray is back in the UK! Credit: Chris Wilmshurst”
T1 JAM SUMMER OF SHRED JAM
posted 2 days, 1 hour ago
”Summer of SHRED jam at T1 in Austin Texas.
Walli
Kyle Davenport
Logan Balbirona
Hollywood
Chase Hawk
Joe Rich
Jack Jolley
Big Rob
Pants
Josh Gordon
John Barker
Joseph Franz
Tony Sanchez
Skinny
Tony Cardona
Steve-O
Hanson Little
Francis Dulles
Evan Paul
and a whole hell of a lot of other names I didn’t get. send me an email if and let me know if i put a clip of ya killin it in this video -
Thanks to Joe and Logan for putting this jam together. Great food, people and shreddin’!“
”Complete team Frontocean visit his friends of Distraction park. Jokes, beach, riding and BBQ for 10 days, in one of the beautifull place in the world!”
Seventies are auctioning off a Federal Stay Strong Foundation custom bike with all the proceeds going to Stephen Murray’s Stay Strong foundation. Check it out here and help support an excellent cause!
Here’s what Seventies had to say:
“This is a brand-new bike, and is custom-built with Stay Strong limited edition frame & parts donated by all of the major BMX companies, finished off with all aftermarket parts making it a one of a kind full custom build, even down to the hand built wheels! The complete bike is worth £1,464.29 and weighs in at 22.8 lbs!”
MIKE ARDELEAN - ARTIFACTS
posted 2 days, 5 hours ago
Mike Ardelean goes through his old sponsors, his favourite parts and talks about the BMX industry in general. Some interesting stuff in these.
MIKE VINCENT INTERVIEW
posted 2 days, 6 hours ago
Good friend and fellow BMXer, Mike Vincent has a good interview up on Fat BMX about his fight for recovery after his accident in 2008. Go here to read that. He would appreciate your support. Good luck Mike!
Jared Swafford rides an undercover Austin ditch to avoid the rain and has a quick sesh on a grindbox out in the street in this new edit for Season Bikes.
BROC RAIFORD AUGUST COLONY EDIT
posted 3 days, 1 hour ago
”Broc Raiford spent a day riding street in New Orleans and a night at the skatepark and got some clips to make an edit!
Ben Green, Smithy and Andy Donovan do it for Coalition in this new edit, featuring some park and street riding from around the UK. Some good stuff in this.
A new Brett ‘Maddog’ Banasiewicz edit with some footage from a comp course and on the sea walls in Barcelona while waiting for the BCN BMX PRO course to dry up.
The Nearly 2 trailer is here! Check it out and keep your eyes peeled for the full video in December, it’s sure to be a belter just like the first. If you missed the first Nearly video go search for it in the top right and you will find all the sections there.
Mutiny’s Matt Roe and Robbo went up to Scotland to go ride at Unit 23 and the recently completed EK park. Rich Forne went along too and as usual made this great edit.
Robbie Morales takes us through the Cult setup, AKA The Cult Clubhouse, and goes in to a bunch of detail about various aspects of the business and products. Keep watching to the end for some good riding footage on a small setup in the back.
Check out this (very) chilled Quintin Product Launch/ride at the 605 ditch with Aaron Ross, Pat Wang and Wolfman etc. Look out for a lot more from Quintin over the next few weeks…
Dave Thompson, Kevin Kiraly and Verde TM Will Stroud took a trip to the UK to visit and tour with Verde’s UK team, Toby Forte, Martyn Tambling, Will Herrmann & Scott Summerhayes. Here’s the edit from the trip.
“You read correctly! You can now win free stuff such as t-shirts, stickers, and maybe small parts… IF, you complete a little activity involving the Madera website. We have just launched a new look with all sorts of new content and info, but we wanna make sure you have checked it all out.
Here is your task. Answer all of the questions below and email the answers to to enter the contest. All of the answers can be found somewhere on the site. You will have until Sunday, August 29th to turn in your answers, so get going!”
Contest Questions
1. What is the name of the edit where the second riding clip is a barspin to hang five.
2. What is the name of the edit where the first clip is a time lapse of putting bikes on Matt’s car?
3. What is the name of the edit where the intro clip is a small white and small black child?
4. Which team rider was an Art Major in college?
5. Which team rider drives a Mitsubishi Mighty Max truck?
6. Which team rider’s Mad Lib uses “butt” as an answer for “part of the body?”
7. Which team rider’s biggest fear is a bald eagle riding a badger?
8. Which team rider survived a tornado in North Dakota?
9. Which team rider has a picture of hands for one of his photos?
10. Which team rider has a picture of them inflating a balloon?
11. Which part only weighs .07 ounces?
12. Which part caters to more than one nationality?
13. Where would I find an animal that likes to roll up into a ball?
14. Where did we get the name “Madera” from?
15: Which team rider has a picture of them in the news where they have NO head?
16: Which team rider can you find on the site upside down jumping off a cliff into a lake?
DIG ISSUE 78 OUT NOW!
posted 1 week, 1 day ago
DIG Magazine issue 78
ON THE COVER 001 Ty Morrow, Standby Barcelona.
FRONT END 014 Ballbag: Joe Rich and some extended family values…
020 Ignition: Leo Forte gets kicked out…
DIG THIS 026 Out Of Focus: The DIG/howies contest has a winner…
028 Insider: Skavenger talk with Edwin and Vinnie.
030 321: Eddie Cleveland’s Q&A countdown…
032 UNSUNG: The story of hippy Steve and his box jump.
FEATURES 034 No Half Measures: Ricky Adam spends 48hrs in Chicago with Mark Webb.
042 Standby Barcelona: Behind the scenes at the Nike 6.0 video contest…
062 Freedom: Our long overdue Brian Kachinsky interview…
076 The 5boro ride: Scerbo, Delarosa, Dolecki and co hit all five NYC boroughs in one day.
100 Corey & Nathan: The story behind the long awaited ‘This is United’ DVD.
108 Defying Logic In Eastern Europe: The Kink team flirt with the Iron Curtain.
116 Sturdy Wrists: Jeff Cadger gets wild…
REAR END 084 Productivity: Even more new products for your perusal and approval…
090 Instore: 2X4 and Hype. Support your local bike shop!
094 Low Profile: The new what next…
126 Digital Crunch: Send up photos and win shoes from Enties. Easy…
128 Backchat: Tim ‘Fuzzy’ Hall gets it done…
Mint Distribution will be running Quintin caps in the UK. To find out more about Quintin head over to www.quintinco.com. Look out for UK team announcements in the next few days!
ALMOND SPOTLIGHTS
posted 1 week, 2 days ago
Almond go through the details and specs of their ‘Magnus’ and ‘The 1&9’ shoes along with a whole bunch of photos. Head over to the Almond site to see those.
Brad Simms has this quick but good new edit out for Alienation. Check it out.
SCOTT TOWNE WORKING AT DAN’S COMP
posted 1 week, 2 days ago
DIG family man, Scott Towne will now be working at Dan’s Comp as the TM (along with a few other roles...) Thanks go out from everyone at DIG for all Scott’s hard work this year. Best wishes for your time at Dan’s!
“Dan’s Comp is excited to announce the addition of Scott Towne as the Marketing/Media coordinator for the company. Scott comes to Dan’s with years of experience in the BMX and action sports world. For the past fourteen years, Scott has worked for Etnies footwear and apparel, as well as, working with DIG BMX magazine for the last year. Scott will be the point-man for events, print and web advertising and marketing relations. Scott will also be the new Freestyle/Dirt Team Manager, as well as controlling the direction of the Dan’s 360 blog and other endemic media.” -Dan’s Comp
“I am a BMX lifer and this new position makes sense for me on so many different levels. I’m excited to be devoting my attention 100% to BMX and the opportunity to work for Dan’s Comp in this capacity is a dream come true.” - Scott
The ODI trip continues. This time the guys ride street in Dayton, OH and get real excited to see Tony Malouf. Riders include Chris Brown, Raul Ruiz, Gremlin, Troy Merkle, Tony Cherry and Scotty.
The Levis team went to Lake Forest Skatepark recently for a demo and put together this edit, with some real good riding and some words from Dakota and Corey.
Tom Smith’s section from ‘Children Of The Concrete’ just got put online. Tom definitely got some good stuff done while in Southern California. Worth a watch for sure.
Vans and WeThePeople have come together to give you the chance to win a Vans X WTP collab shoe and a bunch of other stuff. Watch this video of Bruno Hoffman and name the trick which is blurred out.
Send your answers to: and they will pick out 10 winners.
Blazeguard has been around for a couple of years now, right? How did the idea of it all come about?
The name actually came about a few years ago as a joke when a couple bro’s were tryin’ to light a blunt in some crazy wind and someone mentioned they needed some sorta Blazeguard and it just kinda stuck. After that it just turned into a huge joke between everyone and we just kinda ended up running with it haha.
When did you decide that you wanted to do a full length video instead of web edits? Is the name of the video going to be “Natural Born Chillers”?
I grew up watching bmx and skate vids until they squeaked in the vcr so I’ve always been all about full length videos. Its fun putting web edits together and I do believe they reach a wider audience if thats what your going for but its always nicer to have an actual video you can hold in your hand and show your friends. Besides it’ll probably just be on the web in a few weeks anyways so you get the best of both worlds haha. Natural Born Chillers was just a name we were throwing around one day, not really sure yet whether it’ll end up being the actual name of the video or not.
Who will all have clips in the video? Who will have full parts?
It’s hard to say at this point in filming who all will have full parts but so far Kym Grosser, Travis Sexsmith, Jordan Hango, Jason Teet and George/Louis Bolter will each have there own parts and there will be clips and possibly more from Mick Bayzand, Wade Lajlar, Sam Lowe, Brad Simms, Anthony Messere, Smith n’ Desson, Jono Hopping and a bunch of other people I probably just forgot.
How far along in filming are you? Have you set any deadlines for when the video needs to wrap up filming and editing?
We’re actually only a few months into filming right now with no real set deadlines or release date. We’re just gonna film until everyone feels like they’re happy with what they’ve got at which point I’ll do my best to put it all together and get it out there as quick as possible.
Have you guys done much traveling for the video? Where are some of the places you guys have been or plan on making it to before the video wraps up?
So far we’ve just been chillin’ at home here in Van all summer but come September Kym, Travis and I will be driving through the states for a few weeks down to Vegas with Brad Simms and Corey Bohan filming for The Set so hopefully we’ll get some Blazeguard clips during that trip. Not too long after that we’ll be heading down to Aussie for a few months and then who knows after that?
I’ve noticed in your last few Blazeguard edits that you have been producing some real high quality footage. What kind of camera(s) are you working with these days? What about lenses, lights, etc.?
I shoot most stuff on my HVX but just recently shot a few hundred feet of 35mm film on a Moviecam for the dvd as well. I occasionally run a Century .55 fisheye on the HVX and also have a couple old zeis prime lenses I use with a 35mm adaptor on the rare occasions I can get my hands on one. On the Moviecam I ran an Angenieux 14mm and 24-290mm zoom lens. I use a tripod as much a possible and have found myself using the glidecam more and more recently as I get a bit better with it. When it comes to lights I always prefer to use daylight balanced faye’s when I can but usually just end up using redhead’s since I have a few old ones in my stash.
Have you guys ran into any problems at all in the process of making the video?
There’s been a few injuries; Hango slit a tendon in the back of his hand at work and was out for over a month and Teet just broke his ankle the other day so he won’t be riding for awhile. Other than that things have been going pretty well tho its definitely been hard to get out filming a lot with everyone working full time.
Are you handling all of the filming and editing or are there others helping out on the project?
I’ll be handling all the filming and editing myself.
When can we expect to see the video out? Where will people be able to get their hands on it when it is out?
As I mentioned earlier there’s no real set release date yet but when it is finally out it should be available anywhere you can find The Set products.
Overall, if you had to pick, whose part are you most psyched on so far?
It’s hard to pick just one but I’m definitely really feelin’ the Kayden Kross bonus section.
What should people expect from this video?
A sweet time in front of their TV?
Any shout outs or thanks?
Yeah man definitely wanna give a shout out to all the bro’s and blazers out there. Thanks to my family and friends, Ride On, The Set and most of all to everyone I film with. And to anyone that’s ever hooked me up in a time of need or helped me out along the way...thanks.
”A quick mid-tour edit from the Centralia skate park in Washington, featuring Chris Martindale, Greg Flag, Harrison Boyce, Dillon Lloyd and Travis Collier.
”We were lucky enough to get Nathan Williams out here for the premiere of United’s very first full length DVD. Special thanks to United. Also featuring Ryan Lloyd. Filmed by Kane Chappell. Song is Ray Charles - What’d I say”
Also, Ride UK is giving away an S&M A.T.F frame. Check that Ride UK link to find out how to win it.
FORSTER BRO’S
posted 1 week, 6 days ago
”Also featuring James Trett and Tommy G (gayboard). Just a day edit from Chesterfield plaza, the worlds slippyest park!!”
Filmed and edited by Joe Gould
ANDREW JACKSON INTERVIEW
posted 1 week, 6 days ago
Head over to the WeThePeople site to check out what he has to say, along with a few photos and a video....
AVI’S TRAILS PART ONE
posted 1 week, 6 days ago
”So i know filming yourself is pretty gay (noone else was riding at all that day) but i thought id knock this together to show people the trails that Myself, Shaun, Jim, Farmboy and a few others have been building the last couple of weeks. Nothing is properly finished and its abit of a building sight but things can only get better. Ay it!
Hopefully Part2 will have everyone else riding and more than just 4 jumps.“
”BMX dirt jump comp at Munich’s BIKE EXPO trade show. Get an impression of the numerous high class tricks like Dane Searl’s 360 superman seatgrab indian airs, Ben Hennon’s 360 turndown to tailwhip, flip lookdowns and double tailwhips, Markus Hamp’s opposite 360 combos, flipwhips and 360 super seaters. The best final runs of the Top 3 BIG IN BAVARIA Vol.II riders are completely featured, too. Some sequences of the side program including a hard rocking limo drive and after parties round up the clip.”
”Ronnie Surridge loves America. Straight outta the UK he’s living the California dream out in New Jersey. If that’s possible Ronnie is the one to pull it off. In fact, last weekend he felt so “at home” in Huntington Beach he got a full body spray tan just to make he Falcon Rolls that much better.”
STRICTLY STUFF - EPISODE 4
posted 1 week, 6 days ago
Episode 4 of Strictly Stuff features Leon Hurly taking you through some new product from Mutiny and The Make while chilling at the bar. You can check that out here.
The Motion BMX team left Bristol, UK for 2 weeks for a roadtrip through Europe. Here’s a quick teaser video so you know what to expect from the full edit.
NEW HIDEOUT WEBSITE
posted 1 week, 6 days ago
Hideout BMX have a brand new website online where you can find all their videos, T-shirts and blog.
