30 Dec Video Round Up: 2024
In a world of 15-second Instagram clips and constant social media churn, here’s a silver platter of Canadian BMX videos from 2024. This is the Northern Embassy’s Video Round Up. Happy New Year!
Embassy Exclusives:
Saskatchewan’s Braden Beck. Check out a short interview with Braden here.
Full-length films and mixtapes:
Jordan Hango, Andrew Schubert, Riley Abramyk, Connor Campbell, Birken Kirk, and Matt MacLeod doing it for Animal Bikes.
BMXFU tribute to Andrew White. The Zach Szymaniak part at the end is a special treat.
Calgary full-length courtesy of Austin Odegnal featuring Jake Gaunt, Richard Gallant, Greg D’Amico, Matt Thomas, Chay Nelson, Adam Hosie, Colby Burns, Alex Boyd, Andrew Keevers, Austin Odegnal, Carson Donovan, Kaiman Stanjeck, Birken Kirk, Cary Lorenz, Jaumell Campbell, Mark Stanway, James Murphy, Riley Abramyk, Jackson Hammel, Nathan Dowdle, Steve Humeniuk, Andrew Schubert, Taiga Yokoyama, Mac Simpson, Lochlainn O’Leary, John Alden, Cody Daize, Dredon Tattrie, Tyler Von Rothkirch, Connor Campbell, Matt Macleod, Will Wegener, Quintin Baptiste, Chevy Charbonneau, Skooty, Brendan Vanderkuip, Andrew Macleod, Ken Fichten, Darcy Peters, Travis Kozie, Nick Halisheff, Matt Perrin, and Solomon Kirk.
Representing Peterborough, Ontario, these are the “Borough Boys.” Appearances from Basil Stalteri, Kyle Northmore, Arthur Simonov, Denis Yakimov, Matt Comeau, Maxime Lemire, Dima Chabanov, Tyler Harnish, Matt Bialkowski, Nick Paisley, Johnny Cabardo, Daniel Mulhare, Jack Buchanan, Barry Smyth, Skooty McBooty, and Sean Rowan.
Nova Scotia squad featuring Carson Gay, Nathan Blois, Evan Borden, Bodya Osadchyi, Matt Hill, Brandon Nichols, Jeremy Spicer, Brendan Deyarmond, Zachary Stokes, Mateo Geddes, and Jacob Monk, and Rob Chapman.
Vancouver Island squad featuring Yannick Tysl, Andy McGrath, Ky Brisebois, Chay Nelson, Eric Turko, Jason Petersen, Colin Thiessen, TJ Coutt, Arizen Smiley, Nathan Yamamoto, Sawyer Jauregui, Hector Flores, Aaron Cheng, Taylor Stos, Trent Krog, Josh Bissat, Matt Perrin, and more.
Short mix for Allied Action Sports shop in North Vancouver featuring Jordan Hango, Matt Perrin, Fontas Gilliatt, and Adam Piatek.
Kyle White and Matt Perrin appearances.
Winnipeg crew video featuring Louelle Smith, Seth Belmore, Brenten Wylie, John Roy, Shawn Franz, Mat Halprin, Abel Belmore, Cory Beal, Brandon Sawchyn, and Phil Belleuille.
Documentaries and storytelling:
Jason Enns mini-doc in the context of filming for Etnies Forward and appearing in DIG over the years.
Shameless self-promotion: Part 1.
Project Spoke is a film series documenting the talents and stories of BMX’s most eclectic, passionate, and resilient characters. It captures compelling narratives on a range of topics including mental health, substance abuse, poverty, gender equality, identity, career transition, and parenthood. The project’s core theme is overcoming adversity through personal progression, creative expression, and community connection in BMX.
Louder than a Stereotype – Matt Beringer Documentary
Daddy Re-Vision – Patrick Laughlin Documentary
Making It – Steve Woodward Documentary
Grommet King – Justin Wilgus Documentary
A Backpacker’s Guide to BMX in Latin America – Documentary
Full Bloom – Women in BMX Documentary
Crosslaced – Riding Film
Andrew Keevers, Carson Donovan, Leif Bamford, Seth Varga, and more in rural Saskatchewan. Watch more videos from Alexander Boyd / Substrata here.
Jay Miron hall of fame speech at 2:38:05.
Mark Stanway, Travis Kozie, Kaden Lentz, Chevy Charbonneau, Joe Weidman, Carson Donovan, Samuel Pretty, and more in this short piece about stunt shows.
Video parts:
Chad Ferch in BC’s Lower Mainland.
Jeffrey Lapointe in Southern Ontario.
Tyler Harnish in Ottawa.
Mat Stiehl in Southern Ontario and New York City.
Evans Murray from Quebec.
Quebec’s Marc-André Bellemare for the Street Combat video contest.
Dima Chabanov in Toronto for the Street Combat video contest.
Shameless self-promotion: Part 2. Self-filmed video part featuring small town and rural spots in Alberta.
Shameless self-promotion: Part 3. Self-filmed video part with footage from Abbotsford, Port Coquitlam, Edmonton, Albuquerque, and Montpellier.
Connor Hagen in Alberta.
Mexico’s Memo Muñoz with some footage from Vancouver and Calgary.
Aamon Farr in BC’s Lower Mainland.
Matt Drew and Zeb Dennis indoor mix.
Dylan Morrison in Ontario.
Rafael Diaz in Quebec.
Nova Scotia’s Anthony Audas for the Street Combat video contest.
BC’s Fontas Gilliatt for Killemall Distro and Allied Action Sports shop.
Brad Featherstone in North York and Scarborough, Ontario.
Quebec’s Sebastien Babineau.
Joe Weidman at House of Wheels skatepark in Edmonton.
Trip videos:
Sunday Bikes in Toronto.
Rixin Bikes in Toronto. Canadian appearances from Chijioke Okafo and Greg Henry.
Andrew Gobbo and the Procedure BMX squad riding on the Grand Canary Island.
Matt Perrin in Mexico.
Alberta’s Darcy Peters in the US. More from Darcy here.
Jason Enns, Chris Orbell, Matt Desson, Greg Henry, Chris Henry, and Kenny Oliver in Northern Washington.
Events:
S&M and Fit Bike Co. at the Timeless and Rock Bay BMX jam in Victoria.
DIY Jam in Montreal.
Halloween Jam in Southern Ontario as organized by Harvester Bikes.
Canada’s biggest street jam in Toronto. Our new Prime Minister is a foreign national.
Street plaza jam at Joyride 150 in Markham, Ontario.
Snowbiking:
Liam Mulrooney in Quebec.
Dustin Cyganik in the Kootenays.
From the archive:
Jason Enns for Demolition Parts.
Jay Miron, John Heaton, and the rest of the MacNeil team road tripping along the west coast in 2006.