Adam Piatek taking care of business in PoCo. This kid shreds so damn much it’s crazy. So jealous of that last clip.
With the first weekend of March quickly approaching I figured what better time to repost the La Revolution video. La Revolution was the first real BMX contest I ever saw in person and it seriously feels like it went down last year. La Rev set the tone for what would be the amazing Metro Jam era. It’s hard to believe it’s already been over 10 years since.
I remember making the trip to Toronto from Montreal with Eric Trepanier, not knowing much about the contest except that Eric was going up and we had a ride with his parents. The drive up ended up being around 10 hours instead of 5/6, there was a huge car pile up on the 401. When I got to the contest I realized that every single pro that I looked up to at that time was there and shredding. I met my favorite rider, Garrett Byrnes, we met/talked with Jim Cielencki after he pulled something I couldn’t even imagine possible until that weekend, the 180 handplant over the spine. Needless to say the La Revolution weekend was a monumental moment in BMX for me. Although I had already been riding for a few years at that point, there was no chance in hell I would ever be giving it up after seeing so much awesomeness/ good people and good riding 6 hours from where I grew up. I’m sure the same could be said for those who attended Metro Jams in Vancouver and even Street Justice contests in Alberta.
Although it was a contest, there wasn’t a competitive vibe in the air, and you could tell every dude there was having a good time with friends and enjoying the TO nightlife. BMX, and specifically BMX in Canada, needs an event or events like La Revolution/Metro today. With rider numbers at an all time high in Canada, young riders need to see an event like this at least once in their lifetime, in my opinion. Although current Toronto BMX Jams aren’t the same as Metro Jams once we’re, a big thanks goes out to Mike Heaton for putting on Canada’s largest BMX event year after year. If your anywhere around the GTA on March 1st to 3rd get out to the Toronto BMX Jam . Shout out to anyone, any shop or any organization who have held or hold BMX events in Canada!
One of Canada’s finest right here, proving he put in serious work in 2012. A lot of familiar faces in this. Hell yah Bobby!
Ian Fleming hooked up this leftover footy edit from their 2012 Nova Scotia BUSINESS DVD, featuring Harrison Forward and Ian Fleming. Lots of good riding and dope spots in this, Harrison killin it. If you haven’t got your copy yet, cop one here, Ed’s got his.
Here’s a sick timelapse that Braeden put together of Ron Mercer’s infamous Woodyard. If you haven’t had the chance to ride the woodyard yet, start making your plans for this spring/summer/fall and make it happen, you won’t be disappointed!
Greg Flag shutting it down with the last of our Embajada En Barcelona Remix edits. Greg got more footage than anyone else on the trip and proved yet again that he can shred any obstacle you put in front of him, with a smile on his face the whole time. Get a copy of the DVD while there’s still a few left and try to find Greg’s banana or lettuce challenge….
Almost every clip in Sam’s part from Primo’s Nice Try was dead man shit. This was the ender section of the DVD and for good reason, all this shit still holds up as nuts today and the DVD was released in 2009. A true Canadian legend who’s still killin’ it today.
Later this week we will be dropping our last Embajada En Barcelona remix section of Greg Flag. Leading in to this edit, here’s a little house check with Greg that we filmed at our crib in Barcelona. The place was so dialed and Greg is a funny dude. Check back for Greg’s remix edit real soon.
Joyride150 local Brandon Webster killing it from TO to Miami, filmed and edited by Justin Browne.
"16 year old Brandon Webster took a little time off school to go on a two week long road trip from Toronto to Miami. Working with the weather and a ton of security Brandon came through with an all around solid edit. Huge thanks to everyone that made this possible!"
- Justin Browne