This video filmed and edited by Carl France of Colin Thiessen at the Winnipeg Warehouse is really good. Plenty of creative moves and speed for such a small space. A couple homie clips from Wayne Hartman, Matt Perrin, and Carl in there too. Start your morning off with watching this.
France’s Alex Jumelin up on the back wheel.
This year the Flatland Unlimited contest at the Toronto International Bicycle Show celebrated their 10th year of putting on Toronto’s foremost flatland competition. I’ve visited the event for well over a decade, and even competed (albeit not very well) back when it was put on under the Metro Jam umbrella. I shot a few photos of the activity going on in a far corner of the building. Not much of the competition or the riding, but flatlanders are a different and unique group and you can’t help but notice that when seeing these riders that largely practice their craft in solitude come together as a group for an event. Check out a few more photos after the jump.
Chris Silva spent a quiet afternoon at Joyride 150 recently and pieced together this interesting solo edit. It’s not often that this park is visibly this quiet, so he went to work with some pegless rail moves, wallrides, and some new whip maneuvers for himself. Can you feel it?
Filmed & Edited by Peter Almeida
Song: The Fat Boys – Can You Feel It
The Don himself, Jason Enns, talks about how his obsession with BMX first began as just a young boy, and his attempt to jump over his first set of doubles in Winnipeg, MB. We also get a small glimpse of Jason’s childhood interest in ninjas.
Just one day after the contest Ride BMX brings you this video, filmed and edited by Justin Soule, of the 2014 Toronto BMX Jam highlights. Great to see lots of great local talent in the finals, with some American names mixed in there too. If I was a betting man, I would have wagered that Drew Bezanson would once again be crowned the winner, and I would have been right. Check out a list of the top 20 finalists after the link.
Vancouver’s contingent of (mostly) under 20 year old shredders come through with this great 7 minute mixtape. Riding from Adam Piatek, Owen Dawson, Pawel Podgorny, and a bunch more. Filming with cameras that are older than they’ve been riding, a nice blend of (mostly) street lines and park footage, a good soundtrack, and some creative editing. The last couple clips had me rewinding to catch it again. The kids are alright
Jacob Manning sent over this video of Newfoundland’s hungriest rail and ledge riders grinding their winter away at the Turndown park. Check it out.
DWOK squad. Photo by Mitch Oudshoorn.
Last week The Come Up premiered the DWOK Mixtape, and to the uninitiated they might be wondering what the hell a DWOK is, who these guys were, or what’s up with London, ON? We’ve been a fan of what this humble crew have been doing for a little while now and were patiently awaiting their mixtape. They managed to put out a full video, independent of any brands, that turned a lot of heads and showcased some amazing riding and unseen talent. The video focuses on the creatively use of their local spots, instead of the bangers and NBD route. While it’s easy to fall in to the traps of web video cliches, what these guys have been doing appears genuine and sincere, so we thought we’d shed a little more information on this young crew and spoke to the mastermind of their video Jack Leonard. Check it out below.
Ryan Antle sent over the latest section from his Newfoundland video, Stranded, that he’s been uploading, and it’s of his 16 year old brother Corey. Usually when people use the age of the rider as a descriptor for a video I have a bit of apprehension about it, but I was really impressed with this. His manual pad game is on point, and there’s lots of technical ledge lines. This is Corey’s first full video part he’s filmed, and it’s definitely a sign of good things.