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Some heat coming from la belle province today starting with Montreal’s Etienne Charlebois. Etienne is constantly searching for new spots mtl and this edit is proof. Lots of unique stuff in here, you can tell Etienne has an eye for spots and different tricks than most. Filmed beautifully by Camilo Lapointe-Nascimento, the shot at 2:46 is one of the nicest clips I’ve seen in a long time. (make sure to click HD)

Sebastien Babineau is a legend in Quebec, he’s been shredding for years now. Although the edit starts up a little slow, it quickly picks up with typical Babineau roof drops and lots more crazy shit.

Chijioke Okafo has had a busy summer. After recovering from knee surgery he put together a welcome back edit and interview with us in the spring, filmed for and made the semi finals in The Hunt video contest (winners announced November 7th), and put out a dope edit for Volume Bikes. Chris Cadot? What else is there to say but that he has been putting in that work behind and in front the lens all summer in Toronto. The pair have been going on filming missions the last few months and hit us up about putting out a split edit. We were stoked, and I feel like their riding styles are both contrasting and complimentary. Press play to check out what these two cats have gotten up to.

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I spotted this collection of Ben Kaufmann selfies online. No, not the horribly narcissistic self-portraits people take to upload to their social media platforms. Ben rigged a wireless radio transmitter normally used for flashes to his shutter to take self shot riding photos. You can find more photos on the Norco website and a better explanation below:

“I Attached the wireless flash transmitter to my helmet and with the use of a sky dive inspired bite switch. On the other end was a wireless flash receiver hooked into my camera to make an instant shutter release. I was able to tripod and capture my own photos with my teeth by biting down to capture the photos. It’s definitely challenging as I have to think about the trick and the photo timing at the same time. Pretty fun”
– Ben Kaufmann

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I’ve been doing a lot of digging around on my hard drive lately at stuff I used to make and post on my old local scene website (the now defunct Capital BMX), and found a folder with these old school photos that were sent to me from Frank Krul. I don’t even know exactly what year these were taken other than the 80’s (either before or just after I was born I imagine), but not posting some of these would be a disservice. Click below for a few more images of backyard pools, driveway flatland sessions, and geek chic from the 1980’s in the suburbs of Ottawa, ON.

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This is going to be crazy, Vancouver’s Jordan Hango has one of the most banging clips in this Fit DVD trailer. Really excited to see Hango’s full video part. Other highlights include Justin Inman’s ridiculous 360 table and Ben Lewis’ Greg Flagish gaze/eyes at 1:13.