New Repset teaser is dope as hell. Super well put together by Beal, including some funny Canadian quotes from that 70’s show and some really dope clips from Winnipeg locals including Matt Perrin, Carl Wood and Wayne Hartman. Wayne’s last few clips are ridiculous, god damn!
Don’t forget that this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday is the 2013 Toronto BMX Jam. Come out to the Better Living Centre at Exhibition Place in Toronto this weekend. With a Pro class ranging from Drew Bezanson, Daniel Sandoval, and Josh Perry to local Ontario talent such as Steve Moxley, Mike Gray, and Brandon Webster it should make for an entertaining event. You can find more event info here, and you can catch us around all weekend with hustling zines, patches, and stickers out of a backpack.
Brooks Reynolds is a name that alot of Ontario BMX riders have known for years. As always, I love seeing what riders can accomplish outside of BMX. Brooks is an extremely talented person and he has recently released the amazing short film ‘Footsteps‘, read on for the full film, click here for behind the scenes info and click here to see more of Brooks’ projects.
Dillon Lloyd’s MTL protege Justin Hughes coming through with a bunch of sick shit in the 5 clip edit. The best part about this edit is that it was filmed with 10 minutes of battery life left on the camera, Justin is dialed! Last 2 clips are nuts, courtesy of 514BMX.
Mix the amazing scene of riders in Victoria,B C with the very talented Mark Karau and you get Curb Wizard. If you’re interested in what’s going on in Victoria BMX or planning a trip to the island, hit up Curb Wizard!
Braeden Barnard put together this awesome edit of Dylan King doing what he does best, riding and building trails. Like Braeden says “Hard work pays off with such amazing trails to ride“. There’s very few things that feel better than flowing through some trails. Come spring, go dig!
As the Embassy gets older, I often look back on it’s earliest stages. We originally had the idea of having an Embassy intro for every edit we put out so that word of our site could spread. The idea was to switch up the intro every few months to keep things fresh, but we kept getting so much positive feedback on the original intro that it stuck around alot longer than originally planned. I do feel that it’s run it’s course/ it’s time to switch it up though, what do you think?
I’ve always been a big fan of Mos Def so when we agreed on the name Northern Embassy, my brain starting thinking of a bunch of possible intro ideas but I immediately knew we’d have to use this song. The part we used comes in at 2:39.
Another fun fact about the early stages of the Embassy, that likely very few know about, is that we originally had planned to use the name The Operative, but literally a few days before we planned to launch the site Josh Suhre dropped The Operativ brand. We decided the two names would be much too close and came up with The Northern Embassy. Looking back on it, I’m glad we changed the name.
Here’s a couple original intro’s that Luke Santucci had put together:
Terry Proveda has been telling me about this short documentary he has been working on for a while on Winnipeg flatland veteran Bill Borys. He just finished it and sent it over to me, and after one watch I’d have to say it’s a very compelling and powerful piece on the obsessive nature and sacrifice some people (i.e. bike riders) can make in their lives. Billy has devoted nearly 20 years of his life in the pursuit of flatland, and it has taken him from highs to lows. I’ll leave you with what he wrote and ask you to give it a watch and form your own opinion.
“At only 14 years of age Billy Borys left home and began a quest to become one of the best flatland BMX riders in the world. After a few years of riding, he got sponsored by one of the biggest BMX companies at the time, started entering pro class at competitions, and moved to the states to pursue his dream. ‘Going to X-tremes’ gives a glimpse into Billy’s life; from growing up with nothing to being on top of the world living his dream- and then having everything stripped away from him again. But one thing that will never be lost is his passion for riding. It doesn’t matter to Billy if he has a bed to sleep on or not, all that matters is that he can ride his bike.”
Adam Piatek taking care of business in PoCo. This kid shreds so damn much it’s crazy. So jealous of that last clip.