We just got in new stickers so we tossed them up in the store. $2 gets you 8 stickers (4 circle logo, 4 triangle logo) shipped to your door. Hit up the online store to get a pack.
BMX Gallery 4130 are running a rad Ride to Glory contest from July 6 till July 20th. Click here for all the details:
“Here are the details for the Ride to Glory contest that we are doing this July. The contest is very simple, get a group of friends (or do it solo) and get as many of the 70 odd tasks completed and win a HUGE prize pack. Most tasks are worth 50 points, but some have bonus points, or are even worth 200 points…. some examples are:
In order to complete a task you must have video evidence. You can either Instagram video each task with #BG4130R2G and your team name hashtagged, or compile clips to make a 5 min or less edit (hint bonus points for edit). We will also be dropping BONUS TASKS on our site, so keep an eye out for them.
There is no limit on team size, so if you want to get every rider in your town in on it, that is totally cool. The only thing is that you must hand in your team roster BEFORE you get the task list. Teams may register at the shop starting on July 6th, or email us your team roster, and we will email the task sheet if you are from out of town. If you are over 18, please ask for the 18+ tasks as well…”
This is an awesome idea and is open to the whole country so get in on it!!
What better way to mark Canada Day on this site than posting a photo of Dillon LLoyd cranking a mean turndown at the Woodyard with a Canadian flag blowing off to the side. Photo by Marc Boudreau. Happy Canada Day everyone!
MacNeil‘s Sam Lowe, Taylor Elvy, and Greg Flag took a trip to Vancouver Island last month, and Zach Rampen put together this edit of their time. Bikes, beers, camping, and hatchet throwing. Greg Flag even ends up in a bush. Check out the video above, then head over to their micro site for a gallery of great photos by Brad Hill.
Jordan Utley, the creator behind SLC videos Killjoy, That’s It, and S&M’s I Wanna Live, has a very interesting interview over on the French website The Diggest. In a time when people are still debating HD vs. SD and what cameras you SHOULD use in BMX, it’s refreshing to read an interview with someone that throws that all out the window and let’s the type of project dictate the style and type of camera to use (which is sometimes an old VHS camcorder), as well as the importance of music and colour in his films. He says:
I already have music planned for the next Killjoy video and it most likely won’t be out for several years, it’s #1 on the list for me. i also assign the video a color, which is strange, but it makes sense in my head, as far as giving a video a personality or aesthetic. I.E. “Thats It!” was orange. “I Wanna Live” was red. “Killjoy” was black. I want the next video to be silver.
You can read the whole interview here, and check out a vital kit of what gear he does use here.
This video sort of came at us out of nowhere. Kyle Smail has always sent in submissions to the contests we run, and been supportive of the site and products we’ve put out, but he casually sent us a message with a link to James Wright’s ender part to his small local Oshawa/Bowmanville, Ontario DVD he made called Smay Vision 3, and it blew us away. You can check out the whole video here, but this part from James Wright is definitely worth a post on its own. It really starts to get good after the two minute mark, and the last couple tricks are wild. You can contact him through his Vimeo account if you want to try to track down a DVD, and look for a Smay Vision 4, that they are filming for now, in the future.
This edit says a few things: Ben is way too good for a 12 year old, there’s alot of young shredders in Canada right now, and Joyride 150 has made a huge impact on the Toronto/Ontario scene. Click play now and watch this 12 year old shred Joyride better than most.
Webster is the dude. Brandon went down to Austin this past spring to film a ‘Welcome to Odyssey’ video, and the edit does not disappoint. The move on the pillar at 1:37, wow.
This one popped up online yesterday and was worth a share. Demolition Parts posted this awesome photo of Chijioke Okafo with a fakie wallslap abubaca as a desktop wallpaper to download. You can get it for your computer by visiting the Demolition site here.