THE NORTHERN EMBASSY

12 Jun

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Chase sent us over this video as his farewell to Windsor, ON. All jokes about Windsor aside, he left his hometown to move to Vancouver and it looks like he went all over town hitting every spot while he still could. Windsor is an often overlooked town for riding, but it looks like it’s got spots in every nook and cranny. Last clip is pretty wild too. Good luck in Vancouver Chase.

11 Jun

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Rick Nicholls is a pilot who lives in the woods, and man is that awesome. This edit is from an early summer session at New West and features an great track by Jon-Rae and the River.

Colby Knowler is from Whitehorse and after finishing up the year at UVic he hit the road and sessioned a bunch of parks between Victoria and Edmonton. He dropped this edit from Golden midway through the trip.

11 Jun

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Brose Farm Jam V3

This is definitely one of the most interesting event posters I’ve seen so far this summer. Josh Brose is throwing his annual Farm Jam again this year on June 16th in Golden Lake, ON (short drive outside of Ottawa). This year it boasts a BMX contest with a 16 foot roll in to a dirt 6 pack, 6 foot mini ramp, wall rides, 30 foot wide fun box with street spine, FMX demo, live music, a DJ, lake swimming, BBQ, and more. Check out the event of Facebook for exact details and location and if you are anywhere near Golden Lake, ON make it out to this event. Take a look at this video from some time last year.

10 Jun

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FINALISTS

Last week we showed you all the entries to our Etnies 5 Clip contest, and today we’ve narrowed down the top 5. It was tough to pick our 5 favourite, and even harder to find one winner, but we’ve got them listed for you below after the link. Thanks again to everyone that participated in the contest, and an extra big thanks go out to Etnies and Timebomb Trading for their support and providing one winner with an awesome prize package. Look for more Embassy contests later this summer.

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07 Jun

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ENTRIES

The response we got for the Etnies 5 Clip Contest was overwhelming. We were blown away with the number of entries we received, which made it tough to watch them all and judge which ones we thought were the standouts. We have the top five entries narrowed down, but wanted to showcase all the videos we received. Click below to watch them all in no particular order, and check back next Monday when we announce the top five. Thanks to everyone that participated, and especially to Etnies/Timebomb Trading for hooking us up with the prizes for the contest. We will continue to be doing more small contests like this later this summer.

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06 Jun

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With all the posts about zines this week I couldn’t forget about this one put out by the always busy Toronto based publishers Blood Of The Young. It’s a group zine with a collection of photographs from numerous different photographers based simply on the theme of ‘cycling’, created for a soon-to-be-opening exhibition (I think). BMX photos are mixed nicely alongside images of road cycling, touring, commuters, and more. There’s even a photo of a mountain bike leaner in the mix. There is a large list of different contributors in this, including some BMX names you might recognize such as Riley McMaster, Harley Haskett, Brenden Megannety, and even Edwin Delarosa. You can check out a couple more shots of some of the pages below and pick up a copy of the zine in their store here. While you’re at it, pick up any number of the zines or shirts they’ve published in their shop.

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05 Jun

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The other week I received the first issue of Cory Beal’s new print based project, Pandect Zine. It’s an 8.5″ X 5.5″, black and white zine that’s packed full of Canadian BMX content. The cross country piece with Jake Montgomery was a real standout, as well as an interview with our very own Jeremy Deme where he talks about his motivations for starting Northern Embassy and waving his Quebec flag for his Montreal pride. You can get the zine for simply the cost of shipping in their online store now.

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04 Jun

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Chris Silva sent in this short video filmed and edited by Peter Almeida from a session this past weekend in an effort to avoid the rain in Toronto. Chris Silva, Chijioke Okafo, and George Carijutan all get down in this.

“Rainy day, so we decided to meet up and build some ramps out of skids and plywood what was laying around a local covered spot. A hammer and a few nails made for a fun afternoon.”

03 Jun

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Riley McMaster premiered his new Chilling Spree edit, zine, and line of shirts over the weekend, and now he has put the video online. Check out his site CHILLING SPREE for photos and more, look for his new zine to be available soon, and watch the video above featuring Jason Teet, Luke Fulgham, Mike Carroll, Jesse Hildebrandt, Thomas Arden, Carl Arnett, Jordan Hango, and Riley McMaster.