THE NORTHERN EMBASSY

If you’re anywhere near Winnipeg this weekend be sure to hit up the contest at Komenda on Sunday August 12th, registration starts at 12pm. check here for more details.

One day while out riding street in Vancouver we stumbled across a pile of mulch that looked like it could be ridden a little and sure enough Dill surprised everyone with a load of tricks thrown over the mulch.

After long last we finally have the results from our Summer of Fun contest. Teams had the Canada Day long weekend to film their riding and whatever else they were up to and edit it in to a short video for submission. Our group of 6 judges (Jason Enns, Dom Mach, Sam Lowe, Corey Dewey, Chris Silva, and David Hawthorne) then had the tough task of watching all 14 entries and scoring them all. Thanks to everyone that entered this contest and made it a success. We enjoyed watching all the videos and the hard work that everyone put in and hope to do more fun contests like this in the future. We will contact all teams shortly about prizes.

Because of the large number of entries we received we have broken down the results in to two parts. Click below for the 7th – 14th place winners, and tune back later in the week when we will announce the 1st – 7th place winners.

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ALthough most of this footage is a year old, our boy Dillon shreds throughout this Quintin edit. Quintin’s 2012 fall line will be dropping real soon and everything looks amazing. Stay tuned for Quintin’s new line and for more banging shit from Dillon real soon!

Union Press issue two is back from the printer, and available now. For those not familiar, Union Press is a free Canadian newsprint zine created by Brad Hill of BMXFU and my ongoing project, Yo Sick. The zine focuses on Canadian BMX with stories, profiles, photos, and illustrations from myself (Prashant Gopal), Brad Hill, Trent Barker, Lee Dennis, Adam Grandmaison, Prasheel Gopal, and more. For issue two we have doubled the page count from 2 to 4 broadsheets, and the reverse side from each page unfolds to reveal full size (23″ X 34″) posters from MacNeil Bikes, Almond Footwear, Sunday Bikes, and Quintin Co. The zine is available for free from bike shops across Canada that have an account with Ten Pack Distribution. If you can’t get it through your local bike shop, or live outside of Canada, you can find it in the Yo Sick online store for the cost of shipping. Check out some more photos of some of the pages below, and get your hands on a copy soon.

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