THE NORTHERN EMBASSY

02 Mar

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After running our Embassy X Quintin Winter Contest for over a month and sorting through all of our submissions, we are happy to announce that our winner is Kyle Lafleur from Sudbury, Ontario! Kyle put a lot of time and energy in to his video submission, which includes everything from games of shinny, winter bonfires, cold street riding, a garage ramp, and skateboarding. Kyle’s video is the perfect example of making the best with what you’ve got and enjoying the seasons no matter what. You’ll be receiving your package soon Kyle. Check out Kyle’s video below and click to read what he had to say.

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01 Mar

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Just a reminder that we still have our Coast To Coast t-shirts available in our webstore. Right now for the month of March you can get free shipping to anywhere in Canada! Grab one before they are all gone, and if you are at the Toronto BMX Jam this weekend, you can get one off of me directly for a special weekend price. Check out the photo of Greg Henry stunting in his shirt on a scooter below.

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28 Feb

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This is the third and final chapter of the Lost Tapes (of 2008) series. If you’ve seen the last two then I shouldn’t have to explain the premise again, but this one features not only the owner of all these tapes, Shawn Henderson aka Ice Cold, but a whole bunch of friends including Matt Desson, Carl Arnett, Andy Roode, Jordan Hango, Jake Honesto, Paul Buchanan(!), and a bunch more. This one was a real treat to watch, and for extra measure click below for a photo of Shawn throwing a one footed table on UBC campus from 2010.

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27 Feb

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Presence – 2009

Jeremy Deme, who is essentially the pilot of this ship that we call Embassy, is obviously too modest to post his past projects on the site, but he recently uploaded both full length Presence DVDs. These videos, much like the ICC videos we wrote about last week, blurred the line between a crew video and a scene video and really displayed the sense of community amongst a group of riders in Montreal during that time period. Both videos were Quebec centric with standout parts (in both videos) from Corey Dewey and Greg Flag, as well as Justin Kirnan, Dillon Lloyd, Mike Cardin, Albert Krolikowski, Mike Fiz, and a whole lot more, while the later video even featured riders from outside the province such as Luke Santucci, Taylor Elvy, and Isaac Barnes

You can watch the self titled video above (I always thought the riding, filming, editing, and music in Eric Trepanier’s opening part was a perfect combination), and click below to watch the awkwardly titled You Know Time It Is? from 2010.

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24 Feb

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The 2012 Toronto BMX Jam is quickly approaching. It has longstanding been the biggest BMX event in Canada, and the first major event of the year. I’m aware that some riders may feel that the once momentous event has evolved in to nothing more than a dull roar to signify the end of winter, but I believe that this year’s event may change that. The often rumoured Metro Jam series ramps are reportedly finally being brought out of storage and used on the course, along with brand new wooden ramps being built for the event. You can check out a 360 degree view of the course in the video above.

Along with a mix of professional riders from Reed Stark to Drew Bezanson and Dennis Enarson, this year’s event will also include light hearted events such as a game of B.I.K.E., a footdown contest, and Darryl Nau as the event announcer. To me it sounds like this year’s event is shaping up to be the best one in years. Make sure you make it out to the Toronto BMX Jam from March 2nd – 4th.

22 Feb

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We’ve shown you a sneak peek before, but here is the official trailer for the Ebajada En Barcelona DVD from our trip to Spain back in December 2011. The DVD will be available very soon, but we thought we’d show you what’s in store.  A little over 20 minutes long and lots of bonus material, with riding from Greg Flag, Taylor Elvy, Dillon Lloyd, Jeff Evans, Ryan Hiebert, Jeremy Deme, Albert Krolikowski, Cory Beal, Sean Cooke, Luke Santucci, and Prashant Gopal. Plenty of people, teams, and crews have visited Barcelona before to ride, and produced amazing web edits, but we wanted a dvd that we could hold on to and share.

The DVD will be available in our online shop very soon in a limited quantity as a special package with a 32 page zine from Yo Sick titled Bueno. It will also be available in finer shops across the country. Check out a couple more photos of what you can find inside the zine below, and hold on tight for these to become available very soon. If you are shop interested in carrying the DVD please contact us at northernembassy@gmail.com.

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