BMX and Academia by Justin Schwanke

20 May BMX and Academia by Justin Schwanke

Posted at 08:55h in archive by Prashant Gopal

Photo by Justin Schwanke. Like many people in their late teens and early 20’s, Justin Schwanke is also a university student. While the world of academia is full of possibilities, you wouldn’t typically associate it with the realm of BMX, but he did just that. Justin took his love of...

17 Apr Justin Schwanke: Collapsing Lungs and Clenching Handlebars

Posted at 11:15h in archive by Prashant Gopal

I was emailing with Justin Schwanke recently about some ideas, and he briefly mentioned suffering a collapsed lung. I certainly hadn’t expected to hear that, and asked him to elaborate on this experience. Everyone gets injured at some point, and sometimes it isn’t the result of anything to do with...

12 Apr Saturday Submissions: Justin Schwanke + Nasty Boys

Posted at 10:45h in archive by Prashant Gopal

Some light viewing material for you on this Saturday morning. Two very different videos. Justin Schwanke (above) from Alberta with some interesting freecoaster moves in a tight garage ramp that he rode over the winter. Nasty Boys (below after the link) riding Toronto’s Ashbridges plaza on a nice warm day....

07 Feb Santa Cruzer Ain’t No Loser – Justin Schwanke

Posted at 20:51h in archive by Jeremy Deme

Justin and his buddies know how to keep things interesting. Last year they hit up Spain, this year they hit the Cali coast or more specifically Santa Cruz, for an Albertan escape. How many of us woudln’t kill to be riding in Cali right now? Thanks for hooking this up...

22 May Justin Schwanke and Thomas Henderson in Spain

Posted at 00:01h in archive by Jeremy Deme

Justin Schwanke and Thomas Henderson took a 2 week trip to Barcelona/Southern Spain and this is the result. This edit is dope for a few reasons: you actually feel like you’re in Spain for 12 minutes, Justin Schwanke always has his own unique style/Thomas also shreds, two Canadians took the...

09 Dec Sunday Submissions: Justin Schwanke + Wayne Hartman & Matt Perrin + Nathan Hines

Posted at 07:51h in archive by Prashant Gopal

“A coaster, a cassette, a race bike and an airplane. There’s a bit of everything in this…” Justin Schwanke sent in this diverse video. What sold it for me was the tune and the bold choice to include race footage. Click below for a couple other submissions from Winnipeg’s Wayne...

18 Nov Submissions: Night at Coquitlam, Nath, Justin Schwanke & A day at confed

Posted at 20:02h in archive by Jeremy Deme

Drew Morton hooked this one up of himself, Owen Dawson and Gobbo riding Lafarge one evening.

10 Nov Submissions: Chris Granger, Justin Schwanke and friends, Trayle Boss, Robin Roe and DWOK Owen Gray

Posted at 15:57h in archive by Jeremy Deme

Chris Granger is Diller Lloyd’s boy and he shreds. Chris hasn’t rode much all summer because of injuries and not having a bike. Apparently these are the leftovers from early summer, when he had a bike, get a new bike Chris these are not leftover clips buddy!

03 Aug Nelson Jam – Interview with Wade Nelson & Andrew Lazaruk

Posted at 11:30h in archive, events, features, home by Aaron Gates

The Nelson contests were our piece of ’90s BMX lore in British Columbia. They exemplified so many things about that time, from people scraping together road trips across Canada and the PNW to get there, to the collective party vibe that resonated throughout the town and its nightlife (which by...

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