Ramp Check: Slade Scherer’s Adventureland

16 Sep Ramp Check: Slade Scherer’s Adventureland

Posted at 09:35h in archive, features, home by Justin Schwanke

Slade Scherer is a mad scientist. His laboratory equipment consists of power tools, screws, 2×4’s, and plywood sheets. The experiments Slade can conduct with those materials are seemingly limitless. His most recent experiment, a backyard ramp in Kelowna, British Columbia is the culmination of a year and a half of...

15 Dec Canadian BMX Company History – Andrew MacLeod & System BMX (2003 to 2019)

Posted at 23:36h in archive, features, home by Kostya Chimkovitch

Andrew at Thorsby skatepark in 2006. Photo Credit: Ryley Bosch. Back in 2018 I was on a No Bikes trip visiting Matt Thomas’s compound in Alberta. As we were warming up on the garage mini ramp, one guy really caught my eye – mohawk haircut, splatter painted bike with a...

26 Aug Canadian BMX Company History: Kostya Chimkovitch & Crimson Bikes (2013 to 2018)

Posted at 11:40h in archive, features, home by Justin Schwanke

Earlier this year, ahead of the 2021 re-launch of the site, my close friend, Kostya Chimkovitch expressed interest in contributing to the Northern Embassy. We started brainstorming project ideas together and eventually a concept came to fruition: What if someone were to document the history of Canadian BMX companies? As...

21 Jul Video Round Up (2021.2)

Posted at 08:21h in archive, features, home, videos by Justin Schwanke

In a world of 15-second Instagram clips and constant social media churn, here’s a silver platter of Canadian BMX videos from recent months. This is the Northern Embassy’s Video Round Up.

07 Apr Lee Giroux – Embassy Exclusive Video

Posted at 19:55h in archive, features, home, videos by Ryan Eles

I’ve known Lee for 10+ years now. We’ve spent countless hours riding, filming, road tripping, and drinking together. The dude’s always down to shred and has been killing it more and more every year. Lee helped me with countless videos when we lived in Sudbury and he’s been quietly stacking...

31 Mar Catching Up – Chijioke Okafo

Posted at 10:16h in archive, features, home by Joel Fortin

Photo: Aaron Jack (@sssnyuk) If you’ve ever been to a wallride spot in the GTA, odds are that the highest tire marks belong to this dude. Chi’s been killing it forever and continuously pushes himself to learn new tricks and film new parts. The dude’s got a great eye for...

25 Mar #NE2021 Re-Launch: Meet the Team

Posted at 12:17h in archive, features, home, news by Justin Schwanke

The Northern Embassy first launched in 2010 as an online platform for Canadian BMX videos, photos, and editorial content. Since then, the website has gone through a variety of phases; there have been highs and lows. With some renewed enthusiasm and fresh ideas, we are hoping to bring back the...

04 Aug Weird and Revered – Vagabond Squad

Posted at 11:00h in archive by Aaron Gates

“Vagabond Squad” is a full-length BMX video from the Weird & Revered crew. Filmed from 2016 to 2019, the project is community rooted with a strong focus on the Edmonton BMX scene. Although a majority of the clips are from the crew’s home city, the footage spans 9 countries, 8...

23 Dec Embassy Decade in Review: Bad 4 Life

Posted at 13:47h in archive by Aaron Gates

Because Embassy started at the beginning of the decade, almost the entirety of the website has existed over this period. One of the great functions of the site has been to serve as an informal record of things that happened in Canadian BMX. In this series, we’ll attempt to bookend...

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