It’s 5:30 a.m here in Las Vegas and I am sitting in the airport just chillin out until my flight. I am going to post up two reviews, one from the Brighton Ain’t Ready premiere and then one from Give D! Summer of Rot to keep me entertained for a bit.

The wildest thing about the Brighton Ain’t Ready premiere was the fact that half the dudes in the video were sitting right there watching it too. That was one of the weirdest things to do because if a clip was awesome, you couldn’t get too excited, or if it was a little sketchy you couldn’t say ..eh.. Well, I am sure you could but I wasn’t going to be the guy to find out what happens if you do.

So the whole story behind the Brighton Ain’t Ready video is the Seventies Distro took all of the companies they distribute’s teams and let them crash in an apartment. Every few weeks a new team would come in and they would all go out riding and filming for the dvd. It was a pretty awesome idea in my opinion. It is awesome because you get all these different personalities and put them in the same spots and they all can produce different things.

I am not saying the whole video is a repeat of spots though. It wasn’t all that repetitive at all really. Brighton must have a shit load of spots because it didn’t seem like they were stressing it too much either.

So for the riders you have Federal, Duo, Fremont/Lotek, Hoffman, Kink, Little Devil (R.I.P), Macneil, Mutiny, Orchid, Integral, Subrosa, Shadow Conspiracy, Terrible One, and Tree. So, take all your favorite pros from those teams and then imagine a video of them riding some really amazing spots. Yeah, there wasn’t a shortage of awesome.
If you recall, I don’t really try and go too into detail on what riding goes down just because so many people get pissed if I say a trick that happens. Acting like I posted the video on Youtube for you cheap asses to watch. Ha! So that is about all I can really say. Amazing riders, amazing riding, amazing spots.

The filming and editing was great. They took a lot of time to get it together and that is very obvious. The filming was real smooth, good colors, with a lot of really good angles. The editing side of things was real good too. Clips weren’t cut out early, they went together well, and they managed to get from one crew to the next, one rider to the next smooth and keep it entertaining.

The video was like 40 minutes long if I remember right (I watched a few other videos this past week so I am getting the length a bit confused) and it honestly didn’t feel like it at all. I was real entertained and actually pretty bummed when it was all over.

The music was also really good. It had a good mix of everything and it wasn’t over the top ever. No heavy rap, no heavy rock, just really chill music that went with the riding really well.

If you are a street rider I advise you to at least check this out once. If you ride BMX in general I think you would enjoy it. They put 6 months of riding into it, with amazing riders, awesome personalities and good spots.

As of right now since it just premiered earlier this month, and then at Interbike so it isn’t at any of the mailorders yet. I am sure in the next two weeks it should be available everywhere so keep your eyes open. You won’t be disappointed.

Brighton Ain’t Ready! DVD Trailer . . . from Seventies Distribution on Vimeo.

Buy it now.

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This video is the best to come out in a while. I hope it does not go under the radar since it’s a bike shop video and not a big company video like System Cycle did. System Cycle was excellent but had no promotion and most people don’t even know what System Cycle is; subsequently it sold less than it deserved to and many people never saw it.
The video has an oldschool feel to me because of the mostly rock soundtrack and the no frills style of editing. It doesn’t even have an Intro! Just a list of sponsor logos and than Straight to Van Homan’s section. Why Van’s section is first is confusing since normally the best part is the closing part, but the last section is pretty impressive too… most of the video is. Van’s whole section is solid, and he has a few clips that could have been used as the banger and the section would have felt complete… But Van goes wayyyyy above and beyond and does something I have never seen before. Van’s section alone is worth the price.
Second up is cult favorite Garret Byrnes. It’s been quite a while since he had a full section and surely his fans will eat it up. High speed and smooth sums it up. For me it took a few times watching it to really appreciate what he was doing, possibly because I was still recovering from Van’s part.
Cody Jennings is third and is more of a comedy piece than a riding part, full of drunkenness and falls set to a very fitting song “Only Drink On Days That End in “Y””. In between laughs he does pull some good stuff, including a crankflip on a seesaw; do you really need to know anything else?
Much like Garret Brynes, Wiz also has not had a full section recently that I can think of, and he comes through in some of the most unusual outfits. I’m pretty sure he has a permed mullet in a few clips. I’m not mad at him, I have nothing against riding in ties, dress shirts, cheap shades or red pants (I’d actually like to have some red pants, but I digress). Wiz loves bent posts and does everything possible on them, and if the post isn’t bent yet, He will bend it and then ride it. Once you get past the fashion he puts down some interesting lines that should not be overlooked.

The random section is next and is surprisingly not packed with big names. It is cool though, gives locals and random people they came across some shine and includes their names for good measure.
Darryl Tocco is a name I had seen in print and in photos for a while, but never recalled seeing him in action. Incase you are in the same boat, here’s a general idea of his stuff: He can Barspin anything, manuals great, and has the best lip tricks I have seen since 2003. Rad. Geoff Slattery follows and has amazing flow and style. He makes everything look simple, and has the style that most kids try to have but you can tell his is the real deal.
If you couldn’t tell earlier, I REALLY liked Homan’s section, but here come the 2 parts that rival it in my mind (in entertainment value):
Chase Dehart. While his stuff isn’t death defying like Van, it’s the same style we have come to expect from Chase but up a step from fitlife or anything we’ve seen from him yet. Really fun to watch and is set to a song by The Temptations, which may seem strange but it works really well.
The last part is Randy Brown, another guy I don’t know a ton about, but I’m guessing after this part that will soon change. Randy holds nothing back and launches some huge gaps and hops, but also has a tech side with some impressive nose manuals. All edited very well to the song which goes from fast paced to slow at times perfectly matched up to the wild fast gaps and then the slower tech moves which was a nice touch.

Credits are the normal outtakes, and a continuation of the Cody Jennings comedy show. Bonus has trips to Florida, California and Pittsburg, Some ads for Duo and fit, the last Transam Jam, a section from Innocent Bystander and of course a crash section.

That’s a lot of content.
It’s well worth your money.
So go get it and be happy.

Debts Coming is a recently released DVD by Rick Whithead that isn’t your typical BMX DVD. This one is different because not only does it have riding, it has a side story to it. Not like a “this is a travels” story, it is a real deal story that involves guns, stabbing, cutting organs out of bodies and more. So this is the review. After you read this be sure to check out Innocentbystander.net. to buy it!

So to start off this review I guess I will start off to mention the names. Jeff Grindstaff, Andy Erickson, J.D Whitehead, Kevin Mitchell, Eddie Muscel, Brad Whildren, Jake Hunter, Kevin Douglas, Matt Moore, Pat Burke, Wasted Aaron, Rob Hangmann, Zach James, JR Henry, Mike Paton, John Greenage, Mike Morgan, Will Love, Jake Booher, Matt Goergan, Justin Oliver, Jerry Friggen Bowman, Matt Rowland. Along with like 80 other dudes who have random clips throughout the movie. I mean I even saw a Chase D clip.

The case reads this “Debts Coming stars two drunken gun slingers in a journey of jobs to stay alive” basically they get caught up in a shitty deal and have to get a liver for their “boss” that they owe. That is the plot for the side story which turns out to be pretty badass. I was really into the professional look of that part of the video. I have never actually seen a BMX video that had a side story that had nothing to do with BMX, besides it being very obvious the actors all rode bikes.

So I am trying not to “give away” too much since I caught hell for my last review.

The riding side of the video was really good. Basically I broke it down like this. 70% street, 20% story about the dudes having to get a liver, 5% park, and 2.5% trails and 2.5% pool riding. So you shouldn’t get bored watching it since all the spots they ride are really good. I am super pissed the east coast has so many good spots to ride, it is pretty rediculous.

To be entirely honest I haven’t really heard anything about the people in the video except for Will Love. I was really into that though I kind of feel like if I have seen stuff from a rider I know what to expect out of them. So the fresh riders was good to see and it wasn’t a disappointment. Eddie Muscle is a very talented rider. He has to have the most clips in the video by far and that isn’t a bad thing. He is really solid and I am going to be Youtubing his name in a bit in hopes of finding some sort of video to show you at the bottom of this.

Another guy I was really into was J.D Whitehead. I am going to assume he is related to Rick Whitehead who made the video. Basically the kid killed it and has a lot of bike control and style. I was super into the clips he had in the video.

Basically there isn’t set parts to the video, it is more or less a constant mix of riders from all the trips and spots they rode. Then random spots of the story that mix between that. The riding levels are real good. Some big wall rides, some big rails, a lot of really good spots and a good vibe. The guys are all friends and a crew that large means some crazy shit happens.

Outside of the riding there is a lot of random clips of drinking, hotels getting destoryed, a chick giving head, dudes puking, cops giving them shit, random people watching them do stuff, and other noraml things you experience on a daily basis, right?

You honestly will have to check out the video to understand any of that and to know what actually happens in the video. I told you I am not giving much away!

Filming and editing is obviously going to be a seller for you dudes. Remember that the plot of the story looks just like a movie you would see in theatres. The filming of the riding isn’t exactly as perfect as that but just about as good. The angles are good, their isn’t horrible fisheye shots, the colors are good, the images are clean and clear, and it isn’t shakey. The quality is real good and turned out as good as you would expect a Props video to be. I was a huge fan of how they mixed the riding with the story too, it kept the video real interesting.

Music is always good. I can’t speak for everyone because everyone has a different taste in music. The music in the video is primarily rock. There isn’t any rap or hip hop sorry guys. The music went really well with it though and I have always been a fan of the music they used. No, it isn’t heavy shit you can’t understand that would have sucked. I think if your into all kinds of music or rock music you will be all about it. It is those not so open minded rap, beats, guys that will be bummed. If you check the website you can head a lot of the sound track because they have it playing in the background. Check it out.

Overall the video is worth checking out. I actually advise it just because it is something different and not typical from the normal videos you see these days. If you are confused by what I am talking about with the side story check the video below and you will understand.

You can pick up the video at Innocentbystander.net. Do it!

The video also came with a bonus DVD entitled “Till out Beards Reach Our Dicks” which is a bunch of bonus clips and other video they have shot from other times. It is good and worth getting also if you pick up the DVD. Good riding, good music, good filming and editing, good vibes..

Here are some videos to check out!

This video review for Tomorrow We Work is slightly overdue, the idea was to shoot this out before a brief vacation to Maine. I ran out of time with all the other bullshit going on before my 3 AM departure to the airport. So, excuses and all that aside… We’ve had this video for quite some time now at the North County apartment and its been viewed a solid amount of times. Steve Kennedy preordered this video some time ago and we were all pretty damn stoked upon its arrival… Continue reading if you care about what an edgeman has to say about TWW…

I’ve always been a big fan of Voices, also produced by Joe Cox, which if you haven’t already seen… You just may have a slight case of regrets. But all you regreters are in luck because Voices comes with Tomorrow We Work on its own seperate disc in this nicley presented, doubled-up European case of shredding. When Voices came out it gave a lot of Euro shredders the spotlight and it showcased what riding in the U.K. is all about… The terrains, the spots, the weather and the riding ability of all the dudes over there was brought to attention for all of us sloppy Americans.

Once again, Joe Cox and his crew of shredders brings the Euro riding scene to us, jam packed full of their bmx culture and cloudy UK scenery. TWW has an “artsy” type of feel to it, as a movie of its caliber should with such a gnarly amount of time and work put into it. The intro to the film opens slow and gives you a lot of scenery and things to look at before any riding has even begun. I’m never one to hate on “artsy” bmx vids because I like both sides of the spectrum, I like to see fast shredding and lifestyle orriented shredding as well. I’m not worried about the time spent viewing landmarks and street signs before the shred begins, so I’m real stoked on the filming for TWW. Of course the camera work is top notch, these dudes know how to properly use a camera too, which is always nice on the eyes.

The actual riders that really stick out in my mind right now are Dan Cox with his freecoaster abilities, Joe Cox with his all around shred abilities and Josh Bedford for kicking ass with going big and fast. Those 3 sections are really rad and Josh Bedford has a fast paced br00tz orriented song to go with his fast paced riding, so that of course is my favorite section. I won’t count out the rest of the riding from everyone else though, all the dudes in this video can shred. I definitely saw a long rocket icepicker down a ledge, crankflips down staircases and some other rad antics. I was also happy to see lots of peg use during the entire film, stoked when people indulge with their pegs on numerous surfaces. I was also really stoked on the crash section which used an old Modest Mouse song, it worked out real well to all the failed 360’s, rail hops and grinds gone wrong. The overall music is pretty good too, its a lot of music I don’t really tend to partake in, so its a good switch up from what I’m used to. The variety of seemingly Euro indie music really goes with the visuals, it leaves you with that foreign type of feel that gets me stoked on visiting/shredding Europe one day…

I’ve heard people talkin about how this video was really built up before its release and how it didn’t really stand up to its talked about image. When I first viewed TWW, I slightly agreed with the above statement, but after a few viewings I feel that it delivered as it was suppose to. Those of you may not agree due to its slower pace, soft music and dreary scenery but I really enjoy this movie and think highly of its production and shredding. Tomorrow We Work is a solid bmx vid and I think everyone needs to check this out to see what were missing over the pond. Did I mention it fucking comes with Voices? They originally made only 500 copies of Voices and now you can come up on it if you missed it the first time around. Voices is a few years old and still holds it down today…

Be sure to check out the longer Tomorrow We Work trailer too…

REVIEWED BY BRETT ROHLFING

Endsearch has been in the works for a while now but seemed to not be one of those videos to have a lot of hype around it before it’s release. That is most likely a good thing, because most of the videos lately that have been highly anticipated seem to be a let down, possibly due to the over hype.

So here is my take on the best skateboard video you will ever buy from danscomp.

What? Skateboard? This was the main thing I noticed about the video, so I figured I would state it first. The video definitely had a higher budget/ crew than most bmx videos; every clip was covered from at least 2 if not 3 cameras, there was evidence of a photographer present in a lot of shots (sometimes the photographer was shown, sometime just flashes) and for night shots they had the generator powered flood lights. On top of those more skate video type traits, the main reason I called it a skateboard video was the way it was filmed and the music choices. Tony Ennis, the man behind the production and main fisheye’r from what I could tell had told people that it was his goal to make it more like a skateboard video, and he no doubt succeeded. Sometimes the fisheye work was done in a way that I found to be too systematic, like it was going to be filmed in this certain very punctuated way (which I have seen in skating a fair bit) whether it really made sense for the trick or not, but that probably won’t bother many of you. The amount of slow motion used was also much more than normal, but would be normal for a skate video. The music was overall more mellow side than what I fancy for a bike video, but I have noticed that skaters tend to also sometimes pick less heavy tunes in exchange for songs that allow for more artsy edits. If you are looking for hard rap or heavy metal with your bmx, this would not be a good pick for you.

With that out of the way, into the video…

The video begins with a mix of falls, outtakes, a few tricks and a handful of graphics to introduce riders and thank sponsors. Josh Harrington opens the video with a strong performance of manly street moves. So impressive that it sets you up to not like the second section (Rob Darden) as much. Rob’s part opens with a montage of cursing, falls and generally pissed off behavior. His part is far from bad, but it’s nothing mind blowing, though I must give him his props on his trail riding. When I think trails I don’t think Rob Darden, but maybe I should…
Will Love brings the energy back up to where Josh Harrington was thanks to the faster music of the video and mostly thanks to his riding. A ton of tricks stood out to me and the banger was something I had never seen done before.
Next comes the friends section, which has a good number of big names. But the issue I had with it was that for the riders that did sweet stuff but aren’t as recognizable as Aaron Ross it is unfortunate because they did not put up any names of the riders! Here are a few of the riders I could identify that made an appearance: Quinn Semling, Biz Jordan, Kevin Kiraly, Garrett Reynolds and the aforementioned Aaron Ross. Sometimes friends sections might not be up to the level of the rest of the video but in this case it was up to par for sure. It closes with a massive whip over 2 rails from… well I have no idea, because they didn’t put up any names.

Coming back to properly credited riders we have Ty Marrow. Aside from a web vid here and there we don’t see a ton from Mr. Marrow, but after seeing his section I can only hope that will change. Ty has insane pop, being able to hop 3 over a bus stop seat that has to be stem height or more. Along with that he brings a ton of barspin and spin tricks that would make Animal proud, and a few drops that would make the Metal bikes crew smile. Of all the sections, I’d probably watch his if you were wanting to get pumped to go ride.
Dave Dillewaard is one of those guys you see ride the Dew Tour stuff a lot but don’t see a ton else from. Well this shows that side of Dillsy (as he is labeled in the intro) that we don’t see as much. A good mix of street, park and dirt that shows he can ride it all with style.
Ryan Nyquist is the closer. The intro to his section seems to try hard to illustrate that Ryan is human and not the contest robot some think he is but showing him drunk, yelling and goofing off. After the yelling and bar humps stop the serious music begins and the barspins start. I was told Ryan did 60 barspins in his part, and while I don’t doubt it, it doesn’t seem to get old because of the wild places they are placed. One thing I found odd, yet appropriately skate-like was that they put in 3 clips of his brother Shea without making any note of it. Why couldn’t he have been in the friends section? I was informed back when this same non-notating rider placement happened in Facad that it was a skate thing; I find it to just be a strange thing myself. Ryan’s part has the most park for sure but it is entertaining to watch even if it’s hard to identify with ever doing any of what he does. After the manliest double truckdriver you will ever see happens it’s off to the credits for much of what the intro brought you: falls, some tricks and random silly stuff. The bonus sections are the usual. Falls, slideshow, and unused footage. Unlike some unused sections that means new clips that didn’t fit in or maybe aren’t quite as intense, most of this is just unused angles of trick you already saw in the main video, so it gets boring fast.

Overall it’s a solid video, one which may take a time or 2 watching to really enjoy. If you like skate videos than this is perfect for you. If you want nothing but street moves than stay away. I wouldn’t be surprised if a section or 2 was up for a Nora cup award come interbike time. I suggest you give it a go if you have $20 to spare.

So, after hearing very good things about the new issue of Props, which happend to be 69 which is a pretty sweet number, I figured I better check it out. My buddy Kevin happend to have the DVD for me to borrow so that was even more of a plus. This issue had a Randy Taylor bio, Hoffman Trip, Riverside Trails Spot Check, Terry Adams Bio, and a Day in the life of Matt Beringer, along with a few other short edits at the end like Kevin Porters edit he had on the net (and seen at the bottom of this). I know sometimes I don’t make sense or am very clear but I try and explain what I thought going through the video. I am sorry if you get lost at times.

Randy Taylor Bio- Randy is good, like, real good. It starts out with him doing a real long nose manual. His part has a whole lot of really good street lines and some big wall rides. He also has some clips riding the Empire mini, which he does a very mansized flair. I figured that would be all the flairs I would see but then shortly after he does another one in a ditch on this bank, yeah wild. Theres a big ruben wall ride in the ditch and then some clips of a gap to dumpster ride to some spins and whips, he ends it all up with a fakie Luc-e followed by a very long Luc-e. Super good very impressed.

Hoffman Trip- I don’t know why this never occured to me before but the Hoffman team is STACKED. Potaz, Brad Simms, Anthony Napolitan, Kevin Robinson (both weren’t in on this trip), Seth Kimbrough, and Will Love are all just amazing riders. I am sure I am forgetting some of there team but these were the dudes in on the trip. They rip a backyard dirt bowl at some guy’s place, I can’t remember the name. Aj Anaya shows up and rips that place up!
They hit up Downtown Denver where Brad 180s over a 4 foot tall hand rail which I cannot comprehend because that isn’t suppossed to happen. Will Love plows through a fence accidently and it is halarious, Adrian Vigil pops in and does a rollercoaster grind? Basically a grind in the middle of two rails next to each other ya know? Brad finishes that part of the trip off with a manual down a 23 stair rail.
Will love finds love at Zunnie park when a 10 year old girl becomes obsessed with him haha.
Brad Simms can ride street amazing, air a quarter huge, but struggles a bit on trails apparently when his first two times through a set rocks him pretty good.
Then they hit up Boulder’s park and Will Fuf’s a big fence which is awesome, Brad does a HUGE wall ride, and honestly that was the two clips I liked most there.
Finally end up in Albuquerque and ride some ditches, rip those apart but I guess they got 10 flats there. That clip of Brad Simms hoping over a fence from stand still on his feet is in this too so badass. Brad is a freak of nature!

This part of the video is like 20 minutes, it’s long and it was bad to watch this laying in my bed on my laptop because I was way to comfortable.

Riverside Trails- What can I say about this that isn’t obvious. Mike Saavedra rips them apart. To obvious? Luke Parslow kills it. Still to obvious. The locals there like Launchin Lance are all really good. Okay, this is an obvious part I guess. However, I seriously have this thing where I hate seeing double backflips ever since the Stephen Murray ordeal. It just scares me and I can’t imagine doing that with him in the back of your mind as what could happen if something goes wrong.

Terry Adams Bio- The main reason I wanted to check out this video. I was thinking about this, Maybe 2% of all of BMX can name half of the things Terry does on his bike or any flatlander in general. I have a lot of respect for that because it is amazing how impossible the things they do should be. I wanted to interview Terry but the questions Fat Tony and the other dudes ask him basically got it all covered with the best questions. There is a halarious clip of him mowing his lawn and he is just HAULING ASS. I died at that and I don’t know why.
This might be a shock but Terry did something I never would have expected. He threw in a few tricks like Brian Tunney does. You know the street/flatland stuff. Terry does a back peg hop whip and then some 180s down stair sets, ledges, and other cool stuff. I think a lot of people are so blind to flatland that he knew he had to do something to catch the street guys eyes. Respect!

A day in the life of Matt Beringer- This is awesome, basically Matt gives a tour of his house where he has a lot of really cool shit. He lives a pretty awesome life and it is real obvious. Eventually him and his roommate Jeff Brown go all over riding the local parks and seriously, Matt does things I never would think of it’s so good. He has a lot of fun riding and I think some people forget that’s what it is all about. Jeff has a lot of really good barspin tricks that I was stoked on. They also hit up the 50/50 shop and then bring a party back to Matt’s place. Fuzzy Hall and Adam Banton have a session, then you can see Mike Aitken ripping up Matt’s garage ramps.

Out-takes- Normally I skip out-takes for some reason, but when I heard Brad Simms yell “POOOOOOOOP!” I had to watch. There is a lot of funny things that happen when filming is going down apparently so this was fun to watch.

After the products (which there is some good stuff coming out soon or is already out) are shown it goes back to the menu where there is three other web video types to watch.

Twilight Jam- flatland/ramp jam/demo terry adams kills it like usuual, still mad I can’t name any of the flat tricks,

Eastpak edit- nose bonk/180 over big fence=redic, its all stefan lancaster riding austin texas spots majority,
still good! dude rips, 180 over double=good, he crashed a lot doing this edit

Trans Am Jam- bands, bmx, beer, babes, big daddy!, The session has Van Homan, Brian Foster, Brian Hunt, Big Daddy obviously ripping up the place. It is the usual fast lines and good riding. The after riding clips are halarious, Big Daddy gives away his heavy hitter beater to a dude then claims he will get it back by out heavy hitting the guy.

Orchid Porter Line- porters self filmed web vid that was on the net, from a day in Austin type thing. It is below this writing stuff.

Overall- The video was real good, a lot of cool stuff was done and the music/filming was great too. Props has been doing this for a long time and apparently they know what they are doing. Shocker, I know. I would suggest you at least check this one out from a friend if you are not sure if you want to buy it. It is worth buying though but I know how BMXers can be broke and stuff so I understand.

Kevin Porter Orchid video from SmallTown on Vimeo.

So, Beloe has been out for a little while now, and they seem to be getting pretty popular fast. After wearing nothing but Etnies for the last 6 or 7 years I had finally tried a new brand. I was really into the things Brian Osborne was doing so I figured why not give them a shot. So I ordered up a pair of the Bauer’s since they seemed to be pretty popular and looked real cool.
Now I am sure most of you reading this know about the whole thing behind Jim Bauer’s shoe design.

This shoe is based off the last few bikes he has along with a bunch of the colorways he has had for parts.
This started from a ledge he painted for a contest a while back. I couldn’t find the photo of that ledge and him painting it so if anybody has that could you E-mail me that?

So back to the shoes, so I have had them for a few days now…
Originally I was going to get the stitches but my buddy Rob got them so… that just doesn’t work out.
So alright, first real test of the shoes was work. Working retail blows, it also blows when you work for 7 hours and don’t get to sit down at all. So I was standing in these brand new unbroken in shoes which I figured was going to be a disaster. However, they are actually real comfy with good arch support and a feel of a wider shoe; not super tight on the sides like a lot of shoes now days. They aren’t like wide looking though so that is a perk. I really like the feel of them for sure a difference between my last few pairs of shoes for sure. The toe of the shoe is real stiff, I don’t know if they are because they are new or because they were made that way for footjams and other good tricks. I just know that it is a perk for all those kids with 20 different footjam variations.

The look of the shoes as you can see are a little “different” and by different I mean the colors, pink, and baby blue are two of the colors, along with a little brown mix. I kind of had to laugh because my mom happend to be around when I opened up the box and the first thing she said was “those things look kind of gay”, I know shocker. I was pretty much over the colors before I ordered them so this didn’t phase me, I explained the story behind the design and then it wasn’t so “gay”. I actually got a lot of compliments on them the last few days now that I think of it, being that they are different and have a cool design people dig it. (esspecailly girls)

So I took them out for a spin on the bike at the skatepark. Truth of the matter is that it is awkward riding in fresh shoes that aren’t broken in. My feet slipped a bit on the plastic pedals I rock and just didn’t feel like I was moving comfortably in them. This is obviously the fact that they are new though. The rubber hasn’t been broken in on the bottom giving it more grip and flex to comfortably stand on the pedals. This is typical among all new shoes! So I rode for a bit, did a few footjams and the toes were safe and it was solid. I really liked the feel after I got used to them a bit I can see these shoes lasting a long time too. I don’t ride brakeless so I am not one to jam my foot in the tire and rip my shit up but I think they would do decent against all the street dogs out there.

Overall I personally feel they were a good investment. They look good, chicks dig them, they are really comfortable and pretty good for riding in (I am sure they will be real good after a week or so). So if my opinion at all matters to you, which it doesn’t, then I would suggest these for you to try out. I don’t know how many people are like me that only rock a certain brand but if you feel like mixing it up it is worth a shot to try Beloe’s out.

They run around $64 dollars, along with the other shoes that are more in the $50 dollar range. I don’t think that is half bad considering that most shoes cost that anyways.
You can pick some up at:
Dan’s and
Albes

Alright, so here is a review that is going to be a litte different!
Myself and Alex from Give D are doing reviews on it from two different perspectives.
Myself, only seeing the DVD (which I watched a few times in the last few days)
and Alex, who was at the premiere, and has seen it all plenty of times. Sure this might be a long read but I think overall you will get an understanding of how good we felt it was.

Here is a kicker I liked, the run time for the video is about 36 minutes not including the Animal promo and Ride Staff section. This is good because videos tend to drag on after a while, but this video is pretty quick and will get you excited to go ride.
I think with that being said, with summer coming up quick I could see this be the “Wake up and watch, then go ride” video.
Little note of the ride staff section, Fudger can ride better than you… I want to see a legit part from him sometime! The other guys on the staff also can rip it. Fat Tony impressed me. He wears a helmet for all of his clips, this is really cool because nobody else in the whole video had a helmet on and to be honest with all the brain injuries lately like Levan, it should start picking up but that is just my opinion! Don’t get pissed! haha

Wow, where do I start with this video? Its so damn good, the showcased riders, the music selection, the editing, the trickery…

Well, I guess I’ll start with this statement, Ride BMX has full regrets firing Ryan Navazio… Why you ask? Because this is the best Ride video ever produced and I don’t see something with the “Ride” name on it topping this video for a long time without the help and ability of Navaz. I could be wrong but hell that’s my opinion on that subject…

Anyways, the DVD is packaged in a clean looking case, Dakota on the front, killing it of course. That’s always a good sight to see and if you don’t like that, you can suck it. Flip the case over and you’ve got 6 really unique, talented riders, all of which do their own thing when it comes to riding. They shred way hard, pure and simple. Now open up the case and you’ll see this glorious DVD and some prime photos from the past filming trips for the making of this video… Pop that disc out, put that in your player and take notes on what you’re about to watch…

The movie opens up with an awesome montage, little tastes of all the riders and different scenes. I really like how they have a text screen at times to the words of the rider that’s speaking. It gives a good feel to the video, really legit in all ways… Dakota is the first featured rider and he gives you the rundown on what its like to film in Southern California… All of what Dakota says is true, so if you plan on filming in So Cal then you need to be prepared for long driving sessions and shutdowns. Dakota’s a real local dude and I’ve had the opportunity to watch him shred fairly often now. This video is no exception, you can basically watch Dakota shred a lot of Southern California’s most famous spots with some of the most original trickery. The song for Dakota’s part fits amazingly well and I think that’s what really makes the section. I don’t need to get down on droppin the tricks that are fired out, if you’ve seen anything from Dakota, you know how he gets down. You’ll just have to watch it for yourself, if you haven’t already. I’m just going to say that Dakota is one of my favorite riders and his section does not disappoint.

Chester Blacksmith’s section is next, a little shorter than the rest of the sections but for an obvious reason why… I’m sure a lot of people have witnessed that terrible crash on MTV or Youtube and can see why this dude is such an ape. This section has some gnarly moves but the best part about Chester is that a lot of his riding is basic stuff. He just goes higher and does it bigger than anyone else, its plain to see he’s not much for tech riding, just big ol’ beefy stuntin’. This video doesn’t show his gnarly wall ride crash to destroyed leg and I think that’s a good thing…

After that section its Darryl Tocco, I was never really a fan of Darryl Tocco until his sweet, sweet Insight section ended… I had never seen much from him but this video part opened my eyes to how much ass he kicks. He shoots smooth as butter bars into and out of everything, its ridiculous. Barspins shouldn’t be in the combos he does, but they’re definitely there and there’s lots of em. It’s another example of where the chosen song makes the video section so appealing, Darryl’s a tech master on everything he rides and he makes it all look so effortless…

A really good friends section follows and it’s got plenty of cameos and good riding from all over the place. Cameos include Van Homan, Kurt Rasmussen, Jack Maddox, Brad Simms, The German and more… I’m real stoked on Kurt’s and The German’s clips, both are local California dudes and both are way kick ass. It’s just good to see that they’re getting good coverage, they deserve it most definitely. For those of you who don’t know The German, his real name is Eric Litchenberger and he’s a good friend of mine. Eric rides no pegs and shreds rails as if he ran pegs, he also happens to tire ride everything in sight like its no problem. Germans are crazy accurate, so I’ve heard? I also happened to see a clip of Mike Hoder in there as well… Weird.

Next is a four way split between Mark Gralla, Jeff Kocsis, Dave Belcher and Tom White. I won’t lie, I don’t care too much for the split section because I only happen to enjoy Tom White in all that, I just don’t care much for the other dudes. It’s a couple of Chase D clones and Dave Belcher, with lots of Tom White doing the gnarly shit he does. There’s definitely some tech stuff within the section that’s sure to get you stoked, if you’re into it, its all street shredding too… I really like how the riders are introduced, getting pulled along side a truck or something… It’s put together real well, looks real cool and the song is real prime as well, it’s a good little section but I’m just not feeling all the riders so much…

Jared Washington follows with some real damn good shredding, I was real into this section because I was used to watching Jared in the old Animal videos. His riding was a little shakey and his bikes were always really sketchy… I hate watching a video part with a whole lot of klink-klanking bike sounds in there, dial that piece in!! I would say this was a major upgrade of what I was used to, his riding ability went way up and he seems to be riding some real dialed bikes finally. All good things to see, his grinding skill on numerous obstacles is real fun to watch and his grind combos get me stoked. The only thing that was weird to me was the beginning of the section where he’s gone through a dozen tubes trying a bump up 6 stair to curve wall to tailwhip off the stair set… It just seemed like I was going to see something real gnarly, I feel that they just built it up to much. Really good and fun to watch though!!

Mike Brennan is an animal and definitely clocks in somewhere way past 6 foot tall, he makes any bike look like a 16 inch. His riding speaks for itself, creative, gnarly and even tech at times. He has a little of everything and showcases all of that in his section. He rides to Eye of The Tiger by Survivor and rightfully so… This part put Mike Brennan on top of his game and I’m sure we’ll see lots more of him in the near future. I have no complaints on this section, it’s to damn good and if there’s anything wrong with it, it’s that he throws whips and bars down things you shouldn’t even be sessionin’. Mike Brennan kicks ass. Watch the video and see why…

Davey Watson has a section dedicated to out of hand grinds, switch, opposite and sometimes both in the same grind. He also happens to session his front and back wheel a lot, with ridiculously fast 540 cabs, real long manual lines to 180, which are also fast, footjam whippers on everything, and fakie hangfives… Davey’s section is basically tech stuff mixed with gnarly street riding, he says “Whad Up Doe” during a hanger tooth… Hoder has another clip of himself with a rail hop/gap in there as well. How many hidden clips of Hoder are there in this video anyways?? I definitely like the song but I don’t know if I like it to this section, I think they should’ve used something else. It’s the best riding I’ve seen from Davey and I really enjoy watching that dude shred. He’s got a kick ass, don’t give a shit attitude as well. Can’t beat that…

Shortly after there’s more montage stuff of the riders shredding, taking it and speaking about the filming process for Insight… There’s definitely a “my new haircut” reference after the credits… SHOWER IN THAT SHIT!! Once that’s over you get to the good stuff with the bonus goodies on the DVD… Crash section kicks ass, Brian Kachinsky wins that crash section, hangover tooth on El Toro rail to chest bash… So brutal… All sorts of bails and biffing on everything, I love watching the crash sections. Animal has a solid promo in the extras as well, some real good clips in there and its filmed and edited pretty well… Then if you’re feelin it, you can watch the ride staff shred it up a bit…

This video definitely kicks a lot of ass, if you haven’t seen this yet you need to get off your fat ass, purchase it, then sit on your fat ass again and watch it. This video gets me stoked to go out and ride every time I watch it and that’s how a video should be…