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More Simple Summer Session 2017 Highlights

September 4, 2017

The other weekend was the Simple Summer Session over in Riga, Latvia where a bunch of pros rolled into town for the park and street contests! Here’s two very dialed recap videos giving you a look at what went down over the course of the weekend! Also, mark your calendars because Simple Session 2018 is going down February 3rd and 4th!

““In your life’s blueprint you must have as the basic principle the determination to achieve excellence.”

– Martin Luther King

“Let BMX be your blueprint.”

– Simple Session

The Simple Session celebrates everything that is amazing in BMX bringing the whole BMX world together for a fun time of incredible riding, parties and friends.

DP | Edit | Colour | Sound Design & Sound VFX: Dmitri Shushuyev /Instagram: @dmitrishushuyev
Foley Sound Recreator: Anar-Erik-Kütsar / Instagram: @anar-erik
Music: Carved in Mayhem by Luke Atencio (licensed through MusicBed.com)
Narration: Martin Luther King, Jr., “What Is Your Life’s Blueprint?””

“In the summer of 2017 one of the most anticipated BMX events Simple Session traveled south for the first time. At the peak of the Nordic summer it headed to the very heart of Latvia’s capital, the spectacular city of Riga. The best BMX park and street riders from around the world went head to head on a massive Wessel designed outdoor course on the city’s legendary Freedom Monument bridge. Also skateboarding best trick went down.

With 17-years of history under it’s belt the Simple Session has grown into one of the most prestigious and international action sports contests in the world. Besides the notorious winter-season event series, Simple Session has hosted its comps during the summer in the very heart of Estonia’s capital Tallinn and Finland’s capital Helsinki. Now it was time for Riga.

The Simple Session celebrates everything that is amazing in BMX and skateboarding bringing the whole BMX and skate world together for a fun time of incredible riding, parties and friends.

http://SIMPLESESSION.net

Highlight video by 38 Special Videography

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Patriks Kempelis
Matiss Suideikis
Drone shots by Kaspars Linis
Cover photo by Kaspars Volonts”

“The cat is out of the bag. The 18th year of the Simple Session series kicks off in February 3-4, 2018 in Saku Suurhall, Tallinn Estonia.

Simple Session 18
Thu-Fri February 1-2: practice days & parties
Sat-Sun February 3-4: main events

http://session.ee”

Tall Order Tour – Day 2

September 4, 2017

Day two of the Tall Order Tour featuring Matty Cranmer, Sebastian Keep, Tom Graves, Oliver Jones, Matt Harris and Tom van den Bogaard takes the crew to two different skateprks that made for real good sessions. The first was a huge cement park and the second was the always dialed Rawmpworx Skatepark. Check out some highlights from both of the sessions, along with a few laughs along the way! There’s even a few Joe Jarvis guest clips in there, too.

“Tall Order tour day 2 we rode 2 unreal parks!”

Did you miss Day 1? Watch: Tall Order Tour: Day 1 – Ramp 1 Skatepark

Cult “End of Summer Gathering” Raw Cut

September 4, 2017

Whenever Cult throw a jam, you know it’s going to be a good time and a full house fro pros and locals who are down for a good time. Here’s a raw cut from the “End of Summer Gathering” jam that went down this past weekend. The alleyway was packed and there was no shortage of dialed riding going down. Take a look!

“CULT’s ‘End of Summer gathering’ is a wrap! Such a good Saturday session with bunch of CULT team riders and many other local riders at CULT HQ in Santa Ana. Good chill vibes, new ramp setup additions, free water and beers to fight the heavy heat wave that is hitting SoCal in the last days, free tacos and a sneak peek of new Dak’s Nativeland 3 video. You can’t ask for anything better!Watch some raw riding that went down with Dakota Roche, Adam Accardi, Preston Okert, Wolfgang Ray, Richard Hernandez, Nick Tellez, Ty Morrow, Calvin Kosovich, Jesse Romano, James Carrilo, Eric Carrillo, Abdullah Alkhalili and Sean Ricany.” – Fernando Gomarin Olaiz

Film/edit by Fernando Gomarin Olaiz

York Jam & Solame Trails “Dig 25” Sections

September 4, 2017

Here’s a two-fer for you on this Monday morning! Snakebite uploaded two sections from the “Dig 25” BMX video that came out in back in 2002. The first video is a flatland section from one of the York Jams, then we get a short but sweet section from the Solame Trails below that. Two different worlds in BMX, and very much worth checking out.

“This is the York jam section in the Dig 25 video. Im sure this was from the jam in 2001. Lots of dope riding. If you recognize any of the rider who are not Kevin Jones or Mark Eaton please leave a comment.” – Snakebite BMX

“Kurt Heine put together this short Solame trail section for the Dig 25 part. All the homies were there that day!” – Snakebite BMX

FloriDeah – Cult Frame Giveaway

September 3, 2017

Want to win Trey Jones new signature colorway frame from Cult? You’re in luck! Trey just announced that he’s GIVING AWAY a frame and a few other goodies for one of you guys to win. Check out the new FloriDeah video to find out just what you can win and how to get entered!

“I told y’all I was gonna give a frame away!! The dudes at CULT were nice enough to hook it up with a frame to give to you guys!! All you gotta do is post the image with the hashtag #FLORIDEAHFRAMEGIVEAWAY. go do itttttttt” – Trey Jones

… Just to be nice, here’s the image you need to download as well.

Cory Berglar Video Bike Check

September 3, 2017

Are you curious what Cory Berglar is running for a setup these days? Scotty Cranmer decided to put Cory in front of the camera for a video Bike Check giving us a detailed look at his Oilslick Hyper Indy setup that he rolls around on while doing demos, filming episodes or just catching a session. Check out all the details here.

“Puppy arms is an original member of the crew and a lot of you guy’s love him and his riding! Due to popular demand we decided to finally do a bike check with him. Cory goes over his hyper BMX bike and explains all the parts he has and why he rides them. Cory also explains why he gets the same drink from Wawa every day and he shows his puppy Riley to the youtube world!” – Scotty Cranmer

“The Back Bone Video” – Credits Section

September 2, 2017

All good things must come to an end. Here’s the credits section from Back Bone BMX‘s full-length video “The Back Bone Video” that has some b-roll, a ton of laughs, a few crashes, random clips of Hucker picking up one of the most venomous snakes in the world and more.

“Now you can’t forget about the credits! This has got some of the wildest footage. From Mike ‘Hucker’ Clark’s wild snake charming antics, to some funny outtakes and crashes, this is definitely a way to reflect on the fun times we had making the video.

Thanks again to Brendan Boeck for filming and editing, as well as everyone else who helped filmed and give guidance along the way.

www.backbonebmx.com.au

Song: Back of a Divvy Van – Painters and Dockers” – Back Bone BMX

Kink BMX – Saturday Selects: BTS of Sean Sexton’s 2017 SXTN Video

September 2, 2017

Kink coming through with this weeks Saturday Selects video which features behind the scenes clips from Sean Sexton’s new 2017 SXTN video! This is filled with second angles, b-roll that didn’t make the cut and a couple of crashes. Needless to say, this is worth a watch. Hit that play button and enjoy!

“Catch some extra un-seen footy from Sextons recent SXTN 2017 video from the lens of Darryl Tocco!” – Kink

Did you catch the actual edit? Watch Kink – Sean Sexton 2017 SXTN Video