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BMX Day 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa

July 24, 2017

The scene down in South Africa has always been a good one. There’s always a steady flow of videos coming out of the place and you can bet that every year the riders all get together for BMX Day. This past weekend was no different! The locals came together in Johannesburg to spend the day exploring the city’s spots and have a good time. Colin Loudon sent over a video and a batch of photos by Grant McLachlan from the day for your viewing pleasure! Take a look at what went down!

All photos by Grant Mclachlan
Words by Colin Loudon

Saturday 22 July, while the Street Series was going on in multiple continents, the bustling streets of New Town Johannesburg saw 100+ riders gather in front of Museum Africa In support of international BMX Day.

Already from the jump the warm up spot quickly turned into a frenzy of sending anything and everything down the set of stairs and getting tech on the Evals BMX flat rail to get the juices flowing before the mob headed off into the CBD.
After a quick briefing the heavy crew proceeded to pedal into the city and from that point chaos ensued as traffic was brought to a standstill in the city centre.

Private security didn’t stand a chance against a group this big which brought the perfect opportunity for those usually “untouchable spots” to be broken in.
Unfortunately this brought the attention of JMPD who tried to dismantle the group and shut down the jam completely. After a bit of smoothing over with the police, the massive crew headed to spots with less police presence. Which included a ghetto skatepark hidden in the centre of Joburg’s biggest taxi rank.

After a heavy session on the steel ramps the group made their way back down to the meet up spot to wind things down with the Ray Malinga High Hop contest hosted by Hunter.

No street jam is complete without an informal prize giving to hook the riders up who sent it during the course of the day! Shout out to Monster Energy, Evals BMX, Hunter, Skabanga Crew and 1933 Classic tattoos for making it all happen.
Thanks to everyone who made it out! See you all next year!

Riders of the day – Darren Oatley & Vincent Leygonie
Ray Malinga High Hop – Darren Oatley
Tough as nails – Rico Ribeiro

All photos by Grant Mclachlan

That wraps up this video and photogallery! Shout out to Colin Loudon and Grant McLachlan for their work on the photos and video! Please give this a Share so your friends can check it out, too!

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Photogallery: The Street Series 2017: Philadelphia

July 24, 2017

All photos by Brendan Mulrooney

This past weekend was the annual BMX Day celebration that brought together riders all over the world for a full day of riding. The Street Series threw one of their jams in Philadelphia with Dan Lacey leading the pack of what appeared to be a couple hundred riders spot to spot all over the city on a scorcher of a day. Check out this photogallery by Brendan Mulrooney giving you a look at some of the good times that were had!

180 Turndown down the stairs.

A little abandoned church exploration….

… Who did this? Haha

Sending the bars off a roof for everyone.

The King 360ing over the rail.

Public transportation was used to get from spot to spot…

All photos by Brendan Mulrooney

Casey Starling throwing the bars.

Casey Starling mid truck driver.

Cash up for grabs!

Hanging out.

Dan Conway charging rails.

Dan Lacey was leading the pack throughout the day.

Death from above…

Big downside tailwhip.

The Street Series Philadelphia winner showing you how to fakie double peg.

Fakie walls.

All photos by Brendan Mulrooney

The best way to stay cool in the heat.

Hanging out a little more.

The streets were filled with riders.

Another dialed way to stay cool.

Justin Spriet getting crooked.

Big no haner.

Knobbies and Steeleies.

One Hand Table.

Cruising.

All photos by Brendan Mulrooney

Over Tooth.

Hoping rails.

The DIY spot under the bridge came in handy when the rain is coming down.

Signage.

The streets were filled with riders.

Flatty.

Whip it good.

All photos by Brendan Mulrooney

Tilt Shift Spot Checks.

Tom Dugan toboggan.

Turning it down.

Van Homan cranking a turndwon.

A little wax goes a long way.

Selfie Cam.

The winner of The Street Series 2017 Philadelphia.

X Up double peg!

That wraps up this photo gallery by Brendan Mulrooney! We hope you were stoked on the photos! Make sure you give this a Share so your friends can check it out. Check out BRENDAN’S WEBSITE to see more of his photos!

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BMX Day 2017 Highlight Videos

July 23, 2017

Saturday was the annual BMX Day that went down with jams planned all over the world from San Diego to Philadelphia, Melbourne, London and more! Thousands of riders turned out between all the stops and it made for some wild and rowdy crowds and plenty of dialed riding. Check out a whole bunch of videos from the day below!

“300+ BMX riders join Garrett Reynolds, Chad Kerley, Ty Morrow, Broc Raiford, Dakota Roche, and more to celebrate BMX Day 2017 at the Monster Energy Street Series in San Diego, California. Good times and great riding!” – Vital BMX

“The Philadelphia stop of The Street Series in conjunction with BMX Day was easily the largest Philly street jam to date. With such a huge turnout, there was tons of awesome riding and wild antics all throughout the equally as wild North Philly neighborhoods. Congrats to Pennsylvania native Mike Guth who took home the ring – after sending some of the wildest moves at the three main spots, it was well-deserved. Look out for more Street Series videos here on DIG.

Filmed by Rob Dolecki.” – DIG

“VANS celebrated BMX DAY opening the doors of his Park in Huntington Beach on a super hot 7/20 day! Many riders showed up and enjoyed a chill session. Good vibes, good tricks all over around the street course and bowl, some giveaways and gifts …

Featuring: Dakota Roche, Sean Ricany, Nick Tellez, Ricky Moseley, Veesh, Nick Krauer, Michael Harkous, Matt Cordoba, Kris Fox, Baby Johnny, Josh Clemens, Trevor Sigloch, Nathan Sykes and Jason Watzz.

Filmed by Fernando Gomarin Olaiz.” – DIG

“The London stop of The Street Series in conjunction with BMX Day started out wet and it stayed that way, but the legendary underground spot at Southbank kept everyone dry and entertained. These events aren’t always all about the riding but about seeing old faces and meeting new ones. Congrats to Matteo Vitali who took home the ring – you should have seen the size of his elbow after shredding all day.” – DIG BMX

“The first Street Series jam supporting BMX Day 2017 went down in Melbourne on Saturday with Ed Zunda and Jordan Godwin and Felix Prangenberg hosting the proceedings. We were there to catch all the highlights in this new episode of ‘In The Cut’ that also features the new king of Melbourne ‘Jimmy’. Look out for more from this crew soon as they head out on a WETHEPEOPLE trip.

Filmed by Paul Robinson” – DIG

“ In today’s adventure we put the video parts on hold to join in the BMX day festivities. Street series only comes once a year so we had to take advantage. This features some sick riding from our usual squad, Jacob Cable, Francis Castro, Crankflipper420 ( Chris Ambrose ), Murray, Sauce, etc and everyone else who killed it that day! This is shot from our point of view so if you want to go see all the crazy tricks that went down please check out your favorite media site.” – Common Crew

Kink – Saturday Selects: Sean Sexton Switch Whip Perfection

July 23, 2017

It’s not news that Sean Sexton has some of the best Switch Whips in the BMX game. Sean makes the trick look easy and so damn good. Here’s a little compilation of a few of Sean’s best switch whips he has done over the years from Darryl Tocco‘s archives and plenty of miles traveled. Enjoy!

“Episode 3 of our Saturday Selects Series features some of Darryl Toccos favorite clips from the past few years with Sean Sexton kicking those legendary Switch Whips!” – Kink BMX

Sean Falkenstein “Alive & Well” Outtakes

July 23, 2017

The other day we posted up Sean Falkenstein’s “Alive & Well” DVD Part, now today we get a look at some of the footage that didn’t make the cut for his part. Here’s three and a half minutes of crashes, B-Roll and random non-riding clips for your viewing pleasure. It’s safe to say Sean put in some work and kicked his own ass a time or two for this one.

“Watch Sean Falkenstein battle it out for some heavy clips for his Alive & Well DVD part from Focalpoint BMX.” – DIG

Stolen Saturdays #7 – Jerimiha Miller

July 22, 2017

Check out this weeks Stolen Saturdays video featuring Jerimiha Miller getting down on some rails and ledges out in California! Short but real sweet as always. Enjoy!

“Stolen Saturdayz is a video series presented by Stolen Brand.
*****
Our youngest Pro Jerimiha Miller fliming in Souther California in his second Stolen Saturdayz edit. Be on the look out for Saturday youtube drops.
*****
Rider: Jerimiha Miller – @jerimiha_miller
Filmer: Fernando Gomarin Olaiz – @fernandogomarin

Billy Perry – Daily Cruise: Unreal BMX Spots In London

July 22, 2017

Billy Perry coming through with a fresh Daily Cruise video for your viewing pleasure. This time around we get a look at what Billy and Dan Boiski got into during a full day of riding on spots around London! It’s safe to say both of these guys had a good day of riding! Check it!

“Day 2 of my England trip, I went to South London to meet with Dan Boiski and we hit some of the best spots I’ve ever been to all within a 1 mile radius.”

Alec Danelutti 2017 Video

July 22, 2017

It’s always rad coming across a video featuring a rider that absolutely shreds that we haven’t heard of. Here’s a video featuring Alec Danelutti throwing down at a bunch of different skateparks down in Australia. Alec has a deep bag of tricks and knows how to put it to good use. It sounds like Alec is getting flow from Colony now, so we’re sure we’ll be seeing more of him in the future. Take a peek!

“Introducing a new era of shredders repping Rampfest! We have watched Alec grow from a young pup to a full blown animal over these last few years and now, at the tender and fresh age of 17, he is messing with best of them!

Song: Blue Tone Black Heart – BONJAH

Edit: Alec Danelutti

Film cred: Jack Borthwick, Jake Wallwork, Taylor Ramsdale, Sam Elliott, David Dunn, Ben Gco”