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X Games 2016 – Girls Session

June 15, 2016

Although the girls didn’t get the air time like other events at the X Games, it’s not because they weren’t there throwing down. Here’s a video giving you a look at what went down in the Girls Session that went down with some of BMX’s finest ladies out on the course. Plenty of real solid riding to take in here!

“A squad of BMX ladies had a session on the X Games Park course early one morning this year. Despite almost getting rained out every morning they tried to ride, their 9am session was a fun and laid back one—and the earliest both Ryan Fudger and myself had ever been to an X Games. While I’ve known Nina Buitrago since she pretty much started riding, and I’ve had a few sessions with Dani Lightningbolt, it was cool to finally see the likes of Angie Marino, Nikita Ducarroz, Perris Benegas, Minato Oike, Ellie Chew, and Hannah Roberts all ride in person for the first time after watching them in videos. Will we be seeing a girl’s class in an actual X Games soon? Only time will tell, but from the looks of these girls on the course after less than two hours riding it, the future is foretelling…

Music: “New Machines” by Home” – Ride BMX
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989 Crew – Howell Mixtape

June 14, 2016

The 989 Crew over in Michigan invaded Howell to cruise their local skatepark for the day. Although the place has a pretty weird design, it looks like all of the guys had no trouble stacking some clips for this video. Hit play and take in all the grinds and more that went down!

Filmed and edited by Alex McTaggart

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Martin Capek – Addicted

June 14, 2016

If you’re looking for a video packed full of style, this new Martin Capek video is exactly what you will want to watch. Hit play to check out a ton of footage of Martin slaying trails spots, street spots and skateparks all over Europe. Amazing riding and clean film work from start to finish. You won’t be disappointed with this one!

“Shot in Spain, England, and the Czech Republic over 2015, Van’s Europe style cat, Martin Capek, drops nearly four minutes of pure multi-terrain skill for ya.

“The footage I collected all year 2015. All roads were supports Vans. Video has a lot of experiences that lead me to many things. One of the things is that we now live in England. Every shooting, I enjoyed the fullest even when accompanied me knee injury.

Barcelona: Lloret trails
England: Rush skatepark, Adrenalin Alley, Hastings trails
Czech republic: My spot Vapenka trails

Filming: Adam Strojsa, Jakub Han
Editing: Adam Strojsa

Currently filming another video from concrete parks and the trails in the UK.”” – Ride BMX
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Tall Order – Eye of the Storm – First BMX Jam

June 14, 2016

The Tall Order crew threw a jam to get everyone together for a big session. Besides some high temperatures followed up with some rain, it looks like everyone that turned out has a real good time and plenty of dialed riding. Sebastian Keep pulled out the camera to document everything that went down. Check it!

“After months of planning the day finally arrived of our jam at frontside gardens London. I flew home from Xgames in Austin on friday and Saturday morning Oli and I packed the car with prizes and our new ‘tall order” banners and headed for London.

The weather forecast said it would rain at 2pm but we hoped for the best. A big turnout of the U.K bmx scene arrived and we were on for an amazing day until suddenly torrential rain poured down on us! The huge black cloud above us was pouring rain onto the skatepark and it seemed like we were the only place getting rain.

A couple of hours later it stopped and everyone got to work on drying the park. After a lot of pushing water around with squeegee’s half of the park was dry and so the cash for tricks jam started. Everybody killed it and had fun and things got loose including Oli! Kieran Reilly who had driven down the night before with his dad and slept in the car killed the cash for tricks jam and i later heard he gave some of his winnings to 7 year old Kerr (featured at the end of the video).

This was our first attempt at holding a jam and we were unlucky with the weather but we’ll definitely be holding more jams in the future..
Thanks for watching!”
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Mat Hoffman – The Quest For High Air

June 14, 2016

YES! We’re finally getting a look at some footage from Mat Hoffman‘s sessions on the crazy ramp that Danny Way built! We’re not sure exactly how high Mat went on the ramp, but we’re pretty damn sure he hit a new record height! Hit play to get some insight from Mat about the ramp, along with some riding footage showing you just how big he was going. This is soooooo good. Mat continues to blow peoples minds with his riding and push his own boundaries!

“In 2015, skateboarder Danny Way constructed a new ramp in his lifelong search for high air on a skateboard. When it was finished, Way invited BMX Big Air legend Mat Hoffman along to try out the new ramp. This is Hoffman’s account.” – X Games
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Merritt – California Street with the F1 Tire

June 14, 2016

If you thought the Brian Foster signature F1 tire from Merritt was a trails tire, think again! Watch as Brad Simms and Stephan August both put the tires to good use on a bunch of street spots out in California!
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Product: FBM – Quickness Sprocket

June 14, 2016

Is it time for a new BMX Sprocket? The crew over at FBM have just released their new Quickness sprocket for you to get your hands on. This sprocket is made right here in the USA and is CNC machined from 7075 Aluminum with a six spoke design with the Profile Racing insert for 19mm or 22mm spindles. This sprocket is available in spline drive only, comes in sizes of 25 and 28 tooth and colors of black and polished! Available through BMX shops and mail-orders that carry FBM worldwide now!

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Gone Biking – Quincy 2016

June 14, 2016

A trip back to your hometown spots is always a good idea (if the place has spots). Forrest Hawk put together this video together giving you a POV look at his trip back home to Quincy, Illinois that was filled with good times, riding, sandwiches and more!

“CementFace flys back to the Midwest for 2 weeks riding old hometown gems and finding new ones along the way not to mention checking out the Dan’s Comp 2nd Annual Parking Lot Jam in Mt. Vernon, Indiana. Watch Forrest Hawk, Morgan Long, Eben Fischer, Josh Delcour, and Josh Schieferdecker get away with some fire jibberish.”
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