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Check out this month’s Brian Tunney video!

It’s that time of the month (the first) where Brian Tunney gives us a look at his sessions from the previous month! This marks 60 consecutive videos where Brian gives us a look at what he got into during his flatland sessions. Like the previous 59, this has a laid back vibe but plenty of great riding to take in. Hit play!

“With this video, five (5) years of consecutive monthly videos comes to a close. That’s 70 videos since November of 2018, a feat I never could’ve imagined completing. But here I am, very tired, barely keeping up, and wanting very much to take a relaxed approach to the next couple of months of filming for a (gulp) 50th birthday edit.

Next month, I plan on compiling everything that I still like from the past year for a best of 2023 video, and once the new year hits, I have basically three months to film for a 50th birthday edit. I have some plans, but am preferring to keep it relatively loose and see what happens. I would like to get out of the garage a little more, do some longer rolling combos, and after that, who knows, maybe I’ll go back to the monthly cadence.

To everyone that’s watched, shared, and liked, I sincerely appreciate you. And with that, here’s a rundown of my November 2023 riding.

00:00 I got out of the garage to do a tailwhip nosepick at an old Austin spot not far from home. I used to ride street a lot, and with this newer bike I built up, I’m realizing that sometimes just pedaling around my local areas is better for my psyche than isolating myself in the garage for hours at a time.

00:08 I hadn’t really messed with hang 5s in the garage before this month because I like rolling them in a straight line. This month, I rolled a few in circles and used them for warm ups. This warm up, hang 5 to pinky squeaks to gerator to smith, felt good and I’m taking it.

00:30 I am not good at peg-to-peg decades, but fooled around with them enough this month that they got to feel slightly better. This completely surprised me though. I wasn’t going for it, but when I got around the undertaker and everything was lined up, I went for it and it happened.

00:38 Seat pass juggler to one-handed juggler to seat pass juggler to around the world on a rainy day.
01:05 Another hang 5 variation, the scratch-5 to backwards hitchhiker. The scratch-5 is an ancient relic from 1989 that I refuse to let go of.
01:21 Pinky squeak to gerator to undertaker rolling in a circle. This took forever and I’m not sure if I even like it.

01:40 Barspin to undertaker to peg decade. I am definitely predictable when it comes to learning new undertaker variations.
01:49 Three seat pass juggler to invisible hand to hitchhiker. I did this once earlier in the same day, rolled away, went to put my foot on the pedals and completely slipped off the bike. This is the official pulled version, ten minutes later.

02:11 Undertaker to gerator to peg decade. This took waaaay too long to do, probably an hour of attempts before it just magically happened.

02:27 Five (5) jugglers for the first time in the garage. Previous to riding in a garage, I never really rode in circles, so this is an accomplishment in itself and also nicely coincides with five years of videos.” – Brian Tunney