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Orange Juice X Vans – Roy Van Kempen In Japan

December 23, 2015

A few months back, Roy Van Kempen had the opportunity to go to Japan for the Monster Street Series stop. While he was there, he spent some time riding spots, checking out the scenery and learning about the culture. Above is a BMX video for Orange Juice and Vans documenting the trip. Despite it having some ups and downs, it looks like it was a good time to us!

“This little BMX bike brings us to so many crazy places around the world. Last Summer Tom Lammerse and I went on a 10-day trip to Japan to attend the Monster Energy Street Series BMX contest and to film for an Orange Juice exclusive documentary in collaboration with Vans. Today we are proud to release the documentary part of the video.

This documentary will give you an inside look in what happens behind the video that everybody normally gets to see.

The riding video will drop on Monday December 28th.

Thanks to Eiji Okuda, Hiroshi Uehara and all the other locals who helped us out!”

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Bone Deth – Christmas Special

December 23, 2015

Bone Deth coming through with a wild new BMX video for you guys to enjoy. This starts out with some product promotion with what appears to be a homeless Santa and a few of the Bone Babes. After a little more than a minute, the riding kicks in with Sean Burns and the rest of the crew dropping hammers on everything they come across. Hit play and enjoy this one. It might be a little NSFW, but whatever… It’s for Christmas!

“Celebrate Christmas.. Bone Style with the Dirty Santa Claus Bone Deth Product Guide.
Sean Burns – MOTORBONE Frame Section & Christmas Boogie part from the Deadman Team.
Bone Babes & More
Featuring Kert Petersel, Colt Fake, Albie Bennett, Dirt Ron, Waffle, Dean Dickinson, Jay Wilson, Lee Hopkins, Chris Crawford, Party Management, Juuso Kosonen, Mikey Luplow, Ryan Lamont, Bungay and Psycho Suze.
Music:
“Christmas n Hollis” – Run DMC
“I want one” – NANCY
“Freeze” – The Models”

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FTL BMX in Washington D.C.

December 23, 2015

The Follow the Leader crew recently took a trip from New York on down to Washington D.C. to see just what the place had to offer up for spots. They spent three solid days stacking clips and came home with this dialed BMX video for you guys to check out. After you watch the video, get a look at some rad photos Zach Marin shot over on the Follow the Leader” website!

“Over the summer we decided to gather the crew and road trip down to Washington, D.C. for 3 days in search of good spots and good times and we were definitely not disappointed. Featuring BMX riders, Austin Mazur, Billy Perry, Jason Stelter, Justin Koebele, and Zach Marin. Filmed and edited by Nick Jones! Thank you to Zach Marin for being an awesome host and spot tour guide.”

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RaWr Superfoods – Joey Motta in Puerto Rico

December 23, 2015

The crankflip wizard, Joey Motta recently spent some time cruising street spots and exploring the island of Puerto Rico recently for RaWr Superfoods! Check out this rad BMX video that came from the trip filled with dialed riding, great spots and a look into what he got into off his bike. Looks like it was a damn good time to us!

Filmed & Edited by: Tony Malouf

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1664 BMX – Chris Cadot Welcome Video

December 23, 2015

1664 BMX have added Chris Cadot to their line up for 2016! Chris has been crushing it up in Canada for years now, so it’s no surprise they have picked him up! Check out this rad welcome video that’s filled with grind after grind showing you just why they think he’s a good fit for their team!

“Edited by: Brad Hill
Song: Caustic Cross by Beach Fossils
Here’s Chris Cadot’s first full edit since being add to the squad this past summer. Chris kills it on both sides of the camera, and is always out working on one project or another, helping push BMX in good ways in his scene. Chris’ positive outlook, and passion for all things BMX, added with his laid back stylish riding style made him stand out to us. Once getting to know him a bit more we decided he would fit in awesome with 1664. Enjoy.”

“Shout out to Jordan Krupa and Lee Dennis for being the main button pushers but also to the rest of the homies you know who you are, much appreciated. Also thanks to 1664bmx for being down with me. I’m looking forward to the new year!” – Chris Cadot

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Muscle Cat Clothing – Finn Maurer: Nine Lives

December 23, 2015

Here’s a rad one we had sent through from Germany featuring young gun Finn Maurer putting in some work at his local skatepark for Muscle Cat Clothing! Finn brings a good mix of tricks on everything the park has to offer, making for a good watch from start to finish. Check this BMX video out!

“Finn Maurer – Muscle Cat Clothing – Nine Lives
After months of filming, Finn’s edit is finally finished. This isn’t a Welcome to the Team (vimeo.com/77530331) or a Welcome Back edit (vimeo.com/125349443 ). This is the edit we have been working on for some time now. After Finn recovered from his knee injury and had gotten back on his bike, it’s been nothing but progression. We are all stoked on this edit and we hope you all enjoy it! The sky is the limit for Finn!
Ride & Live!”

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The Most Expensive Complete BMX Bike For 2016?

December 23, 2015

Have you ever had a random question pop up in your head right when you’re trying to go to bed, and you end up thinking about it so much that you end up pulling out your phone and doing some research online? Last night, not sure why, but the question “I wonder what the most expensive complete BMX bike is for 2016?” came to mind and it stuck to me. We had a pretty decent idea of a few of the higher end bikes, but were still curious to know. So, after a couple searches on a few different retailers and it was pretty easy to figure out just what bike holds the highest price tag for this year.
Traditionally, complete BMX bikes are thought of as inexpensive bikes that are designed for the entry to mid-level rider that isn’t quite ready to go all in on a custom after market build that pretty much every experienced rider owns. Over the course of the past few years, with the progression of the quality of complete bikes, we’ve seen some really dialed higher end bikes pop up on pretty much every company’s list of options for bikes they offer.
Although BMX bikes don’t cost anywhere near what some high end road and mountain bikes cost (You could buy about 13 of the most expensive BMX bikes for the price of one of the high end road bikes that are available — and that’s not even top of the line), it’s still a pretty interesting number.

What did we find out? Well, although it was some what close with a few other bikes (Not including race bikes, which have a few options more expensive than the freestyle bikes), the 2016 Wethepeople Envy beats out the Dennis Enarson signature Haro SD V2, Chad Kerley signature Premium CK and Sunday Bikes Gary Young signature Soundwave complete by about $100. The Envy comes in at $1,099.99 and it comes fully loaded. The next question that came to mind, if we parted out the most expensive bike since it’s mostly after market parts from Wethepeople and Eclat, what would the total cost be? Let’s find out…

We also decided to find out what the most expensive custom built bike would be. Check that out here: The Most Expensive Custom BMX Bike?

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FISE Malaysia 2015 Highlights

December 23, 2015

Here’s a highlight reel from FISE Malaysia that went down last week! This has BMX, skateboarding and even some roller blading in it (I think this is the most roller blading I’ve watched in years… and it’ like 20 seconds worth, haha). The video is mostly BMX, especially the last half of it. So, hit play and check out all of the bangers that went down at the final FISE of the year! Expect plenty more next year!

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