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Odyssey – Santiago Laverde Welcome To AM

January 2, 2023

Santiago Laverde is now doing it for Odyssey!

Odyssey have added Santiago Laverde to their AM squadd! We’re not surprised to see Odyssey pick up Santiago since the dude has been crushing it for quite some time now. Hit play to watch Santi go to work on street spots over in Spain with no shortage of grinds to bring the news!

“Santi Laverde is on Odyssey! We’re stoked to be adding this all-around ripper to the crew. Originally from Colombia, Santi resides in Barcelona and even teaches BMX school there. The man puts in work on the bike and loves to ride anything and everything, a perfect fit with the rest of the crew.

Video by Guille Lyon” – Odyssey

“More Than A Job” Twenty Years of Unit 23

January 2, 2023

There’s another one celebrating 20 years! Unit 23 Skatepark in Scotland!

There has been a few 20th anniversary celebrations to kick the year off from Gary Young’s 20 Years on Odyssey to the 20 Years of Catty Woods. The crew at Unit 23 Skatepark are also celebrating 20 years of riding and good times! Here’s a video BSD produced telling the story of the park from how it all came about on up to what the place looks like today!

“Unit 23 is a mecca for BMX and has played an important part in the history of BSD.

Over the last twenty years the park has seen a lot, far too much to cover in a mini documentary, and with some antics that best never see the light of day anyway! To mark the occasion we wanted to look back on some of the key moments in the park’s history.

Fresh off finishing his recent ‘Unit Life’ BSD video, we spoke to Chaz Mailey to talk about the last year of filming while also reminiscing about the last twenty years at one of the world’s most iconic indoor skateparks…

Video by Dave Sowerby.
Special thanks to Dave Summertime, Chris Winch, Steven Jones, Grant Smith, Fraser Watt, Jason Phelan and Bangin’ Pizza for their help with the documentary.” – BSD

Chris Bates At Southsea & Prevail

January 2, 2023

Chris Bates goes to work on the Southsea and Prevail parks!

Here’s a fresh one we had sent through featuring Chris Bates puting his deep bag of tricks to work on the Southsea and Prevail parks over in the U.K, along with a little trails action for good measure. This has a ton of great riding from a rider we’re not all too familiar with. Take a look!

“This video is a BMX edit I’ve made from clips off my camera roll. If I’m honest I was debating whether to post this or not because I feel like it doesn’t show my capabilities on the bike but let me explain! I’ve been trying to film a proper edit for a while but unfortunately due to circumstances I haven’t been able to film a lot and won’t be able to for quite a while now. But that being said I’ve regretted not posting videos I’ve made in the past as it would’ve been nice to watch them back now and enjoy the memories of growing up riding with everyone but unfortunately they’re lost!
So for this reason I’ve decided to piece this video together and upload it because at the end of the day BMX is meant to be for fun and there’s still a couple things I am proud of in this edit!” – Chris Bates

Wethepeople – Haus

January 1, 2023

Wethepeople is kicking 2023 off with a banger!

The new year kicks off today, and the crew at Wethepeople are kicking 2023 off right with this new 18 minute banger featuring the team going to work on street spots in London! Over the course of 3 weeks, these guys explored the massive city, stacking clips on every rail, ledge, bank and more that they came across. Check out what they threw down!

“The weather was perfect, the city was endless, this is what 21 days spent in London with 11 riders looks like. This is HAUS, a video project by Wethepeople.

Featuring:

Jordan Godwin, Felix Prangenberg, Stephan Atencio, Riley Smith, Dan Banks, Danny Heron, Butch, Frasier Hill, Jordan Waters, Renato Ransco, and Tom Weikert.

Filmed by everyone. Additional filming by David Schaller.
Edited by Paul Robinson.”

20 Years of Catty Woods

January 1, 2023

Catty Woods is celebrating 20 years!

A lot of things change over the course of 20 years, but there is also a lot of things that stay the same! Catty Woods is celebrating their 20th anniversary this year, and they’ve put together this video spanning all he years of riding and good times that have been going down in those Pennsylvania woods. Over the years the trails have grown, became even more dialed, even got insured to make them legit, but it’s easy to see it’s still just a bunch of riders having fun on their bikes in the woods! This is an awesome watch, so get on that play button. It’s wild to think how many thousands of riders from all over the world have visited this place.

“rom the Sony TRV 900 cameras, to Canon Vixia HV30 and countless iPhones this is just a small taste of Catty Woods over the past 20 years. Thank You to anyone involved over the years, it hasn’t been easy but we do have the joy and the memories.
Thanks to long time sponsors S&M, Fit Bike Co, and Empire” – Catty Woods

BMXMAS 2022 At 4Seasons

January 1, 2023

Check out what went down at the BMXMAS Jam at 4Seasons!

Whenever there is a jam at 4Seasons in Milwaukee, you know it’s going to be a good time! The 836 Crew threw a BMXMAS jam the other weekend, and there was a big turn out and a full night of riding and good times. Check out what went down in this highlight video!

“Shout out to 836 crew for always organizing this event for all of us. Super rad that they go out of their way every year to bring us all together to ride and party. Thanks to everyone that sponsored the event you also rule. Big thanks to 4 seasons skatepark as well.” – Chris Field

Columbus Mixtape #10

January 1, 2023

Zack Gerber has released a new Columbus Mixtape!

The latest Columbus Mixtape has arrived. Once again, Zack Gerber has delivered with a dialed video featuring a TON of familiar faces putting in work out in the streets. Hit play and check out just shy of 18 minutes of footage!

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Odyssey – Gary Young “20 Years And Counting”

December 30, 2022

Odyssey celebrates 20 years with Gary Young!

Last week Odyssey and Gary Young dropped the “Forever Young” Video celebrating 20 years on the team. Now today they released a longer video with stories from a bunch of riders and industry guys, along with riding footage spanning over the 2 decades with the brand. Needless to say this kicks a TON of ass. Get on that play button to check it out!

“Surprise! Gary Young has been on Odyssey for twenty years now, and so we wanted to create something special to celebrate the man. We even managed to keep it a secret from him until now! Sit back, relax, and enjoy this documentary style piece that gives a look into what makes Gary such an extraordinary human on and off the bike. Thank you Gary!

Video by Zach Krejmas

Thank you to everyone we interviewed

Footage and photos courtesy of:
Props BMX
Ryan Fudger
Walter Pieringer
Scott Marceau
Sarah Young
Aaron Ross
DIG BMX
Transworld / RideBMX
ESPN
411VM
Vans BMX
Seventies Distro
Dirt Bros. Industries
Sunday Bikes” – Odyssey