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Cam Birdwell – 43 Reasons

September 20, 2022

Cam Birdwell crushes it at 43!

This is awesome. Cam Birdwell is back with a fresh video giving us a look at what he’s throwing down at 43 when he can get sessions in! As expected, Cam is still absolutely CRUSHING it on everything he puts his tires on. This isn’t your typical edit compared to what we see popping up most days, but it’s so good. Then again, not many guys these days can send a loop on a full pipe, either. You gotta stick around for the ender because it’s absolute madness! Hell yea, Cam!

“The edit took us about a year and a half to film and it wasn’t easy to meet up since Cam is a full time family man with a wife and 3 kids and works like crazy. The few times we did meet up he would have to get straight to business and start filming and sending it cause the only time Cam actually rode was when we filmed which was once every 2 months. We rode some friends backyard ramps in Nor-Cal, took a few SALT crew trips to Woodward west, North Carolina and Oregon to make this video happen. Clips didn’t come easy, Cam took so many slams and got wrecked filming for this part but when you do CrossFit and get into power lifting I guess you can take the hits and keep getting up. Also I want to point out in the beginning of the edit Cam holds up a pendant which is for being 7 years sober, I’m super proud of him for that cause that takes real strength and dedication.” — Samar Carrillo

Strays 2022

September 20, 2022

Robin Slootmaker coming through with a new video with a mix of BMX and skate footage, with plenty of fun and good times mixed in for good measure. This is pretty laid back, but the footage keeps things interesting from start to finish. Take a look!

“This is a bit out of the scope of what I normally do but “Strays” is mainly about after work weekend sessions cruising the city with beers, bikes, and boards. No agenda but collect the stray clips and share the good times. Featuring a bunch of folks.” – Robin Slootmaker

Compass – A BMX Retrospective with Craig Stevens

September 20, 2022

This is awesome. Check out this retrospective where Craig Stevens tells his story from growing up to how he got into BMX, on through up to where he is today. This is packed with so much great old footage, stories and more. Get on that play button because this is real good watch!

“A lot of long-time UK viewers will recognise the name Craig Stevens as a stalwart of the UK scene during the epic and influential early 2000’s era. Beyond that however people might not know too much about him.

Earlier this year Craig got together with Ryan Sherman (a long time Soletech filmmalker and colleague of the legendary MIke Manzoori), to put together this amazing biopic about his growing up in South Africa before moving to Bristol UK, and finally ending up in New Zealand.

It’s an intimate look at the life of a dedicated BMXer and and it will strike a chord with older riders everywhere. This truly is a love letter to BMX.

Compass was premiered as an official selection at the 2022 Bicycle Film Festival.

Filmed and edited by Ryan Sherman / Pyramid Projects” – DIG

“Craig Stevens has been on board with Profile/Profile Europe since the early aughts.
Our first official rider in the UK, Craig has remained a representative of the brand for close to 20 years; at the start, while living in Bristol, and into his new endeavors in NZ.
On behalf of Profile and Profile Europe, thanks to both Craig and Ryan Sherman for dialing this in.
Stoked to call Craig family.
Enjoy!” – Profile Racing

How To Service A Planetary Freecoaster

September 19, 2022

Want to see how you do maintenance on a Planetary Freecoaster?

The Nightrider Planetary Freecoaster completely changed the game for freecoasters, and you can tell how popular it is by the fact that so many brands have licensed the design for their own hub. You can now pick up a Planetary freecoaster from BSD, Alienation, 90East / Skapegoat, Premium, Colony BMX and Cult, with some using slightly different designs, but all basically using that same internal system. Here’s a video Nightrider put together completely disassembling the hub and then putting it back together step by step so you can easily do it on your own if you own the hub, or are considering picking one up.

Bountyhunters X Soulcycle Street Jam 2022

September 19, 2022

Check out this BMX street jam over in Amsterdam!

Whenever the Bountyhunters and Soulcycle team up, good things happen. Here’s a look at what went down during their latest street jam over in Amsterdam. As expected, there was a real solid turn out and no shortage of solid riding to check out. Get on that play button!

“Wild scenes through Amsterdam for the Bounty Hunters X Soul Cycle Street Jam! Video courtesy of our friends at Cluut.

Filmed and edited by Flouzzer” – DIG

Bike District – Bogdan Dragos Welcome Video

September 19, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIjOwvI__6U

Bogdan Dragos is now doing it for the Bike District shop over in Romania. Here’s his welcome video to bring the news with Bogdan’s laidback, jibby style going to work on street spots. Take a look!

BMX News 9/16/22

September 16, 2022

Get caught up on all of the BMX News from the week!

It’s Friday and another week has flown by, with no shortage of BMX News, news, and products that popped up! As always, Brant Moore has a fresh episode of BMX News giving you a full recap of everything that went down in one place. Check out Brant’s recap video up top, then check out everything he talks about in full down below!

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Fit Bike Co. – Kole Voelker’s Sleeper Build

September 16, 2022

Fit gives you a look at Kole Voelker’s setup!

Here’s a new video Bike Check that Fit Bike Co. dropped giving us a closer look at Kole Voelker‘s current Sleeper setup that he’s riding. Hit play to let Kole give you the run through, along with a ton of riding footage. As always, Kole crushes it, so you won’t want to pass this one up!

“San Diego shredder Kole Voelker, the newest member of the FIT familia, shares his new Sleeper build and then shows us what it can do. Wake up and smell the coffee world, Kole is the truth and we’re just getting started!

Film/Edit: Stew Johnson” – Fit Bike Co.