BMX Union

JIB X Chocolate Truck X Stinkpit Session

October 2, 2012

When 3 wild crews combine…

“a session with: jib x chocolatetruck x stinkpit
this project was the product of an afternoon session at whitehall skatepark in philadelphia.
the riders include matty miller, steve tassone, nick bott, brendon reith, dan conway, joby suender, joe niranonta, fran meehan, nick barrett, eric capone, pat schlitzer, yock, jonathan schimpf, ry niranonta and tyler butler. lines, grinds, chinese take-out and pizza pies. runt bikes, razor scooters, ratty kids and roller blades. please excuse the fudge spots on the chocolate lens. brand new stinkpit, chocolatetruck and jib releases coming soon. stay tuned.

this edit was put together by jonathan schimpf with text treatments from pat schlitzer.

the session camera work by jonathan schimpf, matty miller, nick barrett and nick bott.
three crews / three cameras
VX1.VX21.VX21“

Skyline – Dani Ruiz

October 2, 2012

Here’s a fresh one from Dani Ruiz getting it done on a rad looking cement park and some real good street spots for Skyline Co.. Check it!

Jan Valenta 2012 Edit

October 2, 2012

In Jan Valenta’s 15 years of riding, he’s definitely learned a thing or two about how to blast a vert ramp! This is so good.

“This video I made to celebrate my 15 year jubilee of riding on BMX bike. Shots are filmed in the new vertical ramp in Bonn, Germany.
Music by: Night Hounds – Final hour”

Tom Inwood 2012 Edit

October 2, 2012

Check out this rad edit of Tom Inwood getting down on a bunch of his local street spots and parks. There’s a bunch of real solid riding in this that I think you might just enjoy. Take a peek.

Bink Seavey Bike Check

October 2, 2012

Photo: Ben Austin

I’ve probably known Bink for nearly 10 years now. In that time, I’ve watched his riding style evolve from a racing influenced ramp rider who had tailwhips and girl pants on lock to the freecoasting street machine he has become today. With time, his setup has changed as well. I was talking to him the other day and we decided it would be a good time to check out his current unit that’s decked out with Tree Bicycle Co. parts and find out what’s new with him. Let’s take a look at his bike and find out what he had to say…

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Colony – Zac Miner Signature Frame Promo

October 2, 2012

Colony caught up with Zac Miner to talk about his signature frame and to clock a few riding clips. Check it! Dialed unit right there.

“Zac Miner runs you through the features of his signature frame along with some riding clips from an evening at Weston Creek park in Canberra.

Full CrMo frame.
Heat treated Integrated Headtube, MID BB and 5mm CNC machined dropouts.
External internal gussets on tapered TT & DT tubing.
Built-in seat clamp with replacable nut & bolt.
Removable brake mounts & hardware.
Unique & exclusive invest cast removable Colony brake tabs.
Sizes: 20.75″ & 21.0″ TT.
13.25” rear, 75.5º HA, 71º ST.
11.5″ BB Height.
Stand over height 8.5″ (centre of BB shell to centre of TT)
Tubing Diameters: TT 33.0mm, DT 36.0mm, SS & CS 19.0mm.
Weight: 21.0″ version 5.17lbs (2,347 grams)
Improvements for 2013
External gussetts on TT & DT
Taller stand over height of 8.5″
Smaller drop outs”

Fat BMX Week with Fly Bikes

October 2, 2012

You can’t go wrong with footage from these guys…

“In mid august I spent a few days at the Club Eurocamp, in Spain, with Stefan Lantschner, Ruben Rodriguez and Ruben Alcantara during the FATbmx week. It was super hot every day so the sessions were rather relaxed but everyone had fun!
Check out a few clips we’ ve filmed in two chilled sessions!
Hope you like it!
flybikes.com
fatbmx.com
facebook.com/saphirevisuals
filmed&edited by Philip Kölsch”

Best of the Best: Jamie Bestwick

October 2, 2012

Jamie Bestwick’s controversial interview from issue 4 of The Albion is now online for you to read. If you haven’t seen this yet, I highly suggest you read it. It definitely gives you an insight as to how Jamie rides as good as he does and what keeps him motivated. Really digging this.