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X-Games 2012 – Park and Vert Finals

July 1, 2012

Well, X-Games park and vert went down yesterday and it was a mix of expected and unexpected results. Daniel Dhers went down HARD in qualifiers leaving him out of the race to defend his gold medal that he got last year, leaving Scotty Cranmer the opportunity to take it home this year. As you can imagine, Jamie Bestwick continued his reign as the vert kind for his 6th straight gold medal! Holy… hell.

Check out more photos from park finals on the Ride BMX website.

Check out more photos from the vert contest on the Ride BMX website.

Blunted Athletics – Clay Johnson Welcome Edit

July 1, 2012

Clay Johnson is now riding for Blunted Athletics. Check out his welcome edit featuring some real good riding on the streets of Arizona to bring the news. Remember kids, drugs and alcohol generally will always lead to funny non-domestic disputes that are hard not to laugh at because you don’t know them….

Filmed and edited by Bobby Kanode

“Bit of a Chin Wag” with Jamie Bestwick

July 1, 2012

You can’t go wrong with some Jamie Bestwick footage. This gives you some insight into how he thinks and how he prepares for things like a 6-peat at the X-Games. Dude is a hell of a guy.

“Jamie Bestwick recently came to town to shoot the Astars “Security” commercial for X Games. He flew out a couple days early to squeeze in some vert time with fellow X Games competitor PLG and some knee draggin’ at Chuckwalla. In between all the action we sat him down for some reflection and insight. A bit of a chin wag if you will.”

Think Before You Ink – Nigel Sylvester

July 1, 2012

Here’s a fresh video where Nigel Sylvester talks about his tattoos and why he likes getting them and how it relates to his riding. It’s definitely a good watch if you are into tattoos and everything.

“Think Before You Ink Vol.1 Series 2 featuring Nigel Sylvester goes into the life of a professional BMX rider. Nigel speaks of his bike riding process and how it correlates to his tattooing experiences.”

Still Bleeding Black & Blue – Trailer

July 1, 2012

Still Bleeding Black & Blue is a new DVD coming from Australia by Deprae Films. The video featuring Jordan Dentamaro, Liam Thomas, Tim Cawthorne, Callan Stibbards, Luke Cridland, Calvin Kosovich, Daniel Jameson, Tom Rodman, Jamie Mauri, Jay Wilson and many more will be available in August. It looks like it’s gonna be a good one too! Check out the trailer.

BMX Trails Documentary

July 1, 2012

This is pretty cool. For a school project, these guys did a documentary on their trails. Take a look at the Birchwood trails in West Sussex in the U.K. All I know is this place looks fun as hell to ride!

Is it just me, or does the U.K accent make this sound really intelligent.

Night Rider Bike Shop – Crew Mixtape

July 1, 2012

The Night Rider Bike Shop team put in some work for this 14 minute mixtape. Check out Sar “The Baby”, Itamar Bavli, Tal Maza, Lior Moshkovich, Daniel Oskar, Avihay, David and Refael “Bamba” Sayag putting in work!

Filming \ Edit – Itamar Bavli

Products: Vol. XI

June 30, 2012

Another week down, another week with a look at a few fresh products for you to blow your paycheck for the week on! This time around we’re going to take a closer look at Eclat‘s Plaza pedal, Colony‘s Variant stem, Profile‘s Totem hub, Tree Bicycle Co.‘s Ergo seat and The Shadow Conspiracy‘s new Back To School apparel line. Let’s get into this!
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