BMX Union

Rickey Bates Memorial Service

September 26, 2011

“Friends, Riders & Family –

This past Tuesday, the Casselberry community was rocked by the news that our own Rickey Bates passed away from injuries obtained in an automobile accident outside of Phoenix, Arizona.

To celebrate the life & good times of Rickey, we invite you to join the Sparky’s family for a viewing at the Baldwin Fairchild Funeral Home, located at 994 East Altamonte Dr. in Altamonte Springs, Florida on Monday September 25th from 2pm – 4pm and 6:30pm – 9pm. We welcome those in attendance to share your thoughts & memories of Rickey.

Services will held 11am on Tuesday September 26th at St. Augustine Church, located at 375 North Sunset Drive in Casselberry. The procession will stop by 71 North for a moment of reflection and then proceed to the cemetery. ”

R.I.P Rickey! #Banned

DUO UK Team at Prime

September 26, 2011

DUO‘s Matt Priest, Lima, Martyn Tambling and Kriss Kyle get a session in at Prime skatepark in Plymouth. Here’s a look at all the goodness that went down.

Music: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – ‘Beat the Devil’s Tattoo’
Filmed & Edited by Ryan Hallett

Nathan Williams on Eclat Pro Team

September 26, 2011

If you were keeping up with my Interbike coverage, this might not be the first time you saw this. After getting the okay to post it, Paul, the TM, asked if I could hold out on the news which is understandable. Nathan Williams is the newest pro team rider for Eclat. Expect a welcome edit and some signature pedals to start things off here soon. Rad!

Alex Donnachie September Edit

September 26, 2011

Here’s some fresh footage of Alex Donnachie shredding the Perth skatepark.

Song: B.o.B – Magic ft. Rivers Cuomo
Some Mario Brothers.

Filmed and edited by Johny Cook

Photogallery – Red Bull Dreamline – Finals

September 26, 2011

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The finals from Red Bull‘s Dreamline went down this past Saturday. The format was once again very loose with everyone who didn’t make it into finals voting for the top 3 riders. With a line up of Brian Foster, Chris Doyle, Mike “Hucker” Clark, Luke Parslow, Dennis Enarson, Cory Nastazio, Gary Young and TJ Ellis in the finals, good things were obviously going to happen.
After the lines were touched up and watered by the building crew, the guys started rolling in on the trails. Once everyone was good and warmed up, the guys in the finals were given the heads up that the clock was going to start and they had an hour to impress everyone with everything in their bag of tricks.
Needless to say, the final jam turned into a full on session with almost everyone riding; not just the guys in the finals. As the time progressed, things started getting real hot with guys throwing down things they have never done or haven’t done in years. Everyone was vibing so well that once the clock ran out, nobody said anything and just let the guys keep going. It was an amazing decision since that’s when two double backflips came out (Hucker and then Luke Parslow) over the big booter, Dennis was destroying the shark fin, Doyle was dropping 720’s mid set and everyone in general was pushing it harder than any of the riding seen the entire weekend.
It wasn’t until Brian Foster went down with a possible torn ACL and the light was fading that the riders decided it was time to shut it down and cast their votes. It was apparent to everyone who would be taking home the cash this weekend.

I’d like to send a huge shout out to Red Bull for organizing one of the most amazing and relaxed contests ever. This is definitely one event that will go down in the history books as how things should be done in BMX.

FINAL RESULTS*
1. Luke Parslow
2. Dennis Enerson
3. Mike ‘Hucker’ Clark
*Only top 3 were ranked.
Official Press Release

Don’t forget to check out the qualifier photos right here.

Frenchy’s Tour – Meeting V2

September 26, 2011

This past summer, Frenchy’s Distribution invited Max Charveron, Nico Badet, Ben Gea, John Garcia, Julien Masse, Georgy Doremus, Adrien Lecomte and Hoang Tran out to meet and ride together. Here’s 8 minutes of goodness from what they accomplished in their time together.

Vitamin Water – Ben Snowden Edit

September 26, 2011

“Second video about Ben Snowden for his sponsor VitaminWater. i got the chance to spend 1 month with Ben then we decided to film some stuff during this time to make this video. His level is just awesome, Ben can ride everything and he will land the most of the tricks with only one try.

Enjoy this video and try to imagine when you wil be 31 years old if you can ride like him? that’s just amazing.

you can also see all his others sponsors on this edit like: power bar, hitman bike, protec & Vans

Filmed & edited by JC Pieri

filmed with a Canon 7D
lens:
– Canon fisheye 15mm f2.8
– Samyang fisheye 8mm
– Canon 75-300mm Macro f1.4
– Canon 50mm f1.8
– Canon Macro 100mm

Softwares: adobe premiere pro CS5 / after effect CS5 / twixtor plug-in”

Connecticut Update

September 26, 2011

Connecticut Update – More BMX Videos

“Despite the horrible weather lately, there is still a lot of riding going on in CT. Some great stuff from Will Talamelli, Tom Burke, Colton Civitello, Keon Sammy, Fakie Master, and Lil Stevie Churchill. The instrumental is “One At a Time” by Equilibrum, who is also a CT to CA transplant. Credit: Shane McLellan”