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Boyd Hilder Welcome to Federal B-Sides

April 19, 2020

As many of you know by now, Boyd Hilder has quickly become a favorite rider for many because the guy can absolutely shred on everything he touches. Last year he joined the Federal Bikes team and dropped one hell of a Welcome video that was an absolute must see. Ben Norris decided it was time to put together the B-Sides that he collected while filming and editing the project, so we could get a behind the scenes look at what went down while making the video. Here’s a look at that footage. Needless to say, there’s still a bunch of great riding to take in, along with plenty of laughs. Check it out!

“The uncut crashes, outtakes & leftovers from Boyd Hilder’s 2019 video.” – Ben Norris

Watch Boyd’s full welcome video below…

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{winston} – Full Video

April 19, 2020

With the quarantine, we’ve been really fortunate to see a ton of full length BMX videos starting to surface online for everyone to enjoy! Here’s a new scene video we haven’t heard of called “{winston}” by Eoin Shiel that features a smaller crew over in Ireland going to work on local spots, along with footage from Canada, England and Spain! The riding is really solid, the spots are on point and the film work is real clean, especially considering it wasn’t filmed in HD. We’re digging the soundtrack as well. This is a really good watch from start to finish, so hit play and take this BMX video in!

“Here we are now.
Following on from 2012’s raincheck, {winston} is my second full length video project released on DVD.

Sections from:

Conor Winters,
Niall Wolfe/Donnacha Carroll,
Ryan Mollan,
Eóin Shiel,
Derek Johnson,
Ryan Aylward.

Riding from:

Ben Clarkson,
Eoin Flynn,
Jake Ryan,
John Wells,
Timeel Lewis,
Peter Adam,
Owen and Mason Gray,
Ben Falkenham and many more.”

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The Grindwheel BMX Quarantine Challenge

April 19, 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QPUTGrelpM

The quarantine has lead to a lot of people being stuck inside and not able to go out and ride much. Fortunately, it looks like plenty of sessions are going down still from driveway and backyard sessions to street sessions and more. Grindwheel BMX teamed up with Route Co. to do a quarantine challenge where riders from all over submitted clips that they compiled into this edit. The end result turned out real good with plenty of laughs and creativity mixed in. Hit play and check it out!

… Carole did it.

“This video was produced by Route Co. Creative with the Grindwheel BMX crew using “Cinebody,” a user directed/generated app for smartphone users. Participants from all over the US joined the challenge and self-filmed their best riding around and inside their homes keeping a safe distance from people outside their quarantine circle. Riders submitted clips into the 5 riding categories and then all the clips were compiled into this little edit cut together by Dustin Millard.

Produced by: Route Co. Creative — Dustin Millard & Davis James
Hosted by: Grindwheel BMX — Preston Solis
Platform: Cinebody.com

Riders:
Joey Hobart
Colin Gilmore
Alex Bogusky
Ryan Murray
Drew Graves
Dustin Millard
Michael Woodby
Emores Petty
Cormac
Logan W.
Davis James
Dev Burks (Master Chef)
Preston Solis
Mat Olson
Shane V.”

Mat Olson – 2019 / 2020 Remix

April 18, 2020

We’re always stoked to check out some new Mat Olson footage! Here’s a fresh mix he put together from the past year of traveling, riding and more. This is a mix of riding at parks, dirt jumps and demo ramp setups. This is loaded with a ton of great riding, with a super good mix of tricks keeping things interesting from start to finish. Take a look!

“This is a mix of clips from my 2019-2020 adventures. This edit includes clips from so many road trips and bmx shows along the way. I will have links to all these edits at the bottom:
– Camp Woodward Copper week 8
– Buses By the Bridge 2020
– Aircooled Adventures 2019

This mash up has most of my favorite moments (that I was able to capture) in a nut shell. Shows for Monster Jam, Nitro Circus Demos in Cali, Camp Woodward Copper, Frisco Bike Park sessions, Arvada session with the #pusherbmx homies, and of course a handful of @Aircooled_entertainment performances through the last year. Hop in, kick back, enjoy the ride… ” – Mat Olson

Sinco Crew Handycam Party

April 18, 2020

The Sinco Crew coming through with a fresh mixtape filmed on an OLD camera. Somehow the camera survived for over a year of filming and they ended up with a bunch of clips. The footage got pushed off to the side for a bit, but now that there’s plenty of time to be had due to the quarantine in Italy, Mattia Lussana decided to edit up the footage. Here’s a look! This is a mix of riding and random clips, making for a solid watch. Take a look! It’s pretty wild how much the quality of video has changed over the years.

“During these unprecedented times in postwar human history, Mattia Lussana graduated from his 2-year master’s degree and found out the time to finally edit these clips. Filmed in Video8 with his father’s 1995 Sony Handycam, this video includes riding from late 2018 and early 2019 that has been sitting on the hard drive for too long… so we felt it was the right moment to put it out, enjoy!

We just can’t wait to get back to ride our bikes and to party with all of you as soon as possible…

Riders (in order of appearance):

Luca Perrone – @perronzzz
Mattia Romanazzi – @tiamike_rb
Matteo Vitali – @teobmx
David Raimondo – @david_raimondo
Carlo Cagnetta – @doggybauwof
Mattia Lussana – @mattialussana
Umberto Nocchi – @giovedì_g_nocchi
Paolo Giaconi – @paologiaconi
Manuel Grisafi – @manuelgrisafi” – Sinco Crew

Van Homan Answers Important Questions

April 18, 2020

The Corona Conversations continue. This time around Kyle Carlson got on a Facetime call with Van Homan to ask him about everything from making the move back to the states from Japan, the Olympics and much, much more. This is a little over 34 minutes and a solid listen. Hit play and take it all in.

“Van Homan talks Olympic changes, being stuck in the United States, getting money from Slim Jim, tailwhipping the Kona gap, Wawa sandwiches, judging contests proficiently , and much more.” – Vital BMX

Cult “Knock ‘ Em Down” – Chase Hawk Clips

April 17, 2020

Cult coming through with another raw cut of footage from their “Knock ‘Em Down” / 28 Days In Arizona video. This time around we get just shy of 6 minutes worth of raw Chase Hawk clips! This is a mix of clips from the video, along with some b-roll, second angles and more. Needless to say, Chase always delivers an this is well worth a look!

After you watch the video, go re-watch the full “Knock ‘Em Down” / 28 Days In Arizona video!

Don’t forget to check out Sean Ricany’s raw “Knock ‘Em Down” Clips as well!

BMX News 4/17/20

April 17, 2020

Another week has flown by in Quarantine World. That means that it is time for Brant Moore to give you a full recap of the best BMX videos, the newest products and the latest news that popped up over the course of the week. Hit play and check out Brant’s breakdown up top, then check out everything he talks about in full down below.

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