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… AND WE’RE BACK!

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Hello everyone, it has been a minute. As many of you know, last year I put the site on hold to pursue an opportunity with Ride BMX. Unfortunately there’s been some shake ups with the publisher and that meant I was cut from the editorial side of things. I don’t know much about what’s going on or what’s in store for Ride in the future, but I wish them the best and appreciate the opportunity.

Now! What does that mean for BMX Union? Well, that’s a good question. I kept the site live just incase things didn’t end up working out, and that meant that I could literally just log back in and go back to posting! That’s what I’ve done, and I think I’ve already posted 6 or 7 new things between products and news. I’m going to try and keep up with everything as best as I can, and I look forward to covering everything I can for every brand that has something good going on, whether that’s new videos, team news, products and more. Just like before!

However, I’ll be straightforward and honest. This isn’t a money making venture. You would think with over 500,000 Facebook fans and a surprising amount of traffic (the BMX Color App gets over 2,000 visitors on its own every day) that it would be, but this is BMX. Unfortunately that also means I’ve been juggling 4 jobs the past few years (This plus 3 OTHER jobs…) to keep things going. I won’t lie, I love doing this and the money isn’t a big factor for me. But, I would love to get a few contributors on board and I’d love to get some original content firing out again from videos to photos and editorial stuff. I don’t want people working for free. I’m tossing around the idea of bringing back the store, but in reality that never generated much for sales, so that is going to require some work to figure out. So, if any brands are interested in working out a plan for support, please let me know! I’m open to all ideas right now and I want this to be around so riders around the world can have somewhere to check out the latest products and news, and check out fresh videos from riders all over the world from Pro to the unheard of shredders out there.

So that’s what’s going on right now. I’m stoked to be back, and I’m looking forward to getting the wheels turning again. As I said a few months ago, I appreciate every single one of you who have visited the site, all of the brands and people that have supported the site over the years. None of this would be possible without you.

Let’s get this party started… again!

– Kurt

Game of B-I-K-E: Bruno Hoffmann Vs. Simone Barraco

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This one originally came out back on October 1st, 2012 (Wow, time flies), but Freedom BMX decided to upload it to their Youtube channel today, so we figured it would be a good time to give this gem a re up. Below is the original text, which still holds true to this day. What we would love to see is both of these guys go head to head in a game of BIKE again in 2016… Imagine how much both of these guys have progressed since this original game? Damn.

Watch: More Bruno Hoffmann Videos

Watch: More Simone Barraco Videos

“What happens when you put two of the newest most progressive street riders in the game, Bruno Hoffmann and Simone Barraco, head to head in a game of B-I-K-E? You get some seriously amazing riding.”

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Red Bull – Panos Manaras In Dubai

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There’s a number of places in the world that have become common travel destinations for BMX riders over the years. Places like Austin, Texas and Barcelona, Spain come to mind pretty munch instantly. It would appear that Dubai is another one of those places that we can expect to start seeing more and more as time goes on thanks to the insane architecture the city has and the dialed new Dubai Skatepark that makes an appearance in this video. Oh, and Dubai’s travel commission is a sponsor for Simple Session, too, so they must want us to come there, right?. Red Bull‘s Panos Manaras decided it was time to find out just what this place had to offer and made a trip over. Check out some amazing riding on some incredible spots, along with some bonus footage from what he got into off his bike.

Speaking of Dubai… Did you ever see that crazy Ken Block Gymkhana video from Dubai?

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In The Cut – The Shadow Conspiracy In New York City

Curious what the day of the premiere of “What Could Go Wrong?” was like for the Shadow Conspiracy team? Well, here’s a little behind the scenes look that follows the crew from first thing in the morning on up through the premeire and after party! Looks like it was one hell of a good day to us!

“When you belong to a team that is spread all over the world, an event that brings everyone together is something you can’t miss… In New York City during the first week of August, The Shadow Conspiracy did just that; the entire crew was in attendance (Scott we missed you) for the world premiere of their newest DVD project.

I came along to be a part of that experience, and to bring you a behind the scenes look at the team, up close and personal. Starting off the day in the right way, a high speed ride through Brooklyn to The House of Vans where the video was set to premiere that night. The team caught their very first viewing of the video only hours before the hundreds of awaiting riders feasted their eyes upon the video workings of Chadwick. Vans and Shadow put on one hell of a party for everyone of all ages and the jam at the House of Vans went down without a hitch and thanks to Darryl Nau we had the after hours situation all figured out! Follow The Shadow Conspiracy through their day leading up to the premiere of ‘What Could Go Wrong?’

Featuring: Albert Mercado, Seth Kimbrough, Johnny Devlin, Trey Jones, Lahsaan Kobza, Simone Barraco, Paul Ryan, Scott Ditchburn, Joris Coloumb, Eric Bahlman, Mark Burnett.

‘What Could Go Wrong?’ is available in select countries via iTunes and on DVD worldwide through any Shadow supported shop, mail order, and their online store.

Filmed and edited by Wes McGrath” – DIG

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Photogallery: FISE Montpellier 2015 – BMX Park Qualifiers

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Keeping the FISE Montpellier party going! The rain held out yesterday so that the guys could get loose for BMX Park qualifiers! Chase Davidson was out with his camera taking in all of the action and stacked some great photos of guys like Mark Webb, Ryan Taylor, Kenneth Tencio, Tom Justice, JB Peytavit and many, many more that you can check out in our new photogallery! Hit the link below to see all of the photos!

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Insight: Incase – DSLR Pro Camera Bag

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There’s a lot of photographers and filmers in BMX these days and a good camera bag is never a bad investment when it comes to hauling all your gear around. We recently got our hands on a DSLR Pro camera bag from our friends at Incase and we’re really psyched on it since our old Canon bag just wasn’t cutting it anymore. This bag has a lot of features and a super clean look, so we figured it would be a good idea to take a closer look and talk about just what makes this bag so good. Ready? Let’s do this.

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