Bob Manchester Archives

Stephen Murray: Staying Strong – Words From The Team

June 22, 2017

The next episode in the Stephen Murray‘s “Staying Strong” autobiography series continues. This time around we get some words from Stay Strong team riders Jordan Aleppo, Bob Manchester and Ben Wallace on how they became apart of the team and how influential Stephen has been to them and BMX as a whole. Check it!

“With Stephen Murray’s autobiography ‘STAYING STRONG’ release on 22nd June 2017, we caught up with some members of the BMX team. They tell us how much respect they have for Stephen, what kind of things they’re expecting in the book, and consider the impact it might have on the BMX world…

Videos by Jordan Aleppo, Bob Manchester and Ben Wallace.
Edited by Robin Pearson”

Villa Road – Saffron Walden Skatepark Session

May 8, 2016

The Villa Road crew are back with a new BMX video from one of the productive sessions they were able to get in at the Saffron Walden skatepark. This has footage from Damo Wilkinson, Bob Manchester, Inch Thomson, Matt Priest and Alex Coleborn for you to check out. With a line up like that, you should expect plenty of style! Hit play and enjoy!

““Get a bunch of bikes and ride em around with you’re friends… It’s the shit!” Tyler the Creator knows what’s up!

Featuring – Damo, Bob, Inch, Priest and Coleborn

Filmed & Edited – Andrew Inch Thomson”
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Spot Check – Adrenaline Alley Corby Skatepark

November 18, 2015

Ride UK released this new BMX video giving us a look at Adrenaline Alley Skatepark in Corby with riding from a few local pros that call the place home. Excellent riding, clean film work and it’ll definitely make you wish you lived closer to that place. We didn’t know there are trails or an outdoor plaza at that place either… I guess we don’t see much footage from those places pop up. Either way, this kicks ass, so hit play and enjoy!

“Adrenaline Alley with Alex Coleborn, Bob Manchester, Maxime Charveron, Tom Justice, Damo Wilkinson. Filmed and edited by Robin Pearson.”

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Work In Progress: Bob Manchester’s “The Yard Jam”

September 22, 2015

Over the past few months, we’ve been following Bob Manchester on the lead up to The Yard Jam that went down at his personal trails spot. After months of work and preparation, the jam went down and plenty of bangers happened. Check out this highlight reel to see just what went down along with some insight from Bob about the jam!

“Finally, after months and months of hard labour and preparation, the day of Bob Manchester’s ‘The Yard Jam’ has arrived! Watch how the crowd gathers, while crazy riding and good times all unfold in the series finale for ‘Work In Progress’ with Bob Manchester.

Made possible by Hoffman Bikes, Stay Strong Clothing and Crucial BMX Shop.” – Epic TV
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Crucial BMX – The Yard Jam 2015

September 21, 2015

Just spotted a little more footage from The Yard Jam over on Can You Dig It! This time around we get a video that Crucial BMX put together that gives us a look at a bunch of the riding that went down throughout the day. Take a look!

“Bob Manchester’s The Yard Jam is unlike any other competition, its one of the rare occasions when you can see jaw-dropping BMX as normal riders send themselves over 25ft doubles, down a vertigo-giving roll-in and out-of a Hoffman Bikes High Air Quarter Pipe!

I hope we don’t go two years until the next event as BMX needs more insanity like this!

Thanks to Bob and the Manchester Family for putting this on, it was a brilliant day.

Sorry if you didn’t get a name tag in the video, couldn’t remember everyone. Here are the people i knew:

Bob Manchester
Kaz Campbell (WRONG PERSON TAGGED ON VIDEO – SORRY!)
Damo Wilkinson
Declan Brooks
Alfie Lovell
Scott Turner
Del Shepherd
Danny Taylor (for driving)
+ Woodyard Locals and more….

Song: Harlem – Tila and Me”

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Bob Manchester’s “The Yard Jam 2015”

September 15, 2015

The first footage from Bob Manchester’s “The Yard Jam” finally surfacing! Here’s a video we spotted on Can You Dig It giving us a look at some of the action that wet down! As expected, the trails were massive and it looks like these guys were having a good time sending it over the jumps! Take a look!

“The last September 12 , Bob Manchester performed ” the Yard Jam 2015 ”
After months of hard work, Bob managed to unite behind help of their sponsors , several of the best riders and friends to carry out this Jam.

Starting:
Bob Manchester
Damo Wilkinson
Declan Brooks
Alfie Lovell
Scott Turner
Del Sheps Shepherd
David Gilchrist
And much more.

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Filmed with a Canon T3i camera, manual setting, Samyang 8mm and Wondlan Stedicam.

Edited in Premiere Pro CC 2015
Music: Foo Fighters – The Pretender”

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Work In Progress – Bob Manchester: Skateparks And Two Smoking Barrels

September 2, 2015

For the latest episode of Bob Manchester‘s “Work In Progress” series, he takes a break from the trails to spend some time cruising skateparks and shooting guns with the one and old Ben Hennon! As you can imagine, both of these guys brought tons of style to the table making for one damn good BMX video. Take a look!

“With Bob’s yard now taking shape for his jam, we decided it was time for a little more down time… So we scooted off t’up North for a weekend with the man himself who actually sung Bob’s praises to Hoffman Bikes in the first place. Mr. Ben Hennon, globally renowned for his DGAF attitude, huge tricks and two crazy dogs, was kind enough to host Bob for a long weekend of nothing but bikes and good times. This series proudly supported by Hoffman Bikes, Crucial BMX and Stay Strong Clothing.” – Epic TV

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If Money Were No Object, Would You Get Out And Ride?

July 31, 2015

Mike King put together an interesting video that asks a question that I’d be willing to bet a lot of you haven’t actually considered despite it being a pretty fair question…

“What would you do if money were no object? What would you do with your life, how would you spend your time, what would you you get up to? Would you be out on your bike at every opportunity?”

The video above features Bob Manchester and Ollie Shields who both have had videos showing us what they do for a living outside of BMX recently, which Mike produced. But it kind of goes to show that these two guys are working to support their habit of BMX.

I’d be willing to bet a lot of you, if you’re older working full-time, have a family or any of the countless adult responsibilities that keep you off your bike, would find more time to ride if you did have the money to keep you from working all the time.

… Man, how good would that be? A life of riding without having to work? We’re not talking being a pro rider because that is actually a lot of work with a lot of responsibilities and obligations. We’re just talking you have enough money to ride and do whatever you want without obligations… Talk about living the dream. It seems almost hard to explain because it’s such an unrealistic thought….

Let’s talk about this… Leave some thoughts in the comments!

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