Get a look at this month’s video from Brian Tunney!

It’s April 1st, and that means that like clockwork Brian Tunney has released his new edit giving us a look at his flatland garage sessions over the past month! Hit play for just under 3 minutes worth of clips he filmed! You already know it’s well worth a watch!

“March 2023: I had no plan. I started out by doing a triple pinky squeak walk around to g-turn hitch, because I did the single version in January and the double version in February. But after that, everything was on the table. What happened was, I ended up boxing myself into three distinct categories throughout the month: pinky squeaks, undertakers and rolling juggler links. And it was a lot of work.

In retrospect, I’m pretty happy with how everything turned out, and think that three of the links in the above video will definitely count to my year end compilation, which I won’t complain about in March.

I’m kinda out of words this month, so I’ll keep this short. The one thing I will say is that the second to last trick legitimately took two nonstop hours to film, and I grinded bars during the hitchhiker part. I used to hate grinding bars during hitches (there’s a huge scar on my right knee from when sharp bars punctured my knee at age 15…) but because this took so long to land, and because my garage floor is smooth enough to allow bars grinding during a hitchhiker, I decided it was good enough.

Oh, and I got a haircut.

Soundtracks provided by the barking dog in my neighborhood, Chisel, The Appleseed Cast, The Van Pelt, Jawbox, Fugazi, my handlebars grinding and Songs: Ohia.” – Brian Tunney

It’s March 1st and Brian Tunney has a new one to check out!

One more month down, one more month closer to warm weather! Brian Tunney keeping the monthly edits from his flatland sessions going! Here’s a look at what the got into in his garage over the course of February! Plenty of real solid riding, along with a little singing mid combo! Take a look.

“ February in Austin literally started off with an ice storm: roughly 3-5 days of freezing temperatures, downed tree limbs, no electricity for a lot of people (we managed to squeeze by) and icy roads basically shut everything down for the first week of February.

Then it ended, and almost 28 days later, I was riding in shorts and sweating profusely. “Talk about the weather or how the weather used to be” said John K. Samson of The Weakerthans once upon a time.

February is almost a repeat of January, except I tried to do a few more pinky squeaks in the first part of the trick. Pinky squeaks are almost a forgotten art and though there are several masters out there (Scott Powell, Chase, Paul Osicka to name a few), you don’t see a lot of them anymore. My aim with this month was to try to do 2-3 in each trick and see how it felt. The result: they are still pretty hard and take a lot of concentration and focused breathing to do well. (I do this silly thing where I hold my breath during a lot of tricks and I’m trying to break that.) This video is the result of my February pinky squeak challenge, minus a few days for an ice storm and a trip to New Orleans/Florida. So, this is two weeks of riding basically, ending with an abrupt camera fall.

Soundtracks provided by the barking dog in my neighborhood, The Jealous Sound, Chisel, Karate, Knapsack, Sunny Day Real Estate and Pelican.” – Brian Tunney

It’s February 1st and Brian Tunney is on top of it!

If there’s one person we can count on to remind us that it’s a new month, it’s Brian Tunney thanks to his monthly edits. Not only is he on top of dropping edits on the 1st of every month, but he’s going into the 5th year of consistency! Here’s a look at what he got into during his flatland sessions over the course of January! No shortage of rad clips to see, so get on that play button and enjoy!

“Welcome to another year of me getting older and riding in my garage. If you’ve made it this far, I applaud you. To start the new year, I had no big plans or ideas to really charge into (I am not a new year, new you person.) Instead, I figured I would l just see what happened and go with it. Around the start of the new year, I was messing with double and one and a half tailwhips/pinky squeaks in the garage and so I decided to just devote a lot of time to that position and all of the places it could take me.

Not surprising, it can get you into a lot of places. But, it’s definitely a use your front brake in tight circumstance trick since my brakeless pinky squeaks take up about 10-15 feet of travel per tailwhip. So the plan went awry once the bike without brakes came out and I ultimately decided that too much structure around riding isn’t a good thing. (says the guy who committed three years to undertakers…)

I also edited out a few clips that were basically done cause I wanted to ride even though the wind, wet weather and cold got in the way. So this is absent three tricks that were done outside in the bleak Texas winter and you don’t have to thank me for saving your time.

Bottom line: welcome to year 5 of monthly videos. Thanks as always for watching.” – Brian Tunney

Brian Tunney has completed another year of monthly videos!

There aren’t always a lot of things you can count on, but one thing we always know is that Brian Tunney will deliver a fresh video on the first day of two of every new month! Here’s a look at what he got into during his December 2022 flatland sessions in his garage, marking another full year of monthly edits! Take a look at what he cooked up for clips!

“No brakes, no undertakers, no youthful vigor to close out 2022! A lot of these are pre-undertaker Brian’s go-to no brakes techniques (meaning you’ve probably seen them already) but regardless, they’re still fun to do and a break from a heavy year of 80s and early 90s influence of the past year. Here’s to a new year!” – Brian Tunney

Brian Tunney takes a look back at 2022!

With the year coming to close, Brian Tunney decided to go through all his clips he filmed for his monthly recap videos and put together his best clips in one video. Hit play to check out all the gems Brian pulled out during his garage sessions!

“I compiled all of my favorite clips from the past year. Most of these, especially the undertakers, were tough combos that sometimes took hours or days to land. Starting on January 1, the double barspin undertaker to smith was something that I honestly tried for days between Christmas and New Year’s 2021. And then it just magically happened when I least expected.

I don’t usually feel too accomplished with my riding but looking back, it’s nice to know I was able to learn some new things, combine old things and still enjoy riding flatland at the age of 48. Here’s to a new year, thanks for watching!

And if you like the song, please purchase the album (and new EP) here: https://davidknudson.bandcamp.com/” – Brian Tunney

New month, new Brian Tunney video!

The end of the year is near, and with November wrapping up we get a look at Brian Tunney‘s monthly edit! Check out what he got into during his flatland sessions between the garage and a spot outside! As always, Brian delivers with real solid riding!

“1. I escaped the garage for a day. The basketball courts near my house aren’t that great, and I mistakenly did a trick I already did just over two years ago. So I found it, did that picture in a picture thing and it looks pretty much the same on a different bike with a different setup.
2. I went pretty hard on windshield wipers this month (actually only a few days…) This is a cancan undertaker windshield wiper. They are not as satisfying as doing the full undertaker.
3. I also did some rolling this month. This is nothing new. I think I can safely say I’ve been doing rolling around the worlds for 25 years now. That hurts my brain to say.
4. Another windshield wiper undertaker version.
5. Another pretty standard front wheel rolling link for me. This was on a Heresy tire and to be honest, I’m not sure if the shape works best for compact garage riding or my tendency to want to roll forward, then turn, then go straight again.
6. There’s a very famous scene in Dorkin in York 1 where Kevin Jones does a standup backwards infinity roll in his garage while his mom takes out the trash. I used that as inspiration for this infinity roll to undertaker.
7. This one was in my notes for a while. Undertaker, stall underneath into upside down wheelie, then rebate back to the original side. It doesn’t look great, but it felt nice to cross it off the list.
8. I switched to a 1.75 Odyssey Super Circuit tire and everything started rolling easier in the garage. This was the result.
9. And then I started messing around with front wheel tricks on the bike that has become the undertaker bike. A few minutes before landing this, I took a supplement called Brain Boost in my coffee and then this happened, pretty easily (for me). I can’t say for sure if a silly coffee enhancer helped me land this but it did make me wonder.
10. And because I was fooling around with infinity rolls, this had to happen: Infinity roll to backwards flail boomerang.” – Brian Tunney

It’s already November?

October has flown by and once again we’re wondering where the month went. As always, Brian Tunney has a fresh video giving us a look at what he got into during his flatland sessions over the course of the past month. Once again, Brian delivers with some great riding, a few laughs and a proper break down below! Take a look.

“1. Started with the latest low-impact crash I had. I lived. The bike just needs to remind me who’s in charge every now and again.
2. What I was trying in number one: a tailwhip to switch foot gerator to junkyard to undertaker. Nothing too crazy but fun.
3. I had never done a backwards rolling ankledeath before, for good reason. You’re basically blind aiming to get your foot back on the pedal.
4. Improvising: I didn’t even know what was going to happen here and just let it happen, then naturally went to undertaker. The landing of the undertaker here makes me laugh cause it looks like I’m having a brain fart and holding on for dear life.
5. Try to do this once a year cause I used to really enjoy them. Now it’s just kinda work.
6. Just a barspin-barspin back undertaker.
7. And then my brain went here: do that but add a cancan at the end….
8. My normal rolling combo ended badly.
9. My normal rolling combo with a hitch at the end.
10. Just a stalled undertaker to rope-a-roni.
11. The behemoth that almost did me in this month: An undertaker to rope-a-roni to undertaker. This thing took two hours and 40 minutes of attempts to land and finally came together right before my brain and body were ready to give up. Here’s the kicker: I tried it casually one morning and came really close to landing it within 5 minutes. Then a few days later, after committing time to land it, it became impossible. Once I got it, I was very happy to never have to do it again, so enjoy it here.” – Brian Tunney

New month, new Brian Tunney video!

It’s October! With every new month, we get a new Brian Tunney to start things off right! As always, Brian delivers with a ton of solid flatland riding and music selection to enjoy. Check out what Brian cooked up for clips during his garage sessions, then check out more details about each clip below!

“A few weeks ago, following the proliferation of undertakers I post on Instagram, Canadian flatland legend Shane Neville (of Flatland Manifesto and Ronin) suggested I try to add a cancan to the end of undertakers.

Thirty days later, this is the result. It’s a hodge podge of undertakers, randomness, one wall bounce and some old school BMX things I hadn’t done in a few years. And, instead of stressing over next to impossible tricks, I had fun with the oldies.

Here’s a quick rundown if you’re curious:

1. The first barspin undertaker to cancan I landed.
2. The first double barspin undertaker to cancan I landed. (while it was raining outside, hence the weird angle)
3. The same stupid rolling combo I usually do, but this time, I grab the frame on the invisible hand part.
4. Tailwhip to undertaker to one-foot long rope-a-roni. (I need more space to roll this further.)
5. Tailwhip to undertaker to cancan.
6. Cancan to undertaker to cancan. (Kinda stupid but oh well.)
7. Peg wheelie to undertaker. (Super old but still fun.)
8. Peg wheelie to undertaker to cancan in a really stupid hat. (I was having trouble getting this right and then thought, if you wear the dumb hat, you’ll land it first try. That was unfortunately a correct assumption.)
9. Half-hiker to dave duster to fire hydrant to backward hitchhiker to wall bounce inspired by Mark Lewman’s sequence from Freestylin’ over 30 years ago.
10. Footjam to smoothie boomerang smith decade thing.
11. Squeaker to undertaker.
12. Shane’s original trick request: Throw a cancan in between the undertaker and smith decade. I thought this would take a few months to get right but it only took an hour and five minutes.

Until October, keep your feet on the pegs but keep reaching for the stars…” – Brian Tunney