Brian Tunney keeping the monthly videos going! Although it sounds like June wasn’t the best month for him riding wise, it looks like Brain pushed through to get some sessions and film a few clips! Take a look at what he came up with!

“So it’s June, 2020, and by the end of May, I was still going down the undertaker rabbit hole I’ve been visiting since last year. I knew it had to end, or at least lay dormant for a time, but I wanted to get undertaker to gerator to backyard to undertaker filmed just once before I let up on undertakers. It was not an easy task for me, but it eventually happened.

The rest of the month, my motivation was in the toilet. I still went out and managed a few things but I also understand that stepping back is just as important as riding.

Then came the peg-to-peg decade. It’s a trick in the don’t mess with box for me, because I’ve fallen, really bad, more than a few times, when I attempted it as teen. I managed one, then two this past month. And the wheels in my brain started turning. It’s still something I want to explore but I’m also just a little excited that I managed to overcome a past fear and move a tiny bit past it. I’ve still got a long way to go, and I might never get there, but for the time being, it’s nice to revisit a piece of BMX past.” – Brian Tunney

Brian Tunney followed the social distancing rules by catching flatland sessions over the course of May. As always, Brian delivers a fresh edit giving us a look at what he got into over the course of the past month. Hit play to watch some great flatland riding, along with another proper song selection.

It’s a new month, and that means that it’s time for Brian Tunney to give us a look at what he’s been getting into during his solo flatland sessions! As always, Brian delivers with some great riding, and a song selection that we’re sure you’ll be into, too. Take a look!

“This has been edited down because I did a lot of goofy, slow riding the past month, more for my own edification than anything. Honestly, when the whole world seems to be breaking down, BMX riding falls way down on the list of priorities, so I just stuck to some basics and did things that felt good in April. I’m surprised I got anything done. I’m also surprised that this Self Defense Family song seems to work well with slow flatland riding.

Go support the band here: https://selfdefensefamily.bandcamp.com/“

There’s a lot of uncertainty in the world these days, but fortunately there are some things that are still there to keep the sanity. Things started getting real weird over the course of March, but Brian Tunney kept things normal by catching his solo flatland sessions. Here’s a look at what he was able to come up with while keeping his distance. Bonus points for having an audio track with this one! Take a look!

“How the hell did I manage to ride the past month? I don’t really know. When the month began, things were still semi-normal and riding was just something I did to pass the time and have fun. Then, the first week ended and things started getting really weird fast.

To maintain a sense of normalcy, I forced myself out of the house to ride a few times, and then some more. At first, avoiding the news, getting away from it all, was not something I wanted to do. But as I’ve learned in the past, going through the routine, even when it’s not something you might want to do, helps.

So I did just that. And apparently, the rest of the world decided to go outside at the same time. At first, the semi-empty park filled up with people quick. And then, the cops took out the basketball hoops and closed off the playground, and suddenly, Redondo Beach became a ghost town. If you listen to this video, as the month progresses, the background noises become less and less.

I’m not sure of what might happen tomorrow or next week, but I’m gonna continue to go do old, shitty flatland tricks because it helps me push on.” – Brian Tunney

Here’s one we didn’t expect to see this month, but it looks like Brian Tunney is in the good habit of making an edit every month from his flatland sessions! Here’s a raw cut of footage from some of his riding he got in last month! Just missing a proper music selection like he has done in his past videos!

“Again, I had no intention of keeping this monthly series going. But then I rode a few times and re-discovered my affinity for the “magic hand.” For those not in the know, it’s basically a whiplash to dave duster in which you cross your hand under and grab the seat. It’s not far off from an opposite elbow glide but your grab the seat instead of pinching it under your elbow.
Years and years ago, I first saw Mongoose pro Chris Lashua do it and had to learn it immediately. As far as the first trend of rolling tricks went, it flew under the radar and then went dormant once two-footed hitchhiker tricks swallowed up the world. (I’m sure some people were still doing it but I never really saw too much of it after the birth of the hitchhiker. Don’t get mad if you were one of those people…)
Anyway, I always liked it and return to it every few years to say hi, see what’s new and feel it out. On this particular bike, it’s pretty easy to swing into and glide effortlessly. That could be weight, the new tire, the 48-spoke wheel, who knows. It just feels good so I’m not going to argue with that too much.
Bonus info: I had the cover of Props issue 18 doing a magic hand with mailing tape on my handlebars to hold down an out-of-control Gyro cable” –

Here’s one we didn’t expect to see after Brian Tunney completed his goal of doing a video every month for 2019. It looks like he decided to keep it rolling thanks to a fresh new setup. Hit play to check out a bunch of solid clips from the flatland sessions he got in over the course of January. This is just missing music since that’s one thing we always look forward to with Brian’s videos. Either way, worth a look! Check it!

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It’s a new month, a new year and a new decade, which means it’s time for a new edit from Brian Tunney showing us what he got into during his flatland sessions over the course of December. This edit marks 12 consecutive months of edits, which is awesome. This one is a little different than usual, with no music. However, the riding is still on point! Hit play and check out the riding!

“December basically turned into a month of undertaker B-sides. In between holiday craziness, getting sick, the disappointment of Star Wars and a lot of in general BS to contend with throughout the month of December, I managed the above. It’s not that impressive but hey, you can’t win them all.

This also marks a full year of monthly riding videos, which was my aim last year. So yeah, ’45-year-old man does stupid BMX tricks for a year, documents it’ is what my life has become.

And because it was the end of the decade on Dec. 31, I had to finish with an old favorite: the smith decade. Onward and upward into the new year….” – Brian Tunney

Maybe it’s the whole getting older thing, but time seriously flies by these days. November has already burned by us and we’re into December. With a new month comes a new edit from Brian Tunney to enjoy! Here’s a mix of clips Brian whipped up from his sessions that he got in. Like pretty much all of us, he got hooked on one particular trick and tried to see how many ways he could mix it into things and really dial it in. Needless to say, this is a real solid watch if you’re looking for some flatland goodness. Check it out!

“Full disclosure here: The first beach clip (lawnmower to undertaker) was filmed in late October after I finished the October video. Following that day, we went to Thailand for 10 days, so I didn’t start riding again until Nov. 10. But in the time off the bike, I became weirdly obsessed with undertakers, as evidenced by this video. So I decided to basically devote a month to the long lost art of the classic 80’s undertaker, and this is the result.

A bit of background here: When undertakers first arrived on the scene in BMX, I was 12-13 and not very big. Not that I’ve grown into a huge adult or anything, but undertakers on a classic ’80s BMX bike for a 12-year-old were next to impossible. I just couldn’t reach the bars during the underneath transition portion. So I basically just moved on to things I could do and forgot about undertakers. A few years ago, I started messing with them again but always got to a weird point where they became tougher with each attempt to do them. So again, I had to forget about them for a while and start anew.

Now, finally, at age 45, over 30 years after the undertaker debuted on the BMX scene, I’m getting a little more grasp on them. That grasp will assuredly go away when I least expect it, but this video is slight proof that for one month in 2019, I could kinda do them. Sorry for what comes across to me as a cocky intro, and thanks as always to Mark Kozelek for lighting the way.” – Brian Tunney