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Mutiny Bikes – Maxime Bonfil: Control

June 24, 2016

Every time we see a video from Mutiny Bikes‘ French connect, Maxime Bonfil, we’re reminded that there is never enough footage of Maxime popping up online! This one is a double whammy for people we wish we saw more BMX videos from because Joe Simon was the man behind the filming and editing. Hit play to take in a bunch of footage these two collected during Maxime’s stay in Austin, Texas! Excellent riding and some dialed film work. You won’t be disappointed with this one!

“Hailing from the South of France, Mutiny’s Maxime Bonfil recently spent some time in Austin, Texas, and camera wizard Joe Simon documented Maxime’s silky smooth style on the concrete terrain that he enjoys so much.” – DIG BMX
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DIG BMX “Locals” – Jonny Devine

June 22, 2016

Although Jonny Devine might not be one of the “household names” in BMX, he’s definitely been on our radar for quite some time and we’ve been a big fans of his riding. Here’s a fresh new one DIG dropped from some time Jonny spent cruising a few parks with filmer Ryan Hallett where both of their styles went together to make one damn good BMX video. This has amazing riding and some real good film work. This one is a great watch from start to finish! Enjoy!

“You’ve seen them before – the local you’ve not heard of that out of nowhere destroys the park you just visited. The first in a new series called ‘Locals’ featuring some of the lesser know riders out there begins with Jonny Devine at a few parks in Devon, UK called Chudleigh and Tiverton while visiting filmer Ryan Hallett last summer. The rest of the edit was then shot up around Preston where Jonny lives, at Preston park, Huyton and Manchester. Style appreciators take note!

Filmed and edited by Ryan Hallet” – DIG
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Lost In The Ozone – A Remembrance Of Brian Histand

June 21, 2016

It was announced back in January that Brian Histand’s body was found after a nearly 3 year search from when he mysteriously went missing and nobody knew exactly where he was or what was going on. It’s still hard to believe BMX lost Brian. He was definitely one of a kind and nothing short of amazing, just ask anyone that knew him. The crew over at DIG just released this video that Sean Burns compiled from photos and some of his riding footage from over the years for you to enjoy and remember Brian with. There’s also a bigger piece on the DIG website where Sean, Dave Krone, Tim Coyne and Mike Purcey all chime in on Brian and just who he was and how he impacted and influenced their lives. You can, and should, check it out here — Lost In The Ozone – A Remembrance of Brian Histand.

Rest in Peace, Brian. You will never be forgotten.

“When elders speak of young deaths as a shame, I find it contradicting when it comes from someone who has barely left the state they were born in. Brian Histand died young. Yet Brian lived a life more exciting than millions who have lived over seventy five. The details of Brian’s missing time period and death I will leave out of detail. Brian is gone now and the focus is on the things that he did positive when he lived. Which was nearly everything that he did. It is rare that I meet a human who is constantly so optimistic that in any situation or circumstance.. they are laughing through all of it. Even during times of pain and misfortune, Brian was laughing. There were times that I feared for Brian’s life in which quickly turned into him making a joke about how much he must have just looked like claymation whilst crashing. I traveled with Brian off and on for four to five years. Never once did I see him take a negative route for any situation. Not to mention he was a constant comedian. No matter the time or place, Brian always had room to goof off. That is an attribute I can admire. He didn’t waste time over reacting or turning situations negative.

We were confronted by an angry pedestrian with threats of a swinging sledge hammer and he bursted into tears laughing at the guy. Normally I would have imagined it would increase the dangers of the situation but in this case it led to the sledge hammer freak to chill out and laugh about it too. Perhaps there was an extended energy with Brian that induced people to chill out. I can’t say I ever met anyone that was mad at Brian. Truly or even remotely upset with him. The energy he splattered into the BMX world was the same style. I never met anyone that hated on his riding. He was super talented and could do any trick really that he wanted to learn yet he wanted to do what rocked his socks off… Jump big shit! He was such a fan of fast, loose, and exhilarating riding. He wanted to find the next big set up. The next big bongo launcher that he could sail off of. If you take into account some of the things he’s done and saw the run ups in person you would totally understand that he is one of the craziest BMXers to have existed thus far. That could be my personal opinion but if you have seen a handful of the spots he has accomplished and attempted in person.. you’d know there are not many that would pursue the same.

The video I put together of Brian is a combination of footage from Bone Deth road trips. From Surfin’ for the Ugly Broads DVD, to the rotten video, gypsy tour, and many more. Mostly shot by myself, Dean Dickinson, Ryan Navazio, and Dave Krone. There is a ton more footage of Brian out there. From his Tempered edits, to the Yo guy DVD and more. But this footage consists of the time that I traveled with Brian.

I will never forget the day I rode face first into a steel telephone pole nearly knocking myself out because I had just watched Brian do a 360 bunny hop table so flat that i lost concentration and magnetized to the nearest pole with my face. Still to this day I have never seen anyone bunny hop table 360 straight off the ground so good. That Histand hop will be ringing in my brain forever. The pain included I do not even regret. I hope this video gives a slight glimpse into Brian’s madness and positivity. A truly great rider and great friend.… a deadman before death.. and now forever. RIP BRIAN HISTAND.” – Sean Burns

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Nathan Williams and Corey Martinez – Viva United

June 20, 2016

It’s always a good day when a new BMX video pops up featuring United‘s Nathan Williams and Corey Martinez. Hit play to get some insight into the trip the crew took from Austin, Texas to Monterrey, Mexico to spend some time cruising around the city, along with a jam with the Prisen BMX Shop locals. Amazing spots, excellent riding, dialed film work. Enjoy!

Bonus points for some clips from Tony Cardona and the legend Ian Morris.

“Viva Mexico, Viva United! During Cinco De Mayo weekend Corey Martinez, Nathan Williams, boss-man Ian Morris and ‘Still United’ lensman, Peter Adam headed south of the border from Austin to Prisen BMX Shop in Monterrey, Mexico for their anniversary jam and some fun along the way. Look out for a special appearance from Tony Cardona at 5-hip ditch in Austin and a whole lot of crazy clips from the United dudes while on the road. Those guys are unreal.

Filmed and edited by Peter Adam” – DIG
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On The Spot with the Odyssey Team

June 17, 2016

During the Odyssey VS Miami trip, DIG sat the Odyssey‘s young gun squad down to ask them a bunch of questions. Other than the uhms, ahs and frequent “what’s that mean?”, this is a pretty good watch with a bunch of laughs.

“In between dealing with really angry Floridians while we were on the recent Odyssey Miami trip, we sat down for a while with Odyssey’s young guns to ask them some tricky questions about each other, BMX and much more. Featuring Travis Hughes, Matt Nordstrom, Justin Spriet, Brandon Webster, and even Broc Raiford post-beach. This is pretty funny…”
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Division Brand – CBD Sessions: Melbourne

June 16, 2016

The Division Brand squad coming through with a new team mix that’s packed full of heat from some of the time each of the guys were able to spend out in Melbourne! Amazing riding, great film work and some real good spots. You won’t be disappointed with this BMX video!

“This has been one Cooper Brownlee and the Division dudes have been working on gradually as each of the crew came through town and it worked out to be a right piece for the eyeballs. Shot around the city area of Melbourne, Australia with Chris Whyte, Mitchell McDonald, Cooper himself, Daniel Johnson, Carraig Troy, Rhys Gogel and Wolfgang Ray. Dudes killed it.

Filmed and edited by Cooper Brownlee. Additional filming by Chris Bracamonte, Pat Freyne, Carraig Troy and Chris Whyte” – DIG BMX

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“Permission Pool” – Till It’s Dark

June 15, 2016

It’s not every day that you get the chance to ride a pool and it’s definitely even fewer and farther between getting the chance to ride a pool with the owners permission. That wasn’t the case when Adam Banton had a pool that was about to undergo some heavy maintenance and gave it the all clear for a session before the work started. Hit play to check out what Drew Hosselton, Jason Lorenz, Pat Burkin, Corey “Ginja Ninja” Fedder, Matt Fisbeck, Brad Pacheco and Adam Banton all cooked up for clips during the session! Looks like it was a well taken advantage of opportunity to us!

“Arizona and pools. There are so many of them, even in the modest neighborhoods every other house has one. When they leak, they can be troublesome and have to be drained to get fixed. And that trouble is any persons opportunity with a watchful eye and good timing. The word “Permission Pool” is a phrase that releases a lot of stress and a dream come true for any rider that enjoys some carves in an empty pool. We had limited time to get a solid session in and unfortunately no pegs on the coping had to be enforce. But that didn’t stop us enjoying a basic pill shape pool. We had to get creative on the lines. But luckily the pool was old which usually means the transition is gonna be good. I invited some guys over that I knew would appreciate this rare session and keep the invite list to a minimum. We didnt set out to get crazy moves for Instagram or set out to film an edit at all actually. But in between runs I was inspired to pick up my camera and start gathering photos and film trying to capture the positive vibe that was so strong this afternoon. Some notable things happened during this session, and wasn’t just lines or tricks.

-1 rider rode his first pool.
-1 rider air’ed his first stairs.
-1 rider oppo air’ed his first stairs.
-2 riders met for the first time and became friends.
– 4 chips in the concrete were made and no one cared.
-everyone pedaled in the pool, and it didn’t matter.
-airing the forgiving stairs and casing it was always followed by high 5’s.
-Everyones hands were on their grips more than smart phones.

Hopefully you can feel the good vibe from this and go out to create your own new friends, sessions and explore all BMX has to offer. – Adam Banton

MUSIC: Christie Front Drive “November”

Photo’s, Filming & Editing: Adam Banton
Additional filming: Pat Burkin

Special thanks to Christie Front Drive for music rights and a life of inspiration.”

In The Cut – LA Filming Mission with Monster Energy

June 13, 2016

Remember when the Monster Energy crew rolled through Los Angeles a month or two back and they ended up with the BMX Day 2016 #BEAPARTOFIT promo? Well, here’s a behind the scenes look at what went down when they were filming for for it from the riding to what the guys were getting into off their bikes. Take a peek!

“We flew out to Los Angeles a few months back to meet up with Dan Lacey, Dakota Roche, Alex Donnachie, Ben Lewis, Ed Zunda, Will Stroud, Rich Forne and Monster Energy TM Tom Creasy to see what was going on behind-the-scenes of the new Street Series/BMXDAY commercial and hit up the Street Series / Thee Block street jam that week. Along the way we also hang with snapchat addict Corey Martinez, Thee Block’s Aaron Brenner and Tony Neyer, happy snapper Chris Mortenson, Grip Thang inventor Shawn McIntosh, Nathan Williams and his dog bear and more. Enjoy!” – DIG
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