Johnny Raekes Archives

Ends Footwear – Dawn On

July 22, 2022

It looks like there is a new BMX shoe in the game and they’re kicking things off with a heater! We haven’t heard of Ends Footwear until now, but they have a stacked team and they banged out this new team mix that you will NOT want to miss! Check it!

“We’ve got an absolute banger for you today via Ends Footwear, featuring none other than Julian Arteaga, Johnny Raekes, Justin Spriet, Trent Lutzke & Tyler Veatch doing what they do best. This is essential viewing folks! What a squad…

Video by Trent Lutzke” – DIG

Fiend – Johnny Raekes Signature Line Promo

April 1, 2022

If you don’t get excited every time Johnny Raekes‘ name pops up, you gotta be crazy. Here’s a short but sweet promo video for his signature frame and 4-pieces bars that are available now. As always, Johnny delivers with dialed riding you won’t want to miss! Check it!

Fiend In Salt Lake City

December 10, 2021

Today has been a good one for videos! Fiend just dropped this new video from their team trip to Salt Lake City, Utah where they absolutely slayed everything they came across. Hit play to check out 5 minutes of pure heat!

“SLUT features Lewis Mills, Garrett Reynolds, Matt Closson, Antonio Chavez, and Johnny Raekes in Salt Lake City, UT.

Film: Tony Ennis

Soundtrack:

Santana
…Treat
Santana (Legacy Edition)

Santana
Jingo
Santana (Legacy Edition)

FIEND BMX 2021” – Fiend

Source BMX – Battle of the Brands: Best of Street

January 13, 2021

The Source BMX “Battle of the Brands” video contest put Subrosa, Fiend, Cult and BSD head to head and it lead to some awesome videos. Here’s a compilation of the best riding from all the teams packed into a video for the street clips (although there are some park clips mixed in there). Even if you watched all the team videos, this is a super good watch. It’s easy to forget how many bangers went down for this. Take a look!

“Source BMX presents: Best of Street Edit from Battle of the Brands! Subscribe for more BMX videos like this! We compiled the best tricks from BOTB in one video. Featuring Garrett Reynolds, Colin Varanyak, Matt Closson, Johnny Raekes, Kriss Kyle, Dan Paley, Alex Donnachie, Sam Jones, Dakota Roche, Chase Dehart, Corey Walsh, Brandon Begin, Mark Burnett, Jabe Jones, Matt Ray, Lewis Colascione” – Source BMX

Fiend – Dark Days

December 26, 2020

You know you’re in a treat when the Fiend squad drop a new one! This time around they go to work on spots around Las Vegas and you better believe the spots lead to some heavy clips! Hit play because this is a must see for sure!

“ “DARK DAYS” features Garrett Reynolds, Colin Varanyak, Johnny Raekes, Ty Morrow, Antonio Chavez, & Matt Closson in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Film: Tony Ennis

Music:

Nirvana
“Something In The Way”
Nevermind

Nirvana
“All Apologies”
In Utero” – Fiend BMX

Fiend – Source BMX Battle of the Brands Riding Video

October 12, 2020

The Fiend team stuck to sunny San Diego in Southern California for their Source BMX Battle of the Brands video! Garrett Reynolds, Colin Varanyak, Matt Closson and Johnny Raekes loaded up the van to cruise street spots and parks around the area, knocking off challenges and throwing down plenty of dialed riding on everything they came across. Hit play and take a look at what went down.

Filmed and edited by Tony Ennis

Vote for your favorite video on the Source BMX Battle of the Brands Website!

Watch the Source BMX Battle of the Brands – Fiend Challenges Video

Fiend – Always Fiending

May 11, 2020

When the Fiend crew have a new video, you know it’s going to be a Must See that you can’t pass up! Here’s a look at Always Fiending that features Colin Varanyak and Garrett Reynolds absolutely CRUSHING it out in the streets with a mix of footage from the rest of the squad filmed throughout the world! As expected, everything about this BMX video from the riding to the filming and editing, and spots is super dialed. Get on that play button and take in all the bangers!

After watching this, go re-watch the “Fiending” video from 2014 and the Fiending In Sydney video,

““ALWAYS FIENDING” features full parts from Colin Varanyak (@colinlikewhat) & Garrett Reynolds (@reynoldsfiend) with appearances by Lewis Mills (@lewismillss) Ty Morrow (@tymoe) JJ Palmere (@jjpalmere) Antonio Chavez (@antonio1chavez) Matt Closson (@mattclosson) Mati Lasgoity (@mlridebmx) Augie Simoncini (@augiesimoncini) & Johnny Raekes (@johnnyraekesjr)

Filmed in Shanghai, Barcelona, Sydney, California, Nevada, Lyon, & New York

Film: Tony Ennis (@tony_ennis)

Additional Film: Ben Norris (@benorriss), Calvin Kosovich (@calvinkosovich), Alex Donnachie (@alex_donnachie), & Garrett Reynolds (@reynoldsfiend)

Music:

Colin Varanyak:
Ultimate Spinach
“(Ballad Of) The Hip Death Goddess”
Ultimate Spinach

Bruce Springsteen
“I’m On Fire”
Born In The U.S.A.

Team Montage:
Ultimate Spinach
“Fifth Horseman Of The Apocalypse”
Behold & See

Garrett Reynolds:
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
“Hammer Song”
Shout: The Essential Alex Harvey” – Fiend

Johnny Raekes “Headlights” B-Sides

May 31, 2019

The other day Johnny Raekes‘ section from the “Headlights” DVD was released online. Now, we get over 20 minutes of raw clips that were filmed while working on the video. This is packed with scraps, second angles, crashes and random clips that were filled along the way. Hit play and take it all in. After you do that, go give his full part a watch here — Johnny Raekes “Headlights” Section

“20+ Minutes of raw footage, raw talent, and raw determination from Johnny Raekes. What does it really take to produce a video part like Johnny’s in Headlights!? Watch and find out…

Video by Mike Mastroni” – Our BMX