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Colin Varanyak brings us along for the Cinema Is Fiending SoCal Tour…
Here’s a video that Colin Varanyak uploaded giving us a little behind the scenes look at what the Cinema and Fiend crews have been getting into during the “Cinema Is Fiending SoCal Tour” so far. This gives you a look at a little bit of the riding, plenty of laughs and good times being had a more! We cannot wait to see the final video from this one, it should be amazing with a heavy crew like this bouncing around to spots.
Take a closer look at Johnny Raekes‘ current setup!
The crew over at Animal Bikes caught up with Johnny Raekes to take a closer look at his current Fiend setup decked out top to bottom in Animal and Fiend parts. The bike is built for the streets and it’s safe to say it can take a beating (check out Johnny’s latest video below). You can check out a bunch of photos, a full parts list and a short Q&A with Johnny over on the Animal website — Johnny Raekes Bike Check!
What do you think of Johnny’s setup? Let us know what’s on your mind in the comments below! Also, check out Johnny’s “No Sleep Out East” video that dropped the other week below as well!
“Johnny Raekes drops bombs on the East Coast in his latest offering.
Despite a heavy forecast of rain, Johnny Raekes managed to lay banger after banger while sampling some of the East Coast’s finest spots between Philadelphia and NYC.
Film/Edit: Justin Benthien” – Animal Bikes
The Cinema and Fiend crew are heading out on tour in Southern California!
Some of the Cinema BMX and some of the Fiend team are loading up for a SoCal tour where they’ll be hitting up a few skateparks and throwing a jam in October! Here’s the official word below…
“We’re psyched to announce the “Cinema is Fiending SoCal Tour” starting October 7th at Robb Field Skatepark in San Diego and ending with Fiending the 13th at Sheldon Skatepark. Riders include Ty Morrow, Garrett Reynolds, Chad Kerley, Johnny Raekes, Colin Varanyak, and Nathan Williams.”
Animal Bikes dropped Johnny Raekes on the East Coast to go to work on spots…
Animal Bikes coming in hot with some fresh footage featuring Johnny Raekes going to work on street spots from New York City on down to Philadelphia. As always, Johnny cooks up a bunch of technical grind combos, making everything look so easy. This is packed full of goodness, so get on that play button and enjoy this BMX video!
“Johnny Raekes drops bombs on the East Coast in his latest offering.
Despite a heavy forecast of rain, Johnny Raekes managed to lay banger after banger while sampling some of the East Coast’s finest spots between Philadelphia and NYC.
Film/Edit: Justin Benthien” – Animal Bikes
When we saw the name of the new Backpack from Animal Bikes we instantly had a flashback of the Osiris G-Bag and having to use the backpack to carry around all the D batteries it burned through with its speakers… After further inspection the Loud Pack from Animal is not actually a backpack with speakers, but it is a solid backpack that is built to take on the added abuse of cruising around the streets with it on. Below you can check out a promo video featuring Johnny Raekes cruising with it, along with a few teaser clips for his new video dropping later this week. After that, we have photos and more details on the backpack!
“Loud Pack Backpacks available NOW!
NEW Johnny Raekes edit dropping 8/25!”
“The Animal Bikes Loud Pack provides you with the durability and carrying capabilities you need. Available in two color combinations, black & brown and black & gray. -Full 500D nylon oxford construction -Custom laser ectched carabiner -Internal laptop compartment -Reinforecd bottom -Adjustable chest strap -Front woven label -Large screen printed logo in the back – OD 19.18″ x 12.45″ x 8.58″” – Animal Bikes
The Loud Pack is available through BMX shops and mail-orders that carry Animal Bikes for $59.99 now.
Here’s one we’re sure a bunch of you have been waiting for! Check out the Animal Bikes new Animal House In Los Angeles video where the crew spent a few weeks exploring the city and crushing spots. Below you can find a super dialed video giving you a look at what went down! You won’t want to miss this. Everything from the riding to the film work is amazing.
“Animal took their tried and true recipe of no-frills street riding to the urban sprawl of Los Angeles. Featuring their west coast contingent along with some east coast heads, the squad includes Augie Simoncini, Colin Varanyak, Andrew Castaneda, Johnny Raekes, Hobie Doan, Abdul Fufanah, Jonathan “Twinn” Jaramillo, Charles Littlejohn, Richard Hernandez, Clay Johnson, and Gabe Brooks. The dudes put a few new twists on some old spots, and unearth some fresh gems as well” – Ride BMX
“We have expanded our team to include an insane crew from the west coast like never before with Andrew Castaneda, Demarcus Paul (who got hurt right before the project), Johnny Raekes, Hobie Doan, Charles Littlejohn, Gabe Brooks and Richard Hernandez. We also have two of our top pros, Augie Simoncini and Colin Varanyak—who originally hail from the east coast—currently calling California home as well. So it only made sense for us to get them altogether and do their thing. We rounded out the squad with a couple of our top east coast riders, Abdul Fufanah and Jonathan “Twinn” Jaramillo, and Clay Johnson from Arizona to add to the mayhem. The riding that went down was wild, insane, technical, dope, crazy, smooth, and above all… motivating to get you to hit the streets right after you watch it. Thank you for your support of Animal and real BMX street riding.” —Ralph Sinisi, Owner of Animal Bikes
Filmed by Mike Mastroni and Calvin Kosovich
Edited by Calvin Kosovich
Did you ever see Animal House New York City? Make sure you check that out!
Have you seen all of the footage from the Vans BMX Street Invitational yet? Here’s a little more for your viewing pleasure! This time around we get a look at what went down during the finals of the AM contest. Although these are technically “AMs”, there are a lot of familiar faces like Jacob Cable, Travis Hughes, Johnny Raekes, Charles Littlejohn, Julian Arteaga and more that all threw down! Hit play to check out a bunch of dialed riding!
If you missed it, here’s 2017 Vans BMX Street Invitational – PRO Highlights!
“For 2017, we included an Am class. We wanted to give the kids of the future a chance to shine and did they ever! Congrats to CULT Best Trick winner Charles Littlejohn for the 540 Cab over the Vans sign, and congrats to the top three: Julian Arteaga in 3rd, Jacob Cable in 2nd and 16-year-old Johnny Raekes on taking the win.”
Garrett Reynolds wins the 2017 Vans BMX Street Invitational!
Yesterday some of the top BMX street riders in the world made their way to the Vans skatepark in Huntington, Beach, California to battle it out! After all the crazy riding went down, Garrett Reynolds landed him in the top spot with Devon Smillie in 2nd place and Chad Kerley taking 3rd place. Above is a look at some of Garrett’s highlights and below you can find Devon’s and Chad’s highlights. We can imagine we’ll be seeing a flood of videos over the next few days showing everything else that went down!
“Garrett’s highlights were his whole runs, linking so many difficult combos back-to-back. He’s no stranger to winning a contest, and today he deserved another win against the best street riders in the world.
“PS Come Back” by Kaleidoscope”
“Devon was heavily tipped to win in 2017 but he came in runner-up. His lines go on-and-on, and he’s super exciting to watch.
“Domesticated” by Chrome Pony”
“Only Chad could get away with rocking a visor these days. He calls his bike “Milk”, and he can pop a bar-to-manual out of anything. Chad is really consistent and did qualify first but a close final score with the judges sat him back in 3rd.
“Chronic Smoke” by The Getdowns”
Johnny Raekes took the win in the AM contest as well! He was able to ride in the Pro contest later in the day because of that win.
