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The Waffle Jam 2019

It seems like there’s always something rad going on down in South Africa. Here’s highlights from The Waffle Jam that went down in Cape Town recently. They took an old abandoned pool, brought in some ramps, poured some cement transitions, dropped a trampoline, grill and DJ in there and things went off. Hit play to see everything that went down!

“The Waffle Jam is annual BMX jam hosted by Vans South Africa in the Mother City of Cape Town. This years Jam gave collaboration a whole new meaning with a large amount of DIY. The project was lead by Vans team rider Brandon Blight, who saw potential in a newly repurposed high school swimming pool as the venue for this years event. The pool has been empty for many years and has lost its structural integrity, deeming it unsafe for use as a swimming pool. In recent years, local skate legend Dallas Oberholzer had come to an agreement with Cape Town High School to allow for DIY concrete trannies to but built inside the school, with the end goal of a unique skatepark in mind. The pool is not yet open to the public, aside from one skate event. Brandon and Dallas put their heads together and began to plan what the BMX riders of Cape Town could contribute to this new park. With only a few weeks away from Cape Towns winter settling in, the planning and building began. More trannies were added in the shallow side of the pool for flow, with the intention of leaving deep end un-modified, as many could agree, it was gnarly enough as it stood. Many riders and homies came through with different skill sets to prepare the pool, ramps, school grounds and cater for the event. Luck was on our side and Cape Town showed us her finest colours, resulting in a warm, windless day for the jam. Huge shout out to everyone who came thru for that entire week leading up to the jam and picked up a drill, spade or butter knife. See you all at Waffle Jam 3!” – Kevin Schnider

Results:

1st – Vincent Leygonie

2nd – Murray Loubser

3rd – Malcolm Peters

Best trick – Jason Prins

Video by Video by Morgan O’Kennedy

Vans South Africa – Passports Please

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A few of South Africa’s finest hopped a plane to Barcelona, Spain to spend a little time cruising the spots for Vans South Africa. Check out what Murray Loubser, Kevin Schnider, Jason Prins, Brandon Blight, Buddy Chelan, Malcolm Peters and more got into during their stay cruising the endless street spots and amazing skateparks. Needless to say, this is packed with some awesome riding and the film work is real solid, so you won’t want to pass it up!

“The Vans ZA Bmx Team embarks on a trip across Spanish borders. Share this journey with them as they explore some of the best street spots Barcelona has to offer. Because the team consists of street and parks riders, it made for an interesting experience exploring the City.

Filmed by Kevin Schnider, Jason Prins, Brandon Blight.
Edit by Kevin Schnider

Music credits:
“You And Only You” by Eamon
“Filed Under X” by Bugs” – Vans South Africa

BMX Tea Party 2019

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There’s always something rad going on down in South Africa. Here’s a quick video from the BMX Tea Party jam that went down recently with some of the locals and a little help from Red Bull and Vans. The guys used a Coastin’ style ramp that they setup on a few different spots for some fun. Here’s a look at some of the action and good times that went down!

Filmed and edited by Kevin Schnider

Murphy – The Imperfect BMX Road Trip

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The crew down in South Africa might have had some terrible luck, but it lead to an awesome BMX road trip!

Whenever we see a video pop up from Kevin Schnider, we know we are in for a treat. Here’s a really dialed video that he whipped up from a recent road trip he took with Murray Loubser and a few others to explore street spots, ditches and more in South Africa. Even though things didn’t go to plan, it definitely lead to some excellent riding, spots and good times. Add in some super clean film work and you have a BMX video that’s well worth your time! Hit play and enjoy!

““Murphy’s Law”,

Commonly, a situation where, if anything can go wrong, it will.
A BMX roadtrip is almost like a booby trap. Take 6 guys across 2000kms, sleeping in tents and flinging themselves down staircases and handrails on a daily basis, there is bound to be setback.. or three.

This trip embodied Murphy’s Law. From broken bikes to equally broken bodies, to finding our campsite nearly submerged after a hail storm.

We soldier on, and we make the best of an otherwise incredible landscape through the middle of South Africa, and we do what we set out to do, ride new spots and make memories with our friends.

Filmed and edited by Kevin Schnider
Music by Tussilago – Waltz“

Mongoose Jam 2017 – Team Illingworth

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The amazing videos from this years Mongoose Jam continue to surface! This time around we get a look at what Greg Illingworth‘s team consisting of Van Homan, Murray Loubser and camper Jack Seeley with filmer Kevin Schnider cooked up! Greg went hard on the coaching to push these guys and they ended up coming through with a ton of amazing riding and a good vibe. This one gets gnarly toward the end, so make sure you watch this one from start to finish!

“Team Illingworth interjects some humor along with some top notch riding into their video for this years Mongoose Jam Video Battle at Woodward Camp. But that is what you would expect with a crew like this. Watch Greg Illingworth, Murray Loubser, Van Homan and camper Jack Seeley in this Kevin Schnider produced video.”

Fox South Africa – Murray Loubser 2017 Video

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Here’s a fresh BMX video worth checking out! Murray Loubser has teamed up with Kevin Schnider to produce one dialed BMX video from the streets of Cape Town, South Africa for Fox! As always, Murray puts his deep bag of tricks to work on a ton of great spots from rails and ledges to curved wallrides, loading docks and more. Plus, the film work on this turned out awesome as well! Enjoy!

“Murray Loubser hitting the streets of Cape Town for his 2017 Fox edit.

Filmed and edited by Kevin Schnider
Music by Kahvas Jute – Steps of Time”

No Wasted Days

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It’s pretty amazing what a road trip with your friends can produce. Not only will you see new things, ride new spots and do things you might not normally get the chance to do, but it always leads to a lot of memories to look back on. Kevin Schnider dropped this edit online from a road trip he took with a few friends down in South Africa! Awesome riding and some clean film work. This is a really good watch from start to finish! Take a look!

“When a friend says to you “Catch a ride with us, we are gonna go sleep in caves and ride some new towns”, then you listen!

This is the product of 3 individuals from different parts of the country, brought together by a spirit of adventure, a lust for new places and riding bikes. This is BMX.

Filmed/edited by Kevin Schnider”