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With the X Games coming up next week, Matt Ray has been getting in his sessions to make sure he’s ready. Here’s a short but sweet video from a session he caught at the Hyde Park! Plenty of real solid clips packed into this one, so take a look!
“Got the bike dialed in then dipped to Hyde Park for a humid sesh with Mike and Antonio. This parks a pain driving out too but 100% worth it , we always have a dope session.
Shoutout my boy Jona for helping film this.” – Matt Ray
Matt Ray dialed in a new setup for the X Games! Hit play for this new video Bike Check where Matt gives you the run through of his Subrosa MR2 setup deced out with Subrosa and The Shadow Conspiracy parts! There are a bunch of riding clips mixed in this as well, so hit play and take it all in!
“Built up my new Subrosa MR2 frame a few weeks before X games so i can really get used to the new changes. I’m so pumped to be competing in this years X-Games , its been 2 long years since I’ve competed so I’m stoked!
We filmed this video at the Bethel Maine skatepark.
Filmed by- @Jonajahchan” – Matt Ray
Source BMX have released the Battle of the Brands 2 riding videos! Here’s a look at what The Shadow Conspiracy cooked up with Trey Jones, Jabe Jones, Joris Coulomb, Matt Ray and Seth Kimbrough on riding duty and Ryan Chadwick on filming and editing, and Ryan Sher on the TM duties. They managed to get Ratboy to make an appearance, so this already gets bonus points!
“SOURCE BMX: SHADOW Riding Edit 2021 / Battle of the Brands 2
Vote for your favorite here: http://SOURCEBMX.COM/BOTB
@The Shadow Conspiracy
Trey Jones
Jabe Jones
Seth Kimbrough
Joris Coloumb
Matt Ray
Ryan Sher
Ryan Chadwick”
Source BMX coming through with the 1st place Challenges video from The Shadow Conspiracy! Not only did they accumulate the most points, they also accumulated the most footage with over and hour of footage from the crew taking down challenge after challenge. Hit play to check out what these guys got into!
“SOURCE BMX: SHADOW Challenges Edit 2021 / Battle of the Brands 2
1st PLACE goes to Trey Jones, Jabe Jones, Seth Kimbrough, Joris Coloumb, Matt Ray, Ryan Sher, Ryan Chadwick
All 4 Riding BOTB Edits are dropping 28th June!” – Source BMX
The latest round of the Unclicked Podcast has arrived! This time around Dennis Enarson and Ryan Fudger sit down with Matt Ray for over an hour and a half of getting to know Matt a little better! This is a real good listen, so get on that play button and take it all in!
“Pick up the Unclicked / Traction Coffee collab! $7 from every bag goes toward paying travel expenses for a special guest—voted by you guys—to come do the show… Leave a comment with some suggestions.
Matt Ray has been on a cross-country trip for several weeks and one of the last things he did before heading home was sit down with us and discuss his early bmx days, roar’n at simple session, perfect barspins, and some upcoming life changes. Enjoy!
0:00 – Intro / Traction Coffee
2:50 – Matt’s two month adventure
8:30 – Growing up at Rye Airfield
19:20 – Street or Park rider?
27:10 – East coast vs west coast
32:10 – Shadow/Subrosa from the beginning
37:50 – Dropping out of High School
41:30 – Roar’n at Simple Session
46:20 – Bye Jordans, hello Etnies
51:00 – Nigel Sylvestor
56:40 – Mike Spinner
1:00:00 – Baby Matt Ray!
1:09:50 “People think I’m a jock”
1:15:50 – Barspins
1:21:16 – Not falling once during filming of Boston Massacre
1:34:10 – Instagram questions (some deece ones)
1:42:30 – The nose manual from Boston Massacre” – Our BMX
The MR2 frame from Subrosa has arrived!
Thinking about picking up a new BMX frame? The latest version of Matt Ray‘s signature frame, the MR2 frame, from Subrosa has arrived.
The MR2 is made from full 4130 chromoly tubing with a 75-degree head tube angle, 71-degree seat tube angle, 11.5″ bottom bracket height, 9.0″ standover height and a 13.3″ – 13.85″ chainstay length (13.5″ centered). The frame features a 120mm tall integrated head tube, top and down tube gussets, double butted top and down tube, integrated seat post clamp, a wide back end with a curved seat stay bridge and wishbone on the chainstay for plenty of tire clearance, a Mid bottom bracket and longer drop outs to allow more gearing options and ease getting your wheel on and off.
The MR2 frame is available in 20.5″, 20.75″, 21″ and 21.2″ top tube lengths with a 4.8 lbs. weight (20.5″) and two color options; Satin Translucent Orange and Black.
Check out more photos and details on the frame over on the Subrosa Website now!
Matt Ray is keeping the How To videos going! Here’s a new one he dropped helping you figure out how to do a 180 barspin. If you have 180’s and you have barspins figured out, this quick video will help you figure out how to bring them together! Take a look!
“How to 180 Barspin in 90 seconds
Few points to remember:
-Get good pop
-Dial in being opened up
-Do some 180 bar twitches
-Get a good 90 barspin
-Land your first 180 barspin” – Matt Ray
Thinking about learning how to switch barspin? Here’s a How To video that Matt Ray put together with a bunch of great tips and examples on how to spin the bars the opposite way than you normally would! If you want to learn a new trick, give this video a watch!
“Quick and straight forward “How to” switch barspin.
Few simple steps that i think are essential for a dialed switch bars
-Focus on getting a good pop
-Dial in pinching your bike for stability
-Figure out the motion and the catch
-Give it a confident first attempt and work from there” – Matt Ray
