Mike Stahl Archives

“Distanced” Rough Cuts From California

June 30, 2022

A little while back Sam Downs released the “Distanced” video from his time in New York, Philadelphia, Miami, and Southern California that ultimately lead to a DVD, that you can still pick up here for $5.00, featuring a ton of familiar faces from the East and West coasts. The full video was recently released online (we have re-embedded it below), and now Sam is releasing raw footage from the project to check out. Here’s an 8 minute raw cut filled with clips from his time ou in California! Take a look!

“Rough Cuts is a collection of raw footage from my recent project “DISTANCED” – the film started in NYC and then quickly grew when more people wanted to be involved. Can’t thank everyone enough for the support!

Split into three sections, Rough Cuts begins in southern California with riding from Mike Stahl, Dan Kruk, Grant Castelluzzo, Pat Freyne, Mikey Andrew, Ison Bogosian and Sam Downs.” – Sam Downs

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Distanced

March 17, 2022

Whenever Sam Downs has a new video he put together, you know you’re going to see some great riding and super clean film work! Well, he just released the full “Distanced” video that is 14 minutes of BMX goodness from the streets featuring a whole slew of Pros and up and comers out in California online for your viewing pleasure! Get on that play button because this one does not disappoint.

“We’re really hyped to be able to premiere Sam Down’s latest and greatest video, “Distanced” online. This one has been out on DVD and digital download since October last year and now Sam has been kind enough to release it for all to see. This one is essential viewing! Enjoy.

”Distanced is a project I’ve been filming for the past few years with riders from all over the country. It originally began as a New York City video and quickly grew into a larger project after a few trips to Miami and southern California. It’s so wild a bike can connect you to so many people around the country – big thanks to anyone who bought a DVD or supported the project in the past few months!!” – Sam Downs

Riders: Mike Stahl, Mikey Andrew, Ison Bogosian, Grant Castelluzzo, Pat Freyne, Dan Kruk, Angus Tuttle, Sam Downs, Rainer Etsweiler, Dimitri McCombs, Liam Reegs, Markus Hoyte, Joeri Veul, Matt Miller, Dom Simoncini, Alex Avilla, Lorenzo Mesa, Matias Barboza and Calum Palmer

Filmed and edited by Sam Downs

Music: “M.E.” & “Films” by Gary Numan and “The Promise” by When in Rome” – DIG

USL Cage Match – Game of BIKE – Round 3

November 26, 2021

The semi-finals videos from the USL BMX Cage Match Game of BIKE have arrived. In round one we had 24 riders, in round 2 we had 12, and now we’re doing to 6! Watch as Colin Varanyak goes up against Mike Stahl, Devon Smillie VS Mike Andrew and Ethan Corriere VS Matt Nordstrom to see who will make it to the 3-way final!

“The USLBMX cage match features 24 of the world’s best bikers in head to head style format. As they play their rounds the losers get eliminated with only one winner in the end. Round 4 (the finals) will be releasing next week.

Filmed by @grantcbmx” – USL BMX

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Idiot Ticket

September 28, 2021

Here’s a real solid mix from the streets of Southern California for your viewing pleasure! Idiot Ticket is 8 minutes of clips from spots galore, with a bunch of familiar faces and a few new ones. Take a look!

“Filmed over 3 weeks throughout SoCal, Idiot Ticket features a heavy squad of riders and hits real good! Sit back and enjoy. Featuring:

Zac Mealman
Ison Bogosian
Mikey Andrews
Speedy G
Sam Hughes
Mike Stahl
Jesse Acker
Ryan Devo
Bruce Wills
Bobby Jefferson
Joris Coulomb
Ryan Mills
Dylan Gagnon

Filmed by Sam Hughes
Edited by Ison Bogosian” – DIG

S&M Bikes – How To Slide Pipe with Mike Stahl

September 24, 2021

S&M Bikes showing you how to properly use the Slide Pipe V2 in this video featuring Mike Stahl! Watch as Mike figures out a trick on the rail, then takes what he learned out to the streets!

“Mike Stahl has always been great at crank slide 180, but not so much the switch stance version. He used his S&M Slidepipe to level up and ended up with a real street clip out of it. Sick!

Filmed by Justin Benthien
Edit by Charlie C
Concept by Mike Stahl” – S&M Bikes

Playa Pose – LA Mixtape

September 3, 2021

There’s always something going on in Southern California. Here’s a new mix featuring a bunch of heavy hitters, along with a few new faces, going to work on street spots all over Los Angeles and Long Beach. This is a solid watch, so get on that play button and take it all in!

“While out in Long Beach, Cyrus Lark got real busy with his VX, pointing it at the likes of Joris Coulomb, Stephan August, Juame Sintes, Yumi Tsukuda, Mike Stahl, and a bunch of other talented humans. This hits real nice!” – DIG

S&M Bikes – Rough Cut: Mike Stahl

July 7, 2021

Did you catch Mike Stahl‘s Welcome to the S&M Bikes Pro Team video last week? If you did, go watch that right here — S&M Bikes – Mike Stahl Welcome To PRO. Now, if you did see it, here’s a raw cut from the video with 7 minutes of b-roll, crashes, second angles and more that didn’t make it into the edit! Plenty of gems packed into this one, so hit play!

“Today we got some raw dogs for you, an extended cut of Stahl’s welcome to pro we dropped last week featuring some extra angles and behind the scenes goofin’. For 7 mins you can be a fly on the wall for the filming of Mike’s welcome to pro edit!

Filmed by J Bone Benthien and Grant “C” Castelluzo” – S&M Bikes

S&M Bikes – Mike Stahl Welcome To PRO

July 1, 2021

After putting in work for the past few years on the AM squad, S&M Bikes have given Mike Stahl the bump up to the PRO team! Check out this fresh video packed with heat to bring the news!

“It’s been in the pipeline for a bit, but today we’re proud to announce that Mike Stahl has been bumped to the pro team! Mike is one of the hardest working dudes in BMX and we’re proud to have him repping!

Filmed by Justin Benthien and Grant C.” – S&M Bikes