Simone Barraco, Trey Jones, Lahsaan Kobza, and Jono Hopping spent 10 days in Calgary, Alberta, Canada as part of the Shadow KIL Tour and came back with nearly 6 minutes of clips! So many highlights, it isn’t even worth writing them out. Why would you want to read tricks when you can see them anyway? So get to watching!
Freed Bikes – Free Bars
What a deal! If you have been considering purchasing a Freed Bikes frame, I’d suggest you get to it soon. As you’ve probably gathered from the title and from your eyes scanning the picture on the way down to this text, if you buy a Freed frame before October 10th, you get free Freed bars to go with it!
Haro / Kenda – Colin Mackay Edit
Colin Mackay for Haro / Kenda from Haro Bikes on Vimeo.
In Colin Mackay’s new Haro/Kenda edit, he speaks about his past riding contests, and how he feels better now just doing his own thing. Then he takes to some trails and park along with Kosman and his super slow-motion camera to capture all of the style he produces every time he is in the air.
Ride BMX – One Hot Product: Sunday Knox Sprocket
Sunday’s new guard sprocket, the Knox, will keep your chain safe and help protect your wallet as well. Get the info above, then go get one!
Through The Lens: The Essentials
For this week I decided to take a close look at some of my favorite pieces of gear. As a photographer there is nothing more essential than your gear and over time you really learn exactly what it is that you like, and what it is that you don’t like. In this case, I wanted to focus on a few things that I enjoy shooting with and talk a bit about each individual piece. Some people have a favorite lens, some have a favorite flash and if you’re anything like me and love all aspects of photography, I’m sure you have quite a few favorites. When I sat down to think about what I actually wanted to focus on I decided fairly quickly and got the project going. Take a few minutes and find out what gear that I can’t live without in this week’s TTL #84.
Interbike 2013: Wrap Up
Here I am sitting here wondering if I ever even went to Interbike this year because of how fast it came and went. It’s all a blur from 3 days of non-stop go, go and go some more to make sure I was able to talk to as many people as I could and shoot as my photos as possible. In the end I shot over 1,200 photos and I’d say I hit at least 80% of BMX. It still is a little bit crazy to think this was my 6th Interbike as well. Time sure does fly. Either way, enough about that…
2013 was a unique year because it was a new venue and I think that threw a lot of people for a bit of a loop since a lot of us get into a routine year after year. This year, more brands worked closer with their distributors and I think there was a lot of people who were starting to see some changes to who was there and what was being shown off. Times have been a little tough for BMX, but I think everyone has a pretty positive outlook for the future and that’s a good thing because BMX works well in tight spots.
Below you can find links to all of the brands we were able to make it to this year. Check them all out because everyone definitely had something new and impressive to see. Get to clicking. After you do that, I’ve pieced together a little bit of a recap of the trends we saw at the end of this. Take a peek!
Wethepeople, Eclat, Salt Plus and Almond Footwear
Fit, S&M Bikes, Revenge and United Bike Co.
Source BMX – Kriss Kyle 2013 Edit
Damn! Kriss Kyle coming through with a TON of amazing footage for his new Source BMX so much effortless style in this. Hit that play button now because it’s a Must See for sure.
“Check out Sourcebmx team rider Kriss Kyle destroying the concrete parks of his native Scotland. Filmed throughout the summer of 2013 at Kelvingrove, Livingston, Stirling, Renfrew and Saughton skateparks.
Filmed and edited by Dave Sowerby.“
Deluxe – Christian Masur – Welcome Home
After spending 6 months in Australia, Deluxe‘s Christian Masur has made his way back to his hometown of Hanover, Germany! Since he has been back, he has been going out and crushing trails, parks and some street filming for this new video that’s loaded with style for miles. Definitely hit the play button on this one.
