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Through The Lens: The Essentials

September 25, 2013

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.

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Interbike 2013: Wrap Up

September 25, 2013

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!

The Shadow Conspiracy

Subrosa

Volume Bikes and Demolition

Cult

Wethepeople, Eclat, Salt Plus and Almond Footwear

Fit, S&M Bikes, Revenge and United Bike Co.

Odyssey, Sunday Bikes, G-Sport and Fairdale

Profile Racing and Madera

Deluxe BMX and And Forks

Animal Bikes and Skavenger

Haro Bikes and Premium

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Source BMX – Kriss Kyle 2013 Edit

September 25, 2013

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

September 25, 2013

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.

Shadow Conspiracy – Keep It Local Tour: Texas

September 24, 2013

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It looks like The Shadow Conspiracy and QBMX are teaming up for another Keep It Local Tour! This time around they’re headed to Texas to make a few stops at some shops before the Texas Toast Jam!

“The Shadow crew is heading to Texas for a Keep it Local Tour brought to you by QBMX. Seth Kimbrough, Johnny Devlin, Ben Hucke, Eric Bahlman and Tom Smith will be representing the family as they session the Lone Star State, hit Texas Toast and film for our upcoming full-length DVD. We’ll be doing shop stops at Richardson Bike Mart on Friday, October 11th at 5PM and also at Rad Rides on Sunday, October 13th at 12PM so if you’re in the area be sure to come on out and meet the crew.“

Red Bull – Ride and Seek Ep 8

September 24, 2013

The Red Bull Ride and Seek crew rolls on, this time visiting Atlanta, GA and Gainesville, FL. They session the famous ATL 4 block, hit up a swimming hole, and session some campus in Gainesville before this episode comes to a close. Next week it’s on to Tampa, Orlando and Miami. Stoked for that!

Profile Racing – Mark Mulville’s Year in Trails Gallery

September 24, 2013

Mark Mulville has had the chance to travel to different trails a good bit this year, and along the way he scored a number of photos. Now as the end of the year is approaching, he has chosen his favorites. Profile posted them in a photo gallery, which you can see here.

Crucial BMX – “Is This England” Trails Trip

September 24, 2013

Hell. Yes. This video Crucial BMX dropped from their England Trails trip is soooo badass. Some of the best trails in the U.K along with some of the best trails riders from the area? That’s exactly what this is. 19 minutes of pure trails gold. Hit that play button and then kick back and enjoy!

“Big thank you to everyone that has been holding on for this video, it’s been a bit of a palaver to say the least. It’s had multiple drop dates, problems with codecs and has caused me many of sleepless nights….
However its finally here, our longest video to date. I hope you all enjoy it.
In the middle of July we took 5 of our top riders on a weeklong road-trip around the awesome trails spots that south England have to offer. We didn’t really get massively far from the shop however hardly any of us had ridden the spots before. We had no plan or hotels, just a van full of friends and the hope that we would make it somewhere that would allow us to ride or at least sleep the night in our tents…
This video ties in with our 8 page article in RIDE UK Magazine Issue 180 – If you’d like to read in more detail exactly what happened day to day then please pick up a copy NOW! It’s only got a week or two left until the next issue will be out.
The video is broken down into different parts:
Intro
The Field – Massive thanks to Woody and Steve Bancroft for the session.
Barend Trails – Massive thanks to the locals for the dope session.
PSA Trails – Big thanks to Digger and the locals for the great time before and during the Jam.
Woodyard Trails – Big thanks to Ian Gunner / Johnny Elia for the opportunity to come session their local.
Line with Bob Manchester through Leatherhead Trails – Massive thanks to the locals for letting us come down, unfortunately we got there a bit late and it was dark already. Bob was the only person that I got clips of at that spot.
Wisley – Massive thanks to the locals for the dope session.
Brockham Trails – Massive thanks to the local for the dope session. Can’t believe Bob was the first BMX’er to complete the whole big line including the 37FT booster at the end.
Outro
The riders involved:
Scott Summerhayes – Team Manager / Shop Owner
Duncan Smith – Photographer
Danny Taylor – Works in the shop
Bob Manchester – Team
Alex Boyd – Team
Cam Hardy – Team
Adam Dear – Team
Ryan Elcock – Team
Cappy – Team
Damo Wilkinson – Guest Clips
Woody – Guest Clips
Plus there were a few locals that I couldn’t remember the names of so I do apologies.
Filmed by Scott Summerhayes & Cam Hardy
Edited by Scott Summerhayes
Photographs by Duncan Smith
Search #CrucialTrailsTrip for more coverage on Instagram!
This video is also available on DVD from the shop should you want a hard-copy – Please ask for details” – Crucial BMX