Rich Forne Archives

Monster Energy – SA-FARI: A South African BMX Adventure

Monster Energy coming through with a BANGER of a video from some time Greg Illingworth, Kevin Kalkoff and Thomas Benedetti spent cruising spots galore down in South Africa! When you get these three guys together, you know you’re going to get plenty of speed and style on everything they come across. Add in some awesome film work from Rich Forne and you know you have a BMX video you cannot pass up! Check it!

“Follow Greg Illingworth, Kevin Kalkoff and Thomas Benedetti as they venture off the beaten path and into the wild of South Africa’s unparalleled beauty, whilst on the hunt for some of the most elusive spots and remote locations the country has to offer. The result is 17 minutes of pure, raw BMX combined with breathtaking visuals captured over 4000km of travel.

A film by Rich Forne.” – Monster Energy

Federal Bikes “FTS” Trailer

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The Federal Bikes “FTS” video is finally done and premiering at the House of Vans in just about two weeks! Over the past year or so we’ve been getting a glimpse into the progress of the video with the eight FTS “Lost It” series videos! Now we get a look at the official trailer that leads us to believe there might be a little more of a plot to this one beyond just insane riding for a heavy line up of riders. Hit play and check it out and get ready! The “FTS” video is bound to be a banger.

“Friday 5th July – House of Vans London – 7PM

Come and join us at the House of Vans in London for the worldwide premiere of FTS, Directed by Rich Forne.

Featuring Bruno Hoffmann, Ryan Eles, Michal Smelko, James Cunningham, Joe Jarvis, Anthony Perrin & Dan Lacey.

Free Entry” – Federal Bikes

VANS (UN)FILTERED

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Over the past two years, Vans have released five different “Unfiltered” videos by Rich Forne that has featured Anthony Perrin and Kilian Roth in Copenhagen, Bruno Hoffmann and Alex Donnachie in Morocco, Matthias Dandois and Alex Valentino in the United Arab Emirates, Dakota Roche and Dan Lacey in California and Courage Adams and Simone Barraco in Sicily. Now that the series has wrapped up, Rich has gone through and picked the best clips from each video and packed them into this banger of a video! Hit play to check out four minutes of amazing riding!

“After an amazing journey with 5 UNFILTERED episodes, Rich Forne closes the series chapter with FILTERED.
All strictly bangers for an “in your face” mash up of all 10 riders and 5 destinations.

Featured riders: Kilian Roth / Anthony Perrin / Bruno Hoffmann / Alex Donnachie / Alex Valentino / Matthias Dandois / Dakota Roche / Dan Lacey / Courage Adams / Simone Barraco

Film & Edit by Rich Forne” – Vans

Mongoose Jam 2018 – Team Illingworth

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Get a look at what Greg Illingworth’s team produced for the Mongoose Jam 2018 video contest!

If you’re looking for style, then Greg Illingworth’s team for this years Mongoose jam is for you! This year Greg teamed up with Sergio Layos, Kevin Kalkoff and young gun Kyus Kimler for the riding and Rich Forne for the filming. In short, that means you have a team that knows all about speed and style, and some amazing film work. Hit play because this is a real good watch from start to finish!

“What do you get when you mix the riding of Greg Illingworth, Sergio Layos, Kevin Kalkoff, Kyus Kimler with the vision and filming of Rich Forne? One amazing video! Watch their Mongoose Jam 2018 3rd place edit and see for yourself.” – Mongoose

Federal Bikes – FTS – Lost It: Volume 1

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Federal Bikes giving us a look into a new full-length video they’re working on…

The Federal Bikes team have been busy going to work on their new “FTS” video and they’ve had some extra footage. Instead of letting it go to waste, they put together a video showing how things went down in Philadelphia. This isn’t your typical raw cut, behind the scenes scrap video… This is a well filmed and edited video that gives us a look at what the team experienced, along with some riding footage that won’t be making the cut for the final video, during their stay in Philadelphia. Check out riding and footage from Dan Lacey, Bruno Hoffmann, Anthony Perrin, Stevie Churchill, Ryan Eles, James Cunningham and Michal Smelko from the lens of Rich Forne! We’re already pumped to see the “FTS” video!

“Federal Bikes are currently working on a full length video project with Rich Forne called “FTS” and will be releasing a series of short videos called “Lost it” showcasing behind the scenes footage.

This is Volume 1 and was filmed during a team trip to Philadelphia.” – Federal Bikes

Vans – Unfiltered: Bruno Hoffmann & Alex Donnachie In Morocco

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Vans dropped Bruno Hoffmann and Alex Donnachie in Morocco for their latest Unfiltered video!

Whenever you have a video with Bruno Hoffmann and Alex Donnachie in it, you know things are going to get nuts! Vans just released their new “Unfiltered” video featuring the two going to work on spots all over Morocco! We don’t see a ton of BMX videos out of this place, but it looks like these two had no problem finding spots to ride! Add in Rich Forne behind the lens and you know it’s an absolute banger. Hit play and enjoy this BMX video!

“After its inception in the concrete jungle of Copenhagen, the Vans BMX UNFILTERED series reaches Africa. This time, it is Vans Global athlete Bruno Hoffmann and Alex Donnachie taking on Morocco. UNFILTERED is a video series that highlights the raw side of a BMX trip. The struggle, achievements, noise, peace, challenges, injuries, languages, architectures, cultures, weather, food, people, traffic, travel and jet lag.

All shot through the lense of filming visionary Rich Forne.”

Sosh Urban Motion 2017 – Tyler Fernengel and Rich Forne (1st Place)

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Tyler Fernengel and Rich Forne teamed up for their Sosh Urban Motion video part and landed in first place!

Here’s one we’ve been waiting to see! Sosh Urban Motion just dropped the first place video for this years video contest and Tyler Fernengel and Rich Forne teamed up for one hell of a video! This has incredible riding, awesome spots and some excellent film work that you will NOT want to miss!

“Favoris, Tyler Fernengel & Rich Forne ne nous ont pas déçus. Le riding ultra engagé de Tyler a fait des merveilles avec la réalisation toujours très précise de Rich Forne.
Tyler Fernengel & Rich Forne were favorites & they didn’t disappoint. Burly trick in front of a creative directing.” – Sosh Urban Motion

Sosh Urban Motion 2017 – Behind the Scenes

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Take a behind the scenes look at what the teams got into while filming for their Sosh Urban Motion parts!

Here’s a behind the scenes video giving you a taste of that’s to come from the Sosh Urban Motion videos that are going to be making their way online soon! With a line up like this, you know it’s going to get crazy!

“Summary of 2017 crazy week of the first bmx video competition filmed only at IPhone 8.
This year again, the world’s best athletes from the bmx street scene gathered in Paris: Tyler Fernengel & Rich Forne, Bruno Hoffmann & Markus Wilke, Joris Coulomb & Romain Fel, Julian Molina & Fernando Marmolejo ”