Van Homan Archives – BMX UNION

Stew Johnson – Palaver Podcast

Here’s one we’ve been looking forward to since Chris Doyle let it out that he was working on an interview with Stew Johnson for the Palaver Podcast. Today is the day that the interview dropped where it turned into over 2 hours of amazing stories and conversations covering Stew’s history in the industry and his film work, along with a lot of other things he gets into like making the “Real BMX” videos happen for the X Games. Stew isn’t a guy who likes to get in front of the camera much, but he did a great job with this. Hit play and take it all in!

“For this interview, I sit down with legendary BMX video maker, Stew Johnson. Stew is responsible for some to the most influential BMX videos of all time and has a career that has spanned nearly 25 years. On a personal level, Stew’s videos had a direct impact on my riding, the way I dressed, and the music that I listened to. I think the same could be said by countless riders from my generation. Stew still continues to push BMX in a positive direction through video; he produces X Games “Real BMX” on ESPN; a show that highlights street riders and filmers and shows what goes into filming a street video part. Watch/listen and find out more!” – Chris Doyle

Peep Game – Tokyo Takeover

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Steve Croteau, Billy Perry and Jarren Barboza recently spent some time over in Japan cruising with Van Homan and a bunch of the locals on the endless spots! Here’s a cut of footage giving us a look at what went down. There’s undoubtedly a bunch of clips that will be going into the Peep Game DVD that’s in the works. Hit play and check it all out!

“Jarren Barboza, Billy Perry & Myself randomly went to tokyo japan for 10 days to film for the upcoming peep game dvd (dropping christmas hopefully) and to do a little pop up shop/street ride at w-base bicycle garage while we were there.
It was the craziest trip of my life and id like to thank Alive Industry for the time of my life.
this video is just a bunch of stuff that wont be making it into the DVD.“

In The Cut – Uncovered BMX Tokyo

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The Uncovered BMX contest series rolled through Tokyo, Japan the other weekend and, as expected, the contest went off with a bunch of Japan’s locals turning out to throw down. Here’s a raw cut DIG put together from the contest filled with riding and a bunch of non-riding footage that’ll get you laughing. This looks like it was a super good time, so hit play and take it all in!

“For 2019, Van Homan and Brian Kachinsky brought their Uncovered Am contest across the Pacific to Murasaki Park in Tokyo, Japan. With Japanese local burger-slinger and park owner Bashi handling the mic, the stoke was high, and riders of all ages were killing it. When it was all over, Shota Higa took home first place mini jersey barrier trophy, and the coveted invite to Battle Of Hastings; congrats. Thanks to Source BMX, BSD, GT, FIT, and Odyssey for the support to help make this awesome day a reality.” – DIG

Uncovered BMX Tokyo Highlights

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There have always been talented riders popping up from Japan over the years, but it seems like the past few years it has blown up so much over there! Van Homan and Brian Kachinsky took their Uncovered BMX contest series on over to Tokyo to give the riders over there a shot at winning a trip to ride in this years Battle of Hastings contest, and it’s safe to say the riders turned up the heat and threw it down! Check out the highlights in this video! These guys aren’t scared of a little chaos!

“Watch Tokyo’s best riders battle it out at Murasaki Skatepark for top honors at Van Homan and Brian Kachinsky’s 2019 amateur event. The winner gets a spot in Battle of Hastings!”

Want A Spot In The Battle of Hastings 2018?

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There are still two more spots for this years Battle of Hastings contest at Source Park…

If you are hoping to get a spot in this years Battle of Hastings contest at Source Park, you’re running out of options. There’s still two spots, but you’ll need to be at the qualifier contest at Source Park in Hastings, England on July 28th! If you can make the trip to the park to take your shot, you can register and get more details right here!

“Each year, we give 4 riders the chance to qualify for the BATTLE OF HASTINGS wildcard team and ride alongside the world’s best. For 2018, we partnered with both SWAMPFEST and the UNCOVERED BMX series to spread the opportunity outside of the UK which saw Subrosa Pro Mark Burnett and Philadelphia legend Mad Mike earn the first two spots and a trip to the main event.

On July 28th at The Source Park in Hastings, UK, we will give away the final 2 qualification spots and complete the team.

Sign up to ride now for the chance of a lifetime sourcebmx.com/boh”

Source BMX – Bullseye: Van Homan

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Van Homan takes a shot at the Source BMX dart board…

It’s that time again for another round of Bullseye from Source BMX. This time around Van Homan gives a dart a throw to see what he has to do! check out where he ended up and what went down.

“Whilst Van was recently over to judge our GIRLS ONLY BMX Jam, we decided to give him the BULLSEYE treatment and his choices were narrowed down to the trails or some kink rails

Perfect right?” – Source BMX

Van Homan Bike Build Challenge

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Van Homan builds up a new bike and it’s a bit more work than expected…

During a recent trip to the S&M and Fit Bike Co. warehouse in California, Van Homan decided it was time to build up a brand new bike. So, he took a tour around the building looking for all the parts like his new signature frame, gathered it all up and built the bike up under the clock. It wasn’t setting any speed records, but it did end up looking damn good. Hit play to see how it all went down!

“This whole thing literally went down like this…
Me: “Hey Van, let’s film a bike check.”
Van: “Aw, man I can’t. I actually need to build up a new bike.”
Me: “Okay, let’s film that.”

So I followed Van around as he hand-picked parts from the warehouse over at Fit, including a ton of his new signature parts.” – Ride BMX