… Is a phrase Mick Bayzand coined a fair bit on our recent France trip. This epic rail here is anything but jibbin’. This is one the most craziest rails I have seen Mick do & it’s not even the biggest he has done. Mick is reported to be the first & only one to get this beast done. Hell yeah.

Oh by the way… this is the cover of the new Focalpoint magazine… due out any day now. Mick scores his first FP cover & maybe it’s his 2nd or 3rd ever photo in FP period. Be on the look out for coverage on our recent Euro trip too. Word.

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Angela Dobbie has always been a flag bearer for girls BMX & she recently updated the blogspot dedicated to girls BMX. Click here now to check it out. That’s Ange on the right below with good friend Nay, sporting some very limited edition girls Colony tees. Thanks for the support !!

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Brisbane has a new BMX shop which opened last week & it’s something a little different for sure. A super clean look with the whole less is more feel. From the minds of Evan & Mitch it has been in the works for quite some time now & they had their grand opening last Friday. I recently dropped in to check it out & it’s worth dropping by for sure. Lux will carry our entire range of parts & bikes in stock. If you’re in the area go check them out. You can click here for their website with all the info you will need.

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Our team rider in Sweden, Jens Kahlstrom sent us over a shot of his set-up which looks really nice in the purple storm colour-way. Jens has a bunch of Colony parts on there, check the list below…

Frame: Colony Gnarkill
Fork: Colony Official forks V4
Cranks: Colony Colonial Cranks V2
Bars: Colony Bloody Oath V2
Stem: Colony Official
Headset: Colony
Pedals: Colony Fantastic Plastic
Grips: Colony LFH
Sprocket: Colony Official
Hubs: Colony Clone
Rims: Colony Clone
Seat: Colony Super Slim
Seatpost: Colony Pivotal
Pegs: Colony Oneway Alloy
Hub guard: Colony Clone

After getting my bike taken off me in Barcelona a few weeks ago by the Police. Once we got back I was keen to get a new Teddy going, exactly the same setup I had but this time in Candy Red! Stoked!

Today I went sky diving for my 36th birthday. It was amazing !! Below is the video they produced as part of the package. It was such an awesome experience & I would recommend to anyone to go out & do it for sure. Thanks to my family for the awesome gift !!

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The Core Series final is on this Sunday at Kuraby skatepark. As a special incentive ride we are giving a set of free Colony grips to every competitor that enters the comp. So get yourself down to Kuraby on Sunday & have a a ride or at least hang out for a good day regardless.

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Matt King sent in some pics of his new ride along with a riding photo. He has been keeping very busy as a father in recent months but still getting out on the bike as much as possible. Matt has been repping Colony for as long as I can remember with the strong support of the Gold Coast’s premiere BMX shop, Helensvale BMX.

Spotted this video from a comp at ‘The Shed’ back in 1996 over on the Crossley Cycles website. Enjoy.

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The video for the second round of the Downunderground series is online now & you can check it out below. Look our for clips from our own Simon O’Brien & Shane Badman who scored 1st & 2nd respectively in the event. Supported by your own stop source for all things flatland in Australia, Newcircle.

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There was a huge turnout for the BMX Day Out in Beenleigh yesterday. So good to see. So many old faces turned up & had many a good story to talk about. Thanks to all that came out & thanks to Ling for organising it all for Leif, our thoughts are with you mate.

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I’ve started work on the wedge to wedge setup, this will have a rail running up and down one side, should be fun! All the jibs we are building will be for the jam/comp we are holding at the Ausbike tradeshow on the 21st of August in Melbourne and the 9th/10th of October in Brisbane.

We recently sent our flow rider in Colombia, Ricardo Rodriguez, a new package with a Teddy frame & some other bits & he put together this quick edit showing the bike build & the first session. Check it out.

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There have been some recent positive changes in the way Colony will be distributed in the UK. Alan Woods from Alans BMX, has started his own distribution house called, Tabletop Distribution. Colony will be one of it’s first brands & what this means is that BMX shops all over the UK will now be able to stock Colony much easier now. Interested BMX shops out there can contact Tabletop by emailing sales@tabletopdistribution.com with any of your enquires. Of course riders can still buy their Colony products from Alans or you will also now have many more stores to choose from as well.

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Spotted this cool little edit of our boy in the USA, Broc Raiford. It was filmed at Woodward East on the new street plaza set up there in 20 mins. Some good stuff in there for sure. Enjoy.

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We are proud to announce that Sidewall Distro are now our exclusive USA distributor for our 2011 & beyond line of complete bikes. They will take delivery of their first shipment late October this year. They will have our 2011 model Endeavour, Descendent, Sweet Tooth Pro, Teddy Pro, Rebirth Pro & Lowcut Pro bikes available. Initial stocks will be limited so I would suggest that any US dealers wishing to stock them place your pre-book with Sidewall sooner rather than later. Click here now for their contact details.

Tip Plus will continue to be our exclusive distributor for all our frames, parts & accessories as per usual. So please contact them for any of these needs for the USA. Click here for their contact details.

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So I worked more on the jibs today, in the photo below you will see a manual pad which is also high enough as a ledge on the sides, one of the sides will have a flat rail running across it aswell. Then we have the outledge  which just needs coping.

More progress reports to come…

Yesterday we visited the Vans headquarters here in California & met up with none other than the Vans TM, Jerry Badders. He gave us the grand tour of the offices there & Alex was blown away by the sheer size of the place. So much cool stuff to see too. Jerry was also nice enough to take us shopping at a nearby Vans store. He hooked us up big time & you can expect to see Alex decked out in some fine Vans kicks & fresh new clothes.

A huge thanks must go out to Jerry & Vans, thanks heaps mate, it is appreciated.

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Last week we went out and filmed this edit with Pete Radivo at a private indoor spot that he is fortunate enough to have access to. I was impressed at how easy Pete got this done and he seemed to be really enjoying riding, which is great to see from a guy who has had more knee surgeries then I could probably count on both hands.

Ed note: That was awesome Pete… F-ing stoked !! – Millar.

Don’t forget the BMX Day Out planned for this Sunday at the infamous Beenleigh BMX park. See ya there !!

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About six weeks ago we posted about this years Ausbike tradeshow happening in August down in Melbourne and that we were going to hold a street jam/comp on the main day of the event where we invite 20 riders from across Australia to get their jib on!

Well today I started building the things to ride. The course will consist of a bunch of ledges, wedges, banks, rails and what ever else we can come up with to keep the riders psyched! I thought it would be cool to post up some progress photos as I go through the build. Here you can see a couple flat ledges and also an up ledge that I am real excited about, these are basically done besides coping. Plenty more building to go so stay tuned!

As most of you would know Chris Courtenay did his ACL a couple months ago, well I spoke to Chris just before and it seems everything is going well in the recovery. He is off crutches now and should be back on the bike in about four and a half months. I spotted this photo of Chris on facebook (obviously shot before the injury) and had to post it. Shot by Michael Harris at Shoalhaven Heads park in NSW. Dialed!

Here is a video put together by Data BMX from the local comp in Aurillac that we attended while on our French trip. Look out for clips from Marnold, Bruno Faucon, Mick Bayzand & myself. A massive thanks again to Unleaded for hooking us up big time while in France.

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Last night we celebrated July 4th here like locals & let off a bunch of fireworks. It was pretty cool actually & we had fun doing so. Here are a couple random pics from the night. Enjoy.

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Valvo sent us some more photos which are from a trip he took to NewYork for 10 days riding a bunch of parks and spots. Thanks to Dreambmx for the photos.

It’s July 4th here in Greenville & we’re celebrating like only Aussies know. A few beers, food & some backyard footy. Good stuff. It was a close game with the first 10-4 & the second 10-9 in my teams favour. Take that Guettler & co !! haha

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Our main man, Cooper Brownlee has scored our advert in new issue of DIG magazine. Check it out below & the magazine will be available any day soon. Now go buy some Fantastic Plastic pedals !!

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It’s been an amazing few days here & we are all pretty much ridden out now. I haven’t felt this sore from riding in a while… all good though for sure. Today we are leaving Woodward to go back to Ryan’s place in Greenville for a few days before returning home. I would like to once again thank everyone at Woodward for letting us stay & ride, it’s been an amazing time. Here are a few random photos from the last few days – Alex on the go-karts, Ryan & Broc on the new dirt jumps.

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Henrique Castro sent over some nice photos from a jam at the Carapicuiba trails. Thanks to Rui Ogawa for the photos.

Alex, Ryan & myself arrived at Woodward yesterday. We meet up with Broc Raiford here as well & rode all day. It was amazing. I haven’t been here since 1998 & the place has changed so much since then. So much stuff to ride that I don’t think we will even get to ride it all during our 4 day stay. Thanks to the friendly staff at Woodward for hooking us up, appreciated.

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