It rained most the day but we went down and checked out the SMP park which to be honest is pretty average but amazing if you can kill a 12ft transition! After checking out the mega ramp finals we rode around town trying to film a few clips in between showers and the traffic. We rode a spot today where so many people gathered around whilst riding it, security wern’t 100% keen but we pushed it as long as we could.
We planned to hit some spots today but the weather had other ideas so we spent the afternoon checking out local markets in Shanghai and being entertained by the traffic and randomness that you see on the streets here. Local legend Kane Wang who runs CNBMX helped us out getting around and haggling the sellers for a deal. Fingers crossed the weather comes good tomorrow as Liam has the X-Games finals in the afternoon.
Mick has been having a rough time of it lately with injuries. After just getting back from a few broken fingers he had a fall where he did some damage to his shoulder tearing his rotator cuff and AC joint. Hopefully it’s not to bad, once the swelling has gone down he will know more.
Tom and Zac just shot through an update about there current Sydney trip…
“Myself and Zac are down here in Sydney filming for the 2020 DVD and so far its been awesome! Finally conquered a ledge here I’ve wanted to get for a long time and Zac did some of the craziest shit I’ve ever seen down graffiti tunnel! So much fun. Can’t wait for tomorrow. Anyway if you say see us out come say g’day. I’m out of here for the party.”
Thanks to lost baggage we spent most of the day/evening waiting for our bikes to show up, 4 out of the 5 have now appeared. We did some walking around and it was an amazing experience just to watch how the traffic operates here, it’s so ridiculous! Hopefully tomorrow we have some more luck with the final bag so we can get moving on the clip game.
There is a new website headed by Keith Treanor that has just launched called, We Have Motive. Check it out here now & boss man Millar has an interview up on there. Part #1 with more to come soon. Check it out.
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It’s been a long long day, we’ve been up for 23 hours and just got settled in after our first flight being delayed which made us miss our connecting international flight so we had to wait a couple of hours but Brock made it on the original flight. 12 hours later we made it to China but couldn’t find Brock until we realised he came in at a different terminal. The chaos didn’t end there though. They lost all our checked in baggage so we still don’t have our bikes! Hopefully they show up tomorrow!
Just down from the hotel some of the guys tried some weird looking street food straight off the plane.
I really, really like the photos the guys put together for this bike check of Michal’s bike. Check below for the list of Colony product being repped on this beast! Thanks to AVE BMX for their strong support for all we do over in Poland & beyond.
Frame: Colony 2012 Teddy V2 21″
Fork: Colony Guardian
Stem: Colony Variant top load
Bars: Colony Twenty Four Seven
Cranks: Colony Colonial V2
Pedals: Colony Fantastic plastic
Sprocket: Colony CC 25T
Seat: Colony Shield Pivotal Fat
Front wheel : Colony Contour Rim, Colony Clone Female Hub
Back wheel: Colony Contour Rim, Colony Clone cassette 9T male axe 14mm
On the weekend over in Fréjus, France there was a contest called “BBC Contest” our friend Istvan Caillet came 2nd in. Going off the flair whip photo he shredded! Thanks to Nils for the photo
Over in the UK there are some very limited numbers of the Black/Purple Colony Endavour complete bike which are available exclusively via the Max Out store in Thornton-Cleveleys. Get in quick over there if you are hyped on one of these bikes.
You might have seen a couple of days ago we posted up a bike check with Valvo, well thanks to Felipe Correa you can see that bike getting set up and Valvo hitting up his local with his new ride. Thanks for putting this together Felipe
Clint Millar, nose pick in some Brisbane drains. Download it here for standard screen resolution or here for widescreen.
Michal Mycek always seems to be travelling around, read below for his latest adventure and incase you missed his web video from a couple of weeks ago click here.
“I Just came back to Poland after 6 weeks travelling around Spain & Portugal. Barcelona was my playground whilst getting back to riding after that crash… Four months later and it still hurts a little sometimes. My friends Filip and Brad joined me, in Portugal got more confident, the guy with the mustache is one of my best friends. He made me start doing big things again because I was scared about the shoulder the whole the time. It’s kind of loose, different than before but whatever, I don’t thing about it anymore.
We took a roadtrip near the ocean from San Sebastian in Spain to Lisboa in Portugal, Hit plenty on awesome concrete bowls & parks, we saw so many wild people because we took that trip with surfers filming an documentary for Sony. It was good trip. Portugal rules, you have to see it if you ever go there!!”
Attila just sent through some new photos of his current setup.
Frame: The Living
Fork: Guardian
Bars: Teddy V2
Stem: Official
Grips: Much room
Headset: Colony
Cranks: Colonial V2
Sprocket: CC Sprocket 25T
BB: Colony Mid
Pedals: Fantastic Plastic
Front Wheel: Clone hun with contour rim
Rear Wheel: Clone hub, female 9t with Contour rim.
Tyres: Hidden Agenda
Tubes: Hidden Agenda
Pegs: One way
Seat: No dig No ride
The Frankston area is not only fortunate enough to have some really good parks but they are also very lucky to have the one and only Polly, he is one hell of a character. He works hard at one of the local shops, Peninsula Star Cycles. Polly is now also riding a Colony set up which we are pretty stoked about.
The guys have a great stock of our complete bikes and parts, so if you’re ever out in that area of Victoria make sure to pop in and say hi.
After a month off his bike from destroying his hand in Canberra Mick is back on it, although his hand is not 100% we took a day trip to Geelong yesterday to film and Mick seem to get straight back into the swing of things. He will have a web video coming out over the next couple of months which I am excited about!
One of the nicest people you will ever meet, Valvo from Brazil sent over some shots of his new setup. Thanks to Felipe Correia for the photos.
Frame: Teddy V2
Fork: Dagger
Bars: Bull bars
Stem: Official
Grips: Much Room
Bar Ends: Konka
Headset: Colony
Cranks: Colonial V2
Sprocket: Official Sprocket 25T
BB: Colony Mid
Pedals: Fantastic Plastic
Front Wheel: Contour Female Axle
Rear Wheel: Contour Male Axle LHD
Front Hub guards: Clone x 2
Rear Hub guard: Clone
Tyres: Agenda
Tubes: Hidden Agenda
Pegs: One Way
Seat: No Dig No Ride
Post: Colony Pivotal
Our good friend Michal Mycek just put out this edit for AVEBMX. I really enjoyed how it was put together and Michal did some great riding, have a watch for sure!
Next up is Zac Miner…
Last movie you watched… 21 jump street is sick, Jonah Hill is a legend.
A musician you are hyped on at the moment… I’ve been listening to Pretty Lights heaps lately, it’s electronic soul dubstep hip hop all in the one. It’s amazing!!!
What did you get up to yesterday? Drove back from Batemens Bay after a really chilled weekend swimming, hiking, fishing etc with the misses.
Last time you came off your bike pretty hard… The last Backbone edit, tried a gap at Woden and got whiplashed backwards into the ground.
Websites you have been hitting up of late… TheComeUp actually, Zingbergs edit, Greg Illingworths edit just to name a few.
Last clip you filmed… Dubs to over on some average flat rail.
Last meal you ate… Zamberos.. The best Mexican fast food burrito ever.
Newest part on your bike… My whole new set up.. Absolutely love my bike.
Last web video you watched… Talk is Cheap promo.
Last SMS you received… The misses getting raunchy haha.
Instagram/Twitter… @nahyouriteminer on Instagram. Love instagram!
So I spent the Easter long weekend up in Canberra filming Zac. Like I said in a previous post things were going well and overall we got some good stuff filmed. Zac took it hard on a hanger down a serious rail and I got taken out on a feeble on the last day but none the less the trip was super fun and we got a few clips. I did forget to bring the outside layer of my tent though but thanks to Zac and Amber we got a tarp setup going on and it worked out well! See you next time Canberra!
Pete recently put together a new frame and his setup is looking nice!
Frame: The Living
Forks: Colony Official V4
Bars: Teddy V2
Headset: Colony
Stem: Colony Variant
Grips: Colony Much room
Brakes: Colony Transformer
Cranks: Colony Colonial V2
Sprocket: Colony Official 25t
Pedals: Colony Fantastic Plastic
Seat: Colony Fat Shield Logo
Seatpost: Colony Pivotal
Rear Tyre: Colony Agenda
Hubs: Colony Clone Female
Rims: colony Contour
Pegs: Colony Oneway Alloy
I am up in Canberra this weekend filming with Zac, things have been going pretty well, He has taken a few harsh falls but all is flowing along.
Micky is always up to something…
“Hi guys just checking in to let you know I’ve been off on some adventures again. Sadly, it was my girlfriends last couple of weeks in OZ and I wanted to do something nice for her and it just so happened I broke a few of my fingers on a recent Canberra trip. So I thought what better time for another holiday road trip.
So we hired one of those vans you live in and hit the road. (I highly recommend this by the way, soooo much freedom and so much fun) First stop was Adelaide to see the fam and all the Adelaide homies, we had a nice BBQ at my parents place, then hit the road again set for the Great Ocean Road.
It’s only supposed to take two days to do it but we had 10 days up our sleeves so we hit up everything from caves to beaches, rain forests, waterfalls, lakes and volcanoes. It was so much fun camping out in the forests again going on mad hikes lazing out on the beach and just experiencing so much stuff, we even had a mad water fight, one for the books I tell ya!
If you live in Melbs or Adelaide or anywhere near there and have never done the Great Ocean Road, I really recommend it and take your time. We definitely had a lot of adventures; good times and saw some amazing sites. But like all good things it comes to an end Kimberly had a great send off and I should hopefully be back on the bike soon.
I am currently working on my frame promo edit witch I am pretty psyched on and a few more things in the works to so be on the look out for some web vids coming soon.
Peace out everyone. Go grind some shit!!”
This video serves as testament to Brock’s riding abilities & serves as his official welcome to the pro team edit.
I had the pleasure of filming Brock over the past few months whenever I was in Brisbane along with a trip he made down here to Melbourne. Brock is a really fun guy to ride with because he will be keen to hit pretty much anything. Although he is stupidly good at riding bikes, he is very chilled about it all.
Congrats Brock & thanks for putting in the hard work.
Check Brock’s edit below along with a quick Q&A about filming for the edit.
What clip was the hardest to film?
Umm…The switch 50 to over whip because it was the first one I’ve done.
What would have been the most satisfying clip to film?
Probably the switch ice on that red rail.
For you personally were there any firsts for you in this edit? The 360 to smith to whip would have been the first time you’ve filmed that wouldn’t it?
I think probably half the edit was all firsts for me, I always like to film new and different stuff but yeah the 360 smith whip I actually filmed one of them the day before I filmed this one for my edit.
You don’t seem to have an opposite side pegs nowadays, how long have you been running 4 pegs?
Hahaha umm about 6 months I think with 4 pegs.
Any tips for people learning switch grinds?
Lots and lots of trying.
I know when you came to Melbourne one of the main spots you wanted to go to was the yellow flat rail, we also had a bit of a crown when we rode there. Were you happy with what you got at that spot and were the kids an issue for you?
Yeah that spots dope, I was happy with all the clips we got and the kids were fun to mess with they were all just so excited and some of them were telling me to wax the rail, pretty crazy.
Most of the clips we filmed were either on a flat ledge or a rail, what gets you stoked to want to ride those sorts of spots at the moment?
Yeah well since I’ve put 4 pegs on I’ve been grinding heaps more and yeah those spots are fun to grind and good to try and come up with different lines and tricks.
You took a few hard slams aswell, especially in Melbourne. Any of them really get to you?
Hahaha I’m a hack and crash all the time but none of them crashes worried me you just get used to it.
Our Canadian friends KEA Distro recently went on a team trip and our flow rider Brandon Van Dulken was on hand to shred it. Plenty of good moves in this so make sure you check it out. KEA have the entire range of Colony making it readily available to everyone in Canada, thanks guys!
We fired some quick questions at Stretton to see what he has been up to, check it below and look out for more of these to come with the guys.
Last movie you watched…
We Bought a Zoo. Probably one of my favourite movies now!
A musician you are hyped on at the moment…
Been to listening to a whole heap of Ray Charles Classics. Always stoked on Bobby Womack too.
What did you get up to yesterday?
When Riding with Shane Batchler, Yonny Wakefield and Troy Charlesworth. Batcho clipped two bangers for the 20/20 DVD. So Good!
Last time you came off your bike pretty hard…
Last one that springs to mind was at a curve wallride in the valley. Didn’t pull off the wall properly and came straight down bars in stomach. Glad I had Bar ends on.
Websites you have been hitting up of late…
I always check Colony, Diversity Bmx, CrispyStream and Afray.
Last clip you filmed…
Just finished my LUX edit with Troy the same time Batcho got those 2 clips yesterday. Sort of the same as my last clip in the Colony DVD.
Last meal you ate…
Mums Honey Chicken and Fried Rice. So damn good.
Newest part on your bike…
Just put Teddy bars back on my bike and its the best thing ever. Everything feels good again.
Oldest part on your bike…
Would have to be my cranks or my back hub. I put grease in my back hub ages ago to make it quiet and usually they start slipping after a bit but not Colony one!
Last web video you watched…
Liam Zingbergs FTW!
Last SMS you received…
Ummm not any good ones for a while but the last good one was my sister saying they are expecting another baby. Uncle Tom again haha.
Instagram/Twitter…
Add me to instagram, @teabaggyballs and get me to more followers than the fake Big Salad haha!
It seems ever since Ryan moved to Cali he has being smashing out all sorts of good stuff like this edit and it seems he isn’t slowing down anytime soon, here is a bit of an update…
“This past weekend was the Las vegas Xtreme Thing 2012 dirt comp. Practice was really amazing and the jumps were massive but come the comp day the wind kicked in and no one could get through the jumps so we had a best trick comp on the last jump. We started on the berm and peddled to the last set. It was just like it sounds pretty lame but at least we made something happen. I got a superman flip and a 720, just playing it safe in the wind but I had a good time.
Good mate Jaie Toohey has also moved in so we’re riding alot of dirt everyday, I’ve been showing him some of my spots in Cali and I even got a dirt bike to play on the track which has been really fun, it’s just good to take a day off doing BMX and enjoy something else fast. We have been going to Woodward alot because it’s one of the funnest places on earth that I’ve been to and I am working on a few new stunts for this years comps so I’m keen to show everyone soon.”
Our boy Oskars Zajarskis from Latvia hows some great footage in this split edit with his friend Kristaps Reimanis, the park looks pretty fun aswell!
