I am back in Melbourne at the moment and this weekend I hooked up with Marnold and CO, it was possibly the most productive weekend riding we have ever had here. Marnold killed everything we rode.

Thanks to DJ for the photos.

Peta sent us in an update about her recovery from the crash she had a few months back…

I just wanted to let you guys know that I finally got my teeth fixed from when I crashed back in February filming for The Colony DVD. I would also like to say a big thanks to Clint for helping me out with the fundraiser tee and to anyone who bought one of the tee’s I appreciate it so much!

Next in the 10 Clips series of edits is Marnold. We had never lit up a spot in a school before so we didn’t know how it was going to go down. We waited until about 7pm rolled in there with all the gear set-up and it was game on. There was a cleaner floating about on the grounds but he didn’t seem fazed at all by what we were doing so maybe we got lucky that night.

Filmers: Cooper Brownlee (fisheye) Luke Vandenberg (long lens)

Edited by: Cooper Brownlee.

Tom has a bike check and interview over on the The Union, check it out here.

We filmed Brock’s ten clips on Friday, it won’t be up for a little while but it will be worth the wait, trust me!

Chris just recently started riding after being off the bike for a couple of months with a broken wrist. He is heading over to the USA next month to hit up a bunch of places. This photo is from an evening ride we had at Woodridge park in Brisbane the other night.

Marnold has been riding alot of late, filming for a few projects. With the weather being very average in Melbourne at this time of year and no daylight savings we have been lighting up a bunch of spots whenever it’s dry.

Liam scored the double page advert in the latest 2020 with this long nose manual. Liam also has an interview in the new issue so make sure you pick it up. The clip of this nose manual can also be seen in our DVD if you haven’t got yourself a copy yet.

Mick is currently travelling around Australia, I will let him tell you the story though…

“Hey! This is Mick here checking in. After the DVD launch in Brissy I packed up my life in Melbourne and hit the road with my girlfriend to show her around Australia before she heads home to Canada. We rented a van to sleep, cook, and do pretty much everything in. First stop was Byron Bay where we explored the beautiful beach and hiked up to the lighthouse. I abandoned my shoes and became a barefoot bushman. We had mad adventures exploring the bush. We then kept moving until we arrived at the Glass House Mountains and spent the day at Steve Irwin’s Australia Zoo. Turned out to be Bindi’s 13th birthday, so we got to see some crazy croc shows with the whole family. I even got a piece of her birthday cake! Next stop we came to Noosa where we explored the mangroves and the river by kayak. We spent a few hours on a deserted island where we hung out and I had a stab at spear fishing. We got out of there quickly after our car was broken into and made our way to Rainbow Beach. Now we’re here for a few days exploring the sand dunes and hiking through the National Parks. This is such a chill place I almost don’t want to leave. The plan is to head up the East Coast until Cairns. I’ll keep you posted with anymore wild adventures we come across. Peace.”

After working hard on filming for the Colony DVD, we wanted to play around with a web edit series that was a bit more relaxed, so the deal is…. The rider picks out a spot or park they enjoy riding and then they film ten clips at that spot. No pressure, just keep it fun and do the things they enjoy doing.

This is Tom’s local park so I knew this would be the place we would hit up for his Ten Clips. To mix it up and to work in with Tom’s work schedule, we got out the generator and filmed it at night whilst the local kids lurked in the background.

We moved the generator set-up around to each part of the park to film each clip which worked well.

Filmers: Cooper Brownlee (fisheye) Troy Charlesworth (long lens)

Edited by: Cooper Brownlee.

This is the first print advert for us with the new layout featured in the current issue of RideUS which tells a bit more of a story of the photos within the advert. I am really stoked on these. Zac Miner riding Ryan Guettler’s backyard. Photos also shot by Ryan.

Thanks so much to Calvin Kosovich for taking the time to film this. The guys at Royal BMX had an instore premiere evening for the DVD and Calvin caught up with a few local crew to see what they thought of it. If you watched the interviews we did with the team about filming for the DVD you would know we talked alot about Perth, well most this crew in this are the guys that helped us out alot.

If you can read French then make sure you check out the review that Data Bmx did on the DVD. It seems like they enjoyed it so we are stoked! Thanks guys, you can read it here.

For those in the Newcastle area Drift Bikes are hosting a premiere for our DVD tonight. Alex Hiam, Tom Stretton,Brock Olive & myself will also be at Drift Newcastle for an in-store & then going down to the park for a ride afterwards. Should be a great day on & off these great little bikes we all ride & love so much. Check the flyer for details.

Liam has a solid interview in the new 2020, here is a photo of one of the pages of the interview. Make sure you pick yourself up a copy and have a read.

I just put up a new splash page which you can see larger here. This one features Zac Miner sliding a steep rail in Brisbane whilst dodging poles top and bottom.

Valvo recently did a box jump demo and sent in a couple of photos from the day, thanks for that Valvo.

Tim Towie put this together to test a new camera, liam throws down some good moves on an up-ledge.

Brock Olive has the current advert in the 2nd issue of The Albion. Solid truckdriver in Canberra.

Backbone have been good enough to put on a premiere for the DVD this Saturday, make sure you get down there for the event. Thanks guys.

Brock Olive has a promo edit for some fresh new gear from our friends at Dishonour. Some good stuff in this and I am pretty sure the guys filmed it in one day in Brocks home town.

Thanks to Wallride Distributions we have a premiere for the DVD in Panama, check the flyer for all the info. Not long now until all the premieres!

Dahshop in NY will also be having a bit of a premiere for the DVD, playing the DVD all day in their shop, make sure you cruise down there if you are in the area.

Shintaro sent us in a nice photo of his current set-up. Check it out…

Bars: Colony Bull bars
Bar ends: Colony Konka
Cranks: Colony Colonial Flatland version
Frame: Colony Dejavu 17.0″
Grips: Colony HFL
Pedals: Colony Fantastic plastic
Sprocket: Colony Jam Circle V2 20T
Stem: Colony L.T.D
Back wheel: Colony Contour cassette (male)
Front wheel: Colony Contour

Last month Liam went over to China for the Asian X-Games and seem to gain alot of recognition from doing so. His clothing sponsor Primary Threads were so stoked on how Liam went they have released a limited edition colour way of one of their designs to celebrate liams results.

Royal Bmx is a BMX store over in Perth, Western Australia. These guys are doing good things for the scene over there and they stock all Colony product so make sure you check out the store if you are in W.A and have a watch of this video interview created by Calvin Kosovich.

Our good friend and team rider from France Bruno Faucon has some good footage in this edit from Maniable clothing. Most of the footage is from the park in Aurilllac which is the same town one of the DVD premieres is happening in.

Zac Miner has our current print advert in the latest issue of Soul over in France. Quick story about this photo…

We went to this spot during the day but the workers there wern’t to excited about us being there and after one attempt at it we got the boot. Being a golf course we thought it would close around dark however after we checked google it didn’t shut until 11pm. So we waiting until late and missioned into town, parked the car away from the place and wheeled the generator and lights up on the filming board, lit it up and Zac got it done first or second shot from memory. I love doing missions like that.

Jens is our flow rider from Sweden and he recently sent in some photos. Jens tells us the weather is just starting to come into the good season so plenty of roadtrips and riding ahead for him. He also sent in a bit of a bike check which you can check out below. Thanks to Mats Kahlstrom for the photos.

Frame: Colony Rebirth
Fork: Colony Official V4
Cranks: Colony Colonial 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

Our flow rider from Canada, Steven Moxley recently set up a new bike, check out the photos below. If you missed it, a little while back Steven also had a power hour edit which you can see here.