Liam Zingbergs recently moved into a new place right by Little Black Bike his long time bike shop sponsor. Matt & Jack at LBB run one of the coolest shops in the country & pretty much exclusively hold down BMX in Adelaide. Yeah !!
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Liam Zingbergs, Marnold & Brock Olive all scored invites to the Asian X Games in Shanghai set for the 28th of April till the 1st of May.
They will be mixing it with some of the biggest names in BMX street. The riders list looks like this… Jeremiah Smith, Dakota Roche, Dennis Enarson, Garrett Reynolds, Chad Kerley, Van Homan, Ty Morrow & Daniel Johnson. Our 3 riders will round out that list of riders. That’s one impressive line up to say the least.
The guys will be staying on for a few extra days after the comp to explore the streets of Shanghai. Cooper Brownlee will also be heading over with the guys to catch some action outside of the comp as well. Should be good.
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Focalpoint have come through with another great instalment of The Package. Look out for clips of Mick Bayzand, Brock Olive & Cooper Brownlee. Word.
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Thanks to Evan at Lux BMX I will soon be back on the freecoaster program. It’s been many years since I ran a freecoaster but should be fun to mess around with it again. Evan did a few tweaks on his in-house lathe for me on this freecoaster that may or may not make production as a Colony product… time will tell.
If you would like to see this freecoaster go into production as a Colony product, just ‘like’ this post here via Facebook.
If you’re after any custom mods for your bike, go see Evan at Lux BMX has he now offers an in-house lathe service where he can do special mods.
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Peta Shepherd is fresh back from her trip to Canada & popped into the office yesterday to pick up some new wheels. She had them built by the guys at Crossley Cycles & they look the goods. She chose our Contour Rims in Polished with our Clone Hubs in Blue. Check out her 2012 Miner in Rising Blue stacked with all our goodies below.
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Sidewall Distribution have just received a fresh new shipment of 2012 products & have them available right now. Check with your favourite shop now & ask them to place their orders while stocks last. This includes our Polished alloy parts as shown below.
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Ryan has an interesting interview where he talks about his recent move out of Greenville & back over to California among other things.
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As we released last week, Jourdan Barba has joined the team & of course had to put together a whole new ride. Check out his new Colony set up below & his Colony parts list.
Frame: Teddy V2 20.5″
Fork: Guardian
Bars: Twenty Four Seven
Stem: Variant
Headset: Colony
Cranks: Colonial V2
Bottom Bracket: Colony
Sprocket: CC 25T
Pedals: Fantastic Plastic
Front Wheel: Contour
Rear Wheel: Contour Female Axle
Pegs: Oneway CrMo
Front Hub Guard: Clone
Rear Hub Guard: Clone
Seat: Shield Fat Pivotal
Seat Post: Colony Pivotal
Photos by Jeremy Pavia.
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We have recently put on a team rider in the UK in the way of Anton McGuirk. He joins our team repping for us in the UK & we all could not be more stoked. After seeing Anton’s recent Power Hour on Vital, it was obvious he had skills & after a few emails back & forth, the deal was set. Stoked. Welcome to the team Anton !! Expect to see a welcome edit from Anton soon as well as a bike check with his new set up.
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We have once again for the 3rd year in a row now, got behind the South Eastern League series of comps held down in Melbourne. With a multitude of stops, there is sure to be an event near you. Heck, why not make it to them all?
The action starts tomorrow at Prahran Skatepark on March 17th. You might be lucky enough to spot Mick Bayzand there since it’s his local park?
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Paul Jaques, Pete Jaques, Rhys Yeomans, Cooper Brownlee & his better half Sarah, have launched a new site last week called Modica. It’s a lifestyle and culture blog where they post up on anything they are into, it’s aimed towards Australian content but they will post all sorts of stuff from around the world, along with a bunch of original content. It seems to be going well so far… check it out here now.
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A couple weeks ago we announced we would soon have some new team members.
Well, the first new addition is Riverside local, Jourdan Barba. After seeing Jourdan’s recent video over on Vital BMX, I was suitably impressed. So we tracked him down & after a few emails a deal was set. Jourdan was to be our newest team rider for the USA. He is working on a welcome edit as we speak & we will have a full bike check here in a few days. It’s great to have him aboard Colony & we look forward to working together over the years to come.
Photos by Jeremy Pavia.
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Tom Stretton has been busy… read on below.
Hey guys just a little update on what I’ve been up to for you all.
Over the last month or so I’ve been filming a bunch with Troy Charlesworth for an edit for Lux BMX Store which is turning out really cool. Also been filming little bit for the new 2020 DVD which is so much fun!
Have also been filming an edit with Jack Birtles which I’ve mentioned before but we dont get the chance to get out all the time for it with the weather or just different priorities. He is over in New Zealand at the moment with some of the guys, so we will get straight back into it when he gets back hopefully. Hope your having a good time over there boys!!!
Also I came into the warehouse a little while ago and Clint really hooked me up with some new stuff for my setup. Pretty psyched so I’m going to send through a little bike check in the coming weeks. You’ll see a little photo below of my new Colony Contour rims that I just powder coated a really sweet blue that I’m pretty much in love with haha. The guys at Lux set them up for me with some really cool blue spokes as well, so thanks everyone!
In other news the guys at Lux have just got a new bench lathe and have done a few cool mods to my stem top bolt. Looks so clean but I’ll explain that all in the bike check when I get it done!
Oh and add me on instagram @teabaggyballs hahaa yewwwww Anyway I’m out of here for a ride. PEACE!
Filmed during a quick session before he moved back to Latvia, Oskars Zajarskis put together this video at The Alley skatepark in the UK. Doing it for Par BMX in Latvia.
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The Push Bike Factory in Campbelltown, southwest of Sydney have been in BMX for a long time. They also carry our full ranges including our 2012 complete bikes, frames & our parts ranges as well. They also offer expert advice & service as well as a fully operating online store. Check them out next time you’re out that way. They have an awesome park right near them as well, so it always makes it a good reason to go out there. Go talk to Matt & Jinae, they will get you sorted.
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We have one again got behind the JoMoPro Flatland Comp in Missouri. This time it’s set for April 21st & you can get all the info you will need at jomoproflatland.com
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Oskars Zajarskis our flow rider for Latvia, is making the move back home soon after a few years over in the UK. He will also be hitting up the Simple Session soon too. Check out this cool spot he found recently.
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Chris Courtenay has a Pro Q&A over on the Vital BMX site. So if you have a question you wish to ask him, hit him up over there now by clicking here. He will answer your questions until March 14th.
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Since Ryan has moved over to Cali he has been spending plenty of time at Sheep Hills digging & riding. He lives real close by the trails so it’s his local spot now. Photos courtesy of Uchida Takafumi.
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Cooper Brownlee is a working machine. Whether it’s on the bike, on the computer or behind the lens, he never seems to stop. Hence how the name for the Twenty Four Seven Bars came about. Cooper lives & breathes BMX. He is on his way to Canberra to ride for the long weekend right now & is still working whilst on the move. Check out his temporary office in the back of the iLoad. That’s Mick Bayzand beside him asleep as well. Updates here from their travels over the days ahead.
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Ryan features in a recent advert in Ride UK for the Vans / Colony collaboration shoe package out now.
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Next weekend over in Mandurah Western Australia, there is a comp set for March 17th with a huge $10,000 prize money up for grabs for BMX.
The good crew at Freestyle Now are behind the event & we are supporting it. Park & Mini Ramp disciplines are going down, should be good times.
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One of my best days of riding ever was a few years ago over in Athens, GA. We rode the university there for a full day & could not get enough of the place. It was for me, the best day of street riding I had ever had and still stands as such today almost 5 years later. Check out the video below of that memorable day back in 2007 but first, we are supporting an event that happens there yearly. The Twilight BMX comp is going down on April 28th & should be a great day for all. If you’re in the area, get yourself along for the day.
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Focalpoint have a new tee out now & here is a cool promo video for it featuring Marnold & Cooper. You can order the tees here now.
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Our Brazilian distributor Dream BMX, took all their team guys on a trip in Brazil & this is the teaser video for it. It looked like a lot of fun, full video out soon. Look out for a few shots of Valvo in the mix.
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Liam Marshall from New Zealand is now riding for us over there. Thanks to the guys at BMX.CO.NZ Liam will have his own bio on the site soon, so check back for that in the weeks ahead. It’s good to have you a part of the family mate.
He built up his first bike recently & here is a quick bike check with his Colony parts list…
Frame: Colony The Living
Fork: Colony Dagger
Bars: Colony Twenty Four Seven
Headset: Colony
Stem: Colony Variant
Grips: Colony Much Room
Cranks: Colony Colonial V2
BB: Colony Mid
Pedals: Colony Fantastic Plastic
Sprocket: Colony CC 25T
Rear tyre: Colony Agenda
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Our rider from Poland, Michal Mycek is over in Barcelona right now on a filming trip & he is a little teaser for what is to come from the trip.
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It was leaked a couple times last week for those that were savy on their website news but it is official, Broc Raiford is moving on from us here at Colony.
It’s sad to see him go but it’s all on the very best of terms. Like all things in life, things do change. I personally would like to publicly thank Broc for his efforts over the past few years. We were his first sponsor & helped build his reputation & image out there in the BMX world to what it is today. It’s been amazing to have watched Broc turn into the amazing bike rider he is & I wish him all the best in his future endeavours.
As Broc’s last rep for Colony, he went to the Toronto BMX Jam on the weekend & placed an impressive 8th in pro park. Congrats.
We have also done up a little farewell edit for Broc using clips he collected for his section in The Colony DVD from last year. Thanks for the good times mate.
Broc with an ET tooth hanger at the Toronto BMX Jam.
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I picked up Liam Zingbergs from the airport here in Brisbane this arvo & he is here for a week to film with Salad for the next 2020 BMX Magazine DVD. Updates here as they happen.
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