Over on Vital BMX our product guide has been updated with all the fresh new 2012 products. Click here now to check it all out.

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In Australia we received our second shipment of 2012 complete bikes last week & they came in & then went straight back out. Check with your favourite Colony dealer now for our great value 2012 bikes now.

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Well, I am sorry to say but no one guessed correctly for the Zac Miner Ten Clips give away with the correct number of Allan Border poster appearances of 20.

Some were really tricky & hard to spot but here they all are… 0.12, 0.17, 0.19, 0.29, 0.35, 0.39, 0.41, 0.45, 0.46, 0.49, 0.50, 0.53, 0.57, 1.00, 1.07, 1.08, 1.11, 1.14, 1.26 & 1.30. A couple you can only see the back or the side of the poster but it’s there regardless.

However, we picked 4 people at random & they will all receive The Colony DVD in the mail. Darus Elbon, Cameron Lawrence, Daniel Huggins & Christopher Paterson will all receive a DVD in the mail soon. Thanks again for all that entered.

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This morning unfortunately dirt riding legend Dane Searls passed away, he was no doubtably one of the most amazing dirt jumpers and will be sorely missed by all. From all of us here at Colony our deepest sympathys to all of Dane’s friends and family.

Our main man in the USA, Broc Raiford sent in a quick couple photos from his recent trip in Cali. He went to a few various jams & comps while over there collecting footage including a jam at The Vault park & the Etnies King of the Skatepark comp. Broc took out first place in street which is cool to see.

Ride BMX also have a video with some clips of Broc from the Etnies comp here.

Thanks to Fat Tony for the above photos.

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I have known Tobias Wicke for years now & have always admired his riding. He is such a good guy to hang out with as well. This video was very impressive in all counts. Just gotta love the front brakes. Tobias doesn’t ride for us as such but we have flowed him some parts from time to time. Posting this video just because it’s awesome.

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Ryan Guettler was our first team rider on Colony back when the brand was first formed & it’s fitting that he finally has his own signature frame out with us. The Living is out now in Colony dealers around the planet. Click here to check it out a little closer.

In other Ryan news… he will be back in good old Brisbane for a few days at the end of this month. He will join us on our team trip down to Adelaide to help promote our up coming Vans collaboration shoes due out in March.

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This random photo is from a few months back & I forgot all about it until now. I have never seen a spine ramp as small as this one that’s meant to be ridden before. Spotted at the park in Tiaro in QLD.

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Ryan Guettler’s signature Official Stem has been out for a while now & has stood the test of time. It’s still one of the most popular stems out there after all these years. We have now released it once again in Polished after a few years absence. Check them out at a Colony dealer near you now.

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On December 3rd, 2011 almost the entire Colony team will be in Adelaide, South Australia. It’s all to help promote the up coming Vans / Colony collaboration shoe release. There will be two new models based off the Vans Wylie & Vans Milo shoes with Colony artwork. These will be out in March next year.

Ryan Guettler, Alex Hiam, Zac Miner, Mick Bayzand, Cooper Brownlee, Tom Stretton, Liam Zingbergs, Brock Olive, Valvo & myself will be there.

We will be having an in-store at Little Black Bike at 1pm & then a ride at the city park at 3pm. Come along, meet the team, get some freebies & then let’s all have a ride. Should be a great day.

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… but for anyone that knows me, knows that I like old school VW Type 3 Squareback’s. This here is one fine specimen.

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The last few times I have been at Woodridge skate park for a ride, there has been a young kid there who has always shown some skills on his bike. The bike he had was a real piece of work & he needed something decent big time. We were there on Saturday for a roll & once again, 9 year old Josh was there hanging out. He was still on his old bike & I thought I could help him out some what, so I told him to meet me at the park the next day.

The next morning I went through the warehouse & built him up a bike from spare stuff we had laying around. I was pretty stoked to be able to help him out & he was very stoked for sure. Enjoy the bike Josh & I can’t wait to see you ride again soon.

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The guys at Ride On BMX just recently sold their last LTD frame, number 43 of 50. Decked out with a good array of Colony parts it looks the goods. Hit up Steve at Ride On if you’re after a custom build as all the ones they do always turn out awesome.

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Things are really moving along for BMX in Brazil & much of this is to do with the hard work from the guys at Dream BMX. They recently put on a dirt jam & below you can see the video from it. Pretty cool vibe & looks like everyone had a great day. We supported the event with some prizes as well.

In more news from Brazil, Dream BMX also recently had a trade show booth & showed off all our new products we have coming out for 2012. See some pics below of their booth.

Our Brazilian team rider & good mate, Valvoline is also headed over to Brisbane for a month of riding soon which will be really good to have him here. Should be some good times ahead for sure. That’s him on the trade show booth. Expect to see him here for the month of November.

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Marnold has a @Random feature over on Defgrip. You can see it here.

A young rider had the misfortune of having his brand new 2012 Endeavour in Matt Black/Purple as seen below taken forcefully from him in Crestmead on the southside of Brisbane yesterday. These bikes aren’t even out yet so should be pretty easy to spot around. If you happen to see the bike below please contact Matt & the guys at 99 Bikes Browns Plains.

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Zac has been settling back into the Canberra life after moving back home from Brisbane, I spotted this awesome photo on Backbone of Zac getting loose at his local park.

Marnold has a really good interview over on The Union where he talks about all sorts of topics from Commodores, having the worst haircuts to being on Colony pro. Check it out.

We jumped on the Tumblr bandwagon and setup a Colony page, I am really enjoying posting up random photos on there so make sure you check it out and follow us if you use it.

Down here in Melbourne we are fortunate enough to get daylight savings for 6 months of the year, which basically means at its peak it’s light until 9pm. We are taking full advantage of good weather and long days! Marnold smith to hardway.

Sidewall Distro are running a facebook like-a-thon where you can win some great prizes… click here for all the details. Click here to like Sidewall on facebook now.

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After a brief but good time riding for us, Steven Moxley has taken up another offer from another brand & so will be leaving our team. It’s been great having you aboard Colony mate & we wish you all the best with what ever the future brings you.

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Ryan rides some amazing trails in France in this edit and does some dialed moves.

Ryan Guettler recently rode in Vital’s Game of Bike event & here you can the video from it. We always used to play this game down at Beenleigh… always a good time.

2011 Vital BMX Game of BIKE: Ryan Guettler vs Stevie Churchill, Round 1 – More BMX Videos

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Mark Schneider recently turned 41 years old & he threw a little chilled afternoon session yesterday on his backyard mini ramp. It was followed up by a BBQ as well, good times were had by all. Happy birthday mate.

Photo by Glen McLaughlin

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Ryan Guettler has scored an invite in the Vital BMX Game of Bike set for this Saturday October 1st at the Vans park in Orange, CA. We wish Ryan good luck on the day & have fun with it mate.

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On our way back home from a 2 week trip here in the USA & Canada. Just spent 3 days up in Vancouver with Dave Osato & his wife Johanna, taking in the sites of Vancouver. It was a really nice weekend for sure. They took us around & showed us some cool stuff, we ate good food & had a few drinks. We even caught up with Jay Miron as well. He is doing well it seems with his absence from BMX.

It was also good to catch up with Blaise & Tammy from Kill Em All Distribution as well.

We just spent the day in LA now & got a hire car to cruise around in. Had to go something American & fun. So enter the Dodge Challenger R/T with it’s 5.7L V8 Hemi. Fun times !!

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Spotted this cool little preview video Cooper made for his latest issue of Focalpoint & thought it was cool. So enjoy !!

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Spent the day exploring New York City today again. We visited the 9/11 site which was rather emotional to be there. Just thinking of all those that lost their lives & what it would have been like to be there when it happened.

After that we headed to check out Wall Street & had some breakfast there. We then took a NYC Water Taxi on the Hudson River to check out the sights including the Statue of Liberty. After that we walked & checked out the Brooklyn Banks although they are closed off at the moment with construction.

After this we caught the subway back uptown to check out the Empire State Building. Such a great view of the city from up there. All in all, a great day.

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Spent the day exploring NYC today & have much more planned for tomorrow yet. Snapped a couple quick pics on the go. We also saw a bunch of skaters filming in Times Square. The police nearby didn’t seemed fazed at all either which was cool to see.

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