Tom Stretton at his finest.

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We received our first batch of 2011 complete bikes today & they all went (except 7 bikes) as fast as they were unloaded out of the container. Expect them in BMX stores Australia wide next week. More details & photos to be uploaded on our site here very soon.

Before…

during…

and after…

photos & full details to come soon.

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Check out this totally custom Chrome bike featuring a Gnarkill frame, Official V4 forks, Bloody Oath V2 bars, Colonial V2 cranks & more Colony parts. Thanks to Dami Side from Belgium for the support.

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Zac sent in a little story on how he he drove to Melbourne to pick up his bike. One rather crazy mission, read on…

Soooo, we drove out of Canberra at 5pm on Sunday to drive to Melbourne to get my bike that was still there after the King of the Jibs comp. Now if you don’t know it, Melbourne is about 7 hours away by car, plus I was meant to be at work at 7 in the morning. If you add it up it was never happening!
Two awesome Queanbo girls were nice enough to drive me down though, haha. We got to Albury to pick up Josh Mete, didnt take him long to get nude! Punched it through to Melbs, picked my bike and said hello to Thomas at 2 in the morning, turned around and left for Canberra. Around the time we dropped Mete off, Amy and I were feeling seedy from drinking the whole way, so we proceeded to spew at some servo.
Made it back to Canberra at like 10am or so, was super tired n super hung over but I had my bike and I was so stoked!

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Last night was the Death by Wasabi contest at the LUX BMX Store in Brisbane. It was a great night & there was a very good turnout. Six people signed up for the wasabi eating contest for their chance to win a 2011 Teddy frame in our new Wasabi colour way. I have never seen so much Wasabi eaten in such a short period. In the end it came down to Tom McIvor with the win taking home the Teddy frame & Henry Boffin as the runner up getting a Wasabi Official stem & sprocket. Our first 2011 product customer ended up being Ali Hassan by getting himself a set of Wasabi Oneway pegs, congrats.

Thanks to everyone that showed up & thanks to Evan & Mitch from LUX for putting it all on.

Our 2011 ranges will be in stores Australia wide the week of September 6th. Most other countries will receive their shipments in September as well. Check with your local distributor or Colony dealer for full info.

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Our flow rider from Sweden, Jens Kahstrom recently got himself a new truck in the way of a Chevy S10 & thought it would be cool to jump it in full ’80’s style. Check it out.

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Broc Raiford scored his first photo in the latest Ride BMX magazine that just came out. Pretty awesome photo & we’re stoked for Broc. Broc will be attending our West Coast Cali roadtrip coming up after Interbike in a few weeks. Should be good times for sure.

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We were approached by the people at Flick Trix last September about them wanting to do some Colony Flick Trix bikes. We were pretty stoked & work started right away to get them out there. Well almost a year later you can now get your own Colony Descendent as a Flick Trix toy. There will also be an Endeavour, a Cube & later on a Sweet Tooth bike available. Check them out at your nearest Flick Trix retailer now.

Note: These are not available through us here at Colony, sorry.

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About 3 years ago I flowed an old friend a Sect frame & a bunch of our parts to go along with it. Well Dustin Guenther recently sent in an email to catch up & says he is still riding that same bike. Here are some pics to prove that Dustin is still a god on a bike. Some of you may remember Dustin doing rather well back in the old Metro Jam days & more often than not, having a top 3 finish at these events. Stoked to see him still riding & having fun. I just love those x-up canadian nose picks… such an awesome trick especially when done on an 8 foot quarter.

Photos by Ken Paul.

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Ryan sent us an update on his recent injuries. Wishing you the fastest recovery mate. Read on below…

Wow what a crazy year 2010 has been… As many of you know, I crashed badly at the Chicago Dew Tour doing a 540. From the crash I suffered a 3rd degree separation on my left shoulder. This only aggravated years of abuse and past injuries to the point that time and basic rehab will not heal the injury to extent I need.

Since the Chicago Dew Tour, I’ve ridden in the X Games, HB US Open, and Portland Dew Tour with the injury. Unfortunately now with both shoulders popping out every time I ride, I decided to get X-rays & MRI to find out how to fix what’s going on.

I’ve been told by sports doctors the only way to fix the problems with my shoulders, so I can compete without any issues, is to get surgery and have them repaired. Therefore, I will undergo surgery this week. Then I will be fully recovered by end of this year as I’ve been told that it is 4 months of rehab post surgery. That will put me in a good position to return for the start of next season with a healthy body allowing me to compete at 100% once again.

I hate that it’s come to this, but I can’t keep riding with this injury and need it fixed now.

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Strictly BMX have got behind a series of comps to be held in & around Melbourne between now & Xmas this year. Check out the flyer below for the dates & places, should be a good series by the looks of it.

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On the weekend Cooper Brownlee did a trip to Adelaide to ride & met up with Liam Zingbergs while down there. He also went to the United DVD prem put on by the guys at Little Black Bike. Good times where had by all I am told. Check out LBB site for proof.

Both Cooper & Liam among many more will be at this weekends King Of The Jibs in Melbourne. More good times in store no doubt, can’t wait.

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We get quite a bit of fan artwork sent to us here & some of it is really cool. This piece here is no exception, sent in from Jimmy Nguyen from Stockton, CA in the USA. Thanks heaps for the support for Colony Jimmy, it’s appreciated.

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Valvoline sent in a quick update on what he has been up too of late. He recently went on a small trip to the south of Brazil in Florianópolis. He has also been working with Marcelo from Dream BMX building a hot rod as you can see in the photo below. He is also working on a fresh new web edit for us, so keep an eye out for that one.

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To help celebrate the release of our 2011 range we have teamed up with Brisbane’s newest BMX store,
LUX BMX to bring you, Death by Wasabi !!

Basically, we’re gonna give away a 2011 Teddy frame in our new Wasabi colourway for the person who wins by eating the most wasabi on the night. There will also be other give aways on the night so make sure you’re there for it. Even if it’s just to laugh at who ever is crazy enough to eat copious amounts of wasabi for a frame. Should be entertaining to say the least. See the flyer below for details.

We will also have on display a teaser display of our 2011 range which is due in the country in September.

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Our flow rider from the UK, Jonny Devine was in Australia a couple of months ago with some of his crew. They made a fun edit from there time here, good vibe in this…

Danny Heng has been added to our international flow team with the helps of the good folks at Twenty Inch Circle in Singapore. If you’re in Singapore, Malaysia or any other surrounding countries in the area, make sure you contact Simon at Twenty Inch as they will look after you with all things Colony.

Cooper Brownlee recently invested in a Canon 7D & this is the first trial edit with his new toy. Look our for a few clips from both Cooper & Marnold. Enjoy !!

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Zac Miner shot me an email today letting me know how his knee was going, you may remember he dislocated it when we were in France a couple months ago. Well Miner tells me that it’s getting better but not 100% yet, some days its fine then other days not so fine. hopefully he is back in action for the King of Jibs in a few weeks! The photo below is from a few months ago at a very unique spot we were fortunate enough to ride.

There was recently an old school BMX show ‘n’ shine in Brisbane at Lewis & Sons Powder Coating. A bummer I was out of town as it’s always a good day for sure. Always love checking out the old school bikes, so many memories, some good & some not so good! It’s cool to see how bikes have improved over the years & see what was once old is also new again. Click here now to check out some pics over on the Newcircle site.

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I received via email today this photo of an awesome stained glass Colony logo made by Trent Griese from Balnarring in Victoria, Australia. Thanks for the support Trent !!

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This is quite interesting, if you ever wondered what the two black bands on Ryan’s forearm meant well have a watch as he talks about how important they are to him.