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Simon O’Brien checks in…
Simon O’Brien sent in a quick update on what he has been up to…
Yesterday I met up with Michael Harris and took some pics at an old brick factory, got some good ones. Here is one from my camera. Some good ones to come once Michael sorts them. I’m starting to film again now also, collecting some clips for an edit down the track.
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Product update – Beanies
To welcome in the cool winter months here in Australia we will soon have available some beanies to keep your noggin warm. These will be available mid July & only in Australia. Click here for more info now.
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Dahshop Colony DVD Premiere.
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.
Product update – Much Room Grip
We have our 3rd grip coming out soon & it’s called the Much Room Grip. It will be available early August in Australia & September for the rest of the world. Check it out below. You can also see the mould used to make this new grip too. It will come in Black, Red, Purple, Blue & Laser Green.
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Checking in from Taiwan…
I am over here in Taiwan checking on 2012 productions & working on 2013 product lines. I took some quick photos of a few products of ours being made & thought I would share. Here you see the steps our Official Stems take along their production.
Here also are some of the first production CC Sprockets being made. These will be out worldwide in September.
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Shintaro Misawa bike check
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
Product update – Miner Frame
Zac Miner has been working hard on his DVD section the past 2 years & it was decided about a year ago that we would grace him with his own signature frame.
That frame called the Miner, will be out around the world this September. It will come in 20.75″ & 21″ sizes. It also has a short & responsive rear end at 13.25″ which is exactly what Zac wanted. It has internal gussets on the tapered top & down tubes for strength. We will release more info & specs closer to the release date.
Shown in our 2012 colour – Matt Red.
Unleaded & Soul BMX Magazine have teamed together to give someone the chance to win one a Miner frame. So if you live in France get to it. Click here now for full details.
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DVD premiere in Greenville
Ryan Guettler took it upon himself to organise a massive premiere event in Greenville which I am so thankful for. Check the flyer details below & take note of the open bar thanks to Monster Energy & some of Ryan’s other sponnos. Wish I could make it this one as well but for those that are closer, make sure you do. It’s on this Sunday, so actually technically is the world premiere as well. Should be a great night.
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Liam Zingbergs
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 interview
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.
Custom LTD…
The guys at Strictly BMX have built up a very rare custom LTD frame using some never before released Chrome Colonial V2 Cranks & Dagger forks. Check out in more detail here now.
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One Love One Life
Among the million things he already has on his plate, Cooper Brownlee runs a lifestyle photography website called One Love One Life. Check it out by clicking here now.
Mick Bayzand with a feeble in Newcastle, NSW.
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DVD premieres in the USA
Our good friends at Sidewall Distribution have arranged a multitude of premieres to happen all over the USA on July the 16th. Check the flyer below for details & get yourself along to the nearest one to you. Thanks to all these fine stores for their support – Local BMX, Joes Bike Shop, Just BMX, Franks Bicycles BMX Pro Shop, Legend Bikes USA, Pusher BMX & Goods BMX.
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Attila Godi sequence
Attila Godi was recently in Budapest for a road trip & had this little sequence pieced together.
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Bruno Faucon footage.
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.
Advert: Zac Miner
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.
Oneclips all round…
Pete Radivo & myself teamed up with Polly for a oneclip over on Focalpoint.
Marnold also has another recent one.
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Jens Kahlstrom checks in.
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
Ryan checks in…
Ryan Guettler sent in a quick update of what he has been up to of late & what he has on for the weeks ahead…
I just got back from Budapest. I went there for a Monster Energy Dirt jump contest. Had a really fun time and even got 2nd place !! They built the course for the comp but also to leave it there for the kids afterwards so they were very small jumps, which were hard for me to do my bigger tricks on, I wish they were bigger but it was amazing event. Thanks to every one over there at Monster for taking care of me and showing me a good time.
I’m now back in Greenville getting ready for the 1st stop of the Dew Tour. I really excited but Dew Tour this year it going to be fun I’ll keep you up to date on more event so
Enjoy the photos from Hungry – Ryan.
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DVD Premiere in Newcastle
We have another DVD premiere set for July 23rd at 7pm in Newcastle in conjunction with Drift Bikes. Some of the team will also be there with an in-store at 2pm at Drift Bikes in Newcastle. Then at 3pm come join us for a roll at the Newcastle park. See you there !!
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Bike Check – Steven Moxley
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.
Another France premiere!
The good people in France at Unleaded and Sample Bicycle Shop are also putting on a premiere for the Colony DVD. Check the details below…
Melbourne & France premieres…
We have a few new premieres organised around the world with many more to come. For now here is the Melbourne one organised by the guys at Strictly BMX at their fresh new store. If you haven’t checked out their new store yet then this is the perfect chance to do so.
The guys at Unleaded in France have arranged one in Aurillac as well. The people in Aurillac treated as very well when we were there last June. Wow, that was a year ago now. How time flies by.
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The Colony DVD interview…
Stewart Munro has an interview over on The Union site & you can check it out by clicking here now. Make sure to check out Stewart’s & the team’s work below in the trailer.
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The Colony DVD trailer…
I am pretty stoked to share this with everyone out there. We have been working on our team DVD for the past two years now & it will premiere here in Brisbane, Australia on July 16th. There are also multiple premieres being organised for all over the world, more news on those as they are finalised.
Expect the DVD to be available in most countries from July 16th onwards.
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Shintaro takes out 1st place…
Over the weekend at the FLATdev 2011 Comp in Malacca, Malaysia our own Shintaro took out 1st place. Congrats mate !!
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