Cooper Brownlee took a little four day trip with a couple of friends recently. They went down the south west of Victoria and just over the border of South Australia to Mt Gambier for something a little different. Cooper said they had a super fun time and wanted to thank all the locals they hung out with, thanks !!
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Zac Miner has been putting in some work of late with JT from the Blazeguard fame for his new DVD project. Expect some good things with this when it comes out. Zac will also be travelling up to Brisbane soon for the start of our trip later this month. Rumour has it Zac could also be calling Brisbane home in the coming months.
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One of my favourite colour ways we have done on this year’s Descendent complete bike is our Matt Raw/Blue as shown below. Full CrMo everything, sealed everything & CNC alloy bits a plenty, make these bikes one of the best value for money out there in the market today. Check one out at a Colony dealer near you now.
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Another buttery smooth link from Rayyan Ibrahim. Seen over on the Newcircle website.
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Below is the flyer with full details on all nine jams being held nation wide on Sunday the 20th February.
Make sure you get your self to your closest one & throw a few gold coins into the donations. There will even be auctions & raffles at most jams too for your chance to buy some great stuff. At each jam there will also be a bunch of Colony grips for sale for $10.00 each with 100% of the proceeds going to the flood relief fund.
So dig in deep & come along for a fun day of riding for a great cause.
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Michal Mycek our flow rider in Poland made a little edit from an indoor park session he did recently. Check it !!
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If you live in New Zealand then you most likely know of the Hedgehog chain of bike shops. Well, they have carried the full range of Colony bikes & parts from pretty much day one now. These days Colony is one of their better selling brands which we are stoked to hear. Check out their full range of BMX products on hand including Colony. While I was there in NZ I dropped by two of their stores, Takapuna & Onehunga as seen below.
For a full list of all our NZ dealers please click here now.
Takapuna.
Onehunga.
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On the 20th of February there is set to be a nation wide series of flood relief jams aimed to raise funds for the victims of the QLD floods.
We here at Colony are getting behind them all & especially the one set at Beenleigh. Almost the entire team will be present & should be a great day for all involved. Gold coin donations are expected from everyone who attends the day & there will be bands playing as well. More details on other jams will be posted here in the days/weeks ahead.
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Rayyan Ibrahim (Shintaro Misawa) throws down a single clip for you all in Kuala Lumpur. Spotted over on the Newcircle site.
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I dropped into T.Whites Bikes in Auckland, NZ last week & I gotta say Tim has got a pretty sweet set up going on there. Real nice mix of products & bike styles. T.Whites also have full access to the entire Colony range & can get you anything Colony you so desire. If they do not have it in stock, they can get it in no problems. Check out their site by clicking here now for more details.
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Check out this cool Alex Hiam fan artwork we received here via email from Joel Nicholls. You can check out more of Joel’s work on his website by clicking here now. Thanks for the art Joel !!
In other Alex news, he is almost finally ready to start riding again after 6 months off with his broken ankle. He will be on our shop tour happening later this month along with almost the entire team. Check our website front page for more details.
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Peta Shepherd and Tim Wood are apart of the coaching clinics going on at the GC Compound on the Gold Coast in Brisbane, check their site for more info on how to get help from some experianced riders.
Other Peta news is that she came 4th in Intermediate at a recent comp held at the GC, The photo below is from a session Peta had down there not too long ago.
Shane has been super busy of late, I will let him tell the story though…
It’s been a crazy past few months for sure. End of last year was hectic with trips to Japan, UK and Malaysia. In between I also headed to Melbourne for demos and finished up in December by going to China for a week to do more demos for their national TV station, CCTV. I got the invite for the 2 Guinness World Records that I got earlier in the year – pretty stoked on that and I heard that it was on Channel 7 in December as well but I missed seeing it, bummer!!
After getting back from China I hung around Brisbane a few days sorting a few things out with Newcircle as we were due to get the new complete Apprentice flatland bikes in (dope!). Then I hopped in my car and drove 2,520kms over the next 2 days to get back to Adelaide in time for Christmas – VW all the way yo! Bit of an epic trip dodging floods, messed up roads and Kangaroos… gotta love Australia!
Adelaide was sweet… hung out mostly, gotta bunch of riding in and kept it low-key. Chillin.
Because of all the floods I decided to come back a little early and made the 2,500km return trip to Brisbane… just in time to get back to the gnarliest floods that nearly swept the whole city away! As crazy as it was, good to hear that most people got through it ok, but a lot of people had a super tough time with it so I hope they pull through…
So now I’m looking forward to February as we have the first round of the Newcircle DownUnderground Flatland Series happening in Bridport in Tasmania over the 19th/20th – check it out if you’re down that way!
Brock Olive has been out and about filming for various things. Smooth smith to nose to bars sequence below. Thanks to Copp’in it Sweet for the shots.
Dropped by the public trails here in Queenstown, New Zealand today & they look really good. We were here a few years ago with the team & the trails have progressed so much since then. So many lines it looks really fun. It’s pretty cool that these are council backed & endorsed. They even pay someone to keep them in top condition. If only more councils were this behind trails around the world.
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There is a pretty solid review about Simon O’Brien‘s DVD over on Global-Flat, well worth the read. You can also check out the promo for it here.
Right now I am over in New Zealand in Queenstown on a little holiday. I was here a few years ago with the team & we rode the park in town. It has been completely changed since then & I snapped these iPhone shots today. Keen to come over one day again for sure, looks fun as.
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Our USA flow rider Broc Raiford sent us over a few photos from a mission he has been doing, filming for a Monday edit for the guys over at RideUS. Incase you missed it, Broc recently had an advert in RideUS also, check it here.
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The BV Jam is on this weekend in Zumbro Falls, MN & we are supporting it with some prizes thanks to Sidewall Distro. If you’re in the area, get yourself there for some fun times.
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Henrique Castro from Brazil sent a quick little email to say that like here in Australia, it has been raining heaps of late & so his riding time has been short. But he did get out the other day in between rain showers to have a roll in his local streets with some mates. Valvo recently put together a Teddy frame & he is loving it. Thanks to Marcelo at Dream BMX for looking after Valvo over there for us.
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From all us here at Colony I would like to wish you all a very Happy Australia Day & hope that what ever you chose to do you make it a good one & relax in true Aussie spirit.
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When all round German good guy, Tobias Wicke emailed me saying he would like to ride some Colony parts I was stoked. I have known Tobias for a long time now & have always looked up to his riding as well. Such a legend. I was stoked to see he chose a Teddy frame as his frame of choice packed along with plenty of our parts as well. Pretty much almost an all Colony bike. Thanks for the support Tobias, enjoy the new bike !!
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A couple of us headed down to Geelong the other day for something different, besides it being crazy windy it was a fun day. Zac getting his tuck on whilst the kids come for him!
Available in 3 different versions is our Cee Logo Seat. Pivotal versions available in Super Slim & Mid while we also have a one piece seat/post combo if you prefer. Check them out & all our seats by clicking here now.
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Liam really put in work for this edit, some real creative and amazing moves in this. Props bro. Filmed and Edited by Tim Towie and Doug Underhill.
