I remember Mick Bayzand saying that one of the best memories he has from the recent USA trip we did was feeding this squirrel whilst in Long Beach. Tom Stretton grabbed my camera and captured the moment for Bayzand so I am sure he will be stoked to see this photo.

Cooper has been hard at work on a re-vamp of the Focalpoint website & it looks a treat !! Check it out by clicking here now. Go on, I dare you !!

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Shane is over in Japan right now on a chilling holiday without the bike checking out what Japan has to offer. He arrives back Monday & then heads over to Europe on Thursday for an extended trip for a few months with the bike of course. Expect some regular updates from his adventures.

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The new No Dig No Ride seat comes from the ideas of Ryan Guettler & is available in two sizes, Super Slim & Mid. The Mid uses an all new Pivotal base with the same solid construction & revised bumpers as our Super Slim but with a deeper height for more comfort & better feel. Check out all our 2011 seat offerings by clicking here now.

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Our flow rider from Hungary, Attila Godi recently put together a new bike & you can check it out by clicking here now. Thanks to Harlee Shop for their support of Attila.

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In it’s second year now is our Descendent complete bike & it’s better than ever. Featuring a full crmo frame, forks, bars & cranks along with a long list of Colony parts it is sure to please. We’re not about making cheap complete bikes but more about making bikes that are the best they can be. Click here to check out our entire 2011 range which is available now.

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Tom is heading back home tonight… looks like he has been living it up over there. Word.

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Peta Shepherd is travelling around the USA as well right now & she was lucky enough to get to ride Matt Berringer’s backyard recently & says it’s even more amazing than it looks. Stoked to see her having a blast over there.

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As you all know Zac & Tom are in Greenville at the moment. They started their day riding Ryan’s backyard mini then they then headed over to Mirra’s warehouse for a session to finish off the day. Looks like they’re having a blast over there, stoked. Thanks to Ryan for the photos & thanks to acting TM, Stu for getting it all together.

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Simple & effective.. available now everywhere. Click here for more info.

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Zac & Tom are in Greenville staying with Ryan. They have been out & about scoping the local street spots & the parks on offer in pro town USA. Good times no doubt. Check back soon for more details of their stay in the week ahead.

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Our long term team rider in the UK, Jonny Devine, has sadly made the move onto greener pastures & we wish him all the best over at his new found home at WTP. All good things do come to an end though & we wish Jonny the best of luck in his travels. Thanks for your time with us mate & come back to Brisbane soon !!

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Our Colonial V2 Cranks have been out for a while now & are a favourite amongst many riders out there. For good reasons too… they feature a simple design, light weight yet strong construction & they come in some great colours as well. Shown below in our Red Storm. Click here to check out the full details now.

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It’s Tom Stretton’s birthday today !! Happy birthday mate !! Ryan’s girlfriend Kelsie, made him this cool cake, nice one.

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There is a jam set to be held at the Helensburg Park for October 23rd, should be fun as always. We’re helping out with a bunch of prizes. Check with Above All BMX for more info.

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Just south of Port Macquarie in NSW, we have a new dealer who is the authorised shop to sell Colony in that area. Tony at Laurieton Cycles has been around BMX since back when Bob Haro started it all & loves getting his hands dirty playing with BMX bikes all day. If you’re in the area & looking to get anything Colony, especially custom builds, then give him a call. You can get all his contact details by clicking here now.

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Paddy Gross, our main man in Germany, sent in some words & pics from his travel the last few months. Paddy is also making plans to come out here to Australia next year to ride & hang out.

“I am always stoked where this little bike is taking me and in August I´ve been to Romania for the first time for a contest. Very impressive country and lots of cool spots to ride. The contest was held in huge city park and the concrete skatepark didn’t look bad at all, a little slippery though. Romania hasn’t a big BMX scene and there’s probably just one bmx shop in town.

All the kid’s knowledge is from the internet and when I was there I was asked a million questions about my bike and Colony. The kids were like, “You’re that Colony rider, I know you because I always check their website, such awesome stuff, can I buy your bike?”

Lot’s of riders from other countries around Romania came up for the contest. It’s been a great time riding with all those dudes and I ended up taking second place which made me more than happy.

Between going to contests I am riding demos a lot or I go to work, luckily my boss from work is big fan of what I am doing. So getting time off work to ride my bike isn’t a big deal. In September I went to Portugal for the Vans “Let it Ride” tour and the rebeljam. The tour went crazy good and had a complete new format. The whole thing was bro cam style and so we had to film ourselves all the time. So I can´t wait to see the final edit.

After the tour, we went for the rebeljam and it´s been a crazy amount of riders from everywhere in the world, even Australia were present. I’ve had the chance to meet some of the coolest guys on that weekend like Dwayne or Todd Meyn, which was my favorite rider also on that weekend. Lot’s of insane riding went down and I for myself, was chilling out a little at my contest run because my body was just tired from the tour and didn’t wanted to hurt myself.

Well that was it for now and I still have a couple contests and demos coming up for this year but all my earnings are going to the “Australia” account. I will be hopefully heading over there pretty soon.

Thanks to everyone who’s reading this and thanks to Colony for the good times I have with ya !!”

Cheers – Paddy!

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… better than never. Interbike coverage from Kurt at BMX Union. Click here for the full scoop. Thanks Kurt !!

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Our flow rider from South Australia Liam Zingbergs has been out and about shredding it by the looks of this photo, rail to hop over!. Thanks to Dave Rubinich for the photo. Be sure to check out Dave’s site here.

Our Contour wheels sets which are available now, come in a variety of variants & colours. Based off our Clone hub sets in either front hubs or rear cassette hubs with male or female axles, laced with black stainless steel spokes to our all new Contour rim. The hubs & rims are colour coded for a great look. You can get them in all our 2011 colours at a dealer near you now. Click here now for the full details.

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We are supporting a BMX comp to be held at the Riverslide park in Melbourne, set for October 16th & 17th. Check out the flyer below for more details. There will be a slew of Colony prizes up for grabs. Word.

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Our US trip is now coming to an end with Cooper, Mick & myself going home today. Broc also left this morning for home. Zac & Tom are heading over to Greenville to hang with Ryan for a week or so.

It’s been a great trip except for my broken ankle. Thanks to everyone that showed us around & rode with us. Special thanks to Ryan Navazio for looking after us while in LA, thanks mate.

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Peta Shepherd is also in the states right now on her own trip with some friends. She sent in a quick update of what she has been up to & her plans…

My holiday has been unreal so far… I’ve been having the best time riding my bike, rock climbing and hiking in Sundance. Everyone I’ve meet so far have been so cool to hang with. I’m going canoeing for a few days next week, which I can’t wait for because I’ve never been. Then I start my road trip to Vegas to watch the Dew Tour.

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Courtesy of Strictly BMX we have a product highlight on Mick Bayzand’s pro level complete bike, the Teddy Pro out now.

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We have two more days before most of us fly back home. Clint is out of hospital as well so that’s good news. We paid a visit to Hollywood and while we were in the area we cruised down the strip and did the tourist thing for a minute…

Thanks to Daniel Johnson for this photo he shot of Marnold grinding a super high ledge back home.

Over on the RideBMX site Tom Stretton has a how to on hang-5’s which is pretty cool. I couldn’t think of anyone better to show you this trick…

Clint was fortunate enough to have his operation last night and things went as well as they could so that’s good news.

The rest of us went out today and rode the best ditch I have ever ridden in my life. Fun was had, alot of water was drunk and clips were filmed! The photo below is from a spot we hit yesterday which is one of those million in one spots (we have hit a few of them this week) the tree roots have lifted this sidewalk up enough to have a good pop for riders to shred it. Tom gets his game on…

After an awesome day out riding, literally last spot of the evening we were riding Clint unfortunately landed wrong on an up rail to 180 which resulted in a pretty bad leg break. I can’t upload photos from the day until tomorrow so for now here is a photo from happier times for Millar at the first spot we hit out of Vegas a couple of days ago. He is having surgery tonight we hope so i will keep all posted.

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Yesterday afternoon we got into LA from Vegas and we had a really solid ride all day today in Downtown LA. The photos below are of Zac at a spot we came across on the way to LA which was fun! Then we have Tom hitting a spot we hit up towards the end of the evening.