Little photo below of Liam Zingbergs doing his thing. Liam rides for us with the help of Little Black Bike down in Adelaide. LBB are also in the process of moving to a nice new location closer to the city park down there. More on that soon. Check out David Rubinch’s website for more photos like shown here.
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Our flow rider from the USA Broc Raiford has the current advert for Colony in the new Ride US. Featuring the popular Bull Bars. This photo was shot about a month ago whilst we were over in the USA. Amazing spot!
On November 6th, episode 49 of Rush TV aired here in Australia which featured a little piece on Alex Hiam. You can watch it online by clicking here now. Just skip to 14.35 min to see Alex’s piece of you don’t have the time to watch the entire show. Be quick though as the episode expires online in 6 hours from now.
In other Alex news, he is still off the bike from his broken leg 3 months ago & has been told by the doctor he will have to wait another 3 months till he can ride again. Needless to say the little fella is going crazy with so much time off the bike. Rest assured though he will be back on the bike & shredding once again.
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Shane Badman has been a busy man… read on below on what he has been up too…
It’s been a pretty hectic past few months from me. First up I spent 17 days in Japan taking it all in. I’ve never heard anyone saying a bad thing about going & after spending a little time there I can totally see why – Japan rules!! Anyone who’s into BMX needs to get across, so much stuff to ride & the riders there are awesome!
After Japan I came back to Australia for a couple days, basically enough time to sort my bike & clothes, then get on another flight to London with a stopover in Kuala Lumpur.
I’d made some plans to spend time with my good friends there including Shintaro Misawa who also rides for Newcircle with me & Mat Dagu who rides for Colony in Malaysia. So after picking me up we all headed to the riding spot where there were about a dozen riders all sessioning really hard. It was about 10pm at night & after not sleeping for 2 days I crashed out by accident – oops haha!!
So after spending a day with everyone in KL, they were kind enough to take me back to the airport where I hopped the plane for London.
London was basically me spending a bit of time riding at the work famous The Green Mile spot at West Norwood in South London. If you ride flatland, this spot is basically one of the best in the world & the crew that rides here are dope!!
My plan was to spend the next couple weeks here riding & hanging out with everyone. But this is the UK in November & with all the rain that was had not as much riding got done but it was still an awesome time for sure.
After leaving London I had another stopover in Kuala Lumpur where the guys met me at the airport again. This time I had been sleeping so I was proper down to ride haha! They got me at 9pm & after stopping off for some food we got to the riding spot just after midnight. As always a tonne of riders were throwing down & it was 6am before we closed the session & all headed home. Damn.
So back in Australia about to enjoy a summer full of riding. Will be going to Melbourne in the beginning of December for shows & then Beijing, China for more shows on their National TV station & talking about the 2 Guinness World Records I broke earlier this year.
And super stoked on the Colony Apprentice complete flatland bike coming out. I heard those cool cats over at Newcircle are getting a stack in so if you’re down with the Ground Work you need to head over there & get yours already!!
Keep an eye for more updates from the road….
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Team rider Paddy Gross sent me over this photo he came across of Clint Millar from what must be a lifetime ago (year 2000 actually) riding the very ramp Paddy grew up riding and learning tricks on in Trier, Germany. It really is a small world when it comes to BMX!
Random fact I found out when working out where Trier was is that it is the oldest city in Germany.
Bruno Faucon collected some footage over in France in recent months & put this video together with JB from Maniable. Enjoy !!
MA'Tv #10, Bruno Faucon, late 2010 from JB on Vimeo.
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We have been out and about this week riding around Melbourne, sometimes we need to hide from the rain so undercover spots are in order….
Zac Miner wallride
Simon O’Brien recently did some demos & wrote in about them…
The other day I made the 7 hour trip out to Albury to join with the ‘Showtime FMX’ crew for a sweet demo.
We were there to promote a local club, we took over the car park…..FMX, wakeboarding, harley stunt riding, trials riding and some BMX flatland!
Great day, with a really fun crew and a really well organised demo, was a lot of fun, already looking forward to the next one in January!
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Shintaro was recently in Malaysia at an event we supported called War Against Drugs where he came in second in the flatland event. Check out the video below…
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Matt King dropped into the office the other week & went shopping for a new bike. His choice of ride was the 2011 Rebirth frame in our Matt Grey along with a bunch of our 2011 parts ranges including Bull Bars & Guardian forks. Check it out below. Thanks to the guys at Helensvale BMX for putting Matt’s bike together & the photos. Word.
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Our first ever flatland complete bike is in assembly stages right now & will be shipping to various markets in a limited number in the weeks ahead. Based on Simon O’Brien’s DejaVu frame with forks & bars based on Shane Badman’s Cube series it is ready to shred straight out the box. Directed towards the beginner rider out there these bikes will be affordable yet still offer a great pro feel ride.
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Cooper Brownlee has been hard at work on & off the bike of late. His latest issue of Focalpoint magazine just hit stores this past week & he has been very busy working on a 2012 relaunch of the art direction for Colony. Busy times. He still finds time though to get his shred on as in this sequence shot by fellow media mogul, Stewart Munro.
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Our flow rider from Germany Paddy Gross travels alot and always emails in a nice story/update for us. Read on about Paddys travels to India and Romania along with future trip plans to the USA and Australia!
“I´ve been able to ride my bike at lots of different places in the last couple month and being on the road with and because of that little bike is always a blast and i am just thankful BMX takes me around so much and i am having a chance to meet the world preety much. after being to india for 10 days i went to romania for a contest and some demos. it´s been my first real street contest ever and i really enjoyed doing the things in a contest which i am not doing so much at all, the more i was surprised taking second place, haha good times. first place went to italien simone barraco and he´s the control in person, good tricks and good style this boy has. right after romania i went for the vans “let it ride” tour in portugal and there will be another edit of our “lisbon” crew in the net soon. the vans trip ended up with the rebeljam in portimao and for everyone who´s been at a rebeljam before knows how laid back this contest is even if over a 100 riders just in pro class participate. i was taking it easy and just did the things i felt save with because after 8 days on the road before i was feeling a little out of shape. the guy who impressed me the most on that weekend was tood meyn from australia. never heard of that guy and boom i got slapped in the face with a huge amount of unbelievable tricks performed like it was not even a struggle plus he´s an awesome dude on top of that. well after portugal i went home and straight to work for a week before i left to cologne to ride demos for sony at a photo tradshow. the demo format was the craziest i´ve ever ridden, 3 teams split into 2 BMX guys and 1 skateboarder, a tiny miniramp in the middle of a huge sony booth and each team had to ride a whole hour 3 times a day. there were the newest cameras set up next to the ramp, so the people could try them right on the spot and that was the reason that there had to be movement on the ramp for the whole day. so after 6 days of doing that my body was like: ” hey do ya need me any longer or can i take off for vacation? ” at the end it´s been a good time with my mates and nobody got hurt. after cologne i flew over to belgium to ride demos at a metalcore festival which is taking place every year and it´s crazy because they always built up a huge skatepark with everything you need to have fun just for a couple demos. since i am listening to a lot of metalcore i felt comfortable riding my bike with lots of screaming in the background haha. well after belgium i went home again to get some work done and to chill out for a couple days and hang out with my mates in my local skatepark, sometimes it´s good to be home. so now the contest season is taking a break over here and i am enjoying riding my bike and trying out new things. i am slowly getting ready for the USA in december to spent x-mas and new years eve with my mom and my best friends family where i used to live for 3 years in portland, oregon. my savings for australia are done and soon i will book my ticket, can´t wait to finally sit in the plane to come over. on all the trips i´ve done in the last time a lot of people and kids ask me about colony, and i was fulfilled with happiness and proud to say that colony is making my dream come true with having one of my best friends taking care of me, having a perfect bike and being a part of an amazing team/family. all of these trips, good times and feeling awesome on my bike wouldn´t be possible without colony. thanks a lot for helping me living my dream.” cheers! paddy
It’s always interesting coming over here to Taiwan. A very different culture in so many ways & one of the most interesting changes is the food. I have to say this was a first for me & one that wasn’t all that bad. Deep fried bees !! No real taste, just very crunchy. I can now notch up another new experience had in Taiwan with many more to come I am sure.
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A couple weeks ago Broc won the high air contest and the best trick at a new park that just opened up near his house, High air was at 9ft and the best trick was a 540 air bars and a flair invert, nice! From what I can see the place looks rad!
Micky Bayzand is back in Melbourne and after recovering from a shoulder injury he has been out and about riding a bunch lately. Whilst driving back home from a day out searching schools we spotted this ship wreck out to sea that none of us had seen before, so we pulled out the camera and took some shots. The background in the photo almost seems fake.
Strictly x Colony limited edition Teddy frames are now available at Strictly BMX.
Each one custom slapped by Mick Bayzand and comes with a signed poster, a bunch of stickers, DVD and a laser cut, customised, numbered Strictly skull.
To view all of the frames hit up Strictly’s Facebook album here.
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Good friend of mine and many others here in Australia, Allan Briotti past away in September and the crew over at The Sanction have setup a raffle to help raise some money to put towards Allans funeral bills. We have gotten behind the raffle with some prizes. So if you have some spare coin and want to have the chance to win some great prizes go here to get involved.
This contest that was released a few days ago, has now been updated to include entries from all over the globe with a Colony prize pack with forks, pedals & grips up for grabs for the best entry outside of the USA. Check the Ride BMX site for full details.
After my crash in the USA 5 weeks ago I left my bike there with the guys from Ride BMX with the view to give it away via some kind of competition. Well, it’s out now & here is your chance to win my bike complete with a one off custom frame & our prototype Agenda tyres.
Click here now to get the full scoop & get your entries in for your chance to win my beloved bike.
Make a video that entertains me & it could very well be you !!
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Spotted this amazing scene yesterday here in Taichung, Taiwan. Gotta love it !!
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I am over here in Taiwan for the week inspecting current shipments on working on some new projects with our 2012 line. I will post some news over the week ahead to let you know what we’re working on.
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For all those that live in Australia you should check out your favourite Colony dealer for all new pricing on our entire 2011 ranges. Due to the strong Aussie dollar, we are able to pass on the savings to you. There has never been a better time to get some fresh new Colony gear. Start by checking out our catalogue here or in our online catalogue below.
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After my crash in the USA 5 weeks ago I left my bike there with the guys from Ride BMX with the view to give it away via some kind of competition. Well, it’s out now & here is your chance to win my bike complete with a one off custom frame & our prototype Agenda tyres.
Click here now to get the full scoop & get your entries in for your chance to win my beloved bike.
Make a video that entertains me & it could very well be you !!
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We have teamed up with Strictly BMX & Mick Bayzand to produce some very limited edition frames which will be released in the weeks ahead. Only ten have been made for the planet, so exclusive is the word on these puppies. Check the Strictly site for more news soon.
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Peta Shepherd arrived home on the weekend from her USA trip and is already back into the daily grind. Here are a few random pics from her adventures.
Peta Shepherd has a how-to video up on the Ride BMX site. Check it out below & then leave Peta some love in the comments on the Ride site by clicking here now.
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