I am in Japan this week for holidays & it’s awesome. Such a different place & so much fun. We went on a helicopter flight over Tokyo which was awesome also had dinner & drinks with Shoe-G at his house with family. Tonight we had drinks & dinner with Shintaro, good times. We also spotted this sign that said no BMX, it made me sad, haha.
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Introducing our first team rider colab product. Ryan Guettler & Nick Richardson came up with this seat design together to make our first joint signature product. Trails inspired these will be offered in our 2011 product range in our super slim shape as well as our new mid shape. Expect them available September this year around the world.
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Our flow rider from Hungary Attila Godi sent over this recent edit. The park it is filmed at looks pretty interesting it’s almost like it’s someones backyard, random tent midway through the section in the background aswell, either way some cool stuff in this.
… is the next round of the Down Under Ground flatland series of comps. If you’re in Sydney get yourself to it to see what the Australian flatland scene has to offer.
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We are pleased to announce that the inaugural Colony BMX Street Jam will be held at this year’s Ausbike show in Melbourne on Saturday August the 21st. There will also be a second event to be held at the Brisbane show on the 9th & 10th October, 2010.
There will be a purpose built ghetto style street course for both events for riders to get creative on. These two events will be strictly invite only & the 20 invitees will be announced closer to the event. You can expect the best of the best of Australian riders to be present. There will also be prize money up for grabs as well.
Check both our site here & the Ausbike site for more info closer to the events.
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Round 2 of the Core Series is set for this Sunday May the 23rd at Albany Creek skate park. Get yourself out there for some fun times & some great prizes from us as well as others.
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We have a new flow rider by the name of Jens kahlström who is from Stockholm, Sweden. It’s always rad seeing riders from other sides of the world, even better to be able to help them out with some parts aswell. click here to check out an edit that Jens features in (black bike) which has some rad moves in it.
Our boy from Little Black Bike in ADL, Liam Zinbergs clocked some footy on a recent trip to Melbourne. Check it out below… the boys got skills.
Liam and Ryan's Melbourne trip. from Ryan Lloyd on Vimeo.
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Our second grip is going into production right now & will be available in September this year. It is named after the street I grew up on when I got into BMX back in 1988. It has a smaller diameter than our current LFH Grip & feature the same cross pattern as used on our Fantastic Plastic Pedals.
In the words of Nick Richardson, who is testing the first pair right now, ‘These are the best F@*#ing grips I have ever run!’
These are a team design grip & not a signature product of any one rider. They will also be spec’ed on our complete bikes for 2011.
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Chris Courtenay called me yesterday with an update on his knee situation. Unfortunately, he confirmed that he has in fact done his ACL & will be going under the knife next Thursday. It’s a shame to hear Chris go through such a thing at this time. He has been absolutely killing it of late. He will be back though without fail. We will keep him busy around the warehouse during his recovery & I am sure he will beat his record on Doodle Jump as well to pass the time. I wish you the best recovery mate & chin up… all will be good.
Chris in happier times…
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Liam Fahy-Hampton’s second signature frame with us has been out for a little while now. Built for todays progressive street riding with a steep head tube angle of 75.5 degrees along with a low slung stance. Check one out at a store near you now. Click here for more info in the meantime.
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Jonny Devine sent over a photo of his Gnarkill frame all set up, he took to it with some paint stripper and gave it a unique look…
Jonny Devine hit me up to let us know he has been riding a bunch of trails lately, which is rad! Check out the ChapelWoods site while you are at it. Jonny also went on the Ride to Glory trip recently which he said was a blast. Below is a couple photos of Jonny at the trails…
I just got back from the Redbull Dirtpipe Comp that happened on the weekend. Definately an eye opener! Chris and Zac both rode in the comp and Chris made it to the finals but unfortunately had a crash which he injured his knee pretty bad and had to be taken to the hospital. Chris is going to see a knee specialist today, fingers crossed everything is ok.
Colony is now available back in Canada again through our new distributor, Jagger Co. For all the shops in Canada chasing our 2010 products you can contact the guys at Jagger Co. for all your Colony needs now.
To celebrate our entry back into the Canadian market, we have got behind the 5th year of the Canadian Concrete series of comps due there this year. Check the flyer below for full details.
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Spotted this Vans video over on TCU featuring our own Paddy Gross. Look out for Paddy on the white bike. I remember riding those amazing brick transitions by the beach in the north of Germany back in 2001. So good to ride. Enjoy the video.
New Empire is a skate & BMX boutique store that has recently opened up on Mount Tamborine in the Gold Coast Hinterland. The owner Gary, wanted to give back to the local community of riders by starting up the first store on the mountain to cater for their BMX & skating needs. Naturally, they chose Colony as one of their first BMX brands to carry & we’re stoked that they did. If you live in the area then please support your new local shop & no doubt, New Empire will become the centre of the local scene up there. Click here for contact details now.
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Myself, Chris Courtenay and Zac Miner were floating about in Canberra yesterday before we headed down to the Redbull Dirt Pipe comp, the weather was rad so we got a solid ride in. below is Chris at a pretty familiar spot.
Colony team riders Ryan Guettler & Tim Wood have both scored invites to X Games 16 in LA July 29th till August 1st this year. Ryan being for park with Tim for vert. Good luck guys !!
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Round 1 of the Core Series for 2010 went down recently in Morayfield & this is the video edited by Raph for Core Series. Our own Chris Courtenay took out the win in pro. Check it out.
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Here is a little video Ryan put together from his recent trip to Rotterdam with Josh Harrington & friends.
In Ryan’s words, ‘We went to Rotterdam for 4 days to film for Colony and Still Searchin’ and these are the left over clips so we put them together for a small web edit.’
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I spotted this on Facebook, it’s a healthy reminder of how rad Mick Bayzand is, most of this footage is a good five years old. It’s a section from an old video magazine called Rollcall which isn’t around anymore but was cool while it lasted.
Amigos of Dave Bike Day video put together by Unit from last Saturday’s event on the Gold Coast. It was a great day & some good funds were raised for Dave Montoya’s medical funds. Chris Courtenay kills it with some really good stuff in there. Check it out.
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Ryan Guettler has been busy over the last few weeks between Extreme Playgrounds dirt comp in Germany, street riding in Rotterdam & doing 190km/h on the autobahn in Germany. Living the dream. Check out Ryan’s 2nd place runs below plus you know he was going fast to the wall ride line below.
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A sneak peak of our top load version of the Official stem due out in September this year.
Le Goff ‘Libellule’ Guillaume one of our flow riders from France, put in some work recently with this really well put together edit produced by Hadrian Picard. It’s well worth checking out. You can also click here now to check out a little interview with Libellule on the video. Thanks to the guys at Unleaded for the hook up.
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Thanks to Andrew Sanford for filming and editing this cool edit of Broc at their local indoor park. The guys lit up certain areas with flood lights and seemed to have fun doing it. Feeble to 270 footjam was rad.
