Pretty sure Tom pulled this off camera and we thought we were going to cop the deadly camera curse but it actually didn’t take that long to get. Some local guy just chillin’ in his car was so hyped on it, as if he’d never seen anyone coast on the front wheel before. I guess that would be pretty amazing to an outsider.
Shane always seems to be up to something cool…
“Busy past few months for sure. Since coming back from my trip to Europe I hit up the final stop of the DownUnderGround Flatland series in Australia in Melbourne and was stoked to take the win!
A good mate of mine from Hungary, Andras Pentek also came for a month to travel, ride and shoot some photos and video for some magazine and web projects that he’s got going on back in Europe. We started in Perth, then Adelaide, then onto Melbourne and a roadtrip through Tasmania. Good times.
While in Tassie, I also did some demos for one of their biggest country festivals, the Derby River Derby which was a lot of fun.
A couple of weeks back, I got an invite to do a flatland show at a professional photographic studio in Melbourne as they were doing a product launch and needed an action subject to test the equipment to an audience of pro photographers. Good times and thanks to Chris Polack for that one.
Gonna be on the road for 16 days over Christmas and New Years across Victoria and South Australia so will keep you guys updated!
And don’t forget to follow me on instagram @shanebadman. I’ve also been updating my site a lot with what I’ve been up to with a heap more detail as well”
Photo: Matt Harvey
If you are anywhere near Tampa, Florida in the USA next weekend be sure to get down to the Skatepark of Tampa for the 5th annual Spot Roast Jam which we are helping support.
For anyone that hasn’t seen the all new online catalogue we posted up earlier this week, make sure you check it out below.
A couple weeks back Jourdan went on a trip for TCU and he shot through an update about it. There is a real nice photo gallery from the trip that Wes McGrath shot you can check out right here.
“The trip was fun we stayed at a friend Robbie’s house for 5 days rode a couple schools and spots, skateparks at night and we filmed a Instagram slam video that was fun to do with the whole crew… Dan Norvell,Jackson Ratima, Raul Ruiz, Glen Girboven, Nate and Wes! We rode and saw a lot of famous Phoenix spots, rode LA for a couple days after Arizona and went to the OSS store opening which was a good time! Over all it was a good trip and the video should be dropping soon for everyone to check out!”
We’ve been sitting on this video for a little while now and I am stoked to finally have it out. Brandon really went hard when he visited Australia for a month which is where a good chunk of these clips came from. Dude hits anything that is put in front of him. Thanks to Shawn Duffield for the Canada footage. This video and 17 others just like it are available on our free dvd that is available through all Colony stockists worldwide.
As we posted the other day, Ricky is getting some flow from us for killing it on a bike over in Adelaide. Then the next day he drops a random web video he filmed over the past month or so, killing it.
Our Australian warehouse manager, Glen McLaughlin, recently took a week off & decided to road trip solo up to Cairns & back. He filmed a bunch of stuff along the way in the chilled fashion of Glen. The cool thing is this was all self filmed, he did some tech tricks to get those panning shots with no one moving the camera. A mixture of Canon 7D & iPhone footage, it turned out a treat showing the relaxed week he had away.
Just goes to show everyone that works at Colony rides & has done so for more than 20 years. Now, it must be Keith Treanor’s turn to do a video hey?
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We’ve got all the parts goodness packed into one catalogue right here! Everything from Colony in the range that is available right now across the world. We’ve also included some solid riding images from the team so make sure you hit the flipbook below for a good read.
A while ago Matt from Little Black Bike was telling me about this new kid down in Adelaide who was showing some good promise of being a possible rider for us here at Colony. We started to flow Ricky Catanzariti some product through the shop & now he has progressed into an official flow team member. We are stoked to have him on board & the fact Little Black Bike are down with him speaks words for us. Look out for more from Ricky in the new year, the kid is going to make some noise. We are stoked to have him in the family.
Photo: Rubers… thanks mate !!
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I can’t wait for Chris Courtenay‘s next web video to drop in a couple weeks (which is also in our free dvd). This invert is a good example of what to expect from it.
Alex Hiam has been graced with own signature frame from the young age of 13 years old, the Sweet Tooth. Earlier this year we gave him his second signature part in the shape of his own seat / post combo. It’s made exactly how Alex wanted it, light, grippy with a mid shape & feel. Available now worldwide at all good BMX outlets. Click here now to read more about his seat / post combo.
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So we’ve been hard at work putting together a DVD maxed out with our favourite web videos form the past year. The DVD includes 4 videos that have not yet made it online from Chris Courtenay, Clint Millar, Brandon Van Dulken and something special from Tom and Bobbie. The DVD is free and will be available from all Colony stockists in the coming days/weeks depending on where you live so hit up your local shop or mailorder while stocks last!
Check the trailer we put together for the DVD below…
Edit: Rain date…. due to bad weather the jam is set for Sunday the 1st December now. It all start’s at midday so spread the word !!
Matt Holmes, the founder of 2020 BMX Magazine, has been diagnosed with & battling cancer this year. To help offset Matt’s growing medical bills, a group of riders have come together to organise the Amigos of Holmes fund raiser & it’s on tomorrow.
Get yourself along to Jindalee skatepark for a fun day on the bike all for a good cause. It starts at midday & from then there will be a sausage sizzle & waters to buy along with raffles, tee shirts & many other fund raisers. So don’t eat lunch before you come & buy up on sausages & waters.
There will also be a bunch of Colony BMX Hidden Agenda 20″ tubes for sale on the day with all proceeds going to Matt. Tubes will be $3.00 ea or buy 5 x tubes for $10.00 !!
You will also have the chance to buy raffle tickets to win this very limited edition The Living frame, fork, stem & headset kit in T.Strett Yellow.
Come along, bring your mates & give what you can all for a good day out for a great cause.
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We are getting behind the jam that Riding Way are putting on down at the HillnDale box jump park in Melbourne on the 15th of December. Get down there for some good times and a free feed.
Shuhei has a few clips in this recent street jam put on by G-Shock over in Japan.
If you hadn’t already realised how unique Bobbie is then this image should take care of that! Also now seems like a good time to have another watch of his recent video.
Grimaldo over in new Jersey at Legends Bike shop just dropped this nice video of his son Georgie who is rocking a Colony Sweet Tooth and killing it.
Thanks to Tristan Montagu we have a fresh new Peta Shepherd video to show. Peta is currently recovering from a broken collarbone but was able to finish up her latest edit. Also a special shoutout to Primary Threads for helping Peta out with some freshness
A few of us headed to the Dane Searls trails jam in Canberra yesterday. It was a dialed session with everyone getting crazy on the jumps. A few people came un stuck including Bayzand but I think all that did would still be stoked that they were apart of the day. I know Luke Parker was doing these cannonball’s.
We had a ball being at Woodward West for the week, hopefully this video shows that. Be sure to click here and vote for us aswell. Massive thanks to Black Board Minds for the music, Check more of there tunes here.
Zac shot through some recent updates along with a pic of his fresh new rig. Full bike check coming soon.
I just got back from an eventful weekend down the coast with a good bunch of the lads from Canberra, it was Bdog from Backbone’s bucks party and we headed down to Wollongong for the night, shit got good to say the least, everyone woke up a little worse for wear. We managed to get a few little rides in between everyone being well liquored and the rain pissing down. Got my new whip together, actually that stoked on it! The new wasp hubs run like a treat, was flying around with out barely putting in a crank. Love the new set up. Was such a good weekend! Congrats to Bdog.
Tomorrow in Canberra Backbone are putting on the 2nd annual Dirt and nothing Else jam to remember the great Dane Searls. Some of the team will be there, make sure you do the trip out for the session.
Through Local BMX in Fremantle, WA we have started to help out David Pinelli with some Colony flow. David is also helped by the guys at Freestyle Now in WA who perform demos all over the country & basically do good things for BMX in this country. Check out his new 2014 Sweet Tooth below along with some action shots.
Thanks to both Local BMX & Freestyle Now for helping out David. We’re stoked to be able to do so as well.
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We flowed George Duran a frame recently and the 13 year old is putting it to good use. George is OG street legend Grimaldo Duran‘s son, Grimaldo also runs the Legends Bike shop who are behind Colony 100% over in Lyndhurst, NJ so hit them up if you are in the area and follow them on Instagram @legendsbikesusa
As you may or may not be aware, Matt Holmes of 2020 BMX Magazine, has been going through some rather serious life threatening health issues battling cancer. Matt started 2020 BMX Magazine back in the late 1990’s & has helped grow the awesome BMX scene we have in Australia today. Right now he needs everyone’s support to get through this which we know he will.
A fund raising event has been planned & set for November 30th, here in Brisbane at the skatepark in Jindalee. There are more set for other venues in the months ahead around Australia as well. We here at Colony have of course got behind the movement with support to help raise funds for Matt & his growing medical bills. I urge anyone that can, please come along on November 30th & give what you can.
Check here for more info on the website set up for www.amigosofholmes.com
Check out this parody video put together to raise awareness for the fund raisers. Remember, it’s all just in good fun. See you on the 30th November.
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So stoked to have this out, Ryan put in some solid work for this and it was a real pleasure to work with him on this. So much diversity.
Keith Treanor is the man in charge heading up the day to day runnings of our new distribution house in the USA. Based in Vista, CA we are all set up & ready to supply our products to dealers all over the USA. So any bike shops out there looking for our products, hit up Keith directly at keith@colonybmx.com.au
Since Keith is now working for us, he had to of course get a new bike to shred on. Check out his new set up below based off a special one off 2014 Teddy Frame in a Translucent Brown colour. Looking the goods !! If you’re in the So Cal area then I am sure you will Keith out on his early morning sessions at O.B. & Area 43 on this new beast. Hit him up & say g’day mate. He should understand you since he has started to speak Australian now.
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