Get down to Cheltenham and Wonthaggi in Melbourne this weekend for the next 2 rounds of the SEL comp series!

Zac just got back from a trip with the Backbone guys…

Last weekend was sick, Rhys got most of the Backbone crew together and hit the road heading out to the Midwest of NSW. We hit up Will and Chris’s trails on our way through Youngs, I sat back and watched the boys shred the dirt! We then hit up a heap of parks like Manildra, Dubbo and Milthorpe.. It was just a real good trip to hang out with the Backbone crew. Thanks to Jason Cousins for driving in his tour van. If anyone out there wants to do trips up and down the coast you should definitely scope out roadtripz.com.au

Ryan might be stuck in hospital right now but it hasn’t stopped the guys getting the trailer out for the next episode of TBFB and I know Ryan is already planning the next trip! Look forward to seeing this next week when it drops…

I was going through some older photos the other night and came across this sequence of Marnold from our Barcelona trip in 2010. If only my bike didn’t get confiscated on the 2nd day.

We’ve started uploading the sections from our 2011 DVD which Stu Munro put together, here is Mick’s section which you should already know is killer!

Jourdan Barba met up with the guys from Vital last week & filmed this video in a day. Some real cool stuff in there & I am a real big fan of Jourdan’s riding style. Check it out. Thanks to Vital for putting this together.

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In Elizabeth, Adelaide this weekend is a competition at the Elizabeth park which also happens to be where Mick Bayzand is from. We are getting behind it so be sure to hit it up if you are in South Australia. Mick will even be there on the day.

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Ryan just hooked us this link of the video from the Sheep Hills jam from his hospital bed. He is doing well by the way & will have a few more days in hospital before being released. If you know Ryan, you know he will be back in no time at all.

The jam was all for a good cause to raise funds for Boozer Mike, one of the original Sheep Hills locals who was paralysed last year in a racing incident. You can donate to the fund by clicking here now.

Video filmed & edited by Dylan Pfohl.

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This weekend there is the annual comp at Crestmead for which we have got behind once again. Will be some great prizes & maybe even a couple riders from the team floating around on the day. Should be fun !!

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Ryan had surgery yesterday & his spleen ended up being removed. All went well though & he will be all good. Here are a few words from the man himself…

Thanks to everyone for the kind words. I just have to rest in the hospital for a few days, but keeps the messages coming they’re fun to read when I’m doped up on drugs haha – Ryan.

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We have been working on these for a while with various materials & designs but they are now ready to start production.

Due out in the Australian & Canadian markets for June, with others to follow. Our new Anyway Pegs featuring a plastic outer with alloy core, ready to slide on almost any surface. Black only & in either 10mm or 14mm fitment. They weigh in at 107 grams each.

Prototype samples shown.

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Shane has been a busy man of late…

Hey guys, It’s been a busy start of the year for me starting out in January doing some demos in Sydney with Simon O’Brien that were a lot of fun. In February and after a bunch of years living in Brisbane, I recently moved down to Gippsland in country Victoria for a bit of a change. Being only a couple hours from Melbourne I’ve been making the treks in to ride on weekends and trying to spend as much time as possible as I can riding before winter gets here.

I have also been doing a bunch of roadtrips to Adelaide and catching up with the local crew there. If you’re ever in Adelaide you gotta stop by my good mate Matt Hodgeson’s shop, Little Black Bike in the city. He stocks a full range of Colony gear and has been in the BMX game a very long time so knows his stuff. Don’t forget to hit me up on Instagram @shanebadman

Just got word that our main man Ryan Guettler went down & is currently in hospital with a ruptured spleen & lacerated kidney.

Rest up mate & keep positive. Our thoughts are with you. Give Ryan some love via his Instagram @ryanguettler

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Whilst I was in Brisbane recently I shot a few photos of Tom‘s current ride.

Frame : Colony 2013 Teddy 20.85″
Stem : Colony Official
Forks : Colony Guardian
Bars : Colony Teddy
Barends: Colony
Cranks : Colony Colonial V2
Sprocket : Colony CC 25T
Pedals : Colony Fantastic Plastic
Seat : Colony Fat Pivotal
Rims : Colony Contour 36
Hubs : Colony Clone
Post: Colony Pivotal
Grips: Colony Muchroom
Pegs: Colony Oneway Crmo

Get down to Dandenong and Pakenham in Melbourne this weekend for the next 2 rounds of the SEL comp series!

Our good friend Valvo just sent through this nice shot that Renan Souza took. With the bad weather in Brazil right now Valvo missioned it a few hours to ride this indoor park to keep himself active. if you haven’t seen the exclusive Brazil seat we did check here.

Stu Munro recently visited Sydney to film with Simon…

My life is about to start another chapter which may result in less riding so the other day I invited Stu Munro down to my place to do some filming for an ESPN edit. I’m real happy with what we filmed in the three days so I’m looking forward to the edit.

BMX20 posted this video of Valvo and his friends going through a day in the life at their trails. Th setup they have with the park right next to it is pretty amazing…

Bobbie shot through an update of the latest with him over in Missouri…

Hello world. I’ve gotten pretty into road cycling over the last couple of months. Averaging around a 100 miles a week, or about 160 km depending on where you’re reading this from. Nothing too crazy.. Spring is here, my local park opened up for the season and I’ve also been working on kind of a secret ramp set up in the back of the shop that I work at. For the most part I am building everything out of wood from old skateparks, construction sites, houses.. pretty much anything I can get my hands on. Trying to save a bit of money! Ha ha. Slowly coming along though. Anyway, that’s what I’ve been up to!

Alli Sports just dropped this Day in the life with Alex which they filmed a few weeks ago. Alex and his friends hit up some rock pools along with a session at Pizzy park and the GC.

Zac just shot through an update from the recent jams that went down on the long weekend up in Canberra…

“Act jam went down on the weekend. So good to have something like this happen in Australia let alone my home town. The jams set up so you ride a different skatepark over 3 days, Weston, Belco and Tuggers. so much crazy shit went down. There was a fair turnout over the long weekend, not that many outta towners really which was a let down. Peta was there which was awesome, good to have a beverage with her. Josh Epplestun took out the under 16 champion, he was shredding all weekend. Will Gunn took out the ACT jam champion, he absolutely killed it at every park with local lines and going massive everywhere. Thanks to the guys at Backbone for putting it all together, so stoked act jams back on again, can’t wait till next year.”

This was filmed over the past 6 months or so, basically whenever I could get to Canberra Zac and I would hook up and film. I really do enjoy riding and filming with Zac, he always has new crazy setups lined up to film at and most of the time it works out. We both worked hard to get this exactly how we wanted it so I hope you guys enjoy it and be on the look out for more Zac in the coming months.

More info about Zac’s signature frame can be found here.

On April the 13th there is the annual comp at Crestmead for which we have got behind once again. Will be some great prizes & maybe even a couple riders from the team floating around on the day. Should be fun !!

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Get down to Chelsea in Melbourne this Saturday for the next round of the SEL comp series!

Brandon Van Dulken and Owen Dawson took advantage of the nice weather Vancouver recently provided and dropped this mix edit.

I was really stoked to see this video of Axel Reichertz from Germany. I first met Axel at Beenleigh back in 1997. I then went and stayed with him in Cologne, Germany for the 2000 worlds. He is an inspiration and one of the coolest down to earth guys you will ever meet. He also runs a cool shop called Zupport in Trier, Germany. They stock our products So know what’s up!

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Damn I wish I could make this, if you own a bike, get to it!

Bruno Faucon has a really good interview in the new ART online mag over in France. It’s all in French but even if you can’t read it, the photos throughout the mag are well worth checking out.

Peta is off to the ACT jam this weekend so be sure to say hi to her if you get the chance whilst out hitting up the jams happening all weekend. Thanks to Angela for the photo.

Here is something a little outside the usual BMX world here but one many will appreciate regardless. For many months now we have been working on this joint project together with Type 2 Detectives in the UK, who are one of the more famous VW custom shops on the planet. To have them contact us and offer such a colab was an honour and one that we could not pass up.

Basically the plan was to build to our own look and specs, an awesome and very rare, 1965 VW Type 3 Squareback panel van. The idea was to make it into vintage look company car, complete with roof racks for a couple bikes. The perfect promo vehicle and a lot of fun to boot. It was debuted at the world class Volksworld show this past weekend in the UK with some great feedback. The end result turned out awesome and exactly how we wanted it to look. Thanks heaps to Paul and his team at the Type 2 Detectives. Hit them up for any of your VW needs. Check out their website and their FB page.

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