USA update
Another day another good park to ride. We are off to Woodward today for 6 days which should be a fun time! If anyone is heading out there make sure you come up and hang out.
News
Valvo checks in
Valvo recently went on a bit of a trip and he sent through this update from it…
“I went on a trip in Londrina-Paraná, my friends have a good bike shop in the city called OpenBikeShop, they invited me to a Mini ramp session inside of the Shop. We had a jam and bunnyhop contest and it was really fun day.
The day before I went to the Kamaka trails, probably the best trails I’ve been to in Brazil. I just want say thanks for all local’s put some hard work there.”
Q&A: Marnold
A quick Q&A from Marnold about what’s been happening lately…
Last movie you watched…
Pirates of the Caribbean. On strangers tides.
A musician you are hyped on at the moment…
Alot of Young Jeezy, Eazy E and The Game… Nothing better.
What did you get up to yesterday…
Rode my bike around with the homies then went to dinner.
Last time you came off your bike pretty hard…
When I popped my shoulder out in February trying to 180 a rail hop.
Websites you have been hitting up of late…
Thecomeupbmx, Colonybmx and Focalpointbmx.
Last clip you filmed…
A pegs to hardway, as always…
Last meal you ate…
Was actually an hour ago, it was 2 potato cakes for smoko at work.
Newest part on your bike…
Muchroom grips and Agenda tyre’s. Gotta keep them fresh and plenty of grip.
Oldest part on your bike…
My Official stem.
Last web video you watched…
Was actually Jackson Ratima’s welcome to primo edit, shit was fire.
Last SMS you received… That is one for my eyes only!
Instagram/Twitter… Instagram is @marn0ld and my twitter is @marnoldfp so get on the following game.
Tom Stretton bike check
Over on Vital, Tom Stretton has a video bike check which has some good footage he filmed the other day over here in LA.
Tom Stretton Bike Check – More BMX Videos
USA trip
We have been having a blast the last couple of days here in LA with the locals and hitting a bunch of parks. Follow us on Instagram for regular updates. @colonybmxbrand
Dealer Highlight – Strictly BMX
Strictly BMX down in Melbourne are one dialled BMX store. It’s been said before that if Apple were ever to get into retail BMX, this is what their store would be like. Dialled. They have one the world’s largest ranges in stock at anyone time & they know their products. They carry our full range of products & can ship anywhere in the world. Mick Bayzand also rides for them & has done for many years now. Check them out online or in-store if you are ever in the area.
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Jam for Jayden
Just a reminder about the jam on Saturday, it’s for a great cause and we are stoked to be able to support it.
Pete Radivo…
Pete Radivo is a machine. He recently met up with Stewart Munro & clocked 20 clips & 5 runs in one riding session. Knowing Pete, they would all be banging clips too. He has been on point for as long as I can remember & just seems to be getting better all the time. We miss you over here in the states Pete, wish you could’ve come !!
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Daniele De Piccoli bike check
Daniele sent through some nice images of his current setup…
Thanks to Michele Giannantonio for the photos.
Frame: Colony Teddy V2, 20.85″
Fork: Colony Guardian
Bars: Colony Bull bars
Stem: Colony Official
Grips: Colony Mountjoy Grips
Clamp: Integrated
Cranks: Colony Colonial V2
Sprocket: Colony CC
Seat/Post: Colony Combo
Front Wheel: Colony Contour
Rear Wheel: Colony Contour
Pedals: Colony Fantastic
Pegs: Colont Oneway CrMo
Hubguards: Colony
“It’s just a 5 minute thing”
Another beautiful day in LA, after watching Ryan destroying the trails and himself we spent 2 hours in heavy traffic heading back out to Riverside to ride with Jourdan at another really fun park, Peta was riding really well along with the others. Long days and nights here. Alex and Chris arrive tomorrow which will be cool.
In the heat
We spent the day riding Jourdan‘s local park of Riverside then riding a few schools and spots around the area. Tom tried something ridiculous at this spot but wasn’t able to get it, hopefully we get back there.
Day 1 in the USA
After long flights we were all pretty jet lagged so we copped a couple hours sleep and then headed out to Ben Snowdens place to check it out. After watching the locals kill it we hit up a few local spots and onto the Vans park. It was a fun first day and we are about to head out to Jourdans area to meet up and hit some spots. Follow us on Instagram for constant updates @colonybmxbrand
Dealer highlight – Riding Way
Gorak has been in the BMX industry forever and a year or so ago he opened up his own shop out in Bentleigh, Victoria called Riding Way. They have plenty of Colony goodness so if you are from out that way support your local and check them out.
Bike check: Chris Courtenay
Chris Courtenay put together a fresh new 2013 Teddy frame a few weeks ago & here it is.
Chris’s Colony parts list is as follows…
Frame: 2013 Colony Teddy V3 20.85″
Fork: Colony Dagger
Bars: Colony Bull Bars
Stem: Colony Official
Headset: Colony
Cranks: Colony Colonial V2
Sprocket: Colony CC 25T
BB: Colony
Pedals: Colony Fantastic Plastic
Front Wheel: Colony Contour
Rear Wheel: Colony Contour
Front Tyre: Colony Agenda 2.15″
Rear Tyre: Colony Agenda 1.95″
Pegs: Colony Oneway Alloy
The colour shown (Powder Blue) won’t actually be available on the Teddy frame as it will be an exclusive colour for Guettler’s 2013 The Living frame. Our 2013 frames & products will be out worldwide from late July.
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Off to the states…
Tom Stretton, Peta Shepherd & myself are off to the states this morning. Quick little photo at the Qantas Club waiting to go… yeah!
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Colony team in the USA…
Today Tom Stretton, Cooper Brownlee, Peta Shepherd & myself are off to the USA to ride. A few days later Chris Courtenay & Alex Hiam will be meeting us in Cali as well where we will ride around & stay with Ryan Guettler.
Then the week of June 3rd till June 9th, we will all travel to Woodward West along with Jourdan Barba, Bobbie Altiser, Paddy Gross & Brandon Van Dulken. We will be at Woodward West to ride with the campers & film for an edit or two. If you’re lucky enough to be staying at Woodward West that week (week 1 of camp), make sure you come up & say hi to us all.
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Mr. Bayzand
Mick met up with a few riders today for a roll down at the park in Prahran. Here are a few words from the man himself…
Today was an awesome day. I met up with my little homies at Strictly BMX were we hung out for a bit, sticker’d up some bikes & then headed to the park for a roll. It was a good chilled session. I want to thank everyone who came down & hung out with me. It was a really fun day & we should do it again soon. Keep shredding homies, peace.
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The good ol’ days…
Today I went for a roll with a few good friends on some old school bikes just like back in the day. It was a perfect day weather wise & a really cool time was had by all. Thanks to Ross Lavender for organising the day.
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Sequence Saturday: Mick Bayzand
Shot during the filming of the DVD. Uprail to bars by Mr Bayzand.
Get yourself along to Prahran Skatepark in Melbourne today at around lunch time to hang out with Mick & get yourself a copy of The Colony DVD for free as well. He will be there from lunch time to have a roll around. Of course if it’s bad weather Mick wont be there.
Holiday time…
I recently went on my first tropical island holiday for a week. Matamonoa, Fiji was the destination & it was amazing. We stayed on a small island off the coast & did nothing but snorkel, swim, play ping pong & tennis, kayak, go fishing, eat, sleep & drink. It was perfect. I had been wanting to do something like this for years & finally got around to doing it. We even got to visit the island where the film, Castaway was filmed starring Tom Hanks. Here a couple pics from the week over there.
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Another custom by Lux BMX
The guys at Lux BMX built up another dope custom bike this time a very special one off 2013 The Living frame in the exclusive 2013 Sweet Tooth colour way, Matte Orange. Tom Stretton’s good mate Shane Batchelor is the proud owner & it looks the goods.
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New Australian flow rider…
A few weeks ago I rode at Kuraby with Peta Shepherd one afternoon & there was a local rider there doing some good stuff. Well 2 days ago, Peta comes by the office with a video on her phone of the said local rider ripping it up. She said we should hook him up at some point down the track. I was down with the idea & so today she bought him into the office. We got him on a fresh new 2013 Teddy frame & full set up. Check it out below.
Introducing 16 year old Chusak Sri-akharach, otherwise & more easily known as Nuke. Sorry Alex, you’re not the youngest on the team anymore !! Be on the look out for this kid in the future. Welcome to the team mate.
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Jourdan Barba update
Jourdan recently got back from a quick trip to Vegas to film some more clips for his up and coming The Hunt section. Jourdan has definitely been busy of late scoring a job with his dad as an apprentice electrician and working on his first Colony web video so I am excited to get to work on that edit in the coming weeks. Thanks to Ryan Galvan for the photos. You can keep up to date with all Jourdan’s happenings via his twitter here.
Mick off to Canada soon…
Mick Bayzand has been resting up from his recent shoulder injury but is well on the road to recovery. He is also heading off to Canada for a few months on June 10th, expect updates from there.
On other news… Mick will be having a casual roll at Prahran Skatepark in Melbourne this Saturday from lunch time onwards. He will also have a bunch of free copies of The Colony DVD for those that are keen. So if you’ve ever wanted to meet Mick in person head out to Prahran this Saturday & meet the man himself.
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Colony in Shanghai
A few weeks back myself, Liam, Marnold and Brock headed over to China for the Asian X-Games. If you were following via the site you would know we had some crazy issues with missing bikes and Brock getting hurt but all in all it was a fun trip and this is the video we made from the days we spent riding after the comp was done. Thanks again to the locals for helping us out and make sure you grab the next 2020 mag that comes out for a full article about the trip.
Istvan checks in…
Pef from Unleaded BMX in France sent in a little report about the Fise in Montpellier on behalf of Istvan Calliet.
Istvan qualified himself to the Freegun Air Spine contest, facing Pat Casey, Mark Webb, Daniel Dhers, Brett Banasiewicz, Alex Coleborn… so it wasn’t an easy contest, considering the opponents level! The only frenchmen on the final list too!
Spine final happened on Saturday evening, the weather wasn’t that great, got some rain over here, but they did prepare a cover in case. 720 on spine, 360 whip, Flair, also tried a 900 as best trick but sadly didn’t land it.A few clips here.
See you this weekend at the Street Station in Lyon for your revenge Istvan!
PICTURE : By Thomas DEBATISSE
