Shintaro Misawa sent in a quick email on what he has been up to of late…

My old friend from Japan was visiting Malaysia last week. He is also from the same town, Machida Tokyo. The town has a summer festival every year, including BMX show organized by his father. I first saw this festival 15 years ago. It was what got me into riding BMX.

He is a well known photographer, Mr Motoyoshi Yamanaka. This time he has work in Thailand, for photo shooting at Chiang Rai International MTB Challenge. So, came to visit my place in Malaysia to see me. Alright, please check the photo from our session.

Photo by Motoyoshi Yamanaka

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Atilla shot us through an update from Hungary, it seems it’s been snowing of late keeping him off the bike on the regular. Check this photo of his local park from yesterday, -18 degrees and 35cm of snow! Quite the opposite to here in Australia.

Mick and I are in Adelaide right now filming for some up and coming web videos. Dodging the rain was the challenge on the first day, hopefully we get some better weather the next few days.

Alex Hiam broke his leg a week or so ago now & had to wait till the swelling went down before a cast could be applied. Well he has had that done now & will have about 6 weeks off the bike. He will be back though better than ever on his new Sweet Tooth V2 frame & filming for an upcoming promo video for it. In the meantime, Alex will be back real soon serving up the best coffee in Cleveland.

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Tom Stretton has been keeping busy of late. Read on below to see what he has been up too…

Hey guys. Little update of what i’ve been up to lately. So glad it’s summer, even though it seems like we have only had a few days of sunshine as of late. However any day riding is a good one.

Lately I’ve been riding with alot of different people. Jack Birtles and myself have been working on a little skatepark sort of plaza edit for you guys which should be done real soon. It’s been so much fun filming for it and each time I feel like I’m getting that feeling where you are learning a trick for the first time. So much fun. Plus Jack is filming it so you know at least that will be ridiculously on point!

Also been filming for another quick little edit for Lux BMX Store and Afray with the biggest of salads, Troy Charlesworth. That has been mega fun as well. Can’t wait to get some more clippies for that one.

All in all, I’ve been riding when I can as much as I can and have just been searching for that feeling of finding new ground on your bike! Learning something that you didn’t think you could do before or something that you’ve never seen done before. I love that feeling. Can’t wait to go get on my bike in an hour!!!!!!!!!! Also shout out to all the boys at Morayfield. Wish I could get out there to ride with you guys more often but I’m ages away now 🙁 Except Tinny, I dont know whats up with that guy.

Anyway here’s a couple of photos from out filming with Jack and a little camera shot of filming with Salad. Peace!

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Liam Zingbergs has been over in Long Beach for a couple weeks now & sent in a quick update of what’s been going on over there…

What’s up guys, it’s Liam checking in here from Long Beach in Cali! I have been here for a little over a week now on a riding trip and it’s amazing! The weather has been treating me well and there are spots everywhere you look. I have been flat out filming everyday and drinking lots and lots of Gatorade haha! Everyone has been super nice and I have met some amazing people. This is defiantly a place every rider needs to come. For now I’m out! Check back for more updates soon! Love y’all!

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You may remember this photo from a 2020 advert late last year. Zac Miner Over ice. Download here for widescreen and here for standard screen size.

Valvo sent through this edit his friend Felipe Corrêa created. It’s really well fimed and edited and Valvo kills it! Valvo can ride anything.

We worked with Marnold on this edit for a while now and he really came through for it. Check it out below along with some photos and a quick Q&A about the filming for it.

How long did you spend filming for this edit? It would be about 6 months yeah?
It was probably a little bit longer than 6 months because I’m pretty slack, but it would be close to somewhere around that.

What clip in it was the hardest to film?
Hardest clip would have been either the feeble hard 3 or feeble oppo whip, both because I had never done them before.

What was the most satisfying clip to get?
Most satisfying would have to be the feeble hard 3 just because it was a trick I’d always wanted to do and I got it done.

You do alot of grind combos on rails, what are you into the most of late?
Lately I have been getting into over switch and normal smith grinds, they are definitely the favourites at the moment.

The rail you ice, pegs to crooks and pegs to over ice, we had to dig out a runup for that in the dirt, did that bother you at all?
Yeah that run up was pretty shitty, but thanks to your shoes we got it to a pretty smooth run in so not really, it was actually not to bad at all..

Were there any firsts for you in this? I think the pegs to hardway whip is the first one we have filmed on street?
Yeah there actually were a few firsts in this for me… Ice on the kinker, the feeb hard 3, the pegs to normal whip, and feeb to oppo whip and the pegs over hard 180. They were all firsts, so I’m pretty happy with the way this came out. Thanks Coops.

Marnold took it hard on a 180 railhop over the weekend which he clipped and took it to the head and shoulder. He came out of it pretty well considering how bad it looked. The photo below was shot 10 minutes before it happened at the same school. The crazy thing is he pulled the 180 railhop first shot but then tried to do it in a run. He dislocated his shoulder but should be back on it in a few weeks.

Zac moved back to Canberra a few months back to get into a bit of a routine and here is a little update from my boy…

“The last 3 months has been great trying enjoying the sun. Been super keen to ride lately, just riding around everywhere playin around. Cams jam was on saturday night, which was crazy. They looked like they were cruisin having a ball doin the most retarted shit! Whole heap of people were in town which is always a treat. Found some new spots in the Berra as well, keepin the riding fresh.”

I love coming over here to Taiwan. Always so many cool things to see & such a different culture. I am here working on the 2013 & beyond product ranges & took these few random iPhone photos.

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Simon sent in a few photos for your viewing pleasure, enjoy…

Fabio from Hood BMX our distributor in Italy, sent in this very rare photo of the Colosseum with snow around it. I have been there a few years ago & never would have thought it snows there, pretty cool to see.

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Marnold, Mick and Cooper have some really good clips in this edit from Focalpoint.

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We have been posting pretty hard over on Tumblr for the past few months so if you have an account hit us up.

Zingbergs desktop wallpaper, Luc-e to 360 in Sydney almost a year ago now. Download it here for widescreen and here for Standard monitors.

A recent print advert we had in RideUS featuring Chris doing a 360 table at Browns Plains park in Brisbane promoting his signature CC sprocket.

Oskars Zajarskis recently built up a fresh new 2012 The Living frame in 21.25 as you can see below. Oskars rides for us through Par BMX in Latvia but has been living in the UK for a while now. A special thanks to the guys at Alans BMX in the UK for getting the Oskars sorted with his parts.

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Strictly BMX, Kid Paris & Mick Bayzand have teamed together with us here at Colony to bring you some really special limited edition 2012 Teddy V2 Frames. Check back here or the Strictly BMX site later this week for full details.

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Alex Hiam fractured his left ankle Saturday while riding. He will be off the bike for at least 4-5 weeks, rest up mate. We can all expect to see Alex back on his bike in no time. In the meantime, check out his ten clips video below from.

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New for 2012 are our Teddy V2, Sweet Tooth V2, Miner & The Living frames. No matter what your size, style of riding or geometry favoured we have a frame for you. Check them all out here now & available at a dealer near you.

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Looking for a new complete bike? We’ve got you covered with our 2012 range of bikes such as the Endeavour, Descendant, Inception, The Living, Teddy Pro, Sweet Tooth Pro & Miner Pro. Check them out at a dealer near you now.

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Tabletop Distribution who are our exclusive distributors in the UK, have a booth set up at The Bike Place 2012 trade show. If you are a dealer & want to check out what we have on offer then get along to the trade show at either of the two locations of Harrogate & Silverstone. Click here for full details of the show.

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Back in early December of last year, we spent five days in Adelaide, South Australia riding a bunch of spots along with a few parks with the locals and this is the end result.

This was all to promote the up coming Vans / Colony shoe collaboration collection being released worldwide, in March this year.

Filmed by: Clint Millar, Cooper Brownlee, Ryan Guettler, Mick Bayzand, Tom Stretton and Zac Miner.

Edited by Cooper Brownlee.

Vale BMX have had a few changes go on of late. Firstly they have moved into a new location on Gold Coast & secondly they have officially had a name change to simply, Vale BMX. They have been strong supporters of Colony since day one & carry our full ranges ready to go.

Their new location is more central for most on the Gold Coast, you can check out their new store by clicking here now.

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