Hey guys,

I am back on the bike! It’s been a long and slow recovery but it’s well worth it. I feel amazing on my bike considering I haven’t riden in about 6 months due to my wrist. I am feeling better than ever, healthy and ready for 2015. Gonna be packed full of good times. I still am doing physio on my wrist and taking it slow. I don’t want to come back to early and make it worse for my self.

I have been getting into photography a lot lately and have been going on some pretty cool missions to get pictures. Last week I woke up at 4:30am to get this shot that is in a tunnel on Brisbane river. I had to go on low tide so I could access the tunnel, And it worked perfect because low tide was the same time as the Sunrise.

I got a little Job doing some hours at a Pizza shop literally 20 footsteps from my house so that’s keeping me busy and helping me save for my travels.

my bikes feeling amazing, I am doing some testing on some of my new signature parts for the 2016 line which is exciting. I am soo stoked with how there all feeling.

I am abouslty loving the new crib at Annerley. The riding scene at my new local is popping right now, So there’s always good crew to ride with at fairfield skatepark.

Thanks guys, follow me on insta for some new riding videos.

With Mike stepping down from Pro riding as of last week the guys at BMXFU put together this classic video showing just how savage of a rider Mike was/is as a tribute. He did some amazing moves over the years and we wish Mike all the best with his future endeavours such as Merritt. Mike will still be out killing it no doubt all whilst still reppin’ Colony.

Here is the final raw video from our recent trip. Thanks to all the shops and crew that came out for a roll, we had a blast…

Hey Guys,

So happy to say that I’m back on my bike after what felt like a life time off with a broken hand. it’s still not one hunderd percent but I’Ve been having the best time riding again so that’s all that matters right now. I have filmed a few insta vids at the local that will be up on the Colony insts and my own instagram (mick_bayzand1) soon I am also back working on a edit I started before my injury. If you se me around on the bike come say hi.

Peace.

So the last two months of 2014 were pretty cool, we had that Avebmx Athens trip, the last one for DVD project so
now it’s just about to be edited! Premiere should be at the end of February. I can’t wait to watch it all on big screen, should be my best video part to date.

Than Vans sent me to London for Rebel Jam , couldn’t really get close to the level of the contest but it was fun and an awesome experience. The afterparty was so heavy that I missed my flight and stay in Kingstone
for few days where we made that tree photo , it was to cold to ride unfortunately.

Now I’m kind of into finishing my study, my music and surviving inside our indoor park till the winter’s gone to hit the streets again.

Photo: Wolis

Photo: Kralik Daniel

Photo: Kralik Daniel

Photo: Wolis

Coops just posted up a feature over on FP from a pool they rode recently. Both Jack and Mick have images within the gallery as well, check them all here.

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Yo guys!

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year !!!!!

My wrist is nearly at 100% !! I have been smashing physio everyday and it’s starting to feel like a normal wrist again. I can pretty much do everything, Just can’t ride… As soon as I can do a few push-ups with out any pain in my wrist I will be back on the bike !!! I can not wait.. I’m pushing so hard, it’s a painful recovery but it’s all worth it.

This week mum I moved from Cleveland to Annerly, at first I wasn’t to excited and was scared to leave my home suburb, But now I love it.. Change is good !! I have so much to explore & a lot of cool people to meet. There’s cool little trendy cafes everywhere and it’s really close to Brisbane city, and super close to the highway.. Kinda of in the middle of everything. My new local is Fairfield skatepark… I’m buzzing about this because it’s a 5 min ride from my house, and it’s one of my favourite parks around. I filmed a 10 clips there yonks ago and there’s a pic from 2010 of a invert in the bowl you can see below.

I also just bought a new camera, the Fuji Film X-E2. It’s a small, light, street style camera that has really fast auto focus. I had a canon 600D, It was amazing when you get the right shot, but I was always missing shots or getting blurry ones.. So this new camera is perfect for quick shots where you don’t have time to set up. I am going to be travelling a lot this year, So this will be perfect to capture all the amazing places I travel to, Quick & easy.. And it sends photo’s directly from the camera to your phone. That was the deal breaker for me!!!

Thanks to @rileypart for tagging me in this portrait he painted of me.. Unreal !!!

The boiz and I ventured into some underground tunnels the other day exploring aswell, Was a cool experience. you can see some photo’s I shot below!! Always check the weather and do your research before doing any of this!

Last weekend I went to my first live Music gig @ the HiFi to see Danny Brown. Was a epic experience…. I am glad i booked tickets, Well worth it.

I am building my bike at Crossley Cycles as you read this, Expect me back on the bike February. I can not wait.

Our youngest shredder on the team, Josh Dove will be hitting up all the stops of this week’s Lil’ Pro’s Tour happening this week in south east Queensland. We’re getting behind the event with free gear for those that enter.

In the mean time, he has an interview up on Fat BMX about it all. Click here to check it out. We know Josh will have a blast at the events & will do well for sure.

Good luck Josh !!

Yo yo !!

Here is part 3 of our recent trip down the east coast. A sort of behind the scenes look into the 2 days of the trip throughout the ACT, hanging out at Backbone BMX (and Yass).

Riders featured: Chris Courtenay, Bobbie Altiser, Zac Miner, Tom Stretton, Clint Millar, Ricky Cantanzariti and Luke Parker.

Hey guys, just a quick update on what I’m up to.

I recently moved down to Melbourne and in with another Colony rider you all know, Polly. First of all i’d like to say thank you to him because he really has stuck his neck out for me in ways i’d never expect anyone to. much love brother.

It’s been quite a busy time with work and then traveling on the “Have Fun, Ride Bikes” trip. Honestly one of the best trips I’ve been on. Always a treat to spend time with Bobbie Altiser and watch the absolute nonsense that he is capable of on the bike. Big thanks to Millar and Cooper for their hard work, the guys on the trip for being amazing and ever single person that came out to ride with us. What a blast.

Realistically though, I’m just thoroughly enjoying the change and being back on my bike. My ankle is feeling good and since being in Melbourne it’s been a lot easier to film with the main man Cooper Brownlee. Can’t wait to get another edit out for you guys to judge on various social media sites hahaha. Much love.

The 6th annual Blake Butterfield jam is going down this Sunday in Sydney at Menai park. It’s for a great cause so be sure to get down there for a session.

Part 2 of the trip from a video perspective. We spent 3 days travelling south through New South Wales and this video is packed full of riding footage and some good times we had along the way…

It pained me not to be able to make it over for this but Paddy Gross made it down to ride the first annual front brake fiesta in California. Looks like it was a great time for sure. Front brakes are alive !! I hope to make it to the next one. Thanks to Area 43 for hosting the day !!

Front Brake Fiesta – Area 43 – BMX Freestyle Jam from being 4130 on Vimeo.

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As you would have seen if you follow us on Instagram, we are currently doing a 2 week trip between Brisbane and Melbourne hitting up a bunch of parks, shops and anything else along the way with some of the crew.

Here is a sort of behind the scenes look into the first 5 days of the trip along with some clips we didn’t keep for other projects.

Riders featured: Chris Courtenay, Bobbie Altiser, Zac Miner, Tom Stretton, Clint Millar, Ricky Cantanzariti, Polly, Dean Anderson, Keith Treanor and Luke Parker.

If you are in Sydney today, head out to the Bass Hill park around 3pm for a session…

A bunch of the crew are up in Brisbane right now before we head south for a week. Here are a few random shots from the past couple days. More to come…

10 years ago our warehouse manager Glen McLaughlin put out a DVD called Young Guns which featured a good chunk of the Queensland BMX scene including Millar and Glen himself. Check this out for a good history lesson…

Ricky is one creative rider that’s for sure! He threw together his favourite clips from edits he filmed in 2014 and the result is six minutes of tech wizardry…

Frenchie filmed and edited this park video of JK for TCU filmed throughout Melbourne over a few sessions at some local parks. Super hyped on that tooth over pegs to nose manual…

Some of the crew are hitting the road this week, starting off in Brisbane and heading south to Melbourne to film, visits shops and hang out with the locals. Hopefully you guys can make it out to one of these stops. Keep an eye on our Instagram for any extra stops that we will be making…

We’re proud to introduce 16 year old, Jackie Straiton to the USA flow team with this banging park edit. Jack filmed this over 6 months & it’s packed full of some great moves throughout Florida. Check it out !!

A huge thanks to Emmitt BMX for introducing us to Jackie.

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As with most jams we got behind the most recent Sunday Sessions jam in Sydney which took place down at the Macquarie Fields park. Kurt Teague was on hand to shoot the evenings happenings and he came through with a good documentation of the jam.

If you are in the Florida area next week make sure you get down to the Skatepark of Tampa for the Spot Roast bowl jam at 7pm on the 9th of January which we are supporting. You can sign up here…

From all of us at Colony we would like to thank you for all of the support and good times in 2014. I gathered some of my favourite shots from the year for a bit of a recap… Let’s do it all again this year!

Larry from Stacked BMX in Riverside, CA recently had a jam outside the shop which was littered with flat rails and ledges for everyone to shred. Jourdan features throughout this video doing some really creative moves on the rails set-ups…

Jack Kelly had a rough day last week taking a few harsh slams but getting up and continuing the day out but towards the end of the day he took a fall which did’t look that bad but unfortunately tweaked his foot which is going to keep him on the bike for a couple weeks. For now check out his most recent video.

Some how he got back up from this crash…

Some of the crew have clips throughout the left overs video from the Flem Banks jam that went down in Melbourne last month…

Our friends over at Primary Threads just changed up their website, it’s looking a treat. Check it out here…

Caught up with Tom and Luke earlier this week and one of the spots we hit with the guys they were really into it and some moves went down. Here are a few photos from the session…

Luke has been running one of the new Castaway frames for a few months now so we caught up and shot some photos of the rig. Luke runs the 20.8 version of the frame along with Guardian forks, Square Back stem, 24/7 bars, 22’s cranks, Menace Guard sprocket, Fantastic Plastic pedals, Wasp hubs, Pintour rims and Anyway plastic pegs.

Luke has been working on a few video projects ever since he got back from his broken foot so keep on the look out for them to surface in the coming months.

The guys at Strictly BMX have built up this amazing looking custom Sweet Tooth. It’s packed full of our products and is set at a great price. Hit this link to see more of it.