Hard Yards has been an event in my head for quite some time now. Saturday the 24th of June, 2023 was the day we finally made it a reality. I wanted to put on a BMX event that was completely fun & with a feel like an older comp from the 1990’s or the 2000’s. From the feedback I’ve received, looks like we achieved that. Really stoked on seeing so many smiling faces all day from riders & the crowds alike. All riders were absolutely killing it, with almost all styles of ramp riding going down.

I wanted Hard Yards to really stand out from other events. It had to be fun for those to ride in it & fun to watch those who were lucky enough to attend. Being it’s in my own backyard, invitees (19 x riders this time around) & crowds had to kept to a minimum, it’s just how it has to be.

But luckily, for those that weren’t there on the day, Cooper Brownlee & Troy Charlesworth were on hand to film the action. Expect some full blown comprehensive video coverage to come out soon. We even had Nick Richardson & Yonny Wakefield on the microphone, which was pure gold. Thank you guys.

Hard Yards was a jam format comp with groups of 4-5 riders having a 20 min jam to take as many runs on the ramp as they wanted. They could also take as many attempts at a certain trick that they wanted as well. Just like the old days, you were not stopping until you pulled what you wanted. It was great.

Classes were judged & split into different styles of riding as well. We had Tech, Burly & Style/Flow. This really enabled all riders to be able to excel in their own style of riding & grab some glory. Some riders did well in all 3 categories.

To top it all off, it was all rider judged. That’s right, each rider after the event, had their own judging form & then chose their own top 3 riders for each Tech, Burly & Style/Flow.

We also had 3 best trick events as well. One on the street spine, one on the wallride & to finish it off, one on the hitching post. Again all rider judged with all riders choosing their own winner for each.

To top it all off we had $4,750 as the prize purse for the winners.

Once all was tallyed up, the results were…

Tech

1. Paterico Fallico $500
2. Karl Southern $300
3. Clint Millar $200

Burly

1. Sam Grace $500
2. Chris James $300
3. Dean Florian $200

Style & Flow

1. Sean Gardiner $500
2. Dean Florian $300
3. Jayden Fuller $200

Street Spine Best Trick

1. Paterico Fallico $500

Wallride Best Trick

1. Chris James $500

Hitching Post Best Trick

1. Dean Florian $500

There was also a Pixeld Energy rider of the day chosen by none other than Nick Richardson himself, the owner of Pixeld Energy. For absolutely killing it all day in every way, Richo chose his rider of the day.

Pixeld Rider of the Day

1. Karl Southern $250

I plan to have two Hard Yards events each year with the next one already in the planning stages to be about 5-6 months from now.

Look out for the video coverage to be coming out in the weeks ahead. It’s going to be something really special to watch & will give you the feeling of being here in person, regardless if you were or not.
Thanks to all those that helped out along the way, you all rule. Thanks to all the riders that came along & rode all day, you all rule. Thanks to everyone that came out & supported the event, you all rule.

Hard Yards #2 will have a date announced soon.

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23 years to the day after Prody 7 was premiered, it’s finally happened.

Featuring riders from all over the planet, it’s a video that will appeal to anyone that loves BMX from the ’80’s, ’90’s, 2000’s, 2010’s & to the current day.

A classic mix of mini ramp, park, flatland, dirt, vert & street riding.

Filmed & edited by Clint Millar.

“Prody 8 – What Goes On” will premiere on the big screen at the Elizabeth Picture Theatre, 175 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane City.

Tickets on sale now with only 130 seats available & as of right now, there are only 25 seats available.

Head to the Family Distribution site or the link here to grab your seat now.

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Our 2018 range of complete bikes have been available in Australia with some special pre-release & limited edition models for a few months now.

The full range will be arriving into countries like the USA, UK & Australia come early September.

The rest of the world will be soon after in late September.

In the meantime, check out the whole range by clicking here now.

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Tech machine, Ben Thompson sent through this little ten clips video at his local. Check it !!

Ben does it for Colony through Bicycle Centre in Townsville who carry our full ranges. Hit them up if you’re local.

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The guys over at Lux BMX built up this custom Sweet Tooth for one very lucky customer.

Check it out in full detail here now.

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Tony’s Bike Shop in Connecticut stock a good range of our products & with their help, we’ve been helping out Aaron Simone for a little while now. He just put of this edit full of some awesome riding. It really shows his diversity which is something we personally like to see. Keep it coming Aaron.

Thanks Mike at Tony’s and Aaron for all the Colony support, check out the shop when you’re in the area and ask to Mike to play a quick bass solo – Keith Treanor

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We’ve just landed in Australia a batch of these fine little puppies with perfect timing for BMXmas. Perfect for those hot summer days ahead & the need to open your favourite cold beverage. Hit up your favourite Colony dealer next week for one. Sorry but only available in Australia.

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99 Bikes here in Australia have been long time supporters & stockists of our ranges over the years & are not new to BMX.

For all their customers new & old, they’re throwing a huge 99 Hour Sale ending this Sunday.

So get into the nearest 99 Bikes store near you to get yourself a great deal on a brand new Colony complete bike & more.

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Over on Vital there is a photo feature with Cooper Brownlee from his many recent North American adventures. A few of the team guys such as Nathan Sykes, Jourdan Barba, Brandon Van Dulken, Polly & Victor Salazar all have some great shots in there.

As always, Coops’s photo skills are on point, check it out here now.

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It’s Alex Hiam’s 20th birthday today, happy birthday mate !!

Alex is over in the states right now & on the east coast for a Vans Invitational contest doing what we all love, riding bikes.

Hit him up on Instagram @alexhiam & wish him happy birthday.

His brand new 2016 range of Sweet Tooth lines has landed in Australia this week & hits USA stores in 2 weeks time. The rest of the world will have them in the weeks ahead.

We’re excited to say that towards the end of next week our 2016 range of complete bikes & parts ranges including new frames, will be arriving into dealers Australia wide. Other countries like the USA, will start to see them arrive into dealers at the end of August / early September.

Below are a few sneak peeks at what we have coming out. Full details released next week. Exciting times !!

2016 Premise complete bike in Firestorm

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For years now, I’ve wanted to make some products here in Australia for Colony. But it’s proven much more difficult & less viable than expected. Sad but true, it’s not that easy to have BMX products made here in our country.

But, I am stoked to release first images of our prototype Pursuit Sprocket here made by Input for us, right here in Australia.

Inspired by the legendary stock steel pursuit wheels on many a iconic Australian car.

Full details will be released over the weeks ahead. They will be available in limited supplies towards the end of the year.

Sweet pursuities bro…

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Alex Hiam heads off to the USA today for a few months to ride his bike. Alex has been killing it as of late, so will be awesome to see what stuff he get’s done riding wise while over there. Check his Insta @alexhiam & our own for updates @colonybmxbrand

His full range of signature parts drops in September this year including his latest version of the ever popular Sweet Tooth Frame. Look out for his Sweet Tooth Forks & Sweet Tooth Bars to match & his already popular Alex Hiam Seat/Post Combo.

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Our last limited edition colour of frame, fork, stem & headset kits for the 2015 season, is Neon Green. Only 2 of each of these were made for the planet. One of each being available in Australia now & the other one of each model, in the USA in a couple weeks. Jump to it fast if you want some brightness in your life.

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We’ve just landed in Australia some new colours of our Much Room Grips. You can now get Neon Pink, Neon Yellow Storm & Technicolour, a mix of Neon Pink, Neon Yellow & Neon Orange. Available now in bike shops Australia wide & in the USA in the next few weeks. The rest of the planet will have to wait till August.

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It’s been on the cards for a while now but it’s finally out. Our first ever 24″ cruiser in the form of the 2016 Colony Eclipse. It’s also the first of our range of 2016 bikes to arrive.

Featuring a full CrMo frame, fork, bars & crank set along with everything sealed & double wall rims. It has BMX like geometry making it feel like a slightly larger 20″ BMX bike. It’s based off our ever popular Premise complete bike, just scaled up.

Check them out here in more detail & available at dealers world wide now or in the coming weeks in some markets, like the USA.

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Read on below for what Tom Stretton has been up too…

Hey guys just letting you all know what I’ve been up to.

Lately I’ve been working a bunch and riding when I can. Loving it so much down here in Melbourne. Everyone is sweet and I’m having the best time.

Last weekend I went to the Eat Children Crew DIY spot, jam. It was a blast. The Adelaide crew is seriously one of the sickest scenes around and I thank them so much for their hospitality and hard work on that ghetto set up. #fuckmurraybridgecouncil

This weekend there was Sam Tormey’s jam out at Morwell. Sam is a young local down here who has been battling a rare type of Bone Cancer. It’s such a shit thing but it was great to see all the riders that came out and showed support. It was also great to see you and say g’day Sam. Hope you had a ripper day brother. f#ckcancer

Also, I just got a new frame in the mail and I’d like to thank boss man Millar as always. I continued by taking paint stripper to it immediately and then to the rest of my bike hahaha. I love it. Let me know what you guys think.

Peace

Josh Dove is one of our up and coming young rippers on flow in Australia & he kills it. He has been riding heaps of late with Chris Courtenay & making everything look way too easy on his 2015 Sweet Tooth 18″ bike. Keep an eye out for Josh, as his passion for BMX is strong. Expect to see a lot more of him in the years to come.

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Michal Mycek one of our riders in Poland, just built up a fresh new ride around one of our new prototype Colony Monash street frames for 2016. Thanks to the guys at Ave BMX in Poland. Check it out below.

Frame : Colony 2016 Monash prototype street frame 21″ with 9″ standover (our August, 2015)
Fork : Colony Guardian
Headset : Colony
Stem : Colony Squareback
Bars : Colony Twenty Four Seven
Cranks : Colony 22’s
Sprocket : Colony CC 25T
BB : Colony
Pedals : Colony Fantastic Plastic
Seat : Colony Fat Shield pivotal
Seat Post : Colony pivotal
Rims : Colony Contour
Spokes : Colony
Front hub : Colony Wasp with Colony Hubguard
Rear Hub : Colony Freecoaster with Colony Hubguard

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I just got back from the second #oldmentrip over in New Zealand with some good long term mates from over there. Kenny Raggett also came along which was awesome. We travelled around a fair chunk of the South Island & had a blast on & off the bikes. We rode so much awesome stuff, explored, & basically enjoyed life on the road. Looking forward to the next one already. Check out some of my pics taken a long the way. Thanks to Dave, Phil, Jonno, Mario, Bruce & Kenny for an awesome week. Good times !! – Millar.

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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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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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Our latest limited edition colour in the 2015 Premise complete bike has just landed & is Green Storm as pictured below.

This colour will only be offered this once so act fast of you want one. Featuring full CrMo construction, full sealed everything the Premise is a killer bike out of the box. Check them out at a dealer near you now.

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Coming off the back of our new distribution through Launchpad Group in New Zealand is a fresh new dealer in NZ for Colony.

Evolution Cycles now stocks a full range of our 2015 ranges which you can check out here now. Hit them up for all your Colony needs & they will get you sorted with free delivery NZ wide. Check the full range by clicking here now.

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We’re stoked to announce that we have a new & exciting distribution outlet in New Zealand.

The Launchpad Group has now taken over exclusive distribution rights for Colony in New Zealand & has stock ready to go right now. Our full product line will now be readily available throughout New Zealand in more dealers than ever before. Pricing will be sharper than ever before as well, great news for all no doubt.

For all dealers wanting to carry Colony in NZ please contact Steve at Launchpad & he will get you sorted.

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The Shed finals is on this Sunday !! BMX starts at 4pm… should be a be a great day for sure !! You can expect to see the poster boy, Dean Anderson there shredding as always.

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A huge thank you to all those that came out to the East County BMX jam yesterday, it was an awesome day. It’s great to see BMX thriving in the San Diego area with everyone having a great time with an awesome vibe.

A huge thanks to Henry at East County, you are the man. Big thanks to Sean Yarroll for organising the grind boxes, thanks to the East County staff for holding down the BBQ duties & running the shop for everyone. Thanks to Keith Treanor for his his hard work & dedication to all that we do. Thanks to all my team guys that took the time to come down, you guys rule.

But most of all, thanks to all the riders that turned up to ride & hang with the team, we appreciate your support. Long live BMX !!

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Cooper is a man of many jobs within Colony & I would be lost without him. I am amazed at how he can do so much & do it all so well. On point with everything he does, this new Focalpoint video is no exception. Check it out & look out for clips from Marnold, Jack & even Coops himself.

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Today is a year to the day that this ten clips was filmed with boss man Millar, how time flies when you’re having fun. A new one is being filmed today as well, so keep an eye out for that. #frontbrakes