2020v20 by 2020 BMX Magazine

contents 008 20 down

058 from the streets

012 news and assorted happenings

064 spinal disorder

028 state of the nation

068 behind bars

Blah, blah, blah.

Holy crap, BMX is getting busy. And there’s a GT to win! East to the west to the north to the south and NZ.

030 reformist

Who said we had minimal flat coverage?

034 It’s all about the 20

A truckload of 20 things...

042 dave dillewaard interview

BMX’s tallest rider on 18inch toptubes and hold’em

050 bmx games 06

A few hundred riders rock park, flat, vert, spine and dirt.

on the cover 20 of the best. Shots that we have dug in the pages of the first 19 issues of 2020bmxmag. Check the what, where and when on page 34.

in the contents Marcus Rowsell going deep underground in our favourite spot//KIM BRIDGELAND

Adrian Galaz interview We ran a cool as hell comp at Old Parliament House three rippers from the east coast

074 beats and pieces

We watched some DVD’s and listened to some CD’s...

076 bike check

Dragonfly, We The People and Norco.

078 new products

Keep you and your bike blinging.

082 last word Hell yeah.

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2020bmxmagazine Makin’ mags//Matt Holmes, Mike Daly G5unit//Holmes Mac Wench//Robola B

Volume 6 March 2006

CONTRIBUTORS//Jamie Mahon, Clint Millar, Dave Sayer, Jamie Moore, Simon O’Brien, Brett Mason, Luke Batchelor, Zoli Barbossi, Lucas Comino, Puni, Cooper, Haimona, Devin Parker, Steve Morissey, Adam Hough, Stu John, Beau Jones, Nick Gascoine, TK, Mike S, Paul Kim, Chris Moore, Elka Arcan, Shaun Jarvis, Ryann Galea, Chris Samuel, Tim White, Gee, Dinny Spicer, Colin Mackay, Scottish John and the odd rider/bum/angry mutant that had a say about the mag.

Photos//Chris Polack, Graeme Pereira, Jamie Mahon, Chris Samuel, John Young, Steve Morissey, Nitai, Dave Sayer, Zack Musarsa, Ian Robinson, Chris Raethke, Stephen Hillenbrand, Seaton Spratt, Paul Kim, Colin Mackay, Chris Moore, Adam Hough, Dan Frew, James Bergles. Photographic + digital mentor//Tony Nolan Advertising info//sales@2020bmxmag.com.au Publishers//Holmes & MikeD Webheads//www.2020bmxmag.com.au Editorial and photographic contributions are welcome, but 2020bmxmagazine cannot accept responsibility for the loss or damage of material. Send a stamped self-addressed envelope if requiring return pronto. That said, we do look after your stuff like our own, but label it good cause piles of slides and photos with no names on ‘em suck! ed@2020bmxmag.com.au for all editorial or other enquiries. 2020bmxmagazine is published four times a year. 2020bmxmagazine Pty Ltd (100% rider owned and run) RRP AUD$7.95 NZD$8.95* Every issue more and more crew get themselves involved in the ad-hoc construction of 2020bmxmagazine, making it the riders manual for the whole of Australia and NZ. If you think your scene is going off, let us know. If you want to find out how to submit words, ideas, photos or fill our ipod with good tunes then contact us. Yo, what you waiting for? Distributed in all states of Australia by Gordon&Gotch. New Zealand distribution by Gordon&Gotch NZ. Bikeshop sales in Oz sales@2020bmxmag.com.au or 0415 585 243 And for New Zealand call 09 625 3018 or FAX 1800 186 640. Proudly printed in Australia by Quality Images. Made on a Mac//1.8 Dual G5, G4/450 and one old PM5500 All material copyright ©2006 2020bmxmagazine Pty Ltd. Views expressed are not necessarily those of the publishers, but possibly that of the author. So if you’re pissed with something, hassle them! Respect yourself and others, when riding and in life, you’re always responsible for your own actions. Always wear protection regardless of what/where/when you’re riding. *Recommended and maximum price, cheap eh?

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20 the years roll on and on

So, 2020bmxmag made it to 20 issues. Not that many, but a milestone to me none the less. With all the looking back over the mags in order to make this issue, it wasn’t long till I was stretching my memory back to the first of my BMX experiences... It came on all around me without any warning. The school bike racks seemingly sprouting yellow and blue tyres, small chrome frames, little wheels and no gears. While most kids in grades 3 and 4 were dreaming about getting off the clunky coaster brake dragsters and onto mini 10 speed racers, it seemed a whole new wave was crashing in. BMX was rolling it’s way thru Australia in a big way (this year would see BMX Bandits would hit the big screen). The older kids in grade 6 and high school who rode ‘em cruised in and out of school in tight denim and had skids, bunny hops and sprints going on in a big way. They were the cool guys and the cool guys all rode BMX. But us kids were still stuck on not so funky (back then) dragster like machines with the long seats and 3 speed gears. After gazing out the classroom window at the BMX’s in the bike racks all day long, we’d ride home past the bike store and drool through the windows even more. Quicksilver, Hotfoot, CrossMax, a whole new language describing a new world of graphite wheels and gleaming cromoly lay just beyond the glass, and behind the counter; posters of riders jumping and sliding in what looked like motocross action. It was all we could think about and my folks were over it from the start! ‘They’re too expensive’ and ‘why not get a bike with gears’ were the arguments against… For my tenth birthday, Mum and Dad figured they’d get me that bike I’d been talking non-stop about for the whole year. I think cause I was doing anything I could to scrape dollars and cents together for it! It was a full surprise come that birthday morning. I went into the garage and there was this shining new BMX looking bike. Well kinda new and sort of a BMX… It took me a bit to recognize my old 20inch dragster frame under the slick yellow paint with red hand drawn pinstripes, new Araya chrome rims on red anodised Suzue hubs that matched the stem and levers, proper BMX bars, pads and seat all rolling on a set of red snake belly tyres. The deal was they’d reconditioned my old dragster through an (incredible) old bike store cause the all-new ride was too expensive. I thought it had been getting new tyres or something? While I was sort of super stoked at this new ride, there was no way I was going to let my folks know that I was kinda bumming cause it still had the flowing curved tubing instead of the new straight-tubed BMX frames… While I wished and wished that I had a glistening chrome plated, straight tubed BMX for the first week or two, it didn’t take long till I began to love it (I reckon now the way I got over it was by pulling the number plate off immediately!). Fact was that I could go ride with my friends all the time on it, and we

all rode whenever we could. To school, home from school, usually via the pine plantations and bush tracks that surrounded us and come the weekends, we would ride as far as we could pedal. We built 2 by 4 kickers off gutters, dug little doubles, had long skid comps, dink’d friends home with flat tyres, crashed endlessly, got super muddy, bombed hills and made the odd 3 foot fire jump. While we went to some BMX races to check it out a few times, it just wasn’t the right deal, we had way more fun just riding, messing around and well, riding. Plus I was rockin the freak wannabe BMX and figured I’d be better off without the hassles. Within a few months, all my friends had brand new BMX’s, which lead to the odd hassling of my recon’d ride. Still my ‘old is new again’ machine handled all that got thrown at it riding wise and any comments about my ‘not so cool’ bike usually got sorted by riding harder than them and letting them know that if I had their bike, they may as well give up. I worked on that bike all the time, pulling everything apart constantly, greasing things, stripping bolts, crushing bearings and buying new bits whenever my meagre paper round dollars could afford it. Around two years later, that recon’d bike while pretty tricked out part wise, was pretty thrashed and looking mega old school and non-BMX like. But, thanks to that bike, I had saved enough dollars for one of those shining brand new 20inch rides behind the glass in the bike shop… It cracks me up that if I had that bike today I’d be so stoked. It’d be the most awesome machine, a little piece of history with classic written all over it! What’s funnier is that in many ways that funky mismatched bike has shaped everything I’ve done. Maybe that’s what my parents wanted, I don’t know, but it definitely taught me a lot about making the most of what you’ve got and accepting what you or someone else has or has not. Thanks to everyone who has helped shape the 2020bmxmag experience. There’s plenty more to come. ! Holmes

MAIN//Whilst I was saving for my first ‘proper’ BMX in ‘85, Dave Scott was already on route to becoming one of the pioneers of the Australian freestyle scene. I gotta thank Dave for carting me round on my first trip to Melbourne for a Skateranch comp in ‘89 cause I had no idea where the hell I was, but that’s another story... Thanks Dave, you get a photo in the mag after all this time! ILLUSTRATION//Kind of what it looked like!

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Guns blazing//SEATON

tales from nz

January starts the year and there’s no better way to do it than heading over to New Zealand for the usual road trip and Xair comp.

This year the crew for our road trip consisted of me (Mike Daly), Kenny Raggett, Brendan Jones, Seaton Spratt and Andrew Gregory (Gee). We did the usual lap of the north island of New Zealand and took in a few different spots this trip. One of these was the skatepark at Pauanui, which is a tiny holiday town with only one road in. The skatepark is right at the end of the runway for the town’s airstrip and instead of car garages they have aircraft hangers, apparently its where all the rich Aucklanders head for the weekend in their private planes… We also hit up the volcanic parks near Rotorua and some of the best skateparks NZ has to offer at Taupo, Vic Park and down the coast to Levin and Otaki. I highly recommend taking a trip to NZ if you can, the skateparks are good, the people are friendly and it’s an easy spot to travel around.

This year the dirt set up looked awesome, the jumps were manicured, super smooth with three sets and two different lines over each jump into a two way hip at the end. The bigger left hand set did cause a few problems and most guys tended to stick to the right hand line. The only other drama was the wind, which caused problems all weekend. Guettler won with his usual list of huge tricks including a double whip and front flips over the second jump, which was hard. Cam White took second with a double whip over the first set and a stack of other variations and third went to Colin Mackay who was smooth and dialled over every jump. Other guys who stood out were NZ rider Jed Mildon who was trying to 720 the last hip, the hard way, Nasty with some huge stretched superman whips and Kym Grosser who trucked to x the first set and did one of his crazy stretched Indian seat grab x-ups.

Xair

The street course was set up indoors with a big and pretty varied array of ramps. There were a stack of riders from all over the world here for the comp including 20 or so Aussies and NZ riders. Ryan Guettler added street to his dirt win with his usual jumping madness, back to back 720’s, flairs, front flip transfers between street obstacles and a double whip 360 to finish off. Second was Colin Mackay, Colin had some nice original lines including a wallride to manual on the big wall and a nice 180 whip, street. Alistair Whitton took out third with some warp speed pedalling, big transfers and a disaster on the big wall, that’s about a 10ft drop, from disaster, into a 6ft quarter…… Other mentionables were Nick Richardson with some big styllie airs, NZ rider Jeremy Grey with some original street lines, Grosser no brake teching it up, Josh Harrington who just went huge everywhere, Gary Young who pulled a nice top side chainwheel grind transfer and Brendan Jones who pulled out the guns and crashed like a mother f$%#er.

This was the second year that New Zealand’s annual skate, bike, moto-x comp, x-air has been in Wellington and as usual there was a huge Aussie contingent over for the comp. Wellington is the capitol of NZ, although Auckland is a bigger city and is about 10 degrees cooler than Sydney, which was a nice change from the 35 degree days we had been having. The comp takes place in the middle of the city, so they have streets blocked off and crazy moto jumps in-between the buildings. Now you might get a little scared by the name x-air, its a bit like x-games or something, but x-air is not like those other x events. The guy who runs the event lets the riders for each sport organise everything so when you show up its riders you know doing the rego, judging, MCing and basically running the whole show. There are always good jumps and ramps and the whole thing is like one big party, with a bit of riding in between.

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Tim Wood rules//DALY

This is Nick Cooper. For real//CRISPY

a crispy experience Chris Polack’s website is up and running! Rejoice!

A long time in the making. Almost as long as the 2020bmxmag site. You’ll find BMX, chicks, places and faces. Check it out! www.polackphoto.com

win a gt bestwick

That’s right, a shiny new ride thanks to GT Bicycles Australia!

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Kenny Raggett oppo//DALY

The location for vert was awesome, picture the 12ft high RedBull ramp inside a concert hall with wood panelling all around and really steep seating so the crowd was sitting as high as the riders were airing…. There was a fairly small turn out for BMX vert with only 8 riders in the comp. It was good to see Mark Schnieder hitting up the vert for old times sake and also Paul Needham who broke his leg at last year’s comp. First place was always going to belong to Tim Wood. Tim’s riding is getting more dialled every time I see him and his runs at x-air were full of big variations, 540’s, whips and flairs. Add to these a no handed 540, clicked turn down flair and smooth as hell 900 and first place was his. Zack Shaw took out second with some damm big airs, clicked variations and flairs. Third went to Koji Kraft who pulled a double whip and powered all over the ramp, a little sketchy but he went all out. Matt Fairbairn looked like he was cruising a bit and came in fourth, he still pulled an awesome 540 barspin and some nice alleyoop 540’s as well. The only down side of the whole event was both Clint Millar and myself separating our AC joints in our shoulders, both in street practice. I crashed not looking where I was going and Clint collided with Ali Whitton, both off to hospital and 6 weeks not riding. Anyway you don’t need a shoulder to head off to the pub so Clint and I still had a good time in Wellington anyway. Mike Daly

Jamie Bestwick has been the dominating force on the vert scene for a number of years now. With nothing short of incredible riding, his innovative and balls out style has seen him net pretty much every vert title on the world stage. With huge flow that makes any 14 foot ramp seem like a mini and tricks like his recently unleashed double whip flair, Jamie has got to depend on his ride. GT have put together the 2006 Jamie Bestwick signature bike for exactly that. With a full cromo 21 inch top tube frame, the Bestwick King is made for those wanting to go fast and big with plenty of room to move. Decked out with a pro spec which includes a euro BB, three piece GT cranks, machined head tube plus integrated headset, Sun Ditch Witch 36 hole rims and a host of other trick bits. Thanks to GT Bicycles Australia, we have one sitting here awaiting a new home. And in the infamous voice of Larry Emdur, all this can be yours, if the price is right! Well, if you enter and get the following question right… Q: How old was Jamie Bestwick when he got into BMX? Email your answer into bestwick@2020bmxmag.com.au before May 10th to go in the running to win. If you can’t get on a computer, post it into 2020bmxmag Bestwick Competition PO Box 498 Newtown NSW 2042. For clues hit up www.gtbicycles.com and head to the team section….

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Kym Grosser//CRISPY

hil‘n’dale

I’ve been hearing about comps all over Australia and got sick of the lack of comps in Melbourne. And when you look at the scene down here it’s really a shame that not many of the guys are getting exposure. So I’ve been taking it on myself to hold as many comps as I can and Hill’n’Dale was the first in that line. For those who have tried or have run comps before you know that its pretty dam hard, insurance is one of the main factors. Luckily I’ve been able to get on the good side of about 5 councils around Melbourne and they are slowly coming around. At this stage Melbourne next year alone will have more then 15 comps raging from a series to one off comps with real prizes and more importantly, cash. The Hill’n’Dale comp was unreal. Being on a Sunday morning the turn out was fantastic, although some riders come straight from going out and still pissed. Of the 15 riders that were invited 12 turned up. The reason for the invite only was because of the time period that was given, it wasn’t large enough to hold a full size comp. If you’ve ever been to Hill’n’Dale you know it isn’t your usual park set up. The tranny to tranny box jumps have pretty steep landings as Erms found out coming down hard on the last jump and hurting his knee. The vibe on the day was amazing and the tricks where flowing nicely. Jordan was the first rider to pull out some big tricks with his first ever bike flip over the hip, landing it like it was nothing. Leigh was pushing the height meter to its limits, doing 360 un-turndowns about 10ft off the lip. Nathan was going for a 810 over the hip. He has landed them before but didn’t come up with the goods on the day. Finally Cam doing one of the biggest super whips I have ever seen on the last jump, this kid is going places.

Saunders//CRISPY

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Finals time and the pressure was showing on some riders, for others it was just a walk in the park (or ride some might say). Kym was on top of his game, trucks on the first and Indian seat grab X ups on the last, insane! He landed the win. Second went to Luke B, this is a guy that came from nowhere, he’s now one of the top riders in Melbourne, flip turn-down the second, to big as whips over the hip, he’s killing it. Leigh’s a guy that boost’s everything he hits, 360 turn down to 360 un-turndown gave him the points to move to third place. Overall the comp went off, and the best thing was that council members where all there watching and are eager to get something like this in their own area. Big thanks for the riders that turned up. Dinny

old school ride

NZ shows it roots in the humble 20inch... This shit is hot!

What do you think of when the words “weekend ride” come up? You probably don’t usually think of getting out your pre 1990 BMX, finding some equally riotous 80’s clothing, drinking some beer and riding with a gang who all had the same idea. Well that was the theory for the Tim White old school ride. We all met up at Tole street bowl, carving and sliding to the rad sound track blasting from the side hack and watching the kids dance like its 1984. Once scrutinizing had finished it was a ride to the next drink break, and so on until the final destination, which was the Auckland Domain. Dancing in the Park was on so we set up our own factory row with 20 or so bikes flipped upside down. More drinks were had then everyone split for a good next day hang over, RAD!!!. Tim White Photos by Nathaniel Cooke

TOP FIVE OLD SCHOOL RULERS!

1 Mike Ready for most old school bike award, Redline 1984 2 Kristie Klasen for the most 80’s getup and best crashes on Wazzman’s bike

3 Bruce Thompson riding flat to Send me an Angel 4 Kelly fund raising $130 for beer 5 Ryan’s gambling games and photo ops with a particular sailor

snowy am-series

JustbeforeChristmasthecouncilsintheSnowyMountainsdecidedto run a few skatepark comps

Threeeventswereheldovertwoweekends.ThefirstatBombala,roundtwoatCoomaandthe finalsatBerridale.Therewasafreebustoenabletheyoungandcarlesstomakeitto allthreeeventstoo.PuniandHuntcamedownfromCanberratoprovidecoachingfor thekidsandtosessionwiththelocals.Allthreeeventswereheapsoffunwiththe sessionsafterwardsbeingthebestpart.ThefinalsatBerridalehadlivemusiccourtesy ofCoomahardcoreband“Immutable”andagreatbigsausagesizzle.MarcusRowsell madeanappearanceanditwasgoodtoseebothheandHuntbackontheirbikes.Beardo decideditwouldbefunnytoridethecompinan$11SantaClaussuithehadpurchased thepreviousday.Hewentontowinthedayandtheseriesandisnowrockinʼanew Dragonfly frame courtesy of Bike ʻn Board in Jindy. Jamie Mahon

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DANE SEARLS

Rocking the front ﬂip at the BMX Games aboard the new Volume Deathwish frame in dark purple. Frame spec: Top Tube Length: 21” & 20 5/8” Chainstay Length: 14.5” Head Tube Angle: 74.5° Mid b.b. shell, Intergrated headtube Colours: Yellow, Dark Purple & Army Green. Weight: 5.2 lbs. * All frames, 9 Butted Bars (1.7 lbs) & Middle Weight Forks now backed by a FULL MANUFACTURER WARRANTY. Check out Demolitions new white cromoly cranks and pegs to get you co-ordinated beyond belief. Action shot by Adam Ware

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Tim//JAMES BERGELS

gallivant around on the web Issue 20 of 2020. I wanted to do something special for such a monumental achievement, but decided that would be too much effort. So here are 20 rider specific websites to look at... Dave Sayer

chadd’s livewire jam The middle of last year saw the passing of a great friend to many, Chadd Walton. Chadd was a regular on the westozbmx forums with his livewire tag. On his passing a jam was organized, The Livewire Jam and Sunday the 4th of December 2005 was the date for the event. In the months leading up to the day the talk in the forums about the jam was huge. I knew the day was going to be big, but I was shocked on just how big. The rider count was set at about 160 from all over the state, the most bike riders I’ve ever seen in one spot. I woke up the morning of the jam to hear rain, it wouldn’t would it, rain on a day like this, no way. On the drive to the Mandurah skatepark it was still pouring down, riders were calling me asking what the go was, my answer was “This is for Chadd, ride no matter what” By the time I got to Mandurah skatepark the rain had stopped and the riding had started and with the tunes blasting out of the PA system every one was having a great time. Smiles were on every face and the vibe was good, as you would want it to be on a day like this. The small Freestyle Now quarter was placed on the deck of the mini ramp and all were taking advantage of the different set up. Ryan Gardiner wall taped the side and then ice picked it and Jamie Mauri then fufanued it. Time to change it around and it was turned up on its side for a curved wall. Kie Ashworth owned it with wall ride to table out. At the end of the day it was set up as a straight wall ride and a small session again took off. Bodhi Waite was rolling well until a hop up the ledge to whip off left him lying on the ground with many riders around him. It was good to see every one pitching in to carry him off the park, ankle swell and no riding for him for a while. There was a great turn out of the flatland crew on the day as well, that was great to see but next time Lloyd should bring his bike. Mid jam Frances and Graham busted out the bunny hop hight stands and a bunny hop comp went down. It was strange to see who had the pop and who didn’t. The comment that I got after I cleared over 83cm was “you got some pop for a flatland rider” I was just glad that I had taken off my old 4 pound forks! Chris Hanson got the win and a props DVD with a massive 102cm hop. Brad Kollier took out the second place but only just. Mr Bielecki then wanted to have a funky chicken battle to the death for the flatland riders but after a trial run in the car park decided that a spin comp would be safer. Andrew took out the spins and a props DVD with a mega spin and 11 revolutions. Nice work. Towards the end of the day prizes were given out thanks to Jamie at Stowaway and Matt at Tempered Bikes. Many thanks go out to them for flowing the products for the day, which just made the day even sweeter. In typical CHL fashion they rock up as the day is ending and every thing is packed up. Some goodies that they had collected from some big name riders during their recent USA trip were given out. Thanks Matt, Shannon and Swanga. When the ramp was back on the trailer and the last ropes were tied down the clouds open up and it pissed down. It rained all the way home that night. What a great fun day LIVEWIRE JAM 05 was. The day was about having fun with bikers sharing good time and being there for our friend. Shaun Jarvis

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awww shit! Last issue saw us screw a few things up. Much like the issue before where a sleep deprivation experiment gone wrong saw us credit the cover to Cooper Brownlee instead of Nick Cooper... So we figured it was time to set shit straight. Somehow the spec for Clint Millar’s signature Millar Lite got left off the page. Hit up www.wethepeople.de for the full deal and if you read Ride UK, you’ll know that they think it is the ‘most desireable frame on the market’. As if Clint would have it any other way!

surge series Queensland has a new event series coming up. The Surge series will have a comp at each park and end with a series champion. The series is sponsored by: DK Bikes, Failure Bikes, S&M Bikes, Fit Bike Co, Skatebase Morayfield, Peter Campbell Realty, Redcliffe Youth Space, Redcliffe City Council, Pine Rivers Shire Council, Brisbane City Council and of course 2020bmxmag. The comps will feature BMX, Skate and inline and will be at Redcliffe Skate park, 8th April, Deagon Skate Park, 30th April (unconfirmed), Albany Creek Skate Park, 13th May, Morayfield Skate Park, 3rd June (unconfirmed). Keep an eye on www.freestylebmx.com.au and www.freestylebmx.net for the confirmed dates.

wild colonial boys...

When you think of the Australian bike industry it’s not often you think of much more than distributors spreading the BMX love from around the world. All that is about to change with the formation of Colony, a 100% Australian brand for the people...

So, the idea for Colony, where did it all begin? Millar Well it has been a dream of mine for some time now to have my own parts company. I always just thought it was way too far out of my reach. However, with working for TripleSix now for a few years I have learnt plenty about the industry and decided to give it a go. Colony was officially formed early 2005 as a company. Who is behind Colony? Millar Myself and Chris Harrison, partners in crime all the way! What was the main inspiration to get Colony off the ground? Millar I just wanted to be able to offer Australia it’s own rider owned BMX company. I had ideas for products and thought if the Germans, Spanish, English, Americans or Canadians can do it why can’t Australians? I just wanted to have something that I could call my own and give back to Australian BMX for all it has given me over the years. Has it been in the back of your mind for a long time? Harrison Well, for me in one way or another, I have always wanted to do this. I have always kinda wanted to do a company with Clint as he has some really awesome idea’s and a world of knowledge when it comes to BMX. Clint has also given so much to TripleSix over the past years I wanted some way to thank him for that. How did you come up with the name and why? Harrison Well I had another name in mind but it was a bit to much like all the other BMX companies in the market place. We wanted something that was original and something that people would automatically relate with Australia. So as we are a country, founded as a Colony, we thought it was a word that had more to it then just something random. Can you remember any Australian companies getting bike products made? I think of number plates, maybe a frame company or two, some gyro covers and pegs… Millar Yeah I guess there has been a few attempts in the past to do so. Colony will be different in that it will be readily available throughout Australia at all good bike shops. We will be something that Australian’s can be proud of for sure. Harrison Funny you ask but years ago when I first started in the industry I was involved with a company called Krap Bike Bits. We hand made stuff like chain tensioners, bar ends and a few other bits. Millar Oh yeah! I almost forgot about that. I even rode for you guys too! They were pretty cool parts as well. Is there a sense of patriotism in getting an Australian industry kicking? Millar Oh yes… There is no reason why we can’t make just as good a stuff as the other companies out there on the market. I mean Australians are some of the best rider’s in the world at the moment. I am hoping Colony can stand up to everyone’s expectations.

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Harrison For me personally, the Australian scene is such a big part for us at TripleSix. Without an Australian BMX scene none of us would have a job. So in a way, this is a little thankyou back to all the Australian riders who have supported us over the years. I think also it shows them that Australia can take on the world in such a niche market. We have some of the best riders in the world at the moment, so why not complement that with some of the most innovative products in the world. You’ve been collecting yourselves a solid team, who’s on the Colony flow? Millar My team is one of the biggest reasons for doing Colony. It’s amazing to have the team that we do, as they are all very good friends of mine and awesome riders. I am so honoured that they believe in Colony enough to be a part of it all. So far on the pro team we have Ryan Guettler, Pete Radivo, Kenny Raggett and myself. We will also be having a flow team from friends all over the world. Some rather big names from around the world have expressed their will to ride some of our products before they are even out yet, which is an amazing compliment. Do these guys have a say in the product development? Millar Yes they do. I wish to utilise their collective thoughts and knowledge as much as possible. There will be plenty of signature parts in our line up eventually. Harrison Yeah they do but if it was up to Guettler we would all be in board shorts that have nooses all over them. As well as jeans that our bars don’t get stuck in when we do turndowns! It’s all good as the more feedback and input we can gather off all the guys it will only help us strengthen each product and help make it the best it can be. If a certain rider is getting a signature part we want them to be happy with the marketing and overall look of the product on the shelves. It is going to have their name scribbled all over it so we want them to be stoked on it too. What’s the design process been like? Millar It’s been a very steep learning curve that’s for sure! I basically have no CAD experience so I draw up the ideas using my high school tech drawing knowledge and then get Daniel Hunt to draw them up using his engineering experience. We have also been very fortunate to have Harry from wethepeople totally behind Colony and he has been helping develop joint products between the two companies. Without Hunt and Harry things would be rather different. It’s so much fun to see my ideas grow from just thoughts to paper to actual working prototype samples. It’s an amazing experience. Harrison It hasn’t been too bad. Just getting our heads around trying to explain to Taiwan this is our idea. As we don’t speak any Taiwanese it gets a bit trying at times. The guys over there do really try to understand us and learn what our sport is about. They have no idea really what it is they are creating for a sport that in their country is non-existent. But lucky for me Clint has done the most of that so I kinda have had it easy on this side of things. Do you do a prototype run to test your ideas before production? Millar Yes, that is essential. We will be onto our 3rd run of samples before going into production. It will be around 6 months total of testing as well. It’s no use bringing out a product until I am totally confident of its performance and quality.

MAIN//Ryan Guettler helping the Aus revolution begin//CRISPY BELOW//The one way park peg

Harrison Yeah of course, this goes with out saying... As you need to know what you have designed in your head is practical as well as looking good. I guess this is another part where the team play a big part in the feedback we get back off them. Run us through your product range that’s about to hit the stores. Millar Well we have our Unlucky13 (13 butted bars), which are Ryan Guettler signature models. A very special street and park peg, a seatclamp, Anchor Chain Tensioners which are 6061T6 alloy and are a super light and compatible with todays small dropouts, a slim seat, Konka bar ends, brake cables, hollow stem bolts, a half link for your chain, stickers, tee shirts etc. There will also be a mid to high range complete bike available in September. I am also working on a sprocket, possible Kenny Raggett bars, a 3rd pair of larger bars, stem etc etc. I also want to do things like grips, tyres and pedals down the line. The product line will constantly grow all the time. Any particular product you are stoked on so far? Millar Yes, the street and (One way) park pegs will be the one product that should put Colony on the map as a serious BMX company within the industry. They feature a very unique machining process that makes them surprisingly light. The design has been patented as we expect some companies to want to try to copy. They will also come featured with a built-in chain tensioner on some models. So yeah I am stoked on these and cant wait for them to hit the shops. There will be full info on the website in the coming months. So Clint will you be leaving wethepeople and giving up your signature frame with them? Millar No way! I am totally behind wethepeople 110% and they are behind Colony 110%. I will be on wethepeople for as long as they will have me! I am totally honoured to be on the wethepeople team and to have a frame with them is beyond belief. What’s some of the biggest hurdles you’ve had to overcome? Millar Getting made exactly what you give the manufacturers in the drawings. That has been frustrating at times. Harrison Umm! Running a distro company and trying to get a parts Co. off the ground, has been kinda tough. Just starting work at 5.30am and finishing up some days at 9pm -10pm at night leaves little time for a social life or even to ride. But at the end of the day we love what we do and it’s for the better good of BMX right? Are you guys looking to export your products OS anytime? Millar Yes of course. We are already talking to people in Germany and England. I am hoping to get Colony all over the world soon enough. Harrison Well at first we hadn’t really thought about it. As the interest grows and people from around the world are asking us about it, Colony will just slowly progress. It’d be cool to see kids mail-ordering Colony stuff from OS and paying more for it! Millar It would be cool to have kids wanting Colony stuff from OS but I would prefer that they buy off a local distributor in their country. Just like kids should do so here... Support your local BMX industry. When can we start saving for our blinging new Colony parts? Millar Well you can start saving now if you like but the stuff wont hit the shops here till June or July this year. But keep an eye on our website www.colonyBMX.com.au for more info soon. Good luck with it, 2020 has got your back… Millar Well thankyou 2020 for supporting Colony! I also want to thank Ryan, Pete, Kenny and Chris for being with me on this journey, Harry and Klaus for their support and Hunt for helping with the drawings. I also wish to thank everyone else in advance for supporting Colony and what we stand for. yo yo! Harrison I would like to thank Clint, the team and also Harry and Klaus. 2020

The booter MK 1//SAMUEL

sick jumps mate! So, your local park is shit, you don’t own a shovel Step 1 to build trails and that new indoor park is banning Find the spot you think will provide a sweet line, be it a double, hip or, if you’re a real man\woman, a spine. I’ve found concrete onto bikes to make way for a competition inline track, grass works alright as you can dig your take off into the grass, thereby alleviating any movement and providing a smoother transition from earth to wood to lower atmosphere. where are you gonna ride? Fear not my fellow 4130ians, for I have been very busy of Step 2 late designing and building the ultimate riding facility out and Stack up your bricks, milk crates, your sisters pants or your emo cd’s. You want the sucker stable with a little flex, so make sure there around my house. The idea stemmed from the wondrous life of is support from the mid section through to the lip. freelance photography and memories of my first experiences of jumping my 16 inch in my yard as a young ripper. So in this ramble I will show you the tools you need to build some sweet jumps either out the front of your house or outside the local fruit shop. As a disclaimer, much like I was given by my olds, I, nor 2020bmxmagazine accept any responsibility/liability arising from you injuring yourself, the public or your ride due to your inadequate skill in building dodgy ramps and/or your inadequate skill in executing the eject and roll maneuver.. (I am not French, though I love the word maneuver...) Now, you will need the following; • A hammer • A shovel, pick, hoe, (we all need those in this day of bling and metrosexualisms) or whatever… • Some form of wood/take off/up ramp • Bricks, milk crates, rocks, sandbags etc • Tent pegs • Sufficient run up • Your bike • Permission from your old mate if your scared

Step 3

If you’re rockin’ the concrete/grass set up, get them tent pegs in. Hammer them in so the tips align flush with the deck. If it’s concrete, try some sand bags or gaffa. If it’s rickety, all the better, just think of the old skate pit at Taren Point… As the Germans say, ‘ghetto ist geil alta…’

Step 4 So its all rigged up, you’ve cleared the dog poo, swept the broken glass from the previous nights gathering and old bird next door is quietly reading the paper in the front garden. Give the take off a firm few pushes with your foot or bike. Check that nothing is sticking out and proceed to your run up.

Step 5 Now, I always take bitch runs, though I ‘never’ ride, so that’s my excuse… So put in a few cranks, boost, do a ‘Euro’ table or another old-turned-new-tight-pants inspired manoeuvre.

Step 6 Ride away smiling and invite Kevin Keefs Neil around for a session. So that’s it. V20 is upon you. Old is new again, Jamie Mahon is going digital and yesterday I found another ‘the most awesome secret spot’ that I’m going to session tomorrow with some buddies. Maybe next issue I’ll tell a tale from one of the spots I ‘never’ ride… Stay tuned and be good to your mother. Peace, Chris ‘I can’t tailwhip but can manual’ Samuel

Any The Q’s

bike check daniel wallis’ simple Frame Simple Bikes Debut, prototype. Fork Fly Pantera Bars Fit Series 1 Stem Fly Headset FSA Impact Cranks Profile with Ti spindle, Simple Spanish BB Pedals Welgo MG-1 Chainwheel Tree 27t Chain KMC 510 Front Rim Sun Rhino Lite Front Hub Demolition Bulimia, Ti nuts. Rear Rim Demolition

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Rear Hub Profile mini, Ti axle, Ti 10t, Simple Ti nuts. Spokes dunno, black ones DT I think… Front Tyre Tioga FS100 2.1, the best tyre in the world! Rear Tyre V-Monster 1.95 Brakes Fly Bikes Lever Tech 77 Cable Nokon Grips ODI Longneck, original and best Bar Ends Proper Seat Simple Front Row Seat, Ti rails. Seat Post Demolition Weight 10.6 kg

other personal modifications? I cut everything down, and I mean everything, It’s a bit silly really. I bend and cut my lever so it doesn’t crush my finger, well as much. That’s about all, I used to modify my frames but now don’t have to so I don’t really have much more to say. Why no pegs? I remember taking them off so that I was forced to try new things and look at things differently. I did put them on for a bit when I was in Europe one time but that didn’t last long, I guess I never really used them much anyway. It’s been a few years now. What are you trying to achieve with this set-up? Not much as long as I like the way it rides, I like to make it fairly light and easy to ride. It’s a pretty basic set-up and that’s the way I like it... Simple. How’s that for dropping a name! Your bike is always evolving, what plans do you have for the near future? Some parts have been changed since the photos were taken but that wasn’t planned, just due to riding. Niels is working on some bars for me that are a similar size to the S&M ones and there are a lot of Simple parts in the works at the moment so I will be testing the prototypes of those when they are ready. Umm that’s really it, I don’t really plan it, it just sort of happens. Any other interesting info? The frame I am riding at the moment will be available very soon, its got all the same dimensions as the original Debut with some small changes to save some more weight. The drop-outs are machined from the inside to get rid of some un-necessary metal but still look clean, the OD of the seat stays is smaller, there is a plate between the seat stays now instead of tubing, and the top tube has been lowered a little more. I’m really happy with it and I hope you guys enjoy it too. Can I just say Cheers to Niels for all the opportunities that he has given me, it’s a lot of fun. Terry at Cycology just for being the best, Mike D for looking after me and Rhysty at Backbone for getting a great thing started for BMX in Canberra. Wallis

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behind the call In a very short time, a new Melbourne based DVDmag has made a big name for itself thanks to killer sections and a new take on the Australian scene. We talk with Ben Phillips about riding and the Bunny Hop...

So when did the Rollcall concept come about?

Run us through the gear you use to make it all happen?

The concept came about when Chilli, Felipe and myself were chillin in the jungle. A coconut fell from a tree and cracked in half on Chillis head. Inside the coconut was a note from a monkey that said we should make a BMX video mag, so we did.

Not much, a Sony TRV 950 and a G5 Imac

What was the main incentive to get it rolling?

Do you plan out the issue ahead, or just freestyle it?

The main incentive is to shine some light into the underground and help the scene flourish.

We plan bios and road trips the rest is pretty random.

Who’s involved in making it happen? (Plus a little background about where you all be from?) Cayden “Chilli” Mowbray produces and edits, he is an amazing artist, musician and film maker and has destroyed Jerry Bagley’s Bike. Felipe Dominguez edits and does graphic design. He is a skateboarder from Colombia who has been making videos, magazines and film clips for years, a very talented man. Kym Grosser helps out by filming a lot, he is extremely good at everything he does. I film and edit and generally am a piece of trash blowing in the wind. Kjetil Klingan, Matty Cottam and Ty Peterson take care of the biz and shit. The DVD process is a pretty tech mission to undertake on a professional level, you guys are obviously in tune with the latest digital styles. Self taught or trained up? Guerrilla Styles!!

Do you push riders to up the ante? Not really, most people know whether somethings worth doing or not.

You guys are Melbourne based, has that lead to the predominately street feel of the DVD? Sure, Melbs streets kick’n but street is good anywhere. Issue Zero was solid, what’s in store for the new issue 1? Lotsa street, trails and park from SA, VIC, NSW, ACT, Daniel “Mozzy” Dunn bio, Kym Grosser bio and lotsa bonus. Who or what is that boney mascot that features throughout issue 1? Its name is Bunnyhop. Its a crazed lil bunny made out of rubberized moon dust. It was born in a moon crater and can hop 20 times higher than an earthling. It has tendencies to talk jibberish and explode. The Bunnyhops are coming...... Where do you see Roll Call in a few years? Hopefully still making grimey vids for grimey kids How do riders get their hands on RollCall? Stowaway Distribution and www.rollcallbmx.com Peace.

Mik Bayzand//CRISPY

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lake karapiro gets it’s x on I didn’t know what to expect out of an extreme sports open day, I heard that it was supposed to be a warm up comp to xair for New Zealand riders, so I thought it would be somewhat of a professional event. But when I turned up on the day I quickly changed my mind, the first thing I saw was the street course and it looked ghetto as hell. The whole park was set in a tiny car park with a drain running down the middle so you had to bunny hop when crossing one side of the park to the other, plus the ramps just about fell over or moved apart as you rode them. If that wasn’t bad enough parts of the steel frames had rusted and snapped, then held together with cable ties and number eight wire. The dirt on the other hand was very good thanks to all the local riders getting involved. The jumps were a basic comp set up, a skim into a four pack, then down a slope into a bigger single double, they were a little bumpy but otherwise fast and fun. Riders only really turned up from the upper north island but everyone rode well. Dave Manconi tore up the street course with big wall slaps, Mark Tomlinson did a few transfers and big wall rides while Haimona went big as always on three’s, airs, wall rides and that kinda carry on. I think a lot more of the riders were amped and keen to shred dirt. Every body who rode dirt, rode well and they all did something good. Some of the highlights include little Mike from west Auckland who did a nothing to turn down and big inverts, Tim Hales with a no foot can to tuck no hander, Jamie Fouhy with wild three’s over all the jumps. Then there was Pual Langhlands and Jed Mildon, both doing everything they could super big, Jed was throwing down flip whips and 720s, while Paul was stretching superman’s, and both were doing flip trains over the last jump.

Mark Bensamen//MIKE DAVIS

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When it comes down to it the extreme sports open day was fun but only because the riders made it fun despite how badly organized it was, how bad the ramps sucked and if it wasn’t for the riders turning up on their own will the spectators would have been very disappointed. Maybe next time they could spend less money on fuelling the jet boats and craning them in and out of the water so they could actually afford the prize money they promised, but I guess jet boats are more extreme than BMX. Any way big thanks to Lester Perry for helping to organize the BMX riders if it wasn’t for you it would have sucked. Mike Davies

Send your lump of random shite to: inbox PO Box 498 Newtown, NSW 2042 or send your emails to ride@2020bmxmag.com.au Keep attachments down in size too cause our server be suffering. We’ll sort a kick arse prize for next issue! So get scribbling...

weirdo Hey 2020, My name is Chris, I’m 17 years and one day old and I live and ride at Ulladulla Sk8 park. I’ve just read the letter of the month in issue 18 and i’d just like to thank you for clearing all of that up, as I’m one of those weirdo’s who rides left foot forward, yet my natural way to spin is to my left. I have no trouble with this although I ran into a bit of trouble attempting to turndown a hip to my natural left, it was more of a look back. To Tim I can tell you grinding can be done by Weirdo’s like us. Chris

trashed! we’re interested Hey there 2020, heres some pics of me (Tom Roberts) riding.. There’s a couple if ur interested....PS...Ur mags the shit! Tom Roberts

where did the pegs go? Hey Guys! I ride 2 pegs on my left side and every weekend I go to a different sk8park and 90% of the riders ride pegless now and the other 10% ride pegs. Pegs are heaps of fun, so whoever doesn’t ride them isn’t getting the full enjoyment out of riding. I’ve only been riding for 1 year and already can do heaps of tricks and grinds. You learn peg trix really fast if you run pegs for a while. So can someone tell me please where did pegs go? Also in the Illawara region there is only like one comp a year for BMXers and like a thousand for skateboarders. So can someone put a jam on or a comp on in the Illawara please! Aristo Illawara, NSW

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Hey to whoever reads this, you guys were talking about injuries in this mag and I thought “hey I might talk about my injury list”. Well it all started one day when I thought I was cool cos I could 360 the spine at Shepparton, so I was 360’ing away and I came unstuck, I broke my wrist in like 2 places but the doctor was so stupid he didn’t pick it up so I went to hospital to get it really looked at and it was broken in this really weird place and this other place, so they put a fucken half cast on there that done a hole lot of fuck all (my wrist is still fucked). About 2 weeks later I wasn’t wearing a T-shirt and I was wearing a studded belt, this resulted in a out of place hip bone and a very big gash about the size of a ten cent piece and about as long as 3 centimeters and to top it of I didn’t have any feeling down half my leg, that sucked pretty bad, I fainted 2 times then I had to walk 1 km to my Dads work, that was gay. I was out of riding for about 1 month. About 4 weeks later I dislocated my ankle (but did not know it was dislocated) after about 2 weeks of riding I thought “the swelling on this isn’t going away its time to consult a doctor”, I go in he looks at it looks at me looks at it says “how long has it been like this” I said 2-3 weeks he said, “its not running on the part its suppose to be running on I’m surprised your not in a lot of pain” he put it back into place I then went riding that day, I

stupidly tried a tailwhip air this ended in me almost braking my cheek bone and I cut my eye brow, but my friends had a good laugh. Then just the other day one of my mates committed suicide and I’m hoping all this ends pretty soon cos its all fucked up, well I hope all you guys are well and u should come to shepparton one time for a ride with me and the crew of boys down here, the standard of riding down here is awesome there is this 12 yer old kid almost landing tailwhips he’s doing 360 xups! I also went riding with Josh Tickell the other day you guys seem to like calling him Josh Deckall any way that was fun well I must go I’ll cyas later. Peace out. Huwwy Shepparton, Victoria

talent... Hey, just decided to send ya some pics from SA just to show ya what talent there is. Beau inverting... Pam

Bohan is all that...

If you see this bike, return it to Brendan//DALY

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Chase Fry//HILLE NBR

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REW Robbie whippin motox style?//DAN F

John Buultjens in search of forks, cherry pickers and pre wedding fufâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s......

turndown Barling flip

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Brad Greenslade bombing Dunedin//JO

newsworthy stuff? If you have any news, pics or info that you think should find a place here in the news, let either the guys here know or email: sotn@2020bmxmag.com.au

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finding your spot Being a flatlander in Adelaide for the past ten or so years, I have seen our scene diminish from the strong scene it was (albeit two scenes) to barely having a scene at all. Because of this, most of my bmx friends are now street/park/dirt riders and I often see their eyes light up at the prospect of having a new rail to grind or getting excited at some new jumps they just built and so on. With all of this, it kinda seems weird to go past a carpark and get excited, but it does happen. A flatlander can get bored with the same old location time and time again. The surface can be great and shade can be abundant, but after riding the same place each and every session, you can get bored with the same building, same trees and same sounds and you need to go hunting for something new. I can only speak for my own neck of the woods, but here’s what we found... After an hour long train ride to the other end of the city looking for something new and coming up empty handed, we kept at it. Just a short ride out from what has been the flatland Mecca in Adelaide for years, the Torrens Parade Grounds, we found an untapped resource we call the “10-11”. Named after the two court numbers, the 10-11 is two tennis courts just outside of North Adelaide. Imagine a spot only ten minutes ride out of the CBD with no disturbances from people, no sight or sound of cars, buses or trains, just the sounds of nature. You could be forgiven for thinking you are out in the sticks (especially so if the horses are around). It quickly became a favourite alternative to the usual riding spot. Then on the other hand, there is the new spot north of the city in Salisbury. This spot has pretty much everything you need. A nice tiled surface with shade and aesthetics. Add to that, the shopping centre for cheap drinks, a bakery for lunch and a fruit and veg store for a healthy alternative. Because of that, we get shoppers stopping by occasionally with their kids to watch and find out just exactly what the hell it is we do. Then to end the day, we have an array of choices to get a bite to eat. Our favourite? The Indian restaurant just up the road for a kamikaze hot vindaloo. If I’m trying to say anything with this piece, it’s to say that a good spot to ride flatland isn’t always the surface. Atmosphere is a bigger part of a spot than a lot of people give it credit for. Set a day aside one weekend with a friend and put actual flatland riding second place for once and search. You may just hit the jackpot and find a dream place to ride. Dave Sayer

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news from the .au flat society...

the games

The 2006 BMX Games have come and gone. By general opinion, Flatland on the whole was represented the best to date in Australia. An unmatched floor, adequate space, a live DJ (props to Josh Pathon!) and a perfect location right next to the street course. It is good to see that everyone’s riding has really grown and developed over the past year and now with new motivation to learn new

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tricks, it will be exciting to see the level of riding at the next contest. A big props have to go out to the FBMX committee and especially Kate Hardwick who put in much hard work on her own, but more importantly listened to what the riders wanted and came up with the goods when it counted most. Good stuff. Badman was also on the road for a couple of weeks. First week was spent chilling in Melbourne and riding with Ali and company. Many secret sessions were also spent riding with an undisclosed “retired” flatlander who still makes it happen. The second week was spent in Sydney. With riders arriving from around Australia and New Zealand, there was a steady flow of people keen to session or hang-out at any given time with a crazy session going down at Bondi with Simon O’Brien, Damon

Damon Fox from Tassie in Bondi//DAVE SAYER

Shane z//LAZ ACRES

imax jam

Melbourne Flatland Zine gets out and about.. Now, this being my first time attending a Flatland jam I wasn’t too sure what to expect, to be honest, I wasn’t even aware there were that many Flatlanders around. I’d spoken to Ali (editor and creator of the MFZ) the night before and had arranged to meet them all there about 1pm. Arriving a tad early I still expected there to be a few people there, although as I turned the corner into the flat spot where the jam was to be held, I saw knowone. After a bit of riding around and lots of thoughts of being ditched I discovered a rider to my relief. Not knowing the rider, I introduced myself and sat down and had a chat for a bit. Pretty soon I started to wonder where everyone was so I gave Ali a bell and he assured me it was still on and he was on his way.

Simon rides good at any spot//MOORE

Fox and the Tassie contingent on the Friday.

gold coast flatland comp...

April 21-22-23, Gold Coast, Parklands show grounds. Presented by raceline promotions also including the F.M.X. Nationals, 50’s Big air comp. 50’s grass G.P. hyperzone car show and bmx flatland contest. More info www.racelinepromotions.com or Derek Birch 0402 452 386 or 07 55378255. In a V8 way, say Be There!

melbourne news

Ali is moving to Ballarat in an attempt to make in happen in provincial Victoria, the Melbourne Flatland

Zine will be unaffected apart from a change of address. Also this year the MFZ will be expanding its wings to cover more of flatland in Australia, New Zealand and the rest of our neighbour’s in the Asia Pacific region. Issue 5 is out now, on the cover is ground riding number one jester Michael Bielecki, check out the online edition at melbourneflatland. com or pick it up free at Melbourne Sunday Jams and at retailers that carry it, which isn’t many... whilst on the subject of Melbourne Sunday rides, they were hard and fast over summer and continue on any given Sunday, from about 2pm at the IMAX spot in Carlton. The local crew can often be found going off and even riding at times, as well as the many interstate and international peddlers that roll by to being amazing

As Ali had promised riders started strolling in, in small numbers, first to appear on the scene was Nick Amos, soon after Rusty from TotalBmx and his small crew of street riders appeared. Around 2pm there was about 10 people there, with more still to come. Some pretty chilled yet great riding was going down and I was sure to get under it all to grab a few snaps while I was there. It was a good experience to check out another style of riding that I’d never ventured into before. Michael B was over from Perth so the jam was held in his honour and he was really throwing down some pretty stylish tricks, a few being his smooth Hitchhikers, Wheelchairs and his Flails to front wheel tricks. After already borrowing money off my mate and spending it all on booze, I had to borrow more cash off Ali so I could buy some more film. By the time I had got back the whole crew was pretty much there, about 18 people showed up by memory, which as I’ve heard is a pretty good turn out for a Flatland jam down here. Noticing a few familiar faces I had a quick chat, then it was straight back to shooting photos. Some of the Stand-outs of the day were Ryan Abbenhuys Aka Sneeze and his ninja styled tricks, Shane Z and his intensely angry form of riding that in turn led him to pulling out some considerably crazy Flatland manoeuvres, Rustys extremely stupid headband to fakie on the wall of Imax, Michael and his all round good style of riding and Ali with his tendency to get his shirt off straight away, oh and his riding! Cheers to Ali for organising the day along with so many other Flatland events, it’s going to be a shame to see you go man. The newest MFZ is now out, so grab a copy! Laz Acres.

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Stumpy getting back to basics//MOORE

Back 2 Basics Jam

What can I say that hasn’t been said about the Back 2 Basics jams that StuJohn Munro organises each year. It is an experience that cannot be missed if you are part of the flatland scene down under.

the dad’s club, Tony Newton and Paul Mitchell represented with force, showing that a bundle of joy doesn’t stop you living. Chris Moore was busting some new moves, a new camera, and a new hair cut.

Also rolling around I saw John Wakefield, Robert Majkut having a lot of fun, and even a new comer, Joel Hitchcock from Munruben which is a hour and a half drive from Brisbane. He was having a ball and thanks to his dad Bill, doing the patient parent thing so Joel could come and ride with some of his peers. Andrew Lightbody had some new moves, as did Mick Bilecki who had a killer holiday with his girlfriend. He even did the new years celebration at the Valley’s Mustang Bar with me, thanks for the kiss too, it made my year. Karl Hughes and Most of Brisbane’s finest came out for the day, so the spectators were in for a treat. The weather Campbell Lee chilled in the afternoon shade and reflected on days past, it was was a little overcast, with the sun popping up every now and then so it was perfect for riding. As we awesome seeing some of the tricks they had progressed to. all started to arrive Stu quickly got things underway with a little BBQ for us, which we didn’t have As the sun subsided behind the tree’s Stu had his annual sticker toss thing, to pay for and was delicious, then a little wedge ramp arrived and was dumped in the middle of which was cleaned up in record time, and then he handed out his wonderful the courts. Dave Dillewaard was ‘playing around’ on it for a while which lead to some mad tricks prize packs, which we all worked so hard for. Everyone who was there got being pulled. Pete Taylor, Andee, Pete Holloway and some others sessioned the kicker for hours something they needed, even if it was just a shirt or some tyres. The big winner with the highlight being the crew jumping from half way across the basketball court to the grass of the jam was Joel Hitchcock who picked up a brand new Dragonfly Terra 2 bank about 20 foot away. Dillewaard was getting at least 6 feet air off the tiny 1½ foot wedge kicker, frame for his energy on the day, and was so stoked that he almost exploded, seeing that was awesome. I’m glad he didn’t cause he’s a rad little dude. That all said and done, the jam As soon as Corey Bohan arrived and warmed up, Stu started the height pole jump comp, seeing was another success and the spectators, which included Rado, Richo, Ash, Lil’ that Corey dominated the jump last year, it was appropriate that we waited for him. Andrew Chris and Laura, and the whole VC crew, who provided entertainment for us all Gallagher put in a massive effort, just tipping the back of his back wheel on the come down at like whilst getting drunk, all had an awesome time. 40 inches, but kept trying and eventually succeeded. Pete Taylor, Andee, Peter Holloway and a Stu would like to thank, once again Mike Daly from Kick Ass BMX/Dragonfly for few others joined in the action and had a lot of fun, but in the end it was Dillewaard and Bohan in the awesome frame and parts, Holmes from 2020 BMX for the mags and support. the decider. In my opinion they all killed it, flatlanders can’t jump for shit so we were all impressed. Thanks also to Chad from InTrikAt for the DVD’s, and as always to Gerard from Stu wanted to have a sort of jam thing, but in the end we all ended up riding around and doing Velvet Couch Clothing Company for the crew support and the banging t-shirts. our own thing, but it was good to see riders from all over Australia hanging in one spot which Also Pat from Flatland Fuel for the t-shirts and Ed at Sick Child and Andee and wasn’t a big comp. That is why these jams are so good, being relaxed plus no pressure equals Matt for the help with transport and the BBQ. I would also like to personally thank great riding, do the math, it works. Stu for his time and effort in organising this free jam for us and his dedication to This year was no exception, with the best turn out to date. A wide range of riders spanning our beloved east coast cities of Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, plus the west coast represented by Mick Bilecki and his girl Jessy from Perth. It was good to see Andrew Lightbody, Campbell Lee and Glenn Downey arriving early and having a look around sunny Brisbane for a few days before the jam and even my old mate from skateranch days Karl Hughes flew in from Melbourne to hang and have a little riding holiday.

Simon was here to film for Stu’s video project, and had some mad links and power moves. Imagine a no brake nose wheelie across the width of 3 basketball courts, and how about an x-footed hitch spin to multiple g-turn front wheel switches to whiplashes to more g-turns? Crazy styles were unleashed, I even saw some x-footed whiplashes, Simon is the man, undisputedly. In

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the flatland scene as it wouldn’t be as strong without him. That being said I think this may be the last Back 2 Basics Jam held by Stu as he is dedicating his time to making a DVD for flatlanders. When it comes out get yourself a copy, even if it’s just to say thanks. Cheers. Stumpy Mason.

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20 It’s all about the twenty OK, issue 20. We’ve got 20 shots on the cover, so you can probably guess what’s coming eh? We put together some random lists of 20 things relative to the BMX experience. While there was meant to be 20 lists, it turned out we would’ve needed 20+ pages, so instead here’s less than 20 lists, but it should keep you somewhat occupied for a while. We’ll start with a quick look back at the covers that have been the face of the mag and a little run down of what, where and why.

Issues 1 thru 3 The beginning. Evolving from a photocopied zine loosely known as Abandon, Wreckless Abandon or Dirt, 2020bmxmag issue one hits the stands in 1999 as the first Aussie, 100% freestyle BMX mag. No diluting the real action with racing, just straight up riding. All was a little out of hand in terms of business knowledge which lead to the infamous issue 3, which only exists in laser printed form for a select lucky few. The magazine process was somewhat overwhelming me and the Melbourne base was uprooted in search of more mag knowledge in the big city of Sydney. This was to cause an almost 18 month gap between issue 3 and 4. A gap which allowed some time to pay off the cash spent on making issue 2 and 3 along with learning the ropes on how to run a mag ‘properly’.

Issues 4 thru 8 A strange deal was struck with Emap Australia in which they took care of publishing duties while I continued to make the mag and worked on other mags for $. 4 issues later the obvious fact that I could not work in a corporate environment had me leave Emap amongst much drama which pretty much sums up big publishing houses. How I ever figured UK suits had any idea about Australian BMX I still don’t know. But I did learn a lot...

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Colin Mackay just meailled and let us know that he broke his Tibia at Metro Jam. We know he’d be much hapier blasting his hometown walls. Get well soon//CHRIS MOORE

20 things about being a pro BMXer

Colin Mackay hit the states about the same time 2020bmxmag started. Seven years later, we figured he should give you a run down on the good and bad of living the BMX dream.

The good things 1 Being able to pick Stu up because I know he isn’t at work. 2 I fly so much that I’m classed as ‘Chairman’ in the US Airways mileage program. This allows me entry to the gold lounges at airports. I like getting vibes from businessmen in there. I know they’re thinking “What the hell is this guy doing?”

3 Using the same program to upgrade to first class for free. 4 Getting a package from a sponsor. 5 When a sponsor takes care of travel, I appreciate it a lot. 6 Hanging out with other riders. 7 Being classed as self employed, without being on “The Dole”. 8 Having an Athlete visa, for being a BMX rider. 9 Travelling the world. 10 Every day is Saturday

The bad things 1 Being a foreigner and considered self-employed means that I get taxed 50% of everything I earn. 2 Not having tax taken out and having to do it all at once at the end of the year. 3 Having to ride when you don’t feel like it, like if injured, or in a comp that I’m not feeling the jumps or course, etc. 4 Visas. Most of the guys from Australia spending time in the States have had to spend at least $7,000 just to be legal. 5 Being so far from Australia, I wish I could just come back for the weekend sometimes, but it’s at least 30hrs travel 6 7 8 9

time on planes from the East Coast of America, and it’s expensive. Getting a phone call saying the teams done, with no warnings...

Getting a letter in the mail saying your spono’s bankrupt, and the company still owes you money. Dealing with security guys at comps. Living out of a bag. Last year I was on the road for 159 days. Carting around a bike bag, a clothes bag and sometimes a camera bag. Trying to check in overweight stuff can be expensive.

10 Too many parties, yeah there’s such a thing.

Issues 9 thru 20 Upon leaving Emap, I was pretty burnt out. 2020bmxmag had me exhausted, broke and unmotivated. While I almost took up a job with RideUK, long term friend Mike Daly stepped up and became a partner in 2020bmxmag, in a lot of ways saving the mag from a certain extinction. Since then mag has gone from strength to strength, becoming what it is today... Holmes

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20 best BMX videos of all time

It was always going to be a mission, and one fraught with problems, to pick our top 20 BMX videos of all time. So a little scratching around under the TV and a serious dusting off of the VCR gave us a few days of viewing. Heres our pick...

1 Rad 1986

7 Drama 2004

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OK, BMX in a Hollywood flick… Filmed in Canada, it’s the story of local rider Cru Jones and his mission to race at Hell Track. Rad features a very young Rick Moliterno (who breaks his leg whilst shooting) along with a host of big BMX names from years gone by. With a stomping soundtrack courtesy of the one and only John Farnham (obviously trying to make it in the US) Rad is the next video to hopefully make it to DVD. Try your local video store (not DVD store) or get searching for torrents… It’s so worth it for Lori Loughlin going reverse cowgirl on her Mongoose to Real Life’s ‘Send me an Angel’ during a prom dance scene, can anyone say bicycle boogie. My only criticism would be Kevin Bacon wasn’t cast in the movie!

Filmed from a film makers perspective, Brian Purdy put some hard yards into creating one of the most crafted BMX DVD’s to date. Bonus is that Aussie riders Colin Mackay, Corey Bohan and Dave Dillewaard open and shut down the disc. Hell yeah.

UK represent! A much bigger scene than we could have ever imagined created by Alex Rankin and somewhat of a inspiration to the Hindsight production (ie make it long).

8 Props 1994-2006

Hell yeah! The Australian film industry put down-under BMX on the map (I remember a BMX down-under hard cover book I used to own, anyone got it?) See the Aus top 20!

2 101 trix (pt 1 & 2) 1987-1988 BMXPlus have promoted the fluro and nylon side of BMX seemingly forever, and some creative souls this side of the world have decided to follow in their footsteps of originality. Back in 87, shit was so fluro and Casio keyboard driven that it makes me wince! But back then, if you wanted to know how to turndown, pinky squeak, no hand air, spruik around with a mullet or squeeze yourself into aforementioned team nylons this video series was for you. Hoffman on Skyway, Wilkerson on Haro, Josh White on GT, so back in the day it ain’t funny… Look out for McCoy ruling in the days when everyone wore Vans.

3 Aggroman 1989 Is that a chrome BMX? Maybe so, but this video almost single handedly saved BMX from an early corporate funded demise (see 101 trix). Eddie Roman and Matt Hoffman produced what was probably the first rider made video and put some serious hours into what has been called the shadiest BMX vid ever made. Aggroman unleashed the likes of the Dirt Bros, Pete Augustin, Dave Voelker and more onto the unsuspecting BMX community and it has never been the same since! While the story line is pretty crap and the costumes even weirder, watch and realise that the riding is still better than anything you’ll do today. Hoffman rules.

4 Head First 1991 The sequel to Aggroman. Two years is a long time in BMX, especially at what may be known as the most progressive time for BMX ever. Head first is still inspirational to watch, fifteen years down the track! Is this the riding video of all time?

5 Dorkin 2 1988-2006 Mark Eaton started a legacy when he made Dorkin 1, but it was Dorkin 2 that really set the standard for Mark Eaton’s videos to come and also introduced a 15 year old flatlander by the name of Dave Mirra to the world… While mainly flatland based around the groundbreaking styles of Kevin Jones, there’s a truckload of old school parks, random vert, breakdancing, Dennis McCoy raps and other stuff to keep you entertained. I was so stoked when the Dorkin box set came out cause my VHS copy was so worn you could hardly watch it… Again, Kevin Jones redefined flatland forever with his flow and style. See it all here.

6 Joe Kid on a Stingray 2005 You want the history of what we love in one easy to watch movie, then this is it. All the revolutionaries and all the stars, and know that freestyle started in 77...

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While not the first to launch the BMX video mag format (check Twenty Video mag), Props rapidly became the leader in the field with Marco and Chris Rye quickly nailing the videomag format and made the move from linear to mac based non linear editing when it was the newest in new. To pick the best is a hard one… Between number four with the Taj interview (1994), number eight with the first taste of the Backyard Jam chasm gap and Colin Winlkemans almost double flip (95), but when it comes to the crunch, it’s the Road Fools format (1998) that changed BMX vids forever. Documentary roadtrip style with the best riding ever seen on TV plus the fun and mayhem that makes BMX BMX. 1 thru 3 of Road Fools blew minds. Simple as that.

9 Criminal Mischief 2001 This vid sparked a whole new generation of street riders with riding that was so far ahead of it’s time. Garret Byrnes, Jason Enns, Kris Bennet, Pat Julif, Nate Hanson, Matt Berringer and Van Homan blow up (literally) so many spots with skills in BMX, drinking and stupidity. If you live for the streets, this is the video for you. Second stage rails anyone… Just try and up the ante on this one!

10 Etc 2004 Having the biggest team in international BMX circles certainly makes for a long vid by Wethepeople. Luckily everyone pulls their weight making this production one of the finest. Maybe it’s the Euro flavour that makes it stand apart from the US style of vids?

11 Thunder 1997 Any video that is pulled from sale literally weeks form launch must be the shit! Thunder was an early RideBMX production and one which forgot about the laws regarding music rights. Admittedly it had probably the best soundtrack ever with the likes of the Rolling Stones.

12 Drop the Hammer 2004 Pull together 5-6 of todays most progressive riders and you cant really go wrong… Between Cory Martinez, Ryan Nyquist, Gary Young and the blowing minds section of Morgan Wade, Drop the Hammer stepped up the need to fire out endless bangers for a solid video part.

13 Forward 2002 Holy crap… Dave Parrick (of Trash vid fame) took the helm of quite possibly the most anticipated BMX vid ever. With a team of superstars outside the so called corporate scene, this production was nothing short of groundbreaking. Showcasing the diverse riding talents of the whole A and B teams, it is the riding of Dave Freimuth, Taj Mihelich, and Ruben Alcantara who blow minds the most. That said, the whole 45 mins is jam packed with progressive riding in a grainy and minimalist format.

15 BMX Bandits 1983 16 Terrible One 2004 Much anticipated and always hyped, T1’s DVD debut hit the spot. Ever since Taj came into the public eye in a very early RideBMX (b&wpages!), his actions both on his bike and off in creating a world of creativity around him has always got me stoked. ‘You get what you get’ isn’t your typical BMX flick, it takes you around the world as seen through the eyes of some of BMX’s most influential and legendary riders. Namely Garrett Byrnes, Ruben Alcantara, Shawn Walters, Taj himself, Paul Buchanan, Joe Rich and Scott Malyon. If BMX is about travelling, riding different places, expanding ones horizons and living to the full, then this is the DVD for you.

17 Building the Underground 2003 Trails may be somewhat of the new flatland, that being it’s a breed of riders outside of the mainstream of riding… Building the Underground is trails, big trails, trails built for style, not the banger tricks, just flow and rhythm. Also notable for it’s bringing back of the 28inch width plus bar.

18 Ring the Gack 1994 Ells Bells finest arthouse/BMX creation. With a five minute softcore lesbian scene you know it’s going to be good. And if you like watching flatland and black and white vids, you score well with Chase, Chris Young, Chad Degroot, Trevor Meyer, Jesse Puente, Paul Osicka, Richard Zabzdyr (RIP), and Steve Roy pushing the boundaries of new school flat. Or fast forward to riding from Dave Freimuth, Mike ‘Rooftop’ Escamilla, Dave Parrick and Krt Schmidt. Of course it contains mandatory comp footage from the now deceased Rampage, Moreno Valley and Chicago. Ells pushed the limits of subliminal and art effects, always one step outside the norm of fast clips and punk rock soundtracks, think art meets BMX…

19 GTV 1986 Eddie Fiola, Josh White, Martin Aparijo, Brian Scura, Brett Hernandez, and Dino Deluca star in this twenty year old masterpiece based around of all things a story. It goes like this, the team do a show at a school when Josh White (playing a kook), is also at the show, riding a trashy bike with an even kooky uniform. To make a long story short, Eddie Fiola, Brian Scura and Martin Aparijo give him a GT and transform Josh into the man he is today, and that’s a hella vert rider! GTV makes it in for more nylons than any other vid and a soundtrack that rocks, with Motley Crue, New Order and Phil Collins…

20 American Muscle 1997 More like Canadian Beast(s). Jay Miron, Dave Osato and Sean Peters along with Joey Gracia and more rock fast paced sections thanks to the creative force of Marco and Rye from Props. Miron fucking ruled this production, especially when his section opens to one of the hot tracks from Rad. Word up to the old school! 720 whips, double flips, fuck, fuck fuck. Jay

rules vert, street or any thing he touches on a 20inch.

20 Australian BMX vids… Some of the younger readers of this strange little mag would probably think that there could never have been 20 Aussie BMX movies in existence. But after rumaging through heaps of old boxes we clocked up twenty...

1 Zero One 2000

7 Emancipate 2005

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Lindsay Browns masterpiece, which took more than a few years to make it onto the small screen. It’s circa issue two of 2020bmxmag and as a result there’s more than enough chrome handlebars for any video. Some classic early Weatherall, Parslow and Fink footage, along with many a Melbourne riders head, some old Xgames and more. Plus a super good sections on Reynald McQueen, Kym Grosser and the infamous Jason Dack.

Sydney based, rider owned and operated, Emancipate’s first production was solid insight into some Sydneys most notorious riders. John Young put some serious hours into making sure Gee, Seaton Spratt, Abbs, Brendan Jones, Tom Payne and more looked as good on DVD as they do in real life. Sydney had been waiting a long time for a new production!

2 Prody Productions

Pussies is basically Tasmania unleashed on the unsuspecting mainland BMX public. Leigh Gaison and Luke Batchelor rip it up along with a truckload of healthy hobbies including spewing up everywhere, scrag fights and more. Pussies put Tassie riding firmly on the map with a scene that is going strong.

The reason why every fucker driving past in a 5 cylinder rusty Commo yells out ‘BMX Bandits’ to you whilst riding. Powder Puff and friends (anyone for a threesome in a grave?) PJ and Goose tore up the streets of Manly in an attempt to foil some bank robbers and get a race track. Great story line, awesome slapstick comedy and insane stunt action for all the family! Long before Cru Jones and Rad, we rocked out 20inch on the big screen, Australia was loving the 20inch!

Clint Millar’s full series of videos is seven to date and eight is now in the works. The latest Prody 7 incarnation saw the likes of Mike Daly, Clint Millar and Kenny Raggett with the standout being Colin Mackay just after his USA debut and Simon O’briens section which still boggles minds today. It received a bit of a slagging from big Robbie Morales in Ride US, which has made his big mouth and bigger gut/arse pretty unpopular down under ever since. Prody 6 has to be one of the best due to the good time feel. You cant help watching that video and wanting to go ride even now, good music and a very positive vibe when riders were way fewer and far between.

3 Road Warriors 2001 The biggest Australian BMX production to date. Filmed over two weeks, the trip saw fifteen of Australia’s top riders plus Colin Winkleman road tripping, running 3 big comps and generally causing as much random bike mayhem as possible. And all thanks to an almost endless supply of V energy drink and Guarana bars and some extra long and tedious hours getting it all rolling by Holmes, Mike Daly and edited by photobro Chris Polack. Road Warriors should definitely be in everyones collection! (Rumors are flying that a sequel is in the works and that the original is available on DVD.)

4 Volatile Visions 1995-2006 Extra prolific! Zoli Borbasi put together upwards of 10 (that’s 10!) productions outta SA, from stand-alone vids in the beginning to videomag formats in later years. Focused on the SA scene, there’s a heap of ruling riding from Grosser, Bayzand, Russell Tranter and more including Kenny Raggets early years, as Volatile was one of his first sponsors. We’ve got our ears to the ground about a ‘Best of the last decade’ DVD. Rock on Zoli!

5 Drainkids OK, to date, the Drainkids have three vids released. While the earlier copies number very few, the latest tour de force, Life in the Gutter had to be one of the most anticipated Oz releases before it dropped. And it didn’t disappoint! As far as progressive riding goes, None the Wiser ruled too. Hot music, DK antics and good riding with John Comino bringing rails to the next level, backwards feebles and endless opposite rails just a taste! None the Wiser opened a lot of eyes OS to street riding here.

6 Rollcall 2005 Easily the best videomag to come out of Australia with by far the best street section ever seen in Australia thanks to Mik Bayzand. Read up on their exploits and the what, who, why elsewhere this issue along with a review on their latest production. Good luck on your mission!

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9 Disco Pimps No Mo 1992 SA’s first 20inch video production came about thanks to the palming off of a hot video 8 camera. Regardless of the dubious beginnings of this project, it represented a snapshot of one chapter of the roots of SA’s ‘freestyle’ scene. Put together throughout 90-92 by a tight crew with fuck all else to do. Tim, Ed, Holmes, Doom, Fielke and a few other motivated individuals score sections cut together with 2 video recorders, a cassette player and 40 minutes of street and flatland (there was only one ‘park’ back then!) intermixed with random arthouse action.

10 Young Guns/Forty Ounce 2005 Produced by Glen Mclaghlin of MRT productions, Young Guns showcases the Beenleigh scene with a guernsey for Bohan, Dilleward, Ryan G and more. Tech edits and good riding for the full length of the vid. Forty Ounce was the bonus feature production and shows Stuart Munroes talents with a camera (congrats on getting into film school yo!), documenting his USA trip and the likes. Both were released in the one package so good value on this one..

11 The Mighty Few 2000 The first real BMX video to come out of the Sydney scene was produced by Steve Morrisey. With an interstate flavour spread throughout the vid including Colin Mackay and Clint Millar as well as Kenny Ragget and Matt Fairbairn getting a section each. Mike Daly, Tim Lynch, Shane Biffen and Steve himself. The killer end section from Rob Smith made people pay serious attention, ripping ramps, parks and street and possibly doing the best toothpick grind ever on vert! The Mighty Few rocked along to an all OZ soundtrack too!

12 Shortsighted 2001

15 Why try harder 2005 True Australian FBM style brutality with many unheard of rippers turning heads, from streets to dirt to park this 2005 Btown (Bendigo) release is yet another one for the collection with a good solid rocking soundtrack and many a drunken antic caught on tape. This is just the start of vids to come from central Vicco!

16 Trend Bmx 1995 A very early promo vid that consisted mainly of Damian Neilson, and lots of cut up footage of Head First and Ride On. At the time, to be able to buy a video from a bike shop was pretty much unheard of.

17 Hindsight 2005 Opening the door for many a potential film maker, we figured a DVD that covered as much of Australia as possible had to be the catalyst for many more. While trying to sell vids/ DVD’s is a hard option, we went for the free vibe and stuck it on the mag to make sure as many riders as possible had access to riding from all around the country. Expect many more, one day…

18 Project One 2002 The first video from Inertia Productions, AKA Dao Radivo was titled Project One and it was a killer. It focused on a few riders, sort of a team video, but not an actual team consisting of the Melbourne crew Dao grew up with. Fink, bro Pete Radivo and more threw down big park and street skills in what was a big sign of things to come from these guys. While the follow up Glasses DVD didn’t quite make it, Dao finds himself busy doing sections for Props nowadays, check his Fink bio and upcoming Spinal Disorder coverage!

19 Poetry in motion 1992-2001

Chris Pollacks BMX adventure led the way for him working on the Road Warriors project. Mainly a Wollongong scene vid with lots of Sydney, Canberra and comp footage to match. While filming and editing, the main man himself hucked off some pretty hairy gaps and ledges, along with Lee Martin who throws down some good riding and pretty much all the rails that the south coast has to offer. Tough guys!

Nick watts produced five or so videos consisting mainly of incredibly progressive and at times unbelievable flatland. Featuring mainly himself and Chris Thrasher (whose weird arsed styles just made you wanna ride more) but also a fair chunk of Melbourne and comp footage from the early years including I think a little bit of the Nick Watts at an incredibly young age riding on the Myer rooftop for the Early Bird Show (remember Marty Monster?)... All have very good editing and cuts from around 1992 to 2001.

13 Meet your enemies 2004

20 Ekib Oediv 1992

Box Hill pride pumped a DVD full of big street action by Beau Allan, Dean Lucas, Cooper Brownlee, Leon and Andrei Sablinksis and gave the country a taste of Stuart Dolley’s street antics. We’re hanging for more...

Stumpy and Lindsey Brown put together some very early vids including Austylers from 1992-1995. These could possibly be the rarest BMX vids in the country today… If you’ve got em, get em onto DVD ASAP.

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20 most innovative BMX products So you think all the latest lightweight stuff has changed BMX? Mike Daly takes you through what he saw as the most innovative BMX bits...

8 Peregrine and ACS high pressure tyres

Before these you were lucky to get 60psi in a tyre without it popping off, the only other good tyres at the time were Tioga Compe 3’s and they were knobby as hell.

9 ODI Mushroom grips Not exactly an engineering masterpiece but the original mushroom design is still around now, I’m pretty sure almost everyone who makes grips has used this design at some point.

1 Macneil Pivotal seat + pole combo Stronger, lighter and simple to put together, the Macneil Pivotal Seat is a great example of looking at something form a different angle and finding a new way to do it.

10 Dia compe Tech 77 levers Simple, comfortable, strong and reliable, when Tech 77’s first came out they were the only levers that anyone used and they are still good today. Standard even make stickers to fit them...

2 Profile Cassette hub Profile were the first company to make a good cassette hub, this enabled people to run small chainwheel’s, there are lots of good cassette hubs out there now but Profile were first.

3 The Gyro

11 Peregrine HP 48 rims HP 48’s were one of the first double wall, 48 hole rims that were strong enough for freestyle, they also came with chrome that didn’t peel off in a week. Sweet!

Bit of an oldie but the same basic design is still used by many riders today.

12 U-Brakes

4 A-Head stems and forks

These things spelled the end for the side pull brake, even with your ACS doubler up front, the side pull was no match for these. Tech mini ramp wouldn’t exist without the u-brake.

MTBers had these things for ages before they showed up on BMX’s, thanks to S&M for sorting that out. Anyone who ever ran an old shafted stem will agree that the A-Head stem was a huge step forward for BMX.

13 Redline RL22 frame with double butted tubing

5 14mm axles

Back in 1990 or when ever these things came out they were the frame to have, the reason was they were both strong and light, why? Because they were one of the first BMX frames to use double butted tubing.

Bit of a generic one, I think my first 14mm rear hub was made by Gack but what ever brand you got it was the end for bent axles and drop outs.

6 9 butted bars I think this one comes from KHE but every company has one now. 9 butted bars are strong where you need and light where you don’t, this ones is an example of where Taiwanese mass production has allowed more technology to filter down to BMX and make better products.

7 Socket pegs Mike S reckons this one was invented by a rider called Bill Nitschke, but I think my first ones were made by S&M. That’s right kids there was a time when pegs screwed onto your axles. WTF?

best metal albums

1 Metallica Ride the Lightning

14 6mm drop outs Combine these with a 14mm axle and you don’t get bendy dropout problems any more. You kids today don’t know how lucky you are, I used to run a 3/8 axle with a 2mm thick dropout and a screw on GT peg. I’m pretty sure I had to straighten the thing every time I rode and my unsealed bearings lasted about a month as a result…..

15 Dragonfly Gemini upper gyro cable Like the Macneil seat, Dragonfly found a better way to do a simple thing and replaced those nasty 2 into 1 cables with a smoother and longer lasting dual cable set up.

Metal and riding have always gone together. Why? Well cause BMX are made from steel, are often heavy and always cool. Unless you ride carbon fibre or aluminium... Elka Arcan words it up. as if this album was recorded in the pits of hell.

1984

5 Turbonegro Ass Cobra 1996

Even though their first album “Kill ‘em all” was awesome, this was the first great album by Metallica. It thrashed a legion of metal fans, making them bang their heads to “Fight Fire with Fire”, the epic “For Whom the bell Tolls”, “Trapped under ice” and “Creeping Death”.

By the time “And Justice for All…” was released; Metallica had long kicked Iron Maiden off their throne as the kings of metal. It is a matte black masterpiece, impenetrable, clinical and brutal. Highlights include: “Blackend”, “Shortest Straw”, “Harvester of Sorrow” and James Hetfield’s long overdue teen angst song “Dyer’s Eve”. The last great Metallica album.

While the rest of Norway was busting with pure black metal evil and burning down churches, Turbonegro were camping it up in denim and molesting one another with gay pride, making them totally wrong and misunderstood to the world of metal. Their best album ever, “Ass Cobra” is as much metal as it is punk. It’s “Deathpunk” and it is hard, fast intense and full of twisted humour and lots of cum. With songs like “I got erection” (Whooaaaaa I GOT EEERECTION!), the gay as fuck “Sailor Man” and the pedophilic “Midnight NAMBLA” and lets not forget the deathpunk anthem: “Denim Demon”. This album is pure genius and camp comedy rolled into one. And it gives a middle finger to all those pretentious metal heads and punk rockers alike. Hah!

3 Slayer Reign in Blood 1986

6 Faith No More Angel Dust 1992

2 Metallica And Justice for All 1988

as the last. The opening title track “Arise” kicks you in the guts, while “Dead Embryonic Cells” gets you begging for more. A classic thrash metal album.

8 Melvins Houdini 1993 The rough vocals of Buzz Osbourne, his guitar, drums and bass all get equal treatment on this brilliant album. Tracks such as “Hooch”, “Copache” and “Night Goat” have a ruthless sinister edge that is totally rock n roll. “Going Blind” is the best cover of a KISS song I’ve ever heard. The long dead Kurt Cobain also played on and partly produced this album.

9 Danzig Danzig II: Lucifuge 1990

From the first track “Angel of Death” the listener is taken on an onslaught of brutal guitar riff brilliance delivered by the dynamic guitar duo Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman, topped by legendary relentless drummer Dave Lombardo and brutal vocals by Tom Araya. Hard and fast, each song hits you like a bullet. And every song on this album is exceptional. This is one of the best thrash metal albums of all time.

This album proved that FNM were not just a catchy song band which found huge fame with their rap/funk/metal song “Epic” (from 1989 LP The Real Thing) Mike Patton’s vocals growled and screeched like a unique torture implement, while the instrumental layering of song structures were quite complex. It was to be their most original and brilliant album. Best songs include “Malpractice”, “Be Aggressive”, and “Jizzlobber”.

Ex Misfits front man, Glenn Danzig has been called everything from “Fonzig” (ala Fonzie Happy Days) to “Evil Elvis” and it’s no wonder- the evil one howls like a wolf. Even though the self tiled first album of Danzig was rockin, Lucifuge II, is far more refined and distinct, though it doesn’t really fit into any specific metal genre. Besides “Fonzig’s” wail, it features ultra cool bluesy metal guitar riffs and solid drumming by Chuck Biscuits (formerly of Social Distortion). Songs “Long Way Back from Hell”, “Snakes of Christ” and “Her Black Wings” stand out the most. The follow-up “Danzig III: How the Gods Kill”, internationally was his most successful, but by then Glenn Danzig’s ego inflated beyond recognition. Unfortunately from then onwards, Danzig started to make some real shockers.

4 Autopsy Mental Funeral 1992

7 Sepultura Arise 1991

10 Carcass Reek of Putrefaction 1988

This is by far one of the best old school death metal albums. It features tuned down guitars grinding a mixture of slow riffs with double time riffs, while the vomit vocals spew forth blood and guts lyrics. The music is beautiful yet horrific. It’s

After the release of “Beneath the Remains”, the aggressive Brazillians topped it off with “Arise”, their best album ever. The heightened sound quality is evident in the thundering roar of thrash metal guitar glory. Every song is just as great

Carcass, a spin-off band of Napalm Death released this groundbreaking, sick as fuck, first ever “Grindcore” album. Fast, noisy and production wise a little scratchy, it pushed the boundaries of early Death Metal and challenged

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16 Fly Bikes inner tube A new one this, how about a tube that you can change without having to take off your tyre, great.

17 Shimano DX pedals These pedals were, and still are awesome, light smooth and a big platform for your foot. Before these you used to have to run nasty cage pedals that fell apart after a week or two. Check almost every BMX pedal available today and you can see the DX influence. If only they had made a sealed bearing version, my life would be complete.

18 Standard Bykes 74.5° head angle Standard started making BMX stuff when almost everything else sucked, because of this they had to do a lot of work finding out what angles and sizes worked well. Before the Standard guys did this, most freestyle bikes had 19” top tubes and stupid angles…

19 Haro Kneesaver bars I know four piece bars are way uncool now but a few years ago, the only bars to have were the Haro Knee savers. They were strong, for their time and comfortable, plus they were one of the only bars available that left you enough room to do a turn down. Check out some Dyno or Odyssey flying wedges for an idea of what else was around at the time.

20 Tubular crmo 3pc cranks I think Redline 401 flight cranks were the first tubular crmo cranks that I can remember, before that we used crappy one piece ones that bent every day, plus try fitting them through your mid size, Spanish or euro BB!

Some not so Aussie and like the rest of the top twenty lists, not in any particular order...

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

When I learnt back hops out the front of my house when I was 14. I then did 300 of them! Seeing Tim Wood pull the first ever back flip in Australia at a small comp in Beenleigh. When I was told not to enter Master Class in flatland at a Flatamp Comp in Nunawading in 1991 because I wasn’t good enough. I then won it easily with my new secret trick, the no handed hitchhiker. Which was a world first. Travelling to the states for the first time in 1995. Seeing all my heroes of the time. Visiting all the places I had only seen in the videos or magazines up until that point. Seeing Kenny Raggett fufanu the backrail of the sub box at Beenleigh. Having Rob Smith land on me from a backflip gone wrong over the box jump at Beenleigh. We both walked away with nothing wrong! Getting my own signature frame with wethepeople. Doing a Canadian nosepick on the backrail at the Fairfield comp in 1996. Everyone I mentioned it to that I wanted to do it thought I was crazy, maybe I was? Starting up my own company, Colony. Seeing Jay Miron backflip the long box at Browns Plains skatepark on the 2005 Macneil tour. Getting an appearance in Baco 10. Meeting Dave Freimuth & Dave Osato and now being able to call them friends. Pulling the worlds first ever downside whip to nosepick in a best trick comp in Cologne in 2005. Quiting my job in 2001 to move to Germany and ride fulltime as my profession. Bringing out my series of videos called Prody. Myself and Michael Canfield having our own frames made back in 1993. Seeing Rick Hunt do hang five bunny hops over a brick at a comp in 1989. Winning stuntboy at a B3 comp in Oceanside, Cali in 1998. Then turning pro and getting 8th place. It was amazing to be up on the decks with the likes of Jay Miron, Dave Mirra and Ryan Nyquist. Working for Triplesix Distributions. Making BMX my life and meeting all my friends through riding as well. I owe that bike of mine so much for the last 17 -1/2 years. I wouldn’t be anything if it wasn’t for that bike and BMX in general. Thankyou.

the future likes of Cannibal Corpse to write even more fucked up lyrics. The original artwork of the album is not recommended for vegetarians (even though all members of Carcass are vegan!)

this: Members of Misfits and Slayer chasing Vince, Mick, Nikki & Tommy after a gig at the Whiskey A Go-Go and bashing them up. Ha-Ha! You won’t be reading that in “The Dirt”, a ‘tell all’ (not!) by Motley Crue.

Serial Killer to name a few, they turn these soundtracks into intense musical experiences.

11 Darkthrone Transylvanian Hunger 1993

15 Judas Priest Screaming For Vengeance 1982

This album is the epitome of ‘Sex Drugs and Rock and Roll’. We love it. Motorhead RULE! Get the back issue of 2020 for full review.

Although “Blaze in the Northern Sky” is considered Darkthrone’s best, this album is the defining moment in Black Metal. This is the album that separated the Darkthrone black metal sound from the rest. It is the essence of pure black and white “True Norwegian Black Metal”. It has grim subtleties of melodic blasphemy entangled by ambient yet infectious riffs. Great for those church burning moments.

12 Iron Maiden Number of the Beast 1982 This album made Iron Maiden the Kings of Metal in the early ‘80’s and it’s no wonder. Tracks such as “Invasion” to “Run to the Hills” and “The Number of the Beast*” are just brilliant. It was an instant classic then and still is now.

13 Dimmu Borgir Death Cult Armageddon 2004 This is a highly impressive, grandiose black metal album. While incorporating the majestic sounds of the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra adding richness to their Swedish Black Metal sound, without over doing it. Their bleak yet indulgent satanic lyrics complement the thunder and lightning atmosphere this epic album creates.

14 Motley Crue Shout At the Devil 1983 This one goes out the all the ‘Crue’ fans out there. Best songs: “Shout at the Devil” and “Looks that Kill”. Picture

OK, before Rob Halford became a dirty old NAMBLA, he was a Heavy Metal Rock God. All dressed in his sexy metal studded black leather, all the boofy haired girls in tight short dresses went wild for this majestic beast who was “Screaming for Vengeance”. But seriously folks, it’s along side Iron Maiden’s “Number of the Beast”, an old school metal classic, the title track is awesome, Rob Halford really knows how to scream and make sure you look out for him on the Leather Pride float at the Mardi Gras this year!

16 Agnostic Front Cause for Alarm 1986 The original New York City Hardcore band, Agnostic Front, pissed off a few punks with the release of this album, hailed as the hardcore/crossover classic. Songs like “The Eliminator”, “Public Assistance” and “Victim in Pain” give you a good reason to get angry and fuck shit up. Agnostic Front had a major influence on bands like Anthrax, Suicidal Tendencies and DRI to name a few.

17 Fantomas The Directors Cut 2000 Mike Patton’s super group really shined with this album. Incorporating his musical genius with the technical brilliance of Dave Lombardo’s drumming, Buzz Osbourne’s guitar & Trevor Dunn’s bass the album is multilayered and super cool. By revamping theme music to horror films such as The Omen, Rosemary’s Baby and Henry: Portrait of a

18 Motorhead Ace of Spades 1980

19 Slayer Seasons in the Abyss 1990 Everything about this album, from the diversity of lyrics, guitar solos and Tom Araya actually singing rather than screaming, and the unbelievable skills of Mr Lombardo’s drumming, is unique, defined and absolutely SLAYER. My favorite song: “Dead Skin Mask” is pure evil.

20 Voivod Dimension Hatross 1988 Their first two albums, “War and Pain” (84) and “RROOAARR” (1986) were totally cool, if a little messy. Then they released “Killing Technology” (87) which marked a turning point in the band’s progression. With “Dimensions Hatross” they really established themselves as a truly unique techno/thrash metal band. Their music is beautifully chaotic yet disciplined. Each song builds up slowly, weaving complex layers culminating in intense climactic musical explosions. Featuring the highly underrated guitarist Piggy’s crazy arse chords, shredding through like a speed metal demon, complemented by Away’s hard and steady drumming, Blackie’s thundering bass and Snake’s signature voice. Songs “Tribal Convictions”, “Chaosmongers” and “Technocratic Manipulators” are genius. Unfortunately, with their techno edge thrash metal sound, the world wasn’t ready for Voivod back then. They were defiantly ahead of their time. Their follow up album

*Just ask Jay Miron…

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shots on the cover 20 issues has seen some amazing riding captured by some equally amazing photography. The standard of shooting within the mag has paralleled the progression within the BMX scene, growing day by day. And as Crispy said ‘you haven’t even begun to see how good it’s going to get’.

1 The tunnel by Ian Robinson 2 Corey Bohan, 360 nosedive at the Worlds in Cologne by Chris Polack 3 Mick Bayzand big feeble to bigger drop by Chris Polack 4 Beenleigh invert courtesy Bobby by Nitai Whitehurst 5 Canadian Chris foot jamming on Bondi’s mini+sub in it’s final days by Holmes 6 Jamie threading the needle in Bisbane by Nitai Whitehurst 7 Melbourne street domination thanks to Kim Grosser by Graeme Pereira 8 Luke Parslow stretching his whips by Brett Stanley 9 Lindsay Brown double kinking in a surreal environment by Chris Polack 10 Mike Daly carving the pipe on our first trip up by Steve Morrisey 11 Zac Musarsa x’d one footer at his local by Ian Robinson 12 Shane Badman spinning the little wheel by Chris Polack 13 Simon O’Brien mid act.one flat jam by Graeme Pereira 14 Pete Radivo launching Weston Creek by Ian Robinson 15 Abandoned pool action by Steve Morrisey 16 Clint Millar timed to perfection at Tugun by Chris Polack 17 Jamie Mahon mountain style backside boneless by Beardo 18 Green St session by Chris Polack 19 Snowy hand planting by Chris Samuel 20 Phil Johnson utilizing all of Rye’s capsule by Ian Robinson

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Interview

DAVE

Dillewaard Questions + Photos by

Nitai

I met Dave back in the day at one of the first Heavy Metal Hero gatherings, we talked and rode the comp and that was that. The following year PlanetX held the games in Brisbane at the RNA showground’s and that’s where I saw Dave ride again and really took a look at his skills. Dave and I started hanging out and riding more and more over the years and I’ve seen only the beginning of what this guy is capable of. Dave lives with me in Corona, CA and is possibly the nicest guy you will meet, gets emotional sometimes but has the time of day for anyone… If you have ever seen Dave ride on a regular day then you understand how good he really is. Dave is my best friend and he is tall.

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Dillewaard

How did you start riding? And who influenced you as a young rider? I used to go down to the jumps with my brother. I never had my own bike so I would borrow his and then he would make me hit the biggest jumps they had down there. I eventually ended up getting my own bike and have been riding ever since. The one rider that I have always been influenced by is Joe Rich, I just remember watching his parts in the old Expendable (Youth) videos and was just amazed by his style. What did you enjoy riding when you were younger, and how has that changed as you have grown into a “pro” rider? I grew up riding trails. I always thought of myself as a dirt rider. As I grew up our trails kept getting knocked down so I started riding skate parks a lot more. I think I got a lot more consistent after I was riding parks more often. You have been entering comps for a while, do you look at comps differently now or do you still go in them for the same reasons? I have always gone in contests for pretty much the same reasons. I think contests are good fun and a good way to hang out with

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mates and have a good time. I don’t go into contests for the win, I am just there to have a good time and put together a run that I will be psyched on. If I can pull off a run that I have planned I can’t do anything else but wait for the judges to see how I go. Do you remember an xgames where you rode a bike with like an 18” top tube? Was it a GT Performer or something? What was the deal with that? I had a Schwinn for about 6 months and ended up snapping the head tube off it. I didn’t have a bike for like a month and the Xtrials were coming up at Beenleigh, so I asked my mates brother if I could use his old GT bike that was just sitting in the shed. He agreed and I rode that tiny bike at the trials then at the Xgames in Melbourne. Everyone was shocked I was riding this piece of crap bike, but it worked out OK for me back then! I have heard the word Bullbar come out of your mouth a few times since I have known you? What’s with that? We were hanging out in Corey’s loft one night with a bunch of mates getting a bit loose and my mate Robo was wearing this bad t-shirt that said bullbar on it, some bar 180 km from Cairns or

Dave is the most underrated rider out there today. That is a bold statement, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true. Pretty much anything he wants gets done first or second try. Beyond being able to do every trick, film a video part in 5 minutes, and being able to wrap a flatty into his neck, Dave is not out for himself. Dave is always the guy trying to make sure everyone around him is having a good time and not taking this BMX game too serious. He is always down to shred until the lights go out and then sink a carton of gold until he has emptied his wallet into the poker rebuy fund. Dave has been able to live the pro life the last few years and has not let it go to his head; He is just taking full advantage of his opportunity. He is a huge inspiration to me and should be to every kid that logs onto an online forum and talks rubbish about every BMXâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;er and forgets that we all just ride childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s BMX bikes. Dave is grounded. If you ever get the chance to meet Dave or shred with him, do it, he will not let you down with his riding or positive vibe distribution. Dave kicks ass!

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something. Well anyway Robo got loose and started spewing so we all just started chanting Bullbar. It was funny cause I ended up getting a job polishing bullbars and people think we say it because of that. Sad to say it, but I think they turned the Bullbar saloon into a gym. What made you want to travel over to the U.S? Was it something you always wanted to do? Yeah its every riders dream pretty much. The dream to go and travel and ride overseas. There are a lot of good skate parks and trails, and good riders everywhere you go. You would be silly not to want to check it out! It seems now that a lot of Australian guys are making it over in the states, what were your expectations? I went over with no expectations. I was expecting to go over have a good time, meet some new people, and have a go in some contests. I ended up meeting some cool people and doing OK in some contests, started riding for GT and things have been awesome ever since. What’s it like being able to travel a lot now, do you enjoy travelling or is it something that burns you out? Last year I was definetly burnt out pretty bad. I think I went to about 13 contests throughout the year, definetly over flying, but

I am definetly not going to complain! I get to travel the world for next to nothing so I am stoked. Do you have a favourite country or city that you have been to? If so why? I went to Hawaii on a trip about 2 years ago. That place is amazing. Awesome skate parks, nice people and the beaches remind me of Australia. I would love to go back there for sure. You have been friends with Corey Bohan for a long time now, how did you guys start hanging out and what’s it like living with your best friend in California? He helped me out at those Xtrials back in the day, he lent me his sisters back wheel for the contest and that helped me get into the X’ies that year. Ever since then we have been riding together non-stop. Corey just bought a house in Cali so that is awesome, cause I got my own room there. Its good to get to ride with the Xgames champ everyday. I guess a lot of kids would think you ride a lot since you get to ride everyday? What’s your normal day like back in Corona? Usually get up around lunch time, head down to the shop for some lunch, hang out at Biz’s house till about 4, usually ride Ricks trails in the arvo, then session the local skate park at night time. Then usually a little gathering or hit the local pub.

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I grew up riding trails. I always thought of myself as a dirt rider. As I grew up and our trails kept getting knocked down so I started riding skate parks a lot more.

Would you say you’re addicted to playing Texas hold’em? You could say that, as I am typing this interview out I got a game going online, haha. You have been doing pretty well in some of the bigger comps, how does it feel to be able to finish in the top 3? It’s pretty crazy to get up on the podium. This year was my best year by far, I got three firsts, two seconds and a third through out the year. I don’t think I’ll get used to getting top 3 at a contest ever. What are the good and bad things about being able to ride for a living? It’s awesome that it’s possible to ride a bike and not have to work! I am doing everything I have ever wanted to do and making a living of it. Its hard sometimes because you have to be in the USA to make it happen. I miss my family and mates back home a lot, so it’s always good to come home at the end of the year. What do you enjoy outside of BMX? I enjoy a game of golf now and then, poker, hanging foul, and I cant get off the internet these days… What are your goals for this year as a rider? Are you trying to achieve any personal goals or just go with the flow and see what happens? I am just going to try to ride my best this year, and try to progress as much as I can. Plus have a good time! You grew up riding Redcliffe skatepark in QLD, for me and maybe others who are not local at your park, it seems like there isn’t much to work with there. Did you just adapt to this when you were younger or did you travel around Brisbane a bit? I rode Redcliffe a lot, everyone that goes there hates it, but its my local and everyone loves their local. I have learnt so much down there, it’s like my second home ahha. I try to get around Brisbane a bit more these days now that I have a car and stuff. How do you describe your own riding, and do you think it’s changed much over the past few years?

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I would like to think I have a smooth style, I just try and make stuff look good and not dodgy. I think I am lot more consistent from the last few years of riding. You’ve come back to Australia for a while this year. What do you like about coming home compared to the States? Just to hang with family and friends. Always good to get some home cooked food and Mum to do my washing ahah. How has it been riding for GT, and how did you end up riding for them? I was living in Utah in 03 with some of my mates, I was hanging out with Fuzzy and his mate Chuck Fallon (team manager for GT/Mongoose/ Schwinn) and he was really stoked with my riding and wanted to help me out. He pulled some strings and I ended up getting picked up by GT. I couldn’t ask for anything more from them, they help me out a lot and I wouldn’t be hanging without them blokes. Where do you see yourself in 20 years, would you want to be involved with BMX some how? I’ll be 42 in 20 years that’s pretty old. I would love to stay in the BMX industry when I can’t compete anymore, weather it be making my own company or working for one. That would be my main goal, to stay with BMX. A lot people try and compare the US scene with the Oz scene, do you think that’s something you can do? Or are they both great in their own ways? You can’t compare the scenes, they both have awesome things going for them so I suppose you just have to try it for yourself, its definitely worth it. Thanks? Thanks to 2020 for this interview. Shout out to Chuck and everyone at GT bikes, Jimmy at Famous Stars and Straps, my mates, Corey, Yonny, Josh, Biz, all my riding buddies, my family for helping me out in the beginning, and anyone I have rode with over the years. Cheers. Bullbar…. 2020

Sydney’s Monster Park was the venue for the third annual BMX games and the shiny new ramps got one hell of a work out from Australia’s best riders. The comp was scheduled to go down the week after X-Air in New Zealand, so that riders travelling down to our corner of the world could hit up two comps at the same time. Rooftop, Nasty, Dave Osato and Josh Harrington made it across and you can bet there will be more next year. Australia’s national freestyle association, FreestyleBMX is behind the BMX Games and with help from riders, put together a solid event that was by far the biggest to date on this soil.

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Benn Pigot leaving his mark on the mini//Chris Samuel

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mini How the hell do you judge BMX? When you look at the talent that was present at this year’s BMX Games it makes me so glad that I didn’t have to judge. I would even go as far to say that it is impossible to judge BMX in a contest like this. As with all the am classes at the BMX games, mini was ripping. The little, and not so little guys really showing what’s coming up in Aus BMX. On the mini we had guys like Todd Meyn, 900 tail tapping and Benn Pigot airing higher than anyone else, pro or am, bar maybe Colin Mackay. First place though went to Aaron Dodd, second was Craig Young and third Chris Symons with Tom Payne in fourth, Vince Byron in fifth, sixth was Todd Meyn, seventh Ben Pigot and eighth Chris Solon. In Pro Mini-ramp there were so many different styles on offer. Who is to say whether burly jumping tricks are better than tech-as-fuck lip tricks or if quantity of tricks out weighs using the entire ramp? There were a few conflicting opinions about who should have placed where, but at the end of the day everyone rode well and the results are trivial. The problem with this contest was that there was no absolute stand-out winner because everyone shined in their own individual way. I’m just making the point that BMX isn’t a 100m sprint at the Olympics, things are not that clear cut when you are trying to judge an art form. That said on with story, even the guys that didn’t make the final were shredding. A few big names were relegated to spectator status for the finals but that was nothing to be ashamed of. The top eight went through to the finals and out of those guys Dave Osato and Seaton Spratt didn’t have the best of days. It was rumored that Osato was still out and about at six that morning so given that, and the fact that he had hardly any practice, meant that his riding was toned down a notch. It was good to see him ride though and he still managed a whip to nosepick among other trickery. When Seaton is on he is as good a mini-ramp technician as you are likely to see, but he had a bad day. He too did a whip to nosepick and a Canadian nosepick on the over-vert quarter but he took a few attempts at both and lost too much time. What most people didn’t know was that Michael Punniard was riding with a really bad knee. The pain was tolerable as long as he didn’t crash so he didn’t do any of his jumping tricks but was still able to rock a 540 whip-tap to barspin in.

Cam Pianta rips//HOLMES

Dirt The Dirt comp at the BMX Games took place on Australia Day, that’s the same day as the Big Day Out, so there was a huge crowd around the place. That said most of the people watching the comp were riders or friends of riders, with all the Big Day Out’ers just taking a look as they filed past. Still, more than a few got to see some of the best dirt riders in Australia, and the world. The set up consisted of a really steep roll in to two pretty big sets and suffered a little from the usual comp jump problems, mainly not enough building time. With Sydney Olympic Park charging a shite load to rent the footpath, yeah, that’s right, rent the footpath, the builders only had a day a half to get the jumps dialled. Although this was (is) always the case, there was a bit of debate about the kickers. Still, after a good bit of practice the jumps packed in pretty good and although they caused a few problems for some of the Am’s all those who chose to step up and hit em were rocking come days end. The Am comp saw some of Australia’s younger rippers tackle the big jumps and throw down some seriously big skills. Keep an eye out for some of these guys in the future, placing’s ran 1st Luke Gorecki, 2nd Steven Cole, 3rd Shaun Reilly, 4th Lee Robertson, 5th Jai Toohey, 6th, Alex Lloyd, 7th, Josh Kane and 8th Alex Cameron. The level of riding in the pro class was awesome with the worlds best dirt riders hitting up the jumps. If you’ve been living in a box, that’s all the Aussie pros. Almost everyone was front flipping the first jump and I even heard someone say it was easier to front flip than jump straight. Ryan Guettler just edged out Cam White for the win, both guys had front flips and double whips, plus other variations in their runs and the scores were tight... Colin MacKay took 3rd with Dane Searles in 4th, I think he learnt front flips in practice… 5th was Cam Pianta, 6th Shane Conlon, 7th was Adelaides young gun Daniel Dunn and 8th went to Andrew Gul. Daly Nick Richardson//SAYER

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ABOVE LEFT//Colonel//CHRIS MOORE ABOVE//Seaton Spratt//CHRIS SAMUEL LEFT//Osato wizardry//CHRIS SAMUEL BELOW//Hard Knox McComb not double whipping//CHRIS SAMUEL

The best part of his run wasn’t the fufanu on the hard-to-get-to rail with the 20 foot drop on the other side. It was the gap to flat bottom into the mini because he had too much speed after pulling the fuf. Yeah Puni!!! Good luck with the knee surgeon. Kenny Raggett opened a can of tech-ass lip tricks with barspin to fufanu both ways, oppo! 360 tap over the spine and my personal favourite, the fuf to ice to oppo fuf. Think about that one for a second. Oh and Kenny wore shorts too. Luke Fink had some good runs with a disaster on the over-vert quarter, a 540 turndown air and nice airs out of the big flat bank. He also attempted a fuf to barspin on that hard to get to rail but couldn’t get it done, wasting precious time. So, the top three... Mackay has one of the best styles around and it was awesome to see him ride. He treated the mini like a vert ramp with the biggest airs of the day and mixed it up with a bit of lip trickery plus a nice no-handed 360 over the spine. Colin’s runs were solid and well balanced and landed him in third spot. Guettler is a trick machine, he had a line where he went from a flair to a 540 to a whip air to a downside whip air all back to back. Add to that a double whip and 720, both over the spine plus an oppo 540 air and you realise why he is where he is today. Maybe not enough lip tricks or use of the ramp was the difference that left him in second spot? Colonel was rockin’ a nice pornstar moustache and had the magical ability to change bikes mid-run, David Copperfield has got nothing on the Colonel. One minute his bike was green the next it was yellow. It didn’t seem to matter which bike he was on as he was all over the ramp regardless. Good flowing imaginative lines and more than a few bangers thrown in like barspin 540 tap on the sub, 360 no-foot can-can over the volcano and a backie over the volcano too. First place to Colonel and bunch of good riding witnessed by all that were present. Jamie

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So how big is this air? Mackay//CHRIS MOORE

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Street The street class had over 60 entries, 40 or so in pro and 20 in am, and the judging was tough. In qualifying there were a few riders in both classes that really stood out and then a stack of guys that were really hard to pick between. It was literally easier to pick 1st to 3rd than 6th, 7th and 8th, and this made qualifying really hard to judge. For those who did make the finals it didn’t get any easier. The am’s really showed that the future of Australian BMX is looking good. Kie Ashworth made the trip over from Perth and ripped with a good mix of airs, tech and burly tricks to take out first spot. Sydney local Chris O’Donnell came in second and Aaron Dodd took third. A few of the guys rode really well in their run but slacked a bit in the jam session and suffered score wise as a result. More rider briefings and info about how the comp is to be judged is a definite for next year. Some of the pro’s suffered from a similar problem, Colonel Clint Bensley had a good run but didn’t get much done in the jam. Dave Dilleward, spent most of his jam time trying to pull a ice pick to 270 in on the big sub rail, which while it was an awesome trick, (he got it after the jam was over) didn’t score him too high as a result. But enough of that, first place belonged to Colin Mackay, his smooth lines, huge (capital H) airs and original tricks had him out front and he finished off with a dialled 180 whip in from the grind box on the first attempt. Defending park champion Luke Fink came in second with his usual huge list of tricks, no time wasted for Luke, every ramp was used including an awesome top side double peg from the wall ride into the bank to vert. Luke is mental to watch. Kym Grosser took third with pure originality in his runs, I lost count of the tricks he did that only he can do. Somehow he just missed a ridiculous tailwhip to stretched superman seatgrab but did destroy the course with all number of brakeless wizardry. Fourth went to Josh Harrington who treated the big street spine with sub rail on top like a regular spine, boosting at least 15 feet out. His tucked no hander was crazy. Fifth was the ever smiling Dave Dilleward who also boosted the street spine with the intention of never coming down! Dane Searles proved he’s a force on both transitions and dirt with flat out high speed riding but probably too much funbox action for sixth place? Tom Boorman and Colonel both put together some big lines for the final placings. Daly

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Flat Lurking away from prying eyes the flatland ninjas train, rarely seen as they toil underground sweating away the days and nights. They crawled out from their corners to gather in Sydney, upon promises of smooth surfaces, good times and the chance to test their mettle. They traveled from far and wide, crossing the seas, trekking down from their mountain temples and across the vast expanse of Oz. Rumours passed in hushed tones, sharing whispers of bomb tricks and secret techniques. Master Spy Shane Badman infiltrated FBMX, working his unique brand of political espionage to secure the best area ever seen at the BMX Games, X Games or any damn Australian flatland comp. A 30m by 30m lino anvil set the stage for hammers, blood and steel. Every rider praised the surface which set a new standard for Australian flatland comps. Grandmaster Lentil O’Brien glided across the rice paper floor, never tearing nor breaking its delicate surface. Smooth and controlled he flowed through his links, hardly touching or wavering from his Zen mind state. His multiple x-footed whiplashes and turbine x-footed hitchhikers stole the show. Shane Badman pushed the boundaries of control and precision with g-turn pedal fire hydrant whips and barflip to pedal steamroller. I’m wagering he’s a Shaolin cyborg sent to destroy flatland. Steingraber represented for all that is Europe, dropping new x-footed hitchhiker/halfpacker/backpacker combos at whirlwind speed. After the comp he held a clinic teaching us youngsters how to nose wheelie. Vinne Pugh did hometown Sydney proud with his own brand of front wheel demolition, g-turns, inside circles, barflips are his bread and butter. Brett Dighton returned from Pai Mei’s mountain training ground to produce smooth rolling links. Rumour has it, Brett challenged Shane Badman to a duel days before the event. The result of the feud is still unknown, though Shane wore a head protecting sweat band for the rest of the weekend. Tassie ruler Damon Fox produced original tomahawk variations and some smooth rolling styles but was hampered by inconsistency. Lardyard destroyer Stujohn Munro brought up the rear with pecker whips and backwheel combos. Am flatland was a straightforward affair, hopefully next year a few of the grasshoppers will make the move into the pro ranks. Mitch busted his trademark turbine lawnmowers, while June showed originality with backwards hitchhikers holding the pedal. Glen tried backwards hikers and cliffhangers but touches let him down. JP once again proved that the bike doesn’t make the rider, with firehydrant whips and spinning hitchhikers on the heaviest bike since 1995. Shaun Jarvis represented Perth showing smooth tomahawks and funky chicken combos. Andrew Lightbody broke out the coasting backyards while Cambell Lee’s pedal circle Ks showed some tricks never lose their style. Leigh Waddingham rocked the no brakes style and rode smoothly but dabs proved to be his downfall. Reminiscent of Kill Bill and dolled up in canary yellow Simon O re-enacted the House of Blue Leaves scene, welcoming all challengers as they took a shot at the Bomb Trick. Many stepped up with killer combos and ninja skills but Simon lay down the law, his x-footed turbine hitchhikers left him standing alone among the mangled bodies. Chris M

Shane Badman//CHRIS MOORE

Vert The vert comp was held on the massive Monster vert ramp, 13 and a half foot high and as wide as hell (although it was meant to be 120 ft wide apparently!). The turn out was rather small, partly due to the fact that there are very few vert riders in the country, let alone many keen to tackle a monster ramp like this one. There were however two Am’s that were brave enough, Todd Meyn from WA and Jai Toohey from the Central Coast who were keen to ride anything and everything. These kids are going to go far in much the same way many figured Guettler would when you saw him ride at age 14. I’m pretty sure these guys entered every class, except flatland, and they were not scared of the big ramp. Both guys pulled off whips and other variations and had a close battle for the number one spot. In the end Todd just edged out Jai for first. The Pro riders were up next and it was always going to be a battle between Tim Wood and Matt Fairbairn. Tim pulled multiple flairs, 540’s and all his other variations flawlessly, including stretched superman seatgrabs at height, and all this after getting hurt doing demos two days before while the Big Day Out was on. Matt also rode well with some hella big airs, 540’s, multiple barspins and whips but couldn’t beat Tim. First and second for those guys. The next placings were a tight battle between Chris Edgar and Michael Walsh, both these guys were trying or pulling flairs, along with 540’s and other variations. Chris Edgar will be a force on vert if he continues to translate mini skills onto the bigger transitions! Luke Fink flowed and tech’d his way to fifth spot and came really close to a fufanu on the 4ft vert extension! It was cool to see Ian Robinson hitting up the big ramp with some very flowy runs as well, Prahran sessions must be paying off. Gotta get more people riding vert in the future… Although maybe we need a ramp that’s under 12ft high! Daly

Matt Fairbairn inverting and TIm Wood flairing for the vert pro title//CHRIS SAMUEL

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Being a typical Jindalee local, Gonz has become one of the most interesting riders I’ve seen come up on the streets of Brisbane. I’m sure a few people could learn and copy Gonz’s moves by camping on a trick or location, but they would still fall short of the mad flow Gonz has on his bike. Gonz is definitely on the next level when we’re out riding, it’s more like watching a skateboarders mind go to work than what you’re used to seeing other BMXers get up to. With his well developed eye for seeing things in a different light usually bringing something unique to what most would consider a boring spot. Gonz isn’t an up and coming rider for you to hear about this year because he’s already on his own level and if more saw what he was up to, there’d be kids running into each other doing rollbacks everywhere. Gonz is the best, maybe not THE BEST but whatever it is, no one else is doing it. LUCASCOMINO What’s it like living and riding in Brisbane? OK I guess the weather sux in summer, but you learn to deal with that. What was your local scene coming up like? Pretty cool. We had a very strong scene when I just started riding. Like on any given Friday or Saturday there would be like 20 riders chillin’ or doin whatever, but it’s not like that anymore. I dunno, none of the dudes ride any more cause they all got into cars and dressing like metro’s. You put a lot of time in on the Tables, where do you see that heading more production or live stuff? Yeah damn that guy is ill hahaha. Nah but I am currently saving for a drum machine so I can start to produce some more music, I am looking forward to that. I dunno where I wanna take it. I want to do more live shows like with a turntable band and perform with bands. Mos def just work on making good music. Musical influences? Everyone! Wes Montgomary, Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd, Madlib, D-Styles, A-Trak, too many tablists and musicians that I can think of right now. Skateboarding? Yeah, well I used to skate and skateboarding is just mad so yeah I guess you could say that motivates me as well.

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What motivates you weekend to weekend to keep your steady progression going? Man everything I suppose, I just like cruising and going riding, that motivates me and being around people who like progressing and having fun riding. Tell me a Jarvis story. Jarvis, Seely and me were chillin’ on the Gold Coast at some corner store getting snacks after riding there one night. I remember Seels or me bought some sour gummi worms candy. Then some one came up with the bright idea of throwing the whole cup of gummi worms at the attendant working inside. So in go Seely and Jarvis to send these lollies and I was outside waiting for them. Seely hucks them and Jarvis somehow got in the way of one of these worms and it nailed Jarvis in the eye. All this was happening in the store somehow. Then we all took off and Jarvis’s eye went real red and sore afterwards. Shout out’s? My family, Seels for helping me with all the bike parts and someone to ride with cheers son, Suey, José, Spok, LC, JC, Jamie at Stowaway for helping me, GC, Dan, Dave and Slick Rick, Caris, NIKK C, Jarvis, Kinnan, Anteseptiks, Non-plus we taking over soon!, Morrisey for helping me out, SDS, Domino and Polack. PZ.

I just showed my brother John (Comino) this interview and John said in true Simpsons style “The Gonz?" I thought his last name was Gonzales. If it’s Galaz shouldn’t it be the Galz or the Gaz?//Polack

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Yo. I have known GONZ since back in nam when he used to be a little shit dunga at Jindalee skatepark. This was over six years ago. Since then he has become one of the most respected and talented young riders that I know. I could go into details about what tricks and shit he can do but I will let you see for yourself when, and if you ever see him on the streets. One thing I can tell you though is that he has gone from a one beer screamer to a Barney Gumble in just a few short months. Something to be very proud of. Shit dunga status fo liffa bitches! SBOY

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Adrian stands out to be one of the most genuine and truthful peeps I know, and I know a lot of peeps. You know that aint easy with all the shit in BMX these days. I guess that's why I enjoy hanging out with him and make that hour long drive up to Bris every other weekend for what ever the occasion may be. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve witnessed Gonz grow and develop into an individual both in riding style and personality. He lives up to no-ones expectations but his own and that's what stands out most about him. While still young, he has the mentality of a true OG, with dignified characteristics and a "know what he wants" way of thinking, so you definitely know there's more to come. Obviously, as a good friend I find it easier to relate to, and appreciate Gonz for the person, friend and rider he is. Or for the things he isn't or chooses not to be. Hopefully I've portrayed a different aspect of Adrian. One that most switched on riders can also understand, because people like Gonz are few and far between, and for that I have mad respect for him and other kats like him... Palabra! Hola atcha boy! DANMONTOYA

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Spinal Disorder was always going to be a rockin comp. From the day we got the opportunity to start thinking about doing it,we figured it was going to have to be something to remember.While the ‘Jam’ seems to be taking over BMX as we know it,we decided to run a kick arse comp like the good ol days. Rider run, cash money up for grabs and the expectation of checking out the best riding youre ever likely to see on a mini… While there were some limitations we had to deal with, like scoring the cash to build or borrow a ramp, it ain’t everyday that you get the chance to run a comp on the doorstep of Old Parliament House in Canberra. So we pulled together the options we had, one of which included the seriously overbuilt ramp that pops up at the tradeshow every year. This proved to be the only option, save us holding up a convenience store to fund our own portable ramp like construction. So the tradeshow ramp it was, and lets just say that it’s far from portable! It takes some serious machinery, a semi trailer and forklift and a lot of building that needed a crew of heads to get it into one piece in a day (think the longest day you’ve ever done then another to take it down!). And being that the ramp had in some ways exhausted it’s potential for progressive riding a year or so back, we added to the mix a big arsed wall ride to spice the comp up. Somehow we got this extra addition up and painted in about an hour, just before the storm of the year (for Canberra) came in on sunset.

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With a hectic night of storms smashing the hell outta our nations capital and a fairly solid crew on a mission to alleviate pre comp nerves with killer hangovers, the morning showed signs of a grey, wet arsed day ahead. But like any good non god faring individual I struck a deal with Mother Nature to give us 3 windows of opportunity throughout the day to run the am and pro classes and later on that evening a final. It was almost surreal watching crew blasting on the ramp, stumbling around with beers from the tent across the lawn and generally having a good time rocking to the likes of Iron Maiden and Slayer in front of the Nations biggest house of shit talking. Hell yeah. Between showers and wind periods came frantic spurts of insane riding with more bikes hurtling thru the air than I care to remember. Between trying to keep things running smooth with Daly and talking more shit than humanly thought possible with Kenny Raggett, the day is somewhat blurred in my memory, although as with anything in life, there were some stand out

Luke Fink tapping near the top of the home made wall ride//MAHON

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Sergio ruled the comp... and the jam//MIKE S

Comeprofinaltime,thelightsgotcranked up,wepushedthemusicalenvelopefurther and off the hook riding ensued... and Pro is pretty thin these days. Am’s saw 720’s, flips, whips and let (turn) downs all big enough to be almost pro class. We be thinking of adding an expert (almost pro but too young to be pro) class next time! Then to mix it up even more, a few crew wondered what the hell was going on when a flano clad, moustache wearing loose cannon (later found to be Kevin Keefs Niels) rebel run rushed the ramp with Scotch and Cola in hand for an impromptu demo of pure BMX genius and/or insanity. Think big outta control boosts to shoes and scotch flying everywhere before exiting stage right and launching his bike into the adjacent pond... We got our final warning on music, which was apparently meant to be elevator like background music not ‘abusive, R rated noise full of obscenities’. Yeah right. I mean the Winter Olympics Snowboard halfpipe finals had Turbonegro’s “City of Satan” playing for fucks sake. Swearing is an Australian way of life, so if you want a BMX comp prepare for profanity. Luke Barling does the best turndowns// MAHON Luke Barling has the best turndown in the world//MAHON

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Come pro final time, the lights got cranked up, we pushed the musical envelope further and off the hook riding ensued. However you want to look at it, the results don’t tell the whole story, mainly cause everyone making the final was unleashing. Between Kym Grosser throwing

down brakeless wall taps to footjams on the deck, to huge icepicks with barspins in or out from Dave Dillewaard and Luke Fink, to Ryan Guettlers endless bag of tricks to Luke Barlings clicked turndown flips. It was Sergio Layos who flowed almost effortlessly and twice as big/fast as anyone. When the scores got added up, it was Sergio, Dillewaard and Shane Conlon taking home their share of $8000. Who said we aint giving back to the riders? With the comp running late, the planned Hindsight 2 premiere got cut short with federal security keen to ‘secure’ the area, Somehow the night finished up without mayhem ensuing which will bode well for us running it bigger and better next year. Think the spine plus a truckload of ghetto ramp action… We’ll see. Sunday’s jam centred around the Weston Creek park and a massive crew got motivated and rocked out for it. While I bailed for the big smoke with a busted up Mik Bayzand who was feeling the effects of a spine flip no hand to no footer to headtube to faceplant, all reports have it that a fun day was had by all, even if the BBQ didn’t materialise. See pic B. Spinal Disorder was the first comp Mike D and I have run for a long time and going on the response wont be the last, lets just say we be cooking up a few ideas in the lab. Stay tuned. Holmes

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Pambula, hella good beaches, surf and a brand new locally built park. Sounds like our kinda place//MAHON

jacklangenhorst resides pambula, nsw

I don’t really know Jack that well but if first impressions are anything to go by he seems to be a fine human being. I rocked up at the new Pambula park with a small group of Canberra’s finest and we were instantly greeted by a smiling young rider. He didn’t wait for us to ride to see if he could champ us or spend ten minutes checking out our setups to see if we were cool enough to talk to. He came straight up and said g’day and asked where we were from. He seemed genuinely happy that some new riders had shown up at his local. The next few hours were spent engaging in good conversation and Jack giving us a lesson in how to boost the fuck out of the 90 degree hip among other stylin’ lines. Overall a good rider and a good person. We had a fun session that day and I can hopefully see a few more of them in the future. Cheers Jack! Jamie Mahon

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Recently I got a chance to ride some backyard trails in the southeast Melbourne suburb of Monbulk, they’re owned and operated by 17yr old Jarrod Roche. The jumps have progressed with his riding ability, the better he gets, the bigger the jumps get. He has a steep lip and landing line and a line that’s a little more opened up, all running on a down hill so you barely have to pedal. Jarrod can do a bunch of nice looking tricks well, he’s more interested in cranking a no foot can or a turndown, rather than speed jump through and flip-whipping the last set. I got to ride street and the local park with Jarrod, and he can handle it all. Rather than write about Jumps I knew not much about, I asked Jarrod some Questions…. How long have you had trails in your yard? We started digging when I was in year 7, so about 5 or 6 years now, but they were real small and pox for the first few years. What do your parents think about having trails in the yard? My olds are fairly good with it. Actually my mum is stoked on it but my dad not so much, but he’s cool enough to let it go. Who built them? Mainly it’s Matt Van, Jones, Jake, myself, Ian Grey and Ian Ham. Heaps of people have helped out here and there over the years and I’m really appreciative for that. All built with shovels? Yeah all shovels; none of us ever really had enough funds to pay for anything better. One time we asked Jake’s dad to dig a hole with his bobcat thingo, he dug about one foot deep then ripped a gas pipe in half. So we had to go back to our old shovels. Thanks anyways Craig. Who can ride them? Anybody can ride them, I don’t really mind. As long as they are willing to help out if they case and demolish the landings, and if they don’t be jerks and leave rubbish or junk around. Any expansion plans? Not much at the moment, kinda waiting for winter. Then we will probably just make the gaps bigger or something. There is not heaps of room anymore so maybe just make them taller. I’m not sure. Colin Mackay

Home is where the heart is//MACKAY

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This video was produced by DF team rider Christoph Huber and includes sections from all the Dragonfly team riders. The production is really slick with super nice titles and graphics. DF’s team is mostly made up of Europeans and you get full sections from Niels Thanild, Marcus Hampl and Alex Bender, plus a little Aussie intervention from Mike Daly.

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norco rev

We screwed up the specs on this one last issue, so here the real deal on the Rev. Nice simple frame design and very discreet stickers (hence our screw up…..) You get a 10 – 28 drive train with a sealed bearing cassette hub, sealed euro BB 3pc crmo cranks, internal headset and nice simple, lightweight parts. Norco are also one of the first companies to licence the Macneil seat design too. And if you think Norco just got into BMX, think again, they were representing on the gate at Helltrack in the movie Rad!

Frame 3 Tube 4130 crmo Fork 4130 crmo Sizes 20.75 TT Colours Deep Red Front Hub Alloy 36H, 14mm Hollow Axle Rear Hub 10 Tooth Micro Driver, 14mm Hollow Axle Rims Alex DM24, 36H front 48H rear Spokes Black Tires Dirt/Street 20” X 1.95” Stem Alloy BMX 45° Front Clamp Bar 2 Piece Narrow Strong Bar Post Pivotal 3D forged

Grips Axiom High Side Trail 130mm Saddle Pivotal Capital, Kevlar side Headset FSA No.8D Impact Front Brake No Rear Brake Tektro FX-570C U-Brake Brake Levers Tektro XL-750 Jump Lever Cranks 3-Pc Tubular Crmo, 28T Alloy Ring Pedals Alloy Platform Chain KMC 1/8” Chrome Freewheel 10T Micro Driver Bottom Bracket Euro sealed BB 4 bearing Pegs Black Smooth Pegs

we the people darkness

While not rockin a spandex body suit, the Darkness is WeThePeople’s entry level dirt/street bike. It has a good range of parts including crmo forks and bars, a tri moly frame, (which means the top tube, down tube and seat tube are crmo), plus sealed bearing, tubular crmo 3pc cranks with a 13 / 36 drive train and sealed bearing hubs. The Darkness comes with a rear u-brake and front calliper brake and would be a great first bike as long as you don’t want to run front brakes, nice colours too.

Frame 3 tubes crmo, USA BB, 20.25” TT Fork Crmo steerer tube and blades Colours black and brown/red or tan and brown/red Brake Front Tektro 985A-series (Calliper-brake) Brake Rear Tektro 907AD-series (U-brake) Brake Levers Tektro, 289A Headset VP A74F Stem Salt pro, 6061 T6 alloy forged, 55mm reach Handlebar Full 4130 crmo Grips Salt kraton grips, Lamella pattern Chainring 36T, CNC 6061T6 alloy sprocket, 5mm thick Crank Set Salt, tubular 4130 crmo crank arms, crmo spindle and

sealed bearings

Chain KMC Z510, 1/2 x 1/8

dragonfly tx

This is Dragonfly’s mid price dirt bike. It has a full crmo frame and bars, crmo 3pc cranks with a sealed mid BB, plus a sealed 10 tooth cassette hub. You get a u-brake on the back and side pull on the front plus a nice mix of lightweight but not too expensive parts. Definitely a good starting point for intermediate riders who don’t need a front brake.

Frame 100% crmo with new drop out design, Mid BB and u-brake

Colour Black or Brown Fork GX hi-ten fork with machined steerer and 14mm axle slot Brake Levers Dragonfly DOHC with Gemini cable Front Brake Side pull Rear Brake Tektro u-brake Bars GX crmo 2 pc Stem GX Alloy front clamp Headset Dia-Compe Grips Dragonfly Cranks 3 piece tubular crmo with sealed DF Mid BB

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Chainwheel Dragonfly alloy 27 tooth Front Hub GX with 3/8 axle Rear Hub GX 10 tooth cassette hub, 14mm crmo axle with sealed bearings

Rims GX light alloy 36 front 48 rear, black Spokes Steel Tyres GX 20 x 2.125 Pedals GX alloy with crmo spindle Pegs 4 Seat New Dragonfly Seat Pole GX Seat Clamp GX alloy single bolt

Rotor SST Oryg, 1-1/8 Freewheel Odyssey 13t Pedal Alloy platform pedals, crmo axle BB Set Sealed bearing USA BB Rims Alex X303 alloy rims, front black 36, rear black 48 Tyres Kenda K-Rad front and Kontact rear Hub Front Salt, strong alloy low-flange, sealed bearing, 14mm crmo axle, 36

Hub Rear Salt, strong alloy low-flange, sealed bearing, 14mm crmo axle, 48

Pegs Salt steel, 1 pair, black, 38mm x 105mm Saddle Wethepeople pro-complete seat with 8mm rails Seat POST Salt straight Seat Clamp Salt, alloy single bolt

Dave Montoya slapping his bitch up//MORRISEY

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Clint Millar Signature Frame Integrated Headset | Mid Size BB Removable gyro-tabs Full 4130 cr-mo, Sanko Japanese tubing Toptube Length: 20.6“ & 21” Backend: 13.75“ to 14“ (doublebutted CS & SS) HT: 74.5°, ST: 71° | BB Height: 11.5“ Dropouts: 5mm, heat-treated, 4130 cr-mo Colors: Mint green/grey fade, purple red, mustard Weight: 2.37kg (5.22lbs)