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10 spoken Words from the wise? 14 The Low down What’s been going on? 24 Mt Barker jam BMX, mountain style. 38 Reformist The world is still flat according to some. 74 Behind Bars The young guns, lots of ‘em. 88 How To Never want to make a DVD again? 90 Tech Knowledge Reinvent the wheel. 92 Beats and Pieces Music, DVD’s and more. 94 Bike Check Peek some new 2008 rides. 96 Fresh Produce How to spend your Hold-em millions. 102 state of the nation It’s your scene, let it be known! 114 20questions Brendan ‘Brenno’ Hanson.

The king of all dirt comps!

42 Brothers in Arms A look into the lives of a few brothers from different mothers.

52 Hey sA... Streets of fire, Adelaide style.

60 Kosta-view Gorak words up Daniel Kostakakis

68 Os virgin Scott Lacey keeps it Simple OS.

106 Framed The frozen image.

Win stuff 16 sputnic One hella light frame can be yours. 26 Haro Win an 08 Haro Forum complete. 36 Vans are Rad Especially Ltd Edn Rad issues, go Cru!

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2020bmxmagazine RRP auD$8.95 NZD$11.00 ISSUE 26 SEPTEMBER 007

SPOKEN It’s all about the cover...

Chris Casnock gets some Belco relaxation and reading in mid session. PHOTO Raine Turnbull

Reading material Magazines always got me stoked. Especially BMX mags. And somehow even after reading BMX mags seemingly forever, I still get stoked to see a BMX mag in a newsagent. It’s a trip to see a killer shot of a rider busting out something new or stylin’ right there on the stand, up next to superstars of big time sports, supermodels, dropped hot rods and naked chicks. Seeing a BMX mag sitting there all proud holding it’s own against the million other mags makes me feel like I’m a part of something legit. Something that holds it’s own, something that’s that little bit different to the next. And something that defines me to a point. These days there’s up to seven BMX mags on the shelf of a good newsagent (probably never at the one time) and then you’ve got even more titles available through the real BMX stores. Break that down a little for the local scene and right now in Aus you’ll find four BMX titles floating around. All I can say is that BMX is on a roll here on these shores and coverage of this thing we do called BMX is better than ever. It only takes a glimpse of a pair of bars or a 20inch tyre poking out above the shady porno below to catch my attention and I’m there grabbing it, walking to the counter and buying it. So to say I’ve got a house full of old mags is an understatement. I’m sure one day I’ll be able to make a compressed magazine house out of the piles of partly organized and mostly chaotic collection of BMX history. I know when it comes time to move house I’ve been pretty close to wanting to burn em all after lugging em all up stairs... But for me, there’s something about being able to kick back and read through old mags and see the progression in riding and magazines over the years. Not that it happens that much, but the times it does really puts me in my place and brings back a lot of memories. Going back a few years, into the dark days of the late 80’s and early 90’s, BMX in general wasn’t kicking like it is now, and you were lucky if two magazines made it to Australian shores. Sure there was a random Australian newspaper; BMX National, that had maybe 4 pages of non race (or freestyle) black and white shots from comps (picture 1/4 pipe airs and Moto3 helmets), but that was the extent of the BMX media on these shores... So back then, the mag collection grew slowly. And with cash as a kid being pretty minimal, mags weren’t top of the list of what to spend it on. Tubes, tyres and train tickets were more important. But we used to get our hands on the mags regardless. We had regular after school sessions in local carparks and in one of these there was a

newsagent that stocked Go! and BMXPlus. They used to run hella big mark ups on the mag (as we found we could get ‘em from a newsagent across town for heaps cheaper). Anyways, one night we sussed that after a month or so passed and they hadn’t sold a certain mag, they tore the name of the mag from the cover and threw the rest of the mag out, I guess they sent the masthead bit back to the distributor and got their money back?* To us that seemed like we weren’t burning anyone (bar the guys at Plus and Go maybe) and we were helping solve the landfill problem. We were kids, meaning logic and morals were a little blurry... So from then on it was a simple rendezvous at the big bin out the back of the newsagent under the cover of darkness and a lucky few of us got the BMX mags for nada. Of course there was a massive selection of unsold mags in there and we scored more than we bargained for in terms of naked ladies on the pages of other mags, but mates at school lapped that up pronto. The whole bin saga only lasted about 6 months before it was fully locked down, but we did pretty well out of it. In the end I spent so much cash in that newsagent on mags once I got a job, I swear they made their cash back ten fold. But I’ve still got those copies minus front covers in the piles next to me which is kinda what sparked this all up. Back to the present and the reality of this mag right here. 2020bmxmag has been kicking around doing it’s thing for sometime now and at times I’m amazed that both the mag and myself have lasted. But with BMX on these shores bigger than ever, I guess it was time to step things up around here a little as well. Pretty much as soon as I finish writing this, the mag will go to the printers as the last 2020 done from a spare bedroom, slam packed to the ceiling with macs, screens, scanners, camera gear, parts, bikes, mags and endless assorted junk. Oh yeah, and a few mags from the last two decades. The next couple of weeks will see a new space being renovated to accommodate the mag and hopefully facilitate a few more crew getting involved in the making of it, web stuff and a host of other creative activities I’ve been hanging to get going for too long. The times they are a changing and I dig it. Holmes *I guess these days you got it bad cause the whole mag gets sent back or pulped...

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elevating the scene

Jay Miron and Red Bull have got the art of running a dirt comp so dialled it ain’t funny Photo david Lang Red Bull Photofiles Known as the most progressive contest in BMX dirt-jumping, Red Bull Elevation again pushed dirt to new levels providing a course with more transfers, berms and bigger sets, allowing riders to unleash a barrage of dirt mayhem. It took two full days of practice for the riders to get comfortable and pick their lines for the event finals on Sunday the 1st July. It was certainly worth it with Nyquist and Corey Bohan going toe-to-toe all day, Nyquist just edging out defending Elevation champion Bohan by one-tenth of a point come the final count... Despite an injured wrist and a borrowed bike from an earlier crash, Nyquist rode seamlessly in the heats, throwing down some of the best runs of the day including 720’s over the step up, oppo 360 whips and flip barspins. With his win, Nyquist pocketed over AUD $11,000. Bohan, who also had a massive day on the course took home almost AUD $8,000 for his second place finish and Brian Foster proved that age doesn’t matter in this contest, as the 35-year-old took home third place and a cool AUD $5,500 thanks to some of the biggest 360 transfers over gaps that not many went straight up... After the Elevation competition, all riders were invited to the Big Hit for a 20 minute best-trick session, where the $5,000 prize went to James Foster who nailed a truck to downside whip. The Elevation finals can also be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGGoMHbe2FY New Zealands Jed Mildon throwing one for Whistlers Bears. PHOTO David Lang RedBull Photoﬁles

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THE LOWDOWN NEWS & STuFF Tim Wood knows the ramp down to the last screw. PHOTO Morrisey

hmh vert

Another Heavy metal heroes went down since last time we got a mag out... To some that’s old news, but to the rest of Aus, know that Tim Wood has excelled once again and built a masterpiece of a vert ramp to put vert back on the map at Beenleigh. Not of Monster proportions, but a lot more useable and intended to foster a new generation of vert rippers from the ‘Leigh ala Tim Wood, Mark Schneider and Ling Ling. For more info on the ever growing list of ramps and events going on at Beenleigh or just to see what’s going down, hit up www.bbsai.org

Win a sputnic frame

The Satelite Vol II is the latest light-arse frame from, new to these shores, Sputnic. Thanks to Abyss distribution, we’ve got one of theSE to giveaway. The Satelite is a clean as all hell frame running a 74° head angle, 4lbs 12.8oz, 11.5” BB Height and runs double butted top and down tubes plus has no dents in the rear stays for that extra structural integrity. Abyss have been getting their groove on with Sputnic and have hooked up an Australian street shredder to ensure they aren’t just another imported brand with no Aussie presence. To go into the draw to win the Satelite, simply tell us who the down under street rider is, we’ll take his

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nickname should that help. You might want to check out www.sputnicbmx.com for clues... Get your answer into sputnic@2020bmxmag.com.au by the 12th of November to be in the running.

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Pine Rivers KOd

Lee Kirkman ﬂippin at last years KOD PHOTO Morrisey

The DK King of Dirt is back for 2007, at a brand new venue in Pine Rivers Park, due to be constructed early September. This comp should be bigger and better than ever with a new course and some serious Prize Money for the Pro class $1000 for 1st place, plus heaps of other great prizes and entertainment. All of this takes place on the 6th of October. Unit Riders clothing will now be supporting the event too. They will be adding to the prizes already supplied by DK, Drive and Failure BMX along with support from Catalyst Youth Arts Organisation. They have been extremely helpful with running the event over the last 2 years and will now be putting on some bands during the day for even more entertainment. Performances will be from Finabah, Wearing Roscoe and Sue58, check their Myspace to see how they sound! Work on the new dirt jumps at Pine Rivers Park is well under way now and this should be finished within a couple of weeks. Watch this space for photos as soon as the site is ready or go down and check them out at Gympie Road, Strathpine. Anyone is welcome to enter and entries will open on the 10th of September. Please call Pine Rivers Shire Council for entry details after this date 07 3480 6666. You can also download the entry forms and get regular updates from www.advancetraders.com.au or www.freestylebmx.com.au. Entry forms will not be posted until after Sept 10th. This event is sponsored by DK Bikes, Failure Bikes, Drive Products, Buckled to Hell, Unit Riders and Catalyst Youth Arts Organisation. This event is proudly presented by CORE Operations and Pine Rivers Shire Council as part of Outside and Alive 2007.

On the cover

Check this out While next year may seem a while off, it hasn’t stopped us sourcing a few pics of soon to arrive 2008 gear... Colony Hell stallion www.colonybmx.com.au

Liam Fahy-Hampton’s signature street frame, the Hell Stallion, is now getting tested by Liam and Mick Bayzand on the streets of Melbourne right now. Head angle 75.5, seat angle 71, BB height 11.5, top tube sizes 20.85” and 21.25, rear end 13.75, weight 4.73lbs. The Hell Stallion will not be available until early to mid 2008. Definitely one for those keen on front wheel styles...

Volleys www.volleys.com.au

Rider: Sam

Volleys have been ‘round for as long as meat pies, VB and swagmen. Always a classic when it comes to function for your dollar. Now reincarnated with double layered canvas, padded tongue and ankle support, but still rocking the sweet price tag.

Photographger: Tim Pierce

KHe Triple Threat www.supersports.net.au

Location: Cromwell, New Zealand

KHE has been going all guns blazing in the last 12 or so months with a killer range of parts and finally a whole compliment of dirt and street frames and complete bikes minus any internal detangling device. New for 2008 is the James Foster designed Triple Threat, their new dirt frame. Light and German engineered. See what they’re all about at www.khebikes.de

Just out of Cromwell, these tanks were converted to ride for an upcoming NZ DVD production of the bigger wheel variety, of course it wasn’t going to exist without a few 20inch heads blazing out of it.

Camera: Nikon D200 Lens: 50MM isO: 250 settings: 500th at f2.8 Lighting: Daylight

Tuf Neck www.eciimports.com Tuf Neck’s new freecoaster is a bolt from the blue with a completely new take on the age old problem of engagement versus the ability to go backwards. With a 10t driver, red alloy body, hollow cromo axle and super smooth (almost freewheel like) action, it’s well worth checking out.

Fit Clamps www.strictlybmx.com Need some bling for your ride? Check the custom clamps from the crew at Strictly. Etched, engraved and seriously diamantèd out. Always new arrivals on the custom front...

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THE LOWDOWN NEWS & STuFF Burly and tech all in the one package. 540 at the BMX Games PHOTO Paul Kim

Vince Byron on ‘Goose following in the rather large footsteps of the likes of Stevie mccann and cam white, vince Byron is now officially hooked up with Mongoose Australia. After a massive last 12 months it was only natural that Vince would be getting hooked up with someone serious. With the 2007 BMX Games netting him 3rd in Vert, 7th in Mini and 8th in Park, at only 16 and against some of the best riders in the country, its a pretty good start to pro competition... Expect to see him shredding a local Queensland park soon...

The pursuit of weightlesness This all started when I owned a 2 Hip pork. it weighed in at 22kg! yes this is not a typo, as BMX progressed parts became over engineered. Now that there’s more money in the sport, companies are designing parts properly. story & Photos by Ben Pawluk I broke my ankle and I decided that while it was healing I would customise my bike to suit my needs. I ride flat and park mixed together, and I weigh 105kg so I needed a special type of bike. I managed to get my bike down to 11.35kg, this was great but the bike didn’t feel solid. My Ti bars had flex in them and my KHE tyre would bend around the coping in fufanu’s. Now my bike weighs in at 11.8kg and feels so good, no part has flex in it. I hand picked all the best parts from a lot of companies to establish the ultimate ride that best suits me and my style of riding.

SPEcS Frame Dragonfly King Street I stripped the frame to metal and highly polished it before spraying it transparent blue.

KHE Geisha with a 1 piece axle. I made Titanium axle washers front and back and a Titanium freecoaster spacer to achieve the amount of slack I require.

headset Campagnolo

Pegs Dragonfly Ti X4

Forks We The People Excaliber (machined to suit 14mm)

axle Nuts Knight Titanium

Bars We The People Helium Bars (high 8”) Barends Titanium, I made them myself.

Brakes Fly front and back, to keep the breaks low and rigid I have machined 1.5mm off the arm closest to the fork. This eliminates the need for spaces behind the brake.

Seat KHE Bruno with Titanium rails

Brake levers Dragonfly DOHC

Seatpost Thomson Elite

cables Dragonfly upper, Oryg lower and a generic front with lots of TriFlow in all.

Grips Chris Doyle

Seatpost clamp RNC Titanium cranks Eastern Titanium, I machined 10mm off the spindle and made new crank bolt spacers to take steel c/ sink bolts. The Titanium ones strip the heads too easy. crank spacer Mine, Titanium with some nice holes. Bottom Bracket We The People Sprocket Profile, Kevin Porter 25T Titanium chain KMC hollow pin and side plates Pedals Jim C magnesium sealed Tyres Front: KHE Premium 48mm. Rear Odyssey Path 1.85” Spokes Black DT all round Rims Front Primo 7071 (36h) Back Odyssey 7KA (48h) hubs Front Profile mini with 14mm titanium axle, Back

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headset spacer Mine, Titanium Stickers I got a mate to make a nice set that compliments the paint job. Stem This is my finest creation. I started it in 2002 and forgot about it, due to how hard it is to machine on a mill. I machined it out of a billet of aircraft grade Titanium. There is over 30 hours of machining time, plus countless hours of designing and redesigning along the way. This is the only stem I have ever made, no prototypes. It has a 46mm reach and is internally relieved with radius’ in all the corners for structural integrity. It has the autobots symbol machined into the front of it for added aesthetics and weighs 360 grams total with all bolts. I have some more Titanium and I’m still designing... What to create next?

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Mt Barker Jam

Tim bringing the ﬂat inspired lawnmower back into style.

Before I get into all the rudimentary rundown of what happened at the jam, who dropped what, who got naked, punched in the face etc etc. I want to take a moment to tell everyone who complains that there is nothing happening in their local scene that organising a jam takes about as much time and effort as paying out your local Kath and Kim set... Words & Photos by david Rubinich So to all you riders out there complaining that nothing ever gets organised in your area, do a flyer, tell your mates, post a message on your local ‘so hot right now’ forum or just put a bulletin up on myspace. Seeing everyone has an account on there these days anyway, you’re set! There you go, a dummies guide to running a jam. Now get out there and support your scene!

packed the place was the vibe was pretty laid back with most people just chilling and catching up, that is except for Mozzie who was dropping lines like Gretel plugs sponsors on Big Brother. Double whips, barrel rolls, 3 whips over the spine, rock assisted fufanus out of the mini. Kudos to Mozz and Doughnut as they both nearly died trying that fuf, with Mozz walking away with the glory in the end.

So anyway on a sunny Saturday arvo in May we had a jam up at Mt Barker skatepark. Which in hindsight was amazing because for probably the last month you could guarantee it would be raining at least every second day. So when the skies parted on the Friday I knew we were home free. Anyway about the jam, I got there about 1 ish and the place was already packed with riders from A-Town, the Victa boys, as well as the Murray connection so we knew we were in for a good one. Considering how

While Mozz was boosting all over the place, one of the Victor kids (I forget which one) threw down a whip tap to can jam as well as a manual to whip on the mini which were both bananas! As the day wore on, Trav stopped trash talking on everyone for long enough to launch two rail gaps just because he is the Hulk trapped inside a kids body and can probably go higher and faster than anyone I know. If anyone has seen the park you will know how rad one of these gaps is. He gapped from a mellow 1ft high

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bank across a 15ft gap over a bar height rail into another bank. The kid is a heathen! As well as gapping over a backrail to hundred mile an hour downhill run with no brakes, pure class. With all this riding going on somebody was bound to bust something and Mikey obliged by snapping his seat, but being the ape he is he opted for a bush mechanics touch and strapped a tree branch to his toptube to cover for the lack of seat and continued on his merry way. As everyone started to head their separate ways at the end of day and with the sun setting I realised that the old cliché of ‘it’s the simple things in life that are often the best’ really rings true. Get a bunch of like-minded people together to share what they love and everyone leaves with a smile. And with that warm and fuzzy thought we will call that a rap. Until the next one that is. Peace

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Win an 08 Haro

haro and freestyle go WAy back, well the deal is, Bob Haro kind of invented it. Tricks on bikes that is. come 2008, their latest top end complete rides are second to none and have us reminiscing about ‘88 sports... but, back to present for now, and the harsh reality is that we have one slick haro counterpart complete to giveaway. Life is tough eh? The 08 Haro Forum is probably one of the best-looking Haro’s we’ve seen in a long time, and with a 29 year history, that’s gotta be saying something. Although an ‘88 Sport or Master is always going to be a classic, the new Counterpart is one killer ride and could be set to become it’s own piece of BMX history. With Colin Mackay and Nick Cooper on the team, there was always going to be feedback from downunder and by the looks of it, Haro have been taking notes on just about every front when it comes to their 2008 bikes. From it’s cool matte black and brown graphics, it’s simple, light weight full cromo frame and forks, plus all the stuff you would expect on a top end ride; internal headset and mid BB, the Forum is ready to rock. The parts are all black and simply look like they will do the job, cromo 3pc cranks, small drive train, minimal light seat and DX style pedals... We can’t really see anything on this bike that you would need to change, which is pretty unusual for an off the shelf complete bike. So, with that in mind, scoring one for free wouldn’t be all bad would it? And thanks to Pacific Brands and Haro here in Australia, all you gotta do to go into the running to win is simply answer the question below: q. What did Bob haro start his BMX freestyle career making? * Email your answer to haro@2020bmxmag.com.au or snail mail to Haro Counterpart Competition c/o 2020bmxmagazine PO Box 498 Newtown NSW 2042 Entries close on the 16th of November 2007. *Get googling yo and check out 23mag.com for clues too.. .www.harobikes.com

Ayr (where?) jam

Darryl Kelly ﬂowing through the cane ﬁelds PHOTO Derrick Mellish

On Saturday the 8th of September, a trails jam was held in the sugar cane community of Ayr, in North Queensland. This was the second jam put together by Damien Hebbard, Phil Zvaigzne and Darryl Kelly. Words by darryl Kelly & Pete White The day started off early for us, watering the jumps, setting up some shade, buying supplies for the BBQ and making sure everyone had thornproof tubes for the day, due to not being able to rid the trails of bullheads (that resembled nails) in time. At about 10am we were done and it was time to get loose, so we headed to the skatepark, which was the meeting point to wait for everyone to arrive. We couldn’t believe our eyes when we rocked up to see a solid crew already there. Between 30 and 40 riders had travelled from Townsville, Mackay and Airlie Beach. A vast improvement on the 14 that we had last year. A good warm-up session was had, for some people it was the first time they had ridden in Ayr and they were loving the box jump and perfect 6 - 7 foot quarters. So after a couple of hours it was time we hit up the trails. After walking around, sussing out the sets (which consist of a solid four pack with a few transfer lines up for grabs) and having a few feeler runs, people began to bust out. X-ups, turndowns, big 3’s, flips, supermans, transfer lines and whips were on the menu mainly over the second and fourth sets which seemed to be more trick friendly. Others just flowed through with more than their fair share of style. Some of the more tech riders headed back to the park after a feed and watching their mates have a few runs, while the rest stayed and rode late into the afternoon. At the end of the day these were the stand out riders in what would be almost everyones opinion: Dean Foster, James Draper, Darryl Kelly and Jarem Dravitzki while young guns Brent Warrel and Corey Platt showed the older guys how it’s done coming in at only 15 years old. Afterwards, people told us of how good they thought the jumps were, that they had a great day and would be back again for the next one, which made the two months of lead up work, (after letting them get run down) worthwhile. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank Pete White and Derrick Mellish from Flatline BMX for helping to promote the jam. NQ represent!

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Reinventing BMX

While the basics of BMX will never change, there’s always room for innovation and development. Two relatively new players in the BMX arena have upped the anté and brought some fresh ideas to the table for the benefit of all COLONY Transformer lever Colony have been crankin’ out the new products over the last year and one of the nicest looking ones is the Transformer brake lever. Designing and making a brake lever is surprisingly hard as there’s a stack of intricate machining and a bunch of tooling costs involved. It’s actually easier to design and make a frame than it would be to make a brake lever, so props to Clint for picking one of the hardest things to work on. Anyway back to the lever… It’s simple, light and has a very minimalist design, kinda like most of the other Colony parts… The lever is CNC machined and weighs in at 60grams or 2.11oz, which is about half the weight of a regular BMX lever. A regular straight cable will slot straight into the lever, without a barrel adjuster, so there’s nothing to strip out or get bent if you crash on it. You also get a small insert to run with gyro cables so the lever will work with Dragonfly upper cables as well as regular SST cables. As the lever is CNC machined, instead of being forged like most other levers, the hinge is more accurate so there’s less lever wobble and you also get a spare pair of brass bushes to give you extra life in the lever too… All up this has to be the nicest brake lever available, it’s a little pricey but I’d say it’s well worth the dollars for someone that cares about their brakes working good… www.colonybmx.com.au

siMPLe Eject hub Simple bikes have a stack of new parts available including the Eject hub which was designed by Jimmy Röstlund from Stockholm in Sweden. Jimmy rides for Simple so they are working together to produce the hub. I guess the first thing that you will notice is that there are no hub flanges, the spokes sit inside the hub shell and come out through the holes. This means no flanges to bend or break and no spoke ends to trash on rails or while riding street… The hub comes in 36 hole, works with regular spokes and should be laced 4 cross to get the spokes to sit properly in the hub. To build up a wheel you need to remove the 17mm alloy centre axle, which just slots out, no threads to strip… You then poke the spokes in from the inside of the hub and lace the wheel normally. The hub uses Allen key bolts that thread into the centre axle, kinda like a profile mini front hub and will work with pegs. The special alloy cones slide onto the axle, again, no threads and there’s a hub guard version on the way soon… All up a really nice unique design, well done Jimmy and Simple Bikes… www.simplebmx.com www.ejectbmx.com

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FUEL TV. 24/7 Action Sports Television Available on Foxtel Digital and Austar Digital The FUEL TV line-up over the next couple of months has all the BMX action you crave and for the first time in Australia, FUEL TV will break new ground later this month with live coverage of the world’s first Action Sports tour, the Dew Tour, from the USA. FUEL TV will televise the final two legs of the Dew Tour, in Salt Lake City (September 24 and 24) and Orlando (October 21 and 22). It is the first time FUEL TV has screened LIVE action sports. With the likes of Parlsow, Guettler, McCann, Bohan and White, there’s more than enough reason to tune in and check out how the Australian BMX invasion is going stateside.

DEW Action Sports Tour Live On-Air times Salt lake city: Sunday 23 Sep

4.00am – 5.30am

LIVE

Monday 24 Sep

5.00am – 8.00am

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orlando: Sunday 21 Oct

4.00am – 5.30am

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Monday 22 Oct

5.00am – 8.00am

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OCTOBER DEW acTIoN SPoRTS TouR Monday Nights at 9pm PRoPS 2007 Every Wednesday at 10am

Also, Check Out… LG ACTION SPORTS CHAMPS, DEW ACTION SPORTS TOUR, VODAFONE X-AIR 2007, BMXGAMES 2007 and of course, Friday night is bike night, so keep it locked to Fuel for your 20inch digital needs...

www.fueltv.com.au

Corey Bohan will be aiming for some big results on the Dew Tour. PHOTO yorick carroux

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Fise 2007

When the organisers of the Nokia FISE event in France asked me to come over to ride the comp and do a demo the week before, I jumped at the opportunity. A free trip to France, a chance to see my girlfriend (who lives in England) and to catch up with some of my European friends sounded good to me. Globetrotting by Matt Fairbairn After arriving in Paris and collecting my rental car, I had to find my way to Rennes. What should have been a two and a half hour drive turned into a 7 hour drive, after making a lot of wrong turns leaving Paris. Not a fun experience after having barely slept in the last 24hrs. I was doing a demo in Rennes with a bunch of rollerbladers and a skateboarder as part of a big international rollerblade festival. I didn’t have a great time riding in the demo due to the near hurricane conditions that I had to ride in, but I was kept amused by the events happening around me. There was a band cruising around the city dancing on segway scooters, high jump comps on rollerblades and people racing around the city everywhere in lycra on their skates. From Rennes I drove down to Montpellier, which is on the south coast of France for the FISE comp. I love the comps in Europe. They always have a really relaxed atmosphere and it never feels like a comp, just a fun session with my mates. The organisers went all out with the event layout. The vert ramp and mini ramp were placed on scaffolding in the middle of a river that flowed through the city of Montpellier. The street course was placed over the river and the dirt jumps were built on the rivers edge. Surprisingly there was only one skateboard and one camera flash lost to the river over the whole week. The vert ramp did move a bit, due to the sketchy scaffolding that it was held up with, but it was OK. The vert comp was a lot of fun with everyone feeding off each other and throwing down all of their hardest tricks.

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The crowd in Montpellier was amazing. I don’t think I have ever seen anything like it at any other BMX event that I’ve been to. It was like being at an English soccer match. I think the fact that Montpellier is a university city helped as most of the locals knew what was going on and were really into it. I was left with my jaw on the ground after the mini ramp comp. It was like watching someone play a Playstation game. I don’t want to go into a big trick list, but a few things have to be mentioned. Ben Hennon did an 8ft tuck no hander over the spine. Not a bad way to get the judges attention as the first trick in your run. Mark Webb was doing flip to 540 tailtap to whip in and he did a clean flatspin 900. Daniel Dhers was doing 540 whip airs like they were nothing as well as double whip 360s over the spine. The list could go on and on but these were the things that stuck out in my mind. The plan was to drive back to Paris right after the comp and get a couple of hours of sleep before flying back home to Australia. I soon found out that it was the last day of a long weekend and pretty much every one in France seemed to be driving the same route that I was. I’ve never seen so many people waiting at a service station before. People were lined up 50m outside of the shops just to use the toilets. The 8hr drive quickly turned into a monster 13hr drive and I had to bypass the hotel I was meant to stay in for a last 40 winks and go straight to the airport. All part of the fun of travelling, I guess.

Cam White rockin on his rockin backyard trails which feature in the upcoming Justify DVD. PHOTO Hillenbrand

Unit on the move

uNIT HAVE BEEN GETTING BuSy AS OF LATE, PREPARING A HuGE NEW LINE OF RIDING INSPIRED cLOTHING AND FILMING/EDITING WHAT SHOuLD BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST BuDGET RIDING DVD’S FROM THESE SHORES. On the clothing front, Unit have stepped up and released a massive range of shirts, shorts, headwear, bandanas and all sorts of gear. Far from a simple t-shirt company, Unit have been growing in leaps and bounds over the last years and aren’t afraid to put some dollars back into the industry in the form of sponsorship of a big crew of riders. So just who is on Unit? That’s easy to work out, the soon to be released Justify production features some of the best Australian talent in BMX and Moto with the likes of Cam White, Corey Bohan, Cam Pianta, Dane Searls, Nick Cooper, Niki Buckard, Ash Cosgriff, Chris Edgar and Tim Wood. With this kind of talent and a budget most BMX film crew can only dream of, Justify will be one serious DVD. Check the bonus section of Hindsight 3 or head to www.justify.com.au for the trailer along with more details. And if you’re on the Gold Coast on the 28th of September, there’s a big arsed premiere party going down at Shooters Saloon Bar. Get your stash groomed and rock out with the team!

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We’re in this together... BMX is often viewed as a fringe sport or lifestyle and due to this it’s often met with views of negativity or hostility. Whether it be the pissed off teacher chasing you out of a school for grinding the benches or a cop just giving you a hard time because you haven’t got a helmet or reflectors? So being of such a non-mainstream nature, you’d think similar lifestyle groups would stick together? Words & photo by steve Morrisey In a perfect world that may be the case but in reality, that is far from true. There has always been some kind of underlying tension between skateboarders, BMXers, bladers and of course scooterheads alike and come the last few years, you can add into the mix the big wheels of MTB wanting a part of similar terrain and getting it’s own fair share of dramas. Whether it’s the “old skool” skaters that still to this day think that the word “skate park” means that anything that isn’t a piece of wood with four urethane wheels bolted to the bottom should be promptly banned from entering or utilising that said bit of council funded, public concrete. Or on the other hand, you have the un-educated riders that think because you can go faster and higher, you can overrun and dominate the same piece of cement and thrash the shit out of a ledge and grinds it to smithereens.

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So, when you add a relatively new deal into this mix in the form of MTB hitting up parks and trails, it seems to be all on and there seems to be a handing down of ignorant attitudes. Most of the time they haven’t grown up at parks, usually finding the bush a more suitable home, but with our population gathered around the cities, it’s only natural to utilize resources in your local area. With BMX being the older of the two riding species, there is a view that MTB is inferior and damaging to our scene or spots, in the same way that skate has rightly or wrongly judged BMX in the same manner. Spending most of my misspent youth behind BMX bars I have had more than a fair share of experience with them all. I’m sure I was a punk BMXer who was oblivious to the world once and got in the way and did things that got under people’s skin. This in turn probably got them thinking I was ruining their ramps or spots, meaning all were branded with the same brush. And of course those crews may have well done the same once upon a time as well and so the cycle continues… But along came some new mates and some fresh ways of thinking were soon apparent. Because of this I guess I opened my eyes a little and this helped give me a little clarity to the situation. A lot of sessions around my local have had about a 50/50, skater/BMXer ratio on the average day as of late. We are all mates and all shred the same stuff and have fun. And more than this, there is not the usual hostility between the two genres! If anything, there seems to be more positive vibes because there is just a group of us getting stoked on a rad session. It’s so true, a lot of riders watch skate vids, wear skate brands and have respect for how hard it is to be good at skateboarding and ultimately they inspired

William (BMX) and Scott (skate) loving the session regardless of race, colour or creed. PHOTO Morrisey

half our tricks, hello feeble or smith grind! Similarly a lot of skaters can’t help getting somewhat amazed by what some can do on the 20inch bike by the height and speed and they always respect that we have a heavy chunk of metal beneath to inflict us pain. So there is a definite knowledge and somewhat respect for each other and as far as the new generation of freestyle MTB goes, I have not met one that does not appreciate and respect BMX, if not play about on one also. I mean it is pretty much riding, just on bigger wheels and with suspension. Ultimately, if someone is cool, rips and respects, it doesn’t really matter what they do for fun, whether it be on four wheels or two, whether they have 20inch wheels or 26inch wheels or even four of them strapped to each foot. Maybe next time it might be worth giving people a fresh chance and judge them on personality and character rather than equipment choice? Because realistically we are kinda in this boat together. That said, I guess you can’t expect every skater or rider for that matter to be the coolest, but maybe the first step you take could improve the future is to start with a fresh outlook and see if you end up with a new mate? As time progresses and BMX, skating and MTB gets bigger and bigger there’s going to have to be some changes, so maybe we can start to carve a new mindset and direction that benefits us all and leave the ignorant, neanderthal mindsets for the football grounds, churches and killing fields of the world.

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The great Australian dream

The great Australian dream has always run along the lines of get married, get yourself a prime house and piece of land and settle down. Seems over the years that’s started to evolve, especially if you ride... Trails anyone? Words by Goark Photo by Jade It starts with a hip to the left, small, but a bit of length and with a steep landing that provides momentum into a pit to ready you for the second. A bigger jump, about 4-5ft high with 7 or 8ft gap but with a good amount of flow down onto the landing with a short pit with no flat bottom. Then back up a steep, kicky lip sending you over the grave pit into a rapidly hardening down ramp, that immediately sends you round the tightest 180 berm, into a soon to be completed, bigger, down hill run back towards the roll-in and my new house! Ruth and I have just purchased a house together in Melbourne’s outer suburbs and we are now starting our life together. We found this house by pure luck and straight away I said to Ruth that this is where I want to live and I will do what ever it takes to get there. Sure enough, here we are happy and proud home owners. I cannot express just how good it is to have mates come over and give them the ‘grand tour’ knowing that what you’re showing them is yours. What’s better is the look on their face when you show them the backyard and watch as their jaw dropped in amazement of the sheer size of it! Yeah, I found a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom established

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home on a quarter acre. Now we here in the BMX community would think of two things when coming across a house with this much land, where are the empties gonna go and whether it’s trails or ramps that will be built? I opted for trails and in the first month had the first run nearing completion, by the end of the second I was well into the next bigger set. As you can tell, life at the moment could not get much better. I work a good job in the bicycle industry which just happens to be a 6 minute pedal away, I run my own photography business, check out www.gorakpik.com.au and I just moved into my own home complete with trails and have a sweet girl to share it all with. Best thing is it has all come from these little bikes we ride and the love and determination that is common in the group of people who be riding BMX. Owning your own piece of land, having a home that you can call yours. Being able to paint, build, tear down, renovate and change it in what ever way pleases you. A goal of mine for many years, something from an early age I’ve worked towards and something that is well worth the hard work. It’s the ‘Australian Dream’ of buying your first home!

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Rad Vans giveaway Vans have always had an affinity with bmx. fRom way back when chequered top tube, sTem and handlebar pads were as fashionable as tight jeans and slammed seats are today. The raditude level went through the roof REcENTLy when vans announced their limited edition rad shoes in both lace up and slip ons. Vans decided that the defining BMX movie Rad needed to be commemorated with a limited edition range of shoes that were a part of the celluloid legend. With the likes of Martin Aparijo, Travis Chipres, the villian Bart Connors and of course the legendary Cru Jones sporting both the shoes and pad sets in the movie, it was high time that the same shoes were released once again. The styles are based on the race teams of the time and you may even be lucky enough to score a set of the reversible pad sets with the shoes... We’ve got three pairs to giveaway, and they are in limited sizes as there’s sweet FA of these bad boys in the country. It’s too damn easy to win as all you have to do is answer this easy question: q: Who did cru Jones bicycle boogie with and take ass sliding in the movie Rad? Email your answer to vansarerad@2020bmxmag.com.au or snail mail to: The Rad Vans Giveaway c/o 2020bmxmagazine PO Box 498 Newtown NSW 2042 along with your shoe size. Entries close on the 16th of November 2007. *Youtube may just have this movie online, you do the searching... .

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Way out west...

Advice?

Hi my name is Ethan Tucker, I am 14 and I live in Newman W.A. I love to ride BMX and I love your mag and I would love to see myself in your mag, I would be stoked so if you guys could do that for me I would be so grateful.

I want to get back in the scene after years of absence. Being in Perth WA, I got no idea where to start. I want a bike ideally for street, but I’m debating whether to buy a pro model. Would such a model be tough enough for the street or would I better off building my own?

Ethan Tucker

Dylan

Yo Ethan, you be living in one amazing part of the country. Keep the footjams going on!

Red center of the universe... I was just wondering if you could check these photos I took of Phil at a BMX comp held recently in Alice Springs, they’re pretty sweet!

Jimmy Hapke G’day Jimmy, seems the red centre is going off. Keep up the shooting and keep us in the loop with what’s going on BMX wise in your part of Aus!

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You’ve asked at the right time! Seems the new 2008 ranges from the majority of straight up 20inch companies have some amzing completes that are as custom as you can build them yourself. Check out the likes of Colony, Premium, Fit, Subrosa, United, Haro, MirraCo, Felt and a heap more for pro level bikes at a good $.

<< Bring em on! Here are some shots I have taken recently. Please tell me what you think, and maybe you could chuck one or two shots in the next issue?

Jordan Smith. Hey Jordan, we reckon you should definitely keep shooting more and send us shots on a regular basis. 2020 has only become what it is thanks to so many riders stepping up and documenting what they live.

REFORMIST FlaT Yo!

Reformist Words Alistair Finlay

MELBOuRNE BOuND Winter in Melbourne, the riders choice! It seems like an odd place to travel to in winter but the capital of the garden state has become the destination for many a flatlander this year. Both Micheal (Kowalski) Bieleki and June (Smooth and Creamy) Dunca made the trip mid winter and managed to drag in the good weather with them, which made a nice change for the stagnant grey hell that we have been enduring. The influx in set to continue with local and international riders planning to make a trip to visit the locals at IMAX.

IVF OPEN DAy III Jam it up there, IVF Open Day III. Following on from its success last year the Institute of Victorian Flatland (IVF) Open Day is returning in 2007. Now in its third year, the event, set for Sunday 30 September at 1pm is looking bigger than ever. Boasting more riders, more hilarity and more epiphanies than any other flatland jam in South Eastern Australia in late September, the IVF Open Day is a must for anyone wanting to undertake a Bachelor of Freestyle, majoring in flatland next year. Come put a face to the name and spend the day riding and talking shit with some smelly flatlanders in the spring sunshine. Check out www.flatlandaustralia.com for more information.

MFZ LIVES! The MFZ is not dead. After an almost two year break the Melbourne Flatland Zine is set to make a return in late 2007. At this stage, the grand plans involve a video edition of the MFZ as well as some soft goods, which are likely to be t-shirts, hats and ponchos. The video, which will make up the sixth issue for the zine is going to be chockers with Australian and Kiwi flatland goings on, including (but not limited to) riders riding, riders talking about stuff, riders doing other stuff that isn’t riding and talking and a healthy dose of controversial opinion. Keep an eye on www.melbourneflatland.com for more information.

GLEAMING THE cuBE... It’s official. The flatland frame that Colony had been whispering about is Shane Badman’s signature ride. It started when Shane told old school flatland head Clint Millar that he couldn’t get something exactly like he wanted. I.E. something that would stand up to his riding. Enter ‘The Cube’. The frame will not be out yet for at least 6 months but should be worth the wait. Details are still in proto stage but they go along the lines of a top tube of 18.85, rear end 13.0, HT angle 74.5, ST angle 72.0, Spanish BB, Internal H/ set and possible removable rear brake mounts. As for weight, expect it to be light.

Hang 5’s are now only cool on the pedals, just ask newly Australianized Paul Chamberlain who is currently making his way around the country’s ﬂat mecca’s. PHOTO Nitai

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REFORMIST FLAT YO!

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Rid e Forever Yo!

Brothers in Arms

MOST OF US GOT INTO BMX WITH A GROUP OF FRIENDS EITHER AS KIDS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OR FROM SCHOOL. BUT AS WITH MOST OF US AFTER A WHILE THE MATES WHO GOT YOU INTO IT GAVE UP. BMX IS A VERY INDIVIDUAL TYPE OF SPORT THAT DOES NOT DEPEND ON HAVING SOMEONE DOING IT WITH YOU. THAT’S PROBABLY THE APPEAL BECAUSE IT MAKES ONE ETCH THEIR OWN STYLE AND ACQUIRE A UNIQUE OUTLOOK ON WHAT THEY CHOSE TO DO. OBVIOUSLY MOST OF US LOVE THE SOCIAL ASPECTS THAT COME WITH RIDING WITH LIKE MINDED 20 INCH CREW. BUT IT CAN BE EYE OPENING TO SEE TWO PEOPLE WHO HAVE PROBABLY RIDDEN WITH EACH OTHER FROM DAY ONE AND HAVE STYLES, TECHNIQUES AND EVEN SKILLS THAT REALLY DIFFERENTIATE THEM FROM ONE ANOTHER. WITH THIS IN MIND WE HAVE LINED UP SOME RIDERS THAT HAVE BEEN MATES FOR A LONG TIME AND HAVE TURNED INTO ABSOLUTE SHREDDERS. INTERVIEW AND PHOTOS BY STEVE MORRISEY

Shane Conlon inverted mid three. PHOTO steve Morrisey

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Shane Bryans - Shane Conlon Names, ages and where are you from?

everything together.

Shane Bryans 23 years old, from Toormina, NSW.

Sc We do a fair bit together, but always ride together.

Shane conlon 21 Coffs Harbour, NSW.

Who is better at what?

how long have you known each other for?

SB Cono is better than me at everything fullstop.

SB I’d have to say 5, maybe 5 and a bit years now.

Sc He has a better raw ability on his bike, like when it comes to bunnyhop manualing a picnic table or balancing a foot jam for what seems like an hour or maybe two. Plus he’s probably better at pullin the ladies!

Sc About 5 or 6 good years.

how long have you both been into BMX for? SB I think I started riding about 10 years ago. Sc I’ve been into BMX since I lost my training wheels and I’m pretty sure he’s been into it for a long time too.

Who got who into riding and how often do you ride together? SB Well we were both already into pushies when we met and we basically ride together every day seeing as though I live at Cono’s house. Sc We both met through riding and ride together any chance possible, weekends and when we are not working. It’s always a good time!

In 2 words explain each others riding? SB Big and unpredictable. Sc Balanced and dialled.

Would you consider your styles similar or different?

Do you push each other cause you know each others limits? SB It doesn’t take much to push Cono cause he has A.D.D. already, but there are a lot of things I probably wouldn’t have done if he didn’t give me the idea or tell me that he thought I could do it. Sc For sure, we are always heckling each other to do new shit.

What is some weird bit of knowledge you know about each other? SB Conlon’s not scared to get his junk out after havin a couple of alcoholic beverages, but I guess that’s general knowledge for anyone who knows him. Sc He’s gonna hate me saying this, but he has a little white patch of hair on his head. Ahahaha, I’m a dead man…

SB I think they are different, Conlon does more backies, barspins and 720’s. I’m more footjams, ice picks and lip tricks.

Do you like to ride the same stuff?

Sc Different, he has way better control over his bike.

Sc I like to ride anything I can, but I think he prefers to ride park more.

though you ride the same stuff and with each other a lot of the time and probably have for years?

are your bike setups the same?

o!do you think you ride differently even er Y Why

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SB I’m a bit more scared to do flips and things like that, I’d rather watch him do that kinda thing and I’ll keep to the lip tricks. Sc I think everybody rides different in some way, there is never the same two styles. That’s what always makes BMX so interesting.

Do you do everything together or just BMX? SB We ride together and live in the same house but we have separate mates outside riding, so no, we don’t do

SB Conlon likes to ride dirt and trails a lot more than I do but besides that we like to ride the same stuff.

SB They are a bit different, my seat is a bit lower than his and his lever is on the opposite side but everything else is pretty much the same, no major differences. Sc Pretty much the same except for he runs lower seat and his levers on the opposite side

If you could steel one skill or trick off the other what would it be?

Do you think having a mate who rides has been a positive thing? and do you think that has kept you both riding as hard as you both have and maybe stopped you giving up these dang kids bikes? SB I think it’s a positive thing for sure. I would have kept riding these ‘dang kiddies bikes’ but I don’t think I would have attempted some things or progressed as much if I didn’t ride with Conlon. Sc I don’t think there is anything better than riding with your mates, chilling out, giving each other shit and just having a good time on your bike, so yeah, its definitely positive and I don’t think either of us will ever quit

SB Probably flipwhip or double truck. Sc His balance for sure. He seems to just hold his tricks for so much longer than anyone else.

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Raphael JeromaWilliams

Names and age and where your both from?

Would you consider your styles similar or different?

Raphael Jeroma-Williams and Michael Czajkowski, Both 20 years old and from outer space aka brisvegas.

Mc Pretty different, Raphs a bit of a trickster and does pretty crazy burly kinda stuff as well as tech peg stuff, where as I’m just a manual spinning pussy kinda rider. Motherfucker.

how long have you known each other for? Pretty much forever, dating back to the bin-rat years.

how long have you both each been into BMX? RJW Forever, I pretty much started riding when I was born... Mc I actually skated when I came out of the womb and skated for years after that, then started riding when my brother did. Probably like a million years.

Do you do everything together or just BMX?

RJW We met at the skatepark when we were young bin-rats and started riding together ever since.

Who is better at what?

Mc Yeah definitely.

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RJW I guess we just look at stuff differently, but still feed off each other. I think Mike skating before riding influenced his style on a bike.

Who got who into riding and how often do you ride together?

If one of you quit riding early on do you think you would have kept on?

R ide Fore ver Yo!

Why do you think you ride differently even though you ride the same stuff and with each other a lot of the time and probably have for years?

In two word explain each others riding? RJW Micko = Can’t write two words only... Tech smooth and precise. Mc Raph = Fucking crazy.

Mc Pretty much everything, we are ‘twin brothers’ nekka. RJW Mike’s better at getting the ladies and ripping on every one. Mc Raph’s way better then me at getting drunk, I try to keep up but its hard with his German powers.

Do you push each other harder because you know each others limits? Mc I think we influence each other, but Raph doesn’t seem to have limits sometimes, he just goes hard and I just sit back shocked.

RJW We push each other a fair bit, he always looks at spots and thinks outside the square and rides it in his own unique way. Which makes me think about spots in a different way, it’s a good breath of fresh air.

What’s one weird bit of knowledge about the other (different examples) MC He drives a sweet old school car, he also surfs, has a very awesome outlook on life and just loves the good moments with close friends. But I think BMX is his mistress. RJW Mike has more shoes then spend less, his bike is a new colour ever week, loves his car’s, lives every night like it’s a weekend and loves his crew more then anything else.

RJW I would have to say his endless style and smoothness and his ability to not ride for ages then come back n kill every one awesome.

Do you think having a mate like in your case’s who rides has been a positive thing? And do you think that has kept you both riding as hard and as long as you both have and maybe stopped you giving up these dang kids bikes?

Michael Czajkowski

MC Haha, having close brethren like Raph has definitely kept me stoked on riding, it’s good to know there’s always someone who just wants to ride purely for the fun of it no matter where and when it is. RJW What he said. Shyzer...

Do you like to ride the same stuff? RJW We both pretty much love riding anything, we’ve had so many days just riding gutters and potters logs. But we both like street more then anything else, but love park and trails too.

Are your bike setups the same? MC Fairly similar, but Raph runs pegs and I don’t.

If you could steal one skill or trick off the other what would it be? MC I wish I could do the peg tricks he does, but I don’t even run pegs, so I’d say his flattys. ISSUE 26

Toby Matthews PHOTO steve Morrisey

Toby Matthews - Matt King Names and age and where your both from?

In two words explain each others riding?

Who is better at what?

Toby Matthews, 22, Gold coast.

TM Brakeless tech dog.

TM Matt’s backies.

Matt King, 22, Gold Coast.

MK Big tricks.

MK Toby is better at fronties.

how long have you known each other for?

Would you consider your styles similar or different?

Do you think gunta looks good in a dress?

TM Different.

MK Yeah he looks good.

MK Yep, different.

Do you push each other harder because you know each others limits?

TM 10 years. MK 10 years.

how long have you been into BMX? 7 years.

Who got who into riding and how often do you ride together? TM We started riding skateparks the same day, both got into it through friends at school.

If one of you quit riding early on do you think you would have kept on?

Why do you think you ride differently even though you ride the same stuff and with each other a lot of the time and probably have for years?

MK Nah probably not, you just gotta push yourself, have a bourbon or something.

MK Everyone just does their own thing, if it was all the same it would suck.

What’s one weird bit of knowledge about the other (different examples)

Do you do everything together or just BMX? TM Riding and gettin on it sometimes.

MK Fuck Yes.

MK Yeah same as what Toby said!

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TM Not really, Just make other kids do shit or don’t let them ride the ramp haha.

TM It’s Just the style u feel best riding like, I’ve always liked going high so that’s what I do.

TM Fuck Yes.

TM Ohhh yes!

TM Matt did a sheep shit at Options tavern. MK Toby had a massive skullet a couple of years ago and likes goon.

Matt King PHOTO steve Morrisey

Do you like to ride the same stuff? TM Mainly ramps. MK Nah having different stuff is good. are your bike setups the same? TM Mines a Bloody Oath frame with brakes and no pegs. MK A Bloody Oath frame with pegs and no brakes.

TM A positive thing because we didn’t buy Skylines and quit riding like every other metro.

If you could steal one skill or trick off the other what would it be?

MK Yeah positive, cuz we never quit when all those other wankers did when they got their licences.

TM peg stuff. MK Air stuff.

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Do you think having a mate like in your case’s who rides has been a positive thing? and do you think that has kept you both riding as hard and as long as you both have which maybe stopped you giving up these dang kids bikes?

I uSED To ThINK GIRlS WERE REallY BaD aT oRGaNISING ThEIR ShIT. YOU KNOW, WHENEVER YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING AND A GIRL IS AROUND, IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO TAKE TWICE AS LONG AS IT SHOULD... THEY GOTTA SORT OUT THEIR HAIR, THEIR MAKEUP, MAKE SURE THEIR SHOES MATCH THEIR OUTFIT, BLAH BLAH BLAH... BUT AFTER DOING THIS ARTICLE, I DON’T REALLY KNOW IF I’M MUCH BETTER AT ORGANISING SHIT. SECURITY GUARDS, BAD WEATHER, INJURIES, NOT ENOUGH LIGHT, NOT ENOUGH HOURS IN THE DAY, BAD WEATHER, LACK OF MOTIVATION, LACK OF SLEEP, TOO MUCH SLEEP, BEING DRUNK, BEING HUNGOVER, SECURITY GUARDS, NOT ENOUGH HOURS IN THE DAY, BAD WEATHER, AND JUST BEING SHIT AT LIFE I GUESS? OH... AND BAD WEATHER...

Tim DougherTy • 360 Tyregrab “I was really being a bitch when it came to 360 tyre grabbing this stair set. I just couldn’t get my hand to grab the tyre... until I saw a security guard running towards me. I knew this was the last shot, so I grabbed the tyre so hard that I stopped my front wheel. Stoked!”

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cairns • smiTh rail “Fullarton road is full of office buildings and businesses with heaps of rails and ledges and all that... So one cold winter night we headed off there for a suss. We found some old door behind one of the buildings and carefully placed it on this stair set so you could ride up it like a big bank / fly out thing, which we all had a good session on. After a while I ice-d and toothed down the rail and wanted to hit up an over tooth hanger which somehow ended up being a perfect smith down and a good shot too...”

naTe walker • 180 hop “The first photo James got here resulted in a hissing back tyre. Wanting another shot we quickly got another one done... funny night... two minutes of riding, half an hour walking a bike with a flat.”

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Jesse • whip bank Jesse is dope, enough said. When we were shooting this he mentioned that it was so dark he couldn’t even see his pedals. I dunno how, but he did it. Salt reckons that Jesse could beat me up, I don’t know if he could, but I do know that Jesse can whip heaps better than I will ever be able to.

Darryn James • golf course rail “This rail was loose! A really sketchy run up and not much light. The plan was to finish work, catch the train into town, meet James at the park then hit up the rail while there was still light out. By the time we got there it was already starting to get dark, and the run up to the rail was way sketchier then I thought it would be.... Explaining the run up is sort of one of those “you had to be there” things, but majority of it was a golf putting green. If any of you have played golf or been on a course you know the green is really spongy and doesn’t carry much speed at all, especially on a bike. Well, after the green there was some rough grass which sloped down towards the rail, then some mud, a small patch of asphalt then a rubber type kick/step. Well any way the first time I hit the rail I was lazy, didn’t go fast enough and didn’t hop high enough and my back peg slipped. I ended up sliding down it on my arse... haha. So second try I’m rolling up to the rail and can’t really see it, just a faint outline of it, then continue to roll over the shit, hit the kick, land both pegs on the rail, get blinded by James’ flashes, slide the rest of the rail and landed. That’s it, done.“

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simeon mills • pegleDge “This spot wasn’t in my mind when we went to go ride, but as things go, it rained on our parade (literally) so we rolled up to the local shops and James thought this would be a good shot. Got set up in the rain and took a few photos. James wanted to get his gear out of the rain but I wanted to get good stunts in. Turns out flashes aren’t weather proof, but Simeon is, so bring it on.“

moZZy • whip “James and myself set off to get some street riding shots, after riding across the whole city we ended up here... first off, we got a few shots of a footjam on this shonky rock bank and after about 40 minutes of foot jams we decided we would shoot another trick... Then security came and told us otherwise! The security guard was some sort of robot, all that he said was “Please move on”. James tried to talk to him but got nothing. So anyway, we came back a few nights later and decided we would just go for it. We ended up getting this whip you see here... Thanks James, you pirate.”

Josh • wallriDe To gap “The day we shot this I really didn’t want Josh to do this gap. The photo doesn’t do it justice but its pretty gnarly, like wallride up 6 feet or so and then over the planter... I didn’t really think it was possible. But yeah, the day we shot this, Josh was on some gnarly painkillers for his back or something and could barely string a sentence together or hop up a curb... he wrecked himself a few times, but in the end he got it done... cause that’s what Josh does... get things done... he’s pro.“

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I mostly look forward, I never really look back on my life. It was real basic. There was nothing out of the ordinary!” I think it’s funny that Daniel Kostakakis would say such a thing as from all the times I’ve seen this kid ride, he’s been far from ordinary! He’s one of those kids you see around the place shredding and doing that trick you’ve been trying to master for the past 10 weeks. He’s the one 2 feet higher than your 5ft airs. He’s the dialled rider that is hooking pocket airs bigger than your standard airs and tricking every part of it! He’s the quiet kid on the deck but he’s also the one that’s sure of what’s going on and who he is! This is Daniel Kostakakis!

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Daniel, or “Kosta” as he’s known by his friends, is 19 years old and has lived his whole life shredding the western suburbs of Melbourne. Calling Hoppers Crossing home nowadays, Daniel has mastered mini riding and the tech styles that are prominent today. “Yeah, I had a 12 inch bike. Oh, that bike was good. It had Tuffs, it was baby blue with flowers and a basket. That thing was the best!” The kid started from a young age! When not getting up to all sorts of mischief, the quiet boy would be on his bike. If he wasn’t exploring or learning his way around electronics and playing with remote control cars or being “fascinated by everything” Kosta would be riding. At the age of about 13 and after many years of computer games and athletics, Daniel discovered BMX. Guided by his cousin, who would be jumping and tricking all sorts of things, the local skate park soon became the favourite destination. There were a lot of people there and they all had there own style. As we all do, Mr. Kostakakis would watch and teach himself the ways of BMX. “A lot of people influenced me” he said “but I just try to be myself.” With that comment I reflected on times riding with Kosta and how his style is unique and so very tech but also smooth and graceful. “Whip air to manual to 180 from a 16 year old kid in 2004 was impressive to me..” Claw commented about the kid from the west. Many would agree that he appears to have that natural ability to ride his bike and do it well. ISSUE 26

Who do you ride with mostly? Mini, Fink, Claw! Everyone! It depends on who’s out! And do you share styles with the kids you roll with? I’ve changed lately. I used to be into bigger tricks but now I just flow and go bigger in airs and style. Just airing. Big and smooth now! When asked about jams, Daniel commented “pretty much travel as far as I have to!”. “I prefer a good jam any day”. Cracking under the pressure, Daniel is not one for comps but loves travelling to wherever the next jam is in order to stay amongst the BMX scene. There haven’t been a heap of jams lately being the middle of winter but he enjoys the ACT jams and also had a good ride at the Ringwood jam a few months back. “Within reason” Kosta will make his way to what ever jam you hold so I suggest putting on a jam and letting the kid know so you can be amazed when he shows up and kills the transitions. “I’d love to go to the (United) States,” he said “and other countries too, both to ride and experience.” There are lots of good parks overseas and the videos coming out of there suggest there’s good fun to be had riding them. When he was in year 8, Daniel went to Greece for a month but was unable to take his bike so the travelling bug has bitten and he is definitely keen to see more of the world. In Australia, Kosta gets around in a beat up short wheel base Nissan Patrol and with his enthusiastic interest in cars, he also has a 1968 XM Ford Falcon that is a work in progress and a ’73 mini that’s almost a work of art. Not satisfied with just working on his own cars, Daniel spends his working hours at ‘Dave’s Kustoms, Rods and Classics’ where he masters his skills in panel beating and fabrication. From the days spent with Daniel Kostakakis he’s given the chance for loads of people to experience the true meaning of riding by being out there for fun and the sheer enjoyment in pedalling flat stick towards a 9ft quarter pipe and the amazing feeling knowing that your bike is 8ft above ground as you flip it upside down in the smoothest invert you’ll see in a long time. It’s a good thing to be bought back to the very reasons why we ride. To understand again what makes us pick up the bike again after being thrown from it. Riding with and watching Daniel Kostakakis ride shows us another time why we do it. I’m sure as I finish writing this interview, Daniel has just picked up Claw and they are now on their way to shred some hips and quarters and all sorts of skate park obstacles. Now you’ve finished reading this, perhaps you should go ride too!

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Simple pleasures For a large number of people around the world the main objective throughout life is to experience as many places, people and situations as they can. With that said, these people turn to travelling in order to escape the normality and routine of day to day life at home. Over the last couple of months in Melbourne things started to get very dull, the weather was steadily getting worse and riding the same stuff day after day was getting tiring. The plan was to take a year off University, work a couple of jobs, save a bunch of money and travel somewhere far away where the weather was good and the riding was even better... Story by Scott Lacey photos by Rutger Pauw ISSUE 26

Mitch Yeates inverts one of Copenhagen’s premier indoor bowl’s PHOTO Rutger Pauw

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The journey begins Following countless emails to and from Niels Thanild the destination was sorted, Copenhagen, Denmark. As this was my first time abroad, going to Denmark was definitely going to be a wild experience. The main reason behind flying to the other side of the world was to visit the Roskilde Festival, which is a massive music Festival just outside of Copenhagen with around 120,000 people in attendance. Leading up to the departure date I never really thought about what Roskilde might be like. That was until the second flight from Bangkok to Copenhagen where I was sat next to a big Danish guy, this was a man that had experienced some weird places. Our conversation started with stories about Roskilde and people drinking, doing all types of drugs all day and night, Swedish girls running around naked and some really good music. Second were a number of short stories involving some of the lesser-known parts of Bangkok and some cheap Thai prostitutes. Having a beer with that guy was a laugh, and he gave me a better idea of what to expect at Roskilde. After a 24-hour haul, and a layover in Bangkok, the plane finally landed at Copenhagen airport at 6:30am. I left Australia by myself. I had never met any of the people I was going to be riding with, or staying with for that matter. Luckily I wasn’t alone and a lot of the other guys on the Simple team hadn’t met each other before, so we were all in the same boat. The week leading up to Roskilde was spent riding the streets of Copenhagen, as well as some of the parks it had to offer. In the group we had Edward from Latvia, Kert from Estonia, Pim from Switzerland, Shoji from Japan / UK, Mitch from the UK, Oba from New York, Jimmy from Sweden, Niels from Copenhagen, two hippie Americans from Las Vegas, Travis Johnston who’s originally from AUS and now represents Copenhagen, and the Swedes, Jocke, Jesper and Martin who sped all the way from Stockholm later in the week to ride and hangout at Roskilde. A last minute addition to the group was none other than fellow Aussie Daniel Hunt, who spent some 45 hours in planes and airports to arrive in Copenhagen without any of his luggage. After meeting and riding with everyone I thought the quote, “BMX has the ability to bring people, from all corners of the globe, together.” was appropriate. Getting to explore a new city with a bunch of new friends from around the globe was a treat, the best week of riding I’ve had in a long time.

Copenhagen Seeing as though we were a group of around 20 year old males it goes without saying that we all wanted to go out and experience the Copenhagen nightlife. With our group rolling around 15 deep we hit some really fun bars. Somehow we ended up at “The Moose” two nights in a row, one night Niels taught me a sentence in Danish, to say to this group of girls, that translated to “It’s really nice to meet you.” However in reality it meant, “Give me your number bitch.” But I guess that’s how things go in Denmark because it worked. It may be normal in Copenhagen but during our week of riding and partying some real funny shit went down. On a street ride one day Travis almost got arrested for crossing the road, at a reggae club that looked like an abandoned house Oba ended up going home with a ‘larger than normal’ young lady, that same night Jimmy got drunk and partied like it was 1999, Shoji and a cigarette lighter got everyone kicked out of a club that was infested with fat hardcore chicks, and with the help of a hot dog vendor that didn’t speak English I managed to find my way home from The Moose multiple times. Good times.

Roskilde Apparently there is a three-year curse with the Roskilde Festival, every three years the weather takes a turn for the worst and Roskilde turns into a very cold and very wet Festival. On the other two years the weather is great, the skies are blue, and everyone is partying and having a great time. This year was one of the bad years. The demos were on the first couple of days during the warm-up to the official festival, which starts when the music begins. The weather held up for the demos, it was a bit windy but Pim still almost managed to front-flip the spine. Then on the second day just before the second demo the rain hit. People were saying that we got more rain in a single day than the average monthly rainfall, and it rained for about two days straight. It definitely would’ve been a lot more fun if it didn’t rain but we dealt with it and had a great time. During one of the first days of music a group of us were going to see Talib Kweli, a hip-hop artist from the US, but it was raining and none of us had rain jackets so we covered ourselves head to toe with garbage bags. We looked like drunken fools, except for Hunt who looked like a drunken garbage bag walking around in a pair of really muddy Orchids. After the rain subsided we got a few good days of weather and I even got to spend my 20th birthday standing in the sun listening to good music with a lot of free beer in my stomach. Best birthday ever.

Stockholm Following the Festival I was thinking of catching the train down to Germany or the Netherlands but nothing was set in stone. Thanks to Travis I boarded a plane bound for Stockholm, Sweden. Stockholm is an amazing place and it’s true that Sweden has the best looking women in the world. One thing that is great about Scandinavia is the weather during their summer; blue skies mid-twenties every day and the sun goes down around 11:30pm every night. On the other hand the winters are pretty harsh, there is a ski-slope a few kilometres from the city centre and because it’s so close to the Arctic Circle during winter there is only 6 hours of sunlight a day. Stockholm local Jesper took Travis and I around to some really fun street spots and filmed a bit for his next Tumult video. Jocke also played tourist guide and showed us some really fun parks and took us to the city where all the hot Swedish girls hang out. The week spent in Stockholm was way too short but I still had a blast. We went out to see what the Stockholm nightlife had to offer. One night I recall paying for this girls taxi ride then she ditched me on the other side of Stockholm with a taxi driver that didn’t speak English, I had no clue how to get back to the apartment or where it was for that matter but I still managed to find my way home at 8am. The following night was a blur as we ended up at Jesper’s friend’s apartment, at around 4am the next day, and proceeded to drink a bottle of Jager. Travis put it best when he said “May as well write tomorrow off then.” The bad thing about going out in Stockholm is that if you want predrinks you have to buy them during the day because the bottle shops, or the Systembolget, close at 4pm everyday and you have to be over 20 years old to even step into the shop. The good thing about the Systembolget is that they have VB. Getting to share a VB with a bunch of Swedes in Stockholm was really cool, they loved the beer too! ISSUE 26

Scott Lacey deep in Christiania PHOTO Rutger Pauw

The pep talk So if you’re one of the people going through the motions of day to day life in Australia, whether you need to get away from school or work or the stresses of circulating around the same cramped town or suburb, I suggest you to gather some of your close mates and plan a trip. Be it overseas or just another part of Australia you’ve never experienced. Getting out of your comfort zone and into different situations is what life is all about, that’s stuff that makes you grow as a person. This article is just a bunch of events I remember from my first time overseas, the world is a big place and there is plenty of fun out there for everyone. Get some. I would like to thank Niels for helping me out and being real cool. Thanks to Travis for the accommodation, babysitting me sometimes and helping me in the supermarket. Jimmy for the couch space and for being good a bloke. The Swedes for showing me Stockholm and Jesper’s friends for the booze, I’m sorry if I did urinate on your carpet or bathroom. The Simple team for being real cool and making it a good time wherever we were. Thanks.

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Resides Brisbane, Qld Words Corey Bohan Photos Nitai

I’ve Known Paul Roberston since the beginning of time. Ever since I can remember he has been making my mates and I laugh our arses off. If it’s not some new school break dance he is busting in a busy shopping centre or a house party, then its doing 80k an hour down the Pacific Highway in his faded red Holden Combo van (that’s flat to the floor too) ready to have a killer weekend with the boys. Paul rarely takes anything serious and that shines through in his BMX riding. What I love best about Robbo is how it can go from him ripping up Nyquists Unit in NC to sessioning the shit out of KP in the back blocks of Logan. It doesn’t matter who or where it is to him, he just takes it as another day off from work and appreciates the day for what it is. My mate Robbo.

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Ben Miels

Resides Victor Harbour, Sa Words Doug Underhill Photo James Wade I have known Ben for a while now. He rides very well no matter what and never seems to loose any tricks and is always dialled. Ben lives in a small town called Victor Harbor, where there are only a few riders. He seems to ride Victor Harbor on a daily basis and will occasionally visit other parks around SA but rides any park extremely well as if he’s been there a thousand times. Ben will not stop until he gets a trick done, likes to tailwhip lots of stuff and is a nice guy and fun to ride with. He is a progressive rider, so look out for him in the future. The guy does not stop.

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Beadle

Resides AucKLAND, NEW ZEALAND Words Paul Moffat Photo Mike Davies Beadle rocks. There should be more BMXers like him. He never talks shit on anyone, he’s not into the fashion of it and he’s not here to outdo anyone, he just loves his bike and he loves riding it. Having said that, though, he’s not afraid to bust his balls to unleash a bad ass barspin or 360 down a crazy stair set or street gap. He’s a friendly bugger and I’m sure he’d like to meet you. So if you see him, say hello, tell him a crazy story or something. He considers himself lucky to have BMX, but I reckon BMX is lucky to have dudes like him.

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Simon Wills

Resides Nowra, NSW Words & Photos Michael Harris Simon and I first met about 5 years ago through a website he built based around our local BMX scene. We soon hooked up for a ride and it has been nothing but good times ever since. On the bike, Simon is the type of guy who lets his riding do the talking and he never stops amazing me with the stuff he seems to learn after watching a ‘how to’ video. Always fun to ride with, a good laugh after a few drinks and a top mate, that’s Simon.

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Chris Harti

Resides cANBERRA, AcT Words Tyson Jones-Peni Photos Raine Turnbull Rather than read the same cookie-cutter article on how good a kid Chris Harti is, direct your eyes to the photo of him transferring across two 4ft quarter pipes like a giant jump box. The amount of bike control that this 15 year old has (how are you still only this young, Chris?), is amazing. He went this high every time, landed smooth, and would then turn around to ask if he went high enough. You’re a shredder Chris!

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Josh Mete

Resides Albury, NSW Words & Photo Scottish John Buultjens I only met Josh in July this year but from that moment I have been amazed by this kid. Yeah he is an awesome rider, but I didn’t see that at first because we had just been introduced by Mini (Andrew Ahumada) at Camberwell skate park, Melbourne. We were just chatting for a wee while and then he rode, Wow! But I saw past his riding, because this kid was so mature for his age and his humour, well lets just say spend five minutes with Josh Mete and you will know what I mean. Josh has just picked up a new bike sponsor this year, but dam! I have totally “Forgotten” who it is, Ha Ha! You can be the best rider in the world, but personality will take you a lot further in this world!

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Crystal Sheperd

Resides Port Macquarie, NSW Words Shane ‘Boinzy’ Bryans Photos Steve Morrisey I’ve known Crystal for about two and a bit years? maybe a bit longer. She lives in Wauchope, a little town just outside Port Macquarie. She started turning up to Switch Indoor Skate Park for the Saturday night sessions. I thought it was pretty cool to see someone from the opposing gender being interested in riding. When she first started turning up she had already been riding for a little while, seeing that she knew the basics like peg stalls, X ups, 1 handers, no footers and various other manoeuvres. Then as the months went on, she kept turning up learning more difficult tricks like no foot cans, superman seat grabs, barspins and 360’s, the odd tailwhip and lately she has also been attempting flips, she’s a pretty quiet person, good to be around and definitely someone to look out for in years to come. Its good to see her sticking one to the boys, showing us how its done and she will keep progressing because she loves to ride her bike.

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TEcH KNOWLEDGE MaKE a DvD? Adrian Galaz mid barspin 180 at the yellow rails during a good session, just after we ﬁnished ﬁlming for the vid. PHOTO Chris Raethke

How to hate making a dVd I hate making Drainkid DVD’s. now It’s over I couldn’t be happier cause making one is a shitload of headaches. Here’s the hit list and things that pissed me off making our DVD. story by LC 1 Filming

If you’re a rider this sux cause you occasionally want to get a ride in but most of the time ya stuck behind the lens, while every one else is having a good one.

2 computers

Computers suck in a myriad of different ways when it comes to editing and authoring, things corrupting, hard drives crashing so on and so on. At one point my main project file became corrupt and I thought I was going to have to re log a fuck load of footage again, 20 plus tapes worth.

3 Busts

As if all this wasn’t hard enough the fact that the powers that be hate you riding street stuff in general is no help at all. It can be frustrating as hell knowing that you could’ve walked away with a good clip but couldn’t due to some dickhead secco giving you the boot. Also don’t be the last to get out due to packin the gear up, make sure ya boys run decoy or it’s all there as proof and can cost ya $300 bucks to repaint a rail.

4 Money This video making costs money, way more than it makes, but I’ll leave as a day to day winge.

5 camera Gear Tapes can chew up easy and can get filmed over even easier. Oh and another handy tip if you leave tapes on batteries it can destroy ya footage. Plus 500 plus bunny hops in a bag does ya gear no favours.

6 Responsibility The bad feeling you get when some one eats it trying to get something down for a stunt on TV. Can’t say I feel like saying c’mon man do it again any time soon.

7 Anthony Michael Ayres Getting the camera back from Anton and all you see is footage of Anton dissing you to the camera. You’ll see some of these clips in one of Anton’s new adds for his soon to be bike company “Anthony Michael Ayres bike co”.

This shouldn’t discourage too many from the vid days out there cause on the other hand it’s still a fun thing getting out with ya crew and hanging out videoing stunts. That and the fact that the end product you’re left with is a good documentation of all the shit you did that year, rather than sit on the couch. Anyone makin a vid knows how much of a pain it can be, so kids be sure to pick up ours and all the other fine oz vids comin out made off a beer budget, just for the love of it. Peace

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Far from a black art, wheel building is an exacting science based upon the wheel being both round and straight. Here’s our take on getting the most from your 20inch wheel Words by Mike daly So you wanna build your own wheels. This might look kinda hard but it’s really not if you’re careful and follow a few simple rules. You will need a rim, hub and spokes, plus the tools necessary to build up your wheel. You have a few choices to make when deciding what you are going to build. 36 or 48 hole? 14 or 15 gauge spokes? Stainless or Titanium? Plain gauge or butted? Brass or alloy nipples? And finally three cross, four cross or radial. You should always use new spokes every time you build a wheel as spokes stretch and it’s really hard to build a straight wheel with second hand spokes. There are more options available but these are the regular questions you’ll have. Deciding between 36 or 48 is pretty easy, these days almost everyone rides 36, it’s a little lighter and easier to build and true. Going 48 won’t make your rim any harder to dent if you hang up, but it will make your rim a little harder to buckle, as the extra spokes will help reduce the rim from flexing sideways. I’d say the only guys that would need to use 48 are really heavy riders or guys that thrash rims a lot. 14 gauge spokes are the most common, you can go 15 or even 16 to save a bit of weight but the spokes will be weaker and snap easier so I’d say its better to stick with 14’s. You will also find nipples easier to find and almost everyone has a 14g spoke wrench, whereas 15’s and 16’s are harder to find. Titanium spokes are nice and light, but super expensive, if you are really trying to save weight then Ti is a good idea but for the expense there are plenty of other ways to save more weight. The Ti colours are cool too though. You can also get double butted spokes which are usually 14 gauge at the end, where you need them strong, and 15 or 16 gauge in the middle, where you don’t need so much strength and can save some weight. Again the weight saving is not a whole lot and double butted spokes are more expensive. Most spokes come with brass nipples, but you can also get alloy ones, which come in a bunch of colours and will save you a little weight as well. As before the weight saving is not huge but I guess if you go 36 hole with Ti spokes and alloy nipples instead of 48 hole with regular spokes and brass nipples you are gonna save a fair bit of weight overall. Last decision to make is what spoke length to use. This depends on the hub and rim you are using and whether you are lacing three cross or four. This is the number of times each spokes crosses another between the hub and rim and generally the more times the spoke cross the stiffer the wheel will be. You can use a spoke calculator or ask your local bike shop to work it out for you, there’s also a bunch of spoke calculators online if you have a look around. Usually a 36 hole four cross wheel will use spokes around 194mm long, 36 three cross uses around 184mm and 48 hole four cross also uses 184’s. OK, so you have all the parts you need, the right length spokes, a spoke key, some Teflon lube or grease, a screw driver and a wheel truing stand (you can also use your bike frame and brakes to true the wheel if you don’t have a stand). First up you’re gonna lace the spokes into the wheel in 4 stages, this makes it easier to get all the spokes into the hub and rim without bending them too much. Start off by holding the hub with the cog or driver facing upwards and drop a spoke into every second hole in the hub, it doesn’t matter where you start. Grab the rim and place a spoke into the second hole to the right of the valve hole in the rim,

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check the pic to see what we mean. Most rims have holes that are offset to one side or the other, so check to make sure that your spoke hole is facing up, in the direction that you are lacing from. Now work your way around the rest of the spokes putting one in every 4th hole around the rim. OK that’s stage one done. Next, flip the wheel over so the driver is facing down and drop the opposing spokes into the hub. It’s really important to get these ones in the right holes so make sure the first one you put in will line up with the empty hole between the valve hole and that first spoke you started with. Hubs are made with a half hole rotation between the holes on each flange of the hub so that half a spoke hole at the hub is equal to a full spoke hole at the rim. Once you are sure you have the first spoke right, drop the rest in every second hole around the hub. When they are all in place check back to make sure you have the whole ‘half a spoke hole thing’ sorted. This hole in the rim should be offset in the opposite direction to the ones where the existing spokes are laced, so check this to make sure. You’re now half way there, just check to make sure that all the spokes in the rim so far are running on the inside of the hub flange. Next step is to twist the hub so the spokes tighten up. With the drive side facing up, twist the hub to the right, if not you will end up with spokes crossing over just under the valve and it will be really hard to get a pump on there to pump up your tyre. If you have followed this method it means that the wheels pulling spokes will be on the inside of the hub. This will help the spokes stay tight when you put in a big crank. The next lot of spokes is where it gets a little complicated as you are now going to lace the spokes that run in the opposite direction. Start by dropping one spoke through the hub in the opposite direction to the rest so that the head of the spoke is facing into the centre of the hub. Twist this spoke so that it’s going in the opposite direction to the existing ones. We are building this wheel 4 cross so each spoke will go over the first three and under the last existing spoke. It will then slot into the corresponding hole in the rim, once again make sure the hole is offset in the right direction and remember each new spoke you put in must be 4 holes away from the previous spoke. Follow around the rim with the rest of the spokes on this side in the same way. For the last step in the process you will flip over the wheel and drop in the last 9 spokes, these lace in the same way as the other side going over three and under one of the existing spokes. You should only have one hole left in the rim for these but just double check again that it’s offset in the right direction. As you slot these last few spokes in, you will probably need to settle the rest of the spokes into the holes in the rim as the nipples often get caught and don’t sit down into the holes. If the rest of the spokes aren’t sitting down in the holes it will be hard to get the nipples to reach for the last few spokes. So now you should have 36 spokes going into 36 holes, the spokes should alternate from side to side at the rim, this should be aligned with the offsets in the rim holes. You should also not have spokes crossing over the valve hole in the rim. Next up is to tension the spokes but first you should lube the nipples so they won’t bind, this will enable you to get the spokes tighter without stripping out the nipples. Best way to do this is to put a drop of Teflon lube on each nipple before

you tighten it. After the nipples have all been lubed, you will need to tighten them all evenly. To start off you should tighten (or loosen) each nipple so that the bottom of the nipple lines up with the start of the thread on the spoke. This way you know that each one is done up evenly. There’s no point in trying to do this by feeling the tension as each time you adjust one spoke it effects all the other, so you should never tighten any spokes more than others even if one does feel loose. You can use a screwdriver for this as there isn’t any tension on the spokes. After the bottom of every nipple is lined up with the start of the spoke thread check the spokes to see how much tension they have. From here on in you are just going to tighten every spoke the same number of turns or half turns, until you get the spoke tension you need. You should use the valve hole as a reference and work your way around the wheel tightening each spoke with the spoke key, the same number of turns. If the spokes are really loose to start with you can probably use two turns and just reduce this to one turn or half a turn as you build up the tension. OK, so now you have the wheel tensioned up, its time to check how true it is. In theory if all the spokes are tensioned equally and the rim is perfectly round, your wheel should be true now. In reality almost every wheel will need a little fine tuning. There’s two ways in which the rim can be out of true, side to side and up and down. The up and down one is harder to fix so its best to have a look at that first. Using your wheel jig (or a stick in your frame) check if there’s any up and down movement in the rim when you spin it. You will almost always get a little jump where the rim has been joined but it should be pretty minimal. If there’s more movement, you will need to tighten or loosen the spokes to pull the wheel back into round. If the rim jumps out at one point you can pull it back in by tightening adjacent spokes, make sure you tighten them in pairs with one from each flange of the hub, this way you don’t effect the side to side alignment. If the rim moves in then loosen the adjacent spokes to allow the rim to move back out. Generally you will need to tighten or loosen a few pairs of spokes to move the rim. Side to side movement is easier to fix, to do this use the wheel jig (or your brake pad) to check where the wheel is buckled and simply tighten the spoke opposite the buckle to pull it back true. So if the rim moves to the left, you need to tighten the spoke that goes to the right side of the hub. If the buckle is really bad you can also loosen a spoke on the left to help move the rim further to the right. Once the rim is true you need to allow the spokes to settle in. As you tighten the spokes they will build up a twist in the direction that you are tightening them. The first time you ride on the wheel the spokes will settle in and the wheel will go out of true. To reduce this all you need to do is grab the spokes in your hand two at a time, like in the photo. As you squeeze the spokes you should hear a creaking noise as the spokes settle in. Do this all the way around the rim and then re true the wheel and you should have fewer problems with the wheel settling in the first time you ride on it. OK that’s it, wheel building 101. This is definitely something that will take some time to perfect so don’t freak out if your first try isn’t too successful. You can always pull everything apart and start again and if all else fails get your local shop to sort it out.

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BEATS & PIEcES GIG’S, DVD’S AND MP3’S Los Capitanes PHOTO Simon Pertot

Come Together luna Park 6th June 2007 How hard is it to give away a ticket to something as awesome as come Together? I couldn’t pay my friends to go. So after hiring a shonky hooker to be my companion for the day we were off, over the bridge and not too far away. Words by Amber Photo by Chris Adams Getting there perhaps a little prematurely I saw a lot of fairly OK bands, but none that really got me going. The first band to tickle my fancy was Casino Rumblers, cause I do like a bit of psychobilly / ska in the morning. I hadn’t seen these fellas before but they were solid and energetic which is more than I could have asked for so early in the day. Los Capitanes were the next set to strike me. These guys utterly blew me away, I couldn’t believe I’d never heard of them before, considering they played the BMX Games this year, shame on me. Not only do these fellas have great tunes and a tight set, but they also put on one frickin awesome show. Apparently there’s more to Canberra than porn and fireworks. I knew I’d wouldn’t be let down by The Porkers, these guys are ska veterans and every bit the part. Their set saw a second performance for Rob from the Casino Rumblers, boy does this guy get around. I was stoked to finally catch our very own adopted Japanese punk trio Mach Pelican in their last Sydney show. I am heartbroken over the news of their calling it quits.

Enter Carpathian, if this isn’t the band to get the crowd going nuts I don’t know what is. Even with all the shuffling around this band has done in the last year or so, they still rocked out. Their line up showcased a relatively new Martin on vox and a cameo from Crafter on bass. It was all a bit of a blur until Against Me! who were for me the under dog of the day. Not exactly my cup of tea but still good to watch. Excitement, excitement then cruel disappointment… After Norma Jean’s first song I am struck down by the cruel hand of fate and have no choice but to leave. I must say the one song I did hear was beyond amazing. So for me Los Capitanes and that tiny snippet of Norma Jean were the day’s true highlights. I am pretty crushed that I missed Every Time I Die, but from all accounts they were a bit of a let down. All in all I had an awesome day and enjoyed the tunes, the vibe and definitely the fact that it was indoors.

Grounded Etnies As with their last movie, Forward, the latest Etnies DVD has been a highly anticipated BMX production. Grounded features the entire team and with two years worth of filming and some serious production quality the result is very slick. A few stand outs for me are as follows… Aaron Ross does some big shit on street. Next up is Joe Rich and Garrett Byrnes. Along with Taj, these guys have been riding for Etnies for ages and this section features a lot of Joe going big, really big. Rooftop leaves the helicopters and snowboard parks and seems to have filmed most of his section riding street in LA. Adam Baker adds some trails style next, this is a pretty mellow section, kinda looks like a regular day at the trails for Adam. Right at the end there ‘s a huge up n over rail to finish off… Sergio Layos is a super nice guy and awesome rider, his section is full of street and park clips with a little dirt as well. There’s some big shit too… I think Sergio’s section kinda personifies the whole DVD. Good riding, good times, good style and no wacky shit… just BMX. Josh Stricker’s section seems to consist of him shooting from one side of the screen to the other, always at full speed. Heaps of street gaps and riding over weird obstacles makes an interesting section with some big stuff and wrist jarring landings. If you identify one rider with Etnies its probably Taj and his section doesn’t disappoint. Jamie Bestwick is amazing he goes so big and is so smooth on vert. Most of his section is shot on a deserted ramp in the middle of the desert, which adds a nice departure from the usual comp vert footage. Morgan Wade is next… he also seems to ride at 100 miles an hour right through his section. Lots of big tricks on ramps and street, this guy is just a good bike rider. The final section goes to Ruben and I guess this was the most anticipated section of the DVD. He’s taken to jumping off gutters straight into walls, sounds weird but looks good… The section ends with a whole bunch of lines on some weird bridge, just watch the section to find out… Overall the Etnies DVD doesn’t disappoint. This has to be the DVD of the year… Mike Daly

droppin’ Clips underground Visuals The wonders of digital media has opened up the whole DVD making process to a whole new generation of filmers and editors. With the simple combination of a miniDV camera, iMovie or Final Cut and a basic mac (or PC I guess?), pretty much anyone can slice together a movie and encode it to a DVD ready for consumption by the BMX community. As long as you’ve got a few spare months... Troy Charlesworth made the step from just riding to documenting his local scene and his first DVD, Droppin’ Clips is the result. A constantly busted ankle during the filming may have been the motivation to get it done! In the tried and trusted videomag format, Droppin’ Clips covers a good chunk of the Sydney scene in two mixtape like sections that are edited together pretty sweetly. Featuring the talents of Luke Gorecki, the unstoppable Abbs smashing the hell out of Sydney’s ledges and rails and Liam Fahy-Hampton unleashing a barrage of rail-sliding and rail-riding antics, mix one is well worthy. Mix Two cranks along with Australia’s tallest rider, Tom Payne, followed by the whip and spin kid, Chris ‘Danger’ O’Donnell who is rapidly becoming a force to be reckoned with. The DVD finishes up with the antics from the recent United We Stand road trip which is well worth the watch. Alex Liiv drops some big stairs in a 360 that’s for sure. Add to the mix some out takes, a couple of ads and a little more of Alex Liiv along with the usual crazy times rolling behind credits and you have yourself a solid entry into the BMX DVD world.

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Mostyn & Quro

Madball

GOODNIGHT MR HOWARD

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Goodnight Mr Howard is the first single from the up coming Heavy Lifting album. With no doubt about it’s content, this track is a tale of a decade of lies and deceit by the current government along with it’s inability to pull it’s head in. Mix these crafted lyrics with some equally crafted beats and you’ve got a theme song to eject this arrogant leader from his throne at the upcoming election. On that, we want to remind all of you that if you’re old enough to vote, enrol now. Educate yourself, know that you have got a say in how this country is run and vote accordingly. Holmes

Almost two decades on, Madball are still representing NYC hardcore at it’s finest. Simple, honest and to the point, both lyrically and musically. Real stories told by a group that lives and breathes every thing they grind out. One listen from start to finish will awaken anyone’s inner fire to stand up and be counted thanks to 13 track of pure power. Respect be due to these guys for their unstoppable commitment to the hardcore genre. Holmes

NEW PRODucTS 2008 coMPlETES

Bike check

2008 unleashes a whole stack of new complete bikes. Here’s four we found that all BRING WIth them a huge link to the old days of bmx.

GT Calafia

2hip lino

Apparently Calafia was a Mexican queen that ruled California before it was taken over by the USA, but that’s probably not got anything to do with this bike apart from the fact that GT is based in California. Anyway the 08 Calafia has all the stuff you would expect. A full crmo frame with internal headset and mid BB, crmo forks and bars, crmo 3pc cranks plus sealed hubs and BB. There are also some nice touches like a lightweight sprocket and pedals and cool graphics on the seat. The frame and forks look really nice with smooth machining on the head tube, capped seat and chain stays and a small gusset under the down tube. Looks like the days of GT making wacky frames are long gone…

2-Hip are one of the original rider owned companies headed by the 80’s vert legend Ron Wilkerson. The 08 Lino is Lino Gonzalez’s signature bike. It features a full crmo frame and fork, alloy primo style cranks, sealed everything and a small 25/9 gearing. You also get brand name parts like Welllgo pedals, Animal tyres and a cool 2-Hip Pivotal seat. The frame design is really simple and clean with a low top tube and nice simple graphics. Seems like Ron may have recovered from his head trauma induced ideas about 8lb frames too, as this whole bike looks light and tech…

Norco Rev

www.kuwaharabmx.com

www.gtbicycles.com

www.norco.com

Norco’s 08 bikes are looking good, this one’s the Rev which is their top of the line twenty inch. The Rev gets you a full crmo frame with Spanish BB, integrated headset and 20.75” top tube. The forks are crmo, you get a 10-28 gearing with a cassette hub and a Macneil Pivotal seat and post. The new colour ways look good too with a lot of attention to detail, take the brown and pink frame and forks matched to brown parts and some cool graphics. Canadian pride.

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www.2hip.com

Kuwahara Bravo

The Kuwahara brand has recently been resurrected, if you’re too young to remember Kuwahara just go rent ET for a bit of a history lesson. So they have just re-released the Bravo as their freestyle bike for 08. The original Bravo was one of the ‘must have’ bikes from the late 80’s but many things have changed since then. I found some images of the original Bravo on line and damm that thing was wacky, extra tubes, splatter paint and a dinner plate chainwheel… Anyway the new 08 Bravo is the top of the range model. You get a full crmo frame and forks, proper 48 spline 3pc cranks, sealed everything, a 9-25 gearing and some nice touches like a cool CNC stem, Sun rims and Maxxis tyres.

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NEW PRODucTS FRESh IS BEST

simple system stem

MacNeil Garry Young frame

eastern Tightass seat

www.kickassbmx.com

www.macneilbmx.com

www.easternbikes.com

Simple have two new stems, this one uses the same front bolts to clamp the bars and forks and as with everything from Simple the design is just that… Simple. Niels and the rest of the team have been testing these for two years so you know there gonna work too… Black, Silver and White are the colours and you get hollow bolts to save a few extra grams.

Garry’s new frame weighs in under 5lbs thanks to thinner tubing and a stack of small refinements. It’s available in 20.5” or 21.25” top tube length with the usual 74.5, 71 angles. I really like the new colours and graphics on this frame too…

The tightass has 9mm rails, a plastic bumper for extra crash protection and a narrow design for less wind resistance so Daniel Donges can air extra high…

United Trinity frame and forks

www.stowaway.net.au

The Trinity is Corey Martinez’s signature frame. It’s made of Sanko crmo tubing, weights in at 5.4lbs and comes in 20”, 20.5” or 20.85” top tube lengths. This one comes in a nice flat brown colour and you can get matching forks and bars too.

TsC lighter sprocket

www.theshadowconspiracy.com The lighter sprocket is CNC machined from 7075 alloy, is 6mm thick and comes in 25, 27, 28 and 30 tooth in a whole bunch of colours. The design is pretty straightforward and it features some nice 3D machining…

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dC sioux black/white shoes www.dcshoes.com.au

DC shoes support a lot of BMX riders round the world and have about a million styles of shoes. These ones look nice and have all the stuff you need for riding BMX, tough stitching, ankle shock protection and a nice flat sole.

661 Helmet

www.sixsixone.com Helmets are good, they stop your head getting squished, this one looks like a skate helmet which is good and comes in a girlie pink colour if you’re so inclined…

s&M Tuffman sprocket www.sandmbikes.com

661 Wrist wrap

The Tuffman is S&M’s latest sprocket, it’s CNC machined from 7075 Alloy and comes in 23, 25, 28 and 30 tooth sizes. Simple design and cool old school Skyway graphics, nice…

661 make pads and braces for almost any body part you can think of. This wrist guard will help you protect your wrists on harsh landings. It comes in left or right and is adjustable for different fits and is designed to support your wrist without stopping you from getting a good grip on the bars.

season skaggle Grips

www.sixsixone.com

www.seasonbikes.net

These grips from Season Bikes are made of Krayton and are 147mm long, but who cares cause they have a stack of cool colours to match your bandana…

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s&M slim seat

etnies stricker shoe

Kink Relief stem

If you never sit on your seat, looks like this is the seat for you. Super slim design with Kevlar nose and tail and 8mm crmo rails. Comes in black or white and as the website says… Live fast, ride faster…

The limited edition Stricker Faction shoe from Etnies has Josh’s favourite colours built into the classic Faction design. Nice simple low-cut with a very flexible sole for extra pedal feel…

demolition F-1 sprocket

season Bikes bash sprocket

This piston type stem uses the front bolts to hold both the bars and the forks in place, this means no bolts sticking out the back to hit your knees on and a smooth simple design. It’s CNC’ed from 7075 alloy, weights in at a lightweight 240g, has a 53mm reach and comes in black, brown and grey.

These little numbers are now made from 7075 series alloy for greater strength. Available in 25T, 28T, 30T in black and blood red. Weight 25T/58g, 28T/68g, 30T/74g.

Season bikes are now available through Abyss distribution, they have a bunch of parts including this bash guard chainwheel. This one’s made of 6061 alloy, has 4 crank bolt positions so you can rotate it for longer life and is available with 25 teeth in blue, black or green.

www.sandmbikes.com

www.bmxmilitia.com

Mankind asadi Phase 2 frame www.kickassbmx.com

The latest frame from Mankind is made of Sanko crmo tubing, weighs under 5lbs and has a laser cut seat stay bridge and built in seat clamp. The design is simple with 74.5 head angle, 13.75” to 14.25” chain stays, 20.5”, 20.8” or 21” top tube and the chain stay brakes will work with a 9-25 gearing.

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www.etnies.com

www.seasonbikes.net

Kink Badger bars www.kinkbmx.com

The KC Badger signature bars are made of heat treated 11 butted crmo and come with a 12 degree sweep, 1 degree of upsweep, 8” rise and are 26.5” wide. They weight in at 710g, which is pretty damm light for a larger bar…

www.kinkbmx.com

eastern concave pedals

www.easternbikes.com

These new pedals from Eastern have a dual concave design, come in heaps of colours and are available in alloy or magnesium in sealed or unsealed. Enough options for ya? You also get removable pins and a gripy knurled surface.

Macneil s.l. seat

www.macneilbmx.com

MacNeil invented the simple Pivotal system and this is their S.L. (Super Light) seat, which is pretty minimal and small, it comes in three colours with some nice graphics.

NEW PRODucTS FRESh IS BEST

skavenger

www.stowaway.net.au

Lotek

Hell on earth

www.stowaway.net.au

FBM

www.lotekbrand.com

www.stowaway.net.au

subrosa

Terrible One

www.triplesix.com.au

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etnies

Tree Bicycle Co.

Lotek

www.covenantdistribution.com www.triplesix.com.au

Zoo York

www.lushproductions.com

www.etnies.com

www.lotekbrand.com

shadow Conspiracy

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Rusty and Hunt are both ripping it up overseas, Hunt had a bit of bad luck not long into his trip by having his bike not show up at the airport, but with the help of some friendly locals he built up a ghetto rig! Not sure where he is right now but I’m sure he’s having a BLAST! Hunt had this to say about his trip so far “The Baltic States have been pretty cool. I had no idea what to expect before coming. We were definitely expecting some shadiness... but it hasn’t been too bad. Seen some rad sights and been riding some cool stuff which I also wasn’t really expecting. Will head to Tallin Estonia tomorrow for the summer Simple Session.” Nice… As for Rusty he ripped up the trails on the west coast of the US, along with fellow Aussie turbo. They hung out together and rode the infamous BURNSIDE along with the rest of the NW crew! Then he flew over to Seattle to hang out with Jimmy Levan and ride some big concrete bowls. Russ is now chillin on the east coast riding the finest dirt creations known to man! I am so jealous, can’t help it, I just am! Speaking of dirt creations Canberra trail boss Bentley Fitzgerald recently broke his heal in half and a few other smaller bones in his foot and is out for 12 weeks. While on the subject of breaking in half, wild cat Danilo Enders did half a front flip over a manual pad and separated his shoulder! As funny as I am trying to make this all sound, it really isn’t. To amuse himself he has purchased a toy helicopter to fly around his room! True story! Little Kelvin Pentland is off the hook right now, if you see a kid on a blue addict with a very original hair style stand back and watch him blast, this kid hits the ramps hard! Speaking of original hair cuts Nobby turned 21 and speaking of turning 21, best mate Will did as well, congrats boys, party hardy! Pete Majoinen is back riding again along with the bays heaviest hitter Bozzie Osko. So good to see these guys back in action after being dealt some pretty harsh blows! You guys rule! Back Bone BMX will have its online store up very very soon, if not already, so prepare to fizz for that shizz kids! Cam White has been spotted on global TV rockin a Back Bone sticker on his bars! Sponnoed! There is gonna be a jam called the Non Jam at Weston on the 8th of September, so get on down and get involved, brought to you by the guys at Emissary clothing! Hell yeah! I’ve had enough! Rhysty.

Warzone BMX in Sutherland has bike ramps currently under construction at the back of the shop, check in store when they are ready to ride... Also on the shop front there’s a new shop called Hell On Wheels just opened on King Street in Newtown. Tom Boorman and Rob McCann are behind the counter so drop in and say yo next time you’re in the city. They have all the good stuff plus more clothing and shoes than you’ve ever seen before. Hell On Wheels also just hooked up local WeThePeople rider Benn Pigot so his ratty bike will no doubt be dialled from now on. Check the website at www.hellonwheels.com.au for more. Tom also did his AC joint at Monster last week, apparently its not too bad but he’ll be off his bike for a couple of weeks. Its funny watching him try and build wheels one handed. The Monster skate park has closed the Sunday night bike session due to a bunch of riders breaking shit and causing dramas with the staff. Good one guys, lets spend 10 years struggling to get bikes into indoor parks in Aus and then wreck some shit and get everyone kicked out… There’s a new park in Helensburgh, that’s half way to Wollongong, looks OK but fairly small. On the park front there’s also a new one coming for Thornleigh near Hornsby, this one is going to be bigger which will be good as there’s not much in that corner of Sydney. Old time Sydney rider Tim Lynch has taken 6 months off work and after a little travelling ended up working in a pub in Jindabyne… life revolves around beer, ay Tim. Tim has been hanging out with Jindi local Jamie Mahon who recently smashed himself snowboarding. Apparently he woke up on the hill with Beardo looking down at him and doesn’t remember a thing… Finally Mike Daly is no longer riding for Dragonfly, after about 7 years on the DF team, Mike decided a change was needed so has left on good terms, but will still be distributing DF through Kickassbmx…

Adelaide has been pretty quiet lately, winter has been colder and wetter than usual, it seems... Or maybe it’s the same, I just miss summer I guess. With the rains, a few motivated individuals have commenced digging and I know of at least two sets of trails that are gonna be good. Josh Kathigitis was on Stowaway flow but is now on the United Team. I hear that he is now super motivated to learn three tricks a month and training hard... just jokes. In semi-related news, Kane smells like wiener and doesn’t ride enough and Haydn has a few scratches on his bike that he needs to touch up. In semi-semi-related news, Josh came to my house and had a shower, then commented on how feral the mouthwash is... I got stressed cause I don’t even have mouthwash... he gargled my black and white antiseptic solution (i.e. tightass Dettol). Josh has the cleanest mouth in SA. UGZINE.COM has been given a new lease on life and is now the home for some SA forums. It’s getting pretty hectic, there are some random forums plus some forums that you can speak with companies direct. At this point in time CMBMX, Tempered Bikes, Covenant Distribution, Unitedwestand Distro, and Focalpoint BMX are involved. Any other companies that would like a forum can hit my email: jamesdwade@gmail.com Sort of leading on from that, safreestyle.com has died. For those who aren’t aware, the site had been aroud since about 97 and Dave has been a pretty prominent member of the BMX community. Dave did a lot for BMX in SA during his stint on safreestyle, organising jams and providing us with a place to talk smack... RESPECT! In jam news, Dougherty, Rubinich and me are gonna roll out a couple of jams hard and fast in the next few months. There are plans being made as we speak to get a drain/ditch jam going, we have a spot in mind, its just a matter of waiting for some consistent weather. Keep an eye on cmbmx.com.au and ugzine. com, updates will be posted there. Rubinich smells. Ryan Lloyd has been absolutely shredding in his recent trips to Adelaide... I think the fact he has a local skatepark now in Clare, in addition to his home trails is helping him out. On the same note, little Jesse and Salisbury Daniel are getting real real good, they ride too much or something. Ahhhh in a shameless act of self promo, I’ve hooked dishonour

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QuEENSLAND Nick Richardson has bought his first car with some of his royalty payments from Colony for his Bloody Oath Bars... who says BMX doesn’t pay? Shane Badman has joined the Colony family and will be graced with his own signature flatland frame called, The Cube, it won’t be available until 2008. The first Colony DVD production, A Month In The Life Of will be out by the time you read this... clint

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clothing up with a website, dishonourclothing.com... how imaginative is the name, hey. New stickers will be out probably by the time you read this, and there are always new shirts and jumpers in the pipeline. CMBMX have mentioned that they are interested in moving premises to somewhere bigger, to potentially house some ramps for us to ride. It’s still in the ideas stage right now... but it’s a cool idea, hey! There are a few threads discussing it on the forums, check it out... Ahhhhh.... I almost forgot... Cecil won the Milo Junior X games for the U14... I won’t mention who won the U16 otherwise I’ll get stabbed in the hand with a screwdriver. But that day was pretty crap... It was raining on and off and I was mega hung over, it was my birthday the night before and had to run around shooting photos for the promoters... I guess it was worth it, I got paid. OK I can’t believe I almost forgot this. A few weeks ago, Nate and PA Shane went out on the town and were absolutely foul. Like, PA Shane apparently blew $500... I dunno how really, I spend like $1 when I go out... But anyway, they are out and somehow it comes up that they are gonna take this girl home, I have no idea what the intentions were so I won’t comment. Somehow, the girl gets her gay friends to drive them back to Nate’s place and from here is where it gets a bit hazy. Apparently Cairns wakes up, sees PA Shane going at this girl, then he sees the two gay dudes making out on the couch and absolutely flips out. Also, when you’re around Cairns, don’t flick spoke nipples at him, especially his eye, he will kill you! I have seen it! Simeon makes me laugh. So does Nate. Jerry Jackson rules, google it. Mike does dope Jerry impressions. There will be more news once the rain stops. The most up to date shit is available on ugzine.com, so go join up and talk some smack on there. James Wade

VIcTORIA Hey everyone, the past three months we have seen some shitty weather here in Melbourne but of course the BMX scene battles through it. John Buultjens has started his own bike company called, Forgotten Bike Co. Forgotten will mainly focus on well priced complete bikes for beginners. Plus they will actually look the part and ride well too. On the team they have Luke Parslow, Josh Mete and Andrew ‘Mini’ Ahumada. Check myspace.com/forgot-

tenbikes for more info. Unfortunately Josh went down hard at his local park and has a broken arm so is out for a while. Liam Fahy Hampton is now testing his signature frame in the works from Colony. It’s going to be called the Hell Stallion. It will be a pure street frame with a slow slung look and steep head tube angle. Mick Bayzand and Liam will be killing the streets of Melbs riding the Stallion and have also been filming hard along with Kym Grosser and the rest of the FP crew for the new Focalpoint DVD, ‘Clocked in’ which will premiere on the 19th of October at the Brown Alley in Melbourne. Other Focal news is that we are now doing a print run for the mag of 2500 copies all around Aussie land so everyone gets more of a chance to grab a copy, check out focalpointbmx.com for all your regular updates. Chris “Flagz” Matthews is also riding for Sputnic through Abyss distribution, other Flagz related news is that he is too big and is stuck in a 1998 fashion loop according to forum bitches on thecomeupbmx. Bendigo trail jam is on again and no doubt will be a blast as it is every year. It’s on the 6th of October at the usual 20g trails. Benny Savage of Rollcall DVD zine is currently over in NYC with Marcus Rowsell riding with the Animal kids for the next few months. Scott Lacey recently got back from Denmark where he was boosting large airs no doubt with the rest of the Simple team. New Zealand destroyer Tim Hales is now living in Melbourne and can be seen fanging around city park at night hitting everything hard and fast. While I’m mentioning city park, check out the new additions when you are around next, a super fun half bowl with hips and a couple of small additions to the street area have made this park a weekly night session favourite for us at the moment. Other new parks getting finished up now are Rosebud, Werribee, Sunshine North and Dear Park. And last but not least Leigh Giason of Anchor bmx is getting flow from Stowaway Distro with T-1 and Bicycle Union, Leigh is a beast so it is well deserved. Over and out, time to shred….cooper The North Western Melbourne Skate and BMX series is on again held over 9 different skate parks. Points from each event will qualify you for the final at Kensington Skate Park on the 16th of Dec. You can enter 12 and under, 16 and under or open classes. For more info go to www. skatepark.ymca.org.au or contact Riverslide Skate Park

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WESTERN AuSTRALIA Western Australia has been on the quiet side a bit lately with not much going on around the traps. To get things rolling, Sausage over at wasted BMX held a street jam in Perth but Mother Nature decided that this was a shit idea, it rained all day. There may be another one coming up very soon. As the month of January gets closer so does talk about the BMX games. Many riders are already planning for the trek across to Sydney to compete in the sauna. Expect to see more west oz riders at the games in 2008. Speaking of the 2008 BMX games could there be an arm wrestle challenge between Andrew McDermott, aka Buff, and the famous Shane Badman, well that’s the rumour. In other news all buffness he took off halfway around the world to get married in Canada EH! West oz is going through a North West boom at the moment, so many riders are heading up north to take advantage of the big dollars. While up north Freestyle Now were in Karratha for some demos, big props goes out to 13 year old Rhys Souter-Robertson who took over from Kie in some of the demos after Kie took a bail from a 720 over the box jump. Rhys also took out the first place at the comp that went down in Dampier the day after the demos. Rhys was a Collie local before moving to Karratha. In Mandurah news the local council held a meeting a while ago to see about getting the Mandurah BMX track up and running again. Yeah right they would be better off ploughing the place and building trails. But there is talk of some trails getting built in the Mandurah area as most of the locals are super keen for it, its just the location that is being scouted out at the moment. Tim Rose and Chris Jones have been added to the Freestyle Now demo squad so expect to be seeing some fronties and tour antics going down in a large way from Chris and Tim. Freestyle now will be out in force at this years Perth royal show. Get your self down to the show this year and take a gander at some of the hottest riders ripping it up on two jumps while some insane freestyle motocross goes down between them all. I’m sure it’s going to be large. There’s also demos at the Waroona show on the 13th October, Narrogin show 20th October and the Katanning show on the 27th October. More dates are always Continued on page 104 ISSUE 26 SEPTEMBER 007

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Will Rudd sizing it up. He did slide it. PHOTO Morrisey

being added to the schedule so check out www.freestylenow.net.au for the latest info. The web site is slowly going through an up grade with a new look to be thrown upon it. After what seems like an eternity away from home Adam “Killa” Lewis has finally returned to his home state. He is not exactly back in Perth but on his last report was sitting up north in his normal way. Can’t wait to share a drink with him and get all the low down on his travels, he could almost write a novel I’m sure of it. Kie Ashworth had recently taken an overseas trip with some of the Stowaway crew. They first went to Shanghai to ride the SMP park and then over to New Zealand for a bit as well. You might find some of the crazy footage on an up coming DVD some time soon. Upon returning though Kie had a good old sickness that knocked him about for a bit. Remember if your travelling overseas to get your shots up dated. There is now talk of some West Australian riders grouping together to travel to the SMP park soon. Another rider that seemed to get him self in a state of sickness was Aaron Bandy. What started as a small cough transpired into four trips to the doctor, two trips to hospital emergency room and a couple of weeks laying on his back in bed. He is now on the mend and with all that time off his bike and in bed he has put to good use and has thought up many new combos that know doubt he will unleash some time soon on a Saturday in Scarborough. The Milo planet X junior competition came through to Leederville skatepark not long ago and from that three riders were sent over to Sydney to compete in the finals. All three of them placed well with young Dylan Schmitt taking 3rd in the under 12’s. Thornlie local shredder Shaun won the under 14’s and Todd Meyn took a really well placed 2nd in the under 16’s. I’m sure that the footage of the event will end up on commercial TV some time soon so be sure to check it out. Other Todd Meyn news is that he has recently gone to America for some rad fun time. Is there a new skate park in Bassendean? I have yet had a chance to take a look but I’ll let you all know what it’s like in the next issue. Of course you could get off your own lazy ass and take a look for yourselves now, couldn’t you. The skatepark in Butler is moving along nicely. It should be rideable very soon. Jamie Maurie was over in eastern states not that long ago. If you got a chance to ride with him you’re in luck, the

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guy has been riding for ages and knows how to shred, he’s going to have to take a break just like his arm has done for a bit, but by the time you read this I’m sure he will be just about mended. Livewire 2007 will be taking place about mid December so don’t say you haven’t been, date yet to be confirmed but it could be either the 8th or 15th of December. So if you got any info or you just want to send a u tube link send it to shaun@freestylenow.net.au

NEW ZEALAND SOuTH As with the rest of New Zealand we have been and still are in the grip of winter. With night time temperatures of minus 7 and highs of 3 degrees during the day not too much BMX riding has been getting done here in Queenstown! But somehow a few of the crew have still managed to injure themselves! Brett Frew banged up his shoulder then bashed his knee pretty good riding his moto! Ricky Stewart was up snowboarding and spotted a 100 dollar bill in the snow! Ben Finley also spotted it and as they both dove for the same patch of snow they collided resulting in Rickys’ shoulder being busted… The 100 dollar bill got away... The Frew crew are holding a motocross party in one of the back paddocks this coming weekend and its bound to be cranking! Just like last year! This is one of many events that the “southern freeriders” will be presenting over the coming summer. Aussie company UNIT are coming to the party with some merchandise for the brave and are looking to join the S.F. full on this year in putting out some kick ass comps! Dan and Brett have organised a digger and are planning on re-shaping the farm into a dirt jumpers paradise, will get you some pictures once some earth is moved. Brad Greenslade is finally back on his bike after many an injury and is stoked on his latest purchase of a stem from EDH bike co. thanks Travis! Mr Haimona Ngata ventured down this way recently with work and was treated to a healthy Q-town welcome, which included a bar tour followed by some drunken late nite tattooing with another one of Brads most recent purchases. A tattoo gun! Brian Vent is still rocking it over at woodward west and we are looking forward to many a story when he returns! So most of the Q-town crew have been up making the most of the snow as it won’t be long now before summer is upon us! So if you’re planning on coming down to Queenstown for a ride or a slide make sure you let us know. We can guarantee you a good

time but not a good tattoo! see you soon! Devin Winter is coming to an end now and it couldn’t be soon enough with the recent cold snaps and rainy days. Chris White has just got back to Christchurch from his stay in OZ and is getting back into the swing of things, Wally the stuffed Wallaby will be stoked to see him. It’s been a time for ‘repairs’ so to speak for Danny and Eddie, who have both had operations in the last month. Danny finally got his long awaited ankle op and has been on the mend since, he probably won’t be riding for a few weeks to come. Jamie Moore and Kie Ashworth from Stowaway Distro came over as the last stop of their trip to China, good guys doing good things for Australasian BMX. Robbie Brown has been in the USA for the past 2 1/2 months drinking 40’s in record time and picking up loose women. Asher Trafford is out of action once again after a big crash at Washington boosting the hip in gale winds. Old skool ripper Richard Hill has put together a bike he has been joking about for a while now, as a long time follower of the Standard Byke army, he is paying tribute by riding a 96 Standard STA painted in nipple pink and laced with 2nd hand chrome parts sourced off the Trademe website, nice! The EDH Local Assault jam is going to be held in October this year and sponsors are being confirmed as you read this. Check www. localassaultjam.com for more info. Now go ride! Travis

NZ NORTH Well we are still in winter over here in NZ and the weather continues to be shit. It just doesn’t stop raining and the parks don’t dry out. So basically there’s not a lot going on over here. One thing that is definitely news worthy is how well Jed Mildon is doing in the states, Jed is pretty much the only Kiwi to ever go over and compete in the big comps. He just missed out on qualifying for the finals at Redbull elevation and also just missed out on best trick because he slipped his foot on a flip double whip. In other news the ‘shake your snake’ video premier has been and gone, its a local Auckland made video and is a lot of fun, if you want to get a copy, go to www.zombie-flesh-eaters.co.nz. That’s about it for news for now, bring on summer. Mike

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20 q’s: Brenno Hanson 20 questions, plain and simple... Questions & Photo by Nitai Do you read the words or look at the pictures? If the text is in bold I read it, otherwise I look at the pictures.

What’s one thing that you do that is not related to BMX? I used to play other sport but BMX is my life now, live to ride.

LHD or RHD? Both.

Do you cut your own hair, or get it cut? I get this Sheila to cut it for free.

What gets you up out of bed everyday, or is life so great that you just float out of bed? My peaceful alarm on my phone telling me I have to make money.

Emo, gangster or metal? Gangster and metal, G G G G-unit.

What do you do for work and do you like or hate your job? I’m a ULD technical maintenance tradesman and yes I do like my job, I play footy on smoko.

If you crash, do you prefer to smash your knee, arm, head, or cop a big shin’er? You must choose one! Cop a shin’er because I wear shin pads.

Why do you still ride a little kid’s bike? Because big MTB’s look gay.

What’s one show on TV that you can’t stand and why? Home and away, because they are all dramatised bogans!

Comps or fun? I like comps but I stress out too much so I prefer fun.

If you could be anywhere doing whatever, where would you be and what would you be doing? Back in America with all the Aussies riding trails.

Are you addicted to anything? Fiddling and driving like I am in a race.

Any pets? Pet cat called misty back home with mum.

For all the kids reading, can you do backies? Yes, but I land on my chin sometimes.

Thanks? I would like to thank all my friends, that I ride with and Cyclone shovels.

When at shows, do you get amongst it or do chill in the back? If I’m drunk I’ll get in the pit, otherwise just chill. Sprits or beer? Both!

Are you a single man, or is there a special lady? I know there is a special lady out there, just waiting for the big catch.

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One thing most people might now know about you? I have a hat obsession.

Early nights in or big nights out? Big nights out.