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Slay the

Rail

Bringing the streets into Melbournes nightlife.

“So we’re going to put a rail in Revolver and have a jam...” This was the line that received more than a few questions along the lines of ‘how are you going to fit that into Revolver?’ The whole Revolver BMX jam idea had been floating around for at least the last 12 years or so after a certain blurry evening that lead to the myth of a mini ramp being located on the 3rd floor. This myth seemed to perpetuate itself long enough for Melbourne shredder Liam Fahy-Hampton (now Revolver employee) to spark the idea to the management a few months back. So with a few calls, and a few weekends in hand, the Revolver Slay the Ramps (or rail?) soiree came together to ensure BMX was still burning bright in the cold, wet Melbourne winter.

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180 crooks to 180 out. Macca schooling Revolver in the art of rail//Nick Gascoine

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Another Truck driver out side of Alice Springs when quizzed about dangers of driving at night. Needless to say being ever vigilant for animals on a long haul voyage from Adelaide to Darwin is a must.

“Mate, you don’t know how many people I have seen die on the road up here. If I had a dollar everytime that I’d seen them overtake me at 140 & a few k’s up the road seeing them written off into a herd of cattle or a big roo and killed themselves in the process….”

ANY OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL WITH OR WITHOUT MY BIKE I’M NOT GOING TO TURN DOWN. WHEN THE DECISION WAS MADE THAT WE WERE TAKING WILL HORAN, JESSE BULL AND KIE ASHWORTH TO DARWIN TO FILM AND DO SOME CLINICS FOR MISSION AUSTRALIA, IT DID NOT TAKE ME MORE THAN A MICROSECOND TO KNOW THAT THIS TRIP WAS GOING TO BE PLAYED OUT ON THE ROAD RATHER THAN IN THE AIR. 7500 KMS IN THE CAR WITH SOME OF THE STOWAWAY TEAMS PROS OVER 9 DAYS? TO BORROW A PHRASE “BRING IT!” WORDS & PHOTOS BY JAMIE MOORE

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DARWIN EX ADELAIDE. 750

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An Akubra wearing Ute driving Cowpoke at Mataranka Waterhole in the Capital of the Never Never. Good to know that not only are the roads dangerous up here but lurking in waterholes, creeks and lagoons are one of the fiercest still living dinosaurs on the planet today. The Saltwater Crocodile.

“Nah mate it’s the dry season don’t you know? Nothing in there that’s going to eat you!” (As opposed to the wet season....)

“Hey man is it safe to swim in this hot spring? Like there is no crocs in there or anything are there?”

Will Horan//JaMie MooRe

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What got you through the tough times? Wow, 10 years is a long time, where do we start?

Definitely family and friends, I owe them all so much. One day hopefully I can repay them all.

10 years is definitely a long time, doesn’t seem that long ago but.

Did you think you would be riding again?

What are your highlights from the last 10 years?

I always thought that I would ride again but wasn’t sure if I could get back to how I was.

So many highlights from the last 10 years. Biggest ones would have to be Jacqui, BSD, travel and the fact I’m still here.

How hard was it to get back on your bike?

What are the biggest changes you have seen in the BMX world? Seat height, chain wheel size, the height of top tubes. So many changes to mention. Do you have a different outlook on life now compared to 10 years ago? Yep definitely. 10 years ago was all party, party, party. Now it’s more riding, little bit of party, just don’t want to waste days anymore. Leukemia is a bitch! The people close to you know the full story, but for those who don’t, you better give us the run down. At the end of 2007 I wasn’t feeling myself, went to Docs a couple of times, just got sent home with antibiotics but they didn’t help. Then I went for a ride one day and hit my shin, no skin off, should have just been a bruise but my leg from the knee down swelled up and went black. I could barely walk. So I went back to a different Doctor and told him how I was feeling and showed him my leg. He sent me for a blood test. 2 hours later I was in hospital, a week later I was in a coma. I had machines breathing for me, feeding me, putting drugs in me. Pretty scary, I dropped 20kgs in that week. Tell us a little about what you remember from the experience. My biggest memory is all the people that would come in and visit me, probably because of how much it cheered me up. Hospital can get very boring. And being told I was in remission. I had to keep asking my Dad “Did the Doctor really just say that or am I making this up”. Was there anything in particular that kept you motivated? At first it was just beating it, then as I started getting a bit better, riding and getting back to normal life were a massive motivation.

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Wasn’t so much hard to get on the bike, was hard to stay on it. It was probably close to a year after my last dose of chemo I could ride for a couple of hours without feeling really tired. How does it feel to be riding at your best again? It feels so good. Hard to describe, 2 years ago I was walking with a walking frame. Do you have any advise for people going through the same things you have? Keep ya chin up, stay positive, which is so hard at times and always think you’re going to beat it. The whole time I was sick, only once did I think this could be it, it’s all over, that was before the coma. You possess determination and focus unlike anyone else I know, where did it come from? Yeah, I’m not too sure, probably my Dad. I know you can get quite obsessive, especially when you have something in your head that you have to get done. Has this ever had a negative affect on you? Heaps of times, I can’t just walk away from something, I have to get it done and will keep going ‘till I get it or I’m hurting, or too tired to try it anymore. Your riding style seems timeless; you blend the old and the new so well together. You never seem to follow the trends. Is this a conscious thing or has it just evolved that way? I think it just evolved that way. It’s just how I ride.

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STORY BY DAVE CRAGG, PHOTOS BY JAMIE MAURI & MICHAEL GORMAN

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road trip is the best. No matter what you come across nothing can bring down the joys of travelling the open road. Even better is when you have a crew of mates together that just want good times. The idea for the trip was to get the friends and riders of Hell on Wheels together for a week of roasting the big bowl haven that is the Gold Coast, with a few stops along the way.

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Growing up riding BMX I have found that no matter how old you are, there always seems to be some kid that’s younger than you and better than you. Even when I was 15, I remember looking in magazines and seeing photos of a mini Chase Hawk and thinking “what the hell! He is younger than me, how can he be so good!” And the older you get, the worse it gets. Every time I go down to the skate park now it seems like there’s another kid that’s on a progression binge, learning tricks like a maniac and making the older riders look retarded. Shit, maybe I’m just old and bitter. But it is interesting watching the natural evolution of our sport, the younger guys taking what’s been done and putting a new spin on things. Whether it be spinning 3’s twice as high and upside-down, or making flairs as normal as tail taps, you can always rely on the younger riders to push the envelope. With that in mind here are three mini interviews with some young riders who have been turning heads lately. Photo

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FIRST MET DYLAN PELL AROUND THE SAME TIM RIDE AND NOTICED HE HAD A NATURAL, EASY STY ARE DRAWN TO DYLAN, HE’S ALWAYS SO APP WAYS GET PEOPLE PUMPED ON LIFE AND LIVING A TRUE AND LOYAL FRIEND AND PUTS THEM BE NEED. I AM HONORED TO CALL DYLAN PELL A PA 100

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I FIRST MET DYLAN PELL AROUND THE SAME TIME I MOVED INTO MY FIRST HOUSE. I’D SEEN HIM RIDE AND NOTICED HE HAD A NATURAL, EASY STYLE AND MASTERED TRICKS WITH EASE. PEOPLE ARE DRAWN TO DYLAN, HE’S ALWAYS SO APPROACHABLE AND FRIENDLY, HIS CHARISMATIC WAYS GET PEOPLE PUMPED ON LIFE AND LIVING EVERYDAY TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL. DYLAN IS A TRUE AND LOYAL FRIEND AND PUTS THEM BEFORE HIMSELF EVERY TIME WHEN THEY ARE IN NEED. I AM HONOURED TO CALL DYLAN PELL A PART OF THE RIDING WAY FAMILY. INTERVIEW AND PHOTOS BY GORAK We’re on our way to the Slay the Rails comp put on by Sanction, what are your thoughts on that? Gonna be fun, you’re drinkin, I’m driving!

Haha, yeyeah! So tell me your name, age and something else random. I’m Dylan Pell, I’m 18 years old, I love BMX and I love driving my car, and skids.

So you’ve had your car impounded? Yeah, so no more skids!

So, you love your BMX?

Yeyeah, What got you into it? I used to ride scooters and skateboards here and there, but got a new bike for my birthday and that just set me!

Hang on, you said you used to ride scooters? Oh come on, I was 10, I didn’t know any better!

So who got you your first bike? My mum, it took a while, it was worth a little bit. It had everything unsealed, but it was still worth $900. I don’t know how that works.

ME I MOVED INTO MY FIRST HOUSE. I’D SEEN HIM YLE AND MASTERED TRICKS WITH EASE. PEOPLE PROACHABLE AND FRIENDLY, HIS CHARISMATIC G EVERY DAY TO IT’S FULL POTENTIAL. DYLAN IS EFORE HIMSELF EVERY TIME WHEN THEY ARE IN ART OF THE RIDING WAY FAMILY. THANKS DYLAN Love it, I been riding for 4 or 5 years, it’s sick!

Yeah dude, things in the olden days were expensive! Yeah true that! It’s still rollin’ around somewhere...

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Story by Alex Liiv Photography by Raine Turnbull This trip started the night before for me, only several hours before the crew picked myself and Benny Halpin up. I was in Sydney harbour on a boat cruise listening to Q Lazzarus and good bye horses, celebrating a birthday. I then missed all the trains home and missed all the signs saying “stop drinking Alex”. I ended up sleeping on the half wit of a train station, Blacktown for a few hours, before getting home at around 6am. Next thing I know, thanks to the wonderful inventions of alarm clocks I was awake at 7am to meet Jason and crew. After the dudes met up at Five Dock skate park at some ungodly hour of the morning, they cruised up and picked us up and we all headed straight to Hazelbrook trails to sample some of Dan Dongas creative lines. The theory was to ride, but all I could muster was a bus seat to sleep on while the dudes boned those porn stars. I mean rode the jumps. Although I was dreaming I did imagine an amazing session going down, Dongas showing daddy spec theme style riding, Chris Harti all turtle jokes aside was twisting the hip, couldn’t have been any cooler than the way I dreamt it. Wild scene. I have images of the dudes slaving over Dongas combination lock pre set run up, to keep kids and idiots like me from riding. The scene there was so tasty. I woke up, went for a walk around and spoke to Raine then I went into the sun, took a piss and watched the dudes take their last runs before packing up and packing in to the Hazzo shops. I’ve been on a few of these JC Roadtripzzz and when we all go and get food I always think what do small take aways and bakeries think when 12 swearing, sweaty, girly looking grown men walk in and order half their weekly stock? I also wonder what it would feel like to walk in, everyone order, they start making all this food and then we just leave them cooking 50kg of hot chips and chicken patties. I actually think that would be extremely slack but outstandingly naughty in which it would make everyone involved laugh. Anyway this didn’t happen and hasn’t happened but what did happen was Ben bought

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NewProducts NewProducts NEW PRODUCTS FRESH IS BEST

Studio photos by Tony Nolan

United Value Bars

Cult OS Frame www.cultcrew.com

The OS is the new Taiwanese made frame from Cult. It features a tapered top tube, 5 bend chainstays and heat treated drop outs. It comes in black or black, (who needs those fancy colours anyway) and size wise you can have 20.5”, 20.75” or 21” top tube. Head angle is 75 degrees and weight 4.7lbs, nice simple frame!

www.unitedbikeco.com

Value bars come in 8” or 8.25” rise, are 27.5” wide and are available in black, white or this nice flat purple colour. As you might expect from the name they are cheap and simple, who needs fancy ass bars anyway...

S&M Hoder Bars www.sandm.com

The new Hoder bars have an 8.625” rise, just in case you need something a little bigger than 8.62” but wow, not as big as 8.63”... They come in black, chrome, or red, are 30” wide and are made of S and M’s fancy 4Q Baked post-weld heat treated crmo... You don’t really care though cause they are S and M bars so you know they are good.

Volume Open Bar www.volumebikes.com

The open bar is a 13 Butted, CR-MO, heat-treated bar with an 8.25” rise and 29” of width... and guess what, they come in chrome, bring back 1984 I reckon.

Standard Frame www.standardbyke.com

Standard have been making top quality BMX frames for longer than most of us have been riding. They have pioneered many of the things that make BMX frames and parts great these days and are still at the top of their game. I checked out their website to get the specs for this frame and ended up spending half an hour checking out all the photos of custom frames, parts and some really nice engraving... So instead of telling you the specs for this one, go look at the Standard page and make up your own frame, they’ll make it for you and you know it will be good...

Fly Bikes Uno Seat www.flybikebmx.com

The Uno is Flys take on the seat/post combo and as with most things Fly it’s done well... The Uno is made of a combination of Nylon and Fiberglass and has an alloy insert for extra strength... The website says it’s “unbreakable”! Weight is 280 grams and it comes in black, yellow, red, white or purple... very nice...

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Mutiny Wands Fork www.mutinybike.com

These forks from Mutiny are made of multi butted and head treated crmo. They have tapered legs, a butted steerer and a built in race for integrated headsets. Weight is 920 grams and they are available in a bunch of nice colours.

Demolition Concorde Fork www.demolitionparts.com

These are Chris Doyles signature forks and are made from heat treated crmo with a butted steerer, tapered legs and 4mm dropouts. Weight is just under 900 grams and they come in black, white, teal or brown.

Eye Q Frame www.eyebmx.com

The Eye Q is made in the USA from heat treated crmo and is available in 20.5”, 21” or 21.25” sizes in this unique raw finish. The frame has no seat clamp but comes with an Animal post and has all the usual specs like removable brakes and an integrated headset. Weight is 4.9lbs for the 21.25”.

Deluxe PomPom Chainwheel www.deluxebmx.com

Stolen Thermalite Pegs

Named after their French team rider, this new chainwheel from Deluxe is available in 25, 28 or 30 tooth in black, silver, red or blue. They are made from 7075 alloy and weigh in at 60 grams for the 25 tooth.

www.stolenbmx.com

These new Stolen pegs are made of Thermalite, don’t really know what that is but I guess it’s some sort of fancy plastic, gotta keep the coping Nazis happy somehow. These also have an alloy back plate and inner sleeve for extra strength and are 104mm long x 40mm diameter. Nice colours too...

Shadow Scream Sprocket www.theshadowconspiracy.com

Shadows sweet new sprocket has offset teeth for a smoother chain, is made of 7075 alloy and comes in 25 or 28 tooth, in red, white, purple, black, yellow or light blue. It also has a nice skull print graphic ‘cause skulls are cool.

DK Tuska Grip

www.dkbicyclesaustralia.com.au Soft Kraton rubber, comfortable pattern, 145mm long and available in a stack of colours, including this marble effect...

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GARRETT REYNOLDS

N E H almondfootwear.com | photo : jeff allen | shoe model : the magnus | available late 2010