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ON THE COVER Clint Reynolds has gained legendary status in a very short amount of time with his radness on a bike, his care free approach to life and his modding abilities. Here he lets one go over one of the new sets at the Eastside trails somewhere in Tx Photo by Rick Crossman
ON THIS PAGE Ryan Elcock was back in the Southampton area for a short amount of time inbetween moving houses. He took full advantage of the tunnel being close by whilst he was home and who wouldn’t. I too took full advantage of the opportunity to grab a few shots. Tunnel doorway carve whilst a rather chilled looking Shaun Jinx... chills. Photo by Mike Netley
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EDITOR Mike Netley
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So Issue two is upon us. First and foremost, thanks to everyone for their kind words and support on the first issue. Me personally, I think this issue has turned out great. Hopefully you’ll all agree. It’s certainly true what they say about a first in anything being a trial and it’s crazy how many things you learn and pick up along the way. This issue took a while to get together; I think we can blame winter for that one. Have a read of Will Herrmanns winter rant inside, what Will experienced with dealing with trying to ride bikes in winter is what I experienced too; only trying to make a magazine about riding bikes instead of actually riding them! Spring is upon us now though, hopefully Will and everyone else for that matter can get out on the bikes a lot more and then I’ll have more content readily available to make a kick ass magazine. It’s like one of those vicious circles, except when the weather is good, the circle is a lot easier to complete and just generally a lot nicer. Here’s to good weather, fun little bikes and to the future of magazines.
Vincent Perraud, John Dye, Rick Crossman, Jaz Clarke, Will Jones, Steve Crandall, Robin Pearson, Davis Finn, Devon Denham, Mike Netley, Ben Mark, Ian Morris, James Weston, Rob Voller, Mike Cottle, Luke Peeters, Johann Chan,Richard Homer, Brian Barnhart
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John Dye, Mike Netley, Leroy Maidment, Aron Leah, Dan Broadfield, Will Herrmann, Digmore George, Ben Mark, Charlie Dickinson, Devon Denham, James Weston, Johann Chan, Mike Cottle, Ollie Reeve
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9 LIVES. Do you qualify? Words by Terry Bolea. Photo by Steve Crandall
These days starting a ”BMX” co, starting a ”BMX” blog or even becoming a “BMX” photographer is quite simply 10 a penny and often backed with, I know this sounds strange but, nothing short of zero qualification. Do we really need to start drawing up rules here, no, but taking a look around here, some of you lot are clearly NOT qualified and simply owning a BMX bike does not mean you ride or equal rider owned. We aint saying this is some petty elite club, it is simply riding bikes and if you can have fun with that, as you know that’s all you need, we all know the best part of this bicycle ride is the actual going out with your mates to ride. So for all you immigrants who have started creeping in with out even paying your dues, we will draw up some rough guides for legitimacy! This has to be a joke right? Yeah sort of, but that being said we seriously need to start asking people for there credentials. Lets start with a few “role models” to this theme of the “love of bike riding” and use them as a guideline for some who have excelled in earning there spot, respect, and often taking them places into the industry, and well deserved places at that. A lot to choose from here but most obvious to us would be Joe Rich of T-1 for a bike co(and photographer/filmer too), Chris Moeller of S&M before him, photography wise, we have many but these spring to mind Benson and Steve Bancroft of Ride UK, Keith Mulligan of Ride USA, Walter Perringer and Rob Dolecki all being bad ass bike riders first and foremost, filmers we’ll put out Wiz and James Cox as 2 good examples… So lets set these boys as the president, as they are all more than qualified so to speak, how do some of the others measure up then? I sometimes wonder why some people want to be so involved in some thing they have such little passion for. I love eating Chinese food but I aint about to start my ”eater owned” restuarant or start blogging about the egg in the egg fried rice isn’t the right colour or that the prawn crackers are too heavy. It is clear in this day and age that a “papers please policy” needs putting in placement, if you want to A) take some money from the thing many of us love even from the bigger non ”rider” owned companies, B) voice your opinion in a publication or online and C) To even loose money starting your own“BMX” company.
You can guarantee that Dave King ticks 3, if not ALL the boxes on the opposite page. Dave’s been around to stand the test of time and you could all learn a thing or two from him no doubt. I’m sure he could at the very least teach you a thing or two about laying tables at POSH!
So here goes your list boys, pretty simple stuff for your average BMX’er who has done his time, all you need to qualify yourselves is 3 out of the 9 tricks listed but even that might be a little bit of a stretch for some of you out there who are already smuggling cash from the scene?
1) 180 on the flat ground with roll out, I know this sounds ridiculous but its one of the building blocks of being into BMX, it has to be one of the first things you learn, yet some of these people are seriously in doubts as to whether they could actually muster one of these. Even most kids on the completes they just got for Christmas 2009 are busting these now. 2) Manual roll. Another ultra basic task for all you in the docks. You must be able to manual your age in feet. 3)Air 3 feet on a ¼, minimal time spent on any transition should put you well in to contention for a 3 foot air out of any reasonable ¼ or bowl. 4) Get one non-sarcastic “yeah” from your friends at every riding session , depending how fun your scene is even some of the above tricks could get a“yeah”if done with some conviction? 5) 360 down a 5 stair, for all you hardened street heads with ya 3.2 tyres front n rear and seats on ya sprockets out there this isn’t much to ask. 6) Jump a legit 10 pack, we aint talking monster 30 footers here but even the most stubborn of wanna be trail builders could muster your average main line at most trails. Even mountain bikers manage it. 7) Do at least one trick to fakie, Yet again simple stuff for all you lot, in all your years riding there must have been one trick that has appealed to you enough to learn to roll back / out? 8) You, your bike and a hand rail must have physically crossed paths at one point. What we mean here is you must have ground a rail down some stairs or even hoped one if you aint got pegs? I know we are pushing the boat out here a little but come on its pretty basic stuff for your average BMX rider who is into riding his bike to at one point meet a rail of some sort. 9) Roll in on a vert ramp, scary for all who don’t ride vert often but a fine challenge to us all, it’s a heart pumping moment but exactly like rolling in on a 5 foot quarter. It’s quite a minimal man up.
So there you have it comprehensively, If you want to start a company or start talking about how wrong every BMX company is out there, or roll around following a bunch of riders with tripods hanging off your back on a BMX calling the shots, we need some back up, so get qualified. Oh yeah, if you aint been on a BMX for a minimum of 10 years straight with out a break in that 10 year stretch to go skateboarding or surfing or fixed riding or whatever else, you don’t pass go and get sent back to the start until you have done a 10 year stint. Please fill in the boxes and send them back to us for review… Are we actually serious here? “Bike riding”is just for fun don’t forget that!
Feel free to cut this page free and send it back to us with all your boxes ticked and include, in no more than 100 words, what you think about the state of BMX today... Include your name and address and we’ll pick a winner/the most interesting letter and you’ll receive something awesome in the post. Send to: Case BMX Magazine 48 Missenden Acres Hedge End Southampton SO30 2RE CLOSING DATE: MAY 25TH 2010
First & Last
First BMX you owned was? A Dyno nsx, all chromed out I got it after my13th birthday…touch! Last BMX you owned was? United 40ht with all the trimmings. First person you rode with was? Glenndour we used to go to this bomb hole down the road from me and jump logs to flat. Last person you rode with was? The usual Thursday night heads. First BMX movie you saw was? I think it was the Last resort, and I still watch it now.... splendid Last BMX movie you saw was? Fuckin’ shit! I cant remember what it was called Transworld something or other I didn’t even make it to the end!! First “pro” BMX rider you saw was? John Dye, he used to work in Cyclone and I pretty much grew up in that place. Last “pro” BMX rider you saw was? Scott Malyon, he’s one of the usual Thursday crew! First BMX movie you had a clip in was? Bicycle Union Don’t break the Oath. Last BMX movie you had a clip in was? Not including web edits, Props megasnore Europe. First contest/jam you rode in was? The Rom jam, I dunno what year. I sucked threw my bike and won ‘mug of the day’ bosh! Last contest/jam you rode in was? The Rom jam. I did a wall ride, won a stripper and a balloon.....good times!! First bike part you broke was? Plastic pedals on my Dyno. I cant understand how people are running em these days they must have to put a new set on daily? Last bike part you broke was? My cranks- livid there like 2 months old. First tranny you rode was? In Harlow a place called Nicholsfield in 96. I think it was a metal set up I thought it was amazing, it sucked really but it was the first ramp I ever saw so I loved it!
Jimmy Rushmore Last tranny you rode was? Charlton mini-Scotts ramp, I am seriously lucky to have that place as a regular spot. First time you rode Rom was? In 97 I had a Hoffman Condor and love bars and massive knee pads. Rom is amazing Last time you rode Rom was? Last weekend, the locals have changed a bit but Rom is still one of my favorite parks. First set of doubles you jumped was? Not a proper set, I think we watched a vid and it was full of jumping so we went to the bottom of my friends road made a jump it was probably a foot tall and a 4 foot gap and we jumped the shit out of it for ages. Last set of doubles you jumped was? At Villij, the Head was going up there with a crew from Epsom I was lucky enough to be able to go with em, fuckin fun jumps and sound locals good times. First flattie you ever did? Was proper bow legged! I reckon it was at the Harlow mini ramp about 98. Last flattie you did? Was in Dorchester. First rail you did was? Pretty much a back peg ching, probably 2004? Last rail you did was? Last week in Southampton I think its called the Ashley Charles rail!? The first BMX trip you went on was? In 2002 I went away with the whole Union crew, we went in Belgium, Holland maybe Germany it was the first time I’d been away with my bike and when we got back I couldn’t wait to go on anuveran. The last BMX trip you went on was? Around the south coast with Ashley and Coxie for the United DVD, you cant beat the feeling of going somewhere new meeting new people and riding spots you haven’t been to before. First thing you do in the morning? Wake up turn my alarm off roll over then back to sleep..... bosh, being unemployed sucks. Last thing you do it at night? Set my alarm kidding myself that I’m gonna get up in the mornin’!!
Participant. Brian Yeagle
What was the last video you had a part in? -year? I believe it was rhythm, way back in 2002.
What were your first thoughts on filming for Anthem with Stew?
Hell yeah! First off i get to be represented by one of the best video makers in the business, in a sequel of a timeless masterpiece- Anthem. Just as enticing was the possibility for travel and to ride with the others in the line up for the vid. Exploring new lands and shaking new hands has been one of the best extras that has come along with riding.
Was the first Anthem a big influence on you and your riding?
It surely gave motivation for going out and riding as well as building at the trails. i canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see how that video could not have had an effect on my riding with people like chris stauffer and ground chuck flowing through their local spots, posh and push. Even through seeing those trails, their design and scale, it put quite an affect on what we were doing with our own jumps.
How has the filming for Anthem 2 been going?
It has been going well, we have done quite a few trips already, some more productive than others. Injuries have only obstructed progress a bit which is nice. A bruised hand, ankle, and one thumb surgery and a few small knee issues is the list so far. it has been great getting out, especially internationally, exploring in many ways on foot, with the camera and on wheels. I have been able to ride many things local and foreign, often finding at least one really good line or hit at whatever spot.
How was the last Euro trip?
It was great, every foot covered was previously foreign to me. The landscape and people of southern France are beautiful. I wish that we had more time to just travel around exploring. So many things were only viewed in passing, through the autoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s window, every town center, abandoned structure, castle, alley, I wanted to cover every inch. We had a wonderful tour guide, Vincent Perraud, while in france, who was also the photographer. He, along with all the locals in each spot, showed us some Opposite 360 to no doubt yet another amazing clip for anthem II
Words by John Dye - Photos by Vincent Perraud
awesome things to ride, really fun tranny-ditches and a random cement quarter were two of the best things.
What’s the worst slam you’ve taken since you have been filming? Nothing really stands in the memory bank. Some bails at the trails have been have the highest death potential but i have been lucky with injuries and more often just get really pissed after being scared.
The most tries you took at one single line or trick?
Not many. i adopted the bmx tenet that the more you attempt of ‘bitch run’ something the more danger is involved. Following that, if things aren’t getting done after a few tries forget about it, another day. The most times i would do something would be filming trail lines with Stew. He would want to get one line filmed from three or four positions as the line continued, so i would have to do the run again and again until everything was filmed from each spot satisfactorily.
How angry have you got filming a trick or line that didnt work out?
At least once a sesh i often have steam out the ears. I think venting the anger healthy. most often after a few minutes of screaming it is all smiles. It’s when the frustration and tension continues after the initial paroxysm that concern should be shown.
How many times have you thrown your bike whilst filming? Two to three times a season.. I try not to, all that comes of it is bent parts and more anger, but occasionally it seems like the only outlet.
Where have you filmed most of your clipswhat states in the USA, what countries in Europe?
I don’t think that there has been a concentration of captured clips in one area. Pennsylvania to some extant, in part because I live here and also because the best trails in the world are within the PA woods. As for overseas it has been England, France and a touch of Spain. I would like to add to this list though, fingers crossed.
What countries did you visit on this trip that you had’nt been to before?
I haven’t had any repeats yet, another thing i wouldn’t mind changing. I am always eager to go I’m not quite sure how Brian got into this position. Crazy looking one footed table in southern France
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Participant. Brian Yeagle where i haven’t been but i could definitely use a round two in southern France.
Do you ever feel pressure to film when you were not feeling it? Not from anyone except myself really. Even if someone is standing around with a camera and it’s obvious there eager for some documentation, it is still most often an internal battle. I am very much a ‘mood-rider’, so i only really try what i want when i want. If i try to force anything only trash will come of it, So why bother?
Who were you traveling with during your filming trips for Anthem and how were they?
The most frequent company has been Clint Reynolds, Mark Mulville and Chris Doyle, all of which are interesting characters and stand out riders. Others have been Geoff Slattery, Sean Burns, Mike Aitken, Dirt Ron, Dave Thompson, name, name, name. It has been great to ride with everyone. If it is either styles that compliment mine or challenge how i see and interact with various riding environments, both situations are beneficial, to push what i already have or learn something new.
What were some of the hard ships of being on the road for so long?
I don’t recall any. One of the only difficult situations was encountered in England. The van we had to drive around in for ten days had ZERO window in the back, which was completely cut off from the front compartment. Deciding who would be riding in darkness with all the gear was certainly a point of contention. Did i mention it was the middle of summer?
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What was your favourite place visited whilst filming? Eastern PA trails, but i try to go there anyway. So outside the norm? Some of the cement parks in the Portland, OR area are a blast.
What were 5 things you missed from home while you have been on the road?
While on trips, until the end is close and i’m actually gathering my stuff to return, i don’t really think about home at all. Food availability maybe. Or what i am not getting done at the trails. If i am on the road with some good friends and i have my camera, sleeping bag and bicycle what would i be missing? I suppose whether or not a girl is in the picture might change the scene a bit.
Do you know when the rough release date is for Anthem 2-Is it ever going to come out?
No idea. I believe that most of us have quite a lot of footage captured. Stew wanted to wait and see what Mike A. wanted to do, finish filming for his part at some point or just let it be. Ol’ Stew has many other vid projects as well so i’m sure time for him is an issue.
Who’s Anthem part do you look forward to seeing most?
Everyones of course. All those i don’t know that well and don’t ride with, watching their parts is an exciting revelation in style and possibilities. And watching my close friends parts is the best, motivated by what they have accomplished and feeling nostalgic about all the times shared while traveling with them.
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LOST WITHOUT ‘EM Words and photo by Devon Denham Through out my years of riding I have noticed the importance of having friends in BMX. Friends were what got me into riding, friends kept me into riding, they make riding more exciting for me, and they have helped me progress. BMX, to me, is amazing for that one aspect. I know if it wasn’t for my friend that raced in 7th grade I would probably be playing baseball or working in a factory somewhere, and I thank him for that. Everyone that rides has probably made a friend through riding; and to me it seems pretty awesome that just a little kids bicycle could bring people together in a positive atmosphere. Over the past nine years I have met several people that ride BMX; some have come and gone, others I am still close friends with. Its kind of like a double edged sword, not every body stays with it so you will lose friends, but with the scene always growing a new rider is always right around the corner. However, I spent a couple years alone while I was in college, and that showed me how much I appreciated having someone to call up and ride. I know it has been done, but riding alone is never fun for me. There is nothing better than riding around with a crew of friends and finally landing a trick you have worked on. Some would say its cocky or arrogant, but friends just help motivate you to progress sometimes and in my book there is nothing wrong with that. So next time your out having fun at your local skatepark or chilling with your group of friends, don’t take them for granted, because without them BMX might not be so much fun.
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3. THE NOSE MANUAL KING After two weeks, which amounted to a combined total of 1 hour 15 minutes practice, Phil Dolan was snaking the jam circle like it was the 2002 X-games. Phil had nice modern moves such as brakeless whiplashes both ways, forwards and backwards super smooth nose manual links landing him a top 3 position, a smidgen of a point behind the big E. Phil has so much riding skill under his belt, I hear a George Foreman style comeback at Level Vibes 2030 is on the cards. How much does your job as a cycle courier let ]SY TVEGXMGI à EXPERH# Hardly ever during the week.
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;LIR - [EW GSQTIXMRK MR XLI WEGVM½ GI [EW PEVKI - had to move back home, worked in a bar to pay for travel and rode as much as I possibly could. It was much harder work than I thought it would be. I got burned out quickly, and racked up some debt. At the end of 2008, the decision to stop competing was a logical one, but I struggle with it on a personal level. The only way I could continue to progress would be to keep on as I did in 08 or get paid to ride neither of which are likely to happen. HS[ [SYPH ]SY HIWGVMFI ]SYV RI[ WX]PI# - [ERX XS VI½ RI XLMRKW EW QYGL EW TSWWMFPI [LIR - VMHI Ideally, no scuffs, no pumping, no delays between switches etc. I would either describe it as invisible pumping or would say I am aspiring to ride seamlessly. I think about this stuff way too much.... haha.
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After all these years, how do you feel that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still you, Effraim and Phil in the top three spots? -X´W EQE^MRK XLEX [I EPP EVI WXMPP OMGOMRK MX &YX VIEPP] XLIVI WLSYPH FI E PMRI SJ RI[ TVSW OMGOMRK YW MR XLI FYXX %RH WSSR XLIVI [MPP FI - LSTI If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the Godfather, Effraimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the Jedi, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Phil? +ISVKI 'PSSRI] Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not calling this a comeback - but you seem to be onto your 100th reincarnation. What are the ingredients of a successful James White comeback? (SR´X GEPP MX E GSQIFEGO - FIIR LIVI JSV ]IEVW 6SGOMR Q] TIIVW ERH TYXXMR WYGOEW MR JIEV Makin the tears rain down like a MON-soon 0MWXIR XS XLI FEWW KS &331 )\TPSWMSR SZIVTS[IVMR Over the competition, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m towerin ;VIGOMR WLST [LIR - HVST XLIWI P]VMGW XLEX´PP QEOI ]SY GEPP XLI GSTW (SR´X ]SY HEVI WXEVI ]SY FIXXE QSZI Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ever compare Me to the rest thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll all get sliced and diced 'SQTIXMXMSR´W TE]MR XLI TVMGI
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Winter (I Really Dislike)
Not Quite A Will Herrmann Interview.
I get into my house after rushing back from town with about 5 hoodies on so I look like a chubby little man going home to eat a dinner his housewife made him, actually it was just bloody cold. Mid January in Bristol, dark when you wake up and dark when you get home and just shit in between. I am not a pessimist, on the contrary, I would hope to be considered as reasonably positive person, but when its absolute dogshit weather outside it’s hard to seem I would get a call from Homer at about 4pm “Hey, how is it going, do you want that way. to go take some photos for this case thing?” For about a second I would be really pumped, sitting in my warm room thinking about which Little Devil video to watch to get pumped, then I would remember the bleak misty night waiting outside. I honestly don’t understand those night-club gutter girls who can wobble around on high heels in short skirts at 2am on a winter night waiting for their bloke to eat his kebab, while I sit there, hands buried in pockets watching my breath turn to mist. I don’t know what pictures are getting used or anything, there are some old pictures in there, some newer ones, a few different photographers, more of a cut and paste get it done attempt. So cheers to Homer, Kung, Barnharrt, George, Profile, Toby@Verde, Mike O and all the lads.
‘...dark when you wake up and dark when you get home...’
‘...she was so horrified at his somewhat dishevelled appearance she went back to their mother who then sent young William £350 to buy some new clothes and clean himself up.’
I really dislike winter. Life just isn’t as much fun. Everything is wet, cold and minging. Girls cover up, snow is exciting for approximately 5 seconds before it just becomes a pain in the arse, and you can’t even think about riding trails for months. In the evenings, everyone with a girlfriend disappears, I don’t mind, I’m just jealous. I have personally been god damn woeful at getting down the woods and helping out getting stuff sorted for this years riding. At least the other Digmore locals have been more committed than myself, but as I pointed out, they all have girlfriends they want to avoid at the weekends. I am usually nursing a hangover after being encouraged to excess by Herrmann the Gerrmann. But having said that, the last two winters have been made far more bearable by Will being around. He comes back for the winters studying at UWE, before becoming the nomad he is very well know for being, come the following summer. He is definitely one of the strangest time people I know, and I mean that in the best possible way. He just looks at life differently to most, I have lost track of the amount of times I have tried to figure him out, now, I just sit back and enjoy his company. Like his Hiroshima piss on King William Street that almost destroyed two unfortunate theatregoers. Nights out with Will are always eventful. And his constant soup opera with girls not any less entertaining, less Storm Troopers more French goddess’ eh Will? How he gets through life living on as little money as he does is nothing short of astonishing. I guess he has just got skinning a turd down to an art form. I know for a fact that after meeting up with his sister in London once, she was so horrified at his somewhat dishevelled appearance she went back to their mother who then sent young William £350 to buy some new clothes and clean himself up. He simply saves his money for travelling in the summers; and fair enough, I wish I had his dedication to saving pennies. He even has a real job now, working on Bristol’s famous rave boat. I was meant to do a proper interview with Will, but that got lost behind a bottle of Old Rascal one night, so we decided I would write down some rubbish and let Skidpan’s documentation of Will’s riding over this last Bristol winter provide something interesting to look at whilst sat on the crapper. It’s all pretty last minute, Bristol fashion. Both Profile and Verde are giving Will product now, which is nice.
‘...snow is exciting for approximately 5 seconds...’
+ Paul Weller By Charlie Dickinson
At some point in time, every rider worth his salt has tried to build some trails. Whether it was by themselves or with a group of friends, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an eventuality. Most of the time, the owners will get bored and leave for more convenient things to ride. Sometimes though, they will flourish into a spot where the locals can all congregate, ride, relax, and enjoy their love for riding. Cedar trails is one of these. Started by Paul
Weller, he has built them, mostly single-handedly, over three years into the nicest trails I have ever seen. Hidden deep in the woods, lies a maze of super fast, tight transitions, endless lines, each flowing just as well as the last, all built around the natural layout of the forest. To some people, trails are just a set of jumps in a forest, a back yard, a clearing, but to others, they are much more. They are a labor of love. A place you can go to take your mind off everything else thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on around you, whether youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re riding them in the summer, when it is warm, or digging in the winter, in the pouring rain and cold.
Mark Tanner rode a lot more than i expected him to. He still drunk more than he rode but certainly got more than his fair share of clips. Gap over rail to pegger
THE SOURCE HIT THE STREETS OF MADRID TO KICK OFF FILMING FOR THE NEW SHOP VID. WORDS AND PHOTOS BY MIKE NETLEY
“IT DEFINITELY DIDN ONCE IN MADRID” Definitely didn’t go to Madrid with the dudes from the Source… Definitely didn’t have a good time, certainly didn’t ride bikes and no way did we drink. I hate drinking… The source trip was bad ass! A good crew, a new and fairly unexplored city, a bunch of guys pumped to get some good clips for the new DVD and definitely 4 days of lush weather… I’m not so sure about the last bit. The trip started with a 3am drive to Gatwick, I definitely enjoyed getting up at that time of day and I definitely don’t like sleeping… My self and Rob Castle arrived there and met up with the crew which consisted of TM Marc Moore, filmer Tom Pickard and the shop riders; Wildcat, Tanner, Maggot, Carl King, Josh Heritage, Charlie from Seventies and Chris Wiseman. Niki Croft also tagged along to escape the grim British weather and to pull something
N’T RAIN
Wildcat, downwhip a hip at a fun little skate plaza mag found via t’interweb prior to departing for the trip
Tanner is psyched because he’s never had a fakie wall ride photo in a magazine before.
ridiculous at every spot we went to. That dude is something else on a bike! We arrived in Madrid and were greeted by the thing everyone really loves, rain. I can’t stress how much fun going across a city on a busy tube is carrying a heavy camera bike and a really awkward to hold bike box. I LOVE IT! We arrived at the apartment and were greeted by a pretty nice oldfashioned family holiday home of an apartment. It definitely didn’t get trashed and we didn’t get loose as fuck every night. I hate getting loose.
Josh is quiet in the day and gets loose at night. Its awesome! Quiet double pegger on the make shift flat rail
Somewhere in this article is a letter TM marc Moore received from the owners upon return… I think they liked us….
Charlie Fergusson. Wall ride to Bars at a crazy ghetto park whereraves are also held
Day one consisted of the whole crew minus the punks going for a roll around in the rain sussing out some spots. It turned out to be really productive. We hit a good underground spot where Charlie did an awesome bar spin and then we hit up burger king. I definitely hate burgers… That night was day one of booze carnage, it was my birthday too so that helped. None of us on this trip actually drank alcohol remember so it was definitely a pretty chill night… No one puked, no one went home with a hooker and no one smiled… Day two was much the same as the previous; it was definitely boiling hot, no wind, and certainly no rain… We actually ended up finding a local bike shop and getting some info on an indoor park in the area. It was a good time for sure. Cool local kids, a few fun obstacles and just a pretty interesting building to be in. As we were leaving they were preparing one of the rooms for a rave that night… Definitely would have been a wild scene for sure…. Later that evening a small crew headed out with the intent of hitting up a secret half pipe. We cruised a couple of spots on the way and eventfully made our way to said pipe. It was insane, if you’ve been there you know, and if not, take a look at the photo but believe me when I say that photo really doesn’t do the place justice. Unfortunately we only got to ride the secret ramp for a short amount of time before muzzled dogs and angry security guards escorted us out of the pipe and called the police. They certainly weren’t letting us get off lightly and we all ended up getting tickets and just genuinely made to feel about knee high… It really was a low point and left said crew feeling pretty sour.
Especially after hearing that friends had previously ridden the place a few weeks prior for 4 hours with out being disturbed and the locals from the ghetto park said it was cool… Did I mention how friendly Spanish police are… We eventually managed to get out of that situation and back to the apartment, none of us drink alcohol remember so we definitely didn’t lift our spirits with a game of ring of fire, beer and gin. I hate things like that. Later that night we hit up a local Goth club, wild scene in there for sure. We all drank lemonade all night and no one had a good time… No one likes a good time. No one awoke on day 3 to a hang over…. We were actually greeted by dry streets for a change and so the plan was set to hit the streets of Madrid. Maggit had gone buck nutty on the Internet before leaving for the trip so we had a good amount of spots and directions as a guide. This was by far the most productive session, Niki took a really harsh slam where he slammed and put his hand down a flat bank made of iron bars and Maggit fired out some really good lines. The plan was made to hit a good looking out door Cement Park; we got there and were pumped. The session got off to a cracking start but was once again brought to a shuddering halt by good ol’ buddy pissin’ rain. Syke. After a stop in a sweet little café where mark tanner decided to eat biscuits with pieces of fish on them the streets started to dry again so we once again hit the road. A couple of punctures and looking at obstacles later and we were at a handrail that Castle eyed up. The run up sucked, there definitely wasn’t any dog shit on the floor which he placed a empty crisp packet over and it definitely wasn’t a sharp 90 degree turn and no run up to get onto the rail. Castle, or
Maggit shredded every day. §180 bars late at night
From top to bottom... Castle with a dog shit dodge to handrail in the rain The Spot where we all got tickets... And an awesome ghetto jumpbox we stumbled accross
Castle, Fufanu
Mag again coming through with a dialed sequence. 180 whip on something like the 2nd or 3rd try. Nothin’ but butters
bobby emo as he’s known to his closest wasn’t fazed though and before you know it rob and his bike were down said rail with in no time. Once again it started raining, it was getting dark and cold so we decided to head back across town on the metro to definitely not drink any alcohol. Rob is psyched on his nickname by the way… Night number three was much like the others. We didn’t drink anything, didn’t do 5 rounds of ring of fire, once of the rules wasn’t to speak Australian or welsh and no one had fun.
Niki Croft. Wall to tabe
Day four and the last day of the trip, blue skies and smiles all round so we hit the streets once more after ditching bike boxes and the local bike shop. Nuff respect to those dudes for letting us do that. With out those guys there’d of been no day 4…
Chris, i am sincerely sorry for pissing on you... Wedge to turndown on the last day
Quote of the trip from Mark Tanner, ‘I’ve got common sense but I’m not sensible....’ Wild cat being sensible with a hair ripping headbutt
Moments after this Niki took one for the team. Opposite whip fly out
‘Tame cat’ he should be called? Bad stomach wasn’t it? Tooth hang accross the ghetto rail gap before definitely necking allllll the beers
Marc Goodwin. Curved ledge hang 5. Smooth as butter
We cruised the city from spot to spot some more hitting a good skate plaza followed by some touristy-ness amongst the tall buildings and a fountain full of water where Mag pulled a few good lines out of his pocket. We went about our day hitting spot after spot including an awesome maze of curved walls like Niki shut down in seconds. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll say it again, that guy is amazing on a bike and one of the nicest blokes you could hope to ride with too. Always down to pedal weather it be through the streets
at night in the pouring rain or effortlessly flowing around and busting tricks here, there and every where. Every trip needs a guy like Niki.
horrible getting into my own bed later that night as it was waking up the next morning to my first beans on toast and cuppa tea in 5 days.
By 5pm the clock was starting to loom its presents and the decision was made to pick up bike boxes and make the trip to the airport so not to miss our flights. We all had as much fun carrying our bike boxes across town on the subway as we did on the way to the apartment and we all loved waiting in long ques for hours whilst our flight was delayed and it was as
Big thanks to marc and wildcat for arranging this trip and a big high five to all the dudes on the trip. Everyone got along great, I made some new friends, hung out with some old ones, laughed non stop with some close ones and enjoying documenting those guys and exploring a new city. Good times!
Step thru tyre grab on home turf. Epsom UK
“...they know what they’re doing. They’re just chancers with nothing to lose. “
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How long have you been building stuff to ride? How many people do you usually build with? How does the building work at your trails? On average how long does it take to build a line from scratch? Does any one ever get the boot for lack of shovel work? What do you think of people who show up from the first sunny weekend of summer until the last weekend of summer then disappear for the whole winter/early spring? I know that a few times last year you had some undesirables show up at your trails how do you deal with that and how often does that happen? Do you think people even stop to think what they are doing, when you hardly even know them and they roll down and bring three other strangers who don’t even speak to any of the locals? What are you pet peeves about trails building / riding? Have you ever built any where other than your local trails? Ever been paid to build? Have you ever built with any thing other than dirt?
I got a list of people that is burning a h o l e in my head
I’ve been building jumps forever it seems. I reckon 1992 you would have seen me with a shovel in my hand. I remember Jason Lunn having something to do with it. He came down the dyke with a wheel barrow filled with spades and worked our arses to the bone. We built some gnarly step up that we never got to ride. Waste of time really, but put me on the right track. I build full time with Jon ‘the bookie’ Robinson. We grew up together building and knocking down then rebuilding stuff. Young Matt puts a lot of hours in, and Bubba threw his weight around. That’s home grown locals. We get a lot of help in the winter months from Chris G. Ben and Farmer Sye, Al Woolman and john dye helped me put a lot of hours in last winter. Plus we got a new breed of youth that have shown signs of interest. Transit van Dean, Tom Pinto, Paul Dogg and Smithy have put in there time. There’s people like Nick Hayday who are married with kids that want to help out, but they can’t so we cut them guys some slack. It’s really just Jon and myself. We’re there pretty much every day from Jan through to Oct. We’ve got so many jumps now and not many people can shape a lip or landing, so we get a crew of people to barrow the gold dust dirt around and we paste them up. It takes a long time but it gets it done the right way. Pretty much a whole winter. We would build all our new stuff by March and then spend the next four weeks fixing stuff up to ride. Our trails are built out of clay so in the thick of winter it gets shit high. Really, only one guy we have banned and he goes by the name of David Courtard. That guy just pissed me off from day one, an absolute joke. There’s a load of people that should be banned but I try to give everyone a second chance to undo their shovel shyness.But I got a list of people that is burning a hole in my head that need telling, this guy called Liam and his mate Paplo are joint first. So we’ll see if they show up willing to dig.We got a lot of guys that ride the trails regular in the summer but live pretty far so we ask them if they could put in 20 hours over the winter which will help out a lot. Fucking drives me mad. We are there every weekend in the pissing wet and cold building new stuff and rebuilding jumps that have fallen down. Then these guy’s just disappear off the face of the earth and pop up out of know where when the trails are running. Some people just don’t get it. It all ways happens so I guess it’s part of having a good spot. You learn to have to deal with it. I seem to get my self into a right old state. Makes me so livid and then puts me into a bad mood, and these guys just don’t get it. This has put me in a bad mood thinking about it. I normally walk around swearing and the Bookie tends to soak the jumps so they can’t ride, but they still don’t get it Yeah man, they know what they’re doing. They’re just chancers with nothing to lose. If they would call to see if it was cool to come ride and they were such specimens, I would tell them to go take a hike. But these people think the council build these trails so that’s alright. Not watering the jumps before people ride. People rocking up into the trails in the afternoon when all the shaping and watering has been done. Liam walking off to the shop to get himself a beer while we tarp up all the jumps after every heavy session. People hanging up, blowing out jumps and who then don’t fix their mess. People, dropping rubbish. Brakeless riders, that can’t ride trying to get through a line. Dirty mother fucking MTB’S, un-invited road trips, the general public, the Peckham BMX team. I could go on flapping so I will stop it there. I lived down in Devon for three months, for two summers in a row so I would help out the Decoy locals at their trails. Yeah, big time. I was one of the main builders at the Redbull Empire of Dirt in 2007 and 2008. We had a very nice build budget and were able to build the most amazing course that the world had ever seen. Ha no I haven’t but we talk about it every year that we are going to build a ghetto ramp set up, but we never do, wood eh!
Jaz Clark photo
Tom Robinson
ROBBO Spending your time in the middle of the woods all winter can be a solitary affair. So what does, Mutiny Rider and World Trails Champion, Robbo plug his ears with on those particularly dreary winter days?
Teen Dusthead â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Full Reverse Any Old Wind That Blows Disorder Road Runner Stones From The Sky Big Time In The Jungle Fences Phoenix Cover Head Over Heals Fuck Addict Wisdom Amerijhanican Dragonaut Bad Vibes Bakbarian Jump Into The Fire Assassin Faster Bullit Grounds For Divorce Scentless Flowers Please Me The Cry Of Melora
Acid King Johnny Cash Joy Division The Modern Lovers Neurosis Old Crow Medicine Sh_ The Soft Pack Tears For Fears Torche The Brian Jonestown_ Bongzilla Sleep Dead Ghosts Electric Wizard Harry Nilsson Floor The Aggrolites Big Business Zinc Pony Black Cobra
Acid King The Legend Heart And Sonic Modern Lovers Given To The Rising O.C.M.S Fences Get Free Mu_ Tears For Fears Torche Methodrone Amerijhanican Sleeps Holy Mountain Bad Vibes 7 Dopethrone Goodfellas Soundtrac_ Floor Reggae Hits Here Come The Wate_ Zinc Pony Bestial
COMPETITION OK OK, it’s competition time again. This time the kind folk at Profile Racing Europe have supplied us with a brand new set of the new ‘No Boss’ cranks and a neat Profile sprocket to go with them. This prize is a lot closer to the £200 mark than the £100 mark and the questions is dead easy so get involved.
Profile Racing ‘No Boss’ Crank set 175mm in Black. These are Profile’s Race Cranks with no bosses. So no Sprocket Bolt! To be used with the ‘Spline Drive’ Sprocket which is also included in this competition. Profile Racing ‘Spline Drive’ Sprocket 25t (Option of Colours; Black, Gold, Red, Blue or Purple) The Profile ‘Spline Drive’ sprocket is manufactured from 7075 Aluminum in the USA. This sprocket requires no sprocket bolt; instead it has a hardened CroMo steel insert in that matches up to the 48 splines in your Profile BB spindle. Basically a whole new crank set is included here. Everything you need to get rolling!
OK, here’s the question…
Question:
What is the difference between a regular Crank sets and the ‘No Boss’ Crank set? a) They do not have a Sprocket Bolt b) They are unemployed so they don’t have a boss c) They simple glue on to your bottom bracket instead of using a spindle or, d) They are exactly the same!
OK, get cracking. Send all entries to competition@casebmx.com Only one entry per person and this again is open to UK residents only. CLOSING DATE: 25th May 2010
step thru footjam at Crawley park
Isaac Lesser
Isaac Lesser is a twenty year old chap from Essex, Pitsea to be precise. I have no idea where that is but it sounds pretty Essex, as does Isaacs’ accent.
I first saw footage of Isaac at a rebel jam a few years back on an issue of Props. I’d not heard the name before so presumed a street riding euro dude with tiny handle bars, needles to say, I was rather shocked seconds later when he was interviewed by Steve Crandall and I heard that Essex accent in all its glory. Like I said, id never heard of Isaac before but was keen to find out more. Since those two years, Isaac still kills it and still has a mean bar spin on him. He’s entered a bunch more comps, including the recent simpel session featured in this issue, and came second in the street comp the year before, as well as producing a handful of awesome web sites. Isaac is a rider of today’s generation of badass street riders and it shows. He rides for Mankind through Zeal distribution and also gets support from Rad BMX shop and Rockstar energy drink. I think you’d all agree that Isaac is in a damn good situation right now considering his age, and the trends BMX has took of late. He loves a meat feast pizza, loves riding Romford (naturally,) and I think we can only expect more good things from this dude.
Words and photo by Ben Mark Intro by Mike Netley
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A life in Photos By James Weston.
I don’t exactly know why, I think it’s because I could never draw or paint. It always seemed like a natural thing to do, to capture an event, a person, a time or a place. This became more of an interest as I grew up, and I realized what an impact certain images had had on me. Certain photos conjured up images and stories, and made me think about the places and times recorded, and let my imagination run wild. They always seemed like stills from other people’s lives, giving their perspective on events,
yet allowing you to make a different assumption on the scene. As I got more into photography, I started leaning more about the technical side, and ended up working for quite some time in the industry. Both factors, which made me, go full circle in some way, and just go back to the simplified practice of taking a photograph. I started to dislike all the technical aspects, which for me, got in the way of spontaneity, and took away everything that attracted me to photography in the first place.
I was always heavily inspired by the magnum agency, and photographers like Bresson and Bruce Davidson, as well as early images of Paris from people like Brassai. BMX wise, Ed Docherty, Ricky Adam and Ryan Worchester have always inspired me, although Delecki, technically is breathtaking. So many photographs stick in my mind, but there are two that I have always loved. One is by Rene Burri, slightly cliché, but I don’t care, named “Rooftop, Sao Paulo Brazil.”(I think this is the correct title.) The
other is by Ed Docherty - of Gower doing a table on a line called “Six On The Hill”.
My granddad was a photographer’ Car: I took the back road to the trails one day, and spotted this. Moto: This was the first roll of black and white 35mm I ever shot and Processed! I drove all the way in, said I was press, got in free, could go wherever I wanted and do what ever I wanted! This was all obviously lies! Twin towers: This is several days before the towers went down. I was in the towers that day, and spent the most part of my afternoon having lunch just outside, and moseying around the area. I like this photograph, because of the framing of the trees and fence, quite a scenic juxtoposistion. Nico: This was taken on one of the many crazy TWENTY trips. Technically, as a BMX photograph is shit, but it was a funny moment when the lady came outside her house screaming, I was more interested in capturing her than Nico. Self-portrait. This was taken at the “shipyard.” A derelict collection of buildings that saw some of the best ghetto skate parks to ever exist! Max: Another Twenty trip, a hot day and a cool spot, Spain. Pier: This is a pier. Grandparents: My granddad was a photographer, and a pharmacist. My grandma taught Julian Lennon to play piano. This is not long before I lost the both of them. I watched my grandfather die; it was an experience I wont forget. I now understand what the term ‘death rattle” means. Glen: Glen is the most amazing person to ride a BMX with. Marseille is the most amazing place to ride a BMX on. Trails: These are some of the first pictures I ever took using a medium format camera, many years ago.
PRODUCTS SAVAKAS
Savakas is a brand new clothing line form the mind of James Weston. Nice quality prints, well thought out designs and not a care in the world from James. British based and founded at the start of 2008. Although the idea of doing something BMX and clothing related has been there since James started riding, over 15 years ago, but it never became a reality until last year. Major inspirations come from music, skateboarding and the landscape and industry of our origins. Savakas is constantly doing new things and constantly releasing new shirts and looks set to go places. Let your mind run free... http://savakas.webs.com Available in the UK via Hardcore Hobbies.
Fit bike co Straight outta cali, and Liverpool on this occasion... Featured here we have Ben Lewis’ new signature frame. There hasn’t been to many UK dudes with a signature frame let alone a signature frame from an American brand so this is a real treat. Available in black as well as the brown pictured here. Benny kills the streets and this frame is made with his style of riding in mind. Also pictured are two angles of the new S4 stem. This thing looks clean to say the least. It can be ridden either way up and has great decals on both faces. Fit have always had a good clean image and this stem contiunes that trend. Why not freshen up your appearance whilst you’re at it with a ‘New Era’ Fit hat also. Fr fr fr freshhhh! http://4downdistribution.com for more
DELUXE New bits from Mark Noble at Deluxe... First up, their new full length DVD. This one will be out by the time you read this and should be widely available. It feautres the team road trip from late last year, which we featured in issue one, plus some other random sections including what I hear is an amazing DVD ender part from Max Bimar. Trail heads should be all over this one. Also pictured are the new seats and the new seat clamps. Super high quality and super high attention to detail as with all Deluxe parts. The seat in particular has at least a good inches worth of padding on the nose to protect from those nasty digs to the back of the leg that we are all too familiar with. Contact Mark at deluxebmx.com for all your Deluxe needs.
TERRIBLE ONE Long live T-1. Joe Richs company out of Austin Tx with sweet Sieben graphics on the decals and T shirts and a team of shredders too. T-1 can do know wrong and its great to see the products widely available in the UK again. Here we have a new version of the Ruben frame and also Joes new grip. All looking good from T-1 as per. http://www.4downdistribution or terribleone.com for more info
PROFILE RACING Here with have a couple of stylish looking signature seats. Namely from Mark Mulville and Chad Degroot. Both these dudes have been a part of Profile for what seems like for ever so it only seems right that we see some parts associated with them. Also pictured are the new No Boss cranks which you can see more of on the Profile ad on page....... You can win a pair as well!!! Profile parts are ALWAYS of the highest quality available and these items are certainly no different. http://www.profileeurope.co.uk for more info...
BSD Grant Smiths Co from Scotland. This brand has really grown over the past few years and these photos really reflect that. If the photos of these awesome looking products arnt good enough then you only need to look at the list of dudes on the team to realise that these parts and more than strong enough to hold up to modern day standards. Clean looks all round and a good rider owned ethos. Good work from Glasgow. Pictured here is the race stem (below) which is also available in black and weighs in at 10oz, the ‘blackneck’ stem,(in black and chrome) and weighing in at 9oz, the ‘TOO LOOSE’ bar and also their new Ghetto forks which weigh in at a mere 1.88Lbs. Think of the sweet chrome front end you could be running with all this... Available in the UK via Zeal Distribution
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United bike Co First up, United’s ‘Value’ crank set. Don’t let the name fool you though. These babies are ridden by Mr. Nathan Williams so u know they’re tough. 175mm long left and right compatible 31.2oz inc spindle And available in this new purple as well as the og black and white variants. United have a few new shirts out too. This is just a small secletion of the colours available. http://unitedbikeco.com for more...
S&M Bikes Super fresh tank top for your lady this time round from S&M. Or maybe for you guys depending on how femine you are! Actually, i can see these things being popular with the trail dudes blasting through the trees this summer. www.4downdistribution.com for more
FBM Everyone wears a belt. So, why not spruce it up a tad with an FBM belt buckle. This buckle looks amazing, is a lot lighter than it looks and built to last. Or if you’re one of the few that dont own a belt, why not pick up this new Richmond belt by FBM. lightweight and made from a strong material. http://4downdistribution.com or http:www.fbmbmx.com for more
Here for kicks! Greg Smee is a dude thats for sure. You’ve probably all seen Gregs website hereforkicks, but if not, its basically the wildness that is the Caseelberry trail scene. Super cool dudes and really unique designs on the shirts. HFK! shirts are made on American Apparel garments and are hand printed by Joey Juarasti so you know the quality is up there. http://www.hereforkicks.com for more
A bike Co. Another couple of clothing bits from A bike Co this month. A nice stripy T-shirt or a thick checkered shirt. You cant go wrong with flannel shirts weather its spring, summer, autumn or winter. http:4downdistribution.com or animalbikes.com for more
Duffs ‘The Forge’ shoe review by Mike Netley These shoes are built to last. And being a BMX specific shoe I was rather hoping they would. Far to often I find pedal pins ruin soles quickly and the amount of time spent riding in any shoe usually leaves them looking, feeling and smelling rather perished and more often than not it’s sooner rather than later. Not these though, in fact Id struggle to say a bad word about them. My pair have been ridden in a few times a week for the past 5 months, survived 3 foot of snow and dampness in Estonia, been on my feet for 5 days and 4 nights straight in Spain pedalling miles across town in almost every weather condition imaginable and I can honestly say that they are still in one piece and still feel great. I can’t even begin to imagine the amount of pints of beer spilled on them also! My usual complaint with shoes is either the inner sole moving or the tongue constantly moving around to the side of the foot, neither problem has occurred with these. This is the Jimmy LeVan model shoe and is named ‘The Forge’. Available in a few different colours including a rather nice and simple looking black with a dash of gold or for those more daring, or just outright Rock’n’Roll; Purple with a black sole and a full on head to toe Red also. Built to last, built for the streets. If it’s good enough for Jimmy then I think we’d have to agree that it’s good enough for all.
This shoe is also covered in really cool details as well such as the ace of spade logo on the tongue, the leopard print inner sole and small dashes of leopard print on the sides and around the heel. Available now from all good BMX shops across the UK. Dealer and stockist info as well as more info about said shoe can be found at http://duffs.com
Derelict BMX DVD If you don’t have the internet, if you don’t know who matt priest and bob Manchester are, and if you’ve been living under a rock for the past months are they you may not have any clue about the derelict BMX scene and the man behind the awesomeness that is derelict BMX; Mr Dave king. Dave has made all the edits you love to watch of matt and bob as well as various other beautifully filmed trails edits over the past 12-18 months. He knows how to use a camera; he puts the time in to film when I’m sure the sessions are kicking and he’d like to ride and for what you might ask? Well I’m guessing it’s for the trips down memory lane later on in life and for no ones viewing pleasure except our own. Well Dave has now made a full on DVD. It’s full of un-scene footage from the past 12 months or so and is quite frankly amazing. A step in the right direction as far as I’m concerned and a large step towards the production quality you’ve all become needy of from skateboard videos. Dave really is one of the best filmers and video editors out there. This one clocks in at 22minutes long and with all 9 of Daves web edits thrown on the disk in the bonus section too…
Filmed and edited by Dave King Review by Mike Netley
This DVD predominantly features Bobs yard, Gary Stones place, the new Derelict field and a bit from Wingham trails too as well as the old Derelict spot that was ploughed a few months back. The riding is amazing, but then with matt and bob featured you’d expect it to be, and the music is rockin’ too. The last section with to The Who’s ‘baba O’reily’ gave me goose bumps towards the end. It’s that intense and really gets you psyched. I would have to say that he general feel and quality of filming is second to done. High definition, steady cam action and some beautiful slow mo’s and long shots make this one a joy to watch weather you’re chillin’ out one evening wanting to enjoy a decent flick or even if you need that trail fix whilst eating your cereal on a Sunday morning before setting off to the woods… Dave King really ahs you covered. I for one cant wait for the second one. If I had to make a criticism, it would only be that the UK trail scene is a massive one right now and the spots filmed at here and probably around 10-15% of what is available. Variety is the spice of life they say. But regardless of that, Dave has made one of the best trail videos of all times. Can’t wait for the next one. http://www.derelictbmx.com for more info
GEOFF SLATTERY TALKS TRAVEL
“he’s just like you and me, he’s up for a good time and a good roll” WORDS BY MIKE NETLEY - PHOTOS BY VINCENT PERRAUD, IAN MORRIS AND JOHN DYE
I met Geoff the first time he came to the UK with Van Homan for the first Aberdeen jam, I’ll be honest I had heard the name before but didnt know anything about him, probably just like all the people that were in attendance at the jam, watching Geoff roll round in practise was quite some thing then he systematically proceeded to destroy the jam with lines no one had even considered whilst going 20mph faster than anyone else. since then I have travelled with him a couple of times. Since then he has become a bit of a big mover and travelled alot over the last couple of years on various filming adventures always delivering the heavy goods. I hate writing these things they always sound like a school report to your parents, so I will cut to the shit, I can sum Geoff up simply, he’s just like you and me, he’s up for a good time and a good roll, so if you see him about say “yo”!
NAME: Geoff Slattery AGE: 22 CURRENT RESIDENTS: Audubon, New Jersey USA OCCUPATION: Carpenter/house painter SPONSORS: United, Orchid, Two by Four, Bicycle Union
Tree carve in Hawaii
Union summer trip Turndown
I’m not jealous of that hawaii living in the slightest! Lipslide whilst filming for the new United DVD
Yo Geoff, how are ya man? What’s new?
to have to produce.
I’ve been better. Went to the doctor the other day to find out I have a chipped bone in my thumb. Going to be chillin for a few weeks, but at least it’s snowing so I’m not missing much.
Yea they have been for filming. Sometimes they get stressful throughout the trip, but i’m never stressed about not getting anything in the beginning. If anything i’m excited leading up to a trip. I’m so excited to go to a new place I don’t start thinking about filming until I find a setup or ride something fun. That is why trips are good for filming. It’s more spur of the moment, stumble upon some sweet setup and get it done. It’s not like at home where you can be waiting around for months to do something. I’m in that spot right now. I’ve got some things I want to do around my house but there’s snow on the ground, so i’ve got to wait.
So its winter on the east coast, and you just got back from Hawaii right? How was that? I didn’t want to leave. It rained once for a little bit the first day, and then nothing but sun for the rest. We got to ride a lot of good spots as well as get some good stuff for the video. The best part was ending everyday at the beach. That place is paradise and I recommend that everyone makes a stop there at some point.
It sucks because it’s easy to over think things and play them up to be scarier in your head then they really are. What’s been your favorite place to visit and why?
Any other plans for trips away before that sweet east coast summer arrives? A few of us from united are going to South Africa at the end of February, to work on the video. That should be an interesting one.
That’s a tuff one. I would have to say Hawaii right now, just because I went from a shitty winter, and two feet of snow to paradise. I enjoyed every place I have ever been, but getting out of the northeast to go there was just perfect.
You’ve traveled a lot over the past 18months-2 years… the UK, France, Spain, all over the USA no doubt… Hawaii… Anywhere else?
You must have met a lot of people also? Anyone in particular that stands out as being super awesome? Most recent of which would be Big (mike) Island. Just an awesome guy that was taking care of us during our stay in Hawaii. Max and Tami from Berlin. Vincent Perraud. There’s just to many to think of right now. Going to melt my brain if I try.
Germany, Belgium, Scotland, Australia, South Korea And the majority has been filming missions right? How are those? It must be stressful leading up to the trip knowing you’re going
You were last in the UK for the Nike Tunnel jam. How was that for you? For the most part, from what I heard, the feedback was good, but I heard a couple of people who thought it was a little odd how they were flown all that way to be put into a dark tunnel during a weekend of bad weather all weekend?
Any countries you’re itching to get back to? I remember reading recently somewhere that your favorite place to visit was the UK. That’s rad. I would love to go back to Germany; I had a great time there, or Australia.
It was a great time for me. My only complaint was that we didn’t get to ride the tunnel enough. Other than that it was good. Everyone that got invited was fun to watch, plus good to see. That’s another thing, I got to see a lot of friends that I never see unless at some random contest or trip. So those things are always fun for me.
I mentioned above how the majority of these trips have been based around collecting footage for videos…. Well, how are those said video parts coming on? Anthem II must be almost wrapped up by now right? They’re coming together nicely. I think anthem should be about done.
As you just mentioned, Uniteds video is currently in the works, how psyched are you working on this project and what is it like knowing you’re up against the likes of Corey and Nathan? In my eyes your style of riding is completely different to theirs so I for one cannot wait to see it. I’m so happy about this video. Everyone involved is putting everything they have into it. All of the trips have been amazing. As for Corey and Nathan, I will never be able to compete with those two. I’ve seen those guys do stuff that I would have never thought possible. I’m not trying to think of it as competing against each other. Riding with those guys is great, its gets you motivated to try something after seeing someone do something rad. But it’s not competing; everyone is just trying to make the best part they can. Were all counting on James to pull it all together and make everyone look good at the end. No pressure Coxie then.. Ha ha!
Just another unique location whilst on the anthem II hunt for spots. Big ol’ carve somewhere in Europe
“THE BEST PART WAS ENDING EVERYDAY AT THE BEACH. THAT PLACE IS PARADISE AND I RECOMMEND THAT EVERYONE MAKES A
I just want to concentrate on the United video. We have about another 6 months or so of filming left so i’m going to work on that as much as I can when it warms up.
STOP THERE AT SOME POINT.”
We have been working on that one for a while, and spent 6 weeks in Europe with stew filming.
Ok, here’s one for ya… You are only allowed one more weekend on your bike… Ever! Do you go away on a trip somewhere new, exploring new terrain, getting good clips and enjoying amazing weather and culture or do you travel an hour from your house to ride the amazing trails in the Bethlehem area with perfect weather and the bros? Hmm, I don’t know. I think I could only make that decision at the last minute. All right dude, thank you for your time. Feel free to leave us with any shout outs or words of wisdom… A huge thanks for my family for sticking behind me. Ian and Dean, thanks for everything. Van at Two by Four, Derek and Mike at Orchid, John at Bicycle Union, and Mike Netley for this interview. ‘Never trust a nun with a gun’
Doesnt get much better than this. Geoff with a table of the Gods
“TRIPS ARE GOOD FOR FILMING. IT’S MORE SPUR OF THE MOMENT, STUMBLE UPON SOME SWEET SETUP AND GET IT
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TRICK: GAP TO WALL RIDE LOCATION: READING PHOTO: ROBIN PEARSON
JEREMY ‘MAGILLA’ REISS TRICK: X UP LCATION: PA TRAILS PHOTO: STEVE CRANDALL
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TRICK: OPPOSITE TABLE LOCATION: HAMPSHIRE PHOTO: WILL JONES
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TRICK: BUMP UP TO PEGS LOCATION: LOUISVILLE. KY PHOTO: DEVON DENHAM
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TRICK: GAP TO WALL RIDE LOCATION: SOUTH WALES PHOTOS: LUKE PEETERS
MIKE MILLER TRICK: 270 NO HANDER LOCATION: 6.0 TUNNEL PHOTO: MIKE NETLEY
TRICK: ONE FOOT TABLE LOCATION: EPSOM PHOTO: JAZ CLARKE
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TRICK: 270 OVER ICE, BACK OVER TO BARS LOCATION: 6.0 TUNNEL PHOTO: MIKE NETLEY
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TRICK: FUN LOCATION: SAN ANTONIO, TX PHOTO: DAVIS FUNN
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SIMPEL SESSION 2 0 1 0 Tallinn Estonia Niki Croft. Pre finals table Mad Dog. Frontie
I’d been looking forward to this trip for months.... On the 4th of February we set off for 4 days in one of the coldest regions of Europe, however I was not thinking of the weather, I was more concerned about the stories that had been flying around for the last few years regarding the simple session, talk of a ridiculous amount of smoking-hot eastern European girls and the elusive 50 pence pint. Travelling with friends is always a good thing, even though these trips end up with a fair amount of ups and downs e.g. there’s never enough time or money to do everything, no one turns up on time, the plane gets delayed, the hotel don’t have a fucking clue who you are etc... nothing goes to plan. This trip was not like the average... this was a well lubricated machine without imperfection. Friday: This city is amazing! After a good drink on the Thursday night we awoke a little later than planned and headed to the Saku Arena on the other side of Tallin from the Hotel courtesy of our new mate Alexander the mental taxi driver (these people do not care for road safety). We arrived just in time to catch the last of the skating practice, go team rescue... Bike practice started late afternoon (good news for those taking advantage of what one of the greatest stag-do destinations Europe has to offer), the place was pretty empty, and everyone had a good chance to catch up. It was chilled with an indication of how obscene the riding would be over the weekend. Friday night was also the start of the official simple session parties, this also held as a good benchmark of the weekend to come. All I’ll say on that is, drunk BMX riders + Estonian girls + a shit-ton of cheap booze = funny mess, but you already knew that, seems like we’re all the same no matter the country of origin. I couldn’t hack it, must be getting old. Saturday: Qualifiers! Seems like the skaters drew the short straw regarding the organisation of the simple session, once again bike qualifiers didn’t start until late afternoon. The course was solid, from what I’ve seen it has been for the last few sessions, it was full of interesting stuff, rails, stairs, wedges, gaps, big hips, little hips and a decent sized box for those who like tricks. The only problems I could see from the stands was a massive piece of girder used for a coping and the arena floor had about as much traction as the pavements of Estonia.
Mark Vos. Gap to tooth hanger
Nathan Williams. Feeble to hard 180 on Brian Kachinskys bike A load of good riders had turned up to this, with a load of the worlds best not making the cut, such as Tony Hamlin, Ruben and Nathan Williams partly due to the state of the floor. Another guy not to make the cut was Shaun Hadlington however after time this dude rode along a rail less than 2 inches wide and 180 whipped off of it? That was going be tough to beat... Saturday night held what was the main party of the weekend in club Hollywood which is, some locals had informed us, the ‘tourist club’, we never made it there... Sunday: “Shit sonnnn I’m not feeling too bright” Before the finals the best trick contest was held on the weird looking driveway in the middle of the course with Catfish on the mic in a predictable hyper mood, dude’s found his calling. This turned out to be the best one of these I’ve ever seen thanks to Federal’s own Dan Lacy... first up was Kevin Kiraly with some retarded whip over the whole driveway including the rail, did it more than once too what the hell is wrong with that dude? Special powers of an S&M tattoo? He also was sending the bars on a gap to over ice and to many down the rail. BK was in attendance, not sure he should have taken his brakes off for this though as he did manage to break Garrett Reynolds in a collision, poor dude must have felt awful about that but still fired a gap from the side onto the rail... Tony H managed a sweet looking gap to crank-arm slide, Alfred Mancuso rode up a fair sized rail to whip, and Shaun Sexton killed it, 180 bars and a 360
Girls
Alex Valentino. Bars to ice
gaps, pocket airs and a huge 360 fakie from Stephan and a gap to wall-ride from Sergio. Rob Darden and Ben Snowden where ripping for the USA veterans, going high with a ton of good tricks, Snowden with a massive ally-oop pocket air, and Darden with a big 720 bars over the box. Gary Young was going fast all round the place and ended up with a curved wall-ride to downside ice-pick on the top of the damn thing? I also saw more than one dude do a triple whip, as well as a whip to catch to second whip, and it turns out everyone in the world can flair a quarter as high as they are tall (except for me). Props to all the British dudes who showed the world what for, Seb Keep, Ben Wallace, Harry Main, Paul Ryan, Mike Taylor, and Nicky Croft who was on it all weekend, god bless Estonia and talking shit while drunk for 72 hours straight.
Harry Main. 360 Table
right over everything. Cory Martinez was also there and we were treated to a signature gap to backwards rail however, this was not the winning move. Without a doubt the best thing I saw in Estonia was Dan Lacy tooth-hanger up the last part of the pyramid rail to over 360, don’t even know how to call it let alone explain it tooth-hanger over 3? Whatever it was, shit was sweet. It really sucks having to look up to someone younger that you but Dan has my respect, I don’t think I’m alone either... After another short practice the finals kicked off, there were riders from all over at the Session this year and the quality of riding was amazing. It just shows how globalization is affecting the world of BMX. There were dudes from Thailand, Japan, USA, Brazil, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Latvia and a load from the good old UK. As normal the contest was run as a jam with 3 or 4 guys riding at a time, not sure if this is the fairest but who gives a shit there was a ton to get through. Stephan L and Sergio where in attendance for Fly and where the two smoothest and most controlled riders at the place good
Corey Martinez. Up rail Luc-e to opposite 360
YESTERDAY
Words by Leroy Maidment photos by Mike Netley
As Good As It Gets? Back in the day... Only seems like yesterday or maybe it doesn’t for some but back in the day seems like the place to be. BMX as a whole has grown from nothing to what it is day... but what is it? A career? A way to be different? The chance to have fun with your mates? At one point you would be heckled and bullied for riding that twenty-inch, stead around your town or to school. You would stick out in a crowd and be recognized as someone who didn’t follow the flock and made their own decisions... A lot of people cant handle that so they take their frustration out on those who are different from them. Last year some friends and I had the honor of riding the Union Spot and Scott’s ramp as well as meeting all the characters that shred there. Amongst them were UK legends like Kong, John Dye and Scott Malyon. There were also a bunch of guys who maybe weren’t your stereotypical looking BMXer, but come from all walks of life and are more of a BMXer than some might ever be. They’re stoked on you being there and riding with them because that’s what it’s all about! A mutual respect for anyone who loves to do what you do and understands where it came from. Take for example, the last time we went to Corby skate park. Whilst riding the bowl there and just thoroughly enjoying being able to ride due to English weather. A kid on a Mountain Bike rolled up and got on his BMX, dropped in and proceeded to tailwhip this and tailwhip that. He got back on his Mountain Bike and rode off all the time giving us those “let’s see you do that” eyes. So that’s one example of an attitude in BMX right now. The last time I rode the Union spot I arrived there and managed to snap my crank arm bolt. Being a Sunday with nowhere open, and not thinking about carrying a spare bolt, the day for riding my own bike was done. John Dye made a couple of calls and within half an hour Kev arrived, who I have never met before, with a spare crank arm bolt and I was able to ride all day thanks to him. Two people I have never met, and such extremely different experiences, because of what? Their age, who they ride with, or is it the industry that created these attitudes? Dudes who grew up riding BMX in England back in the day enjoyed BMX at it’s fullest and most ripe. When sending yourself over a 30-foot chasm earned you respect no matter who you were and what you looked like. The majority of those who can still ride will always ride until the day they are told they can’t, and even then it’ll be tough to give up because of the experience and enjoyment they had. How long will some of the kids - who can’t afford to buy the latest parts and fashions and maybe are a little different - enjoy BMX today if they’re getting grief for being creative and trying to do what they love? Often when I’m at my local park I’m surrounded by kids who can backflip, tailwhip or whatever but can’t peg stall, tire tap or manual. Their attitude towards other BMXers is separated because perhaps the other person isn’t doing the latest trendy trick or wearing the right clothing. This seems familiar to when I was younger trying to ride my BMX when others didn’t agree with the decision for my own creative control. Each to their own, and if you enjoy what you do then continue doing it, because that’s what life’s about. However, just sit back and think about how you’re being perceived by people who are respected in BMX, this doesn’t necessarily mean a sponsored BMXer or an owner of a company, however some of them are innovators. I’m referring to the person who comes up to you and introduces them self at a spot or a skate park and shows you respect. If these guys didn’t care about the sport as much as they do, BMX wouldn’t be one of the fastest growing sports around. It’s a choice to make whether you want to affect an atmosphere by comping other riders at your local, or their local, or whether you want to make new friends, learn a thing or two and expand your mind.
MARK MULVILLES SUBROSA PANDORA DTT Words and photos by Mike Cottle Q 1:Name age and where are you from? A: Mark Mulville, twenty five, born in Connecticut but currently living in Pittsburgh PA. Q: 2 You just recently changed up sponsors, How did that all come about and how is it going? A: Well I was riding for Deluxe which was sweet but Ryan Sher asked me about riding for Subrosa which was awesome because I’ve known Ryan for so long and friends for years and they are ran out of Orlando Florida which makes things a lot easier for me as well and gives me more opportunities to get down there and see friends and my mom and dad as well. So I went with Subrosa, which I’m super excited about. Q: 3 You bounce around a bit from Pa to Fl, how is that treating you? A: I love bouncing back and forth cause when you play it right its like endless summer and trails year around. So yeah it treats me well but last year I decided to settle down a little bit and pick a place to stay and get a place so my buddy Bobby Valentine and me got a place in Pittsburgh. It’s awesome cause we are a few miles from the city and have a trolley stop out front that takes you into town and there is an amazing trails spot across the street along with the South Park BMX track and skate park up the road so its not bad, except winter blows. Q: 4 So you just made the switch from Deluxe to Subrosa, are there any talk of a signature frame or part from them? A: Yeah, Ryan and I sat down as soon as I got on the team and we went over some stuff for my frame. It’s awesome cause its not really like the other Subrosa frames. She has a more mellow head tube and is set up a bit higher then the rest of them. Also more cool shit that you’ll have to wait and see. As for other products they will be in the works soon enough. Q: 5 You have also just started a clothing company, what is up with that and when can we expect to see shirts and other stuff coming out? A: Yes I started Wolf Brand over this past summer; it was more as a joke at first and really came about from yelling wolf it while at the trails when someone did some sweet shit. Then I made some shirts that went well but haven’t had money to do more till now. New Shirts will be out real soon, by time you read this I’m sure and available all over the place but a few of the hot spots to pick up Wolf Brand shirts will be Outspoken bike shop, Round 2 bike shop, Mr bikes and boards and Circuit BMX shop. As for a team its more just some of my friends and sorta a crew I guess more than a team but a few buddies of mine will be repping it harder then others like Joey Juaristi, Ryan Wert, Kyle Mcory and more to come.
Frame - Subrosa double top tube Pandora Forks - Subrosa Pandora Bars -Subrosa Pandora Cranks - profile race Sprocket - profile rip saw Pedals - profile gas pedals Hubs - profile totem Rims - sun envy Grips - Subrosa
Chain - shadow half link Stem - profile push Brakes - odyssey evo2 Tires - shadow dirt Lever - diacompe Headset - Sputnic Cable - shadow Seat - my profile seat Seat post - Subrosa Seat clamp - profile
Issue 3 might include some or even none of the following; Phil Aller Casselberry, Florida Niki Croft Eastside trails locals Mike Miller Farren Downes Sheet trails Ashley Charles Istanbul And loads more
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Even more copies produced Yet another legend on the cover More products reviewed More expensive prizes up for grabs Still free of charge And loads more
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Available late june 2010