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2 issues ago Clint graced our cover with a mean one footed invert in Austin TX. Fast forward a few months and I stumble across Clint at Posh. I couldn’t help my self and asked to shoot a pic. Same dude, different woods, slightly different trick. One footed seat grab invert on set backs.

“ YOU VERY RARELY SEE A BLACK AND WHITE FRONT COVER BECAUSE EVERYONE SAYS IT HAS TO BE BRIGHT. COMPLETE NONSENSE ”Alex Isley

Rob Castle with a peg to icepick the second section to set Issue 04.

8. Tom Arkus12-13. Tom Dugan16-19. The Rippin Gypsy22-23. Budget Jam25. Competition26-27. Welcome Jam28-32. Mutiny Trip34-35. Lahsaan Kobza38-41. King of Southsea44-47. Chris Wilson48-49. Murray Jam50-55. The Take Trip56. 74. Products58-63. Recycles - Evan Vendetti interview64-67. Ryan Wert78. Wisely Jam80-81. Darren Rowe

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TOM ARKUS

I love riding trails more then anything else. So why not live in a place where you eat, breathe, and shred dubs.

My original intent to live in PA was for the all the trails, and friends to ride with. I’ve been to many places before so I kinda knew what I wanted to have where I lived. I think the first year you move somewhere is always the hardest. At one point I didn’t think I could handle living in Pittsburgh due to all the rain we get. Shit was driving me crazy at one point. With a little bit of help from friends I managed to stick it out... Now I can’t picture living anywhere else. The mountains, the trees, the wa-ter, the fresh air, the culture, and the people make Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania a great place to live.

> Dubs... I love riding trails more then anything else. So why not live in a place where you eat, breathe, and shred dubs. At the rate we are build-ing jumps, in a few years Hazelwood might be one of the most unique set of trails to grace us.

>> The scene out here is really tight, everyone supports one another, riding or not they got your back. Everyone is really laid back, sometimes a little too much where it’s hard to get some motivation going. Not to much shit talking goes down either, which is a breath of fresh air. The place’s we have to ride our bikes is great also.

>>> The Food, I’m a fan of different types of foods. Asian, Indian, Thai, Sushi, Mediterranean, Greek, and all the healthy goodies from your local super market. Pittsburgh has all varieties, the city is littered with different cultures from all over the world. Which makes it pretty easy to access all your favourite foods.

>>>> Location, I’ve lived in places before where you had to drive 6 hours just to get out of the damn desert to society. That gets old fast, I love the fact that we can get in our cars and drive in any direc-tion and be in a total different place with sweet spots. Living in Pittsburgh is fairly cheap also, and the city is transforming yearly for a greener city. It’s pleasant.

>>>>> If you enjoy the night life, we have plenty of that in the south side. I don’t go out to much now days, but when I do I like to hit really chill bars. A new favourite of mine is OTB (over the bars) it’s a pretty cool bicycle hipster bar.

Double Wide is a good one in the summer time, order some food of the grill, throw some bean bags around have a few laughs, drink some dank beer, and chill with the mates.

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MIke Netley

Hazelwood is no joke. Just getting this far in the line is a feat in its self. Busting inverts like this out of a berm lip that is less than a foot high is plain stupid. Tom is goooood.

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So issue 04… Can’t quite believe we made it this far but there ya go! This issue was due to feature predominantly images from my summer trip to the US of A but I somehow caught the shit luck bug and my cameras sensor broke mid trip.Some of the content was salvageable however and some you can see within in the very magazine. Subsequently, some have been saved for the next issue; old man winter issue; which is always a struggle for content…

Thanks again to all that are supporting the magazine. I feel were finally becoming a bit more established and we have some exciting new people starting to help out with the magazine as far as words and photographs are concerned.

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First BMX you owned was? A 20 poor boy-??, WAY to big for me. Last BMX you owned is? Terrible one First person you rode with was? The Bega family. Last person you rode with was? Danny Hickerson, Joe Rich and Joseph Frans.First realised you wanted to ride a BMX when you saw? There was an awesome family that lived up the street, (the Bega’s) and the dad just rode with his two kids, and seeing them shred their race bikes just had me itching to ride! Last time you were reminded of still wanting to ride a BMX was? Just yesterday, watching Joe Rich shred the skate park we were at.

First tranny you rode was? I dont have a perfect memory of it, but i’m sure it was a haggard 8 foot wide six footer. Last tranny you rode was? A crazy snake run bowl, in Trinidad, Colorado. First Set of doubles you jumped was? A little set of race doubles in the Bega’s side yard. Last set of doubles you jumped was? Corey Nastazio’s trails in cali. They were AMAZING! First flatland trick you did ? A manual barspin on my Dyno, with a 2 foot seat post! Last flatland trick you did? Umm foot jam whip? haha does that count? First flattie you ever did? Airing out a 6 foot tall 8 foot wide quarter in the middle of a yard, probably about 2 feet out. Last flattie you did? Airing a 60 ft wide 9 ft tall cement quarter.

First rail you did was? At Allen skate park on Kareem Williams bike. Last rail you did was? At Allen skate park on Kareem Williams bike. haha The first BMX trip you went on was? Took a 34 hour Greyhound bus ride to Woodward East with a few friends. It was rough. The last BMX trip you went on was? The T-1 trip that I’m on right now to Colorado with Danny H, Joe Rich and Joseph Frans. First time you left the country with your bike? Went to the UK and met up with John Dye, Little Phillip, Big time WWF Superstar Ashley Charles and that good fer nufing Tom Creasy. It was one of the best trips I have ever been on, except the food was fucking terrible! :( Last time you left the country with your bike? I’ve only been out of the country once!

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It’s been a few years since my fi rst wild spontaneous cycle trip, and I have to say I’ve been wanting to get back out on the open road. Those were my thoughts around Christmas time and with a few micro trips over to Tampa I was steady and ready. On May 31st I pulled out of my driveway and was off. Nervous as all get up, I knew I’d forgotten something. No turning back though. The ride to Jacksonville beach was smooth. First fl at of the trip was on A1A which runs north to south on the east coast of Florida, so patching the tube was enjoyable. Little did I know it was going to be the only fl at of the 1400 miles I pedalled. Out of the state of Florida it was onto state road 441N through Georgia, with the weather being close to triple digits, the afternoon showers were a treat! While cycling an average of 10mph, you’re able to see the little things that you miss traveling via car. Like the dead rattlesnake that is now rattle-less thanks to my knife haha.

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After a nice stay with a couple I met off a cycling site with warm showers, I was welcomed to the start of the hills of the Appalachian Mountains. Man were those climbs gnarly. First BMX stop was Athens GA. and I was able to stay at a BMX house which was sweet. Rode trails, street, and partied for a week. After a long stay it was off towards Ashville, North Carolina. Stayed with some buds in Ashville a few nights and had a good old time. From there it was onto the Blue Ridge Parkway. The infamous parkway runs right through the mountains and got to take in God’s country. The 390 miles of the parkway is a two lane road, which you would think be scary but the motorists are nice seeing that no one is in a hurry. Gotta love the mountains! It really is cool waking up just after sun rise and knowing that for the next 10 or so hours your going to be pushing them pedals and getting to stop at some breathtaking vistas, throughout these mountains are some beautiful animals, deer, turkey and countless other birds, there’s always something making a little ruckus.

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I hadn’t seen Bryce in two years. It was a pleasure hanging out bud! So glad we got to shoot a photo together too. Curved rail, yards away from the front door of our Pittsburgh summer sleeping grounds

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“After 90 miles a day for a month, same clothes on the whole trip, smelling like a dogs ass, I was stoked to see my close friends and start the party!”

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With the Blue Ridge behind me it’s through Virginia towards Maryland where I picked up the C.N.O canal trail. This trail follows a river which is a treat to swim in after a long days pedal. The trail runs from Washington D.C. to Pittsburgh P.A. It was a load off the shoulders getting on the trail. No cars to worry about texting on their phone’s, no lights to stop at, just you and the trail rippin’. So good. Arriving in Pittsburgh was nice. After 90 miles a day for a month, same clothes on the whole trip, smelling like a dogs ass, I was stoked to see my close friends and start the party!! I’ve been staying with bud’s like....... Bobby V, Mark Adam, Wert, and Fish for the past month and have been having a blast. I’m heading down the Alabama mid September and from there, who knows. Be sure to check the blog TheRippinGypsy.BlogSpot.Com Thanks Mike for the chance to share my travels, Cottle for the mountain bike, my family:) and whomever has been stoked on the adventure, it means a lot!!!! Peeeaaccee

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Budget Jam

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rThe budget jam, quite a treat I must say.I went to the 2009 event and it was chill. Few people riding the ramps, little trail contest, drinking and hanging out, nothing too crazy, this year however, it was a full on event and it was a damn good time. Firstly, there was a huge amount of people, Id say double that of the previous year, a tonne of sponsors which lead to a whole array of prizes and some freshly painted ramps to boot.This year there was no trail contest, since the jumps there suck and aren’t maintained I guess…So a full on park contest it was. Amateur and pro. I missed the amateur but my guess as to how it went would go something like, jumps box attempt wild huckage of doom, air the quarter, wall tap the sub, jumps box attempt king savages of crashes, etc etc with the occasional feeble grind and smooth kid with low jeans thrown in for good measure. Whatever. Its all good as long as were all smiling, right?

On to the “pro” class. I put the word pro in apostrophes because what’s a pro? Someone that makes a living from riding? Someone that is amazing on a bike? Yeah, your guess is as good as mine. There were kids in this group that would’ve done better in amateur but who am I to judge, that was Effraims job, so I’ll let it be.

What I can tell you about the budget jam is that my good buddy Mark Webb rode well, as did Dean Ceuson, Mike Miller (naturally), Dan ‘Chunky’ Harris and Luke Towey. Case magazines very own designer, Louis Smith, failed. Epically. Poor lad. (Cheers Netley!)

I don’t want to run through trick by trick, no one wants to read that, but I saw some good tech things from Towey which was impressive, some good friendly rivalry on the ghetto sub rail between Webby and Chunky and a rather rad super man seat grab from Dean Ceuson along with some sick one handed Xups wayyyyy high on the 6ft quarter.

Aside from the good riding, there was the usual good vibes that can be found at cool local contest. And with these UK events becoming less and less common it’s truly nice to see people you don’t see too often. That phrases is said all too often for my liking, but as previously mentioned, with these contest becoming something of a rarity, what was once an almost meaningless “Hey mate, how you doing” is now, well, you get the idea.

There was a beer tent, that was a nice touch, the nice guys at We Are Level were flogging fancy garments, the local council had gotten in some fairground attractions and a burger van and not only did Sam Wise give me a couple of ciders, but there was also girls in attendance. Lots of girls. Some nicer than others and some that look better on Facebook than they do in real life, but none the less. There were girls.I’ll be at the Budget jam next year. It’s a damn good time.Props to the Bruzas and the guys at the lab for putting on a damn good day. See ya next time.

Sorry bud, I forgot your name. You were shreddin’ though. One of the only pulled sub box fufanus over the weekend. A trick you unfortunately don’t see to often any more.

Mark Webb, 720

Bruza is rad. Wild flip attempted. Pulled shortly after.

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It’s hard to explain a ‘Jam’ to people that don’t ride BMX. There is no scoring and no ranking, but it still has the pull to gather people from around a country, or in most cases the globe. For the past five years, the Potoczny family has hosted a Jam on their property outside of Pittsburgh, where brothers Mark and Mike have built an impressive set of trails that weave through their wooded Pennsylvania hill side. Over the years people have come from farther and farther away, and the numbers have grown.

The Jam has held different titles and different sponsors, but big names have never mattered; it’s always been about having fun with friends you’ve known for years or people you meet that day that will become the friends you’ll have for years.

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Steve Romain rules. 16yrs old and don’t give a shit. Huge look back on the science hip.

As summers draw to a close, people start the barrage of calls and emails to Mark and Mike asking the same question; “When’s the Jam?!” Despite the typical lack of planning and last minute haste, people still count on a rad trail extravaganza at the end of every summer. It has become an institution in the area and it is fitting that the Jam has assumed the name “The Welcome Jam,” because there is no trail snobbery or discrimination between trail god and sketch ball. If you’re there to have fun and get off the ground, you are welcome. Every year there are kids that have never ridden trails before making it through lines and getting excited. Hopefully the next spring they’ll show up with a shovel, but you can’t have your cake and eat it too.

Through it all stand Marty and Pam Potoczny, the parents of Mark and Mike that make the whole thing possible, so if you make it out to the Jam one of these years, make sure to thank them, because without them there wouldn’t be a Mark, a Mike, or the trails they’ve built.

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It’s 9pm on a Wednesday night and I’m sat at my computer. The sound of Skype comes over my music... It’s Matt Roe ‘Youth, check this out’. He sends a link through for www.ekpark.com. ‘We need to ride this place’. ‘Wow, hell yeah’, I say. ‘They open this weekend, so let’s go next week’, he said. ‘Er, yeah maybe. I will see if I can get the time off work‘. I thought for a minute, then decided to make this a mini trip and get Robbo involved and maybe Rich to film it. I spoke to Robbo, he was down and Rich Thorne was free to film. I made a few calls but then came the bad news; the park was due to open that weekend. But it never did. Thankfully the owner kindly agreed to let us in for a private session. Done! The trip was planned. We were off to Scotland.

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We knew it was a bit far to travel just for the one park so we decided to take a few days and head to unit 23 too.

We set off from Roey’s on Monday morning with his brother and a few friends trailing behind. 9 hours later after a detour via York to pick up Rich we arrived in Scotland.The plan was to ride EK park when we got there, but with the day quickly vanishing, we decided to save it for the next day to get a full session in there.

So we arrived at unit 23 with a friendly greeting by the locals who kindly arranged for us to ride and sleep the night there.

The boys spent the next few hours warming up flowing round and generally getting used to the park. It wasn’t till a brief supermarket stop for food and beer that the session really kicked off.

We came back into the park and Robbo buried himself deep into the bowl with a box of beer by his side progressively going bigger and faster the more he drank. Roey based himself around the box/hip wall ride section where he continued to flow and roost everything as big as he could. The session went on into the night with big smiles all round. Robbo seemed more than happy just riding the bowl as he said it was the only thing that really felt like riding trails to him.

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We knew it was a bit far to travel just for the one park so we decided to take a few days and head to unit 23 too.

We set off from Roey’s on Monday morning with his brother and a few friends trailing behind. 9 hours later after a detour via York to pick up Rich we arrived in Scotland.The plan was to ride EK park when we got there, but with the day quickly vanishing, we decided to save it for the next day to get a full session in there.

So we arrived at unit 23 with a friendly greeting by the locals who kindly arranged for us to ride and sleep the night there.

The boys spent the next few hours warming up flowing round and generally getting used to the park. It wasn’t till a brief supermarket stop for food and beer that the session really kicked off.

We came back into the park and Robbo buried himself deep into the bowl with a box of beer by his side progressively going bigger and faster the more he drank. Roey based himself around the box/hip wall ride section where he continued to flow and roost everything as big as he could. The session went on into the night with big smiles all round. Robbo seemed more than happy just riding the bowl as he said it was the only thing that really felt like riding trails to him.

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The riding slowly came to a halt and ended with a few beers and a chat with the locals round the bowl.

We all awoke the next day with the excitement of what this new park had to offer. We said our goodbyes to the Unit 23 crew and headed for EK.

We arrived at a multi million pound building where the skatepark was being housed. This place was massive. It was like the Hilton of skateparks. Surrounded by golf courses and driving ranges, the building was full with gyms, kid’s soft play and of course, the skatepark.

Robbo and Roey got their heads around the park and opened up a few lines. Even little Alex joined us for the session. He was killing it. The area we had to play with had a bowl corner, wall rides, box jumps, hips and volcanoes with various other transitions. Once again, the session was just chilled until later on in the day when we stopped for the food and beer shop. Robbo rides better with beer, fact!

We came back to the park to find the locals/ramp builders had come in for the night shift to continue the mission to get the park finished. We rode regardless into the night (with permission of course) until the majority were spent. Some kids carried on riding whilst Robbo picked up a paint brush and helped out with the painting of the ramps.

The guys at the park were kind enough to let us crash there but warned us that sawing and drilling would continue through the night. We woke early in the morning after a short sleep and decided to get a fry up with the locals and then hit the road knowing the long drive we had ahead of us.

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What to say about kobza? Some goofy stuff comes to mind but I’ve got a good one for you. One day at our local trails which our friends Paul and Steve started, we were enjoying a session on the big line. As I am walking back up the start hill I watch him tag the second jump then yell out whilst at the same time as pedaling “Cory Nastazio!” and then continue to 360 the 3rd jump. Shit made me laugh so hard. This kid is a champion.

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King of Southsea

The highlight of the weekend. Highest air in the keyhole. This bowl is no joke and watching dudes pedal their asses off at an 18ft transition is no joke either. Darryl Twells, highest air on the left and on the right, the legend that is Dennis Wingham; Invert way way up there. So rad to see this guy still killing it! His front flip over the box was perfect also.

King of Southsea

Trevor phones me up, and asks if I’d like to go to the King of Southsea comp. The contest is on the last Bank Holiday weekend of August, which in the 90’s only meant one thing- the King of Concrete comp. A classic weekend where we would head down to Southsea, buy some beers, meet mates, roam around streets on BMXs all night, get pissed, sleep in the car, wake up with a hangover, head to the skatepark (ready or not), watch some amazing riding- then do same again on the Saturday night. Good times.

This year Effraim Catlow brought a new contest, King of Southsea, to the legendary Southsea skatepark on the same August Bank Holiday weekend. Of course I’m intrigued, I agree to Trevor, book the B&B, and the plan is set. There are fewer BMX contests theses days. You could say we’ve been in something of a dry patch after an incredible turn-of-the-century run of big-time contests such as the Backyards, the Urban Games and Bike. King of Concrete was the original BMX contest. The comp provided landmark events within UK BMX history. There’s far too many to name but if I give it a quick crack - the UK’s finest include Gerry Galley’s street run in the late 90s, Scottt Maylon riding the jumpbox, Phil Dolan lighting up the crowd with flatland and Dennis Wingham giving it all for the spectators. Not to mention the appearance of all the international legends Dave Mirra, Chad Degroot, Chase Gouin, Joe Rich and Martti Kuoppa, or how about when Butcher first jumped onto the roof?

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Mark Mulville showed up in Southsea. Rumour has it he lost his mind whilst in Southampton and swum along the Solent to Portsmouth… Who the funk’d thunk it. 360 XUP on the classic red box.

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Today, contests have changed. There’s a lot of money being thrown around and it’s all too easy to view any trick instantaneously on the internet. There’s also the popularity of BMX in so called ‘real’ environments (they’re all man-made aren’t they?). Would a new jam at Southsea even work? Would the contest measure up to our expectations of the legendary KOC?

The weekend started with one of the best flatland comps of the year. Expert highlights include Ashley Adams (one to watch out for) and Yannick Chauvel riding the most bent bars which have ever won a contest. The younger guys went away with some great prizes presented by Flatware, deep BMX and function flatland store, and Yannick won some much-needed bars!

Pro was electric, with an excellent turnout and quality performances from James White, Jason Forde and Phil Dolan. Effraim tied with Keelan Phillips to take the win.

The rest of the contest saw some amazing riding also, Kyle Blake on Spine, Issac Lesser bars drop, off the roof into a flat bank, Darryl Twells hit 8 feet out of the keyhole, and Dennis Wingham’s head height no hander out of the keyhole was amazing. In fact, just seeing Dennis ride again was exciting. Dennis goes big, and as mentioned earlier gives it all for the crowd, big 540 airs, front flip over the enormous box - legend! The comp also gave light to some new faces. New riders to look out for include Josh Crosswell and Ben Thrower, who won his first pro comp at the age of only 14!

The contest was a successful weekend. At first I compared it to the old Southsea Easter jam, with a more localised feel but after thinking about it, I’m not sure it’s fair to compare the comp with King of Concrete - times have changed, the money has gone and it’s pretty much organized by Effraim single-handedly.

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1. Callum Brown 2. James Rogers 3. Josh Crosswell 4. Dave Buchan 5. Charlie Bowman 6. Ben Hammond 7. James Ross 8. Tom Wright 9. Bmx man 10. Lemo

Expert flatland results presented by Flatware

1. Yannick Chauvel 2. Mike Pietruszewski 3. Ashley Adams 4. Marcelo Nardi 5. Salvador Brown 6. Jimmy Biondi 7. Mark Cunners 8. Stuart Rose 9. Random Rob 10. Trevor Lacey

Isaac Lesser was on form all weekend. Stretched suicide on the box.

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In retrospect, it’s not the comparisons which are important, it’s not the drinking that’s important, it’s not even about the spectatorship, it’s about organising something for the scene - creating opportunities to either ride, watch or just meet like-minded people. A new comp offers many contributions, at KOS riders competed for the first time, challenges were called out (and ticked off), new names were recognised, and fresh new memories were made. Why don’t you organise one? It could be fun.

Quick catch up with contest organiser Effraim Catlow/ Flatmatters.

What made you want to start a contest at Southsea again? The guys at IMG distribution were the initial kickstart in helping motivate me to start a contest at Southsea again, KOC had enough of a break. I felt like there’s nothing going on for kids in the UK. Theres no way into the scene if you like, so it was time.

If you did it again what would you change? Probably the main thing would be to get more people to help me, I ended up doing a lot of the organisational side all myself, I just wanted to do it for the skatepark and the scene - to prove I can do this. Having a laptop and printer would have helped a lot also. I would vary the music a lot more. I’m well aware that the constant drum & bass annoyed some people.

Did you get many people complain? Only about the music. Which you know, the guys from Portsmouth DnB offered to provide the music for free for the weekend. I didn’t have a budget to pay for someone, so I understand people’s criticisms of that. I see that as a minor problem that I can solve. And its actually good to have areas to improve.

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Pro Street results

1.Ben Thrower2. Ben Cobley3. Issac Lesser4. Ben Succur5. Jamie Shons6. Mike King7. Callum Brown8. Jack Clark9. Josh Cox10. Mark Mulville

Pro Spine mini results

1. Kyle Blake2. Phil Aller3. Ben Cobley4. Jamie Shons5. Mike King6. Ben Sucur7. Edward Williams8. Callum Brown9. Josh Crosswell

Pro Flatland results Sponsored by Flatware

1. Effraim Catow/Keelan Phillips2. James White3. Jason Forde4. Phil Dolan5. Lee Wilson6. Gabor Szmetanleo7. Steve Green

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Where does one start to explain a cat such as Chris Wilson? This dude lives a much different life than most BMX shredders. I fi rst met Chris at the New Albany skate park. New Albany Indiana is right across the bridge from Louisville KY which is where the crew I rode with and I lived. As much as the Louisville people like talking shit on Indiana, they did have a concrete park before we fi nished getting our Louisville park built! Good job Hoosiers!

Anyways, this unknown Indiana dude started showing up busting every ones lines. Out of nowhere! Who was this Indiana cat keeping to himself then heading back deep into the hills of Indiana? It didn’t take long until we met up with him and became friends. Chris Wilson was this dope rider kid from Paoli Indiana. Paoli is a very small town about an hour and 45 minute across the bridge into the hills of Indiana. The only reason I even knew about the town is because it has the ski resort ‘PAOLI PEAKS’ that I held a season pass for, and grew up snowboarding at. It was like,” whoa, Chris lives in Paoli?” We had no clue anyone up there rode? Chris started coming to Louisville to ride street with us, and was killing it! Right off the bat this dude from the hills of Indy was in town riding and hanging in the Ville with us, and it wasn’t just his skill, he was a cool cat as well. Fun dude! I was stoked as fuck to get Chris on the team and just hanging out.

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People have called him the lone team hippie like Dan Price from the past. Ha-ha! But I don’t really think he’s a hippie, he’s just a very articulate, fun, crazy talented cat from deep in the hills. He has a super cool wife; Ali, a cool farming business, who kills at riding street, but lives on the dirt roads? I have no clue how it works? opposites attract? Everyone always has a theory, and theories are like assholes, we all have one... but here is mine... The reason BMX came so quickly to Chris Wilson is... you should see this dude snowboard!

He had a job in the past building snowboard parks for resorts for a few years. He would enter some comps, and win his fair share. He has the skill of a modern day Transworld Snowboard cover boy. This place he grew up on was a little hill, but they put together a park pretty early in the late 80s.Chris jumped on it from an early age and learn the art of balance, and speed on his snowboard and was able to read the same balance sheet from his bike’s perspective, and have a blast doing it! I think in the beginning Chris just thought he was jumping his snowboard and started that way....but that is just my theory, and theories.........

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Summer goes by so quick and before you know it the Murray jam is here. This years jam was a mixed bag of emotions, with having Stephen himself in attendance but in the back of everyone’s minds was the fact this was to be the last jam at the Aliano’s house. So much hard work from so many different people made this event possible this year. After speaking to the Gunner’s I realised how much the rain messed up the jumps and how it was an absolute treat the jumps were running on the Saturday. The jam this year had such a mellow vibe with no one really going crazy on the jumps just a lot of chilling and flowing riding. The best trick on the last set saw the only real tricks of the day, with stand out riding from Adam Aloise doing some of the smoothest trucks on dirt, local squire Craig Teague was sending it as well as Joe Baddeley having it. The highlight was definitely Stephen’s commentary though.

The real stand out for me and pretty much everyone was when Dolan handed the mic to Stephen. The whole jam was silent and was in awe of him and his words. Never has a speech touched me as much as Stephen’s did, so much strength, passion and a love for BMX that every rider has. It made me realise how important the little things are and how lucky we all are that we can still pedal this 20inch bike around the roads let alone jump trails on it. It was such an eye opener and honour to see him in the flesh and just makes you so proud of the BMX community we are all apart of. Another year on and another sick jam was had, so all we can do now is look forward to next summer as winter’s doors are opening.

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Round two for The Take team to get together and make asses of themselves in places they don’t call home. This Team is compiled of eight friends who got in a van together not knowing where they where going. The trip was for a lack of a better terms a mess at times, but outstanding the rest of the time. The team was held together with either the shared laughter from Denny acting like Denny or the shared hatred for Denny acting like Denny. Looking back at the trip two incidents come to mind revolving around this little midget of a man named Denny. Though we rode new things and awesome times were had, it all falls by the wayside in my jumbled mind. Half way through our trip to Portland we stayed in Sacramento at Caleb Rucker’s friend, Cru Dorsey’s house. Cru informed us that there was a local watering hole, which we should attend. Surely we all jumped at thechance to go. Once there I tried to convince Denny that he could swim to the rock on the other side of the river like the rest of us to take a group photo. In his attempt with four helpers, half way across panic ensued. As Nick “spam” Ponterio yells out “look at his face he is so scared”like it was one big joke. We all had a laugh until we realized we might be watching our friends drown as all four of them start to struggle to stay afloat. As I am filming this all happen I see Tanner Nelson do a full on Baywatch move and run and dive into the water to help save his friends. With this valiant effort everyone makes it to the rock shaken but alive. All for a photo that, in the end, I didn’t end up liking “Sorry guys.”

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Dylan Stark: Clicked as fuck

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If you think this was the only close call for Denny, you are terribly mistaken. While riding street in downtown Portland, with the whole crew, Denny not paying attention as usual ran into a pole and ripped it out of the ground with his face. If you haven’t realized yet Denny is a champion of epic proportions. Five stitches and five hours later everything is right as rain. Honestly the rest of you had to be there, so you missed out. We on the other hand had a ripping good time for eleven days with some good friends new and old.

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BMX DistributionMetal Bikes products now available in the UK through BMX Distribution

www.metalbikesbmx.com

HARDGOODS

www.totalbmx.com www.themakebmx.com www.deluxebmx.comwww.unitedbikeco.com

DELUXEFirst up is the new stem. Designed by Sylvain Taro. This stem has a 54mm reach, is top-loading, sub-300g in weight, not super light but really durable and available in blue black and silver.Also pictured are the new hubs. These things look awesome and have 10mm female axles front and rear (with adapters for rear 14mm dropouts), fully sealed FAF cartridge bear-ings, bush bearing driver, durable pawls, CNC machined hub-shells and hardware, chromoly studs and there’s a one-piece 9T driver for the rear.Available in Red, Blue, Black, Silver

UNITEDRyan Metros sprocket. Clean looking, with a mixture of 6-8mm thickness giving added strength in all the right places and 3d ma-chined to save weight.Available in 23T, 25T and 28T and in the following colours, black, deep red and deep blue.

Last but not least, Nathan Williams’ new grip.Full of innovative designs also including stag-gered diameter to help with achieving a good grip feel.

UNITED - BeaconCorey’s new frame; the ‘beacon’ frame. This frame uses a new design of tubing which is has the best possible strength to weight ratio out there, a higher stand over height, but in pivotal section with cut lines for different seat heights and perhaps the most interesting change.

TOTAL BMXHere are Totals ‘world peace’ bars. Available in 3 sizes, 8”, 8.25” and 8.5”.These bars are fully heat treated with 12degrees of back sweep and a degree of upsweep and weigh just 755g.

THE MAKE - CroftAvailable in 20.6” and 21” and with a 13.75” back end. (slammed)Mid BB, 5mm thick 14mm drop outs, removable drop outs weighing 4.6 lbs (21” model) and available in either gloss black or translucent brown.

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BMX DistributionMetal Bikes products now available in the UK through BMX Distribution

www.metalbikesbmx.com

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When I first met Evan Venditti he was a teenager, visiting NY in the summer we filmed ‘Albert Street’ for FBM. One of those nights, the cops were at my house, because we were being total assholes, and he and an underage Josh Stricker hid in the closet, drinking beers until the coast was clear. In the years since, I had seen him randomly at events, jams, and as the crazy kid from Virginia doing wild shit at the Ghettos Comps of the early 2000s... Nowadays, Evan runs a bike shop called Recycles, a community based bike shop that helps keep people mobile, emphasising on reduced consumption, lower cost, and developing strong community ties with cyclists through events, and real life participation. In addition, Evan is the unofficial FBM road trip adventure navigator, helping find fun off the beaten path. He is a good friend, a great rider, and super fun to travel with.... Stoked!

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When did you start Re Cycles? On my back porch as a child fixing whatever broke with whatever I had to work with, usually hand me downs or scrap parts from beater bikes and what not. Recycles became legit in the summer of 2005.

I know you just moved from your old location in Richmond, how is the new place better? We were in a converted row house for 4 years and out grew it in the first year. Basically we were moving bikes around tight hallways and nooks and crannies all day, the workspace was tiny, and the ceilings were low. It was like a cave of dusty bicycleness. We are 4 doors from the old spot in a more legit looking storefront, its great, concrete floors, high ceilings, lot of lights, AC, just completely pampered over here. It was a hair salon before us, so we inherited custom painted purple walls, salon chairs, and creepy blank face hair-do decals make, so sick.

How many employees do you have?One, Latané Coghill. He is a kick-ass rider from Richmonds southside who is known to occasionally cross-over to another realm late at night. Latané fancies himself as a bit of a ladies man, which is definitely good for business. I couldn’t do it without him, thanks bud.

I know from running a shop that one of the hardest parts is figuring out what companies to carry, what are you main brands and why? Yeah, there is so much of the same shit out there these days with another same damn thing “dropping” every week. Its really tough to have what people want with all the brands and colour options these days, we just try to stay loyal to companies that have put time in, make good product, and generally have a good attitude... with a few exceptions, for the kids. Personally I am stoked on what FBM, Cult, and Deluxe are doing, real BMX.

Re Cycles is a full service bike shop, why did you decided to carry and work on all style of bikes instead of doing what some BMX owners do and just sell BMX and work on BMX? Bikes are the cheapest, raddest, and most efficient way to travel so we wanted to help regular people who can’t afford the high prices and repair scams of a lot of bigger shops. Basically, just for average riders just riding to work and whatnot, never really thought to sell BMX product until a year or two in. There was another shop that Latané and some other guys worked in that sold BMX, so we waited for those guys to move on before we started stocking BMX, not to step on any toes, you know!

What are your long term goals with the shop? Keep it small and personal, keep selling BMX, support our local community, and support our 20” scene, while living on a houseboat 10 or 20 miles out of town with a beautiful and capable woman, catching fresh seafood and growing our own food. That seems pretty ideal.

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You seem to be a solid staple in the richmond scene how hard is it to find the time to own and run a store and still have time to ride, dig, put on events and also travel? Umm, don’t think about it and just run it!! I cannot fathom how people prioritise their lifestyles with work and obligations, I was put here to stay alive, procreate, and have a blast. Don’ t get me wrong I think hard work makes the world go round, but if you don’t stop to enjoy the view than whats the point. Latané helps me out a ton, to his dismay sometimes because we are usually trying to do the same trips and whatnot, but Im the bossman so... sorry dude.

When did you start the whole riding thing and when did you decide that you want to open a shop? I started dabbling around ten years of age on whatever bikes we had, a few years later, we invented dirt jumping in the woods, until we discovered other people did what we did, far better, via BMX plus around 93. Never really planned on doing anything I’ve done, just done what seems right at the moment, I guess.

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What is up with JNKFD? It rules, it’s a don’t give a fuck zine from Richmond, VA. Bob Quirk and Cristian Hewitt light the match on that one.

What is a normal day like for you? Ha, don’t know if I’ve ever had one of those. Yesterday, I woke up at noon(so late!!) did some solo street riding, had a bagel and fruit at 821 cafe, took a dip in the river for a while, checked out some home made boats, dried off, rode 2 sets of trails, went back to the house, watered the garden, cooked and ate potato tacos, cleaned up, rode the BMX 5 miles uptown, met a friend at a house show, got stoked, hit the bar up for two shots and a beer, then stayed up till 6am talking on a porch with a dialled lady. Great day.

Any final words thanks, fuck offs whatever? Definitely, my parents, Paula and Bradley for planting good seeds. Erin Briggs, bigtime. ALL the Richmond and Tidewater friends. Rob Tibbs. Crandall and FBM. Juggaloos and Juggalettes. Piss Bucket. Every motivated person out there that doesn’t wait for someone else’s lead and captures their own reality. You only live once, have a blast. Fuck-offs? sure, fuck the nay sayers and pessimists, life’s too short for that shit.

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The first time I met Wert was back in the summer of 2007 during a stay at the Potoczny compound out in Western PA. Back then all he really knew was the top section at Potocznys house. He rode it fairly well, smooth and high and what not. Just like a lot of people did. Ryan Wert was quiet, but seemed like a nice enough dude.

2008 quickly came around and the story was very much similar. Still cruising, going a bit higher than previously, still kinda quiet and still hadn’t ever left his home town.

Come the summer of 2009 and oh boy, the times, well, they were a’changing. When I arrived in PA around mid July it was just after the Potoczny bro’s and Wert had gotten off of a 5 or 6 week trip across the country. From Pittsburgh to the great North West.

I immediately heard all sorts of wild tales about how Wert had done this and that and how full of energy and psyched to be riding different terrain he was. It just so happens that he impressed the hell out of Ride magazines ‘Range Of Motion’ filming trip so much that he ended up collecting a huge amount of footage and with that, Wert found himself with a part in said video. Not bad for a kid who’d never really left his small home town. Not only this, but Wert had also spent the spring and the occasional breaks in the harsh Pittsburgh winters getting the sessions in at the local cement park; Imperial. Anyone who has been to this park knows its serious one. Well in a nut shell, Wert kills it. I’ve even heard his riding compared with that of Brian Yeagle when it comes to riding that place. Are you getting the picture yet? It was this summer just passed and the summer of 09 that I really got to understand and got to know Wert a little better. He had acquired a fake I.D and came out drinking a bunch. Need I say how that ended? To summarise, he drinks a lot more and parties a lot harder than anyone else. Babes, dudes, dancing, smoking, getting naked, and of course drinking… It’s a show alright!

Wert hadn’t ever done a toothpick grind down a rail. He wasn’t feeling the popular hang over style so sent this kicked out regular toothy and pulled it clean within a couple of tries.

As for the riding, despite the hard party life style, he’s still on it and is as psyched to ride and travel now as much as he was happy cruising at Potocznys yard 4 years before hand. He’s found him self on the Kink flow team, thanks to meeting some Kink guys on the earlier mentioned ‘Range Of Motion’ trip, (and with the D-mans kind words no doubt) he won ‘best trick’ and last years Brawlin’ at the Belmar contest, he can ride the fuck out of anything, be it concrete parks, street, girls and of course the trails, and to top it all off, he takes naked runs at the trails and does so all the while going higher than anyone else at the annual ‘Welcome jams’ in Pittsburgh.

“ Wert really is that much of a character, and anyone who has met him will testify. And just in case you still aren’t convinced, I’m almost certain you ain’t seen nothin’ yet ”.

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Turndown gap from the road into the Middle bank along the Pittsburgh waterfront.This gap is a good 20-25ft. No F’ing around.

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Rider: Anthony CarawayTrick: Tailwhip dropLocation: Cincinnati OHPhotographer: Devon Denham

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Rider: Mike ‘Hucker’ Clark Trick: 360Location: unknownPhotographer: Simon Cassol

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Rider: Corey MartinezTrick: Luc-E up to opposite 360Location: Paris, FrancePhotographer: John Dye

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Rider: Corey MartinezTrick: Luc-E up to opposite 360Location: Paris, FrancePhotographer: John Dye

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Rider: Josh PekichTrick: curved wall to invertLocation: Pittsburgh PAPhotographer: Mike O’Bryan

Rider: Jens KahlstromTrick: No handerLocation: ScandinaviaPhotographer: Mats Kahlstrom

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Purpl BrandStraight outta South London and from the minds of Rich Wyatt and Ben Green. Rider owned and operated and made from the finest quality materials with designs that are clean and look great. Purpl are also featuring original artwork including collaborations with various types of artists. Awesome huh?

We Are LevelNew garments ready for winter from Dorchester’s We Are Level brand.The quality and time that goes into the design and the production of theses clothes is outstanding. Pictured here we have the ‘half tone’ and ‘repeat’ hoodies along with some fresh looking shirts; the ‘Relief’ and ‘St Paul’s’.

DuffsPEDRO: This is Duffs’ latest signature shoeG4: The ‘G4 lite’ is the latest version of the ever so popular ‘Gambler’ shoe from Duffs.REVERT: One of Duffs’ most popular selling shoe, the revert is back this fall in a fresh new colour way and looks great and also in this months competition.

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WISLEYTRAILS

It seems like only yesterday I was writing last years Wisley Jam report for the first issue of this fine publication. How time flies eh! There was a good turnout this year with locals from a few nearby spots present, along with those from further afield. It was especially good to see the Chelt boys make the trip down, always ace to see Luke Peters, Boyd and the lads shredding. We had a donation pot on the go in an attempt to raise some coin towards paying the yearly lease on the land, so massive thanks to anyone who chipped in, to those that didn’t, karma’s a bitch…

As anyone who’s been building trails this year knows, the weather this season hasn’t been ideal, going from months without a drop of rain to pissing it down every day. Unfortunately the Jam took place right at the end of that dry spell, meaning that it was a real worry whether we’d actually have anything running. In the end we managed to fix up one line to a presentable state with water lugged from the river a mile or so away. Sucks that the big line wasn’t available for a good session but I guess you can’t win em all. Ironically the week after the Jam it hammered it down and we got everything running for the following weekend.

Mark over at Deluxe kindly hooked us up with some prizes, and while some sweet riding went down we felt it was more in the spirit of things to give the various bits and bobs to people we felt were deserving. Like the unfortunate dude whose bike fell of the rack on the way to the trails and bent the hell out of his bars, now the owner of a pretty sweet set of Deluxe bars. Cheers to everyone that showed up, hope you all had a good day, see you next year!

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From a total outsiders point of view, Darren seems like a pretty genuine dude. In fact being honest and being genuine are two traits that Darren looks for in a person. He’s a down to earth guy, he wants to nose manual to the moon and back, and he’s scared of breaking things. Weather he means bones in his body or pint glasses in the pub I’m not sure, but either way, he’s scared of breakages.

Darren hails from the south west, Cornwall to be precise. And if you’re being picky, Penzance would be even an more precise location.Like a lot of people, Darren thrives off of watching friends ride and progression. He also predominantly rides street and park; Like a lot of people.

Darren seems like another cool dude who wants to see where BMX can take him and from the little I know of him, (and with the great support of such brands as Premium and shops like Lifer BMX) it seems as if he’s along the right lines of doing so.I wish him all the best.

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I was puzzled by this photo for literally hours. Days perhaps. I’ve come to the conclusion that it was taken on a cruise ship but I could very well be wrong. Either way. This stair gap is pretty damn gnarly.

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