As promised, here’s some footage of Brett Snell from last year. Brett’s really fun to ride with and if you missed it you can see some more footage of him from our first Mixtape.
Clip of the Week: Brett Snell (theyea) from ridepabmx.com Filmed/Edited by Matt Smith
I want to take a moment to highlight someone who I think get’s over looked or maybe he’s just under the radar. But Macniel’s Chris Silva is constantly filming for various projects and always working on something new. I first heard of Chris back at one of the old Metro Jams. I remember seeing him back pedal slide down the biggest rail there. At that time I had just learned back pedal slides and I could totally relate to how hard that was and how ballsy he must of been to get it done on that rail. Nowadays you see alot of the front crank arm slide but not so much of the rear pedal slides anymore. I admire that Chris still does them and not to mention very smoothly. Check out this latest edit of his from Macniel and see if you can spot the pedal slides.
So stoked on this video. Nothing makes me want to ride more than seeing people I rode with before getting better and better. Tyler makes me want to ride 4 pegs and Wendell makes me want to finally learn whoppers. A Crazy Black appearance too!
Ride PA winter skatepark mix featuring riding from Wendell Murray, Tyler Butler, John Dominick, Purcey, Crazy Black, and Will Barr. ridepabmx.com
Stoked to see some new footage arise from the KTS camp. Justin came out and visited a while back and we filmed a quick double peg 180 on a rail. funny thing is, that rail is now knobbed. Also, I had 3 pegs, which didn’t last long. peep the rest of the homies in this chill little edit. the last clip is so tight.
KTS: 2011 Leftovers from Justin Feltes on Vimeo.
ft Justin Feltes, Dak Slatosky, Greg Smee, Snakebite, & Camryn Shiner
Work Drugs are at it again with their latest single/video from Aurora Lies, called Daddy Bear. The video was curated by Larry Braverman and is a tribute to all those that embody the Daddy Bear.
Free Download: here
workdrugs.com
Poopporn and the rest of the guys went in on ther newest DVD, Third Word. It’s a good watch. No bull, just riding. Wayne’s double peg to nosey was sick.
If your looking to get your hands on a copy you can pick on up here Thisisword.com
I can’t explain how psyched I am to see this edit from Eric. He’s a super nice dude. crooks down rails? switch ices? I didn’t even know he could do that shit. Awesome stuff.
Filmed by Dan Conway
edit by dan and eric
The Ramones- I wanna Live
Matthew Smith (394)
Matt Loughead (12)
Matthew Steiner (10)
Eddie Pond (2)
Zach Steward (2)
Megan Milburn (1)
Into the Void // Eli Platt.
The ninth section of The Shadow Conspiracy’s second full-length DVD release,
“Into the Void,” featuring Eli Platt. Filmed and Edited by Johnny Devlin
First of all, I want to say that the above video gets me so stoked to ride every time I see it. Eli has an effortless style that really comes through here. I also want to mention that there’s been a lot of debate on DVD vs web videos. I like both, however, I do think there is one difference between the two. Patience.
In order to produce a dvd you really have to wait till all the footage is together. Sitting on footage isn’t fun, I have been working on a video part that has some 2 year old clips but I’m psyched on them. And I’m willing to wait to show them. Also along with the patience aspect is sitting down and actually watching the video. Eli’s part refrenced above is the second to last part in the video. When you actually watch the Into the Void dvd you’ll watch all the other parts first (usually) before you get to this part. Which adds suspense to the whole thing.
When a dvd section is released online, how is it usually uploaded? section by section. which takes away from the suspense of wondering who’s going to be up next instead of just clicking the person you want to see.
The last thing I want to mention is isolation. I want to say more often than not, my friends watch web videos usually in their own free time as to watching a dvd in a room together. I do that too, I’ll sit here and watch what ever I’m interested in over on TCU and then go about my day. It becomes something you’ll talk about with your friends once you get to see them and ride but sometimes not something you actually enjoy together. And that’s one thing I really liked especially as a young kid growing up. To watch a video with your friends, everyone gets psyched and then head out to ride. Now, you can still very well do that with a web video barring that you have the capabilities to hook your laptop up to your tv, if not, everyone’s crowded around a small laptop or monitor not fully seeing the detail of the clips.
Basically what I’m saying is as long as its on a big screen and it’s not some pixelated garbage I’m in. Getting your friends together and seeing which clips gets them stoked also helps you learn about eachother’s vision of what bmx is and I think that’s pretty cool.