Late last year Ride went to their contributors with the idea of shooting photos at a specific time to showcase just how much BMX is going on around the world at any given time. November 23rd at 1pm PST was go time and teams of riders, photographers and filmers from California to Spain all converged on that One Moment to collectively create something special. The article came out awesome and this video does well to show the anticipation, the build up and the payoff of one extraordinary moment in BMX.
A couple weeks ago, Hadrien Picard dropped his latest Nokia Pureviews project chronocling a trip [back] to Vietnam with Hoang Tran and Joris Coulomb. In addition to video, Hadrien also shot a ton of stills and put a bunch of the best ones together for us. This gallery, shot entirely on Nokia Lumia phones, came out awesome and does well to show what an amazing cultural experience this was. All of these photos are available wallpaper sized as well.
Honestly who is better at rail ride than Joris these days ? See this little bus out as a warm up for his so hard 36 out to be seen in the video.
Joris and Hoang combined are probably the best duo of Hair cut on the market, here they come at the back of the jeep on the way to the dunes of Mui Né.
This is for this kind of moment that we organise such trip to far away destinations, and this is for this kind of clips that we thank bmx everyday to make us enjoy that : the only concrete ramp in vietnam, a diy medium lost in a garden of Mui Né beach resort.
As the wet season was not completely over yet, we enjoyed a couple of heavy rain shower, litterally shower, warm and quick that transformed all the scooter people in colorful moving plastic thing.
The jam took place at an outdoor bar called « Saigon Outkast », with a tight and sketchy mini that opened the skin of Joris and offered him a ride to the hospital…which was separated between locals and foreigners.. Weird…but maybe for the best when we remember jors wound infection in Estonia some year ago.
I personnaly can’t imagine going to such destinations and not sharing any session or time with the rare local bmxer, so instead of just riding exotic spots and move away without a sign, we organised a jam on street spots we made built for this occasion (a curb and a rail that would stay there)…And yeah, that was f… worth it. Saigon Rules
Find the skyway wheel in this photo and win a free Lumia…or not
The moderne Distric 7 of Saigon is a weird place, all clean, empty and quiet, like a abandonned California before an catastroph (ok i watch too many zombie movies) wich is completely fine with Hoang Tran clicking an invert
…in front of the security guy …under the palm trees
Where the favorite sport seems to be the DA CAU (some sort of badminton where you juggle a flying thing with your feet), a bmx attached to a scooter is probably a bit curious.
Another unplanned demo for Hoang tran grinding with his crank this very unique set up
Safety first ! or the irony of the vietnamese helmets that show perfectly the very laid back atmosphere of this country where riding a scooter can be so much fun.
There are so many scooter in Saigon that during the rush hour you could be stuck in a scooter trafic jam !
Riding bicycle during rush hour can be a little bit suffocating in such a big city…but from what we heard this mask are mostly used for girls to look more awesome…this is actually working pretty well with bmxer too.
When you see hanging on the same wall Che Guevara and Vladimir Poutine, you can’t be surprise of seeing the father owning our RBnB flat coming back drunk every night hahaha. And joris to continue brushing his teeth.
Joris riding down the gipsy wall…
Hoang riding up the gipsy wall
And the gipsy wall say « CAM ON »…meaning thank you in vietnamese
And one ! One more convinced by the coolitude of a bmx bike.
First Spot of the trip, a large barge where Hoang footplants in front of an massiv crowd stopped in the middle of the road, perfect protection from the traffic.
Born in Saigon, raised in Usa, Hoang has brought back his smile and happy mind set to a country that is actually having the same friendly spirit.
The best noodle restaurant, right in front of the place we were staying !
The Streets are talking english in Saigon, thanks to this man : Isaac Clarcke, much more nicer than he looks on this photograph.
Vietnam from above, feat the infamous mekong river
After breaking another flat curb, Joris takes a breather in this very humid and hot climate.
How cool this dude is, Joris, one of the most charismatic guy on the bmx scene…has even his own badge thanks to marie jade.
At the end of the trip, we flipped a coin to decide if we would stay in Mui Né to visit the fantastic dunes or come back to Saigon to ride and film a perfect ledge ride set up…the coin said Saigon, we smiled…and stayed in Mui né. La vie est belle.
Just a few weeks back Greg Moliterno had a gallery here in Tempe, Arizona consisting of all photos he shot on his trusty Ricoh FF-3af (a simple 35mm point and shoot released the same year he was born – 1982). The photos from the gallery just dropped on the web over on the Ride site which you can check out here. Prints are still available so if you’re interested in any hit up Greg here.
As a BMX photographer, theres a moment when a spark ignites; when you see someone start to try something and you know it could make a good photo. The gears in your head start ramping up and you start looking at the angles, the light, the variables… anything that stands between you and making a great image. This write-up will give you an idea of what goes through my head while setting up a photo, in this case a long ass icepick by Jake Seeley. Continue reading →
Cult has a photo gallery up on their site shot by Devon Hutchins from their recent trip to Hawaii with some words from Robbie which you can check out here. Be sure to keep an eye out for the eyeland video dropping tomorrow.
I spent 12 days driving up and down a good chunk of the east coast of Australia with some of the Colony guys and from the photos it should be pretty clear that we had a blast and rode some good places. Bobbie Altiser made the trip out to Australia for the adventure and snapped a bunch of great disposable camera images along the way. Hope you guys enjoy the gallery…
Chris Courtenay backyard flair on the first day in Brisbane.
We shot this just for the entertainment value of the hat Millar is wearing that he scored off Ricky Catanzariti mid trip. No foot nose pick over the spine at Box Hill.
2 hours in high temperatures took it’s toll on both Bobbie and I but it was worth it to get this clip.
Chris Courtenay all the way to the top of the vert wall at Coffs Harbour park.
As soon as it dried up in Coffs Harbour Millar went to work on the extension as Stretton watched on.
Keith Treanor was over at the start of the trip and all he wanted from me was to shoot a carve in Elanora’s full pipe. Job done even with a bit of rain.
The monster that is Elanora.
Luke Parker blasts the corner in Coffs bowl.
Bondi is always a go-to spot for a trip for obvious reasons, most of which are in this photo of Luke.
Luke Parker does good toboggans, good enough to be filmed by people with iPads out.
Always coming through with creative shit, Ricky had a broken finger the entire trip but by the way he rode the entire trip you wouldn’t know it. Rocket nose manual in Canberra.
I have no idea what this is called or how Tom gets in and out of it but he does.
This set up really got slaughtered by Zac… Straight up and down ice fakie in Wodonga.
Push It A Stop 