New father Jeff Z. uploaded a piece onto the RideBMX site featuring 65 of his favorite photos from this past year in print.
Hop Photo Contest
Photo by Kaleb Bolton
It’s the cornerstone of most tricks we do on a regular basis, yet the beauty of the bunnyhop is oftentimes overlooked. You don’t need much assistance from a ramp, ledge or launch of any sort- a simple hop can be done pretty much anywhere.
This photo contest will be judged without any bias to a certain riding skill level- because the only trick necessary is a classic bunnyhop. The hop doesn’t even have to be over anything!
Entries can be new or old, in any medium, but you only get one entry. Use the Flickr group to enter (include “Hop Contest” in the title).
The winning photograph will be posted on the front page and the photographer and rider will both receive prize packages from Push It A Stop and TCU.
Deadline is February 1st.
Any questions can be directed to the submissions email.
Animal QSS6 Premiere at 5050 Skatepark
Tomorrow at 5050 Skatepark there will be a fundraising jam and a premiere of Animal‘s latest QSS6. $10 to get in, video plays at 10pm.
Accent Collaboration – Justin Dickinson
A laxed-out edit by Accent featuring Portland, ME local Justin Dickinson doing his thing. I got a thing, you got a thing, everybody’s got a thing.
Eric Mesta – Welcome to The Daily Grind
Eric Mesta is arguably the king of rail feebles. Don’t believe me? Hit play. If you’ve ever had the pleasure of riding with him, you know that he’s always keeping the energy up at any spot and is always going in. He’s no stranger to crashing either. Smart move by The Daily Grind. Feeble Life!
Photo of the Week: Josh McElwee
Not much to say about this photo- just that it will be the best Photo of the Week ever posted.
“This was shot on an unseasonably warm, rainy December day in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. I was out shooting with Josh Stair, Evan Smedley, and Cody ‘Mclovin’ Neiswender when we rolled up to this rail. Josh fired out this switch tooth-hanger in one go.
Three lights were used in the making of this photo. The main light was an Einstein at camera right, about 8 feet up and aimed at the left side of Josh’s face, in order to cast a slight shadow on the side of his face most visible to the camera. This light was also feathered very far to the left in order to keep the light away from the building in the background. The rim light was an AB800 and came from camera left about 40 feet back. The large distance from the light to the subject causes the light to fall over a larger area, and gives me some detail in the trees on the right side of the frame. The final light was a Vivitar 285 on the ground, hidden behind the holiday greens on the bottom of the rail. This was just used as a general backlight and assisted in further separating him from the background.
Camera info:
Canon 5D MK II
70-200 f/4
1/200 at f/4.5, ISO 100”
Check out more of Josh’s work here.
Join the Flickr group for a chance to be next week’s photo.
Posted in Art, BMX, Gear, Photo, Tech
Tagged Josh McElwee, Josh Stair, Photo of the Week
AveBMX 2013 Highlights Video
Who doesn’t love a good highlight reel? Do you really need to watch the whole game when SportsCenter will sum it up and show only the key plays and best moments in less than a minute? The AveBMX kids are always doing things, but here are some of their favorites from this year. Filmed and edited by Mateusz Kanownik
“As the year 2013 is slowly coming to an end, we’ve decided to create a little flick that would briefly summarize the best projects, highlights and clips of the year.
On this occasion, we would like to express our immense gratitude to all the riders, partners, sponsors and friends who contributed to the development of the BMX community.
We wish you even more amazing BMX-related moments in the year of 2014!“
Sam Jones at Dayville Skatepark
I’m super psyched on the peg usage in this edit, but mostly on the way it’s filmed. Props to Josh Foisey (also good looks on the soundtrack). A tip (doesn’t really apply here, but this reminded me)- if you are filming a buddy fisheye and he doesn’t ride very fast, the closer the camera is to the ground, the faster it will look like he’s moving. Try it. Science rules!
“On ‘Track’ with Johnny Zammit” by George Marshall
“On the small island of Malta exists a huge and very inspiring BMX community. For the past 25 years, one devoted man has built a thriving BMX scene with little more than his bare hands. With trails, a racetrack and a skate park the ‘Track’ as the locals call it, is the life’s work of Johnny Zammit. Sergio Layos and photographer George Marshall visited the ‘Track’ and spoke to 66 year old Johnny about the rich history of BMX on the island.”
Parano Garage – Introduction Retrospection
If you weren’t watching the Parano Garage team intro edits as they came out over the past couple months, you kinda missed some amazing riding. Luckily, this compilation edit was made and your mistakes have been forgiven. DON’T FUCK THIS UP. HIT PLAY.
Posted in BMX
Tagged Bruno Hoffmann, Carlo Hoffmann, Daniel Tunte, Eddie Baum, Felix Prangenberg, Marc Remmert, Parano Garage, Timm Wiegmann
Push It A Stop 