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Ride UK’s Final Cover

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Well fuck. As we all heard last month the ending of Factory Media = no more Ride UK but talk about going out with a bang. This final cover features Sebastian Keep with one of the craziest things i’ve ever seen beautifully captured by George Marshall.

Here’s some words from Ride UK.
“Over the last 23 years the cover of this magazine has been the home of the most pinnacle moments in BMX history. Our very last print cover has a duty to be something special, something ground breaking, something extraordinary. For our final cover Sebastian Keep delivers all of the above and redefines the boundaries of BMX in the process.

This is a 22ft gap to wall ride, from a kicker ramp on the elevated road above, into a 32ft high wall ride down the side of a multi-storey car park and into a 12ft quarter pipe. To put it bluntly, this is death defying. It is a giant leap into new realms of preparation, commitment, skill, height, speed and danger. It is monumental moment of BMX history and it is British moment at that – a fitting end to our print history.”

RideUK No Longer in Print

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Sad news from the print world today as it becomes official that Factory Media has closed all of its magazine titles, which includes RideUK. Though there will be no more physical copies, they’ve been adamant to say it will live on digitally, but its not clear what that means just yet. Take a stroll down memory lane and check out 23mag.com‘s archive of 20+ years of RideUK covers and contents.