Rok Krivec @ Romania Street Heroes 2010

EvolutionBMX has a few photos and a report of the Street Heroes Festival up on their blog. Apparently, Rok Krivec won the best trick (though, they don't say which trick made him win the 500eur prize). Read the report here.

EDIT: Best trick - Rok Krivec, Evolution BMX, S&M, Animal, Carhartt - up tooth hangover to barspin on a rail.

Danny Josa - Welcome to the Monster Army edit

This edit is a little older, but somehow went unnoticed. It definitely deserves to be on this page. Enjoy Danny shredding the Monster indoor park in Budapest.

Bobo Újvári Trashcrash edit

What a rider! Amazing backyard edit from Hungary. Check it out!

Frontocean.com - In Front of the Ocean

An amazing edit from Southern Italy. The whole Frontocean team riding some street and dirt spots in Puglia. My favorite trick is the wallride to hang5. What's yours?

Pinkbike: Front page madness

A few days ago, I wrote a little article about the Umag Dirt Jump Jam on Pinkbike. It got posted a few days later and you may want to check it out by clicking on this link.
Today, another local article got posted: the CP GANG (Nick Pescetto, Umberto Nattino, Luis Biscaldi and a few other riders) wrote a report about the Pistino Slopestyle Photocontest and it also got posted on the front page. Read it here.

Show them some love in the comments.

Pannonian Challenge XI by BazaMedia

...and another Pannonian video. This one was filmed by Bazamedia. They had at least 3 cameras at the contest, a portable dolly, a glidecam and whatnot. Greatly filmed and edited.

Urban Roof MTV ad

Check the event a few posts below this one.

EDIT: I also found the opening hours of the new park:

Tues:
14:00 - 22:00
Wed:
18:00 - 22:00
Thurs - Fri:
14:00 - 22:00
Sat:
12:00 - 22:00
Sun:
12:00 - 20:00

Nova Gorica

This was once a great looking park. Want to show your disappointment? Join the Urban Projekt guys on Saturday, 4th september.

Pannonian Challenge XI - First video

While my video is still in the works, check this 5 minute edit of the BMX day. I like it a lot.

Urban Projekt 2010

Nova Gorica's Urban Projekt will not host the Evolution Jam this year, due to lack of funding to renew the local skatepark. However, there will still be a chill session on the miniramp. Keep reading for the whole program.

Urban Projekt 2010
Friday 3.9.2010
- photo exhibit
- night session on the miniramp @ Mostovna
- Music, afterparty and so forth

Saturday 4.9.2010
- Bmx destroy session @ the skatepark
- Skate session @ Mostovna
- Photo & Graffiti workshop @ Mostovna and other locations
- Music, afterparty and so forth

I'm very thrilled about the BMX destroy session. Sounds interesting.

Urban Roof Center

Check a few pictures of the new skatepark in Ljubljana by clicking on this link. The address is Ulica Milana Majcna 6 in Ljubljana.

Opening program (03.09.2010.):
17.20 - 17.50 – skateboard session
17.50 – street dance show
18.00 - 18.30 – inline session
18.30 – jugglers show
18.40 - 19.10 – bmx session
19.10 – introducing the monocycle
19.30 - 22.00 – free riding for everyone

Nick Pescetto @ Les Deux Alpes

A bit of riding, a bit of skiing, a bit of golfing: all filmed with a GoPro HD camera at Les Deux Alpes. Enjoy.

Daniel Juritsch webvideo

Daniel is a great rider from Klagenfurt, Austria. For some reason, he is not naked in this edit. Very enjoyable video nonetheless. Check that huge wallride on the roll-in!

OJD III

I know nothing about this video, except that it is about skateboarding and it is filmed in Slovenia. Nice promo though. Worth a watch.

Back from Pannonian

Pannonian is amazing and you better be sorry if you didn't attend it. Expect a report and an exclusive video from yours truly in the next few days.

Till then, I'll try to update the website with last week's news and to start posting regularly.

LINK1: Dhers interview.
LINK2: Pannonian (or PannoniEn... stupid reporters) video

NEXT EVENT: Urban Roof Center - Opening.

Off to Pannonian...

...and I don't care if you have already watched this video. It needs more views, likes and comments, therefore do what you know best.

P.S. I won't be posting until Monday. Expect a full report and no guest bloggers. See you there.

Ride to Glory 2010 videos

I'm a huge fan of Ride to Glory videos. These sure didn't disappoint. Check them out after the jump.

P.S. The MPORA player has quite big problems with video conversion, since there are some glitches in these.





BSD.
Highlight: Mike Fucking Taylor!


Mongoose.
Highlight: Riding at a graveyard?


Relentless:
Highlight: great riding, filming and editing. Although, I'm really not sure about how good it fits with the whole RTG concept. Whatever.
Highlight 2: Holy Flair!


Primo:
Highlight 1: Primo Ghostbusters t-shirt.
Highlight 2: Lacey and Love.
Highlight 3: Mark Webb getting water-balloned


Profile:
Highlight: Longest skid? This didn't impress me as much as the other edits did.

Brad Simms vs. Alfredo Mancuso - Game of BIKE

Guess who wins?

LOL

Hahahahahaha!!!

Pannonian Challenge XI

Pannonian Challenge XI is in a few days. You probably already know what it is about. Check the program here and their website here. Random news about it here.

See you there?

What the?

I'm guessing this is what happens to a bike if it's not properly attached to your bike carrier.

Description: "Russels bike. A truck pulling a boat then 2 semi trucks. Freeway. 69mph"

Nejc Ilenič Web edit

Good video for Nejc. I really like the slow motion clips. Check it out.

Smoki Winner of Belgrade

Live stream? Amazing.

RAD movie intro!

Watch this awesome intro form the 80's movie RAD!
Be a bit patient as it gets better further into the clip.

The Frenchys Meeting 2011

A very nice video of some chaps I haven't ever heard of. Yes, I don't know names of pro bmxers...HA!

Erik Elstran is the best...end.

Holiday...who heard of that...

So Luka went on holiday and left me here to entertain you folks.
I want to go on holiday...
But I'm stuck with this blog and all of you (besides work).
But, as I presume, you aren't here to listen to me rant so let's just enjoy a nice movie...
I know I like it.


Hope you have fun with me as I have with you.

Holiday...

I'll be on holiday for the next few days. Probably somewhere with no internet connection. Therefore, I won't be posting, but this guy might keep you entertained. Or not. We'll see.

Have fun with the guest poster.

Brad Simms - 5 trick fix

This man is unbelievable.

Urban Roof Center

Quick timelapse of the new skatepark in Ljubljana. Can't wait to see it finished...

Umag Dirt Jump Jam and 4X 2010 - Video, photos and report

...and here it is, finally. A video from me, few photos by David Turkovic and a report by Leo Gamboc (in Croatian. Will translate it sometime soon)..

Hit the jump!
















Najičekivaniji event ovog ljeta u MTB i BMX svijetu u Hrvatskoj je napokon održan, a pričam o Umag Dirt Jump Jam i 4X 2010. Ove godine smo se mi organizatori malo više potrudili nego prošle.
1. Od 24.-31. 7. Bila je postavljena izložba na glavnom trgu grada Umaga koja je na sam dan eventa bila i na Dirt stazi. Za izložbu su odgovorni Kaboom (Milan Krkač) & frends (Filip Brenčić, David Turković) kao fotografi, koji su slikali nestašne dječake na biciklima (Gorana Juricu i mene), a za printanje i ostale troškove oko izložbe odgovoran je Studio Imagine iz Umaga. Uz izložbu organizirali smo i Demo show također na Trgu slobode u Umagu, na kojem bi dečki iz Zion team-a zajedno s Goranom i samnom pokazali nešto malo trikova, tek tako da se privuče rulja za subotu, kad su se glavni trikovi skidali.

Dakle ovo je bio kao uvod, odnosno program cijelokupnog eventa. A sada o suboti, kada su svi vozači stigli u Umag da vide ovogodišnju stazu i nove jumpove koje smo priredili. A, ali evo problema – kiša. Koja je padala na najjače u četvrtak, nešto oblika tornada je prošlo kroz Umag, nosilo kontejnere, krave, znakove, ogromne teniske lopte koje su simbol ATP-ja, i sve je to čak i bilo zanimljivo gledat, ali kad smo drugi dan mi organizatori vidli dirt, ma ne samo dirt nego stanje grada u petak, rekli smo „ehhh“. Morali smo otkazati Demo show na trgu...fuck jea, ali zato puhala je jaka bura u petak pa se ipak Dirt i 4X održao na najjače. Ekipa je stigla iz Hrvatske u velikom broju, iz Slovenije u skoro pa istom broju, Talijana je bilo 5, dečki iz Tržića koji su došli samo pit, i mladi bmx-er iz Nizozemske Mathijs de Ruiter.

Šta mislite tko je 4X pobjedio....slovenci naravno, kojima se mnogo zahvaljujem, jer da nisu došli u toliko velikom broju, i odradili tu stazu na najjače, nebi možda bio ovakav show kakav je bio. I sami znate da se naš 4X održava na „ghetto“ stazi tako da nitko to možda ne shvaća preozbiljno ali opet se svi vozači ful speedoom lansirali na stazu, i boli ih briga što je zemlja tvrda i puna trave. Htio bi svakako spomenuti prisutnost Weekend Wariors-a, te natjecatelja iz Buzeta i Pazina. Ovako bi ja opisao 4X, zamislite si cijelo natjecanje ako su se u filalu za prestižnu titulu pobjednika Umag 4X natjecali Boštjan Pisanec (prošlogodišnji pobjednik), Blaž Bolarić, Tomaz Jeras „Jerry“ (prvak slovenije, više puta pobjednik na Vanka reguli i na Pannonianu) i Matej Stapić. A krajnji redoslijed je izgledao ovako: 1. Tomaz Jeras, 2. Boštjan Pisanec (za pola metra), 3. Blaž Bolarić, 4. Matej Stapić.

Za cijelo vrijeme održavanja 4X-a, Dirt vozači su se zagrijavali na dirt stazi, tako da se već tada mogao vidjeti pokoji zanimljiv trik. Dirt smo ove godine proširili ,nadodali smo zadnji element, a to je Quarter to bank. Natjecanje se odvijalo i ove godine u obliku Jama, koji se vozio sat vremena, ali ove godine smo imali i suce, točnije 4 suca. Nagrade su se dijelile za 3 discipline, MTB Jam, BMX Jam i Best Trick.

Počnimo sa MTB Jam-om, tu je bilo najviše vozača. Npr. Talijan Daniele Ferri je imao par odličnih runova, počevši sa indijan can canom, pa 360, pa 360 opposite, inverte je radio u obje strane, i odličan no foot can can u quarteru. Paulo Valenta iz Pazina je svih iznenadio, smiren dečko za kojeg nisam čuo do sada, pojavio se i svih iznenadio svojim backflipom, cannonball-om, backflip no hand-erom, dečko je strašan, nadam se da ćemo ga vidjeti i na Pannonianu. Filip Kos je svih iznenadio sa combo kombinacijama: superman to no foot can can, no foot one hand to no foot can can (za dalji tekst nfcc). Marko Pavasović se vrtio u 360, pa je barspine bacao ko lud, i to ne samo jedan nego i 2 barspina, pa 360 x-up, tuck no hand...Michael Bellini je zapamćen sigurno sa brojnim pokušajima backflipa, ali i uz 360 tabletop, 360 x-up i pokušajima 360 tobogana. Zadnja tri vozača koja sam nabrojao, su bili najnabrijaniji za vožnju, cijeli dan su se vozili, čak i dosta jako padali, ali odmah se dizali i opet, i opet. Primož Tanko iz Slovenije je već naš stalni gost u Umagu, ima jako puno trikova u rukavu, a ovi su mene impresionirali: flip x-up one foot, tailwhip, superman seatgrab, superman seatgrab indian to nfcc, 360 tuck no hand, pokušaji flip whipa, flaira i 360 tailwhipa. Goran Jurica koji je osvojio 3će mjesto, a kako je to učinio, najprije sa stilom, a uz stil lendani trikovi bili su 360 tabletop, barspin, backflip, backflip no hand, tailwhip nfcc, tu je bio i pokušaj frontflipa, a i novi trik, backflip turndown!! Na postolju drugi stajajo je Kristijan Mrak, jer je skinuo 360 bars to bars recimo, ili jer je skinuo downside tailwhip u quarteru, ili jer je radio 360 tobogan to barspin, ili jer je radio 360 tailwhip to 360 barspin u runu, ili zato jer je radio backflipe....hahahha, nije. E, da imali smo i Mislava Mironovića na natjecanju ove godine, i nećete vjerovat, bio je prvi. Ne ali bez zajebancije, Mislav je jebeno odvozio, opet novi trikovi su viđeni, stari su skinuti. Od velikih trikova: tuck to barspin, downside taiwhip u quoteru, 360 tailwhip, 360 invert, 360 tabletop, 360 barspin, superflip,backflip indian, lendan 360 nfcc (boooolesno), i ostale stvari koje već svi znamo da Mislav radi.

BMX, eh bmx....:D:D Tu je bilo šta za vidjet, jer znate tko je bio tu sve snama: Zion team:Jurica Barač, Aco i Poky, Fabio D'alessandro iz Italije, mladi Mathijs de Ruiter iz Nizozemske, i da Senad Grosić, neću objašnjavati ko je on, jer ako niste za njega čuli onda đabe čitate ovaj report, jer niste niti jedan trik shvatili. Mladi dečko iz nizozemske je jedini bmxer koji je vozio i 4X, i to super brzo, a na dirtu je pokazao da ima stila, a i trikova, kao 360 na jumpu, ali i u quarteru, dakle pričak o 360 tu fakie...Fabio D'alessandro je ove godine bio jako smiren, jer tko njega zna, zna da je odličan vozač, neznam dal mu je smetao lagani vjetar što je puhao, ili mu je teren bio pre kvrgav, boh, ali iz svog repertoara trikova pokazao je samo tailwhip, turndown, 360,i double tailwhip. Aleksandar Manojlović a.k.a. Aco iz Karlovca, je bio jedini bmx vozač bez kočnica na natjecanju, najprije smireno vozio a kako se jam bližio kraju bio je sve nabrijaniji i bio je jedan od onih koji se trudio da se jam produži za koju minutu. Pokazao je turndown, 360, 360 x-up, tuck no hand, double tailwhip, a u quarteru je bio je jedan od jačih, izletavao je viiisoooko u obje strane, s jedne strane je radio tabletop, a s druge lookback, prelijepo je to izgeldalo. Treće je mjesto pokupio Poky, radeći pendulum, flipwhip, flip no hand,flip nfcc, 360 tuck no hand, 360 turn down, double tailwhip, huge flair u quarteru i alley-oop flair, e to je bilo booolesno. Jurica Barač je sigurno svima ostao zapamćen, kao i meni sa previsokim frontflipom, a mene je iznenadio sa ovim runom: tailwhip na prvom jumpu pa tailwhip u drugu stranu na drugom jumpu, to je jako teško, onda su se još nizali trikovi flip turndown, 360 tailwhip i 360 double tailwhip, također je u quarteru pokazao flair. Legenda bmx-a Senad Grosić je potvrdio svoje ime: On je trikove nizao u runovima. Npr: flip, flip tuck pa flipwhip; ili flip no hand, 720, barspin to x-up; izvan runova skinuo je tuck to barspin, tuck to tailwhip, a pokušao je i barspin to tailwhip.

Ovako je završio dan natjecanja popraćen čevapima, pivom, sokovima, i majcama koje su još uvijek u prodaji po 80 kn.
E sad, pošto je natjecanje bilo za vrijeme ATP-ja, tenis turnira u Umagu, koji zapali Umag svih 10 dana koliko traje. Afterparty se održao u subotu, a to je i slučajno najžešči dan ATP, ...kako se samo poklopilo....ja neznam šta da pišem o toj večeri, jer se puno ne sječam, ali zato možete pitati ostale vozače koji su također bili vani tu večer, svi će vam oni zajedno imati nešto za reći!!!!

Hvala Sponzorima koji su omogućili da se ovaj event održi, hvala AjTiPij –u koji je održao odličan afterparty umjesto nas :D

Uživajte u ostalim slikama, ili plačite jer niste došli.
Vidimo se dogodine,
Leo Gamboc

Poky - Frontflip

Igor Vukadinovic "Poky" frontflips off a bank in Osijek, Croatia. 'nuff said.

Domžale Skatepark news

Jozy sent this to me as an exclusive for my blog. It is about the Domžale crew getting together to renew their local park. Unfortunately, the text he sent me is a bit too technical and my translation skills are not as good as some might think. Therefore, hit the jump to see some pictures of the park and to read a little report in Slovene. More info coming soon.

EDIT: You might also remember that this park is elephant-proof. Hell yeah!



















Včeraj, v sredo 4.8.2010 smo začeli s prenovo Skate parka v Domžalah.
Iz Občine so nas okoli 12 ure obvestili, da gremo lahko nabaviti material,
ki je potreben za prenovo saj so že izdali dobavnice.

Z Rokom Capudrom "koki" sva šla najprej v Lukovico iskat 5 plastičnih plošč iz reciklirane plastike, te plošče bomo testirali kako se obnašajo če po njih vozimo s kolesom ali rolko. Med potjo sem že klical Maxa, da je prišel na skate park ter začel z odstranjevanjem starega lesa z objektov.
Med tem sva jaz in Koki v ljubljani narložila v avto 6 12mm t-fix vodo odpornih vezanih plošč s katerimi bomo prekrili piramido, katero bomo tudi povišali ter podaljšali za eno ploščo, ter7 9 mm t-fix vezanih plošč s katerimi bomo prekrili jumo box.

Ves materjal sva razložila na odbojkarskem igrišču v bližini skate parka, saj bo tam pod streho ter na varnem da ga kdo ne ukrade.

Potem sva se odpravila v Jarše pri Domžalah, ter prevzela 1.3 m3 lesenih plošč s katerimi bomo najprej prekrili železno konstrukcijo jump boxa ter piramide. Prevzela sva tudi za 48 m železnih palic s katerimi bomo ojačali konstrukcijo piramide ter jump boxa.

Ko smo to razložili sem se pridružil Maxu pri "slačenju" piramide ter jump boxa, delo smo zakličili okoli 22 ure.

Naslednji dan ob 8 uri zjutraj je stekla zopet delavna akcija. Da smo pospravili vso nesnago ki se je nabrala pod objekti smo jih prevrnili na bok. ( slika 1, 2, 6, 7)
Ko smo vse počistili smo postavil pramido ter jump box nazaj na mesto kjer bosta postavljena ( slika 8, 9, 10) . Večino dela sva opravila sama z Maxom med malico se je na skate parku oglasil tudi Pesa ter nama z Maxom pomagal z raznimi nasveti kako najlažje ter z najmanj truda predelati določeno stvar.
Do 17:00 sva uspela z maxom Predelati ter povečati "flat" od piramide, potem naju je pregnal dež. Jutri se bo delovna akcija nadaljevala, v planu imava izdelati celotno konstrukcijo piramide.

Karl Poynter interview

Filip spoke to one of his teammates at Shadow. Karl was down for the interview and here's the result. Check it on OnlySteeze.

"Any chances of coming to europe, or even Croatia?
I’d love to visit Croatia sometime. Only time will tell."

...and more pictures

These are by Max Noacco and Dubravka Druzeta. Click on their names to see the Facebook albums.

Umag DJJ 2010 - More photos

Miha Matavz took some astonishing photos of the event. Check the photo report on his official page.

Umag Dirt Jump Jam 2010

First photo from Miha Matavz. Results, reports, photos, videos and whatnot coming soon.

Fcelinabilica 2010 - one more video

One more Fcelinabilica video. This one is by Dario Krnjak/Den Productions.