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Defgrip is happy to present you the cover to Albion #1.

My opinion? The cover looks great and it leaves me excited to see a physical copy. Simple as that.

In case you missed it, we previously interviewed Daniel Benson regarding The Albion, which will have a launch party on the 31st of March (today) in East London. The interview and release party info can be found HERE.

In addition, the Albion guys filmed a quick behind the scenes view of the printing process of the first mag. The video also contains little previews as people flip through copies. Click below to check that out.

Thanks to the Albion crew for hooking us up with all this.

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The Demolition crew have just about wrapped up filming for their latest project, Last Chance. It’s all being put together now, and a premier is roughly scheduled for sometime in April.

Considering the team and the amount of time that’s been put into this project, I figured it would be cool reach out to main dudes with parts and get their take on working on the video.

I asked them all one simple question:
What comes to mind from your time filming for this video and the sessions?

Click below to check it out.

Please note, there’s plenty more riders featured in split parts and mix sections.

Thanks to Joey Cobbs, Brian Castillo and Chris Long for the pics and help.

Continue reading FEATURE: MAKING “LAST CHANCE” →

Pretty epic music video for an artist named Woodkid… I wonder where the budget came from to produce this video?

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Ride BMX is now hiring for an art director. Hit them up if you fit the criteria.

Stoked that word of this is now public.

Check out the press release HERE, bookmark the site HERE and follow The Bakery on Twitter

Kink just launched a flipbook with their complete line of 2012 bikes. All of the bikes look great and you should definitely check them out. On a related note, we are excited to have Kink as the newest advertisers on our site (look for their ad soon). Huge thanks to Kink and all of our other advertisers who support Defgrip and everything we do. If it wasn’t for our advertisers the site wouldn’t be what it is today. Thanks guys!!

The deadline is coming up fast, but we are helping the Bicycle Film Festival with their BMX program again this year and would love for everyone to submit a film! The festival shows in over 25 cities all over the world and it is an amazing way to share your work with the world! Keep reading to for all the info or check out bicyclefilmfestival.com

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“Cruisin’ Huntington Beach” via James Cox.

Matthias Dandois for Red Bull. Pleasing to the eyeballs.

Here’s a rad design exercise in keeping shit simple when it comes to packaging. I understand shoppers need to be stimulated somehow, but I feel like most of these examples end up looking better than the original. A lot of OG logos are timeless, and some of these do end up looking a bit generic super stripped down, but this is interesting to see anyway. Please note, these are not real.

Part 2 just went up HERE, and part one can be seen HERE.

The 2nd part added an additional super stripped version.

Design by Antrepo.

Check out the unique stylings of Charlie Crumlish. 03:08 was sweet.

Via – TCU

The above picture was taken by Paul Fusco in an orphanage in Belarus. It is of Sasha, at the time a four and a half year-old, affected by radiation from Chernobyl.

Next month will mark the 25th-year anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. With the Fukushima nuclear crisis still ongoing, governments around the world have been reassessing their commitments to nuclear energy and the viability of trying to control its immense power.

Supporters of nuclear argue that alternatives such as coal are, in the grand scheme of things, more damaging to human civilization. Detractors point to Chernobyl, and now the crisis Japan faces. But no matter which camp you’re in, I urge you to watch this incredibly powerful and absolutely heart wrenching slideshow by Magnum’s Paul Fusco, who documented the horrific consequences of the world’s worst civic nuclear accident. See it here.

via James Tan

This is the latest from Brian Kachinsky and DK Bicycles, a promo video for his signature Passport frame. Kachinsky goes hard!

Props has a cool feature up on their site where they interview a bunch of BMX filmers who use skateboards to film. It’s a pretty interesting read, and a topic I’ve never really given much thought to.

If you find that interesting, check out our old post about which cameras certain filmers use and why.

Check out the latest print ad featuring Seamus from Subrosa along with a writeup about it from Ryan Sher!

Continue reading Print ad: Subrosa →

Continue reading Tyler Northrup @ Random →

Volume just dropped this new edit with Lil Stevie. Does not disappoint.

While you’re at it, peep Lil Stevie’s DEFGRIP edit from July 2010.

Timothy Burkhart who had a Photo @ Random a few months back just launched a new photo site. He has a good selection of BMX and non-BMX photos. Check it out here - timothyburkhart.com

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Our friend Torey Kish launched a new site showcasing his photography. Check it out!

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Cleggy Rowlands is next in line in the “At Home With” series.

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We spent the weekend of the Case jam with Cleggy and as well as riding he talks about T1, Notion store, being vegan, and hits some historic Leeds spots during a classic UK winter weekend.

-Dean

Nathan and Dakota. You know what to do.

The second half of this took me by surprise. Good stuff.

Filmed and Edited by Will Stroud

Federal put together a great short documentary about their latest series of print ads. Each ad is an original painting by the artist Robert Sample featuring a rider from the Federal team. Keep reading to check out the video and click here to check out the first two ads from the series.

Continue reading A Look into the Federal Ads →

Check out a new ad from Federal featuring Bruno Hoffman, from their new painting series, as well as the first ad featuring Dan Lacey.

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