Federal News 2008

New website . . .

2009-05-14T09:54:00.001-07:00

We just finished working on a new site. There's a new video player, revised layouts so the whole thing should be really simple to use, new team images, and even a spy photo of the new revised Notorious frame. The new site's done using wordpress, so that means we won't be using this blog anymore, all news will go on the new blog from now on, so go to federalbikes.com & check it out.

Ty Morrow - Welcome to the Team Video . . .

2009-05-01T08:59:00.000-07:00

As I'm sure everyone knows by now, we signed Ty Morrow to the team not long ago, and we flew him over to the UK to film a little web vid announcing his addition to the team. So here it is. Also featuring Dan Lacey, Dan Cox, Derek Strickland and Mark Love, & created by the 2-man video production tag team of Charlie Jobling behind the lens & Edd Allen at the editing console.

Click the image to go check it out on the home page - There's also gonna be a new site next week sometime, so keep your eyes peeled for that one!

Josh Eilken........

2009-04-29T11:21:00.000-07:00

Josh has an Interview up on BMXUnion HERE.......

Jared and Brian.........

2009-04-16T07:34:00.001-07:00

Jared sent in the following pics of him and Tunney passing the time.......

Jared's Top 5s.....

2009-04-09T05:39:00.000-07:00

Jared has a Top 5s over on the EXPN blog HERE.........

Chris Gille ODI Grips......

2009-04-06T07:28:00.000-07:00

Ty Morrow........

2009-04-03T03:27:00.000-07:00

Go to BNQT for more videos.

Mr Cox and his steed

2009-04-01T09:30:00.000-07:00

Dan Cox whilst waiting for the roadtrip to head his way has sent us some photos of his sweet set up along with a full bike check:

Frame: 20 inch Hamilton pearl black
Forks: Federal 20/20
Bars: Federal 4 piece 20/20
Grips: Federal thin
Stem: OG animal jumpoff
Front Wheel: Odyssey Vandero on G-Sport ribcage
Rear Wheel: Federal Freecoaster on G-Sport ribcage
Tires: 2.1 Federal foldables front and rear
Seat/Post: Primo Balance pivotal
Cranks: Odyssey wombolts
Chainring: Federal 28t
Pedals: Odyssey trails

EEEEaaaaaazzzzzeeeeee!!!!!

2009-04-01T04:25:00.000-07:00

Ty Morrow is over in the UK right now, & he's gone on a bit of a roadtrip with Lacey & TM Bas Keep. They were in London yesterday, and met up with Ride UK's petrol-syphoning media whore - Robin Fenlon, who's put some shots & a little video up on their site.

Check it here.

Presence........

2009-03-30T16:47:00.000-07:00

Now that the weather has finally broken in Canada the Presence guys have been out filming in earnest. Check out these 3 new videos, including one done especially for us featuring Max Vincent, Greg Drapeux and Corey Dewey. Cheers Jeremy!.....

Federal edit from Presence Bmx on Vimeo.

Spring Edit from Presence Bmx on Vimeo.

Winter 2009 Park Mix from Presence Bmx on Vimeo.

Clothing available in the US . . .

2009-03-25T03:19:00.000-07:00

Our clothing's now available in the US. So for those of you stateside that wanna get hold of some, give your local shop a call or give Tip Plus a bell to see where you can get hold of some.

Yo

WHAAAAAUUUPPPP DOE!!!

2009-03-24T02:26:00.000-07:00

WHAAAAAUUUPPPP DOE!!...yer boy Dwat$$ here,, quick first update of many to come, been ridin a shit load filmin for the SHOLA vid, heres a pic from Shola trip in San Diego, also i turned 21 years of age last week, also, Federal makes sick hoodies as you can see in the other pic, aiiight, imma post up me and Bruce bike checks tomorrow, till then, YEAAAHHHH!!!!! WHOOOOOOO!!!!

One day in Brescia with Andres!

2009-03-24T02:21:00.000-07:00

CalleMarconi, our Italian distro just sent me through this vid of Andres, a dude they've just hooked up.

Josh Eilken Video . . .

2009-03-22T02:52:00.001-07:00

Here's another instalment of Josh Eilken's continuous video onslaught!... The kids like some crazy one man video production machine!
Filmed & edited by Tony Malouf... Enjoy!

Mehdi's Bike Check

2009-03-20T04:10:00.000-07:00

Georges from Toads Distribution in France have just hooked up French rider Mehdi on flow, check out his new set up below!

Hamilton Vid...

2009-03-18T10:01:00.000-07:00

Just spotted this Hamilton vid over on Animal...

Hit up Hamilton's blog for more amazing shredding on this teal setup!

Update from Bruce . . .

2009-03-18T06:10:00.000-07:00

"...Hello everyone, just a quick update on how things are going; I'm keeping very busy with the Shola Video and shooting photos for Federal. The video will be done being filmed by next month hopefully. Keep checking our Shola updates for Premier dates and Video Release date in your local shops. Take care and again thanks for all your support..."

Duncan Lloyd Bike Check

2009-03-18T05:05:00.000-07:00

We met Duncan last year in Brighton while filming for the Brighton Aint Ready DVD. Dunc is one of the locals from the area, rider by day, chef by night and shredding all the time. His set up as been holding up strong since he got it all so he's never changed the main bits. Cranberry looks sick in the sun!Frame & Forks: Federal 1066 in Cranberry
Federal Battle Grips & Bar Ends in Black
Federal SL Seat and stump post in Black
Federal Seat Clamp in Black
Macneil Conjoined Cranks in Black
Federal Light Sprokect in Brown
Shadow Interlock chain
Federal Tyres front and back
Primo Balance Sealed Pedals in Gun Metal

Scott Taylor Day at the Park.......

2009-03-09T15:01:00.001-07:00

Videos.........

2009-03-08T11:07:00.000-07:00

Steven just put up this little web video and also while you're at it check out a video from our newest flow roder from France, Mehdi Vivens exclusively on Soul HERE.......

Noble's Framed Us......

2009-03-03T01:41:00.000-08:00

Check out Mark Noble's lastest article on ESPN HERE entitled "Framed" all about Federal.....

BMXUnion......

2009-02-20T13:27:00.000-08:00

Check out the On the Horizon feature on Federal over on BMXUnion HERE............

Boom, Roasted!.........

2009-02-10T09:49:00.000-08:00

Elwood Ruffle relaxing after work........

Italian BMX Jam............

2009-02-05T11:33:00.001-08:00

Our Italina Distro is putting on a Jam at the End of February, check out what they have to say:

"I write you to comunicate that next 21 february will take a part the first bmx jam in Italy.

The first "Carnival bmx jam" in Milano city will start in the first hours of the day and will go again the night with a party in some "fashion" disco club.. naturally callemarconi put some Federal stuff to support this first event and all riders will wear a Carnival dress for this time!

During all day music, free cold beers and BBQ inside the Lambro park where there is a very good concrete pool!

If you want see the flyer you can find it here:

http://www.nosoccer.com/public/v3/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/carneval.jpg

to see the location:

http://www.nosoccer.com/public/v3/?p=141

I will do a big report for me web site nosoccer.com and i think to realize a web video about the jam!

thank you if you want write something about it in some blogs or page I will be happy!

have a good day!"

CALLE MARCONI

The Wythenshawe Waltz....

2009-02-04T03:24:00.000-08:00

Easy bruv.......
I was doin' my weekly check on The Come Up and i come across this sweet little edit featuring Federal Team rider Loz Taylor. Also features Clarky, Tommy Gore, Gaz Hunt, Will Davis, Sean Malone, The Feebler, Big Pete, Barney, Mr. Chips, and ma boy Scotty D! I'm presumin it's gonna be a full length video due to the "Coming Soon" in the credits..... None the less it's a proper sweet edit with some bad man riding! Check it out.

Loz Taylor picture credits MattyLambert.com

Safe

Lacey

p.s. Right about here is where i would put the video but, the embeded code has shit the bed and aint workin properly...... so just as easy here's the link to it on MPORA.
http://video.mpora.com/watch/VsHPNAgel/

More Josh.........

2009-02-01T10:46:00.000-08:00

Josh's bros matt markese ,adam christie and mike dinello plus a quick footage remix of the man himself...........

We Sponsor the MidWest.......

2009-01-28T10:33:00.000-08:00

Josh and the 4Seasons locals............

Steven Hamilton Edit

2009-01-23T01:57:00.000-08:00

Check this video of Hamilton out, he rules!

Shayn Steel..........

2009-01-21T09:51:00.000-08:00

The crashes at the start are brutal!......

Jared.......

2009-01-20T09:47:00.001-08:00

Jared in full effect at the Animal winter hideout..........

Mpora........

2009-01-20T09:40:00.000-08:00

If Youtube or Vimeo don't float your boat then head on over to www.mpora.com/federalbikes to see all our videos in one place........

Simpel Session......

2009-01-17T01:14:00.000-08:00

Mpora TV will live streaming directly from Estonia on Saturday from 11:00 – 20:30 CET and Sunday from 11:00 – 20:00 CET.

Josh Eilken.........

2009-01-15T12:10:00.000-08:00

Josh "The video machine" Eilken..........

Dagger BMX Jam 3 . . .

2009-01-15T07:04:00.000-08:00

Our Bro's at Dagger BMX just sent this flyer through . . . So If you're in Brazil next weekend, then get down to Park dos Macaquinhos in Caxias do Sul-RS. Should be a pretty good jam, now where's my passport at . . .

Get your ink on . . .

2009-01-15T04:39:00.000-08:00

Dan at Broadribbs in Leamington Spa just sent this into us. He said it hasn't healed completely yet, but it's looking SICK!!! Nice one dude!

Ride UK........

2009-01-14T15:43:00.001-08:00

Hot on the trail of the Industry feature last month Davey has got an interview in the latest issue of Ride UK so check it out, should give some clues about his highly anticipated Shola section. Ride UK also have a new site so check that out while you can.....

In other news Steven has started his own blog so check it out www.disguisedisguise.blogspot.com

Federal x Streetphire

2009-01-14T07:08:00.000-08:00

Street Phire x Federal Flow + Lloyd Trip from streetphire on Vimeo.

The flow team shining in a grim Winter, courtesy of H Man and Streetphire......

It's Been a While.......

2009-01-12T09:17:00.000-08:00

Easy.
Right I know it's been quite a while since i last posted somethin on here, but don't frett Santa Claus got me a new laptop so I can now do updates while I'm on the road!!!! Safe.
Now as most of you may know, Winter isn't a BMXers favourite time of the year......especially in England....Grim.
Some of you may or may not have heard of SHOLA rider Waffle......
Waffle is a bad man in a his own special way, only he can understand some of the things he says and does....none the less he's a fuckin rad dude.
Unfortunately the stresses of winter have finally got the better of him and myself and local flip Legend Leigh Standivan resulting in this short but sweet video of him....... Enjoy.
Expect to see more updates from the SIMPEL SESSION in Tallin!!!!
Peace

Lacey

Skapegoat 3........

2009-01-05T09:32:00.000-08:00

skapegoat 3 from Vinnie on Vimeo.

Happy Christmas......

2008-12-23T10:08:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from everyone at Federal. See you in the New Year.......

Steven Hamilton......

2008-12-17T11:42:00.000-08:00

Steven sent us in some new footage entitled "The Lonely Cowboy" he also sent the footage to the guys at Animal who beat us to uploading it to Youtube, anyway check it out.......

Aversion......

2008-12-10T09:15:00.000-08:00

Aversion DEC 08 from Aversion bmx on Vimeo.

Love these guys, Mark Love in full effect.......

Barney and Josh.......

2008-12-08T10:53:00.000-08:00

PrimoWard from PRIMO on Vimeo.

Here's 2 little vids for you to enjoy, one's from the guys at Primo featuring Eric "Barney the Milfhunter" Cuiper and the second one is Josh Eilken's leftovers from his Madera DVD section which is due out in January. Be sure to check it out as his section is amazing!

Corey and Greg.......

2008-12-07T10:32:00.000-08:00

Greg and Corey from mtlbmx on Vimeo.

Well after what seems like an age it gives us great pleasure to welcome Canadians Corey Dewey and Greg Drapeau to our International flow team. Max is riding buddies with both these guys and was instrumental in helping us hook them up. We're psyched to have them on board and expect to see big things from both of them. The Prescence DVD is going to open some eyes for sure.........

Greg and Corey took some time to film the above edit for us at their local park whilst escaping the Canadian winter, and also sent over some shots of their new rides.

Scott Taylor in a Dry Spell.......

2008-11-28T10:12:00.001-08:00

Dry Spell Final Promo from Mr T on Vimeo.

ODI............

2008-11-28T03:13:00.000-08:00

Happy Thanks Giving! from Sixtiesrider on Vimeo.

If by a small miracle blogger works you'll be able to see the latest ODI web video featuring our very own Chris Gille!

Max Vincent Video . . .

2008-11-25T07:04:00.000-08:00

Max sent us over some footage of himself riding, and our very own E.D. Allen put this edit together. Here's a link to the youtube version instead if you're that way inclined.

NEW SHOLA AD

2008-11-08T14:35:00.000-08:00

New Shola Ad up on our Myspace.
CLICK THE PHOTO FOR FULL SIZE

Waffle in USA

2008-10-30T17:18:00.001-07:00

Waffle does not handle Jet Lag very well.
HERE'S PROOF

Waffle in the USA from Shola BMX on Vimeo.

Steven Pictures........

2008-10-29T04:30:00.000-07:00

Focalpoint........

2008-10-29T04:29:00.000-07:00

FOCALPOINTBMX summer clothing from cooper b on Vimeo.

Tyson's New Ride.....

2008-10-29T04:20:00.000-07:00

www.backbonebmx.com.au

Troy.....

2008-10-26T06:39:00.000-07:00

Troy has been having a rough time of late and is just waiting to go under the knife for some reconstructive knee surgery. He's been taking things easy of late and tryign to find things to occupy his time while out recuperating. He just built up a new bike though featuring all our new stuff and sent us through a pic, along with a pic of him "taking it easy"! Look for a full part from Troy in the next FocalPoint DVD........

focalpointbmx.com park edit from cooper b on Vimeo.

Dan Lacey's Bikes.......

2008-10-19T13:38:00.000-07:00

Dan went to the States recently on a little trip, first to Vegas for Interbike then onto LA to hang out and film for a bit. Whilst there he did a bike check for Ride BMX, he left most of his bike over in the pond though so when he got back he built up this fresh new black rig below....

My Hero.....

2008-10-18T04:48:00.000-07:00

Chris Gille Bike Check......

2008-10-15T01:34:00.000-07:00

Jared's Signature Bars......

2008-10-14T04:29:00.001-07:00

Unfortunately we didn't get these samples in in time for Vegas but here's a sneak peek of Jared's new signature bar. Jared was really into the 4 piece bars we did but wanted something a bit more old school in appearance so here they are. They are 8" high and 28" wide, feature butted tubing throughout as well as utilizing a revolutionary heat treating process exclusive to Federal Bikes. More info soon.......

Scott Mcmenamin films for Shola

2008-10-10T14:56:00.000-07:00

Enjoy the vid.

Scott Mcmenamin Bio from No Run Ups Productions on Vimeo.

Jared In Korea.........

2008-10-09T12:04:00.000-07:00

Chris Gille Remix........

2008-10-07T14:15:00.001-07:00

Chris Gille Remix from Sixtiesrider on Vimeo.

Mark Love.....

2008-10-07T04:12:00.001-07:00

Aversion bmx from Aversion bmx on Vimeo.

New Product Range Online Now . . .

2008-10-03T09:33:00.000-07:00

Head on over to the main site to see our brand new product range!

Chris Gille.......

2008-10-02T06:31:00.001-07:00

Check out Chris in this new ODI web video HERE.........

FocalPoint......

2008-10-01T05:40:00.000-07:00

focalpointbmx.com park edit from cooper b on Vimeo.

Lotek......

2008-10-01T03:39:00.001-07:00

VIMBY - Lotek SF Mixtape Teaser

Dan and Joe........

2008-09-30T09:03:00.000-07:00

Lotek UK in San Francisco from Joe Cox on Vimeo.

Vegas.....

2008-09-30T05:53:00.000-07:00

See More BMX Videos at VitalBMX.com

Shola...........

2008-09-21T04:12:00.000-07:00

Shola trailer from Lotek on Vimeo.

Oh Yes..........

Shola/Lotek

2008-09-20T21:18:00.001-07:00

We've made some changes at Shola that involve Lotek. Keep checkin the Shola and Lotek sites for updates that will be made very soon. Enjoy our new Trailer in the meantime.

Shola trailer from Lotek on Vimeo.

We've gone Platinum.........

2008-09-17T09:03:00.000-07:00

Over 1 million views and counting.......

Josh Eilken........

2008-09-16T11:55:00.001-07:00

Jared's New Ride........

2008-09-15T14:28:00.000-07:00

Brighton Ain't Ready! Premeire . . .

2008-09-05T01:33:00.000-07:00

Here it is, the video release of the year, Brighton Ain't Ready! is finally done! The trailer's below & the video looks set to be amazing. All the premiere info's on the flyer. Make sure you get your ass down to Concorde 2 for it, its gonna be a crazy night!

Ride to Glory voting time!

2008-09-04T05:50:00.000-07:00

The voting page is now up along with all the videos over on Ride's website. Its time for you lot to vote for the section that you thought was best. Which one had the best hammers? Which was the best edited? Who had your favorite riders on, whatever appeals to you about your favorite video get over there and vote (for us) now!

http://www.rideukbmx.com

Shola Angel Shirt!!!

2008-09-02T22:57:00.001-07:00

Shola has a brand new shirt out called Angel Shirt. Go get some!!!

More Hamilton......

2008-08-30T04:42:00.000-07:00

Hey,

Some cd's I've been listening to :

Yo La Tengo - "I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One"
Mr. Green - "The only Color that matters is Green"
Stereolab - "Aluminum Tunes (Disc 2)"
Gibby Haynes and his Problem - "Gibby Haynes and his Problem" Wire - "154"
Treepeople - "Something Vicious for Tomorrow / Time Whore"

Filming for the Animal video is going great. Be patient for this one. I'm
working on some new moves/styles and am very excited to see how this one
will turn out.

My plastic pedals arrived at the Animal warehouse.

Had a nice solo session in the rain last night. Don't know what it is I love
so much about riding and skating in the rain. Someone should be filming me!
Lots of moves are going the way of the buffalo, undocumented, a memory in
the mind of a passer-by, a man in a van.

Good to hear from you.

- Steven Hamilton.

Videos.....

2008-08-30T02:41:00.000-07:00

Want to learn how to fakie hop down stairs? Well Bruce has got you covered, check the Ride site HERE.......

Also check out this BSD video featuring one of our flow riders Chaz Mailey........

BSD summer roadtrip 08 from BSD on Vimeo.

Epic Hamilton Update..........

2008-08-28T11:01:00.000-07:00

Hey,

I'm in Jersey City.
I rode in a jam / demo thing last weekend in Bethleham Pa. at the Source bike shop. There was a spine ramp, two connected fairly high grind boxes and a high flat rail. On the spine I was jumping pretty high and doing tucks similar to the tuck that was on the cover of the Ride Uk that I had the interview in (looking under my arm at my landing). On the grind box I was doing right side pedal grinds to 180, right side pedal grind to 180 x-up lander (slider with out sliding), left side bottom bracket grinds to opposite 180, bunnyhoping onto the box and bunnyhop kickfliping off going slow, nollie 180's off the box, 360 tail-taps over the spine, 540 tail-taps on the spine, and x-up right side pedal grinds on the grind box. The x-up pedal grinds felt especially good with my longer frame and I could get pretty tweaked out sideways on them.
I bought a new skateboard at Autumn skateshop in the East Village, New York City. It's an 8.75" Cota board with Independent trucks (150 mm), and 56mm Spitfire wheels. The deck is black with two eagles fighting, one with a switch blade knife and the other with a switch blade comb.
Someone stole my cell phone at a bagel shop in Jersey City. I went inside to get another drink and left it on the table, when I came out it was gone.
My family's dog might have bone cancer, he can't seem to walk - although he didn't seem to have a problem chasing a groundhog at the farm. Here is a photo of him.
Jared's car looks pretty sweet. I had a cool car, a black 1988 Nissan 300zx that I picked up in Austin Texas last year for 3500 dollars. It had sweet rims on it, a T-top, and was pretty fast. I drove it to Ohio from Texas and drove around in Columbus for a few months. I drove it to Michigan once last summer and had some great times in it. It had a great sound system and nice interior. I could only fit one other person in it and my bike fit nicely in the back, and it looked cool as hell. My fondest memories in that car are driving around Austin Texas with Jeff Landtiser drinking Pbr and listening to Blonde Redhead's self titled debut album, Blonde Redhead. The song "Sciuri sciura" being the most memorable. This was back when we were sessioning this pool. The car was fast and fun to drive. I drove it to Louisville last year to meet Jimmy Levan for the Kentucky derby. That was a great time as was when I drove it to Michigan. I have all sorts of photos of these trips and the car, but they are in Columbus, the only photo that I have with me is this photo of some rose lens glasses with a glimpse of the dashboard. Blonde Redhead's album "23" came out when I had that car and I remember driving the car to dance clubs in Columbus listening to that album. I took good care of the car and kept it clean. I loved it. Well anyways one night after only having it for a couple months I went out to a dance party at a place called B.O.M.A (Bar of Modern Art) in Columbus. It's this old church turned into a dance club on Broad Street. I had a great time dancing with these women at the party and I drank some Tangueray. On my way home I was going to fast for a turn and slid the car into a guardrail, thank god I wasn't injured but the car was totalled. "Spring and By Summer Fall" played as my car sat smoldering. So that was the end of that car, it was sad. Then I bought a 1988 Cadillac Brougham, black with chrome. Here is a picture of me with it at my apartment in Columbus. I've always wanted a big 'ol Cadillac and when I saw this one for eight hundred bucks, I had to buy it. The dude I bought it from was straight up hillarious, he had the funniest stories about living with his mom and about driving the car down to Florida every year. The passenger side rear view mirror was held in place with a condom. On a drunken whim the night after I bought the car I decided to take Columbus skate legend Chaz McGee and a guy named Tauriano who was at this party on a trip out to St. Louis and to Phil Wasson's bachelor/bachellorete party in Kansas city. We took a cruise around the outer belt through a thunder storm and then stopped by my parents house to get packed for the trip. My mom said that it probably wasn't a good idea to show up at such a party with uninvited guests. We drove the Cadillac out to St. Louis where we ran into some car problems and I sobered up enough to take into consideration my mom's concerns and decided that she was right about showing up to a bachelor/bachelorette party with two uninvited guests, especially one who I didn't know at all, Tauriano, and the other being Chaz. So we had the car serviced and skated a skatepark in St. Louis. Chaz did a really high tweaked straight leg indie grab over a hip and an inverted 360 to flat from a quarter at about six feet out. The drive home was nice/relaxing. Again I have photos from this trip, but not with me.
I've gone through lots of skateboards, I mostly leave them at bars which is stupid and irrespnsible, expensive and fun. I would say I've probably bought around fifteen complete skateboards and I've only been skateing for a couple of years. I like wide boards and larger wheels. I normally buy Spitfire wheels and always buy Independent trucks, anywhere from 8 to 9 inches wide. I do like big soft fast wheels but I normally go with the hard Spitfires because I do power slides and they hold up well against flat spots. I'd like to be sponsored by Spitfire and Independent.
Back to the Bar of Modern Art. Drinking in an old church seems to bring me bad luck. I wrecked my Nissan after drinking there and this Spring I broke my collar bone/clavicle skating a mini-ramp that they had set up at a party at the old church turned bar. The set-up was straight out of the ninja turtles. But anyways I slipped out on the ramp and broke my clavicle. The down-time from this injury provided an unexpected flury of new ideas for bike tricks and motivation. When I arrived in New Jersey last month I was just healing and by the time I was back on my bike I was riding better than ever and felt a much more mature / experienced rider. I feel I'm reaching new levels of maturity with my riding and am looking forward to working on some new projects. I wish they would turn the damn music down in this cafe though because I can't think straight.
After the demo in Bethleham on Saturday we rode street and I tried a nollie x-up pedal grind on a low ledge off a double set. I had already nollie smith grinded the ledge and nollie feeble to 180'd the ledge on both Scotty Eaton's bike and Vinnie Sammon's bike after I broke Scotty's chain. I then x-up pedal grinded the ledge on my bike a few times before trying to nollie x-up pedal grind it. I should have tried to nollie pedal grind the ledge first but I went straight for a nollie x-up pedal grind and missed my pedal or something and fell pretty hard on my shoulder. It hurts pretty bad but I think it is just still healing. I have it in a sling and am going to give it some time before I start riding again. Hopefully I'll be able to start riding again in maybe two weeks. I plan on going on some trips to film for some different videos and projects. I have all sorts of new tricks and techniques that I am working on and looking forward to videoing and photographing them as well as just doing them on some new set-ups and also am looking forward to traveling to some new places to ride.
Check out this old school picture I shot of Jared doing a tooth-pick.
I've been sessioning other people's bikes a lot.
A close up shot of a tire slide and one of Dan from Portland doing a wallride.

How are things going over there? A guy at the demo had a purple one of my frames and it looked nice. Another guy gave me a sling for my hurt shoulder which was really nice. I'd like to go on a trip for you guys or meet up with someone to shoot photos when I heal up. Maybe I could do a street web video in some random city? Let me know if you guys have anything in mind. The 1066 frame is badass. Here's a picture of me riding it from Vinnie's site. I think he's got some pictures from that demo he's going to put up. Pretty random email I just wanted to send something your guys's way.... let me know if you've got any ideas or if you guys want anything from me. I've got about a billion more stories I could write you guys let me know if you have any interest or what kind you want, I wish I had more of my pictures on this computer.... I could scan some in. Maybe some old school bmx stories with pictures? let me know what's up

-Steven Hamilton

Marty.......

2008-08-28T02:33:00.001-07:00

Untitled from Matthew Caris on Vimeo.

Loz Taylor........

2008-08-25T11:45:00.000-07:00

Loz Taylor the Make 3 add from the Make on Vimeo.

Tyson.........

2008-08-22T02:45:00.000-07:00

A pic of Tyson from the last issue of Rebel Yell.........

1066........

2008-08-21T08:41:00.000-07:00

New 1066 frame, shipping worldwide now. Featuring ovalized downtube and chainstays. Available in regular and front triangle heat treated options, weighing in at 4.9lbs and 4.7lbs respectively. Colours are Pearl White and ED Black. Look for the product section to be fully updated in the next few days.............

Up In Smoke Tour.........

2008-08-21T05:17:00.001-07:00

Seventies......

Boyley Jam 08.....

2008-08-20T04:26:00.000-07:00

Photos of Lacey from last weekend's Boyley Jam taken and sent in by Tom Larking.

Jared Washington Edit.........

2008-08-19T02:57:00.000-07:00

Jared Washington bringing the fire. Edited by Bob Scerbo.

Also check out Jared's BMX Union interview HERE...........

Boyley Jam

2008-08-11T04:11:00.000-07:00

Bruce........

2008-08-07T10:42:00.000-07:00

Bruce has an interview up about the Shola video HERE...........

Remixed Available Now.......

2008-08-07T10:40:00.000-07:00

Federal Ride to Glory Trailer

2008-07-25T04:57:00.000-07:00

Joe Cox has just finished our Ride to Glory trailer, check it out below. Expect the full coverage of the trip in issue 119 of Ride UK along with the DVD which should be out at the same time.

Federal Bikes Ride To Glory Trailer from Joe Cox on Vimeo.

Jared's New Wheels.......

2008-07-19T11:08:00.001-07:00

Jared just treated himself to a new set of wheels........

Hamilton.........

2008-07-19T11:05:00.000-07:00

Check out a Hamilton discography HERE.........

Tyson's Back...........

2008-07-15T12:52:00.000-07:00

Tyson Jones-Peni Edit from back bone bmx on Vimeo.

Hey guys!
Just thought I'd send through a quick hello from Canberra, and say that I'm finally back riding! It's officially been six months so I've been riding for a couple of weeks now, I'm really psyched! haha, just want to say thanks for the support guys. I filmed a quick little edit just last week in a few days, except for the rest of it is like 8 months - 1 1/2 years old.

Anyway, hope all is well halfway across the globe!
Talk soon
Your aussie bro Tyson JP

BMX Masters and Z008........

2008-07-10T07:40:00.000-07:00

Last weekend the Masters were held in Cologne, which our own Comp Tool Mark Love attended with a crew from the Swalecliffe area, inluding his girlfriend and Ginger James.
I decided that i weren't gonna bother wasting my time by going, so I bought a ticket to go to Z008 Music Festival at Port Lympe Zoo. By a string of chinese whispers I heard that Mag killed it and landed himself 5th Place! Nice One Bruv. I aint gonna lie I dunno what he did exactly as i haven't seen any pictures or anything yet but hopefully have a few pics up on the site soon.... Upon arriving to get into the festival on Friday morning i had no idea i'd be in store for a 4 1/2 hour long queue, when we finally got in me and my mate Ali made it priority to get set up and have a well earned smoke.

By this time it was well into the afternoon and shit started kickin off.

As the night progressed on the music and the crowds were gettin heavier and heavier.

The next morning was amazing beatutiful rays of sunshine beaming in but by the looks of it thenight before took its toll on a few people including some selfish girl that was in the tent near us.
I felt so good waking up in the countryside until the first thing i saw was her.

Saturday was the big One so the organizers anticipated but with a few headliners not turning up it was a lil' bit shit. But none the less make the most of what you got.....D'N'B!

After being surrounded by a few people dancing like twats we made our way back to campsite to refuel.

.....And back out again for more D'N'B.....

Check back sometime soon, not sure when and thenwe may have a BMX related update.

Your Truly
Dan Lacey

Dez and Laceys Remixed Sections

2008-07-10T06:43:00.000-07:00

Hot off the press, Dez Strickland and Dan Lacey's Remixed sections have been put up, check them out below:

Need I Say More.........

2008-07-09T16:31:00.000-07:00

So Good.........

www.SholaBMX.com

2008-07-09T06:02:00.000-07:00

Shola has a brand new website and video trailer up. Go ahead and click on the photo of Davey below here and it'll link you to their site.

Update.............

2008-07-07T08:53:00.000-07:00

Mark got 5th at the Masters so congratulations to him!

Dan Cox is in San Francisco filming for the Lotek SF vid before heading up to Portland to stay with Bruce.

Davey went to court.

Troy Jackson seperated his shoulder doing a tuck no hander down a set of stairs, get well soon!

Steven is in Jersey at the Animal warehouse building up a new bike and shredding.

The Ride To Glory edit looks sweet.

Jared's filming some clips for a web video on here.

Dez's section from the Remixed DVD will be up soon.

Max has a sweet BMW.

We'll have new product updates going up over the next few days, lots of new stuff in new colours due out in the next month or so.

That's all I've got for now, over and out............

I Know You Got Soul........

2008-07-07T08:29:00.000-07:00

The guys at Soul had a comp recently in Paris which we helped support. Ben sent over some pics from the day, including a pic of Yohan who run the Davey Watson fakie tree ride comp.

God Bless Anonymous.......

2008-07-01T11:48:00.000-07:00

Well inventing the 4 piece bar was pretty hard work, as anonymous seems to think we've claimed to have done, while we're at it we might as well lay claim to inventing Chrome too. The bars definately caused a minor stir last week but oh well. For those that are interested here's a pic of the stock bars in black though, so you can see what they'll look like when on your bike. The bars have the same dimensions as our 8" 2 piece but they're obviously 4 piece. So now your personal desired bike aesthetics, not anonymous, can be the judge of what style/shape you wish to run.......

Grippin...........

2008-07-01T11:44:00.000-07:00

Chris got an interview on Defgrip. Check it out HERE............