The Chocolate Truck 2 full DVD premieres online today at 4 PM through Dig BMX. Filmed throughout 2014 – 2022 and released last summer, the Chocolate Truck 2 video would go on to win the NORA Cup ‘Video Of The Year’. CT2 includes several mix sections filmed in Philadelphia, NYC, the East Coast, Arizona, California, and Spain, with full parts from Kevin Vannauker, Steve Tassone, Nick Barrett, Breyon Woods, Mike Swift, Brendon Reith, Ryan Niranonta, Joe Niranonta, Matt Miller, John Yoh, and Joby Suender.
Chocolate Truck 2, the NORA Cup ‘Video Of The Year’, is now available for digital download through the Chocolate Truck online store. DVDs and Photo Zines are also still available for purchase.
The Chocolate Truck crew has released the promo for their highly anticipated second video, Chocolate Truck 2. The promo features riding from Joe Niranonta, Ryan Niranonta, Matt Miller, Nick Barrett, Steve Tassone, Mike Swift, Breyon Woods, John Yoh, Kevin Vannauker, Joby Suender & Brendon Reith, with the full-length expected in late spring of 2022. Along with the promo, some new clothing is also available from the Chocolate Truck crew through their website, including a new hoodie, tee-shirt, and long sleeve tee in two color options.
After years of anticipation, the second Chocolate Truck DVD is finally coming out in 2020. Evan Yoh bought a new camera setup and cleared out his storage of unused footage in the form of a nearly three-minute-long mixtape. The video includes riding from Kevin Vannauker, Breyon Woods, Ryan Niranonta, Joe Niranonta, Nick Barrett, John Yoh, Matt Miller, Herman McCracken, Jose Morales, Steve Tassone, Rocky Ventura, Joby Sender, George Duran.
On Saturday, October 14th, 2017, the Kink BMX crew including Matt Miller, Tony Hamlin, Joe Niranonta, Jake Petruchik, Casey Starling, Breyon Woods (Bdub), and Kink video producer Darryl Tocco rolled through the streets of Philadelphia for a jam co-hosted with the Berks Street BMX Shop. The Kink crew was met with near perfect weather and an anxious crowd of BMX riders ready to throw down. The event made use of an empty parking lot at the John H. Webster Elementary School located across the street from the shop. A makeshift street course was assembled using a number of moveable obstacles including several rails and boxes, a bolted down pole jam, and even a fence for the afternoon. Shout-out to Gene Barclay for shooting the event on our behalf, Steve at Berks Street for constantly working to bring the BMX community in the Philadelphia area together and the Kink crew for always supporting the Philly scene.
Our ‘Featured Photo’ this week features a front-footed Tailwhip over a pre-fab pyramid by Breyon ‘Bdub’ Woods. The photo was shot by Lame.PV during a quick session that only lasted a few brief minutes at the Falls Township Skatepark, which is a non-bike friendly skatepark located in Morrisville, PA. There are a few bonus and alternate shots that you can check out, after the jump.
Jeff Purdy – Rail Hop during the final Street Series. Photo: Kyle Dipilla
With only a few days remaining in 2017, it’s time once again for our annual year end list of the top videos from the past year. Take a look back with us at some of the videos that we felt made the strongest impression on our viewers and the scene as a whole. The list is in no particular order and is not based off of any web statistics or analytics. Simply put, there are no winners or losers. With that in mind, we invite you to sit back, re-watch and enjoy.
Kink BMX and Berks Street hosted a jam at the Berks Street BMX Shop in Philadelphia on Saturday, October 14th. Darryl Tocco was on hand to document the event and released the subsequent video titled “Out Here Werkin” earlier today on the Kink website. The event took place in the parking lot of the John H. Webster public school across the street from the Berks Street Shop using several rails, boxes, and even a fence. “Out Here Werkin” includes riding from Casey Starling, Mike Guth, Joe & Ryan Niranonta, Matt Miller, Breyon Woods and more.
We are proud to announce that Ride PA BMX – Issue #1 is now available through our online store. Issue one is composed of sixty pages of original content spanning the Spring / Summer of 2017 as documented by a variety of contributors and is printed on 5.5” X 8.5” gloss pages in full color. Supplies are limited. A second and final run of the zine will be available in a few weeks and a digital version will be available online free after the second run is sold out. You can read a comprehensive list of the zines content after the jump.
Dedicated in memory of Lorenzo Velazquez. Rest in Peace.
The sixth section from “JIB: Tape #4” was uploaded to the JIB Vimeo account earlier today. The Chocolate Truck crew hold down the third mix of the video with the help of a few friends including Grant Maddox and Mike Swift. The last clip will have you pressing rewind more than once. Be on the lookout for more sections from “JIB: Tape #4” right here as they are released online.
Don’t forget to read our in depth review of “JIB: Tape #4” by clicking here.
To coincide with National BMX Day, we are proud to announce the official launch of our new zine. Ride PA BMX Issue #1 will be available in mid to late August and spans the Spring / Summer of 2017. The zine is 5.5″ x 8.5″, printed in full color on gloss paper and features over 60 pages of original content from the Pennsylvania BMX scene. A digital release of the zine will also be available for free once copies of the zine have sold out.
Special thanks to all the photographers, riders, writers and Matt Smith. You can check out a complete list of the zines contents after the jump.
Tom Nguyen’s new video “Sorry For Partying!” premiered in Philadelphia on Friday, June 23rd. After the release of the videos trailer online we expressed our interest in the video and a private link of the final cut was made available to us for review twenty four hours prior to the videos premiere.
“Sorry For Partying!” was filmed by Tom Nguyen using a VX2000 / VX2100 over the past two years and features a cast of fifty five BMX riders from all over the East Coast and beyond. The run time is on par with most full length BMX videos with a duration of just under twenty two minutes.
The videos party theme provides a great vibe and the intro sets the pace for the following sections. “SFP” does a great job in wasting no time building it’s momentum. The intro is a blend of random party footage, slams and teases of some of what is in store throughout the video. From start to finish the video is consistent in the level of riding being presented and the flow of each of it’s sections. The video is composed of four well structured mix sections, and a full length closing section from Andrew White.
Adem Gunaydin – 60/40 Grind Photo: Chris Girouard
“Sorry For Partying!” is packed with diverse street riding and a wide array of styles due to the large cache of riders it showcases throughout each of the videos four mix sections. It would be impossible to talk about this video and not acknowledge the work that Adem Gunaydin put in for his footage. I went in watching this video anxious to see Adem’s footage and he really delivered. Adem closes out the second section of the video with one of the most creative and impressive rooftop moves I have seen.
The fourth mix section of the video is a Philly mix which features riding from the Chocolate Truck crew and friends. Although a lot of the Chocolate Truck crews footage has been seen through Instagram clips filmed on cell phones, it was refreshing to see those clips in DV format and edited together.
Some other highlights throughout the video include Fateem Williams who shuts down the third mix section, the LFS guys, Brett Tocco who provides some of the videos most creative riding, Brandon Bunting who drops a big three down a stair set in the first mix section, Breyon Woods for closing out the fourth mix along with the Chocolate Truck crew, Dave Raffa, Pat Schlitzer, Baboon, Court Freeman, Colin Varanyak, Chase Dehart, Jersey Joe, and too many others.
The final section of the video belongs to Andrew White who closes out “SFP” with it’s only non mix section. Andrews section is made up of a lot of technical street moves, bangers and his own unique style of riding. Having the closing and only non mix section is pretty heavy but Andrew manages to come through with some of the videos best riding. The final trick of the video is on a setup that literally has everything wrong with it and watching Andrew roll away is near perfect. Cue the credits.
Tom Nguyen did a great job all around with this project between the filming, editing, promotion, Everything was on point. I’ll be very interested to see more works from Tom in the future. Easily one of my favorite aspects of this video is how many riders it’s drawn my attention to that I was previously unaware of. “Sorry For Partying!” is a must see / own video for any East Coast BMX enthusiast. Copies of the DVDs will be available for purchase in the coming weeks. Special thanks to Tom for setting up a private viewing of the video.
In order of appearance:
Mix Section One: Mike Ware • Sean Guest • Brandon Bunting • Matt Mazzone • Josh Vodopija • Jared Manganelli • Luke Gajtkowski
Mix Section Two: Chris Girouard • Adem Gunaydin • Pat Cregan • Chris Schaeffer • Jake Grelli • Drew Quinlan • Chase Dehart • JD Whitehead • Matt Krumins • Court Freeman
Mix Section Three: Old Man Dirt • Victor Behm • Menardo Simon • Eric Tkacz • Jersey Joe • Nick Maltese • Pat Schlitzer • Mike Verdecchio • Kenny Shoulders • Andrew Lettieri • Eeshond Kirk • Tenzin • Baboon • Chris Aceto • Arty Barrera • Steve Jones • Mikey Almodovar • Dave Raffa • Brett Tocco • Tenna • Colin Varanyak • Marnold • Eddie Muscle • Fateem Williams
Mix Section Four (Philly): Joe Niranonta • John Yoh • Steve Tassone • Joby Suender • Mike Swift • Kevin Vannauker • Breyon Woods • Nick Barrett • Cody Neiswender • Chris Carter • Ryan Niranonta • Herman McCracken • Twinn
