The second mix and fourth section from “Jib: Tape #4” has been uploaded to the Jib Vimeo page. The mix features riding from Cody Neiswender, Matt Smith, Josh Stair, Chris Andrijiw, Anthony Villani, Justin Benthien, Kevin Bass, Tommy Gunn, Mike O’Donnell, Matt Spencer aka Tenna, Jersey Joe, Jamie Barnhart, Tony Meeks, Sean Carroll aka Chickenwang, Joe Kirschenbaum and Brain Donahue. Don’t forget to keep it locked right here for more sections from “JIB: Tape #4” as they are released online.
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
The world premiere for Tom Nguyen’s new video “Sorry For Partying!” will be taking place this Friday, June 23rd in Philadelphia. The premiere will be hosted at PhilaMOCA located at 531 N. 12th Street, Philadelphia, PA between 8-11pm. There is no entry fee for the event which will also feature art galleries by Freako Rico, D’ana/Itscovl and music by Astro 8000.
“Sorry For Partying!” was filmed by Tom Nguyen over the last two years and features riding from Adem Gunaydin, Andrew Lettieri, Andrew White, Arty Barrera, Baboon, Brandon Bunting, Brett Tocco, Breyon Woods, Chase Dehart,Chris Aceto, Chris Carter, Chris Schaeffer, Chris Griouard, Colin Varanyak, Court Freeman, Dave Raffa, Drew Quinlan, Eddie Muscle, Eeshond Kirk, Eric Tkacz, Fateem Williams, Jake Grelli, Jared Manganelli, JD Whitehead, Joby Suender, Joe Camp, Joe Niranonta, John Yoh, Josh Vodopija, Kevin Vannauker, Luke Gajtkowski, Marnold, Matt Mazzone, Mcthuggin, Menardo Simon, Mikey Almodovar, Mike Swift, Mike Ware, Mike Verdecchio, Nick Barrett, Nick Maltese, Old Man Dirt, Pat Cregan, Pat Schlitzer, Ryan Niranonta, Sean Guest, Steve Jones, Steve Tassone, Tenna, Tenzin Nyandak, and Vick Behm.
You can check out the trailer for “Sorry For Partying!” after the jump.
On Friday, January 20th, 2017 the fourth installment in the JIB mixtape series, ‘JIB: Tape Four’ premiered in a warehouse in the Port Richmond section of Philadelphia. For those of you who are unfamiliar, Jib is in their own words, a project that focuses on creating footage of riders that are living & riding in the Philadelphia area.
We expressed interest in reviewing the video for the website and purchased a copy through the Berks St. website. Jonathan Schimpf was kind enough to provide us with an early online viewing of the video to help expedite the review process. You can read the entire review, after the jump.
The final installment in our “Quaker State” web series features the legendary East Coast Destruction. The video premiered exclusively Friday on the DIG BMX website. The section includes riding from Jarrett Dillman, Eric Gibson, Jonathan “Okie” Leffler Jr., Josh Stair, Richard “Chopper” Viands, Weng Khuu, Andrew Messer, Aeden Feher, Travis Loteck, Nick Smith, Pat Quinn, Cody “Mclovin'” Neiswender, Ryan Muschlitz, Eddie Grabert, Dylan Costanzo, Nilo Hodge, Dustin Clewell, Robert “Frost” Kilpatrick, Chris Denman, Brandon Bellew, James Hess, AJ Herrera, Fateem Williams, and Grant Bass. Filmed and edited by Nilo Hodge with additional filming by Wes Garcia, Josh Stair, James Hess and Jon Herr.
We would like to thank everyone that helped make this project possible especially Matt Smith, Sam Downs, Buck Milliken, Devin Feil and DIG BMX.
DIG BMX has begun to exclusively release sections from our ‘Quaker State’ web series. The Yea opened up the series with the introductory section which premiered Friday on the DIG website. The section is preceded by an intro made by Matt Smith of The Yea from an old Quaker State Motor Oil commercial.
The Yea’s section was filmed and edited by Matt Smith with drone footage provided by Marc Sechrist at Rtown Studios. The video includes riding from Mclovin, Josh Stair, Stephen Klein, Matt Smith, Marc Sechrist, Tom Gorse, Kyle Evangelista, Eeshond Kirk, Jarret Mayo, Marlboro Jerry, Dakotah Lefever, Jon Herr, Austin Cogar, Jon Schimpf, Pat Schlitzer, Ryan, Muschlitz, and JP.
Look for the next section of ‘Quaker State’ to premiere this Friday, only on DIG BMX.
The Yea have released their Spring 2016 video which showcases their new “See Something Do Something” shirts. The video features riding from Matt Smith, Marc Sechrist, Jon Herr, Josh Stair, Stephen Klein, Cody Neiswender, Matt Loughead, Eric Capone and Gannwear. Filmed and edited by Matt Smith with additional filming by Cody Neiswender and Matt Loughead.
The Yea have also released a Spring 2016 Flip Book which provides some in depth details about the new shirts including concept art, photos and measurements. You can check out the flip book by clicking here. Don’t forget to check out The Yea’s online store to pickup one of the new tees, stickers or just browse their selection.
Every year, we post a long list of videos on this site. They are here one minute and archived the next. But before we close the doors on 2015, we wanted to take a look back and highlight the videos that we felt are the most notable from this past year. The list is in no particular order and is not based off of any web statistics. With that in mind, we invite you to sit back, re-watch and enjoy.
With 2015 coming to it’s end The Yea have put together a compilation of footage spanning the past year. The compilation includes riding from Matt Smith, Josh Stair, Stephen Klein, Cody Neiswender, Jon Herr, Marc Face, Steven Eister, Scott Cooley and Nick Spath.
Cody Neiswender has released the second volume in his “Just Cruisin” series. The footage was filmed over the last few years between Central Pennsylvania and Maryland. Featuring riding from Josh Stair, Cody Neiswender aka “Mcthuginn”, Tom Gorse, Jon Herr, Stephen Klein and Kyle Evangelista.
Don’t forget to check out the first volume, “Just Cruisin Vol. 1” after the jump.
DIG BMX has posted a new feature on their website titled ‘Polejams – 10 Of The Best’ by Mason Gray. You are probably not familiar with Mason’s name however, unless you have been living under a rock you probably already follow his Instagram account @polejams. The article is composed of ten of Mason’s favorite polejam photos from various under the radar riders including Cody Neiswender, ‘McLovin’ (pictured above) along with some insight about each of the photos.
The Yea have launched a splash page on their website with a new promo for their ‘Hustle’ tee featuring riding from McLovin’ (Cody Neiswender). You can pick up a ‘Hustle’ tee through The Yea’s web store by clicking here and don’t forget to keep an eye out for McLovin’ and The Yea crew in our upcoming web series ‘Quaker State’ premiering online this summer.
