Here’s a random photo (shot by Peter Dai) and a quick edit from Chris Silva from some sessions before the snow started to fly.

On top of the final Red Bull Backyard Digger video we posted last week, George sent us an update with some photos and let us know that he recently sprained his ankle and is off of his bike for 2 weeks during New Year break. He also sent us this video he put together of his road trip from Vancouver to LA with Paul Langlands, Fraser Booth, Luke Hodges, and himself. Check it all out below and wish him a speedy recovery!

Queenstown.

Trail scooter.

Fire pit.

Vancouver to LA.

The latest issue of Ride UK (issue 159) with the Macneil UK team in Madrid is in stores now. Check out a couple snaps of the spread in the magazine, then head down to your local store to pick up a copy and read it in full.

We are super excited to welcome Samson Ross from Australia to the team. Check out a dope welcome edit from Samson above and keep an eye out for his team page soon! Huge thanks to our Aus distributor Triple Six for getting this all together!

We just got our hands on a few stacks of the new Union Press zine that features an ad/poster we ran of Greg Flag doing a crazy grind to fakie wallride shot by our boy Mike Cardin. Union Press is a collaboration between Brad Hill (BMXFU) and Prashant Gopal (Yo Sick) and is full of awesome photos, interviews, stories and more from the Canadian BMX scene. You’ll be able to get your hands on a copy for free (and trust us you’ll wanna get one) from finer bike shops worldwide soon enough, keep an eye open for it!

How fucking crazy is that??

Here is second part of the Red Bull Backyard Digger event that George was a part of in New Zealand from back in October. We posted the first video when it dropped, and now you can click to watch some dirt jump footage of George, his brother, and a few other riders.

We are down to our last days here in Barcelona, and Taylor’s been on the road for a while now. While we were out today we grabbed a quick bike check with him. He’s been on a 21″ Borato frame for a while now, with a mix of parts from Macneil and his other sponsor, Animal. Check it all out in detail below.

Frame – Macneil Borato 21″
Forks – Macneil CKS
Bars – Macneil XLT 8.75″
Stem – Macneil Topnotch
Headset – Animal
Seat/Post – Macneil Fat Capital/pivotal
Front Wheel – Animal Javelin
Rear Wheel – Macneil Dubs rim to Primary rear hub with rear hub guard
Pegs – Animal Butcher
Cranks – Animal Akimbo
Pedals – Animal plastic
Sprocket – Animal Sprocky Balboa 25 tooth
Grips – Macneil Defgrips
Tires – Animal GLH 2.25 front, 2.1 rear

What parts on your bike are you the most picky about?
I hate when my chain rattles.

What do you go through the fastest?
Grips, pedals, and wheels.

Where do your old parts go when you’re done with them?
In the garbage if they’re broken, or hook up shredder kids.

21″ Borato.

Front end.

Top Notch stem and XLT bars.

Pivotal post and Fat Capital seat.

Defgrips.

Primary hub and guard.

Wallride to wallride. Photo by Albert Krolikowski.

Chris Silva has a really cool, in depth interview that he did with Repset a while back that has finally seen the light of day. Check it out here for a cool retrospective of video parts and more from a modern day Canadian BMX legend.

Greg, Dillon, and Taylor are on the tail end of their Barcelona trip right now. Check out a few photos from the last week.

Greg Flag in the middle of nowhere Barcelona.

We met up with Louise from Rapit BMX, our distributor in Spain, and he and his friends showed us around.


Dillon grabbed his trick at this rail right before we got the boot and some serious altercations went down with some onlookers and the authorities.

Taylor strung together a solid line at an earlier spot.

It’s starting to look festive out here.

You can check out more with the guys on their Spanish trip with updates on Northern Embassy.

We posted the trailer a couple weeks ago, and here now is the full video of our UK team in Madrid. As expected everyone came through to put together this great welcome edit. Featuring Billy Cooper, Vinny Mayne, Mike King, and Ben Green (TM).