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Ciao Michele! Benvenuto su Candiesmag. Una rapida intro, da dove vieni, quanti anni hai e quanti ne hai passati in sella ad una bmx fin ora?
Vengo da Lecco, ho 21 anni e sono 7 anni che volteggio sulla mia bmx.

Sponsors ed hook ups?
Grazie a Frontocean bmx e Etnies per il grande supporto
Grazie a ”IlButta bmx” per essere un covo di pirati

Qual ‘è il tuo bike set up attuale?
Bicicletta gentilmente offerta da Frontocean bmx, telaio Montana in onore di ”Steve”(Stefan Lantschner) e sella tie dye in onore di Simo Kid (Simone Barraco), niente segni particolari se non fosse per il fatto che è imbizzarrita!!!

Ricordi come hai approcciato la bmx per la prima volta? Semplicemente per un “giro in bici” alternativo o avendo già qualche idea sul mondo che si celava dietro di essa?
Credo che come per la maggior parte dei rider di bmx l’ intento iniziale era quello di girare in motocross, purtroppo i costi non me lo hanno permesso, quindi ho cominciato a girare in bici come alternativa alla moto, ma la versatilità di queste biciclettine mi ha gasato non poco.

Quali sono i tuoi spots preferiti?
Sicuramente Lambro, Buttapark, street ovunque e per finire il nostro ”trail segreto dei boschi”.

Mentre il tuo spot ideale, che caratteristiche dovrebbe avere?
il mio spot ideale sta crescendo poco a poco nel backyard di Frontocean, presto sara maturo e potremo appprezzarlo a pieno.

Che te ne pare della situazione in Italia? Se da una parte nascono strutture e crews disposte a sbattersi, in alcune città ancora la bmx viene vista come un divertimento per i bambini al parco. Come la pensi?
Penso che la situazione bmx in italia non sia delle migliori, ma credo che piu che stare a lamentarsene dovremmo tutti impegnarci a crescere la scena tutti uniti e gasati!

La tua giornata ideale di riding? Hai qualche “rituale” per caricarti prima di uscire?
La mia giornata ideale di riding penso potrebbe essere una giornata in compagnia di tutti i miei compagni di riding, non importa dove. Mmmmm no niente rituali per me, mi basta sapere di non dovere girare da solo.

Come passi il tempo quando non sei sulla tua bike?
Schockmansion.com consuma tutte le mie energie rimaste dopo il riding.

Dove ti vedi tra qualche anno? Hai già dei progetti o delle idee in merito?
No per ora zero progetti, spero solo di poter cavalcare il mio ferro il piu a lungo possibile, e di riuscire a spaccare al massimo delle mie potenzialità.

Grazie mitch per l’intervista, keep riding!!
Grazie a voi, godetevi gli scatti di Ale froio, ha davvero spaccato sto giro!

The White Style 2013 in Leogang is over. Despite some weather problems it was a great event. Check out the official highlight clip and read the recap of all the action that went down in the beautiful resort of Leogang.

Rain, fog, mild temperatures – the weather conditions were pretty tough for this year’s White Style event in the Austrian ski and bike resort Leogang. But the best Freeride mountain bikers in the world braved the weather and showed the 2,000 excited spectators an unforgettable show with the best ending for the Russian Pavel Alekhin Vishneviy.

A long day at Leogang’s Schanteilift concluded with a fascinating trick spectacle that put a lot of smiles on the faces of the spectators. Because this White Style was more than unique: Due to the changing and unpredictable weather conditions the event organizers from Bikepark Leogang had to cancel the first run of the finals after the first four riders had already completed their runs. Dense fog made it impossible for the judges to oversee the whole course and the organizers couldn’t guarantee anymore the safety for the athletes on the upper part of the course. But this wasn’t the end of the show – actually this was the beginning of a remarkable show of the some of the world’s best slopestylers. Event organizers, riders and judges decided to go for a Best Trick session at the massive final jump of the course. And the riders showed all their skills over the 35+feet gap.

The Russian Pavel Alekhin Vishneviy was the most active rider in the 30-minutes jam session and stepped up his game with every try showing a massive backflip double-tailwhip on his last jump for the win of the White Style and 2,500 € prize purse. Adrian Tell from Norway came close with a smooth Frontflip No-Hander but crashed hard on his last Cashroll-attempt. Last year’s winner Sam Reynolds (UK) showed a super-stylish Nothing to No-Foot Can and finished 3rd place. Teo Gustavson from Sweden impressed with a Double-Tailwhip for 4th place while the youngest rider in the field, 18-years old Anton Thelander (SWE) finished 5th.

Due to the critical weather conditions White Style failed the FMB World Tour requirements but nevertheless spectators and visitors enjoyed a great show in Leogang. During the training session riders as Thomas Genon (BEL), Mehdi Gani (FRA) or Szymon Godziek (POL) showed the extreme high technical level of Slopestyle riding 2013. After White Style is clear: Freeride mountain bike fans can expect a great season!

So despite the trouble with the weather event organizer and Head of Bikepark Leogang Kornel Grundner was totally satisfied with this year’s competition: “Of course we wanted to show the spectators White Style in its regular format, but this wasn’t possible today. Nevertheless this event was a success for us and I think also for the riders and the visitors. It was really a great show and I’m already looking forward to White Style 2014!

Have you ever thought what it would feel like if someone close to you passed away? Now imagine a World Champion Athlete who is on track to becoming an Olympian then losing her 7 year old sister to cancer and not excepting defeat after such a tragic lose. Some people would look down to see the mud but Tyler Schaefer uses this as inspiration to see the stars. This is a short documentary about how Tyler Schaefer overcomes one of the hardest times of her life and changes it into a motivational drive.
The documentary will be released 1/1/13

A perfect video to get the right feeling while waking up.

Everything was shot in 720p 60fps.
Edited with Twixtor in After Effects.
Lens used: Canon EFS 18-135 mm
Riding by Voranc Kumar
Filmed by Oton Bacar
Check out Oton’s videos on Vimeo.

Chain Reaction BMX Team edit time. Dan, Scott and Ben took a trip over to Ireland and hooked up with local bike legend and designated tour guide Peter Adam.

They travelled across Ireland for a week-long trip blasting the concrete parks and sessioning the streets of Limerick, Dublin, Galway and Belfast. Joined along the way by some of the local riders and the normal skatepark groms they unleashed their no-nonsense brand of riding with loads of grind and nose wheelie variations. Check out their latest edit right now. Filmed and edited by Peter Adam.

Music
Song: I Lose
Artist: Girls Names

Steve Peat, along with Brook Macdonald and Wyn Masters, are out at the X-BikingChiangMai Dh Challenge.

An awesome local event, with over 100 entries, with people travelling from all over the world to take part.
A flat out track, with a rad step-up halfway down, kept everyone entertained and the Thai crowd didn’t disappoint.
Steve took 1st place, with Brook in 2nd come finals. But the main event was the long jump contest, won by a local Thai kid, who sent it bigger than E.T.

Check out all the chaos in Episode 6, coming soon!

Daniel Dhers and 3 of the best local BMX riders explore the landscape of Almaty, Kazakhstan to find the best spots. Daniel also talks about what drives him to keep riding.

 
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Brandon meets up with Kenny Smith in the Utah desert to scope out some lines for the upcoming Red Bull Rampage event. After nailing a couple runs, the boys wrap up their downhill session and head to Las Vegas, Nevada where they try skydiving for the first time.

Previous episode: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt-HHxWz1x0
All episodes! http://www.youtube.com/show/lifebehindbars

Filmed over the summer of 2012 in Victoria, Vancouver and cortes island all in British Columbia, Canada.

Riders in order of appearance: Mike Carroll, Thomas Arden, Riley Aaron, Zane Hudson, Jordan Fair, Clay Venne, Colin Fried, Jesse Turnbull, Dan Irwin, Tyler Zago, Spencer Wilson, Riota Niiyama and Jesse Hildebrandt.

Filmed (With a Panasonic DVX100b) and Edited by Kerr Bilsland.

Red Bull Rampage – unforgiving, scary, treacherous – and the best event of the year for freeride mountain bikers. From the building to the buildup, watch what it takes to really make this event happen, including a new angle of the infamous Zink canyon crash.