Q & A with Jim Cielencki

There is a great Q & A with Jim Cielencki over on the Odyssey site. He talks a bit about his part in the Electronical video, his signature Beloe shoe, and does a Top 5's. Go read it!

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Jim Cielencki Q&A

Riding Music: M.I.A. - Kala and Arular

I have been wanting to do a music post with these 2 CDs but I couldn't think of anything to write because the music is so hard to describe. So I put it on the backburner for a while then I thought I would just look up some reviews and quote those... cuz i'm not really a critic.

"As instantly infectious as it is hard to pin down." -- Entertainment Weekly

"Weird, playful, unclassifiable, sexy, brilliantly addictive. " -- Rolling Stone

"Kala is such a resolutely strange, sweltering album that it's thrilling to be alive in an era when such a thing can lay claim to the mantle of "pop." -- The Onion

"M.I.A. has given us one of the albums of the year. Bravo. " -- PopMatters

There, those said it better than I ever could have. All I know is this is some hot sh*t! Both of these albums are sooo good. Load these and go ride!

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The Last 5 Music Posts on BMX Factor:
Fugazi - 13 songs
Holy Fuck - LP
Cool Kids - Totally Flossed Out EP
Too Short - Get Off the Stage
Styles P - Super Gangster

Note - This is not my upload. I just forward the links that I find so if they go inactive please do not ask me for a re-up. thank you

Ian Schwartz Bike Check

Ian Schwartz has a crazy bike check on the FATBMX site. Check it out.

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More on Dubai X Games Street

Head over to FATBMX to read a great and in depth article detailing the Dubai X Games and how everything went down. There are a lot of good photos there too.

For even more photos of the event check out the Odyssey Daily Word.

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Video: Todd Meyn - Levi's Red Tab Award Winner

A few weeks ago Levi's started the Red Tab Contest to award prizes to rider submitted videos. Well 15 year old Todd Meyn won the Riding category with an insane video of himself pulling impossible tricks at will. Flip whips, flair 540 tire taps, footjam variations.., are you kidding me?!

I had never heard of him but apparently he has been competing a bit lately with some success. Somebody hook this kid up with some flow!

A quick search results in finding these:
6th place amateur - mini ramp contest
1st place Gravity Games - Over 16 division
5th place '07 Monster BMX games - Am Park

Todd is going to be a household name soon...

Video: Jake Brown's Road to Recovery

We all remember what happened to Jake Brown on August 2nd at the X games, in fact, it's impossibly hard to forget. He fell over 4 stories to the flat bottom of a ramp... and survived. It was the car crash that you couldn't tear your eyes from. Mat Hoffman fell from that height and was in and out of a coma for 3 days.

Jake Brown walked away.

So it's almost half a year later and Jake is still recovering. I'm thinking that if he had any of his 9 lives left before this fall they're all gone now. Watch this video to see the events, how he survived, and how he's doing today.

Jake Brown Wiki entry
MTV.com article

Related Posts:
How To Fall Four Stories (like Pro Sk8er Jake Brown)

Video: Vinyl Trailer

Tom from Vinyl BMX has posted his latest trailer and it looks sweet. There's some good riding going down. Watch it here.

Riding Music: Fugazi - 13 Songs

Ian MacKaye... you have to respect this man. Influential frontman and founder of band like Minor Threat, Embrace, Fugazi, and most recently, The Evens. He has always followed his DIY aesthetics in an era where it was much harder to do. His bands created 'zines, recorded and distributed records, and booked shows and toured all before the internet and computer programs like Pro Tools were ever around. They kept their overhead low and worked hard which paid off for them not by selling millions of records but by being true to themselves, not being a slave to a record label, and ultimately doing what they love for a living.

Fugazi's sound in the early years was a departure from the hardcore sound of Minor Threat and had a lot of heavy Zeppelinesque riffs. Ian's and Guy's vocals were always very distinct and which added to their amazing sound. 13 songs is a compilation of Fugazi's first 2 EPs and still manages to capture their raw post-punk sound but adds a layer if refinement that works quite well while keeping the energy alive.

I'm not a music critic... just a fan. Give Fugazi a listen. The music is great even on first listen but the more you listen, the more they grow on you.

Load up 13 Songs and roll out.

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The Last 5 BMX Factor Music Posts:
Holy Fuck - LP
Cool Kids - Totally FLossed Out EP
Too Short - Get Off the Stage
Styles P - Super Gangster
Gostface Killah - The Big Doe Rehab

Video: Antony Lille

I always hear that the French are overrated. I'm not touching that one... but what I do know is that this French guy Antony Lille is the truth! This Vans weekly video came out a little while ago but its a great video that shows he's got some skillzzzzzzz.

P.S. The double set hop was insane but he really takes it on that fakie 180 at the end.

Antony Lille is sponsored by:

Vans (france)
Superstar BMX
BSD

Video: Lil' Mike

New York streets... grimey and raw. Peep this video from Li' Mike. Spotted on TheComeUp.

Random Links and Videos

Some doorman at a bar gets knockd the F*CK out - Video

Rachelle Leah is the blazing hot host of UFC - Pics

Crazy beatdown on a bus - Video

The most Naked and Hottest assed men’s shoe ad I’ve ever seen

Some girl climbing a fence in her thong - Pic (NSFW)

The most flexible pool player and will probably turn you on, wierdo - Video

New Spank Rock Video that's kind of NSFW


This guy thinks he's in Tokyo Drift. Watch him drift onto his roof...idiot.

X-Games Dubai Results

A big congratulations go out to Garrett Reynolds, Aaron Ross, and Van Homan for winning medals at the 2007 Xgames in Dubai BMX freestyle street competition.

The complete results are as follows:

1. Garrett Reynolds 94.44 (Gold)
2. Aaron Ross 92.78 (Silver)
3. Van Homan 89.56 (Bronze)
4. Brad Simms
5. Gary Young
6. Sean Sexton
7. Nigel Sylvester
8. Brian Kachinsky
9. Ian Schwartz
10. Greg Illingworth

Here is a promo video for Dubai Xgames:


Here is a better video on the ESPN site but you will have to watch a commercial before it starts...watch it here.

Just for grins you can watch this interview of Aaron Ross at 2007 Xgames Mexico.

Picture credit goes to Fit Bike Co. for header picture and FBM for side picture of Aaron

Related Posts:
Aaron Ross Bike Check

Micreation Apparel Promo

It's getting real cold out there and it's time to get some new gear. Hoodies, track jackets, and long sleeve shirts are the best because you can peel them off as your blood starts pumping. Don't wait until you parents go out and get you some whack shit from wherever the hell they shop. TELL THEM what you want. Or tell them where they can get you the stuff you want. It'll save everyone time and trouble.

Micreation is having a promo...until Dec. 24th, anyone who places an order at the Micreation online shop will get a free shirt. There are a couple of fine print details so read the graphic.








The Mutiny Tri-Badge hoodies look fresh. You can go to the Mutiny Website to check those out or just look at any picture of Justin Simpson or Ryan Smith.




















I always like the MacNeil apparel. Pictured here is the Repeat Hoodie which will definitely keep you warm and score some style points.



Note: the Micreation promo is only good when you purchase from the Micreation webite.

Micreation and Mutiny hoodies can be purchased at Empire Bmx and the MacNeil gear can be bought at Dan's Comp.

--Fresh ta deaf




Micreation Website
Empire BMX mailorder
Dan's Comp
Mutiny Website
MacNeil Website
other shirts

Video: Austin Spot Check

There's nothing little about Hanson Little's ender in Mutiny's Stoked On Being Pumped.
Wait until you see the DVD... it's huge.
Anyways, if you have never heard of him I have a feeling you will be hearing a lot more about him as more and more people see SOBP.

Check out this video from Vimby where he talks a bit about Empire BMX, the Austin scene, and a little about himself.



Empire BMX
Vimby
Mutiny
Coalition
Vclub Clothing

Oh and i found this sequence of Hanson on the Coalition site.

Riding Music: Holy Fuck - LP

Don't let the name of this band put you off. This Toronto band "rounds off 2007's seemingly endless stream of amazing Canadian bands with the most incessantly incendiary drum-pummelling ('The Pulse') and membrane-melting synth-scalding ('Safari') you're ever likely to hear." -- NME


Holyfuck's music has been described as a "strangely melodic and pulse pounding free-form fusion of the heavy chug and groove rock of Trans Am and the quirkiness of Beck rolled into one mesmerizing viewing and listening experience."

It's definitely different and worth a listen. Broaden your horizons... load this up and go stuntin'.

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The Last 5 BMX factor Music Posts:
Cool Kids - Totally FLossed Out EP
Pre-Release Too Short
Pre-Release (Styles P)
Gostface Killah - The Big Doe Rehab
The Notorious B.I.G.