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Michael Vockenson sent through this "edit" of himself riding street on Christmas night. Someone hook this kid up. Oh, this is also Diversity's 500th post. W00t!

Matt sent through this awesome edit of Jerry riding Hibiscus skatepark one arvo. You're a freak Jerry. TemperedBikes.

...From the diversity team (me).

Hey guys. Mitch and myself filmed this video about a month ago over the course of a few weekends. We were going to use it for Vital but we both liked the original version better than the cut down Vital version. So here it is for you to enjoy. Diversity Presents: Mitch Brown...

Saw some clips with a chain in there. Giving Liam a chain is like giving a heavyweight boxer metal gloves in a fight against a schoolgirl. What the fuck am I on about? Via Colony , Backbone and Sam Filmer. :)

Hey guys. Firstly, sorry about the lack of posts over the last few weeks. Been super busy and this last week especially has been pretty hectic. Hopefully I can get back into a routine after the silly season is over... James Wade from Dishonour has been kind enough to send over some prizes for a Diversity/Dishonour collaborative video comp. For those of you who haven't heard of Dishonour, it's a fresh as fuck rider owned clothing company straight out of Adelaide. The rules are simple, produce a video section over 90 seconds in length . The theme of the video comp is "diversity" so thats what I'll be looking for in a video. Depending on the quality of the entries I might even leave it up to you guys to decide. The prizes include 2 Fresh Dishonour Tees , 2 Dishonour Long-Sleeves , a bunch of stickers , but most importantly a Dishonour New Era hat . These bad boys are super limited (only 50 were produced) and this is one of the last ones left. Jealous that I have t

Brett Trigg sent this cool little video he filmed and edited of 16 year old Jake Arndell.

Berly Tanner sent in this edit of himself and Toby Polkinghorne riding Carine skatepark in Perth.

Chris Courtenay sent in this dialled edit of himself over the last week or so. Chris gets exponentially better every time I see him ride. The last trick is bananas.

Brock Beadman sent in this edit of himself shredding Grafton in NSW. Justy and I actually slept in my car in Grafton and rode the skatepark at 6 in the morning.

Sam Wood sent in this awesome video of himself destroying street and some parks. So stoked on this. YEAAAAAHHHHHHHH.

Hey guys. I've been working hard today with the guys from ForTheRiders to get their online store up and running. It's going to be a while until the product database is completely built because we have to input each item individually but it's coming along nicely and you can order stuff from it now. Be sure to check out the new Colony Endeavours which arrived today. Can you say dialled? Click here to check it out. Theres more than a few bargains on there... I'm using this photo of Evan because he's a bloody legend!

As promised heres the edit from Justy and my trip down south. It's pretty chill so don't be expecting too many bangers... until Shane Conlon's clips anyway. Big thanks to anyone who said g'day and had a yarn. I'm keen to do another one already! Enjoy...

Spotted this awesome edit on the Sleepwalkers vimeo. Check out their blog while you're at it.

Tess Hards from a little town in Victoria called Merbein sent in this awesome little video of some of the local crew. That skatepark and backyard ramp setup look so much fun. Good work guys.

Check out this fun edit of Jason Watts and Dylan Radford riding Ferny Grove skatepark. Nice.

Hey guys. Back from my little roadtrip. Headed all the way down to Port Maquarie and had heaps of fun. Keep your eyes peeled for an edit very soon. Check out this edit of Tempered Bikes ' Matt Lawton and Jack Birtles destroying a ghetto rail.

Hey guys, setting out on a roadtrip today with Justy. We're heading down south along the east coast so if you see a big hairy man with glasses and a male model on a purple bike be sure to say g'day. I'll try and keep the site updated as frequently as possible, not making any promises though...

The legendary Snappa da fish just made a new video With Dan Headon, Braydon Cross, snappa, Matt Parker, Tyler S and Jessie G, at Morayfield.

I love you Dan and Andrew!

Benny Olsen sent in this video of him riding a few parks in Melbourne before his bike got stolen. Hope you get it back mate.

Hey guys, sorry for the lack of posts. It seems that 3 of the major Aussie BMX mags have all been released in quick succession again which is weird but good for us I guess. An Aussie BMX eclipse. First is the new FocalPoint. Cover boy for this issue is style cat, Lee Mans, who scores an interview. Alongside him in the pages are Josh Collins and Beechy, as well as a bunch of underground bios including a very unique Robbo interview and a look into the lives of a few dedicated park riders. There is a feature on what goes on behind-the-scenes at Colony BMX, I talk to Troy Charlesworth about the release of his new video, Epic Invasion, and we shine a light on the controversial Bendigo Trail Jam. Most importantly, however, this issue pays tribute to some of our close friends who’s lives were tragically cut short – it is to them that this issue is dedicated. Issue 15 holds more content than ever and when you add in some nice giveaways, you have yourself a very solid issue of Focalpoint. Enjoy

Check out this sweet video of Aussie Andrew Buckworth riding Woodward. Kid has progressed so much since I first saw him at HMH a while back. I think he did his first whip air there? Now he's doing triples. What's the world coming to?

I'm really digging this video. Kid is awesome and you can never go wrong with Biggie.

Colony have lots of product updates and heaps of fresh new colourways on their site. Lookin awesome. Treat yourself for Christmas maybe? Polished Teddy bars please Santa!

Rene Mans sent in this cool little video via email. Good shit. If you've got a video you'd like to see up here swing me an email at diversitybmx@gmail.com.

This is sick. Look out for the full DVD free with the next issue of Rebelyell.

James Wade let me know about the new Dishonour New Eras that he has in. Lookin freeeeeeesh. You can grab one for $45 on the online store or a hat and a shirt for $60. Bargain. Be quick though because its only a limited run of 50 hats and I know they'll be gone soon. Also get your cameras rolling for a Dishonour x Diversity video competition. More details soon.

Clint sent over this sweet vid of himself, Ryan Guettler and Steve Woodward on their trip in the states for Interbike. Also be sure to check out the Zac Miner video.

Colony has been posting alot of awesome videos lately, the latest one being the epic video of Liam Fahy-Hampton from around a year or so ago. Be sure to also check out this video of Simon O'Brien riding his new signature Colony frame, the DejaVu as well as all the other videos from the last 12 months on the Colony Vimeo.

Copied this review from the infamous Josh Irvine straight from my email: Can you post this for me please its the new Blackeye Killarado Well the new blackeye Killarado Frames are in Australia and avaliable at all good bikeshops wieghing in at 4.10 pounds and as strong as an OX also it is a low set frame..I had my doubts running such a low frame but after seeing how popular they were in the states i thought i would run one..Now this being a low set frame makes it so easy to whip also to spin 360 and 720 also it just feels so good to ride and not only is it good to ride but it looks pretty sweet nearlly as sweet as lemon marang.so if your aftera new frame for christmas try one of these frames... Frame 21inch blackeye killarado Forks verde Bars Prototypes Stem Odyssey cfl Cranks Macanik 175mm Disc macanik 25t Pedal odyssey twisted Seat/seatpost DUO guns Front wheel Snafu with Hazar

In Latin, Defero means community, and community is the perfect word to describe the scene that this new Australian BMX DVD series will showcase. Based out of Melbourne, Defero is headed up by Cooper Brownlee (FocalpointBMX) and Chris ‘Flagz’ Matthews (Peazant/B-Town) with the aim of producing quality, fun DVD’s that perfectly represent the Australian BMX community. I am sooooooo stoked on this. The trailer is amazing. Click here to read more about the project. Can't wait to see how it turns out. Thanks Coop for the heads up.

Clint uploaded this old interview of Ryan Guettler from the first Hindsight DVD. I remember being young and so stoked on that DVD and interview. Ahh the good old days. Check it out.

Both Allan Hardy and David sent me this video. Its a new section of David Girsch, the 16 year old shredder from Cairns. From the looks of it he's progressed a lot since the last one. Be sure to check it out.

Weirdest thing just happened on youtube. As soon as this had finished uploading I got an email from youtube saying that it had infringed copyright because of the song (Mos Def - New World Water). So I either had the option of muting it, replacing the audio track with one of their songs or deleting it entirely. Pretty lame. I ended up picking from their song list because I cant be fucked re-uploading it. Has this happened to anyone else? If this is going to become a regular occurrence I might have to start using Vimeo more often. Anyway this is some real old footage I had laying around on my hard drive that I wanted to get rid of. Riders are Nate Headon, myself, Cheezy and Matt Devine, who's been dying to see these clips for ages. Haha sorry Matt...

Part 2 of the Tempered video is here! I love Justy!

WTF! Was not expecting this. Warren Bowers who rides flow for Tempered put out this crazy web video. I love this kids style and the banger is ridiculous. Thanks Matty for sharing this with me. In other Tempered news the much awaited Foliage pivotals should be shipping to Australia soon.

There's a Halloween jam on at Jindalee tomorrow. Last one was fun as and I'm sure this one will be too.

It's that time of the month again, (used up all my bandwidth) so I haven't watched this video but Allan Hardy sent it in and his videos are always dialled! The footage is from his dvd Adaptions Encore. Check it out.

Coop let me know about this new little promo he knocked up for the new FocalPoint summer range of clothes. Lookin freshhhhh. I really want to get my hands on a few of those braaaaap shirts.

Part one of the much anticipated Tempered web video is here! Watch it now.

Just a few clips from a laid back Sunday ride at Eagleby skatepark.

Spotted this one on youtube.

I just wrote up a little review of my new Colony Hell Stallion which you can read right hurrrrrrrr.

Clint has an interview over on BMXunion . Its a really interesting read and theres tons of good photos. Check it out.

Hey all. There's a jam going down at Dandenong Box Jumps and Gorak's private trails to help out Mike Aitken. Peep the flyer for more details.

Bret Trigg emailed me this video which is made from leftover clips from his DVD called "Sweet Business". Apparently the DVD will be finished soon and will be premiering at a jam at Mount Gambier on the 8th and 9th of November.

Second edit from Pete this week. Now thats efficiency.

The concept of a teaser for a web video still eludes me but this is sick nonetheless. Peep the Tempered site for more info.

Rampfest looks so good...

Lookin good. Hit the Tempered Blog for more details.

Haha. Thanks Pete.

Over on BMXunion Kurt has written a nice review of Stewart Munro's new DVD "These Days". Read it here and check out this exclusive Defgrip trailer.

Sam Filmer just put up this edit with a little writeup on his blog, Sleepwalkers . Give it a watch and be sure to check his blog while you're at it.

Rene Mans sent in this cool little edit via email. Def some good riding in this one.

Matty has put a few screencaps on the Tempered blog of their new web edit which should be dropping shortly. Can't wait to see it.

Is it just me or are completes getting better and better these days? Colony.

Jaimee Proietti sent me this sweet vid of himself and a few others riding street and parks around Brissy. It even has some rare Josh Irvine and Lanky Nathan footage. The Josh Mannion clips are nuts! Untitled from jaimee proietti on Vimeo .

Hey guys. Sorry about the lack of updates. Had a pretty full on weekend. Stewart's DVD premiere for These Days was a great night and the video turned out amazing. Be sure to check back for my review when I get a copy. Logan Village comp was a good day. Had a few platinums and represented the "Old School" (don't think Tim Wood realises my age) in the high hop comp. Props to my homie, Mr 108cms, Corey Mansinger on winning the hop comp and to Nick Cooper for shredding the comp and winning the $1000. Check out some pictures on Ozscene . The B-Town Jam was on the weekend and was apparently a good day until the firefighterfighter incident. I read about it on FocalPoint and was pretty disappointed. Saw it on the news tonight which really disgusted me. I guess jams are gonna be pretty much a bust for a while now. Thanks to whoever gave the footage to the news as well, legend. Chris Courtenay has a video on Vital. I can't get the embed code for it so you'll have to

Emmet sent in this sweet edit of himself and Timmy riding Helensvale. Have my babies Timmy!

Hey guys. There's a comp on at Logan Village skatepark on Sunday. Not too sure on many details but I do know that first place is $1000 cash. Should be interesting. Clint has a shitload of updates on the Colony site about his trip to America that are definitely worth checking out. Cooper has uploaded some photos on FocalPoint from the recent Spinal Disorder in Melbs which I hear was pretty gnarly. Peep them here. There's also some info on a few jams coming up. A flatland Jam in West Oz and the Halloween Jam

Macca has a bike check on the Tempered Blog.

I feel guilty for posting this after that amazing FocalPoint video but I've been trying to upload this for weeks with slow internet. Damn quota. Some random clips from a few weeks ago. Enjoy. PS. Subscribe to the diversity youtube channel while you're at it.

My jaw is on the floor. This video is fucking amazing! The FocalPoint guys mixing it up a bit and putting out an all park edit. Thanks Cooper. Be sure to check out the trailer for the new FocalPoint DVD if you haven't already.

West Oz's very own Kie Ashworth is over in the states with the FBM guys right now and they have a rad interview with him as well as some cool pictures. Be sure to also check out Kie's section from "HowHardIsIt?"!

Was just browsing WestOzbmx.com and noticed they just put their awesome DVD "How Hard Is It?" on the web. If you've never seen it I highly recommend watching them all. Go here to check all the sections out.

Stewart is having a premiere for his much anticipated dvd called "These Days". Filmed on DV, Super 8mm and 16mm film and starring Corey Bohan, Kym Grosser, Kevin Kiraly, Mike Dies and Justin Burns. Again, it's at the Grand Central Hotel 270 Ann Street, Brisbane Central Station, Brisbane on the 4th october. It starts at 9 and the dvd goes on at 10:30. Hopefully no-one pisses in the pokies this time! Haha. Click to see bigger. Click here to check out the trailer. -Mitch

Check out this awesome video from the TemperedBikes team trip to Mackay for the second Flatline Jam. -Mitch

It seems the BMX community just can't take a break lately. From FocalPoint: New Zealand/Melbourne all round nice guy Tim Hales sadly past away today. Tim was a fantastic person who always had a smile on his face. Tim would always wow us when he rode city park going twice as fast as most people hitting anything in his path, I think thats how Tim lived life. My deepest sympothy goes out to all the Anchor crew along with Tim's friends and family in New Zealand. You can pay your respects here. My condolences to anyone who had the pleasure of meeting Tim and to his closest friends and family. AnchorBMX and ZombieBMX have some tributes on their sites that you should check out. R.I.P brother. -Mitch :(

Coop just sent me this new promo for the next FocalPoint DVD which is currently in the works. Looks like its gonna be amazing. Fuck yeah! -Mitch

Kayne Gilson sent me this awesome video of North Queensland shredder Nicko Smithson that he filmed and edited. Really enjoyed this edit. Check it out. -Mitch

I heard this a while ago but Cooper just emailed this to me so I guess its official. Macca is an amazing rider and an all around mad cunt and I can't think of anyone who could deserve it more. Check out RideOn and TemperedBikes to see more of Macca. -Mitch

From the Colony Site .. . That’s right kids… we are giving you the chance to own Nick Richardson’s personal bike here. As you may or may not know, Nick has recently undergone a knee reconstruction & will be out of action for 8 months. To help pay for his medical bills we are going to auction of his bike since he wont be needing it anytime soon. Send in your offers in AUD$ to… info@colonybmx.com.au with the heading of, ‘Richo’s Bike’ & the highest bidder will own his bike. Remember all funds raised are going to a good cause. I am sorry but this offer only valid to people who live in Australia. Postage will be paid by the bidder as well. Email away !! Bids close the 18th September so be quick. Sorry for the lack of updates. I've been on my bike a fair bit lately, who woulda thought? Expect a web edit from the last few days soon. -Mitch

Amazing. -Mitch

Spotted this edit with a few familiar names on TheCumUp ... -Mitch

More Good Grief goodness, grief! This time in the form of a short edit of Danial Locky destroying a skatepark. -Mitch

Berly Alam sent in this cool little mixtape straight outta Perth called Rewritten 2. -Mitch

Part 2 of Fly Bikes' Trip to Australia. Right click here to download. Australia trip part two from Flybikes on Vimeo . -Mitch

James Wade let me know about the new Dishonour tees and longsleeves he just got in and as usual they're fresh as hell. You can get in touch with him via the Dishonour myspace to order. Tees are $25 and Longsleeves are $30. Get em while they last. -Mitch

Jye Stuart (who has a really cool first name) sent me this edit which he claimed sucks. It's completely the opposite and has some nuts riding. Highlights for me were the monkey bike rail ride and the 3 at the end. Definitely worth the watch. -Mitch

Tom has a hilarious interview over on BMXunion . Well worth the read. He even gives a shout out to Diversitybmx. Thanks Tom! Click hurrrr to read it. -Mitch

Matty let me know that the Tempered site has undergone a little makeover. Check it out here. He also let me know about Jerry's signature frame, the Surefire frame which should be going into testing soon. Can't wait to see the finished product. I love Justy! -Mitch

Check out this video from when the Fly Bikes guys came to Aus. Part 2 should be here soon. Click here to download it. -Mitch

Just read the sad news that a shredder from Pt Augusta in South Aus lost his life in a car crash the other night. My condolences to all his family and friends. Ugzine have done a mini tribute to him with a few photos of him riding. Check them out here . Rest in peace buddy. -Mitch

Ozscene have made up a cool little video of last weekends Core Series comp at Deagon. Check it out hurr or look at some piccies hurrr. -Mitch

This video has been floating around the interwebs of the recently completed Rampfest Skatepark. Shit looks amazing. I'll be going there in a few weeks hopefully to check it out. Can't wait! -Mitch

Sam Illman sent in this edit of himself riding one arvo. Kids got bars on lock. -Mitch

Issue 14 of FocalPoint is now on the interwebs for your viewing pleasure. Click here to check it out. FocalPoint seems to be getting better exponentially each issue these days and this one is no exception. Still can't get over that cover! -Mitch

Daniel Brind sent in this video he filmed and edited of Dylan Radford, Chris "Rabbit" Barton, Dom Clark and Jason Watts riding Fairfield. My net is fucked so I've only seen the first few seconds but I like the song so I'm putting it up. -Mitch

Clint sent this video of Richo shredding Beenleigh just before his knee operation. He's off his bike for around 8 months now. Get well soon mate! Click here to check it out (right click to save ;) ) PS. Colony is auctioning off Nick's ride to help pay for Nick's medical bills. So keep an eye out for that. -Mitch

Hey guys, not much to post. The core series went down on Saturday at Deagon and was a good day. Nick Cooper won with Alex Hiam taking a well deserved second and Macca taking third. Keep an eye out for the video soon. Strictly have a cool little tool which lets you pick and choose colours on your bike. I remember making my own version of this in Powerpoint back in the day when I went through a bike painting phase . Check it if you're thinking about what colours to run or your just bored. -Mitch

Picked up the brand new issue of Rebelyell today. Definitely one of my favourite so far. You can get Issue 6, Open Road issue from all good bike shops. Rebelyell bmx magazine (issue 6) has just landed. All good bike stores will have them thursday (a week before newsagency's) so hit up your local ASAP!! Content: Open Road issue An in depth Interview with Simon Obrien (one of the world's best flatlanders, period!!!) and shot on some scenic locations. Another 16 page in depth interview with Leigh Gaison about bmx, business and life from a grimey riders point of view. MTV / Toyota / BMX MAFIA and Rebelyell hit the road to film a show about being young, dumb and full of ......? REDBULL Dirt Pipe comp. Big Tranny's and dirty lips? Black Lotus / Backbone hit the road in search for pipe dreams Across the seas to Tasmania to show how a tight group of friends can have fun no matter where they are set due coarse. Short blurbs on world travel experiences with some of AUS better known

The second round of the Core Series is on tomorrow at Deagon. Be there. -Mitch

Jaimee Proietti sent me the link to his youtube channel . It's of a bunch of guys who go by the name of Civil BMX who seem to be having fun shredding the streets of Brisbane. Maybe the next generation Drainkids ? Anyway I'm really stoked on this video of Josh Mannion, who I've never heard of but is one of the most well rounded riders I've seen in a while. -Mitch

G'day guys. Back in Brissie from my holiday and also back to reality. This video waiting in my inbox definitely made it worth it though. 16 year old David Girsch from Cairns (who I think is the guy who did the 3 whip hop a while back?) sent in this awesome section of himself. I was really enjoying the vid and then the music got a bit harder and the video got gnarlier. Check it out. Edit: Apparently the section I had up was an unfinished section from a North Queenland Scene DVD called Adaptions. Allan Hardy, who made the video was nice enough to let me keep it up and even sent in the finished version. Cheers Allan. Check out the Adaptions website here or the download the trailer here. -Mitch

I was just given this link of corey boahn by his good mate robbo!

TUCKFEST Rockhampton September 6th -Stewart

Have a look at this little bit of new i found about Corey Bohan

Yo heres a video Interview of Clint Millar on vitalbmx See More BMX Videos at VitalBMX.com -Stewart

From the man himself ''i broke my elbow at xgames doin a 3wip and hangin up oon the spine.. so i had surgery and im out for 6 weeks. in that time im movin/driving out to greenvile. so hopefully that will make healing time go by quicker.'' -Stewart

Here a Interview i got emailed to me about Colin Mackay -Stewart

Awesome little web edit of Todd Edenborough for 9 Dragons filmed and edited by Michael Harris. Kids only 15 years old, makes me feel like a grandpa. Give it a squiz. PS. I'm off to the Whitsundays for a week so Stew will be looking after the site for me while I'm gone. It's a hard life. -Mitch

Stew is holding another premiere at the now infamous Grand Central Hotel. Make sure you come along! -Mitch

Theres a jam going down at Mullum on the 21st September. The Mullum Park is fun as fuck and I'm sure its going to be a rad day. Click the pic to see it bigger. -Mitch

Colony has a cool little post on their site about how their stems are made. Pretty interesting stuff. Check it out by clicking the correct fullstop ........... . .... -Mitch

Shaun Jarvis from West Oz sent me the flyer for this event thats going down called "Clash for Cash" (why does that sound familiar?). It sounds like a really good idea with riders having to compete against each other in teams with such categories as best train from team, most choreographed run from team and team with most street cred. Haha. Sounds like it will be a good day. Click the flyer to see it bigger. -Mitch

Colony have just updated there website with some news on there Clone Hubs and they look nice and you cant go wrong if John Farnham is running them!

Here's an edit of the Core Series Round 1 on Vitalbmx and Core Series Round 2 will be at Deagon Skatepark on 23rd of August. -Stewart