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Websites: Rhys Newling

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The Rad Theory frontman Rhys Newling just dropped his portfolio website. It has a really nice aesthetic, and features all his videos and photography. It has photos outside of BMX, which is sweet. Check it out here

Cody Pollard

Cody Pollard sent over this this clip of himself cruising some concrete parks in Queensland . I really dug this, had a nice vibe.

Mark "Wolfman" Schneider: Questions and Answers

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Mark Schneider aka Wolfman aka the night rider is a legend in the Australian BMX scene. From killing vert ramps, to running the legendary Heavy Metal Heroes comps, Wolfman has done so much for BMX. He could tell stories about things he has seen and experienced for days. Scheider is still out there killing it and doesn't seem to slow down to much even after his terrible luck with multiple knee surgeries. This is a really good read, so check it out. Place to ride? Beenleigh or my Backyard MiniRamp. Favorite trick to do? fWive fWorty!!!. Favorite trick you cant do? Vert 540 Whip, it's just an Awesome trick to watch. Rider you like watching the most? Ryan Nyquist is my favorite comp rider of all time, no matter how much pressure he is under you can bet he will come thru with the goods. People to ride with? Glen McLaughlin, Clint Millar, Guy Taylor, Rado Sodama plus all the Beenleigh Locals as I always have. I did enjoy the old KP sessions with Corey Bohan, Paul Ro

Raphael Jeroma-Williams Subrosa Brand Edit

Raphael Jeroma-Williams from Triplesix on Vimeo . This is Raphs new edit for Subrosa Brand. Its filmed at street spots and parks around Brisbane by Stewart Munro. Raph is one of those guys that does everything so easy and has so much power when he rides. My favorite clip is at 2.20, where it shows just what I am talking about with him just doing whatever he wants. This is a must watch, good shit Raph.

David Girsch: Questions & Answers

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Here is a little interview with Cairns local and Unit Clothing rider David Girsch. Girsch is crazy good as you can see from the long list of edits he has had over the years, David Girsch Edits. Keep reading to find out more about the Girschy. Place to ride? Red bull dirt pipe.   Favorite trick to do? Barspins/turndowns.   Favorite trick you cant do? Hangfives.   Rider you like watching the most? Dennis enarson. People to ride with? Basically the cairns crew Danza chris Kerley soko & mulesy plus others.   What bike do you ride? Nightfallbikeco frame with profile wheels.   Favorite Dee Vee Dee? Last chance by demolition or the new united one.   BMX could do without? Riders hating on other riders.   BMX could do with more? Funding from governments for more places to ride & more girls that ride bmx!.   Did you ever race? Raced from the age 5-13 on n off.   Favorite place you have traveled too? Noumea, new caledonia (amazing people &

Coast To Cams Tour: On the road

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  "The Coast 2 Cams DEFT Gloves Family Road trip... we have the whole Aussie DEFT crew plus Harry Main as a special guest rider stopping at selected parks and compounds along the east coast of Australia till they meet up with Cam White and the Dirt Jam comp... stay tuned so you can score free swag along the way.. special Thanks to Jetpilot, Ethika, GoPro, ODI Grips and Ogio Monster Energy."

Dillsyfoto Update

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Dave Dillewaard just put a couple of new photos up on his site Dillsyfoto.com . The update is some photos at Redcliffe skatepark which has recently been upgraded. The site is mainly just photos from Daves everyday life in Australia and California.

Comments No Longer Moderated To Be Approved

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For a long time on Diversity when you made a comment it needed to be moderated and approved before it would go up. We will no longer will be doing this. So when you comment it will go up straight away. I guess it had been that way to stop the hate, but the reality is there is always going to be hate in BMX and there was just as much hate before the internet and trying to block it out in the comments really isn't going to do much to stop it. Waiting a day to see if your comment comes up and then to see if any one responds is silly, its 2012 and 24 hours internet time is like a week in real life time. We will still see the comments that come in and will only be deleting truly hateful comments. Comments like "joes frontie double x-up looks like shit" or "grind something higher then a 1 foot ledge pussy" isn't classed as hateful. Comments attacking peoples families etc are classed as hateful. That being said positive comments are better. As the saying goe

Dave Cragg 2010 Footage

Another little gem from Sam Chilton's Vimeo page. Dave is a rad dude for sure, and he really excels around Five Dock's marvellous bowls.

Gonz's Defero Section

Adrian Galaz's section from the 2010 Defero dvd is now online. I really liked this, a bunch of really technical rail moves. The ender was sweet. Adrian Galaz "Gonz" Defero 2010 DVD Section from DeferoVideoMag on Vimeo .

MacNeil Riders Andrew Lazaruk & George Bolter in Brisbane

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(Andrew Lazaruk RIDEbmx wallpaper) MacNeil Bikes Andrew Lazaruk from Canada and George Bolter from New Zealand have recently made the trip to Brisbane to meet up with Beerwah local and Australian Macneil rider Smason Ross . There plan is to hit as many spots as they can and experience the Brisbane scene. Unfortunately it has been raining like crazy in Brisbane the last couple of weeks, so there isnt much you can ride. They are here for just over a week, so hopefully they get a bit of good weather so they can make the most of the trip. If you are in Brisbane keep and eye out for these guys.

Arvo at the Dock with Mathew Muttock and Lee Cruickshank

I just stumbled across this cruising through vimeo . Sam Chilton put together this edit with Mathew Muttock and Lee Cruickshank . Shouts to Lee for killing transition.

Chris Harti off Subrosa; On Fit

Chris Harti has parted ways with Triplesix/Subrosa and is now on the already stacked Fit Australia team. On an unrelated note, welcome to our newest contributor Yonny Wakefield!

Australian BMX on Instagram

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Instagram has been blowing up as of late. It is a social photo app for iPhone's, its basically like twitter but only photos and you can comment on them and follow people and people follow you, you get the gist. Having good people to follow makes it a lot better to use. But finding people to follow can be a little difficult. So I have made a list (in no particular order and certainly not all) of Australian BMX riders and people in the Australian BMX community that you can follow. alexhiam - Alex Hiam seventy_seven - Ammon Chesworth bcjones01 - Brendan Jones brolive - Brock Olive colinmackaybmx - Colin Mackay bowie82 - Corey Bohan xarmedwithamindx - Cooper Brownlee cosmicbeast - Mitch Wood djbmx - Daniel Johnson danoheadon - Daniel Headon dillewaard - Dave Dillewaard dngrone - Chris O'donnell dirtywhite - Dylan White girschy - David Girsch glewybmx - Thomas Glew thuggyboy - Justin Bumpstead leezy_zingbergs - Liam Zingbergs luxbmx - LuxBMX Store mikeycz - Mi

New Diversity Contributor: Yonny Wakefield

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We have a new contributor here at Diversity and he goes by the name of Yonny Wakefield. So chicks get at him on Facebook .

Crispy Stream Big Time Edit

Brand new Crispy Stream edit thanks to Michael Vockenson. There is a chance this is the best edit so far made on the internet ever, so don't be scared that is 10 minutes and watch it. Good vibes and some good riding mixed in. If you don't know about Crispy Stream you need to get over there and check out what they are doing, keeping BMX fun.

Jess Cini for LKI

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Jess Cini's new edit for his clothing hookup LKI . Dudes killing it. It seems switch whips are becoming staple, which is pretty nuts.

Crispy X Tippos

While Vocko was invading our territory, he filmed this edit with Mitch Morrison and Ammon Chesworth . Really fucking good. Crispy V Tippos: Mitch Morison & Ammon Chesworth from Crispy Stream on Vimeo .

Tempered 'Liiv Fast' Web Advert

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New Tempered ad for Alex Liiv's 'Liiv Fast' seat, featuring possibly the raddest Nac Nac of the year.

Colony/Vans in Adelaide

Colony just dropped this video from their team trip to Adelaide in December last year, and damn. It's straight fire, pretty much. Way too much good stuff to delve in to. Featuring Mick Bayzand, Alex Hiam, Cooper Brownlee, Ryan Guettler, Zac Miner, Tom Stretton, Brock Olive, Valvo and Clint Millar

Port Macquarie New Park.

A bunch of locals shredding Port Macquarie's new skatepark. This park has been open like a month, and I've seen these kids improve out of sight, it's rad! Featuring Damien Edwards, Jeremy Lankester, Smason Ossedryver, Clint Lankester, Mitch Wilkie, Curtis Hockey and Jack Gibson.

Tom Ash's Backyard Jam

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Tom sent us this video of himself and his dudes Jeremy Mckay, Josh Robson, Jack Paton, Jack Carter, Jayden Parsons, Shayn Beavis and Zac Crookes. having a quiet little jam on his fun-looking backyard set-up. Rad shit dudes!

Ashton Schultz

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13 year old Ashton Schultz with some impressive park riding in Brisbane

Liam Krumiel for Riding Way

Liam kills it in the short, sweet clip for Riding Way . Ice to bar at the end was clean. Liam Kruimel from blue on Vimeo .

Dillon Mitchelson

Jacob Hosking facebooked me this video of his boy Dillon Mitchelson killing some park and street. Dude has moves for sure.

VALEBMX has moved!

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VALEBMX has moved from their Helensvale store location to a new shopfront in the Southport/Ashmore area. The new address is 6/511 Olsen Avenue, Southport, Gold Coast, Queensland, 4215. For more info on the store, trading hours and everything else Vale, head on over to their blog!

Steve Van Ginneken for Impurity Bikes

Brett Trigg sent over this clip of Steve Van Ginneken riding a kicker to dirt landing set up for Impurity Bikes

Daniel Donges in Eastern's 'Death of Fun'

Eastern just put up Daniel Donges' section from their DVD 'Death of Fun'. Donga is so good/ Daniel Donges Death of Fun Section from Eastern Bikes on Vimeo .

Tempered Site: Product Features, Mini Interviews and Team Updates

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Temepred have just updated their website with some fresh new features. They've got team updates, features on their goods, and mini Interviews with their crew about all manner of things from Roadtrips, Music, Rails and more! Head on over there and check it out.

Crooked World 2 with Andrew Ahumada

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Andrew Ahumada seems to be always producing high quality web content, and this doesn't disappoint. Fuckloads of wild park riding, but I had to mute it. Either way, this is wild.

3rd Annual Blake Butterfield Memorial Jam

Here is the edit from the 3rd Annual Blake Butterfield Memorial Jam , which we held at the Kempsey skate park this past saturday. It was one of the best days riding I've ever had. Such a good day roasting hips with the best crew, all while raising money for charity, I couldn't really ask for much more. Video features Jonny Mackellar, Jett Andrews-Govett, Nate Himsley, Jack Stead, Jack Gibson, Shane Conlon, Zac Wilson, Linden Evans and Rahdi Frances-Cater. I have nothing but love for all our amazing supporters in Hell On Wheels , Dishonour Brand , Back Bone BMX , Triplesix Distribtuion , Tempered Goods , Stowaway , Vale BMX . I can't articulate how much your support means.

Stephen Griffiths

Jack Birtles produced this really good edit of Liverpool export Stephen Griffiths . Stephen seems to be a really diverse rider, killing park, street and massive bowls all in this video. Hell yeah!

Ali Hassan at Ramp Attak

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Another video from young Brisbaneite Ali Hassan . This time, from a session at Ramp Attak

Tyson Von Hoff

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Tyson Von Hoff shredding some parks and street in QLD. Crooks to 180 was sweet!

FIST Handwear: Danny Campbell

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Some wild and kinda different park moves in this edit of Danny Campbell , with a Cameo from Andrew Ahumade

Cam White's Hillside Dirt Jam

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This is (I think) the 5th year that Cam has put on the Hillside Dirt Jam, and from all accounts, it just keeps getting better. This year should be a special one, though, as a tribute to Dane. Get along if you can, I'm sure it'll go off.

Zacahrya Dangerfield

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Zacahrya Dangerfield pumped out this fresh edit for the new year, and has plenty of good moves. Bar to hang five is a rarity. A few too many barspins for my liking, but aside from that it was sweet!

Jerry V's Signature 'Surefire' Frame & Bar

Following the release of the Datura bar, Tempered have also dropped the second installment of their signature series, the Jerry V Surefire line, which we previewed a little while ago. Boasting one of the cleanest frames of the year, with some up-to-date, yet on point geo, and some sexy dropouts, as well as some sensibly sized bars, the line is dope! For more information, check out the flipbook below or hit up the Tempered site. Open publication - Free publishing - More bicycles

Benn Pigot Signature 'Datura' Handlebar

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The long awaited Benn Pigot signature ' Datura ' handlebar has just dropped, and is in shipment as we speak. These bars feature the same 9x29 height/width dimensions as the 1929, but with a slightly more classic up and backsweep. Having ridden Benn's bike fitted with these, I have nothing but good things to say. Hit up Tempered Goods for the full spec. It also mentions that Benn is back on the bike and working on the promo for these bars. Hell yes!

Dishonour 2012 Calis

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Dishonour just made their newest drop, and it is fucking legit. Some new Cali sunglasses to ring in the new year, and they are legit. Die cast logo, matte black frames and polarized lenses. On top of that, there are some fresh gradient-print tees, and as always, they're on point. Get on that.

Cam White's Hillside Dirt Jam TV Show Now Online

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Unit just uploaded the TV segment from the 2011 Cam Jam that appeared on Fuel TV, to promote the upcoming 2012 Cam's Jam , which will be on February 4th. This video features plenty of the worlds top dirt jumpers, including Anthony Napolitan, Colin Mackay, Ryan Guettler, Jed Mildon, Nick Richardson, Dane Searls, David Girsch, Cam Pianta, Hucker, Brandon Dosch, James Foster, Cam White and more. Be sure to check it out, and get to Cam's Jam!

Jack Paton

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Regular submitter Jack Paton sent over this edit of himself riding parks and street around Brisbane. Dude's got moves.

Mikey Ross

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Spotted this little gem over on Back Bone . Mikey Ross killing Tuggers one afternoon. Sweet mix of tricks, speed and style.

Joel Lenton

The Storey Brothers put together this edit of Joel Lenton whipping his way through some parks in QLD

Montage 'Best of 2011'

Adam Dyson composed this 'best of' section, compiling the highlights of all his edits from the last year. Tons of good riding from all walks of BMX life. Best Of 2011 | By Adam Dyson from Adam Dyson on Vimeo .

Re-Up: Blake Butterfield Memorial Jam.

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It's just over two weeks away now, and everything is coming together nicely. Expecting a nice turnout of good dudes, gonna be a rad day! Hope to see you there! Remember, it's a charity day to raise money for the Westmead Children's Hospital in Sydney.

Dave Wood and Pierre Blondel in Paris

Dave Wood facebooked me this tonight, and it got me psyched! A few clips collected late last year of himself and Pierre Blondel. A few famous spots, and bunch of sweet riding. Yew!