JOHNATHAN BALL – WANING 2024

Whats up. It’s been a long time coming. I premiered a nearly finished version of this video 6 months ago at Suck My Comp 6, so I”m a bit bummed it took this long to round out.

Overall though, I’m pretty happy with how this one turned out. Web edits in FGFS are rare these days, so I’m satisfied that I’m able to keep up a roughly once a year cadence. A lot of the clips took a long time, and a lot of clips were filmed during periods where I haven’t been riding my bike as much as I would’ve liked, so there was a lot of de-rusting going on. That being said though, there’s some tricks I’m really proud of throughout this one. Even though the ending tricks were a little lighter than I’m used to for myself, injuries plagued the filming of this and I decided to cut my losses and finish it off with what I had. It’s nearly 6 minutes of footage anyways, so I can’t complain too much.

I’ve already begun filming for a new project that I can’t talk about yet. So even though this video’s theme is all about sunsetting, I’m not done just yet. Anyways, I really hope you enjoy it and leave a comment if you did. Big thanks to all my friends who held a camera for me throughout.

New Edit Premiering Friday: Johnathan Ball “Waning”

On Friday, I’m premiering my newest edit that has been in the works for about a year and a half titled “Waning“. There’s a lot to be said about the making of this one, but I’ll save those words for the real post once the video drops. For now, mark your calendars for May 10th at 9:45AM Pacific Standard Time on the SMC Youtube channel. See you there!

Destroy – CERBERUS RAFFLE

Destroy is hosting a raffle giveaway for one of their beautiful Cerberus frames! Each $10 ticket gets you one entry with unlimited entries available. Here’s what Destroy has to say about it:

“CHANCE TO WIN!
For the month of May head to our website to enter to win this sweet CERBERUS (size small)
ALSO.
Every Friday we will be adding a little extra spice to the prize pool! We’ve partnered up with some rad people to bring you some cool gear!”

Raffle ends at the end of May. Head to the Destroy site to enter here!

TYRANT LEGACY BUILD + RIDE + REVIEW

Tyrant Bikes, owned by former Leader owner Sal Sambroso, was kind enough to send a Tyrant Legacy steel frame our way to build up, ride, and talk about. Gallery of the build and some additional thoughts after the jump!

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Jacob Ruff – Putting The Sleeper To Rest

The Ruff Sleeper is no more. Ruff Bike Co. head honcho Jacob Ruff gives us a rundown on his final Sleeper build. Although he’s currently on a different, new bike (new name is set, but confidential), it’s still worth giving the rundown on his previous build cause it was a good one. Full gallery, rundown, and words from Jacob after the jump!

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84Kick – Pitch black feat. AYUMU

Satoshi is PUMPING out the content! This new piece features an OG in the Japan scene, Ayumu. Along with being a dedicated rider, Ayumu has helped organize some really impactful trick competitions and events for the Japan scene over the years (the NORIDAORE series). These days while the events have cooled off a bit, he still gets out frequently to ride his bike in his own way. Such a unique style that’s really fun to watch. Like I keep saying, Satoshi’s skills as a filmer have been getting exponentially better and I look forward to everything he releases.

84Kick – FORKONE INTERVIEW

Love how involved and dedicated Satoshi has been to creating high quality Fixed Gear content for the pleasure of our eyeballs. Satoshi just dropped an interview with the very mysterious Forkone, aka Koichi Higo. They cover a vast amount of really interesting topics so it’s worth sitting down and watching. Especially since Satoshi was kind enough to translate it for us.