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====================================================== 17/2/2012 ROADTRIPZ TO THE FUTURE YOUTH PROGRAM Our first 'Roadtripz To The Future' program has wrapped up this month. Myself and the 30 kids involved have been going out every week riding BMX tracks and skateparks all over Sydney for the past 15 weeks. rewarding to introduce a bunch of kids into that community. Skatepark, where every participant received a new Acadamy Aspire BMX. Then we went out to Camp Wollemi for 2 days of swimming, bushwalks and Goodtimes. Im looking forward to riding with all the boys in the future and doing some bmx roadtrips to other cities. Big thank you to: All the kids who completed the program + And the Australian Federal Government.
====================================================== 27.12.2011 NEXT TOUR.....Jan 10th - 12th( This trip has been postponed Date TBA) KEMPSEY- GOLDCOAST-NIMBIN-BYRON-MULLUMBIMBY This will be the 3rd tour we have done with the Kempsey crew. We have had the best times ever with these guys and this trip should produce some more amazing sessions. Leaving Sydney on Jan 9 we will pick up the boys in Port and Kempsey on the 10th and head straight for the big bowls and beach on the Gold Coast. The new skatepark in Nimbin is big, fast and smooth with some original lines to be riden. Mullum skatepark is small, old and has some weird mellow trannies but for some reason you cant help but have a good session there. I guess when ur in a small chilled out town like that u cant help but be happy.
At the end of this tour there will also be the annual Blake Butterfield Memorial Jam.
====================================================== BONDI BEACH WALL MURAL The Waverley Council recently gave us a 20m section of the art wall along Bondi Beach. With the help of George Rose, we had a bunch of the local young skaters paint a mural for the first stage of the wall. I asked the boys what they wanted to paint and they replied "A skater grinding a shark" So thats what we painted...
====================================================== 14.10.2011 'ROADTRIPZ TO THE FUTURE' YOUTH PROGRAM Roadtripz is currently running a 12 week Program for Indigenous teens of Sydney. There are 30 participants who join the bus once a week and we go riding and skating at all the best skateparks, trails and street spots Sydney has to offer. Along with that we sneak in a few other activities such as Bowling, paintball, Moto-X, Camping, and swimming to keep it interesting.
====================================================== ALL GIRLS TOUR #1 Last weekend 8th/9th October was the first of the All Girls Tours. The idea of these regular trips is to create something that brings the girls BMX/Skate scene together without the shitty vibe of a competition type event. So on Sat morning we had the girls on the bus in Canberra and we headed for the South Coast of NSW. Even tho we got a bit of rain over the weekend we managed to sneak a few solid riding sessions in at Batemans Bay BMX Track, Batemans Bay Skatepark, Ulludulla Skatepark, lunch stop at the famous Milton Vegetarian Cafe. Thanks to all the girls for coming along: Lise, Mel, Sarah, Leah, Emily, Christine, Sophia, George and Hope. And big thanks to Pete for driving the Van and keeping us entertained with life stories. Cant wait for the next one at the beginning of 2012.
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2.10.2011 TERRIBLE ONE AUSTRALIAN TOUR EDIT I love the vibe of the T1 edits. "We Love Colorado", ( which is playing at the Sydney Bike Film Festival this month) is one of my favorite T1 films. Joe Rich always captures the feeling of each particular trip and makes you wish you were there. Joe just uploaded his latest edit from the "Lets Didgeridoo This" Tour of OZ. We were lucky enough to do this trip in the Roadtripz bus. T-1 "Let's Didgeridoo This" Australia 2011 from joe rich on Vimeo.
====================================================== 19.09.2011 BONDI SKATE NIGHTS We started the tues night sessions two weeks ago now and so far its been goodtimes. The bus has been picking up the group of 10 young skaters from Bondi and driving to other Sydney skateparks such as Thornleigh and Macquarie Fields. In October the group will work on painting a mural by Bondi Beach Skatepark with the help of local artist Steven Evans. Here is an example of Steven's painting skills.
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10.9.2011 DIG MAGAZINE T1 TOUR Issue 84 of Dig Mag is out now. This issue covers the Terrible One OZ Tour which was on the Roadtripz bus. With a story from Joe Rich and Photos by Stowaways Dave Rubinich Cant wait to see the T1 edit from this trip, which is coming soon.
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3.9.2011 'LANKY' JOINS ROADTRIPZ One of my best freinds and possibly the best human ever born Mark Ryan has joined Roadtripz as projects manager. Mark is one of the most enthusiastic and fun guys to be around. Just dont offer him a seat. He tends to break them.
====================================================== KEMPSEY TO NORTHCOAST TRIP #2
The Kempsey/Port Mac guys have been supporting Roadtripz since day one. I first met these guys last year, while passing through Kempsey on a BMX team Tour. We have had some unforgettable sessions at Kempsey and up the North Coast to QLD. Recently we did the second Kempsey to North Coast tour. The group was slightly different to the original trip and it was awesome to get to know some other riders from the area. Jacob, Molefoot and myself left Sydney for a non stop mission to Brodie's house in Kempsey where we met up with the rest of the crew. Early start the next morning and we head off for the Gold Coast. Look out for the next issue of 2020bmx mag for the story. On this trip...... Joel Easson, Molefoot, Jacob Denford, Brodie Butterlegs, Nate Himsley, Eithan Cairncross Jett Man, Jack Gibson, Matt Kocis, Zac Wilson and myself.
Here is a fun edit from the trip by Joel Easson. Gold Coast Trip from Joel Easson on Vimeo.
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16.8.2011 Tuesday Skate Nights
Starting Sept 6th, we will be picking up our group of local Bondi Beach skaters every tuesday afternoon and driving our bus out to different skateparks around Sydney. This is another "Roadtripz Youth Program" and this one has an Arts aspect. Along with the Tuesday skatepark tours, the group will be working with a local artist to design and paint a mural, which will be located on the famous graffitti wall along Bondi Beach Boardwalk.
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6.8.2011
We have been super busy over the last couple of months. Loads of team tours, BMX shop roadtrips and building some dirt parks. Check out some of the media collected along the way.
====================================================== ALL GIRLS SOUTH COAST TOUR........OCTOBER 2011. We have been planning this trip for a while now. The idea is to get a crew of 10 girls who skate or ride bmx and take the bus down the South Coast over 4 days. Meeting in Sydney, then heading down the coastal road to Woollongong, Kiama, Uludulla, Batemans Bay, Pambula and everything along the way. Staying in hostels at night and riding, swimming, skating all day. We have done this route alot over the last year and we have stumbled across some amazing hidden spots. For more info or to book your seat email jason@roadtripz.com.au Artwork by Bohie Palecek
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CAMERON PARK, NSW BMX DIRT JUMPS CONSTRUCTION Roadtripz recently had the job of building a public dirtpark for the Lake Maquarie Council. Construction has been delayed by relentless rain, but the jumps are almost finished and they are looking super fun to ride. With the help of Damian Conolly and Jared Carter, we have managed to get a few creative lines built. The council is planning an opening day once the landscaping is finished. Here are some photos of construction :
====================================================== 2020 BMX MAGAZINE The latest Issue of 2020 mag (issue 40)is out and it covers 2 Roadtripz tours. The Dishonour Team trip and theTerrible One tour. The mag is on the shelves now so go out and grab a copy. Also the previous issue 39 covered another 2 of our Roadtripz. The Hell on wheels Blazing Bowls tour and The dubbo Roadtrip Check out the digital preview of both issues here:
ISSUE 40
ISSUE 39
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ROADTRIPZ YOUTH PROGRAMS We have just kicked off our first youth program which is something we have been planning for the last 6 months. "Roadtripz To The Future" is an indiginous youth mentoring program. We are kicking off the program in August at two Sydney locations. Rooty Hill and Macquarie Feilds. We are also currently moving into a factory in Alexandria where we will build a private skatepark for Roadtripz camps and future youth programs. A big thank you to Stowaway Distrobution for supplying us with 12 complete FBM bikes and Captain Billy's Crabshack in Bondi, for helping us out with 20 complete skateboards. Talking FBM reminds me of one of my favorite FBM Edits. The FBM getto highest air comp. FBM Ghetto Big Air - More BMX Videos ====================================================== FOCAL POINT MAGAZINE ISSUEs 24 and 25 Check out issues 24 and 25 of Focal Point Mag. Issue 24 covers 2 of our Roadtripz Tours. The Animal/ Skavenger Tour & The Anchor Trip. Issue 25 covered The Little Black Bike Tour.
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TERRIBLE ONE TOUR....SYDNEY TO ADELAIDE I dont know where to start writing about this tour. Any T1 fan will appreciate this chance of a lifetime, to spend 3 weeks travelling with one of the most influencial and legit bmx teams in the world. This tour was everything i expected and turned out to be possibly the most fun, relaxing, motivating, educational 3 weeks of my life. The riding was rediculous but the highlights were: the never ending search for the ultimate frisby/aerobee field, Rusty and the aerobee sacrifice off the 12 apostels, the coffee sessions, Metalica Orion sessions, Ryan Lloyd's giant ditch jump, Billy May's youtube dubs, Southpark Nicccce, Tom Dugan boosting the bejesus out of everything, Tom's stop light make outs with a bmx mum, Emily Brindley's cupcakes, Five Dock Jam, Danny's candy bar photoshoot at Bondi, Great ocean rd, having one of the last rides at Kooks Trails, Jamies Moore eating a rats claw. So many awesome memories. Huge thank you to Damo for driving the bus and being a chiller in general. Thanks to Jamie @ Stowaway for the support and opportunity to be a part of such a rad tour. A few photos of the tour: ........................................................................................
........................................................................................... Ruben getting loose @ Civic, ACT
.......................................................................................... B- Dog follows Rusty @ Stromlo, ACT
............................................................................................. Campout on the farm ramps, VIC
............................................................................................. Tom @ West Beach, ADL
............................................................................................ Love this photo of Rusty @ West Beach, ADL
........................................................................................... 12 Apostles
........................................................................................... Boneyard trails
.......................................................................................... Ruben @ Epping, Vic
........................................................................................... Damo @ Abandoned warehouse ramps, VIC
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......................................................................................... Joe @ West Beach, ADL
........................................................................................... Tom 360 @ West Beach, ADL
.......................................................................................... Joe Rich Frame art by Leah Brideson
........................................................................................... Coffee @ Canberra
........................................................................................... Damo @ South Coast, NSW
........................................................................................... Aerobee Sesh
.......................................................................................... Jamie Moore
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DISHONOUR TOUR....SYDNEY TO ADELAIDE WORDS BY JAMES WADE @ DISHONOUR
This edit has been waiting to see the light of day for a few months now, the deal was that I didn’t want to release it before the roadtrip article ran in 2020… what would be the point in running an article in a mag if you release an edit months before, yaddamean? Anyway, bit of background if you’re interested. In March, we went on a whirlwind 5 day roadtrip from Sydney to Adelaide. The crew that came along were Tom Blanch, Chris Barnes, Will Gunn, Sam Illman, Mikey Mc Mah, Mozzy, Brock Olive, Jaden Roxburgh, Jake Shepherd, Tenna and Brad Wright we’re rolling pretty deep these days, so it was rad to get almost all the homies on a bus! Jason Cousins from Roadtripz was steering the wheel, Dre Regli was clocking clips and I was shooting some photos. No more words, here it is: Sydney to Adelaide Roadtrip Edit from dishonour brand on Vimeo.
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ANCHOR BMX TOUR.....MELBS TO NEWCASTLE Terrible One's Leigh G and his crazy, loose, ummmm eccentric? group of riders, who would usually be shredding the famous Fitzroy Bowl and everything else in Melbourne decided to plan a roadtrip from The Anchor BMX Shop to Newcastle. We camped out and the boys road loads of street along the way. One stand out stop for me was camping in a country town where the old highway used to run through. It was pretty obvious that the town used to thrive on the traffic flow before the new highway by-passed them. Was cool to see how they offer free camping and addapted the town to suit travellers stopping for an overnight stay. Big thanks to Anchor for using our Roadtripz bus and for inviting such a rad and fun crew for the trip. A couple of photos from one of the camp spots:
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5.03.2011 VANS SKATE TOUR EDIT The Roadtripz bus recently had the Vans skate team on the bus for the Off The Wall Tour Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne. More partying went down than skating but Leigh Bolton managed to get a good edit out of it. Big thanks to Jesus Prieto for doing all the driving and John Parmeter from Vans..
Click HERE to watch the Vans Tour Edit
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ANIMAL/SKAVENGER TOUR We just finished an amazing tour with the Animal/Skavenger Team thanks to Stowaway Distro. Some crazy riding went down and good times were had. Awesome bunch of guys to roadtrip with. Check out the edits from the tour i found on the Stowaway site.
OD in OZ Tour at Waterloo Sydney from StowMedia on Vimeo. OD in OZ Tour in Melbourne City from StowMedia on Vimeo. OD in OZ Tour at Woden in Canberra from StowMedia on Vimeo. ======================================================
2011 BMX GAMES CANBERRA Myself and the boys at Backbone BMX spent ten of the hottest days of the year building the dirt course for the recent BMX games in Canberra. A few days out from the contest and the jumps were still needing a bit of tweeking before they were ridable. Luckily all the locals put in some hard work and got it done just in time. Looks like it was a good night.
====================================================== 8.02.2011 ANIMAL TOUR...... FEB 18th TO 26TH SYDNEY, CANBERRA, MELBOURNE We are proud to say we have the Animal team on the bus this month. Check out the flyer and come meet the team.
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8.02.2011 LITTLE BLACK BIKES TOUR EDIT The Roadtripz bus recently visited Adelaide for the Little Black Bike Tour. Adelaide, Port Augusta and Port Lincoln over 3 days. We had a great bunch of friends and camped in some epic spots including the best beach i have ever seen. Anybody visiting Adelaide must visit the Little Black Bike Shop. If you ask enough time Jack might give u a rap. Big thanks to Stowaway and LBB for hooking us up with some beer for the trip. filmed & edited by josh kathigitis. little black bike / roadtripz pt lincoln trip edit from Little Black Bike on Vimeo. ======================================================
22.1.2011 BLAKE BUTTERFIELD MEMORIAL JAM...KEMPSEY On Jan 15th the Roadtripz bus stopped in to the Kempsey Jam put on by shredder and damn good guy Brodie Butterfield in memory of his younger bro Blake. I was peronally stoked to be able to be a part of the jam. Super chilled and fun vibe and the sun was out. We rode non stop all day. Massive trains over the famous Kempsey hips. Epic park, raddest krew and the afternoon session will be one i never forget.
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22.1.2011 LUX TOUR. Its been a huge fortnight for the Roadtripz bus. We left Sydney for Brisbane and with a stop at Byron and Nimbin along the way. After meeting some space cadets in Nimbin continued to Brisbane where we met up with the boys at LUX bmx for the LUX tour. We left bright and early Sat 8th and headed north for the Sunshine Coast. We managed to get a good day of riding in on the first day and an awesome night of partying at Rainbow Beach. Sunday morning we woke up to super heavy rain and news that the highways were closed and we may be trapped in by floods. We made the decision to head off and see if we could find a way back. After a sketchy drive through some flooded dirt tracks we luckily made it back onto dry roads back to Brisbane. By this time the city was flooded and we were stressing about the shop being under water. Evan and Mitch prepared for the worst but fortunately the river didnt reach the height they expected. This was an eye opening trip. Definately left with some intense memories and met some really good people from the LUX krew. Here is the edit the boys put together. LUXBMX Store/Roadtripz "Not-So-Sunny Coast Trip" from LUXBMX on Vimeo. ======================================================
Vans Skate Tour. The Roadtripz bus just got back from a huge 5 weeks of BMX and Skate tours all over NSW, VIC and SA.. First off was the Vans Skate team tour. Check out the trip blog on the Slam Skateboarding site here.
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7.12.2010 LittleBlackBike Tour. The Roadtripz bus is in Adelaide this week fo the LittleBlackBike tour. Adelaide to Port Augusta and Port Lincoln. Adelaide has the raddest bmx scene i have ever seen. Huge bunch of super nice guys,NO bitching, Good parks, Trails in the middle of the city and at the centre of it all is a rad BMX store. LBB How it should be. Big Thanks to Stowaway and LittleBackBike for helping us out for this one. This is going to be a special trip.
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26.11.10 NEWTONS NATION BMX DIRT JAM. Last week Dan Baker, Will Gunn and myself spent a few days in Bathurst building the Dirt Jumps for the Newtons Festival this coming weekend. We arrived to see a thousand loads of dirt and a 20 ton excavator to do some damage with. With all the rain we had during building we were a little scared that we would be left with a big pile of mud, but luckily the sun came out on the last day and we were able to get some shape to the jumps. Here are some photos from the excavation stage. Note > The jumps were still rough and have since been compacted and ridden in.
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13.11.2010 VANS ALL IN TOUR Throw 10 of the best skaters in the country in a bus, drive thru Sydney, ACT, Ulludulla, Panmbula, Melbourne and you have have an awesome trip. Less than a week before the VANS Skate Tour hits the road. Wooo hooo
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2.11.2010 VAGRANCY SKATE TRIP. To kick off the Vans Skate tour in November, we will be doing a Northern Beaches Daytrip on the 20th November. The Vans Skate Team will be doing a couple of instore visits and demos and then its party time back in Bondi. Come out and meet the team and get your hands on some giveaways. Check out the poster for team names and demo times.
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16.10.2010 HELL ON WHEELS BLAZING BOWLS ROADTRIP. Roadtripz recently hooked up with the Hell on Wheels crew to do a team tour. We left from Sydney and went searching for all the big bowls along the North Coast of Nsw and the Gold Coast. Anybody who enjoys big fast bowls and has not been to the Gold Coast must go there. At least 5 Epic skateparks all within 30mins drive from each other. We were lucky enough to have John Young on the trip to capture our adventures. Hell on Wheels Blazing Bowls Roadtrip from John Young on Vimeo. ======================================================
7.10.2010 NORTH COAST TRIP PHOTOS Here are some photos from the super fun Gold Coast trip we did with the Port Mac and Kempsey crew. Photos taken by Joel Pead. ======================================================
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