Just like witches at black masses.

So you've just made it nice and safely out of the 60s. Only to get smashed squarely in the teeth by these Brummie gents. The boys in 1970, incredible.

''Ok, so I ain't all that humble...''

Dee vee dee.

How long it takes til you get your copy of Grindhog Day all depends on Matty Lambert. Please direct all harassment to www.nonstopvid.com hahaha

(Googled matty lambert and found some gems ha)

Peg fiends.

Was raining, surprise surprise, so we headed to Blacky-P to drop some pegs.

B-Team: Blackpool Park Sesh from Tom Pimlott on Vimeo.

Scrapz.

Some chill leftover footage from 2009, shiz that didn't make it into the Grindhog Day DVD. Shit is dropping in the next week or so, keep checking back here for info! 2010.

B-Team: 2009 Leftovers from Tom Pimlott on Vimeo.

Big L.

Matty may or may not be the mysterious face behind the video series / website www.nonstopvid.com Matty is one of the OG Wirral street dogs, check his section on the B-Team DVD, it's sick. He also decks it better than anyone ever, except maybe Bill Spencer. Check the vid below to see what I mean...

NONSTOPVID - MATTY LAMBERT CRASH from Nonstopvid on Vimeo.

Name: Matty lambert
Age: 24
Location: Wirral, Northwest, UK
Bike Setup: At the moment 4 pegs (2 plastic) and reppin a DFTU Notorious sticker on the front (Benny L hooked me up on my birthday)
Favourite spot in Liverpool: Kenny flatbars
Favourite out of town spot: That drop in to grass at the uni in Barca. Ultimate Resi-drop.
Favourite city to ride aside from Liverpool: Malaga
One city you want to ride: Shanghai
Least shit artificial stunt premises: Rampworx
One trick you do alot: Manny ones
Top 5 BMX videos: Criminal Mischief, Endsearch, Animal Can I Eat, Voices, Lets get Mystical
Top 3 BMX video sections: Van Homan (Criminal Mischief), Edwin (can I eat), Corey Martinez (wide awake nightmare)
Top 3 music: I clicked "most played" in iTunes and decided I'm not writing my top 3 here haha.
Top 3 B-Team riders: Grind Master Flash
Top 5 UK riders: Bengo, Ditchburn, Paul Ryan, Harry Main, Joe Cox (voices)
Top 4 Worldwide riders: Ben Lewis, Jason Phelan, Van Homan, Edwin
Favourite clip on the B-Team DVD: The Predator 2
One person who needs to come out riding more: Carlo Aspinol
One trick you never need to see again: Manny ones
One BMX trend that does your head in: Pretending your not bothered about riding
One difference between a real street rider and a fake: I guess if you genuinely like riding street.
One rider that does your head in: Any that tell me where I should be filming from.
One crap BMX video off the top of your head: Unsung
Section you're most looking forward to on the new Animal vid: Edwin
Something that's boss: Enjoying what your doing
Something that's shit: Strong winds
One reason street riding is better than anything else: Grinding rails is legit
Sign off: Jay Bean is the funniest guy in BMX. Big Daddy is getting replaced.

Get outta here, young'un...

Danny is definetly, as they say these days, 'coming up'. Kid is only 16 and already throwing down serious moves. He doesn't let it go to his head though, just gets out there and gets shit done. One of the many B-Team Young'uns running rings round most of us. Check his split video part with Bengo on the B-Team DVD 'Grindhog Day'.




Name: Danny Roper / D-Rope
Age:16
Location:whiston
Bike Setup: 4 pegs, sunday wave 2, vinnie bars, odyssey forks, powerbite cranks, odyssey trail mix peds, bicycle union front hub on a hazzard rim, back whhel hazzard hub right hand drive on a oyssey midway rim, animal seat and post, animal glh tyres, thats it i think...
Favourite spot in Liverpool: china town ledges
Favourite out of town spot: whiston wasteland
Favourite city to ride aside from Liverpool: BC BC BCN
One city you want to ride: new york
Least shit artificial stunt premises: widnes skatepark
One trick you do alot: barry, smith
Top 3 BMX videos: animal all day /b-team / what ya lookin at
Top 3 BMX video section: edwins can i eat/tom white all day/bob scerbo can i eat
Top 3 music: dr dre/snoopdogg/nas
Top 3 B-Team riders: jay bean /addy aka grindmaster flash/ tom p
Top 3 UK riders: iannn bengochea/benny l/mini
Top 3 Worldwide riders: edwin delarosa/tom white/butcher
Favourite clip on the B-Team DVD: addys section
One person who needs to come out riding more: fitzy
One trick you never need to see again: turndown
One BMX trend that does your head in: fuckin gay twats with the spary on jeans and big bars and strap on seat time you guys done one to be honest.
One difference between a real street rider and a fake: square pegs
One rider that does your head in: dakota roche
Section you're most looking forward to on the new Animal vid: edwins
Something that's boss: first grind of the day
Something that's shit:football
One reason street riding is better than anything else: you get to get around different spots have a laugh see your mates and we use are bikes for what ther made for yeh get me
Sign off: in a bit ace

Timbs and the shorts...

Skeletal Dan

You heard it here first, Danny has called out a 2010 comeback...



Name: Danny / Skeletal Dan / The Crow / Asda
Age: 21
Location: Wallasey, my bedroom.
Bike Setup: No pegs, no brakes, everything overly tight, lots of psi in me tires.
Favourite spot in Liverpool:I really cant think so its deffo not but i like that kinda big 5 set down the side of some warehouse buildings just next to Toys r us.. With a bit of wood up the stairs it makes a real good fly out. If theres no wood though, theres a really cool fly out over the road which is perfect. apart from addi nearly broke his skull on the sketchy run up to it. That was just before Tank burst out off his shorts on the way to the echo ledges. Funny day.
Favourite out of town spot: I have a big soft spot for Woodside and the Civi.
Favourite city to ride aside from Liverpool: I love the asthetic of Barcelona but Cologne for me was just amazing. If i had to go back to one or the other just for the sake of riding it would be cologne.
One city you want to ride: America is an obvious choice but maybe Japan would be cool... Wherever, as long as theres fun people its what you make of it really.
Least shit artificial stunt premises: The 'shire aka Dev green. Best skatepark ever.
One trick you do alot: i like doing 360s out of stuff. thats pretty much all i can do.
Top 3 BMX videos: top 300 wouldnt be enough. for now ill just say Nowhere Fast, Animal(s), Criminal Mischeif
Top 3 BMX video sections: Van Homan Criminal Mischeif. Vinnie Sammon - Can i eat. Dave Young - nowhere fast. I could name 30 but they were the first few vids I had seen so they stick out... Oh and Stricker in Please Kill Me.
Top 3 music: bands or genre? well today ive listened to DS-13. The Replacements. Dropdead. But this can change daily and depending on mood.
Top 3 B-Team riders: I like everyone for different reasons i could never pick a favourite!
Top 3 UK riders: Chris Mainprize aka Mainy of fashion fame ( best barspin and a cracking blogger http://melonthree.blogspot.com/) thats it.
Top 3 Worldwide riders: Colt Fake, Sean burns and chester blacksmith interest me. Not saying they are typicaly the best just fun to watch.
Favourite clip on the B-Team DVD: Ryan 360ing the civi gap to perfection. Brilliant filming from me aswell!
One person who needs to come out riding more: Tank and Ryan. But realisticly probably me.
One trick you never need to see again: Anything Dakota roach does never needs to be seen anyone.
One BMX trend that does your head in: Im not really bothered by things like that. Its kinda middle of the road but if someones happy doing something and it dosnt affect me then who am i to judge.
One difference between a real street rider and a fake: whether or not they were riding street 2 years ago... and if you owned a rampworks membership theres no arguing really is there?
One rider that does your head in: Miles Roogish. Maybe its not so much his fault because all hes doing is making videos of him and his friends which is cool i can dig that, but they are mediocre at best and every time i see the words "Tuesdays with Miles" on the come up i want to physicaly fight my computer screen.
One crap BMX video off the top of your head: Brighton Aint Ready... the name and the whole concept of the video is enough to make me hate it. (Nicky Croft is brill though)
Something that's boss: Playing football is fun.
Something that's shit: cold toes and hands when your trying to ride. Thats enough to make me wanna go home.
One reason street riding is better than anything else: Its free, theres plenty of spots and its always nice to be outside.
Sign off: 2010 come back.

Apple in your ear.

Happy new year and all that gear. 2010 B-Team year two...

An' another...

Name: Matthew Peter Devine
Age: 27
Location: Birkenhead
Bike Setup: 4 mother fucking pegs. Moderate seat height. Moderate bar size.
Favourite spot in Liverpool: The China Town ledges or around the Uni.
Favourite out of town spot: Lloyds in Bristol.
Favourite city to ride aside from Liverpool: Canberra in Australia is a covert street megaplex.
One city you want to ride: Berlin
Least shit artificial stunt premises: I suppose the boneyard but i haven't been there for about 5 years but the photos/footage you have look good, plus it was always a chill park. Anywhere with a good ledge and decent flat rail gets my vote aswell.
One trick you do alot: Barspins kid.
Top 4 BMX videos: Nowhere Fast, Pegleg 2007, AM:PM, Can I Eat?
Top 3 BMX video sections: Dave Young - Nowhere Fast, Grimaldo Duran - 1st Animal vid, Vinne Sammon - Can I Eat?
Top 3 music: at the moment Wasted Time, The Kids, Immortal Technique.
Top 3 B-Team riders: Addy, Tom Pimlott, Dan Roper
Top 3 UK riders: Bengo, Addy, Joe Cox
Top 3 Worldwide riders: Vinnie Sammon, Vic Ayala, Alex Raban.
Favourite clip on the B-Team DVD: Ryan's 3 into the big civi centre gap. Magnificent.
One person who needs to come out riding more: Vic Ayala
One trick you never need to see again: no handers where your hands go down instead of out down stairs and shit
One BMX trend that does your head in: thinking its ok to talk shit on EVERYTHING when you've only been riding a year, and like chris said the very fine line between hating things and whats 'acceptable'.
The difference between a real street rider and a fake: real street riders learn things on street, their bikes are dull colours and actually have scratches on them, they look like they have more fun, they actually sit and talk about things that are nothing to do with bmx, they're not as boring, they don't show up to a spot that you've been riding for ages and shut it down immediately with all the stuff they learned at the park... *ahem cough cough brighton ain't ready cough cough*, they don't look at you for approval when they land a trick, they ride in the freezing cold even when no 1 is filming them. street riders know who Vic Ayala is. street riders know the difference between tricks and stunts and can moderate and apply them in a taseful manner whilst riding street, ie manouvers vs. bike gymnastics. Grinds.
Butcher grind or Luc-E grind(there is a correct answer): Butcher. Easy.
One rider that does your head in: Daniel Dhers... gumshield? I've NEVER hurt my mouth riding my bike.
One crap BMX video off the top of your head: roundabout tour made me vomit.
Section you're most looking forward to on the new Animal vid: ralph sinisi
Something that's boss: when merlin puts 1 peg on right before trying the gnarliest brick feeble ledge ever. has it, then takes his single peg off and puts it back in his bag.
Something that's shit: that tv show 'Medium', she just dreams what happened then solves the crime. cop out.
One reason street riding is better than anything else: its free, you see funny stuff, you can do it when ever you want. its a completely organic and natural way to ride and it teaches you to become adaptable to all kinds of situations and people. its realistic.
Sign off: over and out.

My first name must be He Ain't Shit

coz every time I'm in my car bitches be like 'he aint shit!!!'

butcher ecd 4 from Skavenger on Vimeo.

Song of the week.

''Il Soffio Al Cuore Ha Il Suono Di Un Fischietto'' by Smart Cops from Italy. How they cram so many catchy riffs and vocals into a song that only last 1 minute and three seconds is insane.

Get the 7" it's a beast, especially if you're a fan of the whole less-distorted garage style of hardcore punk, and is out on a rad label from North Carolina called Sorry State. I also have an mp3 of an apparently very rare one-sided 7" they did that is a 4-minute cover medley of classic anti-police songs from the likes of Doom, The Kids, Black Flag, Dead Kennedys etc. Well good!

Nerds.

I bought an Xbox yesterday. Danny just sent me this video that very nearly made me regret it haha, nerds man jesus...

Bengo!

Found this on the 'tube just browsing haha, kid came up!!

Funny fuse?

Quite possibly the funniest image I have ever seen. The video footage nearly ended my life. Bill Spencer aka Barkum Bill, heavily OTB attempting Ryan's line off riding up the wallride to jump over and ride down a thin as fuck bit of wood, Barkum Banks circa 2006...

Street chronicles kid...

(Holding it down for Celtic...)

Next up it's your boy Mini...

Name: Sean Minney/MINI
Age: 19 had to think about that
Location: LPL, larkhill, L13. BCN on the brain.
Bike Setup: 2 pegs, serbos. loose an makes too many noises.
Favourite spot in Liverpool: shoalin ledges (chinatown muthafucka)
Favourite out of town spot: old swan benches slippy as a mofo
Favourite city to ride aside from Liverpool: Manchester or LDN
One city you want to ride: L.A./N.Y.C
Least shit artificial stunt premises: Rampworx after about 2 years of not going there.
One trick you do alot: SMIGGER grind/oppy 1 bomb
Top 3 BMX videos: ALL DAY, B-Team, and The make 1
Top 3 BMX video sections: Any Bob Scerbo, Benny L the make 2 and jay bean B-Team cribz.
Top 3 music: some of that THUG LIFE shit, method man, and drum & bass in ye face!
Top 3 B-Team riders: Adam Snowgrind, badman brazel, and my nigga the bean.
Top 3 UK riders: BENGO, CLARKY AN BENNY L
Top 3 Worldwide riders: Bob Scerbo, Butcher an Will Taubin
Favourite clip on the B-Team DVD: Danny Apple desk smith
One person who needs to come out riding more: TANK (lazy twat)
One trick you never need to see again: Them gay no handers what nathen willams does the gay bible bashing peado!
One BMX trend that does your head in: Legs together tight jeans ass out gay twats, big bars, no seat
One difference between a real street rider and a fake: MUSIC
Butcher grind or Luc-E grind(there is a correct answer): butcher. there hard as fuck
One rider that does your head in: Mark Webb fuckin emo guna blaze his ramps the cunt
One crap BMX video off the top of your head: videos with about 2 street clips of ramp riders. WEAK
Section you're most looking forward to on the new Animal vid: BOB/TOM/ratkid
Something that's boss: Grinds, Chronic, vandelism, joy riding!
Something that's shit: Rain, trampworx, no Chronic, no money.
One reason street riding is better than anything else: Beacasue no pussys snaking you, endless possibilitys, general public, traffic, easy to chill at a spot, smoke, drink, ALL DAY.
Sign off: B-TEAM life, grind them pegs, fuck the matrix, fuck the uni security, FUCK THE HATERS, dont give a shit what you think!

Introducing tha....

Got a load of quickfire B-Team interviews for yers, up first is 'your main man', Jay Bean. Check the B-Team DVD soon for a full Jay Bean section, and a heavy presence throughout...

Name: Jay Bean
Age: 19
Location: Nogzy
Bike Setup: 4 steels and scerbo's
Favourite spot in Liverpool: 3 set
Favourite out of town spot: The dark side
Favourite city to ride aside from Liverpool: BCN
One city you want to ride: NYC
Least shit artificial stunt premises: Rampworx
One trick you do alot: grindz
Top 3 BMX videos: The B-TEAM vid any animal vid, SKVR vid
Top 3 BMX video sections: any dvd thats roles out of NY
Top 3 music: Wu-Tang, Dr Dre 2001, Pleasurerooms
Top 3 B-Team riders: The whole B-Team
Top 3 UK riders: Adam "Grindmaster" Snowdon, benny L, Bengo
Top 3 Worldwide riders: Jason Levi, Edwin, Tom White
Favourite clip on the B-Team DVD: The vid
One person who needs to come out riding more: STE LAD!
One trick you never need to see again: Gay no handers
One BMX trend that does your head in: I could go on
One difference between a real street rider and a fake: the set up
Butcher grind or Luc-E grind(there is a correct answer): Butcher
One rider that does your head in: Ya maa
One crap BMX video off the top of your head: Up, Up and away = So shit
Section you're most looking forward to on the new Animal vid: The intro
Something that's boss: Chibuku
Something that's shit: Merkeyside police
One reason street riding is better than anything else: You cant blaze a fat spliff in rampworx can ya...
Sign off: If you mess with the B-Team you know what happens

Grindhog Day.

That's the title of the B-Team video, I'm deep into editing with only four sections left. Keep an ear out for the premiere date and location, most likely very soon and in a city centre bar very popular with BMXers. I'm gonna throw loads of suprises in that probably won't be on the dvd (that is presuming I ever get round to making DVDs) so make sure you come down. Listen to Poison Idea.

Edge Day.

So yesterday was Edge Day. I'm obviously nailed so hard to the proverbial X that I managed not to notice. I actually quite disappointed, I would have at least performed a one man moshageddon to Last Rights or something in my room. On my bill. Anyway straight edge is fucking boss and while I am glad many utter cretins are now no longer associated with the likes of myself, I am a bit disappointed that straight edge is on the verge of extinction in the UK. There does seem to be a kind of resurrgence down south with a few decent straight edge bands emerging, from our nation's capital no less! There's some good US edge bands around at the moment too, and if you're a punk there's every reason to kick the swill, so listen to some of the following, pull your hood up and bottle a student; WASTE MANAGEMENT, FREE SPIRIT, RAMPAGE, BLACK SS, NO TOLERANCE, BLANK STARE, STEP FORWARD, FORCE FED, POISON PLANET...

Some well good straight edge shit:














XXX

Gapz.

Sorry about the lack of updates (how many blogs say that on the regular I wonder...), been well busy as of late. Been riding alot in-between looong spells of shite weather, started a new band (or two?) on guitar with new/old Merseyside resident drum beast Mat Devine and our recently re-posessed comrade Lee, expect alot of Siege/Eyehategod/Bastard ripoff shit. Filming for the video has stopped and editing has begun, I'm three sections in already and it's looking goooooood. There is a new trailer below, short and sweet. Pass it round.

B-Team: Grindhog Day. Trailer from Tom Pimlott on Vimeo.

I'm gonna start doing these on a regular/semi-regular/when I've got time/when I can be arsed basis, just because. Anyway here's the first in a series of B-Team interviews, and it's with the OG Greasby street beast, Addy Snowdon.


Addy (left) with the boys

Tom: Addy lad.
Addy: Tom lad

Tom: Name, age, locale and favourite spot please.
Addy: Mini once referred to me as the Grindmaster Flash but my mother would go with Adam Snowdon, I'm 23, from the dark-side of the river (Mersey), spot - fads rail.

Tom: You've rocked the four pegs for as long as I've known you, as some ropey 8-year-old VHS tapes will attest to, wanna explain to all the kiddies what it's all about?
Addy: Bikes have four wheel-nuts so it makes sense that if I’m gonna use any pegs, I’m gonna use four.

Tom: Being a part of the B-Team of course means you must be streeter than your average kidda, why do you love riding street as opposed to skateparks & trails?
Addy: No one in the way of the grinders, better craic with the boys. Trails are good but they’re always wet and you end up in the air for too long.


Over-inside ice in Southport

Tom: What do you think about the BMX video/web-vid boom of the last few years?
Addy: Everyone has their own reasons for making web videos but a lot of the time it just seems like kids who are desperate to get their footage seen. People who make 'sponsor me' videos immediately lose all respect. Also, if you insist on making a sponsor me video, at least have something new to offer, every bmx company already has their very own Chase Dehart replica, they don’t need another one. Stop calling them mix tapes too, it's not even a tape. Personally I always prefer dvds because you can enjoy them with your mates and they don't get forgotten so easily. If I'm going to have something filmed I'd much prefer it to go on a dvd and I've definitely got the patience to wait for that, I'm 23, I've got other things to think about.

Tom: Tell us about The Don and give us your favourite Don-related story or incident.
Addy: The Don is the most English man in England. My favourite story was the one where he spent a day training for a management job at homebase, took one look at himself in the mirror in the uniform and left in disgust.

Tom: Top five favourite tricks:
Addy: Icepick grinds, x-up grinds, sock smashers, predators (of any kind), one hundred and eighties.

Tom: Talk us through your Flat 9 post-booze hangover cure.
Addy: Space raiders (big 20p bag), a bottle of red rooster (energy drink) and sometimes a bombay bad boy. After a flat 9 sesh you've got to get some nutrients back in your system. You've also got to cheer yourself up with some good food because you might be dwelling on things you did that you're not proud of.

Tom: Bad Manners or The Specials?
Addy: Bad Manners win best song (lip up fatty) but The Specials win overall best band.

Tom: Like Biggie, you got a story to tell. Tell us about the Southport-girl-Irn-Bru incident and remind us all why you can't beat street riding.
Addy: These girls were drunk on a Sunday afternoon (first crime) and were giving us some abuse at a spot. One of them fell in a bush and couldn't get out, much to my amusement. She saw me laughing and picked up a nearby bottle of iron brew (it was the blagged aldi stuff, hence the spelling) and splashed some on me. She then conveniently replaced the lid, leaving about 1.5 litres still inside. Before I knew what had happened, I had already removed the lid and poured half of the contents on to her hair. Realising that if I stopped at this point I ran the risk of getting the remainder on myself, I continued to hold the pouring position until the bottle was empty. I just lose the plot sometimes, it's not something I'm necessarily proud of but it's still funny. The moral of the story is, don't get irn bru on me. You can’t beat street riding because it’s free.



Tom: What would your ideal roadtrip destination & crew be?
Addy: The crew is obviously the b team. Not sure about the destination, maybe those black bars in sheffield, they're like multiple fads rails.

Tom: Cock Sparrer or Sham 69?
Addy: Now then, that's a tough one. Would you have Cock Sparrer without Sham? I don't know. This one's impossible to answer.

Tom: What's your favourite Road Fools and why? While you're at it, give us your ideal 14-man Road Fools lineup.
Addy: I can't remember the numbers. I'll just say not ten just because the line up looked good and it should have been the best but it just didn't live up to expectations. The 14 men would be my mates but I don't reckon I should list them because I might miss someone out. If I knew Troy Mcmurray, he'd be coming.


Truck to flat, in honour of Ratboy

Tom: Top 5 BMX videos of all time?
Addy: It's not worth saying that little devil video so I won't. Animal 1, Animal 2, Animal 3, All time low, Attention Stalybridge. Brighton Ain't Ready gets negative points so I can put Nowhere Fast in there too.

Tom: Top 5 video parts of all time?
Addy: Vic Ayala – All time low/Animal 1 (can’t pick one), Butcher – any part, Edwin/Tom White – Fitlife, Ratboy – Shine, Zack Costa – Cuttin’ it deep.

Tom: Top 5 tricks of all time you've seen on videos?
Addy: Vic Ayala - predator grind, Vinnie Sammon – over to x-up grind, Lino Gonzalez – rail ride, Bob Scerbo – backwards icepick grind, George Dossantos – crooked grind to 180. All down rails, this is why animal rules over everyone.

Tom: Favourite clip banged out by one of the B-Team so far?
Addy: Ryan’s 360 over the big civi gap.

Tom: Top 5 worst BMX trends?
Addy: Too wide for your skinny emo arms handlebars, trying to learn barspins with a seat that’s too low to learn barspins, bunnyhop toboggans, ‘dakota roche’ bunnyhops (those horrible semi-tabletops with the bars turned down), anything to do with emo has got to go. I could go on but I’m only allowed 5.

Tom: Top 5 underrated riders?
Addy: That’s a hard one these days, everyone and their dog gets coverage. Ryan smith, Loz Taylor, Clarky, Jay Bean, erm… can’t even think. The b-team is underrated.

Tom: One band you wanna hear more of on BMX videos?
Addy: Cockney Rejects.

Tom: Shoutouts/hollas go here.
Addy: The b-team and anyone who I’ve ever met who’s been sound. That covers it.

Yes.

Ralph Sinisi. New Animal video. Full part. Is right.

Animal.

This may be the only BMX-related web link you will ever need. http://vimeo.com/animalbikes

Boss stuff such as...

Animal - Vinnie Sammon from Animal Bikes on Vimeo.

Can I Eat? - Ads - Skavenger from Animal Bikes on Vimeo.

and here's some boss related stuff that they don't have up on their Vimeo site but is a must-see for anyone who's stepped on a BMX.







Enjoy.

Dub bmx wastelands edit

This is a little edit Dub bmx have done. This is what the mess around sesh is all about. Stunts by bengo, tommy and cookie.


ww.dubbmx.com