The Chocolate Truck 2 full DVD premieres online today at 4 PM through Dig BMX. Filmed throughout 2014 – 2022 and released last summer, the Chocolate Truck 2 video would go on to win the NORA Cup ‘Video Of The Year’. CT2 includes several mix sections filmed in Philadelphia, NYC, the East Coast, Arizona, California, and Spain, with full parts from Kevin Vannauker, Steve Tassone, Nick Barrett, Breyon Woods, Mike Swift, Brendon Reith, Ryan Niranonta, Joe Niranonta, Matt Miller, John Yoh, and Joby Suender.
Chocolate Truck 2, the NORA Cup ‘Video Of The Year’, is now available for digital download through the Chocolate Truck online store. DVDs and Photo Zines are also still available for purchase.
The Chocolate Truck crew has released the promo for their highly anticipated second video, Chocolate Truck 2. The promo features riding from Joe Niranonta, Ryan Niranonta, Matt Miller, Nick Barrett, Steve Tassone, Mike Swift, Breyon Woods, John Yoh, Kevin Vannauker, Joby Suender & Brendon Reith, with the full-length expected in late spring of 2022. Along with the promo, some new clothing is also available from the Chocolate Truck crew through their website, including a new hoodie, tee-shirt, and long sleeve tee in two color options.
The third issue of Ride PA BMX is now available for purchase through our online store. Issue Three features sixty-four pages of original content spanning 2018 – 2020. Printed on 5.5” X 8.5” glossy paper in full color. You can view a complete list of contents below.
After years of anticipation, the second Chocolate Truck DVD is finally coming out in 2020. Evan Yoh bought a new camera setup and cleared out his storage of unused footage in the form of a nearly three-minute-long mixtape. The video includes riding from Kevin Vannauker, Breyon Woods, Ryan Niranonta, Joe Niranonta, Nick Barrett, John Yoh, Matt Miller, Herman McCracken, Jose Morales, Steve Tassone, Rocky Ventura, Joby Sender, George Duran.
Animal Bikes has released a new video online titled ‘Kensington Cutty’ to accompany the re-stock of their new and classic products. ‘Kensington Cutty’ was filmed mostly in Philadelphia and features riding from the Animal Bikes crew and some of their affiliates including Ben Lewis, Kevin Vannauker, Damian Cesepedes, John Yoh, Ginner, Brendon Reith, Steve Tassone, Aeds, Chris Carter and George Duran.
The Berks Street bike shop and its owner Steve Tassone hosted a ‘Sunday Street Ride’ this past Sunday, October 28th. The event started with a meet-up at the Berks shop at 10 am before disbursing into the streets of Philadelphia at noon. Gene Barclay was on hand and documented some of the action which he released earlier today on his YouTube channel. The video includes riding from George Duran, Jeff Purdy, Eeshond Kirk, Davon Johnson, and many more. Shout-out to Steve at Berks for putting on another in a string of events for the Philadelphia BMX community.
Jeff Purdy – Rail Hop during the final Street Series. Photo: Kyle Dipilla
With only a few days remaining in 2017, it’s time once again for our annual year end list of the top videos from the past year. Take a look back with us at some of the videos that we felt made the strongest impression on our viewers and the scene as a whole. The list is in no particular order and is not based off of any web statistics or analytics. Simply put, there are no winners or losers. With that in mind, we invite you to sit back, re-watch and enjoy.
The Chocolate Truck crew have released a new edit online through the Ride BMX website which features a handful of the squad linking up at Paines Park in Philadelphia for a late night session. Evan Yoh was on hand to capture the session and also handled the videos editing which includes riding from Joby Suender, Steve Tassone, Herman McCracken, Jon Schimpf, Joe & Ryan Niranonta along with Nick Barrett who is back in Philadelphia after spending a few months in the Southwest.
The seventh section from “JIB: Tape #4” featuring Steve Tassone was uploaded to the JIB Vimeo account earlier today. Steve’s section has a really good vibe to it and is primarily composed of quick one hit clips with a few lines mixed throughout. Steve has a keen eye for spots and the ability to make riding the roughest of setups look smooth. The section closes out with a secession of clips all worthy of being the ender that will surely leave you itching to pedal.
On Saturday, July 2nd, Berks Street BMX Shop and Alive Industry threw a joint jam in the City of Philadelphia. The jam included Alive Industry riders Rehito Murata & Ryutaro Higa from Japan and locals Brendon Reith & Knick Smith. Steve Tassone has uploaded a gallery of photos from the event which can be viewed on the Berks Street website or after the jump.
Tom Nguyen’s new video “Sorry For Partying!” premiered in Philadelphia on Friday, June 23rd. After the release of the videos trailer online we expressed our interest in the video and a private link of the final cut was made available to us for review twenty four hours prior to the videos premiere.
“Sorry For Partying!” was filmed by Tom Nguyen using a VX2000 / VX2100 over the past two years and features a cast of fifty five BMX riders from all over the East Coast and beyond. The run time is on par with most full length BMX videos with a duration of just under twenty two minutes.
The videos party theme provides a great vibe and the intro sets the pace for the following sections. “SFP” does a great job in wasting no time building it’s momentum. The intro is a blend of random party footage, slams and teases of some of what is in store throughout the video. From start to finish the video is consistent in the level of riding being presented and the flow of each of it’s sections. The video is composed of four well structured mix sections, and a full length closing section from Andrew White.
Adem Gunaydin – 60/40 Grind Photo: Chris Girouard
“Sorry For Partying!” is packed with diverse street riding and a wide array of styles due to the large cache of riders it showcases throughout each of the videos four mix sections. It would be impossible to talk about this video and not acknowledge the work that Adem Gunaydin put in for his footage. I went in watching this video anxious to see Adem’s footage and he really delivered. Adem closes out the second section of the video with one of the most creative and impressive rooftop moves I have seen.
The fourth mix section of the video is a Philly mix which features riding from the Chocolate Truck crew and friends. Although a lot of the Chocolate Truck crews footage has been seen through Instagram clips filmed on cell phones, it was refreshing to see those clips in DV format and edited together.
Some other highlights throughout the video include Fateem Williams who shuts down the third mix section, the LFS guys, Brett Tocco who provides some of the videos most creative riding, Brandon Bunting who drops a big three down a stair set in the first mix section, Breyon Woods for closing out the fourth mix along with the Chocolate Truck crew, Dave Raffa, Pat Schlitzer, Baboon, Court Freeman, Colin Varanyak, Chase Dehart, Jersey Joe, and too many others.
The final section of the video belongs to Andrew White who closes out “SFP” with it’s only non mix section. Andrews section is made up of a lot of technical street moves, bangers and his own unique style of riding. Having the closing and only non mix section is pretty heavy but Andrew manages to come through with some of the videos best riding. The final trick of the video is on a setup that literally has everything wrong with it and watching Andrew roll away is near perfect. Cue the credits.
Tom Nguyen did a great job all around with this project between the filming, editing, promotion, Everything was on point. I’ll be very interested to see more works from Tom in the future. Easily one of my favorite aspects of this video is how many riders it’s drawn my attention to that I was previously unaware of. “Sorry For Partying!” is a must see / own video for any East Coast BMX enthusiast. Copies of the DVDs will be available for purchase in the coming weeks. Special thanks to Tom for setting up a private viewing of the video.
In order of appearance:
Mix Section One: Mike Ware • Sean Guest • Brandon Bunting • Matt Mazzone • Josh Vodopija • Jared Manganelli • Luke Gajtkowski
Mix Section Two: Chris Girouard • Adem Gunaydin • Pat Cregan • Chris Schaeffer • Jake Grelli • Drew Quinlan • Chase Dehart • JD Whitehead • Matt Krumins • Court Freeman
Mix Section Three: Old Man Dirt • Victor Behm • Menardo Simon • Eric Tkacz • Jersey Joe • Nick Maltese • Pat Schlitzer • Mike Verdecchio • Kenny Shoulders • Andrew Lettieri • Eeshond Kirk • Tenzin • Baboon • Chris Aceto • Arty Barrera • Steve Jones • Mikey Almodovar • Dave Raffa • Brett Tocco • Tenna • Colin Varanyak • Marnold • Eddie Muscle • Fateem Williams
Mix Section Four (Philly): Joe Niranonta • John Yoh • Steve Tassone • Joby Suender • Mike Swift • Kevin Vannauker • Breyon Woods • Nick Barrett • Cody Neiswender • Chris Carter • Ryan Niranonta • Herman McCracken • Twinn
