90 East | Theories: Jon Schimpf and JIB Tape 4

Jib ‘Tape 4’ is now available for purchase through the 90 East online store. Too accompany the videos availability, 90 East also released an interview with Jon Schimpf conducted by Lino Gonzalez. The interview is a quick read but manages to provide some great insight into the filming and editing process behind the latest offering from the Jib crew. Don’t forget to pick up a hard copy of the video through 90 East or Berks Street which is also now providing digital downloads of the video following the DVD’s final duplication.

2016 Calendar Review

Every year, Pennsylvania is home to a number of jams, video premieres and other events. Closing out our series of year end features is our 2016 Calendar Review. The third and final installment in the series highlights some of the more notable events that took place over the last year. This years list is composed of a dozen events that helped shape 2016 and made the year one to remember. We hope you’ve enjoyed our trip down memory lane and don’t forget to stay tuned, we’ve got plenty in store for 2017.

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JIB: Tape #4 Premiere

After three years of documenting the BMX scene in Philadelphia, Jonathan Schimpf and Jib BMX are set to premiere their latest video, Jib: Tape 4. The premiere is being held in a warehouse in the Port Richmond section of Philadelphia on Friday, January 20th. Hard copies of the video will be available for purchase during the premiere and will also be available for order through the Berks Street store the same day. You can check out the sixty second promo for Jib: Tape 4, after the jump.

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Top 12 Videos Of 2016

As we approach the end of the year, it’s time once again to kick off our series of year end posts. Every year, we publish a long list of videos on this site. In the fast paced environment that is the internet they are here one minute and archived the next. But before we close the door on 2016, it’s time to take a look back 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. With that in mind, we invite you to sit back, re-watch and enjoy.

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Photo Gallery: Berks Street Zine Release

On Saturday, October 1st, Steve Tassone hosted the Berks Street zine release and photo gallery at the Indie Photo Lab in Philadelphia. The photo gallery featured 35mm photography by Steve and celebrated the launch of his new Berks Street venture. Copies of the zine are available through the Berks Street online store and the gallery will be on display for the entire month of October. The Indie Photo Lab is located at 206 E. Girard Ave. Philadelphia, PA. 19125.

Brendan Mulrooney contacted us with a gallery worth of photos he shot and developed during the Berks Street zine release and was kind enough to send them over to share with us. Don’t forget to follow Brendan @barackobrendan on Instagram and check out his Flickr for more. You can check out the entire gallery of photos after the jump.

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Berks Street – Only In Philadelphia

Steve Tassone has been hard at work turning a dream into reality. Earlier today, Berks Street BMX officially launched their website / online store in addition to releasing the brands first promo titled “Only In Philadelphia”. Along with the launch of the website, Berks St. has also released their first zine which consists of 40 pages of 35mm photography taken by Steve Tassone. Berks Street will be hosting a photo gallery / zine release tomorrow night (Saturday, October 1st) at 7pm at the Indie Photo Lab located at 206 E. Girard Ave. Philadelphia, PA. 19125.

You can check out some more info about the promo after the jump and don’t forget to check out the Berks Street website for all your BMX needs in the greater Philadelphia area.

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