The Backcheck Mixtape went live today at 3 pm on the Cult Crew YouTube channel. The mixtape features sections from Trevor Holotka, Chase Dehart, Andrew Quinlan, and Joby Suender, along with guest appearances by Nicky B., Kevin Vannauker, Pat Schlitzer, Ryan Niranonta, Adem Gunaydin, and many more.
Filmed by: Tom Nguyen
Additional filming by: Matt Williams & Justin Benthien
Edited by: Veesh
Nathan and Lukas Halahan have been down in Austin, Texas, for an extended road trip now that the duo is old enough to be out on the road without parental supervision. S&M has released a new video featuring some of the footage they have filmed so far during their still ongoing time in Texas. The video includes, along with a ton of great riding, some Q&A, and also includes guest appearances from Tom Dugan, Shane Halahan, Mike Hoder, Matty Aquizap, and Kurt Purpkins. Be on the lookout for more from the Halahans adventures in Texas soon.
Filmed by Justin Benthien | Edited by Charlie Crumlish
Mad Mike‘s latest video for GT BMX, Brickwork, dropped on the GT website and YouTube channel earlier today. From start to finish, Brickwork lives up to its name with Mike’s brand of rugged east coast street riding and a non-stop onslaught of heavy/technical grinds. You won’t want to miss this one. Click play, and don’t forget to subscribe to the GT YouTube channel for more videos.
Filmed by: Ryan Chadwick, Justin Benthien, Pat Quinn, Dustin Clewell, Jeff Zielinski, Dan Conway, Brad Wiedlich
Edited by: Jeff Zielinski
Dan Conway always puts it on the line when he films a video part, and his latest video for GT is no exception. ‘Sick Mutha F_cker’ is a five-minute onslaught of street riding filmed over the last two and a half years on the East Coast. Don’t forget to hit the GT YouTube and subscribe for more videos.
Filmed by: StinkPit Crew, Justin Benthien, Ryan Howard, Trent Lutzke, Andrew Brady, Kim Nickels, Jeff Zielinski
Song Credit: Overkill, “Rotten To The Core”
From the compilation album “Hello From The Gutter”
Courtesy of Nuclear Blast Records
While we were digging through the archives in search of material for our annual year-end list of the top 12 videos of the year, this one was notably missing so here it is in the name of good archiving. Better late than never right?
Back in August, Animal Bikes dropped a five and a half minute video online titled ‘Animal Bikes Philadelphia’ shot entirely in the City of Brotherly Love. The video was filmed by Justin Benthien and includes riding from Ben Lewis, Augie Simoncini, Chase Dehart, Matt Miller, ‘Mad Mike’ Guth, and more. The video also serves as an introduction to Animal’s latest pro, Johnny Raekes.
Tristan Afre has a gallery of photos on the Ride BMX website showcasing his ‘Top 10 Favorite Photos Of 2017’. Tristan, better known as Gutstains, made his way through Philadelphia earlier this year as a result of circumstances detailed in his recent ‘Stranded In Philadelphia’ photo gallery that ran back in September. Some of the photos shot during that time in Philadelphia were included in Tristan’s list of favorites from this past year including the above shot of Justin Benthien. Check out the complete gallery by clicking here.
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.
Read More “Top 12 Videos Of 2017”Animal Bikes have released their first official edit featuring John Yoh of the Chocolate Truck crew. The video was released earlier today via The Come Up and was filmed and edited by John’s brother Evan with additional filming provided by Justin Benthien. John’s introductory edit is full of solid street riding from Philadelphia and the surrounding areas that’s sure to get you hype to go out and ride. Click play and enjoy.
Earlier today, Ride BMX uploaded their recap video of The Street Series that was held this past weekend (July 22nd) in the streets of Philadelphia in support of National BMX Day. Justin Benthien was on hand during the event on behalf of Ride BMX and filmed and edited the nearly fourteen minute raw footage style video. Congratulations once again to “Mad” Mike Guth on taking home the ring at the final Street Series. Click play and check out some choice moves throughout the day by Dan Conway, Mad Mike, Jeff Purdy, Justin Spriet, Tom Dugan, Van Homan, Casey Sterling and many more.
The second mix and fourth section from “Jib: Tape #4” has been uploaded to the Jib Vimeo page. The mix features riding from Cody Neiswender, Matt Smith, Josh Stair, Chris Andrijiw, Anthony Villani, Justin Benthien, Kevin Bass, Tommy Gunn, Mike O’Donnell, Matt Spencer aka Tenna, Jersey Joe, Jamie Barnhart, Tony Meeks, Sean Carroll aka Chickenwang, Joe Kirschenbaum and Brain Donahue. Don’t forget to keep it locked right here for more sections from “JIB: Tape #4” as they are released online.
On Friday, January 20th, 2017 the fourth installment in the JIB mixtape series, ‘JIB: Tape Four’ premiered in a warehouse in the Port Richmond section of Philadelphia. For those of you who are unfamiliar, Jib is in their own words, a project that focuses on creating footage of riders that are living & riding in the Philadelphia area.
We expressed interest in reviewing the video for the website and purchased a copy through the Berks St. website. Jonathan Schimpf was kind enough to provide us with an early online viewing of the video to help expedite the review process. You can read the entire review, after the jump.
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Jesse Romano – Tailwhip
DNS BMX is a group of friends from Eastern Long Island and New York. The crew includes Mike Mann, Chris Dowd, Kevin Valot, Brian Shane, Brian “Skoopz” Scott, Justin Crofton, Jesse Romano and Jeff Purdy.
The group released a trailer for their first DVD a few weeks ago and shortly after the videos premiere Jeff Purdy was kind enough to send us through a copy to check out. Since I had some free time I figured I would pop in the DVD and give it a watch. You can read the full review for the DNX BMX “Natural Born Haters” DVD after the jump.
All photography by Brendon Mulrooney.
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