The Yea | Fuckswitit Fridays #3: Mattheyea

Last night, The Yea released the third installment in their ongoing “Fuckswitit Friday” series. The latest video features two minutes of footage from Matt Smith (@mattheyea) riding everything from pole jams and cellar doors to tight Jersey barriers and even tighter transitions. The video was filmed and edited by Matt with additional filming provided by Marc Sechrist, Austin Cogar, Joshua Hymans, Angus Tuttle and Ryan Muschlitz. Click play and check it out!

The Yea | Fuckswitit Fridays #2: Groovy

The second installation in The Yea’s new “Fuckswitit Friday” series was released online last night. The video features riding from Ryan “Groovy” Muschlitz, and was filmed and edited by Matt Smith with additional filming provided by Pat Quinn and Justin Palmer. Ryan delivers a solid minute of street riding that is sure to get you pumped to go ride something gully. Keep it locked to The Yea for more “Fuckswitit Fridays” and don’t forget to check out their full line of goods and Ledge Dressing.

The Yea | Fuckswitit Fridays #1: Trees

Yesterday, The Yea opened up a new series of short videos being uploaded to their YouTube channel on Fridays aptly titled, “Fuckswitit Fridays”. First up is Josh Hymans, better known as Trees610. The video was filmed and edited by Matt Smith with additional filming by Ryan Muschlitz and does a great job showcasing Trees unique style of street riding. Keep it locked to The Yea for more “Fuckswitit Fridays” and don’t forget to swing through their online store and scoop some Winter goods including the “Fuckwitit” Beanies, now only $10.00.

Ride PA BMX – Issue #1 (Available Now)

We are proud to announce that Ride PA BMX – Issue #1 is now available through our online store. Issue one is composed of sixty pages of original content spanning the Spring / Summer of 2017 as documented by a variety of contributors and is printed on 5.5” X 8.5” gloss pages in full color. Supplies are limited. A second and final run of the zine will be available in a few weeks and a digital version will be available online free after the second run is sold out. You can read a comprehensive list of the zines content after the jump.

Dedicated in memory of Lorenzo Velazquez.
Rest in Peace.

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The Yea: Fall 2017 Release

The Yea have released their new fall line of soft goods through their website. The fall line includes several new shirt designs, hats, vinyl decals, magnets, lighters and even patches. All of the new products are available for purchase now with the exception of the “Olive Gas Caps” which sold-out during the presale. The release of the fall line of goods is the culmination of over a year of hard work by Matt Smith which involved designing, sourcing materials, printing and sewing all of the goods himself.

The Yea have also dropped a new video to accompany the release of the fall line which includes riding from Angus Tuttle, Marc Sechrist, Matt Smith, and Ryan Muschlitz with filming / editing by Matt Smith and additional filming provided by Marc Sechrist, Angus Tuttle, Pat Quinn, and Liane Battista.

Random Mix | JIB: Tape #4

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.

Ride PA BMX – Issue #1

To coincide with National BMX Day, we are proud to announce the official launch of our new zine. Ride PA BMX Issue #1 will be available in mid to late August and spans the Spring / Summer of 2017. The zine is 5.5″ x 8.5″, printed in full color on gloss paper and features over 60 pages of original content from the Pennsylvania BMX scene. A digital release of the zine will also be available for free once copies of the zine have sold out.

Special thanks to all the photographers, riders, writers and Matt Smith. You can check out a complete list of the zines contents after the jump.

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The Yea – Ledge Dressing Promo

Matt Smith at The Yea was hard at work during the winter months refining three new and improved versions of The Yea’s Ledge Dressing. These new handmade waxes are now available for purchase through The Yea’s website. To coincide with their availability, The Yea have also released a promotional video. The video not only showcases these new waxes, but also features riding from Marc Sechrist, Matt Smith, Angus Tuttle, Shilo Staniech, Eeshond Kirk, Matt Loughead, and Ryan Muschlitz putting the goods to the test. Filmed and edited by Matt Smith with additional filming by Marc Sechrist, Pat Quinn, Joey Campoli, Matt P, Austin Cogar, & Buck Milliken.

The Yea – Standard Def 7

The Yea have just released a new edit titled “Standard Def 7” which serves as a follow up to their previous “Standard Def 6” which dropped online nearly a year ago. “Standard Def 7” was filmed during the winter of 2016 and features riding from Matt Smith and Angus Tuttle with filming and editing provided by Matt Smith, and additional filming by Marc Sechrist and Josh Hymans.

Review // JIB: Tape Four

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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5 Facts + Trees Extras

“I can be bit of a show off but every time I see a baddie I gotta pop sum nice.”

1. He attempted to crank arm a rail with no chain.
Seen at 1:22 in the extras.

2. The song was changed a week before upload.
We originally were going to use No Heart by 21 Savage but a week before the video was ready the track got used.

3. He broke his stem mid sesh & swapped it and kept riding unaffected.
He snapped his stem and went to a totally different top load stem and kept riding no problem.

4. He sang R Kelly through the handi rail hop.
Seen at :48 in the extras.

5. He filmed his banger with my phone in his pocket blaring music.
Feeling anxious he asked me for my phone so he could get hype to try the 3. For some reason I gave him my phone without thinking twice. You can hear the music playing from it at 2:00 in the extras.

First the obvious, Name, age, and where are you from / now living?
Joshua Hymans, 21, born and raised in Allentown, PA now living in Lebanon, PA.

Earliest BMX memory?
Earliest BMX memory was when I was with two childhood friends, my brother and a old head named Mark lol shout out Mark but he took us on a ride from Southside of Allentown up into Bethlehem to hit some trails (we all ate shit that day) and we saw some dudes shredding under a bridge. I remember this one dude had wild foot plants, so that was pretty much my first time seeing real tricks done on a bike.

Where does your drive to progress come from?
My drive to progress is just to hang wit the big boys nothing more nothing less.

How long have you been riding bikes?
Been riding BMX since August of 2012 so about 4 years.

Ever impress a girl with a trick?
Do I impress females with tricks? Hell yeah! I can be bit of a show off but every time I see a baddie I gotta pop sum nice.

What are some of your influences?
Some influences definitely my brother. He’s my biggest fan and he keeps it real with what I love and what I do so shout out BIGBRO!!! Influenced by other riders? Ehh, not really, but if I see something I like I may try to add it to my bag of tricks with a touch of my “style”.

▼ watch trees full part below ▼

Josh ‘Trees’ Hymans @captintrees610
Filmed and edited by: Matt Smith @mattheyea
Additional angles by: Angel @slim_bmx
Music: 21 Savage – No Target (prod. by Brodinski)

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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