“Sorry For Partying!” Premiere

The world premiere for Tom Nguyen’s new video “Sorry For Partying!” will be taking place this Friday, June 23rd in Philadelphia. The premiere will be hosted at PhilaMOCA located at 531 N. 12th Street, Philadelphia, PA between 8-11pm. There is no entry fee for the event which will also feature art galleries by Freako Rico, D’ana/Itscovl and music by Astro 8000.

“Sorry For Partying!” was filmed by Tom Nguyen over the last two years and features riding from Adem Gunaydin, Andrew Lettieri, Andrew White, Arty Barrera, Baboon, Brandon Bunting, Brett Tocco, Breyon Woods, Chase Dehart,Chris Aceto, Chris Carter, Chris Schaeffer, Chris Griouard, Colin Varanyak, Court Freeman, Dave Raffa, Drew Quinlan, Eddie Muscle, Eeshond Kirk, Eric Tkacz, Fateem Williams, Jake Grelli, Jared Manganelli, JD Whitehead, Joby Suender, Joe Camp, Joe Niranonta, John Yoh, Josh Vodopija, Kevin Vannauker, Luke Gajtkowski, Marnold, Matt Mazzone, Mcthuggin, Menardo Simon, Mikey Almodovar, Mike Swift, Mike Ware, Mike Verdecchio, Nick Barrett, Nick Maltese, Old Man Dirt, Pat Cregan, Pat Schlitzer, Ryan Niranonta, Sean Guest, Steve Jones, Steve Tassone, Tenna, Tenzin Nyandak, and Vick Behm.

You can check out the trailer for “Sorry For Partying!” after the jump.

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JIB: Tape #4

The full length release of JIB: Tape #4 premiered yesterday afternoon exclusively on the Ride BMX website. The video, which was released and premiered back in January, was filmed and edited by Jon Schimpf, who is also the subject of the latest ‘Top Threes’ segment on the Ride BMX website. JIB: Tape: #4 features sections from Pat Schlitzer, Nick Bott, Jon Schimpf, Steve Tassone, and Joby Suender along with sections from Chocolate Truck, Stink Pit, and A-Town Trash. You can pick up a physical copy of JIB: Tape #4 through Berks Street by clicking here.

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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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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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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Philadelphia Urban Youth BMX Program

Mikayla
Photo: Ryan Navazio

Philly Voice has an article posted on their website focusing on an Indiegogo project started by David ‘Joby’ Suender and Steve Tassone (Chocolate Truck). These two Temple graduates are hoping to raise $10,000 to create the Urban Youth BMX BikeLife Program, in partnership with One Day at a Time and the Urban Affairs Coalition. You can read the full article here or make a donation to the Indiegogo project by clicking here.

The Yea | Photos From The Weekend

Pat Schlitzer – Sub-Rail

Steve Tassone – Toothpick Grind

The Yea have updated their website with another installment of ‘Photos From The Weekend’. Some of the Jib BMX crew including Pat Schlitzer, Jonathan Schimpf and Steve Tassone road tripped out for a weekend of ping pong and riding spots. Make sure you head over to The Yea to read more and check out all the photos from the weekend.

The Navi Arm Photo Update

Breyon Woods - Chain Hop Smith

Ryan Navazio has updated his “The Navi Arm” Tumblr with some more new photos of the Chocolate Truck crew. The update includes shots of Breyon Woods (pictured above) hopping a chain to Smith grind, Steve Tassone Smith grinding a wooden platform and Joe Niranonta boosting a Railhop while filming for Chocolate Truck 2. You can view the rest of the photo’s after the jump.

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Throwbacks: Whitehall Session

We haven’t posted a throwback in awhile so here’s one that was originally posted on October 4th, 2012. The Jib, Stinkpit and Chocolate Truck crews all got together and filmed a session at the Whitehall Skatepark. The edit (filmed on three different cameras) consists of riders from all three crews including Matt Miller, Steve Tassone, Nick Bott, Brendon Reith, Dan Conway, Joby Suender, Joe Niranonta, Fran Meehan, Nick Barrett, Eric Capone, Pat Schlitzer, Anthony Yock, Jonathan Schimpf, Ryan Niranonta and Tyler Butler.