CREW SPOTLIGHT #5
July 14th, 2019
NOTE: All crews have been asked the same set of questions:
- Where is your crew based out of and can you name the people involved?
- What are the reasons you started a crew? Have they changed?
- What do you do as a crew? (make stuff, travel, film, have events, etc.)
- Should other people start crews? Why?
- Anything to add?
iMix
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1. iMIX CREW is based out of the High Desert (Apple Valley, Hesperia, Victorville, etc.) of Southern California. iMIX is a pretty big group of homies, but the main crew is: Mark Rubio, Alex Rubio, Corey Furmage, Austin Weigle, Joey Wiese, Mike Guilmette, John Estela, Scot Knatt, Logan Scroggins, Andrew Coleman, Austin Allen, Alex Mayer, Blaine Brennan, Joe Smith, Kyle Ganley, James Arneson, Pat Phillips, Marco Palacios, Zach Skjerve, Ryan Booth, Tony Acuna, and myself (Chris Furmage). Some of the homies now live in other states/cities, but the crew is living in, or from, the High Desert. Some of us see each other on the regular, while others it might be months to years. Regardless though of how much time passes by, when we get together to chill and ride, it’s nothing but good times and is like no time has passed at all.
2. Corey Furmage and myself started iMIX CREW as a way to get all the homies together to be a part of something. The idea behind iMIX was that we’re all a bunch of riders with a mix of different riding styles, interests, hobbies and lifestyles, but we share the common love for BMX Freestyle and together we form this collective. iMIX also stands for iMotivate, Inspire and bmX. Just by being you and riding, you’re motivating and inspiring other riders to have fun and do their thang. We basically all motivate and inspire each other. iMIX was also a way for us homies to get together and rep the High Desert.
3. Right now we mostly just try to get together when we can for some sessions with whoever is available. Sometimes we film for some YouTube edits. Usually we have some skatepark jams once in a while to bring the High Desert scene together. We’ve got some stickers to rep the crew, to slap around and to give out.
Getting together with your friends to all enjoy each other’s presence and have a good, fun time riding bikes and getting hyped for each other is an awesome feeling. BMX party!
4. Definitely! If starting a crew with your homies is going to motivate and inspire you to all get out more and ride, hit up new spots, film for projects/edits/IG clips, get photos, adventure and explore around new cities/places, and do whatever else BMX means to you... then that’s def a good reason to start a crew.
Get together with your friends and do whatever it is that you all enjoy doing, are passionate about, and what excites you to ride BMX and get a sesh with your friends. Whether that’s going to the skatepark, cruising and exploring around the streets, finding pools, building ramps, diggin at the trails, gettin/taking pics and filming, making edits, traveling and adventuring to new places/spots, going to jams/having events, etc.. Whatever is going to keep the passion and the love alive for BMX Freestyle.
5. Thank you to Mike Hinkens and imprimaturBMX for this opportunity to answer some questions and introduce iMIX CREW. Thank you to everyone for reading and checking us out. Much appreciated! Shout-out to BMX and everyone involved
2. Corey Furmage and myself started iMIX CREW as a way to get all the homies together to be a part of something. The idea behind iMIX was that we’re all a bunch of riders with a mix of different riding styles, interests, hobbies and lifestyles, but we share the common love for BMX Freestyle and together we form this collective. iMIX also stands for iMotivate, Inspire and bmX. Just by being you and riding, you’re motivating and inspiring other riders to have fun and do their thang. We basically all motivate and inspire each other. iMIX was also a way for us homies to get together and rep the High Desert.
3. Right now we mostly just try to get together when we can for some sessions with whoever is available. Sometimes we film for some YouTube edits. Usually we have some skatepark jams once in a while to bring the High Desert scene together. We’ve got some stickers to rep the crew, to slap around and to give out.
Getting together with your friends to all enjoy each other’s presence and have a good, fun time riding bikes and getting hyped for each other is an awesome feeling. BMX party!
4. Definitely! If starting a crew with your homies is going to motivate and inspire you to all get out more and ride, hit up new spots, film for projects/edits/IG clips, get photos, adventure and explore around new cities/places, and do whatever else BMX means to you... then that’s def a good reason to start a crew.
Get together with your friends and do whatever it is that you all enjoy doing, are passionate about, and what excites you to ride BMX and get a sesh with your friends. Whether that’s going to the skatepark, cruising and exploring around the streets, finding pools, building ramps, diggin at the trails, gettin/taking pics and filming, making edits, traveling and adventuring to new places/spots, going to jams/having events, etc.. Whatever is going to keep the passion and the love alive for BMX Freestyle.
5. Thank you to Mike Hinkens and imprimaturBMX for this opportunity to answer some questions and introduce iMIX CREW. Thank you to everyone for reading and checking us out. Much appreciated! Shout-out to BMX and everyone involved
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Murky
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1. We’re based in and around London, and have all grown up near there. The crew is Max Albertelli, Pablo Linares, Louis Gentle, Nathan Goring, Sam Jacob, Rollo Martin, and myself, Greg Pearson.
2. I starting riding with these guys soon after they started operating as a crew. We were all getting into street riding after growing up riding shitty trails and skateparks, with a strong mountain bike influence. There were a number of early ‘Murky’ street edits that were fun to film for and that’s where the motivation started. Nowadays we are a close group or friends and most of the boys live together, so the crew remains even when we aren’t riding.
3. As mentioned above, it started with something like 15 Murky edits being made- each getting better and better. We then got hold of some better cameras like a canon xm2, and things got a bit more serious. We started filming for our DVD “passable stunt video 1,” and that became the main focus for a few years. We went on a few holidays and European road trips amongst that, but decided to keep the first DVD strictly London footage. There has always been a strong creative motivation in the crew and the standard has kept being pushed higher as we progress with filming and riding. It’s been a lot of fun to make our mark on the UK street riding scene and try do our own thing.
4. For me, being part of a crew gave a whole new motivation to riding and progressing. Filming for a DVD with everyone made it feel like we were part of something bigger and more meaningful than just throw away online edits. Everyone’s riding complements each other’s and I think we’re better as a unit. Of course the friendships are invaluable and the memories and opportunities too. Who wouldn’t want to be part of something.
5. We’re (hopefully) coming to the end of filming for our sequel DVD. We have hours of footage stacked, but were not done yet. I know there is lots of sore backs, broken vx’s and distracting girlfriends in the group at the moment, but hopefully it’ll get done soon so look out for that. I think it’s going to be a good step up from the first DVD.
2. I starting riding with these guys soon after they started operating as a crew. We were all getting into street riding after growing up riding shitty trails and skateparks, with a strong mountain bike influence. There were a number of early ‘Murky’ street edits that were fun to film for and that’s where the motivation started. Nowadays we are a close group or friends and most of the boys live together, so the crew remains even when we aren’t riding.
3. As mentioned above, it started with something like 15 Murky edits being made- each getting better and better. We then got hold of some better cameras like a canon xm2, and things got a bit more serious. We started filming for our DVD “passable stunt video 1,” and that became the main focus for a few years. We went on a few holidays and European road trips amongst that, but decided to keep the first DVD strictly London footage. There has always been a strong creative motivation in the crew and the standard has kept being pushed higher as we progress with filming and riding. It’s been a lot of fun to make our mark on the UK street riding scene and try do our own thing.
4. For me, being part of a crew gave a whole new motivation to riding and progressing. Filming for a DVD with everyone made it feel like we were part of something bigger and more meaningful than just throw away online edits. Everyone’s riding complements each other’s and I think we’re better as a unit. Of course the friendships are invaluable and the memories and opportunities too. Who wouldn’t want to be part of something.
5. We’re (hopefully) coming to the end of filming for our sequel DVD. We have hours of footage stacked, but were not done yet. I know there is lots of sore backs, broken vx’s and distracting girlfriends in the group at the moment, but hopefully it’ll get done soon so look out for that. I think it’s going to be a good step up from the first DVD.
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@greglesspeg @albaghetti @nathangoring @getpegsordietrying @lordmunchkin @bollobartin |
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Repose
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1. Repose is based in Oxford, England. There's only a few of us left here though because everyone's off living life. A general list: Jack Appleton, Richard Pal, Arlo Union, Toby McAfee, Av Evans-White, Max O'Neill, Will Lewis, Joe McRae, Sam Wheeler, George Baird, Todd Hart, Matt Anderton, Tom Meeson, and the TM, Steve Vasquez.
2. When I met the guys, I had just returned to Oxford after my work experience year in Paris for University and didn't really know many people except a few local mates who didn't ride. I went to a skate plaza a few miles away and there was 5 or 6 dudes there all on BMX bikes.
We all hit it off and pretty quickly we were cracking jokes and planning future sessions. They told me about the T-shirt brand they'd started just for somewhere to compile all their footage for web edits.
They filmed with a Sony VX1000 which has the same grimy appeal as the Animal videos which I had grown up watching. The influence from riders like Scerbo and Gralla was obvious. There's a clip I always remember of Jack doing a full speed, 12 o'clock icepick on a drop down ledge which I always compare to one of Ratkid's icepicks in CUTS.
Not much has changed since then, we still film and take photos. Jack has a mixtape series called Mandem, which is on number 8 I think... We still ride Oxford as much as possible and now we dig and ride trails at the local spot. Jack still only rides street with O.G Animal Scerbo bars.
One of the reasons we always talk about as to why we film/take photos is so we'll have something to look at when we can't ride anymore! The idea of being an old dude watching old videos of ourselves is rad to me.
3. We make stickers and T-shirts when we have an idea we all like! Our latest couple are Shaq (O'neill) and Jay Sato (Sony CEO when the VX was released) holding VX's. Jack had an idea to rip a screenshot of Shaq with a VX and use the clip from the screenshot to create a promo. We don't do regular drops because we're not consistent at all!
We've put out one full-length video on Vimeo, 'OUT HERE'. Jack also has a mixtape series called Mandem on his Vimeo which is where most of our footage goes.
We've done a few of trips to Rotterdam (shoutout to 010BMX!), we went to Texas Toast in 2014, and filmed a little trip video. We're going to Texas again this year to ride and for one of our mate Steve's wedding.
4. Yep, people should start crews. Why not? Just don't start vlogging.'
5. Just enjoy riding bikes with your friends and don't take shit too seriously. Cheers to anyone who supports us, all the other crews, and Mike for the opportunity to be a part of this!
Link for our full-length video 'Out Here': https://vimeo.com/86063558
Link to Jack's 'Mandem' series: https://vimeo.com/user1767404
2. When I met the guys, I had just returned to Oxford after my work experience year in Paris for University and didn't really know many people except a few local mates who didn't ride. I went to a skate plaza a few miles away and there was 5 or 6 dudes there all on BMX bikes.
We all hit it off and pretty quickly we were cracking jokes and planning future sessions. They told me about the T-shirt brand they'd started just for somewhere to compile all their footage for web edits.
They filmed with a Sony VX1000 which has the same grimy appeal as the Animal videos which I had grown up watching. The influence from riders like Scerbo and Gralla was obvious. There's a clip I always remember of Jack doing a full speed, 12 o'clock icepick on a drop down ledge which I always compare to one of Ratkid's icepicks in CUTS.
Not much has changed since then, we still film and take photos. Jack has a mixtape series called Mandem, which is on number 8 I think... We still ride Oxford as much as possible and now we dig and ride trails at the local spot. Jack still only rides street with O.G Animal Scerbo bars.
One of the reasons we always talk about as to why we film/take photos is so we'll have something to look at when we can't ride anymore! The idea of being an old dude watching old videos of ourselves is rad to me.
3. We make stickers and T-shirts when we have an idea we all like! Our latest couple are Shaq (O'neill) and Jay Sato (Sony CEO when the VX was released) holding VX's. Jack had an idea to rip a screenshot of Shaq with a VX and use the clip from the screenshot to create a promo. We don't do regular drops because we're not consistent at all!
We've put out one full-length video on Vimeo, 'OUT HERE'. Jack also has a mixtape series called Mandem on his Vimeo which is where most of our footage goes.
We've done a few of trips to Rotterdam (shoutout to 010BMX!), we went to Texas Toast in 2014, and filmed a little trip video. We're going to Texas again this year to ride and for one of our mate Steve's wedding.
4. Yep, people should start crews. Why not? Just don't start vlogging.'
5. Just enjoy riding bikes with your friends and don't take shit too seriously. Cheers to anyone who supports us, all the other crews, and Mike for the opportunity to be a part of this!
Link for our full-length video 'Out Here': https://vimeo.com/86063558
Link to Jack's 'Mandem' series: https://vimeo.com/user1767404
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1. We’re based out of Exeter in the south west of England. The crew is Jamie Skinner, Harry Mills Wakey, Tom Butland, Conor Danzelman, Tom Baker, Ben Comer, James Holmes, Oscar Daeche, Aidan Laing, and a few others.
2. The main reason the crew and all the social media started was because we wanted to start on a full length video as it had been 10 years since the last one from our home city. It’s all changed a little bit since we dropped the video last year, a few people moved away and some have started riding less, but there are now talks of starting another project as people are becoming more motivated again.
3. Like I said before, it all started because we wanted to make a video. When we were doing this, we went on countless street missions around the UK and 7 overseas trip and have done more since. We also had a small line of T-shirts that came out last year. Jamie Skinner with the smallest amount of help from the rest of us runs a big event every year called Cookie Jam in memory of a local rider to raise money for charity. He has raised over £10,000 in past 8 years of doing it. We’ve also thrown a few local drum and bass nights as well that get pretty wild, haha.
4. One hundred percent, people should start crews! Who really likes riding on their own all the time? No one! Get yourself a crew, start riding more, have more fun, push each other to get better, then maybe start projects like us - film, travel, meet more crews, make friends, and stay motivated. What more do I need to say!
5. Firstly shout out to you Mike for the opportunity! Then to all the boys for the good times, The local shop “The Boarding House” keeping the scene alive through all the rough times. And shout out to all the other UK crews out there holding it down! Cheers.
Your can watch out video HERE.
2. The main reason the crew and all the social media started was because we wanted to start on a full length video as it had been 10 years since the last one from our home city. It’s all changed a little bit since we dropped the video last year, a few people moved away and some have started riding less, but there are now talks of starting another project as people are becoming more motivated again.
3. Like I said before, it all started because we wanted to make a video. When we were doing this, we went on countless street missions around the UK and 7 overseas trip and have done more since. We also had a small line of T-shirts that came out last year. Jamie Skinner with the smallest amount of help from the rest of us runs a big event every year called Cookie Jam in memory of a local rider to raise money for charity. He has raised over £10,000 in past 8 years of doing it. We’ve also thrown a few local drum and bass nights as well that get pretty wild, haha.
4. One hundred percent, people should start crews! Who really likes riding on their own all the time? No one! Get yourself a crew, start riding more, have more fun, push each other to get better, then maybe start projects like us - film, travel, meet more crews, make friends, and stay motivated. What more do I need to say!
5. Firstly shout out to you Mike for the opportunity! Then to all the boys for the good times, The local shop “The Boarding House” keeping the scene alive through all the rough times. And shout out to all the other UK crews out there holding it down! Cheers.
Your can watch out video HERE.
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Don't Waste
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1. Don’t waste the tape is out of Fresno, California; pretty much the middle point from LA to SF. The crew is Reagan Riley, Brody Burrows, Eric Zarate, and myself (Mike Garcia).
@dontwastethetape_
@reaganriley_
@ericthellama
@mikeg666
@bb.brodyyy
2. The crew started because we all enjoyed filming, riding, and taking photos. All of us wanted to document the many sessions and good times we were having! The name came about as a joke actually. We’re filming with a VX so when one of us was taking a long time someone would yell “stop wasting the tape!” So, we just started calling the DVD, Don’t Waste The Tape.
3. We’ve done stickers and shirts have been talked about, but we need a plug for sure, haha. We film and travel as much as possible. With Reagan and Mike’s connects down south we usually dip to LA more than anywhere. SF is another place we love going to as well. Pretty much everyone in the crew learned to film so that’s a plus for us as well. We’re currently filming for our first full length DVD. Been a solid 2 years of filming and hoping to be done by the end of the year! So, look out for that one.
4. 100% yes! Crews are awesome. Feeding off each other’s vibes is sick. Having a crew also gets the local scene hyped. Imagine your younger self seeing a group of dudes filming, taking photos, and traveling/having a good time while riding bikes. That could get anyone stoked.
5. Shout out to anyone who’s let us crash on your couch and showed us around. Also, get a crew, film, take some photos, chill, and most importantly: have fun. That’s usually our thing: having fun. Never make anything a chore.
@dontwastethetape_
@reaganriley_
@ericthellama
@mikeg666
@bb.brodyyy
2. The crew started because we all enjoyed filming, riding, and taking photos. All of us wanted to document the many sessions and good times we were having! The name came about as a joke actually. We’re filming with a VX so when one of us was taking a long time someone would yell “stop wasting the tape!” So, we just started calling the DVD, Don’t Waste The Tape.
3. We’ve done stickers and shirts have been talked about, but we need a plug for sure, haha. We film and travel as much as possible. With Reagan and Mike’s connects down south we usually dip to LA more than anywhere. SF is another place we love going to as well. Pretty much everyone in the crew learned to film so that’s a plus for us as well. We’re currently filming for our first full length DVD. Been a solid 2 years of filming and hoping to be done by the end of the year! So, look out for that one.
4. 100% yes! Crews are awesome. Feeding off each other’s vibes is sick. Having a crew also gets the local scene hyped. Imagine your younger self seeing a group of dudes filming, taking photos, and traveling/having a good time while riding bikes. That could get anyone stoked.
5. Shout out to anyone who’s let us crash on your couch and showed us around. Also, get a crew, film, take some photos, chill, and most importantly: have fun. That’s usually our thing: having fun. Never make anything a chore.
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