What Next...? BMX DVD out NOW !

Check the trailer;

What Next...? Trailer from nik ford on Vimeo.

You can get a copy on ebay.co.uk or check the What Next...? Myspace page for a stockist list;

www.myspace.com/whatnextdvd

The DVD retails at £6.

The DVD features some of the UK's top professional and some of its finest underground shredders! Riders such as;

Ben Sutor
Nik Ford
Dan and Del Shepherd
Toby Forte
Kye Forte
Chris Zawlocki
Tom Elliott
Leo Forte
Simon Tabron
Olly Dale
Pete Moore
Aaron Nicholson
too name a few....

The DVD has been 2 years in the making and trust me its been worth the wait!

The DVD has loads of extras - check the list;

Bonus Riding
Stills Gallery
Falling not Flying
Mount Hawke Easter Jam 2009
Ben Sutor - 2 days, 2 spots, 2 good!
Diamondback 2010 Range edit
What Next...? Trailer
Unsung Remix
Music Credits

Free Diamondback 2010 poster in Ride UK BMX Magazine

The new issue of Ride UK BMX Magazine is out and not only do you get the FREE Ride to Glory DVD but you get a FREE 2010 Diamondback poster! Each poster has the new 2010 range on the reverse side and there are 3 different designs to collect. All the BMX team get there own main photo and feature smaller on the other two posters. Check them out below;

First up - the Nik Ford Poster;



The Dan Shepherd poster;




The Del Shepherd poster;



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Diamondback 2010 range and promo edit

Check out the video for the Diamondback 2010 range. It was filmed in 2 days in + around Bristol.

The 2010 Diamondback Pro team is myself (nik ford) and Dan And Del Shepherd.

Check out;

www.diamondback.co.uk

for more info on the new range.

What Summer BMX Jam at Redditch Skatepark 23rd August

Rich Brake has been busy organising another jam at Redditch Skatepark for Sunday August 23rd. Check the poster;

Heres what Rich said about the day;

Pro and Rookie spine
Pro and Rookie Street
Best GRIND on the grind box
Highest Air (always good for a bail or two)
1 giant game of foot down last man standing wins!!!!CARNAGE

2 live bands Stakeout and LYU

Sponsors include Monster, Duffs, The Source bike shop, valleyside distro, Entity Boardsports, K2 and a few others

£5 squid to ride
£2 squid to watch

And there will be a raffle to win a mirra co blend, with all the proceeds goin to the stephen murray fund!

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So get yourself down and remember to bring extra money so you can buy some raffle tickets!

I will try and update the blog more regularly its just everything is hectic what with the filming for WHAT NEXT...? drawing to a close. The DVD is gonna be un-real!

20 stair handrail

Nik Ford - 20 stair rail. Photo by Ben Sutor

Ive been wanting to hit this rail for awhile but truth be told its massive and ive been nervous! It has been haunting me for to long and this morning it was dry and I'd had enough so after a few phone calls and a couple of harsh slams I got it done! Im so stoked, and I would go as far as to say it ones of the proudest moments on a BMX and I wanted to share this with you.

I obviously had the video camera running and this rail will be in my section on the dvd im currently working on. " What Next..? " should be out for Halloween, keep checking back for more information and a trailer.

Street ride in Birmingham = Good Times!

Nik Ford - 1 foot moto, Birmingham. Photo by Tom Elliott

This Sunday just gone me and the lads hooked up with Mr Matt Parker of Project 5 fame and hit the streets of Birmingham. It was an awesome day, even if we did get like 6 punctures between us all! Project 5 organise rad street jams and if you haven't been to one yet keep your eyes peeled for details on the next one which should be happening sometime in August. Check out the P5 myspace at;

http://www.myspace.com/project5clothing

The final part of the Nik Ford trilogy is on the Ride UK BMX magazine website now

The final part of the feature about the last 6 years of my life is now online over on Ride UK BMX Magazines website. Check the link below;

http://rideukbmx.com/30-seconds/seconds-day-died-part-3.html

I would like to thank everyone that has taken the time to read my story. Thank you for all the positive comments and finally thank you to Robin Fenlon/Ride for helping promote the cause.

Nik Ford - The last 6 years on Ride UK BMX Magazine website.... PART 2

Part 2 of the feature about the last 6 years of my life is on the Ride UK BMX Magazine now. Check the link below;

http://rideukbmx.com/news/day-died-part-2.html

Part 3 should be online over the weekend so I will post the link to it when it goes live.

Nik Ford - The last 6 years on Ride UK BMX Magazine website.... PART 1

Robin Fenlon asked me to pen some words detailing the last 6 years of my life for the Ride Mag and he has posted part one online today. Hit up the link below:

http://rideukbmx.com/news/day-died-part-1.html

Wearing a helmet whilst riding is something I can not emphasize enough, if I wasn't wearing one I wouldn't be typing this blog entry and sharing my story with you.

Part two will be up tomorrow and I can assure you it is more uplifting than part 1 !

In other news, I placed 2nd in the ledge jam at Redditch skatepark on Sunday just gone (see poster in post below)

Redditch Skatepark BMX Jam May 3rd 2009

Dont read to much into the jams title - I dont think the skatepark is closing or anything drastic!  Check the 13 Productions logo!  Got a few prizes to give out, T-Shirts, DVD's, pivotal seat, brake, stickers etc.

The jam will have a pro/rookie spine/mini comp and pro\rookie street plus highest hop and air, ledge jam and a special Man of the Match award for someone who is killin' it. Wether it is a pro doing mad loops and spins or some young ripper that is clearly pushing himself. Good times to be had for sure! 

Fingers crossed for good weather. 

See you there

Mount Hawke Jam 2009

Just wanted to give a big shout to Mikie and crew for organizing another rad jam at Mount Hawke on Sunday. Everyone was shredding! Massive props goes out to my boi Ben Sutor for taking the win in PRO spine! Pro spine was packed full of shredders, Martyn Tambling, Toby Cresswell, Dan + Del Sheppard etc. Check Ben's web edit below as an example as to how it shut it down!

I (nik ford) rode PRO street and for the record kept it STREET! X-up grind to bars, bars on the tight vertwall, tooth down the rail. For my stunt to end on I sent the 180 over the new double thing over the whole driveway. Got super close but couldnt slow the roll back down enough and on like my 5th go I slammed proper hard and have now got 2 bruised hips, bruised left heal, bruised right knee, stiff left wrist, grazed back and buttocks and to top it all off whiplash! 

Goodtimes.x

Ben Sutor web edit + loads of more

Quite a lot has happened this my last post so got a good update. Ive been busy filming Ben Sutor for a web edit to enter in the Nike 6.0 media apprentice lately and its now online, check it out below;

More BMX >>

and here is direct link to the mpora page

http://video.mpora.com/watch/ofUeBO4pm/

Robin Fenlon has posted it up on the Ride BMX UK website in the Nike Media Apprentice update, which im stoked about as only the good edits make the cut onto the website. Check the link below;

http://rideukbmx.com/news/nike-media-apprentice-dump-0204.html

I also got a mention on there for some geek info I fired over about Dahon’sseatpost pump in relation to an Aprils fools update that the Source were going to be making a seatpost pump for BMX’s. Check the link below;

http://rideukbmx.com/news/april-fool.html

Filming for What Next…? is going well and we’ve had a few productive filming sessions recently and ive even been off on a few secret ones! Also sessioned Perdi quite abit with Matt Parker – Project 5 (www.myspace.com/project5clothing) and Tom Elliott. Got a few photos that Iwill get up loaded soon as well.

Mount Hawke Jam next weekend 12th April - Holla! Myself (nik ford) Ben Sutor, Chris Zawlocki and Adam Galt will be in attendance.

Project 5 / DUB BMX Rampworx Liverpool Jam Edit

Charlie Jobling has posted his edit from the Project 5 / DUB BMX jam up on the seventies website now. I was asked to help film and I am credited for my work but they spelt my name "Nick Ford" not "Nik Ford" - oh well, stoked to have been asked and i know it means me! Check the edit below;

Project 5/DUB BMX Jam - Rampworx from Seventies Distribution on Vimeo.

Keep an eye out for details of the next jam.

Went and rode Perdi last night with Tommy Gunnz and AC and when we arrived i was stoked to see Homer, Chicken and Project 5 Matt there sessioning. Treats! Good times. Oh and saw some crazy dude smack the crap out of guy who stole his motorbike or something on the way to the park, this kinda tweaked me out!  People running through traffic and cars with gezzers in and i swear the guy was being punched in the head for like 5 mins! savage

Nik Ford Fat Favorites

Yo, my fat favorites are up on FAT BMX.

Click the link below;

www.fatbmx.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=6629

Bart De Jong is a legend.

Peace. x

Nik Ford Pancake / Flatty photos on Ride Mag website

Spotted on the Ride website they wanted some pancake photos for pancake day so I emailed a few over and they all made it on to the website, check out the links below;

http://rideukbmx.com/weneedyou/pancakes-winner.html/attachment/nik-ford-table-bondi-beach-photo-by-fiona-ford

http://rideukbmx.com/weneedyou/pancakes-winner.html/attachment/nik-ford-street-table-video-still-300-dpi

and of course a real pancake;

http://rideukbmx.com/weneedyou/pancakes-winner.html/attachment/pancakes-by-nik-ford


Stoked.

Project 5 / DUB BMX Jam this weekend!

Just in case you've been living under a rock the last few weeks its the P5 / DUB jam weekend in Liverpool. Get yourself there!

Its gonna be awesome! Check the flyer;



Oh and the new Ride Mag is out and i was asked to write a paragraph for the article Toby wrote wearing a helmet. Everyone should read it, take note and start wearing a lid.

Rant over, see you in Liverpool. x

BCBMX video on Vimeo

Kinda says it all in the title but you gotta check out this rad edit from Chicken. I make a cameo appearance in a few clips filming! Keep an eye out for a purple t - shirt.



BCBMX April07-August08 from Chicken BCBMX on Vimeo.


Enjoy. x

Unsung - better quality trailer uploaded to Vimeo

The compression quality of the Unsung trailer on Youtube is so poor that a couple of weeks ago i uploaded it to Vimeo. Check it out below, i think you will agree Vimeo is the way forward!


UNSUNG BMX DVD TRAILER from nik ford on Vimeo.

There are only about 70 copies of UNSUNG left so if you still havent got one you better act fast! Copies can be found it the stockist list on the Vimeo page as well as the Myspace page. Ive also got the last lot on ebay so go search - there are still a few copies out there!

Work on the sequel is going well but this winter weather is really slowing things down - arrgh ! Roll on spring time. We've got loads of spots to hit so keep checking back for updates on how the filming is going.