Transit Race 6

May 04, 2006

Written by Bart de Jong

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We first watched this video sitting on the couch with Robert de Wilde and Henrik Baltzersen. Watching any TV with the Wildman can be pretty chaotic. Afro Bob was the man in control with the remote in hand and fast forwarded to any race that he participated in and rewinded those races that he won. That's one way to watch Transit Race 6. The DVD has become pretty unique in the way that race footage is hard to come by. No more Crank TV these days to watch all the latest nationals on TV and Props hasn't used race footage for years. It's up to race enthusiast Colin Stiles to keep the ball rolling through Transit. If you race BMX and want to get better, buy this DVD. It's not a how-to but you are the man in control just like Robert de Wilde. You can follow your favorite pros with the remote in hand and learn from their moves.

Transit Race 6 has some old(ish) footage but where else are you going to find a good selection of USA nationals on one disc? Here's a rundown of races that got filmed by Stileman and his posse:

Fall Nationals - Del Mar, N.A.G. 5 Challenge and the ABA Grands in Tulsa, RM59 Tropical Challenge in Puerto Rico, and the NBL Christmas Classic in Florida. There's more such as the ABA Silver National (Reno), the Winternationals (Phoenix), Gator Nationals (Orlando) and the Easter Classic (Tampa, Florida). Warwick Stevenson receives a visit from Stileman and gets interviewed and the Random section has a game of Footdown (put on by.....Stileman Industries), some bonus footage and a crash section.

The filming is okay. It's not TV quality with a cable cam and 16 different camera angles and a hot chick doing the interviews. It's more in the range of a home production but well done (respect). If you live in the USA, it's easiest to get your copy through the transitvideomag.com website. Europeans can get their copy from Marco Dellosola at the races. He's the one illegally selling DC shoes and all kind of random stuff out of a carton box, you'll find him. He might be in the car park waxing the rental car too.

BdJ