At FATBMX we received another issue of Props Video Magazine. We gotta give props to the PROPS crew for bringing out issues for so long. The bonus issue that came along with issue 57 is from the summer of 1996 and has a bunch of stuff including the '96 X-Games and Kris Bennett and Neil Wood interviews. If you did not have those on DVD yet, you do now when you purchase the latest Props production. It's amazing to see how far the development in production has come and watching issue 57 compared to issue 14 is a big difference. 57 starts off with a report from the Rebel Jam in Berlin, another example that the Props production has become international. Stew actually stayed for another week to do a Berlin scene report but it rained so much that week that he has to come back another time. The weekend of the Rebel Jam saw plenty of riding though which you can find back in issue 57 with riding from Hannuh Cools, Markus Wilke, Ryan Guettler, Rueben Alcantara, Bommel, Kye Forte, Alessandro Barbero, Sergio Layos and Sergei Geyer at the Mellowpark. The report ends with an insane tailwhip drop-in from Van Homan.
Still don't know what to think of them Shadow commercials. If you get it, let us know.
Minnesota scene report is up next and Tom Haugen is from there so he gets a big chunk of that action. Trails, pools, skateparks, street, backyard ramps, Minnesota seems to have it all as long as you pack everything together in a 5 minute section. Jonah Lidberg is a well rounded rider Eric Holley is another local to be reckoned with.
Jesse Whaley from Oregon gets the Bio. Jesse rides for Failure bikes and pretty much is a loose canon. Thne it's time for the Subdivision contest, followed by a St.Louis scene and an Albe's compe before getting to the Kink Demolition Derby where riders destroy their sponsored cars in the mud. After decorating the cars in their sponsor's scheme, the riders took it to the arena for a muddy ride. Very funny indeed. A bit of fire left and right didn't hold George Dossantos back to win it in the RedBull car.
The women of flatland jam (WOF-JAM) at Chengaworld pretty much wraps up the issue. Erin Donato kicks ass riding flatland and Nina Burtrago represents the women well on the street course. A few guys are mixed in with the session which gets you thinking when they're doing trains of 720-s over the box and nosepick tailwhip variations.
New products make it to the end of the issue before the credits start running. Props have been around for a long time, let's hope they'll continue with all their great video productions.
BdJ.
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