The Rad Theory frontman Rhys Newling just dropped his portfolio website. It has a really nice aesthetic, and features all his videos and photography. It has photos outside of BMX, which is sweet. Check it out here

Cody Pollard sent over this this clip of himself cruising some concrete parks in Queensland. I really dug this, had a nice vibe.

Mark Schneider aka Wolfman aka the night rider is a legend in the Australian BMX scene. From killing vert ramps, to running the legendary Heavy Metal Heroes comps, Wolfman has done so much for BMX. He could tell stories about things he has seen and experienced for days. Scheider is still out there killing it and doesn't seem to slow down to much even after his terrible luck with multiple knee surgeries. This is a really good read, so check it out.


Place to ride? Beenleigh or my Backyard MiniRamp.

Favorite trick to do? fWive fWorty!!!.

Favorite trick you cant do? Vert 540 Whip, it's just an Awesome trick to watch.

Rider you like watching the most? Ryan Nyquist is my favorite comp rider of all time, no matter how much pressure he is under you can bet he will come thru with the goods.

People to ride with? Glen McLaughlin, Clint Millar, Guy Taylor, Rado Sodama plus all the Beenleigh Locals as I always have. I did enjoy the old KP sessions with Corey Bohan, Paul Robinson and the rest of those guys too.

What bike do you ride? I know Clint Millar so I have more Colony bikes than V8 cars.

Favorite Dee Vee Dee? I've kept all my Cinema Stubbs since 1991, I have over 800 now. My Loughroom is one big Home Cinema with over 600dvd's. So I'll keep it short and say my fav movie is the original 1976 ROCKY, with a special shout out to Paul Robinson and the movie FIRST BLOOD!.

BMX could do without? I'm 41yrs old so I could whinge on ramp decks for hours but being I didn't really have anybody to ride with until I was 26yrs old as I lived up north in Townsville. There wasn't any magazines, videos and the Internet hadn't been invented yet. So I still really appreciate having the people reading this to ride with.

BMX could do with more? The Australian Scene could do with some Comps. For the huge amount of Riders we have here in Australia we don't have much Comp wise. Comps are a massive headache to get running tho, I know, been there done that.

Did you ever race? Hell Yeah I did! I really enjoyed it back in the early 90's. Only moto I ever won I got disqualifed for because I spun a victory 360 on the last jump. I also Drag Raced a GTS 350 Monaro back then too, does that count?.

Favorite place you have traveled too? Greenville 2004. Spent 7weeks there with Colin Mackay and also at Josh Harrington's flat. Ramp's were ridden, bourbon was drunk, fun times.

Tricks done on resi, do you count it? No it doesn't count. But if you learn a trick in foam then take it to Resi, then Pull it on a ramp/dirt jump/down a stair case then Yes that counts. I grew up without that stuff and I wish I had Foam/resi back then. I learnt Backflips in 93' lakejumping into the Ross river where I seen a 3m croc 2yrs beforehand so appreciate what you little barsterds have nowadays.

Do you like contests? After running 15 Heavy Metal Heroes Comps at Beenleigh the answer is Yes. I loved those days.

Magazine or websites? Both.

Favorite website? YouTube.

Plans for 2012? Less Drinking more Riding. Going to the USA in september for
a coast to coast roadtrip with Glen McLaughlin. Going to be hitting up a lot of parks, trying out the Aussie accent on lots of chicks and doing the tourist thing. More Fun Times.

Raphael Jeroma-Williams from Triplesix on Vimeo.

This is Raphs new edit for Subrosa Brand. Its filmed at street spots and parks around Brisbane by Stewart Munro. Raph is one of those guys that does everything so easy and has so much power when he rides. My favorite clip is at 2.20, where it shows just what I am talking about with him just doing whatever he wants. This is a must watch, good shit Raph.

Here is a little interview with Cairns local and Unit Clothing rider David Girsch. Girsch is crazy good as you can see from the long list of edits he has had over the years, David Girsch Edits. Keep reading to find out more about the Girschy.

Place to ride? Red bull dirt pipe.  

Favorite trick to do? Barspins/turndowns.  

Favorite trick you cant do? Hangfives.  

Rider you like watching the most? Dennis enarson.

People to ride with? Basically the cairns crew Danza chris Kerley soko & mulesy plus others.  

What bike do you ride? Nightfallbikeco frame with profile wheels.  

Favorite Dee Vee Dee? Last chance by demolition or the new united one.  

BMX could do without? Riders hating on other riders.  

BMX could do with more? Funding from governments for more places to ride & more girls that ride bmx!.  
Did you ever race? Raced from the age 5-13 on n off.  

Favorite place you have traveled too? Noumea, new caledonia (amazing people & landscape).  

Tricks done on resi, do you count it? I think if your going to claim a new trick as pulled it has to be over a legit jump.  

Do you like contests? Contests can be fun. Mainly to rde with a bunch of dudes you don't normally ride with.  

Magazine or websites? Websites for sure, I still see a purpose gor magazines for sure.  

Favorite website? Vital bmx, the come up, tube8 & YouTube.  

Sponnos? Unit Clothing.  

Plans for 2012? Ride as much as possible get decent clips n pics travel n have fun!.

 
"The Coast 2 Cams DEFT Gloves Family Road trip... we have the whole Aussie DEFT crew plus Harry Main as a special guest rider stopping at selected parks and compounds along the east coast of Australia till they meet up with Cam White and the Dirt Jam comp... stay tuned so you can score free swag along the way.. special Thanks to Jetpilot, Ethika, GoPro, ODI Grips and Ogio Monster Energy."

Dave Dillewaard just put a couple of new photos up on his site Dillsyfoto.com. The update is some photos at Redcliffe skatepark which has recently been upgraded. The site is mainly just photos from Daves everyday life in Australia and California.

For a long time on Diversity when you made a comment it needed to be moderated and approved before it would go up. We will no longer will be doing this. So when you comment it will go up straight away. I guess it had been that way to stop the hate, but the reality is there is always going to be hate in BMX and there was just as much hate before the internet and trying to block it out in the comments really isn't going to do much to stop it. Waiting a day to see if your comment comes up and then to see if any one responds is silly, its 2012 and 24 hours internet time is like a week in real life time.

We will still see the comments that come in and will only be deleting truly hateful comments. Comments like "joes frontie double x-up looks like shit" or "grind something higher then a 1 foot ledge pussy" isn't classed as hateful. Comments attacking peoples families etc are classed as hateful. That being said positive comments are better. As the saying goes, if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. This should still hold true for the most part. It would be good to see more people commenting on videos as it makes the site more interesting for everyone. K now go cray.

Another little gem from Sam Chilton's Vimeo page. Dave is a rad dude for sure, and he really excels around Five Dock's marvellous bowls.

Adrian Galaz's section from the 2010 Defero dvd is now online. I really liked this, a bunch of really technical rail moves. The ender was sweet.

Adrian Galaz "Gonz" Defero 2010 DVD Section from DeferoVideoMag on Vimeo.

(Andrew Lazaruk RIDEbmx wallpaper)

MacNeil Bikes Andrew Lazaruk from Canada and George Bolter from New Zealand have recently made the trip to Brisbane to meet up with Beerwah local and Australian Macneil rider Smason Ross. There plan is to hit as many spots as they can and experience the Brisbane scene. Unfortunately it has been raining like crazy in Brisbane the last couple of weeks, so there isnt much you can ride. They are here for just over a week, so hopefully they get a bit of good weather so they can make the most of the trip. If you are in Brisbane keep and eye out for these guys.

I just stumbled across this cruising through vimeo. Sam Chilton put together this edit with Mathew Muttock and Lee Cruickshank. Shouts to Lee for killing transition.

Chris Harti has parted ways with Triplesix/Subrosa and is now on the already stacked Fit Australia team. On an unrelated note, welcome to our newest contributor Yonny Wakefield!

Instagram has been blowing up as of late. It is a social photo app for iPhone's, its basically like twitter but only photos and you can comment on them and follow people and people follow you, you get the gist. Having good people to follow makes it a lot better to use. But finding people to follow can be a little difficult. So I have made a list (in no particular order and certainly not all) of Australian BMX riders and people in the Australian BMX community that you can follow.

alexhiam - Alex Hiam
seventy_seven - Ammon Chesworth
bcjones01 - Brendan Jones
brolive - Brock Olive
colinmackaybmx - Colin Mackay
bowie82 - Corey Bohan
xarmedwithamindx - Cooper Brownlee
cosmicbeast - Mitch Wood
djbmx - Daniel Johnson
danoheadon - Daniel Headon
dillewaard - Dave Dillewaard
dngrone - Chris O'donnell
dirtywhite - Dylan White
girschy - David Girsch
glewybmx - Thomas Glew
thuggyboy - Justin Bumpstead
leezy_zingbergs - Liam Zingbergs
luxbmx - LuxBMX Store
mikeycz - Mike Czajkowski
nahyouriteminer - Zac Miner
kajewski - Nick Kajewski
nitaiw - Nitai Whitehurst
nyrm - Nah Your Rite Mate
petapanda - Peta Shepard
peterradivo - Peter Radivo
ryanguettler - Ryan Guettler
guettlerbmx - Ryan Guettler
smorriesy - Stephen Morrisey
teabaggyballs - Tom Stretton
tritto - Tristan Montagu
bigsalad - Troy Charlesworth
dishonourbrand - Dishonour Brand
estobmx - Evan Jaques
codieryan - Codie Ryan
brennoboi - Brendan Hanson
chriscourtenay - Chris Courtenay
jadanroxburgh - Jadan Roxburgh
adamhoughbmx - Adam Hough
andybuckworth - Andy Buckworth
yonnybmx - Yonny Wakefield
afraybrand - AFRAY Clothing
calvincop - Calvin Kosovich
toohey_bmx - Jaie Toohey
you_john - John Young
marn0ld - Marc Arnold

We have a new contributor here at Diversity and he goes by the name of Yonny Wakefield. So chicks get at him on Facebook.