PEOPLE VS. THINGS

II’ve decided it’s time we make a Stranger DVD… I have a few amazing filmers on line and the team is stoked so it should be a great time. the goal is to release it around the Summer and the title is “People vs Things” Trailer sooner or later…

This also means that we are going to be saving all our cleanest footage for the big show but don’t worry we have plenty of web goodies lined up still.

DAN KRUK PHOTO/CLIPS

NOTES FOR VIDEO

I get really excited about new BMX DVDs, then rarely watch them more than twice. It’s a pretty boring medium for the most part, especially to the casual observer who is only interested by the crash section. The increasing technical and physical difficulty of a lot of bike tricks in the videos clearly require so many attempts that the endeavor puts BMX squarely in the same category as skateboarding.

How many skateboarders does it take to change a lightbulb?
One, but it’ll take him a hundred tries.

Rather than trying to make “epic” videos of progressively more difficult, yet essentially similar-looking tricks, I’d much rather see some innovation in the way the videos themselves are filmed and composed.

Bullet time may be a little too ambitious for the low budget world of bike videos, as it requires dozens, even hundreds, of cameras.

There are other ways to make an audio-visual project look a little more interesting, using imaginative editing rather than thousands of dollars’ worth of hardware. The following made me think of utilizing a professional BMX rider’s skill and consistency in lieu of the acrobatics and martial arts, and could make for a truly engrossing viewing experience. I’m really into this band as well.

-DBZ

RAMBAZAMBA JAM

We helped throw our German distributor ALLRIDE put together this awesome steet jam, check the video here!

WANTED:PRODUCT DESIGNER

We are looking for a very casual intern/possible future employee that is good with Solidworks and 3D design. Please send any examples of your work to rich@strangerbmx.com if this seems like something you might be interested in and we can talk from there. Thanks!

STRANGER/LOTEK/PLAID

These guys will be available in a few months.

FREMONT

Jesse, Wolfman, myself and a few other friends are all working on the Fremont project again. Plenty of neat stuff to come.

LOTEK/STRANGER PLAID PREVIEW#2

Here’s another little preview of the Lotek/Stranger shirt we have coming out in a few months.

TEES THE SEASON

After the current tees move through these are 2 of the first next ones we are getting made. They are custom dyed American Apparel Summer tees so they fit like a hand on a tittie. If you are a shop and you are trying to get down with some of this shit hit me up [...]