Today Guettler, Ross D, Jasmine, Niki & myself started cleaning up the new warehouse/office. It was a pretty cool feeling to know that this place will be the hub for all things Colony over the years ahead. I am really excited about the changes ahead & I am looking forward to getting stuck into working on it all. Thanks to everyone that helped out today, really appreciated.

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Alans BMX in the UK who are our distributor there sent over this new Colony advert they are running in an upcoming issue of Ride UK. Nice, simple & to the point. I just thought I would share with you all here.

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Finally made it back last night into Brisbane. It really is a long drive from Melbourne to Brisbane no matter how many times I have done it before. It’s good to be back though & now all the hard work begins setting up the warehouse & moving forward with all things Colony.

To all the stores out there in Australia needing & waiting on product, it will be ready for despatch the week of February 9th. Many thanks for your patience & support in these new & exciting times for us.

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Alex & myself are making our way back home to Brisbane after leaving Canberra this morning. It’s been a long day of driving & we stopped off at Forster to ride the park there. It was a chilled session & a great chance to stretch our legs. The park has a cool section made out of wooden logs which is a challenge to ride. Tomorrow we will hit up a couple more parks before arriving back home finally.

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Zac Miner, Alex Hiam & myself left Melbourne today for the long drive home. To pass time in the van Alex did some work on Zac’s ink & showed his true art skills. We made it to Canberra this arvo & are staying at Zac’s place for the night. To stretch our legs we dropped off at Tugga’s for a roll. Zac & Alex had fun there & we took a few pics for the site. Enjoy.

Zac’s ink & a pic of Wallis on Zac’s fridge.

Alex & Zac stunting it up.

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It’s been in the pipeline for almost 6 months now but I have finalised details on some major changes with Colony as a company & the way Colony will be distributed here in Australia.

The biggest change is that Triplesix Distributions will no longer be the distributor for Colony products in Australia & I will be doing this myself out of Brisbane. This is in effect immediately but I wont be fully operational with stock until early to mid February.

For all the stores in Australia this means you will need to contact me directly for your Colony needs & I will be in contact with those shops that had orders in place with Triplesix for 2009 products very soon. So for any store that wishes to continue stocking Colony or would like to start, please contact me via email at (info@colonybmx.com.au) I will have full contact details soon such as phone numbers & fax numbers.

This also means that for any warranty issues please contact me directly & not Triplesix Distributions. I will take care of any issues that may arise with our products as I totally stand behind them.

We will also have a whole new art direction for our 2010 range with Cooper Brownlee from Focalpoint BMX becoming our new art director. I welcome Cooper to the family & look forward to the years ahead working with him.

I would like to thank Triplesix Distributions for all their support from the start for Colony & I really do acknowledge & appreciate their involvement in getting Colony to where it is today.

Lastly, I have taken sole ownership of Colony now with Chris Harrison no longer being a part of the company. I thank him for his efforts over the years & wish him all the best in his future projects.

What does all this mean for you, the rider? It means you can look forward to Colony moving in the right direction & having a fresh new look ahead. Once again, I thank you all for your support for Colony & without your support Colony is nothing. I am excited at the changes at hand & can’t wait to show the world what Colony is capable of.

Liam’s new advert which is due out soon. This is Cooper’s first job for Colony, a fresh new look.

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Pretty much the whole team is injured right now. The trip has taken it’s toll on us all. Yesterday was a huge day of sun burn, heat stroke, oh & some riding too.

Alex Hiam crashed hard on a double whip over the box in practice so didn’t get to ride in the expert finals. He is OK though so all good.

Peta Shepherd rode girls park & did well enough to get 2nd place even with a bar end to the stomach the night before.

Ryan & myself flew the flag in pro park. Ryan rode well enough to make the finals with some original lines that no one else did. He destroyed his back wheel & had to use mine on his second run & went for a double backie but slightly looped out. Ryan didn’t ride the finals though due to his 3 broken toes amongst other injuries. Smart move I say.

I just flopped around & did a few nose picks. I can hardly move today with the bruises I have from the trip. Feeling like an old man for sure, haha.

Simon O’Brien rode the pro flatland contest which was really cool to watch. It was good to see a legit flatland comp in Australia take centre stage with a really cool atmosphere. Simon rode well enough to score 2nd place. Stoked.

Happy Australia Day to everyone as well !!

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We are all hanging out in Melbourne for the BMX Games this long weekend. Some good riding going down so far & more to come I am sure with pro park later today. Speaking of good riding, Alex Hiam qualified in 6th place in expert from a field of 50 riders & has his final on today ay 11am. Can’t wait to see him kill it. See you down there…

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I thought I would post a bunch of random pics here from the trip for you all to check out. It was a great success & everyone had the best time. Be on the lookout for magazine coverage & a DVD later in the year. Thanks again to everyone that came out to say hi & all the support everyone showed us at each stop. We really do appreciate it.

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Yesterday we had an in store at Strictly BMX in Southbank & it was huge. Marc & Paul organised something really original & had ‘live’ tee shirt printing while you waited. Everyone had the chance to order their very own custom Colony or Strictly tee which was made right before your eyes. If you check their site soon you will be able to order these limited edition exclusive tee’s. They also put on a BBQ for us as well which was very much appreciated. Thanks guys !!

After the in store we headed to Flemington banks for a session & Zac Miner did a wallride no one else has done yet. Zac rules, plain & simple. Everyone had a great time & I only wish I had something like Flem banks in Brisbane, it’s such a good spot.

That night we went to Rampfest for a session but we were all too wrecked from the last 2 weeks of riding that only Alex Hiam rode. Alex proceeded to kill it with huge moves all the while dodging the masses of people. It was a pretty crazy night & everyone got a bit loose to say the least.

Our ‘official’ trip is now kinda over & we’re now just gonna chill for the BMX Games this weekend. I would like to thank all my team riders for being as cool as they are & for making the trip a huge success. I would also like to thank Cooper Brownlee for taking pics all the trip & Stu Munro for filming all the action. Look out for stories in 2020 BMX, Focalpoint & DIG magazine soon. We will also release a DVD from all the action as well.

Thanks also must go to Jerry Badders at Vans USA as well as everyone at Vans Australia for the support. John Buultjens from Forgotten Bikes also helped out as well & I appreciate it for sure mate.

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank every single shop that we visited for their hospitality & support. I would like to thank every rider that came out to say hi at these stores & at the parks we visited. Without you guys, Colony is nothing & I thank you all for your support.

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Tuesday we had an amazing in store at Sealy’s Cycles down in Frankston. Peter & the boys really showed us some great hospitality at their store with a great BBQ & we gave out so much free product that we almost ran out of everything. The response was amazing at this store which really makes these things feel so worth the effort. Thanks Sealy’s Cycles !!

After the in store we headed to the park at Frankston for a really fun session. Everyone was having a good time it was good to ride with the many locals. After our ride there we headed off on some street missions headed by Cooper Brownlee & also rode the infamous random concrete ‘U’ pipe in Moredialloc. Fun times.

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Nick Gascoine, Dan Gascoine & Liam Fahy-Hampton have started a blogspot which you can check out by clicking here. Rumour has it that Ryan Guettler is also having something to do with it as well. Should be interesting to see what it’s all about…

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