Updates from punksonbikes.com

What we're about

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 01:53:35 GMT

About

This site was made with the hopes and ideas of a few people that are looking to start running a new contest series. The general idea is to have teams of five set out on a city for one weekend and to return with as much good footage as they can. The teams will put together a full, five minute video part with an approved editor. There final part will be turned in to be judged by the other riders. The following weekend, the parts will be judged at the local park by the riders and other local riders that are there.

Since then, plans to evolve into a team's page have developed. We will be working on a video and possibly a zine to be printed a few times a year. We're just looking for riders that like riding and are cool to hang out with.

Contest Information:

Rules:

The contest will be run over the course of one weekend. The start time and place will be 6:00pm on Friday evening and all footage must be turned in by 6:00pm on Sunday.
Every rider in the contest must have atleast three riding clips in their team's video.
No rider may have more than 1:30 for teams of four and 2:00 for teams of five.
Teams are made up of four to five riders.
Each team's part will be as long as the number of people on the team. So, four riders means four minutes and five people mean five minutes.
Each team must pay $50 to enter. This is the team's fee, not each person.
There is a maximum of ten teams.
There is no rules on how bikes are set up. This means if it is a bike, it is legal for this contest.
Riders may ride any spot in Indianapolis and the near by cities and towns. It's wide open so if you want to ride park, street, flatland, dirt, race, whatever, you can.
ALL riders ride at their own risk. This includes but is not limited to injuries, fines, tickets, distruction of property, etc.. If you break it, get caught riding it, or get hurt riding it, it's your fault/problem.
At the beginning of the contest, a video editor will be chosen at random for each team. The will be incharge of meeting with their appointed editor to create their team's video part. The editor may NOT be on the team that they are editing for.
All tapes will be marked at the beginning of the contest to insure no outside footage is used. All footage will be turned in at 6:00pm Sunday evening.
All submited riding is subject to future use.
After all parts are turned in, a jam at Major Taylor will take place along with judging of the parts. Parts will not be judged on editing but simply riding. The reason we are having the teams edit is to save the time it would take to watch all the raw footage ten teams would come up with in two days.
We will attempt to put a video out, using the parts that were turned in. Top six will make the video and the seven through ten would be bonus.

Zine Updates

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 01:51:06 GMT

Team BMX Zine:

About:

The zine is a way for us (mainly me) to be creative and hopefully
give back to two of my biggest influences, punk rock and bmx
(hints the name of the site). We'd really like to not limit ourselves
to just punk music and bmx but the focus will always be around those
two things. If you'd like to help out, we'll except photos, political rants,
anything about bmx, anything about punk music, music reviews, video
reviews, zine reviews, crazy stories, DIY experaments (please send
photos too), anything etc... Several people have helped out but
the zine's always short on content. If you write something for the
zine, you'll get a copy of that issue free. Likewise, if you're interviewed
or are the focus for an article, you'll also get a copy free. I've started
charging because I'm poor and I feel like I'm wasting my time.

Paying:

The current price for the zine is $2.00. Back issues can be
ordered for the price of $2.25. I'll also except trades for
other zine's as payment. If you'd like to make an order, e-mail me
and I'll give you me home address so that you can mail me
a check, C.O.D., or cash (note: if cash is lost in mail you won't recieve
the issue you ordered, sorry). Payments include shipping costs.

Advertising in Team BMX Zine:

number of ads
price

1 issue $10

4 issues $30

If you'd like to have in ad in Team BMX Zine, please contact me
(check contact page). There are set prices for half page ads listed to
the right. The price for full page ads, add $3 per issue. The price for 4-full
page ads will be set lower and can be found on the next line.
(1 issue = $13 and 4 issues = $40)

Who's reading Team BMX Zine?

Team BMX Zine is working on branching out so that it can be sold
nation wide. Right now the only people that have have been exposed
to it are mainly from central Indiana. We have two website team members
that "should" have passed some out in Oregon. We do have a MySpace.com
page as well as an InterBMX.com page. Check out both if you've got nothing
better to do. Also, Team BMX Zine may soon be found at the merch table at
Ingsoc shows (local band from around Warsaw, IN). Everyone that's
read or seen the zine and given me their opinion seems to have good
things to say about it.

Issues:

Issue 1

Issue one's avalible in back order and internet version only.

Do to limited funds, only a short run of issue one has been
printed. Because of this, two versions will appear on this
page. One that's internet friendly and one that's print friendly.

Click here to view issue one.

Issue 2

Issue two is avalible in back order only.

Issue 3

Out Now!

Issue #4

Out in late December/early January!

Ft. Wayne

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 01:49:18 GMT

Nate and I went up to OXP tonight and had a really good time. Really stooked to be on a bike again.