Some Serious Production Value

Some serious production value is being put into Life Cycles. Im getting more and more stoked about seeing this film.

Cold Ride

Dyl's been doin a lot of hard work behind the camera lately, so we traded spots and he smashed his bike and I pressed record. Not really like he took a break from working the camera though, he still used his expertise to get the angles. Despite the cold we still had a super fun session!

Adrian Marcoux/Sagerian/FullCircle

I've had the pleasure of riding behind Adrian's lens a few times, and his work is nothing less than captivating. He's able to capture so much feeling and movement in a photo that you need to sit for a moment to take in what you're looking at.


Adrian spent most of his summer teamed up and travelling with Taylor Sage, working on a feature film, Antonym, which we can all look forward to! Along the way Adrian's photos have carefully compiled into a masterpiece 'coffee table style' photo book. Due soon, it'll be one to get ahold of.


Check out Adrian's site for an amazing selection of photos! http://www.fcirclephoto.com/

Rilor Wilderness

The Demo Reel

The season is over, the snow line is creeping lower and lower. Our shooting is going to be put on the back burner for the next few months so with out further ado i bring to you our 2009 demo reel. Dont worry, we have plenty of content in the bank and we will keep you updated with mouth watering clips through out the winter.

Im Really Excited For This....

Short Ride With Howey

STUND Episode 2

Check out Episode 2.....some definite shredding going down.



Curtis

Blenkinsop......one of the sickest riders out there.

I hate poaching content, but I love watching this guy ride. Little how-to and some good shots of Blinky gettin nasty.


Curtis

Training with Brandon

Yesterday Brandon came over to do a bit of training on and off the bike. Take a look, Brandon has a new toy.

Anthill Round 2

Anthill's super packed filming scheduel brought them back to the coast to shoot more of Brandon and Stevie's seggy. Once again the weather was against us but it held out long enough for the boys to wrap up one zone we had on the list.



We witnessed one of Brandons most technical tailwhips he's ever done, which he handled like it was nothing. This shoot DEFINATELY caught some of B's most precise moves he's thrown down, leaving everyones jaw on the ground. Stevie was killing it on the hardtail despite the fact hes been out pinning his DH bike around the globe on World Cup tracks. That didn't slow him down from spinning around or goin upside down. Always a pleasure working with the Anthill crew and cant wait for their next visit!

The Still Angle

One great thing about shooting video on a DSLR is the fact that your always set up to shoot photos as well. Here is a shot of Kyle i nabbed after shooting some video. Keep your eyes peeled for more of these images.

Alpine Is Here

As promised the alpine slide is here. Its been a dream of ours to get out to explore this unreal zone that our sports legends uncovered and pioneered. Unfortunately this exploration mission happened before our 7D came in so we didnt capture any video. And sadly this dreamland is now under snow, but you can bet we have another mission planned for the future.

Coastal Crew Productions - The Webisodes

This year we are going to give you a behind the scenes look into the world of the Coastal Crew. Although you may only watch the final finished films from the comfort of your home, we want to bring you inside the lifestyle that we live. We all read about Mountain Biking in magazines and listen to the arguments between friends on who’s down tubes longer than who’s and which bike has the better head angle, but what about the lifestyle of Mountain Biking? The hanging out with your mates in the rain trying to stop procrastinating long enough to finish building the jump you started two weeks ago. The beers and parties of an evening. The places traveling takes you to. The straight up fun thats taken place on your bike. This is what people should see, this is what Mountain Biking is all about and this is what we bring to you in juicy nutrient filled filmic packages.

This teaser was filmed over the last 2 weeks since we finally purchased our own camera, the new Canon 7D. Now we can get shots crisper than a maple leaf on a frosty morning and boy have we been abusing it.

Whats Next? Our segment.

Aaron Lacrock, creator of Whats Next? Has been nice enough to upload each seggy to the web. Check out the seggy i shot with Howey below.

Semenukkkk

YES! Im loving all this super rad content flowin out lately! Had to throw this one up of our boy B! And Ryan Howard killin soo hard behind the shovel and the bike as always! So sick to see. This line looks like something we've always wanted to do, so stoked for you B. Enjoy the next 4 minutes...

Vanderhammmmm

Any footage of Thomas cannot be left unseen by anyone, especially when the Anthill crew is capturing it! There should just be a loop button.

PRO Star Series - Vanderham from Anthill Films on Vimeo.

Coastal Crew on Dirt Mag's Website.

Just spotted this little post on Dirt Magazines website, looks like someones stoked on The Coastal Crew's seggy in Kranked Revolve. Check it out;

http://dirtmountainbike.com/news/4-friends-4-bikes.html


Always nice to get props from the other side of the pond.

Cheers Dirt!

10 Minutes Of Gold

10 minute shoot the other evening with Kyle during golden hour.

10 Minutes Of Gold from The Coastal Crew on Vimeo.

Time For Some Video Production

After years of borrowing peoples gear to shoot with we finally got a camera. We spent 20 minutes shooting today after work. Check it.

Coastal Crew Meet The 7D from http://coastalcrew.blogspot.com/ on Vimeo.

Callum Jelley

We have a new contributor to the Coastal Crew. Not only is Cal a wizard with words and photos, he is also a serious shredder.







Big thanks to Mason Mashon for the shots.

Alpine Mish

Tuesday we skipped out on work and set out on a mission to the greatest place on earth. Not knowing how to get where we were going, we armed ourselves with 1 shovel, one camera, one lense and 3 bikes. To say the least it was a productive adventure. Look out for a slide show of the rest of the nuggs.

Some Real Mountain Biking - Stund 2

I am seriously looking forward to this series. Check out the teaser below.

Some lost Euro fun.

Here are a few lost pics and vids from our trip to France and Switzerland.

Aggy killin it.

Aggy flying like a cat.

Exhausted after a long contest day.

Romo and James catching the nearest lift to some of sickest trails in Morgine.

The crew high in the clouds.

Julien flipping the last jump on the Chatel Mountain Style course. And this is exactly why we love Norbs. The man can ride just about anything!



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Kranked ReJekt - Episode 7 - Chatel Mountian Style

Here it is. Chatel Mountain Style 2009. This contest was a blast, huge thanks to Sebee and the bike patrol for making this happen!! We will be there next year for sure.

Kranked ReJeKt - Episode 7 from KRANKED/ReJeK+ on Vimeo.

Chromag Hats!

Chromag has done up a limited run of Chromag hats! Out of a run of 100, no two are the same. If you're in Whistler you'll have a better chance of gettin your hands on one..if not then look to the future in hopes of new styles and larger runs! Drop the Chromag boys a line to see about availability...info@chromagbikes.com

Kranked ReJekt - Episode 6 - Balaton

Bjorn and I went on a pretty sick Euro tour at the end of June. First stop was the Balaton Bike fest at Balaton Lake in Hungary. Hungary is a crazy place and the guys riding in the contest were getting crazy too.

Kranked ReJeKt - Episode 6 from KRANKED/ReJeK+ on Vimeo.

Things have been hectic here in the office but were just starting to get on top of all the Euro footage so look out for some more edits of us shredding in Switzerland.

Kranked Revolve Trailer

Here it is, fresh off the press. Hope you guys like it.

Kranked - REVOLVE - Trailer from KRANKED/ReJeK+ on Vimeo.

Goat Style - By Aaron Larock

Man all i can say is Larock is killing it way hard! Amazing shots, and killer riding. Yeah Boys!

Whats Next? - Teaser 2

What's Next? Trailer 2 Starring: Andrew Sherry Alan Hepburn Brendan Howey Dylan Sherrard Dylan Dunkerton Eric Lawrenuk Frankie Vass Jarrett Moore Luke Fulton Mark Matthews Strahan Loken Taylor Leigh Wink Grant Sponsored by GEAX, RaceFace, Pinkbike, Banshee, Lavan Apparel and Straitline Components

MountainStyle & Good times

Dyl, Curt, Howey and myself just spent 2 weeks over in France riding bikes at the beginning of July. We werent the only Canadians in town, Steve Romaniuk, James Doerfling, Garrett Bueller, Kurt Sorge, Graham Agassiz, Boyko and the Claw were there the ride hard and bring the good times like no other. We had a few things planned for the trip and thanks to Ben Walker and Sebastien Giraldi, it all came together! Ben took a couple of us to Mount Tamaro in the Swiss Italian mountains for a few days where he had built a jump park for the resort. We did some filming for Italian TV and pinned laps on the super rowdy DH track. Ben did an amazing job of bringing everything together!

On our way back we stopped in at Scott world HQ. This is where every Scott idea, design and decision is made. Right out in the backyard they've got a huge set of jumps and a sweet pumptrack. We busted out a bunch of mini bikes and shredded everything!

Our main reason for the trip was the Chatel MountainStyle. This was the 3rd year of the big mountain slopestyle. Big rotors and big bikes were a definate for the super natural open terrain. We all had a ton of fun riding the course and the stand out move was Claw's huge 3 off the plum drop. Insane.

Top 5 was:

Kurt Sorge

Darren Berrecloth

Fabien Pedemanaud

Aari Barret

Steve Romanuik

The night before a jump jam went off and Aggy stole the show and killllllled it! Kranked Revolve was premiered in front of an epic sunset and then the celebrating began.

We had cameras rolling the whole time, so webvids are to come!

Domination

Domination Should be Brandon's middle name. This kid owned the claymore challenge! Congrats on another first place dude!

Visit from Anthill

Curtis, Dyl and I got to work on a project for Brandon and Stevies segment for Anthills premier film, 'Follow Me'. The crew came over to get things rolling for the first shoot and it was a ton of fun. We had a few complications with uncooperative weather and tight timing getting shots before Curt and I had to fly out to Europe. We did an early morning shoot to get the key shots with the good light, then caught a floatplane to the airport to barely make our international flight! We met Brendan Howey at our gate and made it to France!

Brandon Semenuk Profile - FOLLOW ME... from Anthill Films on Vimeo.

Bike Mag Spread

Pretty stoked on this. Kyle J, Kyle N and I got a nice 2 page of the x wall in this years Bike Mag photo annual. Thanks Dan Barham!

Chatel Mountain Style Course Run

Just got back from our 2009 Euro Tour! The Chatel Mountain Style was amazing. Brendan Howey and I did a helmet cam from top to bottom. Check It Out.

Chatel Mountain Style Course Run from http://coastalcrew.blogspot.com/ on Vimeo.

Whistler Time!

The Bike park is ripping and so are the local DJs....check out Pinner getting nasty on the last transfer ! 

Im coaching all five weeks of  Summer Gravity Camps, were in the tail end of the first week.  were killing it ... and happy birthday Adam!

   

Euro adventure.

Dylan, Norbs, and myself have been in France/ Switzerland for the last week.

Here is a snap of Norbs ontop of the world in Switzerland at Monte Tamaro Resort.

More photos will pop up when we get home in a week.

Curtis

Kranked ReJekt - Episode 3

Its Monday and that means a fresh ReJeKt Episode!

Kranked ReJeKt - Episode 3 from KRANKED/ReJeK+ on Vimeo.

Sam Pilgrim tells us how mountain biking has made him cool, or not? ReJekts from the film REVOLVE

If you havent see Episode 1&2 be sure to check out the ReJeKt Chanel. To see the rest of the footage of Sam be sure to check out Kranked Revolve.

Whats Next? - Trailer

Aaron Larock just dropped the trailer for his new film. It will be premiering at Crankworx in August.

Rider list is:
Alan Hepburn,Andrew Sherry, Brendan Howey, Casey Groves, Dustin Greenall, Dylan Dunkerton, Dylan Sherrard, Eric Lawrenuk, Frankie Vass, Jarrett Moore, Logan Peat, Luke Fulton, Mark Matthews, Matt Brooks, Strahan Loken, Taylor Leigh and Wink Grant

Kranked ReJekt - Episode 2

Its Monday and that means a fresh ReJeKt Episode!

Here is day 2&3 of the Kranked Revolve Williams Lake shoot. Saturday morning we headed out to Farwell Canyon to wrap up the shots for James Doerflings segment, after a long day we hit the sac ready for a morning of riding and an afternoon of driving. Sunday morning before we left for home we put Curtis (who had a bunged shoulder at the time) to work behind the lense, to say the least he killed it. Check out Episode 2 below.

ReJeKt - Episode 2 from KRANKED/ReJeK+ on Vimeo.

If you havent see Episode 1 be sure to check out the ReJeKt Chanel.

To see the rest of the footage of James and more of the Coastal Crew be sure to check out Kranked Revolve.

College Cyclery Compound update !!

The pump track has been transformed into a pump park!!
After we got home from building the sea otter pump track, our track was just not cutting it.....so we did what we do best....build it even sicker.

P.S check out Adrian Marcoux web site, he puts so much style in each one of his photos !!

Whats Next? - Out takes from last weekend.

Howey and I headed up to Whistler and Pemberton this past weekend with Aaron Larock to shoot for his full length film "Whats Next?" Which will be premiering at Crankworx, and later released on the web.

Aaron killed it, i am so amped on the footage we got. Check out the out takes from whistler. I take a nice spill getting a little too committed to a corner on crank it up and end up donating some skin.

outtakes from Aaron Larocque on Vimeo.

ReJeKt Episode 1

Hey so check this out. Bjorn and i have been slaving away getting the film done, in the midst of it we have been compiling some of the B reel footage into our new webisode series "ReJeKt." Look out for weekly webisodes for the next month or so.

Episode 1 is day 1 of a shoot that the boss man sent us on. We had to wrap James Doerflings seggy so Kyle, Curtis and I headed up to Williams lake for the weekend to grab the rest of the shots. Check out the behind the scenes footage from our 3 day trip. Look out for Day 2 & 3 next week, there are more chute lines some scrubs and roosts coming your way. Subscribe to our chanel here.

ReJeKt -Episode1 from KRANKED/ReJeK+ on Vimeo.

Shot, directed and edited by the Coastal Crew.

To see the rest of the footage of James and more of the Coastal Crew be sure to check out Kranked Revolve.

Hopkins & The Rampage

Tam of New Wave Cine is very talented behind the lense, he has a keen eye and creative vision. We havent seen much out of him since the Stund series (word is its happening again this season), but this gets me really excited. Hats off to Tam & Mike for producing some professinal web content!

Mike Hopkins Red Bull Rampage 2008 from New Wave Cinema on Vimeo.

Guest Post: Behind The Scenes With Dan Barham

Words And Photos By Dan Barham

The next installment of the always awesome Kranked series is a mere two weeks away - Kranked Revolve is slated for a June 1st release and from what I’ve seen already it’s destined to be the best yet.

For the second year running I’ve been lucky enough to work on stills for a section of the movie, and was yet again blown away by the level of riding, creativeness and craftsmanship that have been captured on film. It’s truly awe-inspiring, and as usual the Coastal Crew were fantastic to work with; if any aspiring pros out there want pointers in work ethic they need look no further than Dylan, Curtis and the Kyles for how it should be done - relentless optimism, professionalism and just general awesomeness is all these guys know.
In lieu of the magazine-bound action shots, here’s a sneak peak taster of some of the behind-the-scenes images from my time with the crew:

Every single bit of trail needs to be picture-perfect

Kyle's always stoked to drop in one more time

A sneaky teaser shot of one of the most insane structures I've ever seen. You won't believe your eyes when you see what we got.

Not only can Dylan shred at a pro level, he's an amazing VT editor as well.

It's often difficult to appreciate the size of some of these features without a sense of scale

Thank God for waterproof boots. I spend a lot of time in rivers.

A lot of my shots wouldn't be possible without help - Laura and Dan are killer assistants.

Wait till you see what they saw...

http://www.danbarham.com/

Williams Lake

The 3 of us went up to Williams lake for a few days this past weekend to finish up James Doerflings segment for Kranked Revolve. I did some mini sniping with my point and shoot, of random events from the duration of our trip.

WilliamsLake MiniSnipes from http://coastalcrew.blogspot.com/ on Vimeo.

Watch out for the multi-day web video jam packed full of riding and fun, coming soon! So keep checking back!

Curtis

Sea Otter Race Runs

I brought our little V.I.O POV camera down to sea otter a few weeks ago and got some pretty cool shots with Howey & Kage. Look out for some photos from out trip also.

Brendan Howey 2009 Sea Otter Race Run from http://coastalcrew.blogspot.com/ on Vimeo.

Kyle Jameson 2009 Sea Otter Race Run from http://coastalcrew.blogspot.com/ on Vimeo.

Monk

Heres a little promo i shot with Kyle for the Chromag Monk

Kyle Norbaten & The Chromag Monk from http://coastalcrew.blogspot.com/ on Vimeo.

Sea Otter edit off of MTBville....so sick!

Sea Otter Roadtrip Video from mtbville on Vimeo.

Brendan Howey

Howey is probably one of the coolest, nicest, RADEST kids I have ever met. He sent over these photo's from a little back yard session he had recently. Check it out.

Doing what he does.


Getting ready for the 09 season.

Howey getting steezy out of a berm and over a roller! WOW!

Curtis

So fresh!

Check out the new mtbville website! Definitely one to add to your bookmarks.

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When Otters fight back.

Not my finest moment, Wash out during Sea Otter Dual Slalom qualifier. Dislocated shoulder.....Not a happy camper after this.

See ya in June.

Curtis

1st Place yo

So the guys from the rap group called "1st Place" cruzed out to the compound yesterday, to film a music video for one of their songs called "I'm RAD". The lyrics to this song are so sick and now the music video is going to so sick! TJ the main rapper grew up mountain biking here in Nor Cal, so the first thing he did when he got out to the compound was hop on Terrys V-10 ahahahaha. We filmed everything!! I had so much fun, and A-rev and Dave the Loc cruzed up for the awesome times.....

Once I get a copy of the video Ill post it ASAP.... its going to be RADDD

Thanks Again 1st Place.

Kranked 8 - Revolve Teaser

I have been putting in the long hours at work getting this trailer ready for release. Im so stoked Bjorn has put his trust in me on this edit. I hope everyone likes it.

Kranked 8 - Revole Teaser from http://coastalcrew.blogspot.com/ on Vimeo.

Coming June 2009

A high definition tribute to the ride and the rider.

The Ride. the coolest human-powered adrenaline tool ever invented - the mountain bike.

The Rider. 15 individuals hell-bent on pushing the limits. They are crazy men who think they are normal.

REVOLVE blasts in cinematic glory from the French Alps to the lush coast of British Columbia, incorporating Dirt Jump, Trail, Freeride, Slopestyle and Downhill.

Ride zone Compound Style

Yo whats up every one.....

Seven days ago Terry, Randy , and I  packed up all of our tools and loaded up the RVs at headed to Sea Otter to build the Ride Zone. We got down there and set up the most legit compund the day befor the dirt was dumped. Once dirt was droped Zander Rev  and R dog showed up and it was game on.  Day one we had the park looking like a park, we were killing it so hard.  Day 7 now and were chillen so hard...

sorry the pics are not in order....

The track will be open on the 16th see you there!