I'm extremely happy that most of the dudes involved then are still part of the current team. Where are some of the guys from the first video nowadays? I think we've all upped our fashion game since then, haha, but if there is one stand out it's got to be Robbo with the tucked in shirt steeze. Smaller bars, smaller sprockets, tighter clothing, nuff timber and and no oil slick parts in sight. How was BMX fashion back then compared to now? Any admissions? Thanks to Scotty Mescal for the motivation! Which has been a great addition to my day. A few of us normally ride before work in the morning. Back then I was new to the whole self employed thing and living in America. Six years on and still very happy to live in this amazing city! Days start a lot earlier that's for sure. I think at the time of the last Brighton Ain't Ready I'd not long made the move to Austin, TX. We're hoping to raise a good amount of money for Suicide awareness with this project! Don't worry though Joe Simon fans, he's working on a Randy Taylor film for Mutiny which will be released in April next year to launch the Loosefer frame reissue. No bitter break up, Joe was just more interested in pursing his filming career then trials and tribulations of running a BMX company. I don't think Joe or I have ever really made that public knowledge as not much changed when he stepped down. I think the biggest change for Mutiny is Joe Simon being no longer involved. Six years! Damn time flies when you are having fun. How have things changed with Mutiny since you were last in Brighton six years ago? This time round it was me who headed back to Brighton for DIG with the Mutiny guys so i decided to find out how things have changed for the company and everyone involved since that first visit in 2008. Mutiny's head honcho, Gaz Sanders had only just moved to Austin, TX and their wasn't an oil slick part in sight, and when you look at the team list there are still some of the classic names in there, just now surrounded by some other talented young dudes. I'm getting to go on projects like the second incarnation of B.A.R, and witness the change in a company like Mutiny since the original video came out. I remember when the Brighton Ain't Ready video first dropped, I had probably been contributing to DIG for a year or so, but even the thought of shooting with some of those guys was a distant hope. Fast forward to today and it's all changed - now i'm actually a full-time member of the family that sparked my intrigue into humans and fired my addiction for travel. It made me want to get out there and experience it all for myself, and that's what I did my hardest to achieve. From Ricky Adam's stark black and white documentation of riding and the punk scene in the north of England, to Rob Dolecki's perfectly lit medium format treasures. I was a awkward, budding photographer and rider with tight trousers and a lot of dyed black hair, brought up worshipping DIG's visual insight into all areas of my obsession. It's something we all need to go through and if you never do there's probably something going a bit wrong! If I look back six years ago, my life was pretty different. one of those life experiences that can be both terrifying and exciting all at the same time.
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