Way back in November 2002 the Xbox was launched. In Perth they had a launch party at Metro’s night club. Freestyle Now squad members Shaun Jarvis and Jason Parker attended to do a bmx flatland show. The surface was glossy and slippery but tricks still went down. The below video from the night has recently been uploaded so check it out.
It’s been a bit long in the making, with trying to get everyone in front of the camera to film clips for this, the first of many Freestyle Now web plays. But it is done. The first video to contain all the Freestyle Now squad members. The concept of the video is to show the riders and their everyday riding style. Featuring Freestyle now squad members, Andrew McDermott, Billy Brooks, Brady Thomas, Callum McCauley, Dave Pinelli, Dylan Schmidt, Jason Parker, Kie Ashworth, Kim Johnson, Laurence Bakewell, Paul Chamberlain, Phillip Marshall, Shaun Jarvis, Tánh Gá, Tim Rose. We are proud to have all these riders represent Freestyle Now. Enjoy and go shred.
On New Year’s Day Freestyle Now squad members Shaun Jarvis and Jason Parker along with friends Mike Brandt and Scott Watson headed to Scarborough beach to have some flatland fun at a small location on the beach front. After a week of a heat wave the clouds came rolling in and no magnificent sunset was seen. But fun was the main agenda of the afternoon. Enjoy and ride some flatland bmx sometime.
The last round of the 2012 series of the DownUnderGround, national flatland contest series was recently held in Melbourne. Freestyle now squad members Jason Parker and Shaun Jarvis attended to ride and enjoy all the things that make riding bmx fun. The contest was fairly low key but with a good turnout of riders the day made it a great contest. Jason took out the win in the advanced class with Shaun taking the second placing. It is good to see that even though Shaun founded Freestyle Now 26 years ago and Jason joined the Freestyle Now squad in 1999 but both of these riders are still out there and competing and riding hard. Congratulations to both of these squad members on their placing.
Clockwise from top left – Jason mid decade – Shaun rolling forward in circles – Jason upside down backwards wheelie – Jason and Shaun happy chappies
Freestyle now squad members Jason Parker and Shaun Jarvis are heading to Melbourne this weekend to get amongst the other riders who are heading to the finals of the DownUnderGround national flatland contest series. This is the finals of the 2012 series which takes place at the world famous flatland location, Melbourne Imax. The DownUnderGround is what bmx is all about, the fun times, riding with friends, meeting new riders and learning new tricks.
Jason Parker hits up a decade on top of Mt Nameless in remote Tom Price.
Shaun Jarvis spinning inside circle at Manly beach while in Sydney at the last DownUnderGround.
Check out the last DownUnderGround contest in Sydney Fedruary 2012
The newest members to the Freestyle Now reserves squad Billy Brooks recently spent about two months away from his home in Mudgee. Most of the time he was rolling with Freestyle Now at various places around Australia. He also spent some time in the Gold Coast just chillin with friends and riding some. His latest video creation is full of random things from the trips he has been a part of and all the things that make BMX fun. Enjoy and stay rad.
And now for the final installment of the 9 episode series of “Behind the Bars” . this series of shows was produced by Freestyle Now of community television. The shows focused on the BMX scene in Perth and was produced during 2001 to 2002. Behind the Bars was started when Shaun Jarvis said to Jason Parker “Do you want to do a T.V. show”. So only armed with their idea and no experience in video production or even computer skills, the two Freestyle Now squad members set to task to produce the series. With each episode having to be broadcast every month the schedule of filming, editing and producing was an extremely timed task. At the end of show six the format was changed up a bit with the introduction of Andrew Romano and Paul Elwin in to the presentation. These two guys worked behind the scenes during the previous six shows.
So it’s been about 10 years since the shows went to air and now they are all up on line for the masses to see once more. If you would like to check out the previous episodes check the “Behind the Bars” page here .Enjoy
In this episode
Trails plus more trails
Amped – Heavy Weight Champ interview
How to ride trails with Ben Coffey
Warren McVittie interview
It’s time once again to unleash another episode of “Behind the Bars” the television show that Freestyle Now produced that focused on the BMX scene in Perth. It was broadcast on community television in Perth Western Australia in 2001 and 2002. Each episode was broadcast every month, so filming, editing and producing the shows were an extremely timed task. Having no experience in video work the learning curve rose sharply with each new episode. The shows were never scripted and everything was done spontaneously. So after 10 years it’s now time for the world to see episode 8 of Behind the Bars, and if you would like to check out the previous episodes check the “Behind the Bars” page here .Enjoy.
In this episode
Shaun Jarvis 20th year in bmx anniversary jam
Amped – The Fergusons interview
Joondalup youth festival bmx jump competition
Bunbury skatepark
It’s time once again to unleash another episode of “Behind the Bars” the television show that Freestyle Now produced that focused on the BMX scene in Perth. It was broadcast on community television in Perth Western Australia in 2001 and 2002. After 6 shows the format was changed up slightly for the last 3 episodes. The shows were never scripted and everything was done spontaneously. So after 10 years it’s now time for the world to see episode 7 of Behind the Bars, and if you would like to check out the previous episodes check the “Behind the Bars” page here .Enjoy.
In this episode
Freestyle Now show at Centenary of federation youth festival September 2001
Amped – Gyroscope interview
CTR safety equipment review
Belmont skatepark competition
Downunderground is the Australian national flatland contest series. Round 1 of the new series took place in Sydney on the 25th February. Billy from BullMix was in Sydney over the weekend of the contest to collected some great video clips which are in this rad edit below. Look out for Freestyle Now squad members Jason Parker, Shaun Jarvis and Paul Chamberlain riding in the video.
