Super looking fwd to Melbourne Bike Fest, as it returns for the second (i think) time since its inception following a good 4 years as the MBFF.
Melbourne is often referred to as Australia’s cycling capital and for the first time I’ll have a bike down there to experience first hand.
Highlights for me next weekend are:
- Better By Bike
- Treadlie Bike Market
- Projector Bike Night
Check out the whole program here, with stuff happening from Feb 17 – March 17.
I grew up in Chapel Hill. Rode to Kenmore High with my older bro. And after school, went off-road with friends. We’d jump, skid, stack, stop to kick over dead trees, and basically sweat until it was time to ride home.
Since then, nothing beats going off-road. I mean, the memory of being a kid in the quiet bush will never go away, as each time you return, the silence is still there. The challenges are still there. Your pussy legs will still cry out for you to stop, just walk the bike up the hill, or don’t try jumping so high off the next jump.
It’s freedom. As any bike ride is.
As part of the BBF, we wanted to take an event to the bush where so many of these memories are made and continue. And so we’re going to put on RIDE IN, in Gap Creek Reserve. On the grass, under the stars. The green heart that is so often criss crossed as trails begin and end. ^Josh
The film we’re going to screen is called LIFECYCLES. Check it out here http://www.lifecyclesfilm.com.
Tickets are sold through www.moshtix.com.au
Review: Joe Lindsey
Life Cycles is lyrical, imaginative and original. It doesn’t truly tell a story, but no longform film I’ve seen better captures the sensation of riding singletrack, or speaks better to why that’s such a powerful experience.
The action-sports film was essentially pioneered 60 years ago when Warren Miller made his first ski movie, Deep and Light.
In the years since, action-sports filmmakers have proliferated in every sport. Last year, I watched Wintervention, the latest release from Warren Miller Entertainment. It’s great fun.
But from a filmmaking standpoint, Gibb and Frankowski have completely blown past anyone else’s work that I’ve seen – bikes, surfing, skiing. No one has shot like they do.
When I wrote about the lack of vision in filmmaking six years ago for Mountain Bike,Â
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I learnt that at Woolies when I was 15. Seems to have stuck… AND it’s relevant for the Brizzy Bike Fest which is only as good as the people who come. So if you have any ideas or projects that might be able to be apart of it, please let us know and we’ll try our best to accommodate. ^Josh