Directed by: Rupert Walker and Brandon Semenuk (Revel Co.)
DOP: Rupert Walker
Written by Kris Vopnfjord and Rupert Walker
Producer: Brandon Semenuk
Rider: Brandon Semenuk
Title Animation: Scott Waraniak
Sound Design: Keith White & Rupert Walker
Editor/Color: Rupert Walker
Photography: Brandon Semenuk and Rupert Walker
Special thanks to Clay Porter and John Reynolds
Song 1: When All We Have Is This—Jacob Montague (The Music Bed)
Song 2: Avril 14th—Aphex Twin
Song 3: Turning Point—Generdyn (The Music Bed)
MENTIONS:
@revelco /
@rupertwalker
...Sorry, I couldn't resist. "Your Mom" jokes are still in style right?
Cheers,
I bet Semenuk could release a grainy vid of him road riding up a hill with mellow music and some old guy talking here and there and PB users would claim its the greatest edit they've ever seen.
P.S. If I was a "Fanboy" of anyone it would be Matty Miles. I really enjoy his recent solo/Matt hunter edits. @scott-townes Are you wett for Brandon Semenuk, and have to say something in denial? The only good exercise you can do is "jump" to conclusion about someone's point of recognition. KMA
Brandon is my fav MTB rider, his "UnReal", his "Lapse", and his "Raw" segments were 1000x times better than this. This just doesn't get blood flowing to any of my organs.
Sometimes I think Pinkbike dudes don't follow current BMX on the daily, but maybe it's hard to relate if it's not in the blood.
Where do you recommend I start?
Watch, ride and repeat.
www.youtube.com/channel/UCjI3-FRNbKFvnrG4iDnQCQw
BMX is the best thing ever, so in answering I'm going to start with that basic premise.
The "feeling" of riding, or being associated with it, comes (for me at least) from the cast of characters represented, vs one trick after another. And, to bring this in, one person and brand continues to present the "it" after all these years:
Terrible One, and Joe Rich.
Enjoy
there are the ones who want to be like an olympic gymnast and the ones who seek pleasure in much simpler and calmer ways on the road less traveled.
the same can be applied to the viewers of this video. some are disappointed because they wanted the most action they could get in 2.5 mins (are you in a hurry?) and for others it's relaxing and a way to get dreamy about riding your damn bike
Brandon is one of my favorite riders for sure but I don't think he's at the level of some of the top bmx street guys that can pull off huge gap to tech moves like you would see in any current bmx specific edit.
It's just very disappointed to see that I along with many other bmxers would be a match for Brandon Semenuk in a game of bike.
This is a tremendous edit due to the filming but it's a pretty bland one in terms of substance,
Anybody (non-sponsored pro) here who thinks they could beat Semenuk on a bike in anything -- even the Tour de France -- you are fooling yourself.
you throwing this kind of declaration down on a bike site, you better have some videos backing your bullshit up.
this is sideliner talk. substitute players watching the game, talkin shit, but the best they can do is run in the water bottles to the real athletes.
prove yourself and i'll be the first to apologize.
dude this guy can do a 360 downside whip to tailwhip on a full suspension mountain bike. or a cork 720 and the list goes on... if he can do that on his full sus mtb, he can do it on a bmx.
what about you?
everybody who thinks the video shows the best moves semenuk has down on a bmx, think again.
THIS on the other hand was fantastic and actually made me want to get out and find new spots. Watch it with your headphones in and really get into it (this goes for all Revel Co Videos) and the experience is even better. I understand that its tempting to complain about the riding to cinematography ratio but I still think thats what makes these videos special. If you want to watch non-stop banger riding then just go to youtube and search any number of compilation videos.
Finally in regards to people critiquing the riding itself I should mention that there were several lines in this video that would absolutely be included amongst modern pro BMX riders. Maybe not all of them, but the Table transfer at the end would not be out of place at all in a Chase Hawk edit. Additionally the 180 to Full cab and half cab barspin out would not be out of place in any modern street riders edit. We should probably remember that BMX is not his main sport and my guess is this edit was filmed in between filming mountain bike content.
This would have been a pro level BMX video 10 years ago.
Semenuk is my fav MTB rider, but MTB and BMX are totally different.
Plus - look at the conversation here. Beyond the usual "stoked" people are talking about BMX vs MTB, technical tricks vs aesthetics, emotional film-making. From a broader scope I'd say the video is a success.
Watch Drew Bezanson if you thought this was good....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V3va34MSaQ
All those locations and we get a 3 second burst of each with actually riding? I'm confused.
Reminds me of this video just not as good.
www.pinkbike.com/video/461441
I don't and many others do not have 4k monitors, the dark stuff probably looks amazing on your studio monitors, not so much on a common or garden display unit.
I liked the video overall but I don't feel stoked out of my face.
Thanks Andy