One year ago The Albion visited Seth Kimbrough in his home town of Huntsville, Alabama. The plan was to finish shooting his interview in issue 2, which had been started in Austin and Oklahoma months before. On the day of the flight from London, devastating tornadoes ripped across Seth’s home state killing over 340 people....
Rubio Rodríguez lives the hills below the El Tiede Volcano in Tenerife, Spain. He rides for Fly, eats Tortilla for breakfast, has an all year round tan, sleeps all afternoon and smokes – he’s as Spanish as they come. For all the non-bilingual English riders planning a trip to Spain this summer, Rubio has translated...
An interview with Jason Forde by George Marshall & Johann Chan. In South London lies a long stretch of smooth green tarmac surrounded by a high metal fence. The overlapping yellow markings on the floor map out zones and boundaries of basketball, football and tennis, but enter through the wire gate on any given Sunday...
Hardback books are rarer in BMX than an openly gay footballer in the premiership league. The hardback is a format reserved for those very few words and photographs valued enough by their audience to endure years of page turning, pleasure and attention. Very few photographs or words are simply good enough to need such a...
It took the collective effort and motivation of four people to start The Albion and it’s safe to say that without any one of those individuals the magazine would never have been brought to life. So – although it may sound a little arrogant to say it – if I personally had never started riding...
For our US launch issue we interviewed none other than Van Homan, amongst others. Here are the overflow photographs shot mostly during a cold week in Van’s blue collar home town of Pennsville, New Jersey. The full interview ‘Diary Of Madman’ is in the current issue.
Liverpool’s Dub BMX are in the final weeks of filming their heavily anticipated video ‘Home Grown’. For issue 1 The Albion joined Scott Ditchburn, Chris Mills, Josh Roberts, Dan Lacey (injured), Dub Jack and Frenchy for a winter filming trip to the deserted island of Majorca, Spain. Here’s the overspill photos saved from the drip tray.
For someone who can’t drive, i have an unhealthy obsession with maps. I particularly love looking at those long and iconic roads that criss cross America. I haven’t got any particular interest in owning a car, have no interest in specification, horsepower, reliability or MPG, but the act of driving, or rather being driven on...
This piece is about how easy it is to grind a handrail and how all you need – no matter how you acquire it – is a little confidence. Being new to this blogging lark I’m not sure how personal these posts are supposed to be. This story is about how listening to the radio...
Renowned filmer & Mutiny Bikes part owner Joe Simon lists his top 10 filming pet hates. Lets get technical. No ambient audio in the clips… You need the natural riding sound – tyres, grinds, voices, etc. Sound is so important to making a film. Get a mic if you are using a DSLR. Also remember to...
Around 6 months ago, whilst peeking over the ever talented James Cox’s shoulder, I caught sight of a rough edit of short, concise clips from around the world, loosely put into a timeline. After being a little coy about its purpose, James eventually told me about the project you see finished above. This hypnotic, 2.25...
If Geoff Slattery were an animal then he’d be a kind of flying-equestrian-merman. That may not sound particularly flattering but, hang-around, there’s a complement lurking in there somewhere. The “Rolling With The Punches” article in issue 7 very nearly didn’t happen. From the very start the project was an uphill struggle and – even with...
