And on that note, I’d like to announce the premiere of the newest in what has been a long line of Landozine videos. 2012 marks the 10 year anniversary of Landozine and to commemorate that I am releasing a 10th anniversary video as well as a feature documentary focussing on the Capital BMX Barcelona trip that happened this summer.  The premiere will be at the Clocktower Pub on Bank St (right at the 417) on February 11th at 2pm. I’m also working on getting the Taz rented out for that evening, so after the premiere we can all head to Montreal for a shred.

More info to come.

Marc Boudreau

Best

1.BARCELONA!!!

By far the best experience this year, being able to see everyone was amazing. The spots, the partying, the shit talking and just all around good times. Made me really miss Ottawa, not the city, but the great people. Watching the level of riding on this trip showed that Ottawa is still training (Jay, that whip at Macba,first try, yea bud). For me, the most memorable times was definatly the partying. Playing dodge ball in that small pub, getting wasted at boulevard, smashing beers all day,everyday. So good!  Being able to spend an extra few weeks on my own was also a highlight. I met so many unique characters, some were great, some were shady as all fuck. But either way, a full on great experience, and can`t wait to do something like this again. dulait dulait dulait dulait! hahahaha

2.Marseille

Even if I only got to spend a few days in Marseille, the road  trip with Trejo (Caveman) and his good buddy Roman was amazing. Bombing around the backcountry in france, through vineyards and beautiful landscapes was great. The random canoe trip we went on was so much fun (yes, I went canoeing). Just hanging out by the beach ogling beauties, shit talking and drinking cheap wine. What more could you ask for.

3.Vegas

Jeff and I basically started our trip before christmas last year, touring from Van, through Cali, to Arizona and finally to Nevada. Were we finished our trip partying in Vegas for new years, I won`t go in great detail over it. Since what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, but we had a blast. Got to meet up with some sweet dudes from Winnepeg and Niagara. Drank 180oz beers at 1030am, blacking out by 12. Gong show to say the least, it was perfect.

4.Skydiving

By far the best thing I`ve done in my life. I plan on taking the entire course next summer when my buddy Rick comes out to see me. Tandem was great, but i wanna know what it`s like to do it alone. Giddy up!

5. Sex

I figure this should be in everyones top 5, well, cuz its fun, and hard to beat. Wether it`s with a girlfriend or a random. I mean, isnt that why were all here?  Smash em

Worst

1. Barcelona!

I really shouldn`t have Barcelona as my first in my worst list, but my anus still hurts from how fucked I was on this trip. I couldn`t ride, and every spot we went to made me wanna try. Every time someone landed something, I couldn`t help but feel jealous. Man oh man did I just wanna get on that lil bike and go.  Sketchy hookers chasing me throughout my time alone was getting annoying. Getting cockblocked from a thief on the beach was also bullshit, that fine German girl was so into me, when 100 feet away her friend (wich was with a buddy from hawaii) got robbed. Cock! oh, and the food, I really expected more from spain, the only thing I enjoyed eating were durums or sandwiches I made myself.

2. Spending a month in a work camp

It`s bullshit not having a life, and I`m just not cut out for it. I love my job, and doesn`t mean I won`t have to go back. But it`s still bullshit.

3. Not seeing my Family

I`ve been in Van for a year and a half now, and have yet to make the trip back home. It`s alway in the back of my mind, but with work and taking a month off for spain, it just hasn`t happened.

4.Not living with Jeff

I lived with that asshole for over 4 years, we`ve had way to many good times. And are still obviously good buddies, but it`s still weird coming home and not having someone sitting there on the come up. Or having someone to bullshit with whenever nothings going on. Living alone has alot of benefits, but having a good buddy around all the time definatly had its advantages. We all gotta grow up at some point though.

5. Sex

I can`t say I`ve failed in this department, but always could use more. And I`m sure Jeff would strongly agree. Smash em

6. Writting this

I hate writting, and hope you didn`t enjoy reading this!

Jay Leroux

Best:

-living all winter in glorious whistler BC and truly living the ski bum lifestyle

-instantly booking barcelona upon return to ottawa

-BARCELONA and whipping that place like it was my bitch! Having better connections to the night life on a different continent then I do at home is dope too.

-Sudbury trails! Always the best spot, only wish I could make it there more often!

-Josh Bs birthday/trail jam! Can’t wait till next year, bigger tricks and longer keg stands!

-Woodward and getting to ride the mini mega ramps. Ultimate way to desensitize yourself to anything else one may ride.

- Orleans crew (tommy, crazy steve and moxley at times) always sending it!

-crazy crew Canada day shows. Riding infront of so many ppl is the greatest thing ever! Made a new friend too

Worst:

-watching most of the orleans scene die do to the confusing desire to constantly be stoned! Step your shit up kids!

-separated shoulder, first injury in a while that kept me off my bike for a little bit. Only makes riding that much more desirable after.

-Woodward causing me to want to hit everything even faster then before gets scary, BUT going is fast is gnar!

Rich Redmond

Best

-Barcelona was so good it makes riding everywhere else not as much fun. Easily the best bmx trip I have ever had. Almost all my buddies were there.

-All the non bmx activities that took place, critters movie, paintball, go karting, bon fire, etc. Plenty of laughs and memories outside of 20″ wheels.

-Josh Brose jam. Other than Barcelona, this was the second most fun I have ever had on my bike, at least in a very long time. Perfect Jam should be the name.

-Josh Brose party. Perhaps a few seconds less on the keg stand and I could have enjoyed it a bit more. But it was 100% certified fun.

-Notro is always random fun.

-Snowboarding is back in style and a really fun break from just riding Taz.

-Jeff came to Ottawa. Can’t get enough of being surrounded by good people.

-Got to know a few people a bit more.

-Sudbury trails got bigger and better, once again.

-Tommy is back and shredding.

-Woodward was a great little reunion. Best part is I didn’t pee in the hot tub. Nor did I poo in the Vancouver shower (2010).

-Learning to cope and ride at different paces to make the most out of what my body has to offer.

-Almond shoes.

-DSLR is awesome for filming/photo.

-Awesome year really, I can’t list it all!

Worst

-Jorden didn’t come to Barcelona.

-DSLR kinda kills my filming vibe a bit with no zooming.

-Ottawa scene got a bit smaller again. Roland is gone, Prashant is gone, Ginger is fucked up, and Jeff/Boudreau are still not here = less friends.

-One year older and sorer.

-Didn’t get to Vancouver this year.

-Didn’t get to Tdot int he summer this year.

-Not enough Mtl street.

-Bank St. trails are a joke still (Casselman). Pray for a ramp boys.

-I will cut off my own negativity off, right here.

Jorden Guth

Worst:

1. No barcelona

2. I was Barc-a-lonely

3. Lack of cerveza

4. Not moving to Vancouver

5. Losing tricks. fuck

Best:

1. Woodward twice in one year

2. Great solo trip to Vancouver to ride with Marc and Jeff

3. Josh’s party/ dirt jam!

No serious injuries

A few people migrating back to Ottawa

Prasheel Gopal

Best:

Lots of contest traveling. 8 contests in Montreal, Toronto, Missouri, Indianapolis, Pennsylvania, Buffalo, Ottawa…and I think somewhere else I can’t remember right now.

Getting a job that pays me more than the pathetic salary I was making before.

All expense 24h trip to NYC + pay to stunt double for a chick in a music video.

Continuing to have fun on my bike and learning new tricks even after 12 years

Riding some of the biggest bars in flatland lol

Winning “best flatland” for Capital’s shoot yourself

Being in a much more centrally located position for 2012 roadtrips

Finally making podium at a North American contest (3rd place at JoMoPro 2011)

Getting 4th in the North American flatland circuit

Worst:

Leaving the Ottawa scene, and being adopted in to the “Brantford scene”, where fun and progression are much lower down on the priority list.

Getting arrested and handcuffed at Carleton U, my riding spot of a few years

Having far more ideas for new tricks than I have time to learn

Even in 4 months time, not finding a decent riding spot in Brantford

Changing jobs and losing vacation time and not being able to go to Netherlands (for Rebel jam) like I had hoped for

That time has come again when Ottawa compiles the best and worst things that happened over the past year. Here are the first batch of lists, I’m sure more will pile in as New Year’s Eve gets closer. Thanks to everyone who contributed, and for those of you who haven’t sent one in yet, you still have time.

Graham Bird

best:

trucking the “skater drop” at the Kanata Park

going to taz a bunch and just learning different tricks.

worst:

a horrible sunburn in the summer that left me with hard, oozing blisters for 2 weeks, the blisters were across by back and on my shoulder

breaking parts and brusing my heels. and i broke my toe when i was halfway done building up a new bike

Chris Chitaroni

BEST

- Josh’s trail jam. A perfect BMX event : great riding, great friends, great party. Ben D’s insane first go at dirt jumping, Jorden’s giant icepick, Josh’s awesome parents, landing flairs on quarters for the first time, amazing time.

Not so Metro – partying and letting off stink bombs in the bar, then shooting fireworks at city busses on our way to a giant burrito place all while Jorden took an absurd multitude of cabs to meet up with a girl.

- Capital BMX Shoot Yourself Contest! Great turnout for that event and for a week in the middle of summer I got to see all my friends go wild on their bikes for small (or no) prizes. (Also Steve’s Flair at Rich’s was awesome)

- My Vancouver visit, riding with Jeff and Boudreau and special Vancouver guest Leland Nightengale. Going out partying and meeting some crazy Asian girl who flashed us (mostly me) hoping that one of us had coke and then she ended up sitting on the curb with Jeff talking about how much her dad likes Judas Priest until a cab showed up.

- BAR-CE-LONA, Boulevard until 6am every day, A shitty hostel full of bed bugs, Boudreau sleeping on the balcony because he’s too lazy to clean off his bed, Ginger trolling for carp, Jeff burying garbage in the ocean, Rich haggling street vendors down to nothing, beer bombing hookers from the 4th story balcony of our hostel, meeting cute girls from the netherlands, baguette fights on the street, dodgeball matches in the bar, 10 guys with aviator glasses sitting in a creepy semi circle on the beach ogling spanish princesses, Kyle Lafleur narrowly escaping a bottle induced death, Jay and Nick being absinthe fiends… I could go on forever. That week held more memories than the rest of the year combined.

- Going to Woodward twice in one year. Always a great time, the first trip we stayed in Bud’s barn which was the most epic place to stay. Pool table, indoor basketball court AND a fireman’s pole. The second time was epic for a totally different reason because there were 13 good friends riding there as well.

- Snowboard/Taz trip. Shredding on some quebec hill all day and then thinking we’d have enough energy to ride taz all night for a rental… super fun.

- Watching Tommy get back into riding.

- The Orleans talent explosion, Tommy, Steve and Jay consistently throwing down everywhere and anywhere.

- Bonfires and Parties at Rich’s house. Almost as good as a night at Zaphods…

WORST

- Sitting in the hot tub at Woodward with 6 guys for 4 hours drinking way too many beers only to realize that the only people who ever got out of the hot tub to pee were Jorden and I.

- Tommy starting to ride again and being 10x better than he was without having touched his bike in forever. Unfair.

- Roland moving away. Awesome opportunity for him and his family, however Ottawa is now left vulnerable to bear attacks.

- Jorden not coming to Barcelona

- Our riding in our metro jam heats…

- Knee injuries, Ginger re-tearing his ACL, Rich not coming to woodward the first time due to knee pains from Joyride, and my own knee blowout at Woodward in November.

The first room we got at the hostel in Barcelona. We woke up with heatstroke.

Ginger getting his iphone pickpocketed by a transexual hooker in Barcelona.

ROLAND LABRECQUE

Best

1. Got the final inspection done on “The House that Roland and Shelley Built” making that whole thing official. Also had the official house warming party and going away party at the same time.

2. Accidently bought a house and moved to Kure Beach, North Carolina. Awesome beach town! Sand, sharks, parks, surfing, …. lots of new friends.

3. We gave Rev the choice of finishing grade 2 in his Canadian school or doing the last month in his new school….”I think I’ll go start making my new friends…”
So proud of my 8yr old son Rev for this and so many other reasons!

4. Notro Toronto – Hacked around in a heat with good friends and a Canadian legend. Even among pros some guys are just at another level. Heaton ruled!

5. Riding bikes with Rev to school most mornings.

6. Surfing. 1 block walk to waves … awesome! Still mostly paddling around but I’m starting to get it sorted out.

7. 10yr Aniversary. Hard to believe someone could put up with me for that long. Thanks Shell!

8. Riding a ton. Fun skatepark a mile from the house. My job took me to Portland for a few weeks and several weeks in Philly. Burnside and FDR … epic parks!

9. BMX is a small world. I rode at a benefit jam for Mike Tag in Portland and was recognized by fellow canuck Greg Flag. Also ran into a dude from Minnesota that I rode with in Seattle the year before.

10. Seeing my boxer Moose run on the beach after getting a bionic leg.

11. No injuries. I crash less than I used too.

12. TransJam – Greenville, NC – Rev rode in beginner and I rode in “Veteran”. Great day with my family and met a lot of new people. Every contest should have a Veterans class.

13. Woodward Trip – Very cool getting to reconnect with a large chunk of the Ottawa scene in Amish country. Lots of highlights including a few new tricks for an old dog.

14. Survived our first hurricane…actuallly I suppose that should read “Avoided our first hurricane” since after boarding up the house we got the hell out of Dodge.

15. Working on Revelin VS The North Carolinan Abominable Snow Cone Monster with Rev.

16. Caught a ball game at Fenway park.

Worst

1. Missing friends and family in Canada. Especially feeling too far away to help when times are tough for them … too many tough times for my family in Alberta.

2. Saying no (sometimes) to Rev when he asks to go the skatepark…used to be the other way around … sometimes I act like a grown up.

3. Regularly getting kicked out of my local skatepark by the police.

4. Another year without doing much filming.

5. Too many planes and airports. Philly airport sucks…nothing is ever on time there.

6. U.S. Kraft Dinner and Lipton Chicken Noodle Soup suck!

Still can’t do tailwhips with any kind of consistency.

CRAZY STEVE

Best :

3. Brose farm, the bday party for Mr Josh. An amazing time had by all. Waiting for next year’s.

2. Woodward Finally, fucking paradise! Riding that park helped tone in old and new tricks. Can’t wait for next year

1.First international trip, went to Barcelona with 10 fellow riders and had the time of my life.

Worst:

3. Listening to tommy’s excuses about why he didn’t go all the way.

2. After riding WoodWard, taz and cp don’t seem big at all.

Leaving Barcelona and coming back to this shitty 9-5 bullshit. Where’s the ocean, hot chicks, amazing spots, and fresh coconut !?! Take me back. I want to be a gyspy and roam the land

KYLE LAFLEUR

1 – We all got on the final plane to Barcelona together and once we landed we got our gear and bikes and just let the good times roll for the next week and a bit

2 – Barcelona  had so many random spots and I really liked this one and would have rode it longer but most people weren’t having as much fun so on to the next amazing spot

3 – Jumping through a hole in the ground and landing in a cave full of water makes for some amazing swimming, there was a zip line and a swing rope once you were in the cave

4 – Water slides can get boring after going down enough times but when there on you resort and the bar is open you just need a drink and couple shots then your good for a few more slides.

5 – Buds barn was a treat to stay in….Pool table, big screen tv (Left corner) and fire man pole made for lots of fun and not being in the main lodge pretty much meant no quite time after 11

6 – Basketball definitely occupied a couple hours a day that could of been spent riding but the shots from everywhere were endless. He Zack try’s a easy one from up top.

7 – Baked potatoes, beer, sausage’s and step ups. Early spring BBQ at the trails while trying to get them back into shape after the winter did its thing to them

8 – Today we eat….and we eat good! Not a whole lot beats this!

9 – The downside to a DSLR is that you need to choose between video or photos and I usually opt for video. This is the only pic I have of myself riding the dirt this year. Lookbacks will never get old though!

10 – The jumps actually “worked” for Chitaroni and he made 3 or 4 trips up here to ride them. Its funny that he lives in Ottawa and rode the trails more times then most Sudbury locals. Ride dirt pussies!

11 – This has to be my new favorite at the dirt. That berm is so much fun. Ace rode the dirt with us and jumped some big jumps….not bad for a street dawg. Here he takes the lower line while Zack flys over him.

12 – This picture doesn’t do justice for this rock. Its smooth, perfect run in that doesn’t even require a board and its pretty damn big.

13 – Once again chose to shoot way more video at this spot. The only picture I got was Jump Monkey and a quick table out of it.

14 – Rolled ankles are never good

15 – Spending the day on the beach drinking, laughing and swimming was just as much fun as riding which pushes me more to believe that its not what your doing its who your doing it with….Friends!

16 – A few post dirt session beers were always good after dark and we definitely never left the trails until a hour after dark. Who wants to go home when you can hang out here!

17 – Jump Monkey rode lots this year and definitely got dirty. I suggest you all do the same in 2012.

TOMMY HAINS

Best:

- Finally being able to ride again.

- Brose farm dirt jam, thanks for having us Josh.

- Filling my turndown quota whenever a camera was brought out.

- Crazy Steve’s prop for the Shoot Yourself video contest.

- Being back at school full-time.

- Getting to ride the Crazee-Crew box jump a few times.

- Going to play paintball was a blast.

Worst:

- Shoulder injury at Aylmer trails that took me out for a few weeks and still kinda bothers me.

- My swelbow is still there, even after almost 2 years off.

Crazy Steve’s passion for dildos making everyone uncomfortable at the skatepark and even being a distraction at work.

JOSE BRAY

Best Of 2011

-Night one of  Toronto BMX Jam

-Verde trip to Ottawa

-Fulfilling boyhood dream of riding motorcycle in desert (600kms/24hrs)

-More riders than ever in Ottawa/Ontario/Canada

-Winning 4 Best bike shop awards! (3 of which were not even our area!)

-Solid Crew at shop yet again!

-Best of list is longer than worst list!

Worst Of  2011

-Bank St construction

-Night 2 of Toronto BMX Jam

-Getting busted everywhere with Verde Team

-Bank St construction

CRO Spring Break Contest

Don’t dilly dally.

I know alot of people get stoked on going to Woodward to get their training game on, and many others are content after having gone once or twice as the parks (Lot 8/Cloud 9) don’t change much. I love going to Woodward year after year for the chance to have a good time with good people. Whether it’s riding, shooting fruit with airsoft guns, or drinking in the hot tub until 4am… It’s always a memorable experience. I’ve been twice this year and can’t wait to go back next year.

This year we were bold and bribed the Woodward attendant to let us ride the outdoor courses (40$ goes a long way in a tough economy). I was hurt by Sunday morning and didn’t get to partake in the festivities unfortunately but I did get to see everyone jump the megaramp as well as some pretty cool stuff in the legendary ‘Cage’ contest course.

Legendary Pizza.

These are the sorts of trips that make Jeff miss living in Ontario. Lets keep taking them until he comes back, and then when he gets here we’ll stop road tripping.

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Ben Kaufmann with an absurdly high hop for a guy with a shoulder injury. 41″.

Another year, another Halloween Jam. Last year we tried to do it at CP and it just didn’t have the same feeling so this year we returned to the Kanata skatepark in full force. People showed up in costumes and got rad on their bikes for some sick prizes from Ten Pack Distribution. Here are a couple of photos from the event taken by Jackson Vandewouw.

Josh Brose tried to dress up as White Trash but just ended up looking gay. Big 180 contest.

Emile won the big 180 contest. Back tire in the grass!

Here’s a video of the event.

Ryan Eles trying flairs on the lip of the Step up in Sudbury… Epic Fail. I actually sat on his chest and made him eat dirt and leaves shortly after this. Photo : Kyle Lafleur.