Ali C

Quite happy with this self shot Gopro picture, I got quite lucky with the timing.

I didn't film that one as it was pretty wet and I didn't have my waterproof cover, sorry

after all my issues getting gopro studio to work and having over 30 hours spent editing footage after all the crashing I just wanted it finished so I let the quality control slip a little. Having said that, I'm editing this weekends footage and missing quite a bit out and it's already over 15 mins long!

Yeah that one was quite long, I really don't think longer videos suite older riders like us but I think younger riders brought up on youtube are still likely to watch half hour long ones. The name thing I wanted to change away from Ali C and have it closer to my actual name so that I'm not confused with certain film characters and that if anyone wants to find me it's more likely to come up as me in searches. I did get some work done by a graphic designer but they weren't "me", it's something I'll look at again at some point but from looking at other's vlogs it seems it's not 100% needed

At this point in my riding I'm looking at ways to actually earn a decent living, I'm getting a little tired at 32 and not being able to afford my own flat/house, not being able to go on holiday with my GF and not really being able to afford a vehicle. It'd be nice if the vlogs got popular enough to earn some rewards from but even if that doesn't happen I'm finding them positive in that they're making me ride more and think about different ways to do things. I feel my confidence has come on loads and instead of being kept awake worrying what I'm doing with my life I'm now kept awake because I'm too excited about ideas I get. I'm now editing together vlog number 4 which I think will be shorter and more riding based.

cheers, it started off as a bit of a piss take, I was going to use it in some random ways but I kinda missed the boat a little and now it's just there to have some repetition going.

pretty much what OOO has said, the tuck is the get the bike higher without it hitting you in the arse and the twist is to shorten the time the bike takes to get over the bar. Which way you tuck is personal preference, Danny, Myself and most BMXers will tuck to our back foot side as this is the same way we spin so it means you can do high 180 hops and general spins in riding (think tyre tap over things). Trials riders tend to tuck to the other side as you can tuck the bike up higher in sidehops and not be limited by your back foot being in the way. The down side is that it can really mess with how you bunnyhop and link everything together when riding street. I had to unlearn my spins and tucks and start again the other way, I really think it helps in the long run.

Your bike is no way ideal for straight bunnyhops, however I do find having the bars tilted back really helps! Oh, and a high front end (but not too high).

haha not quite, maybe a couple of inches taller

We're both about the same, we each win roughly 50% of the hop comps....we've maxed out at around 124cm on a REALLY good day

Thanks, I agree with the title comment, I'll get on it! I'm editing this weekends footage now, really not sure how well it'll come out. It's hard to vlog when I need my hands to build stuff (head cam next time?) plus some of the guys didn't really want to be filmed all that much. We'll see how it looks though.

Quite happy with this pic by Dave Mackison, I like the shapes and that I beat Danny haha! The quality's been raped

not had one of those for years!

I think I'd need to up my sidehop game for that!!

There's not really a bank there, just a bench which is too short to take any advantage from

new one is up now Welcome to my office

I may do the occasional real simple how-to but I have a whole other plan for them that I'd like to do.

she's good but it's all about the green tea every day!

I did think a longer bike could ride the place better, I think I'd be so rusty that I couldn't do any more than I can on my current bike though. I went out filming yesterday and I took a small tripod with me. I don't think it's perfect but the split screen could be an idea, it's all early days and I'm still finding my feet on the best way to get things done, thanks for the suggestions though

good question, I've been riding for 20 years now and progression has definitely slowed down but I don't think it's stopped. That's one reason why I changed from competitions to street, I felt I was just doing the same thing over and over and trying to get a couple more inches stopped appealing. I started street and then there was a whole new world to discover and I feel I progressed quite quickly. I still have days where I feel like I've not got anywhere or even gone backwards but then there's days I feel like I just conquered a mountain progression wise. One thing I've realised is age isn't a barrier, it's all in the mind and riding as much as possible is important to keep progressing. Edit: Speaking of progressing, I just managed to get up a rock I've been trying for the last two years, so I guess I'm still progressing

next time

I'm hoping fairly often but it's tricky not to just rush out a load of material and then not be able to think of content. I've a few ideas, I'll maybe put one out every month or every other week depending on how it goes.

I'm genuinely surprised it's going down this well. I've been reluctant to do this kind of thing before firstly because I'm a bit shy sometimes and secondly I never thought they were that good, I've always liked quality over quantity but now I see that that's me sticking to the old ways rather than moving with the times....doing these seems like a great way to bring people closer to the riding and the reality of it all. I've bought a couple of things that'll hopefully help with getting some better shots and I've plenty of ideas for my next episodes. Cheers everyone!

nice I always dreamed about launching off the ski jump to the left of that stair set and clearing the road and sea wall and landing in the slope on the other side

cheers Luke, I did try to get a look back at the walls but I didn't anticipate how low my camera was so it didn't get a good view plus it slowed down the pace of the video. The drop at 4 mins was one of my biggest for a while, must have been at least 11ft. I'll do it again when Mark comes up next