We are proud to announce that Unit has officialy joined forces with Australia's Kawasaki Racing Team for 2010. Unit has been evolving it's team of elite MX athletes recently, and KRT has added even more firepower to the Unit MX group. Check out Kawasaki's official press release below...

The Kawasaki Racing Team is pleased to announce that highly successful clothing company Unit has joined forces with KRT as a valued team sponsor in 2010.

The addition of such a successful brand as Unit to the Kawasaki Racing Team’s family of sponsors is indicative of Kawasaki’s commitment to aligning itself with other quality and respected brands in its quest for Championship glory.

KRT Manager Troy Carroll is excited about the collaboration between KRT and Unit saying, “We are driving the team to set high targets both on and off the track and with a company such as Unit joining our team in 2010, it highlights that quality brands want to be associated with a strong and professional team such as the Kawasaki Racing Team.”

“I personally would like to thank those at Unit for their willingness to be a part of our team, not only for 2010 but into the future.”

KRT Principal, Kevin Crutcher says, “It’s great to see Unit coming on board and joining all of our other great sponsors. The clothing is second to none and the team loves wearing it. We look forward to bigger and better things with Unit in the years to come.”

CEO of Unit, Ian Everest says, “We’re really excited to begin this relationship with the Kawasaki Racing Team.”

“As Australia’s leading motocross casual clothing brand, it is a great fit to be represented by such a strong team for 2010.”

“We’re also pleased to be working with Troy Carroll. His professionalism and championship winning experience will be great for the team.”

KRT looks forward to a successful and productive relationship with Unit throughout 2010 and beyond. For more information about Unit, visit www.unitriders.com

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Pic: FRMX editor Simon Makker and Aussie FMX rider Rhys Hillier force 5 guys and their gear bags in the hire car! haha

Yesterday we brought you the Farm Jam from Kelly Mcgarry's perspective. Plenty of laughs, good riding and all round good times. Now it is time to hear from the rest of the team, and there is definitely no shortage of memories! Check them out below...

PS: Joe skipped the questions, and just sent a full update, bloody Sheppo.... How you doing, alright?!

 

BRETT  FREW 'Frewmeister'

Time spent in travel? I came to the Farm a month ago to dig and havent left yet.

Riding Highlights?  I saw a million things I never thought I would see on my jumps go down. ALL the BMX blew my mind, it was next level. Jake Prebble went about 8 feet out of the dirt quarter and Kane 720'd a fast big double that only one person has ever 3'd before! Levi Sherwood dropping bombs! And NZs fastest racer Scott Columb with 90 deg whips on small jumps.

How did you go? I fixed my rear tyre twice during the comp but rode solid when I could dammit

Gnarliest crash? Callum Shaw fully threw his MX bike on a 70ft dirt jump then got up and jumped again about 8 seconds later

Funniest story? Markooooo

Final Thoughts? Lets do it again next year and add more radness

 

LEVI SHERWOOD 'Shezza'

Time spent in travel? Two and a half hours each way.

Riding highlights? Riding with all the boys, don't really have one highlight as such. Just a bloody good weekend all round

How did you go? Yeah not too bad

Gnarliest crash? Well i got to give this one to Steve Sommerfield for sure, although Callum Shaw took a good looking digger aswell

Funniest story? Listening to Sheppo give everyone who podium an Aussie nick name.

Final Thoughts? Awesome comp / weekend, cant wait to go back next year.

 

NICK FRANKLIN 'Franger'

Time spent in travel? 4 hours either way

Riding highlights? Riding the course for a few hours, its a fun track to ride

How did you go? Good, till my bike bogged

Gnarliest crash? Mine, it wasnt that great but i'll claim it

Funniest story? The nurse telling me im an idiot thinking the human body has a bone
called a scaphoid in the wrist, it's in the thumb! haaha

Final Thoughts? It was a cool event and i met some new riders and some old friend
which was rad, i just wish i was a part of the event day in the end

 

DAN FREW 'Frezza'

Time spent in travel? It's 18 steps to me Moto, and by time Ive clicked 5th, Im rolling my Track

Riding highlights? Everybody killing it! All the right people ended up at the top!

How did you go? Sweet, had heaps of fun riding with all the lads, Invited too many young rippers to get any of my Prizemoney back! Didnt place, my brain was a bit wrecked after being sooo busy, and havent been on my bike enough lately..

Gnarliest crash? Steve playing Tag with me Mid Air

Funniest story? Seeing 5 Aussies and all their gear jammed into the smallest rental available! 4 gearbags hanging off roof with some string!

Final Thoughts? Couldnt have asked for a better day out riding in me backyard, massive cheers out to everyone that helped us nail it!

 

JOE SHEPPARD 'Sheppo'

 guys, back in Aus after the Farm Jam and I've got to say it was probably the most fun I've ever had at a comp. Dan Frew had prepared an awesome moto course, which had a bit of everything in it, and when we were having a break from riding we could watch the bmx and mtb boys shredding the incredible lines Brett Frew had put together.
 
Some of my favorite moments of the trip were:
 
-Watching Levi do a perfect turntable to one hand lander off a dirt kicker
-Jake Bowens massive dub nacs
-Can't remember his name but the guy front flipping the drop on a bmx - insane!
-Dane Searles going stupidly high down the whole line and jumping over the half pipe.
 
Then there were some other awesome moments like:
 
-Giving everyone Aussie nicknames... Yeah Franga!
-Watching Dane do mad skids and max doughies on the AG200
-Smoking Levi in the neutral race down the hill
-Having beers around the fire with Shezza, Rosco, Davo, Franga, Evo, Twisty, Chinga, Makka and MARCO!!!
 
A huge thanks to the Frew brothers, you guys are awesome and I can't wait till next year!

p.s. I think we set a new record for the most amount of riders and gear bags in (on?) a Kia Rio on the way back to the airport!

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I am sure we can all agree, there is a huge lack of quality TV shows on air for action sports right now. Fuel TV has a few good up to date shows, but amongst all the repetitive surf shows, and 3 year old repeats of BMX P.I.G, the good stuff is hard to find.

And in regard to Free To Air programs, there is next to nothing.

Well we are stoked to give you word on an awesome show airing every Saturday at 7pm on ABC3. Rush TV is produced by our friends at Eurocam, and features cool footage across a bunch of action sports from all around the world, including loads of recent clips of the whole Unit team.

The weekly shows are also repeated every Sunday at 11am and 4pm, but you can also head to the RUSH TV WEBSITE and check out a heap of single clips, as well as some previous full episodes. So if your bored at work, it is the perfect way to burn hours and hours of down time!

GET ONTO IT!

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Well, despite all the bad weather and issues with lighting and the rest, Cam White's Hillside Dirtjam went off without a hitch. So many amazing riders turned up and put on crazy show for the 1500 fans sprawled up the hillside at Cam's trails. We are working on a full highlights clip to be released this week, but in the meantime, check out the clip above of 3rd time King Of The Hill, Unit athlete Dane Searls! We didn't want to show you to much yet, so the run is just during practice, but the supermans Searlsy can do are definitely the biggest on the planet right now, and we can't get enough of watching Dane hang of the back of the bike over these 40 footers. Dane just went wild, and you couldn't wipe the smile off his face. He was busting everything out from 3 double whips, to flip no handers, and even had a go a new trick he has been working on... the flip double can to whip! Cam Pianta wound up with the Best Trick award again, after throwing a massive front flip over the 40 foot / big dog transfer, which is a hard enough jump for any world class rider, without throwing a super hard trick like a fronty in the mix! So congrats to you 2 guys on that, especially Pianta for coming back after a huge slam earlier which left his whole face looking like he had just done 12 rounds with Mike Tyson. Best style again went to Josh Stead, this guy is a trooper! He had so many big slams, and his whole face was busted up and bleeding, but he just kept riding, and aside from having amazing style, he has the big tricks as well to back it up. One huge crash was had by young Cris Harti, this kid is the toughest lad on the hill. He went for a huge downside whip over the transfer line, and basically fell from over 25 feet in the air, over a 40 foot gap, straight to the flat, landing almost ina belly flop position. He was knocked out cold for a while there, and got taken hospital. But we noticed he was facebooking this morning, commenting how hot his nurse is. So things must be ok for the legend. Next time we catch up mate, we can hook you up with a Jack and Coke. hahah cheers All in all, things went great, but just stay tuned to the Unit website this week for the highlights clip, we guarantee it will blow your mind!

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Finally the Unit Team Gold Coast BMX Trip video is online now! Featuring Cam White, Dane Searls, Cam Pianta, Nick Cooper and David Girsch, the trip sums up what Aussie BMX is all about! Trails, Beers, Beach, Hooters and lots of laughs.

The clip is being exclusively featured online by the worlds biggest BMX site Vital BMX, so head over right now and check it out!

Vital BMX - Unit BMX Gold Coast Trip

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Just wound up another epic day with the BMX Team on the Gold Coast. Slight change of plans, on the way to the trails we stopped into Hooters for some nachos, and ended up tearing the place up and staying for beers all afternoon. Plenty of laughs all around as the stunning Hooters girls showed the boys a good time! Check out the photos now at the link below, and you will be able to see the rest in the new web vid dropping soon...

Unit BMX Hooters Photo Gallery

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Had a huge day yesterday with the BMX Team! Started at Helensvale Cycles new ramps, hit some crazy Gold Coast Trails and then headed to the childrens hospital to visit some unfortunate kids, and tried to give them some laughs... Cam W and Dane ended up copping cream pies in the face, so was definitely worth the trip! Ended the night in our penthouse on Surfers and some beers! Good Times all round! Another big day ahead!

Stay tuned for more photos, blogs and a vide in the coming days...

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