2016 Australian Grand Prix
Australian Grand Prix Stunt Shows: BMX & Mountainboard Grand Prix, Baby! As if this wasn’t at the top of our bucket list!How stoked were we to get a run a gig like this?? Like all huge events, this one came with an huge amount of paperwork. A crazy, stupid amount of red tape.. but that’s…
Mallee Almond Blossom Festival 2016
Regardless of the massive events we've been part of - there's something we love about going to new places and performing at community festivals. When we were first contacted about the MAB Festival in Robinvale we had to resort to Google Maps to see where it actually was! However, fast…
Geelong Summer Festival
The Salvation Army’s Summer Festival in Geelong in January 2015 with Big Air’s freestyle BMX, scooter and mountainboard show. Bmx Entertainment & workshops – such a great way to keep young people active and enthusiastic! Big Air School was contracted by the Salvation Army to provide a fun day of action sports…
Caulfield Races
Big, floaty, backflips and sky high supermans were all the rage at Caulfield Racecourse for the Melbourne Racing Club’s annual family day. Big Air School wowed the crowd with three huge BMX & Mountainboard stunt shows on our pop up skatepark and had an absolute ball in the process. With crew travelling…
2016 Goulburn Skate Park Competition
[caption id="attachment_4654" align="alignleft" width="700"] 'Shot of some of the supportive crowd at this great event conducted by Big Air School. — at Goulburn Skate Park' - Brett, via Facebook 26th January 2016[/caption] For the third time we were invited back to Goulburn Skatepark to run a scooter, skate…
Light the City
Light The City – BMX Shows with lighting A striking backdrop with the Harbour Bridge and the Opera House in the distance, right up against the water – Sydney Rides Festival’s ‘Light The City’ was a great event for many reasons. Our big ramp, Rampthony was lit up with green…
How do action sports benefit the community?
Action sports (like scooter, skate, BMX & parkour) are now recognised as valuable tools which encourage youth engagement, physical health and social wellbeing. If your community has issues of issues of youth obesity, anti-social behaviour or social exclusion then you should consider implementing action sports program. What are the benefits of including scooter,…
Skate & Scooter Workshops – Footprints Eco Festival
Sometimes you need a nice, chilled community event to recharge the batteries - and I'm not just talking about the local community - the same goes for us too! The Footprints EcoFestival is a chilled sustainability event held in Sydney's inner west suburb of Annandale, run by Leichhardt Municipal Council.…
BMX Entertainment at the 2015 Spring Cycle
Pirrama Park… what a delightful site for a free community cycling event! It’s the second time we’ve performed at the Spring Cycle and we were given a much bigger area which meant we could bring our big ramp, ‘Rampthony’. Our sky high BMX entertainment shows looked amazing on the Sydney Harbour…
BMX Stunt Shows – September & October 2015
[caption id="attachment_4197" align="aligncenter" width="560"] We'll be performing THREE times (three different events) at this year's Sydney Rides Festival.[/caption] Our travelling BMX Stunt Shows will be doing the rounds during 2015! With our performances finely tuned and a team of amazing riders - we are all set to entertain crowds around…
2015 East Arnhem Land – Gove Skatepark NT
Thanks for putting on another awesome event for the kids of East Arnhem Land guys. See uz next year - Angie, via Facebook [gallery type="rectangular" size="medium" ids="4684,4685,4686,4687,4689,4690"]
Tour Fails
[caption id="attachment_4183" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Last known photograph of the Man Magnet. Taken at our event in Copley, Flinders Ranges - shortly before it became an extremely large paperweight.[/caption] 1) That time the bus blew up in the middle of the desert. With 6 people & 2 tonnes of gear, 300ks from where…
10 Things to know about running a skatepark event
10 things to know about running a skatepark event: A youth worker’s guide With experience spanning over 250 events at skateparks around Australia, here are some valuable insights we’ve picked up along the way… 1) Don’t run a skate event. Despite ‘skate’ being the iconic discipline for skateparks, in our…
Youth Worker Resources – Benefits for your community
Action sports, youth engagement and the community: Info for youth workers There has been a surge in popularity of action sports (scooter, skate, BMX & parkour) as tools for community managers and the recognition of these sports to encourage youth engagement, physical health and social wellbeing. If your community has issues…
Youth Service Resources – Funding
It can sometimes be a big stretch for small or regional communities to find the finances to cover a Big Air School Event. We get that, and while we do try and run the program 'on a shoestring' it can be very expensive to take our gear and staff to…
FMCG brands starting to embrace action sports
There is no doubt that action sports are starting to give traditional sports a real run for their money (punny! Ha!) with over 80% of young people aged between 13 and 17 picking up a bike, scooter or skateboard at least once in the last 7 days. Recently there’s been…
Sponsorship and the Youth Market
Freelance journalist, Tom Watson chats with myself and a few athletes to get a better understanding of youth perception of action sports sponsorship. Action sports such as BMX and scooter are bucking the trend of traditional sports, where females often struggle for recognition. With a growing number of girls…
Imperial Guesthouse Manildra
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text]This is a short clip for the Imperial Guesthouse in Manildra. We stayed there for a few days during The Amped Tour and absolutely loved it! Apologies to the owners - we had been there for a while when we made this clip - so it's not exactly spotless,…
Blog
Issue Four. Saturday, 23rd of November. This week is the first of our 'How TO Series' to be filmed at skateparks around Australia. Jack talks us through how to do a bar spin at Bathurst Skatepark. If you have any tricks you want some help with, whether it's for scooter,…