Words by Seb Hejna
Photographs and Edit by Luke Rance
I’ve known Angus Gough for a long time now. I’ve seen him grow from a boy to a man and seen his riding change, evolve and develop into what you see in this edit. For a young guy, he’s got a wise head on his shoulders. He’s not influenced by trends or peers. He rides the way he wants, on what he wants, with who he wants, on a bike that’s set up how he wants. He’s comfortable riding at big comps in front of big crowds but equally shredding local street spots with the lads. The way he approaches his riding reminds me of how it used to be in BMX, he’ll have fun on his bike no matter where he is or what he’s riding, simply riding BMX, because it’s fun, more people should try and take this approach.
With this edit dropping, I wanted to find out the nuts and bolts of how it all happened and what went down, there’s always way more than meets the eye with these things, so Angus has shed some light on the key moments. I think it gives a good insight into Angus himself.
5 things you wouldn’t know about this edit:
1. Through various trips and random filming days this actually took 9 months worth of on and off filming to get all the clips, but easily could have been done in 2 or 3 if it had been our main focus!
2. There was probably 3 times the amount of time spent on the road than actually riding to get this done. Not a complaint though, the right people on a road trip makes the best times!
3. Luke had saved almost every snapchat story from our trips without telling anyone and that is how we got the start of the video! the memories from snapchat are amazing! I wish i had saved some too.
4. The idea of using the google earth clips came up because we needed the video to have more of a theme, rather than just a straight riding video part. I’m exited to start working on something new as soon as possible!
5. Without the help of Custom Riders, Haro, Profile and all the homies, this just wouldn’t have been possible. Massive thanks to them all!
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