Privacy: For our analog parents, a diary or a personal letter could rarely be touched by authorities, not even by law enforcement searching for evidence of a crime. Objects such as these had protection over and above the constitutional privacy safeguards. For our digital children, however, the equivalent diaries and letters aren’t even considered worthy of basic constitutional privacy.

In most jurisdictions, there is a constitutional right to privacy. Law enforcement in such countries can’t just walk in and read somebody’s mail, wiretap their phonecalls, or track their IP addresses. They need a prior court order to do so, which in turn is based on a concrete suspicion of a serious crime: the general case is that you have a right to privacy, and violations of this rule are the exception, not the norm.

However, there’s usually a layer of protection over and above this: even if and when law enforcement gets permission from a judge to violate somebody’s privacy in the form of a search warrant of their home, there are certain things that may not be touched unless specific and additional permissions are granted by the same type of judge. This class of items includes the most private of the personal: private letters, diaries, and so on.

Of course, this is only true in the analog world of our parents. Even though the letter of the law is the same, this protection doesn’t apply at all to the digital world of our children, to their diaries and letters.

Because the modern diary is kept on a computer. If not on a desktop computer, then certainly on a mobile handheld one — what we’d call a “phone” for historical reasons, but what’s really a handheld computer.

And a computer is a work tool in the analog world of our parents. There are loads of precedent cases that establish any form of electronic device as a work tool, dating back well into the analog world, and law enforcement is falling back on all of them with vigor, even now that our digital devices are holding our diaries, personal letters, and other items far more private than an analog diary was ever capable of.

That’s right: whereas your parents’ diaries were extremely protected under the law of the land, your children’s diaries — no less private to them, than those of your parents were to your parents — are as protected from search and seizure as an ordinary steel wrench in a random workshop.

So the question is how we got from point A to point B here? Why are the Police, who know that they can’t touch an analog diary during a house search, instantly grabbing mobile phones which serve the same purpose for our children?

“Because they can”, is the short answer. “Also because nobody put their foot down” for advanced points on the civics course. It’s because some people saw short term political points in being “tough on crime” and completely erasing hard-won rights in the process.

Encrypt everything.

Privacy: Our parents, at least in the Western world, had a right to hold private conversations face-to-face, whether out in public or in the sanctity of their home. This is all but gone for our digital children.

Not long ago, it was the thing of horror books and movies that there would actually be widespread surveillance of what you said inside your own home. Our analog parents literally had this as scary stories worthy of Halloween, mixing the horror with the utter disbelief.

“There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being surveilled at any given moment. How often, or on what system, the Thought Police plugged in on any individual device was guesswork. It was even conceivable that they listened to everybody all the time. But at any rate they could listen to you whenever they wanted to. You had to live — did live, from habit that became instinct — in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard.” — from Nineteen Eighty-Four

In the West, we prided ourselves on not being the East — the Communist East, specifically — who regarded their own citizens as suspects: suspects who needed to be cleansed of bad thoughts and bad conversations, to the degree that ordinary homes were wiretapped for ordinary conversations.

There were microphones under every café table and in every residence. And even if there weren’t in the literal sense, just there and then, they could still be anywhere, so you had to live — did live, from habit that became instinct — in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard.

“Please speak loudly and clearly into the flower pot.” — a common not-joke about the Communist societies during the Cold War

Disregard phonecalls and other remote conversations for now, since we already know them to be wiretapped across most common platforms. Let’s look at conversations in a private home.

We now have Google Echo and Amazon Alexa. And while they might have intended to keep your conversations to themselves, out of the reach of authorities, Amazon has already handed over living room recordings to authorities. In this case, permission became a moot point because the suspect gave permission. In the next case, permission might not be there, and it might happen anyway.

Mobile phones are already listening, all the time. We know because when we say “Ok Google” to an Android phone, it wakes up and listens more intensely. This, at a very minimum, means it’s always listening for the words “Ok Google”. IPhones have a similar mechanism listening for “Hey Siri”. While nominally possible to turn off, it’s one of those things you can never be sure of. And we carry these governmental surveillance microphones with us everywhere we go.

If the Snowden documents showed us anything in the general sense, it was that if a certain form of surveillance is technically possible, it is already happening.

And even if Google and Apple aren’t already listening, the German police got the green light to break into phones and plant Bundestrojaner, the flower-pot equivalent of hidden microphones, anyway. You would think that Germany of all countries has in recent memory what a bad idea this is. It could — maybe even should — be assumed that the police forces of other countries have and are already using similar tools.

For our analog parents, the concept of a private conversations was as self-evident as oxygen in the air. Our digital children may never know what one feels like.

And so we live today — from what started as a habit that has already become instinct — in the assumption that every sound we make is overheard by authorities.

Privacy: The dystopic stories of the 1950s said the government would install cameras in our homes, with the government listening in and watching us at all times. Those stories were all wrong, for we installed the cameras ourselves.

In the analog world of our parents, it was taken for completely granted that the government would not be watching us in our own homes. It’s so important an idea, it’s written into the very constitutions of states pretty much all around the world.

And yet, for our digital children, this rule, this bedrock, this principle is simply… ignored. Just because they their technology is digital, and not the analog technology of our parents.

There are many examples of how this has taken place, despite being utterly verboten. Perhaps the most high-profile one is the OPTIC NERVE program of the British surveillance agency GCHQ, which wiretapped video chats without the people concerned knowing about it.

Yes, this means the government was indeed looking into people’s living rooms remotely. Yes, this means they sometimes saw people in the nude. Quite a lot of “sometimes”, even.

According to summaries in The Guardian, over ten percent of the viewed conversations may have been sexually explicit, and 7.1% contained undesirable nudity.

Taste that term. Speak it out loud, to hear for yourself just how oppressive it really is. “Undesirable nudity”. The way you are described by the government, in a file about you, when looking into your private home without your permission.

When the government writes you down as having “undesirable nudity” in your own home.

There are many other examples, such as the state schools that activate school-issued webcams, or even the US government outright admitting it’ll all your home devices against you.

It’s too hard not to think of the 1984 quote here:

The telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously. Any sound that Winston made, above the level of a very low whisper, would be picked up by it, moreover, so long as he remained within the field of vision which the metal plaque commanded, he could be seen as well as heard. There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment. How often, or on what system, the Thought Police plugged in on any individual wire was guesswork. It was even conceivable that they watched everybody all the time. But at any rate they could plug in your wire whenever they wanted to. You had to live — did live, from habit that became instinct — in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized. — From Nineteen Eighty-Four

And of course, this has already happened. The so-called “Smart TVs” from LG, Vizio, Samsung, Sony, and surely others have been found to do just this — spy on its owners. It’s arguable that the data collected only was collected by the TV manufacturer. It’s equally arguable by the police officers knocking on that manufacturer’s door that they don’t have the right to keep such data to themselves, but that the government wants in on the action, too.

There’s absolutely no reason our digital children shouldn’t enjoy the Analog Equivalent Rights of having their own home to their very selves, a right our analog parents took for granted.

Europe: Slack has updated its Terms of Service to let your manager read your private conversations in private channels. Our analog parents would have been shocked and horrified at the very idea that their bosses would open packages and read personal messages that were addressed to them. For our digital children, it’s another shrugworthy part of everyday life.

The analog plain old telephone system, sometimes abbreviated POTS, is a good template for how things should be even in the digital world. This is something that lawmakers got mostly right in the old analog world.

When somebody is on a phonecall — an old-fashioned, analog phonecall — we know that the conversation is private by default. It doesn’t matter who owns the phone. It is the person using the phone, right this very minute, that has all the rights to its communication capabilities, right this very minute.

The user has all the usage rights. The owner has no right to intercept or interfere with the communications usage, just based on the property right alone.

Put another way: just because you own a piece of communications equipment, that doesn’t give you any kind of automatic right to listen to private conversations that happen to come across this equipment.

Regrettably, this only applies to the telephone network. Moreover, only the analog part of the telephone network. If anything is even remotely digital, the owner can basically intercept anything they like, for any reason they like.

This particularly extends to the workplace. It can be argued that you have no expectation of privacy for what you do on your employer’s equipment; this is precisely forgetting that such privacy was paramount for the POTS, less than two decades ago, regardless of who owned the equipment.

Some employers even install wildcard digital certificates on their workplace computers with the specific purpose of negating any end-to-end security between the employee’s computer and the outside world, effectively performing a so-called “man-in-the-middle attack”. In a whitewashed term, this practice is called HTTPS Interception instead of “man-in-the-middle attack” when it’s performed by your employer instead of another adversary.

Since we’re looking at difference between analog and digital, and how privacy rights have vanished in the transition to digital, it’s worth looking at the code of law for the oldest of analog correspondences: the analog letter, and whether your boss could open and read it just because it was addressed to you at your workplace.

Analog law differs somewhat between different countries on this issue, but in general, even if your manager or workplace were allowed to open your mail (which is the case in the United States but not in Britain), they are typically never allowed to read it (even in the United States).

In contrast, with electronic mail, your managers don’t just read your entire e-mail, but typically has hired an entire department to read it for them. In Europe, this went as far as the European Court of Human Rights, which ruled that it’s totally fine for an employer to read the most private of correspondence, as long as the employer informs of this fact (thereby negating the default expectation of privacy).

Of course, this principle about somewhat-old-fashioned e-mail applies to any and all electronic communications now, such as Slack.

So for our digital children, the concept of “mail is private and yours, no matter if you receive it at the workplace” appears to have been irrevocably lost. This was a concept our analog parents took so for granted, they didn’t see any need to fight for it.

Today, privacy remains your own responsibility.

Privacy: In a series of posts on this blog, we have shown how practically everything our parents took for granted with regards to privacy has been completely eliminated for our children, just because they use digital tools instead of analog, and the people interpreting the laws are saying that privacy only applies to the old, analog environment of our parents.

Once you agree with the observation that privacy seems to simply not apply for our children, merely for living in a digitally-powered environment instead of our parents’ analog-powered one, surprise turns to shock turns to anger, and it’s easy to want to assign blame to someone for essentially erasing five generations’ fight for civil liberties while people were looking the other way.

So whose fault is it, then?

It’s more than one actor at work here, but part of the blame must be assigned to the illusion that that nothing has changed, just because our digital children can use old-fashioned and obsolete technology to obtain the rights they should always have by law and constitution, regardless of which method they use to talk to friends and exercise their privacy rights.

We’ve all heard these excuses.

“You still have privacy of correspondence, just use the old analog letter”. As if the Internet generation would. You might as well tell our analog parents that they would need to send a wired telegram to enjoy some basic rights.

“You can still use a library freely.” Well, only an analog one, not a digital one like The Pirate Bay, which differs from an analog library only in efficiency, and not in anything else.

“You can still discuss anything you like.” Yes, but only in the analog streets and squares, not in the digital streets and squares.

“You can still date someone without the government knowing your dating preferences.” Only if I prefer to date like our parents did, in the unsafe analog world, as opposed to the safe digital environment where predators vanish at the click of a “block” button, an option our analog parents didn’t have in shady bars.

The laws aren’t different for the analog and the digital. The law doesn’t make a difference between analog and digital. But no law is above the people who interpret it in the courts, and the way people interpret those laws means the privacy rights always apply to the analog world, but never to the digital world.

It’s not rocket science to demand the same laws to apply offline and online. This includes copyright law, as well as the fact that privacy of correspondence takes precedence over copyright law (in other words, you’re not allowed to open and examine private correspondence for infringements in the analog world, not without prior and individual warrants — our law books are full of these checks and balances; they should apply in the digital too, but don’t today).

Going back to blame, that’s one actor right there: the copyright industry. They have successfully argued that their monopoly laws should apply online just as it does offline, and in doing so, has completely ignored all the checks and balances that apply to the copyright monopoly laws in the analog world. And since copying movies and music has now moved into the same communications channels as we use for private correspondence, the copyright monopoly as such has become fundamentally incompatible with private correspondence at the conceptual level.

The copyright industry has been aware of this conflict and has been continuously pushing for eroded and eliminated privacy to prop up their crumbling and obsolete monopolies, such as pushing for the hated (and now court-axed) Data Retention Directive in Europe. They would use this federal law (or European equivalent thereof) to literally get more powers than the Police themselves in pursuing individual people who were simply sharing music and movies, sharing in the way everybody does.

There are two other major factors at work. The second factor is marketing. The reason we’re tracked at the sub-footstep level in airports and other busy commercial centers is simply to sell us more crap we don’t need. This comes at the expense of privacy that our analog parents took for granted. Don’t even get started on Facebook and Google.

Last but not least are the surveillance hawks — the politicians who want to look “Tough on Crime”, or “Tough on Terrorism”, or whatever the word of choice is this week. These were the ones who pushed the Data Retention Directive into law. The copyright industry were the ones who basically wrote it for them.

These three factors have working together, and they’ve been very busy.

It’s going to be a long uphill battle to win back the liberties that were slowly won by our ancestors over about six generations, and which have been all but abolished in a decade.

It’s not rocket science that our children should have at least the same set of civil liberties in their digital environment, as our parents had in their analog environment. And yet, this is not happening.

Our children are right to demand Analog Equivalent Privacy Rights — the civil liberties our parents not just enjoyed, but took for granted.

I fear the failure to pass on the civil liberties from our parents to our children is going to be seen as the greatest failure of this particular current generation, regardless of all the good we also accomplish. Surveillance societies can be erected in just ten years, but can take centuries to roll back.

Privacy remains your own responsibility today. We all need to take it back merely by exercising our privacy rights, with whatever tools are at our disposal.

Image from the movie “Nineteen-Eighty Four”; used under fair use for political commentary.

Pirate Parties: This past weekend, elections were held in Luxembourg and the Czech Republic. The Pirate Party of Luxembourg tripled their support and entered the Luxembourg Parliament with two MPs, and in the Czech Republic, the Pirate Party increased their support further – now receiving a full 17% in Prague.

With 6.45% of the votes of the final tally, the Luxembourg Pirate Party is entering its national Parliament, being the fifth Pirate Party to enter a national or supranational legislature (after Sweden, Germany, Iceland, and the Czech Republic). This may not seem like much, but it is a very big deal, for reasons I’ll elaborate on later. A big congratulations to Sven Clement and Marc Goergen, new Members of Parliament for Luxembourg!

Further, the Czech Republic has had municipal elections, and the Czech Pirate Party showed a full 17.1% support in Prague, the Czech capital, making the Pirates the second biggest party with a very narrow gap to the first place (at 17.9%). This may or may not translate to votes for the Czech national legislature, but is nevertheless the highest score recorded so far for a Pirate Party election day. I understand the Czech Pirates have as many as 275 (two hundred and seventy-five!) newly-elected members of city councils, up from 21 (twenty-one). Well done, well done indeed!

For people in a winner-takes-all system, like the UK or United States, this may sound like a mediocre result. In those countries, there are usually only two parties, and the loser with 49% of the vote gets nothing. However, most of Europe have so-called proportional systems, where 5% of the nationwide votes gives you 5% of the national legislation seats. In these systems, the parties elected to Parliament negotiate between themselves to find a ruling majority coalition of 51%+ of the seats, trying to negotiate common positions between parties that are reasonably close to each other in policy. This usually requires a few weeks of intense negotiations between the elections and the presentation of a successfully negotiated majority coalition.

Further, it could reasonable be asked what kind of difference the Czech Republic or Luxembourg could possibly make on their own in the global information repression. The answer is, a whole lot. The key here is realizing that one country is sufficient to break the global repression of information; the repression is completely dependent on every single country keeping watertight doors. If one single country decides to allow the free movement of culture and knowledge, then all such distribution will immediately be based there. The copyright industry lobby in other countries will protest, quite loudly, but there’s not really anything they can do about it.

And since the problem from a policymaking standpoint has been that the industry-age era politicians consider the Internet-related policy areas completely peripheral in the first place, conceding those policy areas will be seen as very cheap price to bind those votes to a majority coalition.

“One country is sufficient to break the global repression of information.”

A relevant comparison is how Canada has now legalized cannabis at the country level, following many state-level initiatives here and there in the world, and at once, the floodgates are open. Not just for the illegal distribution networks, but more importantly, for legalization everywhere else. As a German politician dryly said today, “what’s possible in Canada is also possible in Germany”, proposing that cannabis should be legalized outright in Germany. I would imagine the tone is similar in most places — or, importantly, many enough places.

The Luxembourg and Prague coalition talks have just started, with an outcome typically expected in a few weeks.

We are very happy to announce officialy the kunstform BMX Shop Team for the season 2015/2016! Our focus with the choice of riders is to cover every BMX Freestyle disciplines like BMX Park, BMX Street and BMX Flatlen and to give them support and motivation. For BMX Flatland we could get Kevin Nikulski and John Krämer. Shawn Hammer from Berlin and Miguel Franzem from Sindelfingen represent BMX Park. Both of them have a very nice attitude! For BMX Street is riding David "Arthur" Biedermann, a local rider from Stuttgart and Robin Kachfi who won the kunstform "Can you Sponsor me" Video Competition. Jonas Bader and Miguel Smajlji feeling home everywhere! We have planned some projects, so stay tune!

wethepeople Autumn Session 2015 - Zuppermarkt - Trier

3rd / 4th of october nearly the whole kunstform BMX Shop team went to the wethepeople autumn Session at the "Zuppermarkt" Skatehall in Trier! Our buddy Nitsche did a little edit about the trip and it was a lot of fun to hang out with all the buddies! Looking forward to come back next near! Much respect to Axle Reichertz for runnin the Zuppermarket and for the good accommodation!

Riders of the Videos are:

Kevin Nikulski
Robin Kachfi
Miguel Smajlji
John Krämer
Miguel Franzem
Sebastian Pospischil
Moritz Kuhn
Daniel Tünte
Daniel Fuhrmann
Dima Prykhodko


Musik: Danny Seth - I Arise Because
Video: Sebi Nitsche


Cheers Daniel!

WETHEPEOPLE X kunstform BMX Shop - Get in the Van Tour 2015

The WETHEPEOPLE crew which consisted of Ed Zunda, Dillon Llody, Pete Sawyer, Moritz Nussbaumer and Dima Pyrkhodko did a huge roadtrip trough Germany and visited every day a BMX Shop. At 9th of July the team stopped at kunstform BMX Shop in Stuttgart. First we did a little session in our warehouse. After that we all went to BOOST Skatehalle and spend some great ridin till deep in the night! It was a very awesome time to hang up with Pros of WETHEPEOPLE and we're very happy about that good session. Our friend Sebi Nitsche did a little videoclip just to share some impression. Thanks for WETHEPEOPLE, SPORT IMPORT to make this stop in our BMX Shop possibil and of course a very special thanks to all local riders and customers!

Cheers Daniel !!

kunstform BMX Shop - Stock Session 2015

On 5th of december we opened our warehouse to run a little bmx jam with free beer and good vibes! Well, the height of our stock room is quite tuff so we could just put little obstacles and streetrails but every rider killin in it and it was a lot of fun. At the end we were runnin a best trick contest with the following result:

Best Trick:
1. Miguel Smajlji
2. Adrian Warnken
3. Robin Kachfi

Best Crash:
Stefan Barnickel


Thanks for the support: sundaybikes & Subrosa

Kamera & Edit: , Vincent Doczekala
Music: Herb Shuttles - the Underachievers

Thanks for everyone who was there!

Daniel

Robin Kachfi - Skatepark Mannheim - BMX Edit 2016

Robin Kachfi is on fire right now. His progress is just awesome! His new Video was taken in his local Skatepark in Mannheim (Germany) and he says about it following words:

"I finished finally my video for kunstformbmxshop & my Crew at my local skatepark in mannheim germany. Thanks to everybody for the additional filming! This is dedicated to a legend of our time! Ride in peace Dave Mirra"

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Robin Kachfi X kunstform BMX Shop - BMX webedit 2016

Ladies and gentlemen,
we're very proud to show you the new webedit of our bro and BMX team buddy Robin Kachfi from Mannheim (Germany)! It's so amazin to see his progression and motivation! He used the winter time very usefull and got ready for upcomin BMX Season 2016! #robinforpresident :-)

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Music: Music: Ryan Little - thank you for playing god speed

Göppingen - Skateopen 2016 - BMX Contest

Last weekend (18th of june 2016) was the famous Skateopen in Göppingen which is a BMX, Skate and Scooter event at the Skatepark in Göppignen! All the guys from S.I.S. eV - Skateverein Göppingen did an amzing job with the contest, program and music in the evening! Our friends Miguel Smajlji & Daniel Fuhrmann visited that event and the video is about there trip to Göppingen! Even rain could not stop the positiv vibe and it was a pleasure to be there! Props to Huddl for that awesome day! Visit and support BMX events! #bmxfamily

Shoutout an die Close Up BMX Crew from Ulm https://www.facebook.com/CloseupBmx and all Göppinger Locals!

Video & Edit: Albi
Webisode supported by www.kunstform.org

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Cologne - BMX CGN BMX Contest 2016 - Miguel Smajlji & Robin Kachfi & Kevin Nikulski & Oliver Frömter

We send our new trainee Oliver Frömter (@oliverfroemter18 ) and our team riders Miguel Smajlji (@smilesridesbikes), Robin Kachfi (robinkachfibmx) and Kevin Nikulski (@kevin_nikulski) to the famous BMX Contest in Cologne which is called that time #bmxcologne! So that video is about the trip to cologne, as well some impression of the #bmxcologne and flat tyre of oli's car!

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We are very happy to announce officialy the kunstform BMX Shop Team for the season 2016/2017! Our focus with the choice of riders is to cover every BMX Freestyle disciplines like BMX Park, BMX Street and BMX Flatland and to give them support and motivation. For BMX Flatland we could get Kevin Nikulski, John Krämer and Markus Schwital. Shawn Hammer from Berlin and Miguel Franzem from Sindelfingen represent BMX Park. For BMX Street is riding David "Arthur" Biedermann, a local rider from Stuttgart and Robin Kachfi who won the kunstform "Can you Sponsor me" Video Competition. Jonas Bader,Miguel Smajlji and Sven Avemaria feeling home everywhere! We have planned some projects, so stay tune!

BMX Instagram Compilation 2016 - Sven Avemaria

Here's a short Instagram compilation of clips we posted at our instagram account kunstformbmxshop about our bro Sven Avemarie from the last couple months. We hope you'll like it!

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BMX Instagram Compilation 2016 - Miguel Smajlji

Here's a short Instagram compilation of clips we posted at our instagram account kunstformbmxshop about our bro Miguel Smajlji from the last couple months. We hope you'll like it!

https://www.instagram.com/kunstformbmxshop/ https://www.instagram.com/smilesridesbikes/

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BMX Instagram Compilation 2016 - Robin Kachfi

Here's a short Instagram compilation of clips we posted at our instagram account kunstformbmxshop about our bro Robin Kachfi from the last couple months. We hope you'll like it!

https://www.instagram.com/kunstformbmxshop/ https://www.instagram.com/robinkachfibmx/

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Simple Session 17 - Public Viewing, Stuttgart

Simple Session 17 - kunstform BMX team - Webisode practice, qualification & party

kunstform BMX Shop team riders Miguel Smajlji, Miguel Franzem and Robin Kachfi entered to Simple Session 17 in Tallinn Estonia. This video is about there time at one of world's most iconic action sport event. Riding with one of the best BMX riders, watchin the new wethepeople foundation dvd and party.

Kamera & Edit: Robin Kachfi
Music:
Ryan Little - Drowning
JI Beats - DBZ


Supported by kunstform BMX Shop https://www.kunstform.org

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BMX Street Session in Stuttgart 2017 - Felix Prangenberg, Miguel Smajlji, Robin Kachfi

Felix Prangenberg and Robin Kachfi have visited Miguel Smajlji for a few days in Stuttgart to work on their BMX video projects. Before the BMX street session starts the boys had a little warm up session in our BMX stock room. What else they have done you can check here. All the best your kunstform BMX Shop Team

Kamera & Edit: Robin Kachfi
Music: JI Beats

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BMX Best Trick Contest 2017 - Skatepark Mannheim

On saturday, 29th April 2017, the season openinng contest took place at the skatepark Schönau in Mannheim. In addition to a skate contest, there was also a BMX best trick contest in addition with a few warm up BMX games. Over 20 riders were at the start and the mood was super good! Thanks to all who've participated. Props also to Titus, Wolftrap Brand, SAM - skater aus Mannheim and of course the city of Mannheim! All the best your kunstform BMX Shop Team

BMX BEST TRICK CONTEST:
1. Robin Kachfi
2. Marco Günther
3. Georg Senger
4. Jan Mihaly
5. Leon Schader
6. Tobias Eul
7. David Kerscher
8. Mirko Wiedemann
9. Alex Gravemaker
10. Thorin Huschak
11. Jason Hörner
12. Leo Tietz
13. Fritz Fimpel
14. Lotta Grüber
15. Yoshi Kobayashi
16. Nik Drugcevic
17. Richard Christ
18. Sebastian Held
19. Arthur Krenkel
20. Leandro Bühn
21. Luca Meissner

filmed & edited: Robin Kachfi

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BMX Roadtrip 2017 - Miguel, Felix, Robin, Tim

Miguel Smajlji and Robin Kachfi have visited Felix Prangenberg for a few days in Roßbach, Germany, to continue their BMX video projects. In these few days they also went to Venlo, NL and Koblenz where they met with Tim Korbmacher for a cool BMX photo session. What else they have done you can check here. All the best your kunstform BMX Shop Team

Video: Robin Kachfi

Music: Ryan Little - chopping the piano

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Robin Kachfi BMX Webisode#11 - Rotterdam BMX Roadtrip 2017

Our bro Robin Kachfi was with his friends in Rotterdam,NL a few weeks ago. They checked out the street spots, Skateparks and even the indoorpark "Skateland Rotterdam" and of course they had a great time there. What else they have done you can check here. All the best your kunstform BMX Shop Team

Video: Robin Kachfi

Music: Ryan Little - Damage

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Robin Kachfi BMX - Webisode#14 - BMX spring session 2017

Unser bro Robin Kachfi has produced a new webisode for his youtube channel at the skatepark in Mannheim Feudenheim in which you feel the summer vibes! If you want to see more of Robin, you can subscribe to his YOUTUBE Channel. All the best your kunstform BMX Shop Team

Video: Robin Kachfi

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BMX STREET kunstform photoshoot 2017 - Behind the scenes

Our bros Miguel Smajlji , Robin Kachfi , Sven Avemaria and André Bodlin Went out a few weeks ago with photographer Julien Fincker on the streets of Stuttgart for a new kunstform project. Check it out!

Video: Robin Kachfi

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Felix Prangenberg Wethepeople Endstate Part

Felix Prangenberg has produced a lot for his WTP "Endstate" part during his Cali trip, in which each clip is just sick! enjoy the video! Best regards, your kunstform BMX Shop

Video: Grant C.

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BMX BMX Trip to CPH 2017 - Felix Prangenberg & Robin Kachfi

Our team riders Felix Prangenberg and Robin Kachfi were on a BMX trip in Denmark last week, where they rode some really crazy street spots and destroyed them properly. Check their BMX Trip right here! enjoy the video! Best regards, your kunstform BMX Shop

Video: Robin Kachfi

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AWESOME BMX Street POV 2017 - Felix Prangenberg & Robin Kachfi

Our team riders Felix Prangenberg and Robin Kachfi were on a BMX trip in Denmark last week, where they rode some really awesome BMX street spots which they've captured with a actioncam. Check their adventure right here! enjoy the video! Best regards, your kunstform BMX Shop

Video: Robin Kachfi

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Robin Kachfi Best of Instagram 2017 VIDEO

Robin Kachfi edited his instagramclips from the past 8 months to a "Best of" Video , which you should not miss! Enjoy the video! Best regards, your kunstform BMX Shop

Video: Robin Kachfi

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Justin Rudd One day in Mannheim BMX 2017

Bro Justin Rudd has produced a "One day" video with Robin Kachfi at their local skatepark in Mannheim-Schönau, which you shouldn't miss! Enjoy the video, Your kunstform BMX Shop

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Skate Open Göppingen 2017 - BMX Contest

On saturday, 15th of July, the "Skate Open" contest in Göppingen took place. Skaters, Scooters and BMX riders participated at the contest and showed their skills. Altogether it was a really chilled day with good vibes, live music and many motivated riders as well! Thanks to all the sponsors and riders who participated! Enjoy the video, Your kunstform BMX Shop

Video: Robin Kachfi

Musik: Ryan Little - sunday service

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Kunstform X The Fella BMX Promo 2017

We filmed a short Promo clip in cooperation with The Fella and our team riders André Bodlin & Felix Donat for the current The Fella collection. Check it now on our site! Enjoy the video, Your kunstform BMX Shop.

Video: Robin Kachfi

Musik: Ryan Little - Summer Dreams

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On august 19th 2017 will happend the famous Brickyardtrails Season Ender Jam 2.0. in Brackenheim next to Heilbronn (Germany). It doesn't matter if you ride BMX or MTB, if you love trails then this will be the place for you. There will be a lot of contest like Whip Off, Ring the bell, Best Trick or Highest Air.

When: 19.08.2017 (from 2pm)

Wo: Brickyardtrails, Im Sommerrain 8, 74336 Brackenheim, Germany

Wettbewerbe: Whip Off, Ring the bell, Best Trick, Highest Air

Webpage: https://www.brickyardmafia.de/ oder Facebook Event

On the 26th of August 2017 the Burning Cup BMX & Skate Contest in Rondell St.Georgen, Germany goes in the second round. a contest without program would be boring, you can find all informations about the supporting program of the Burning Cup in the next few days on the Facebook page

The registration for the BMX contest can be made online or on the contest day itself from 10:00 - 12:00 clock. This year, the BMX contest is divided into the following categories:

Quali:
12:15 - 12:45 BMX Kids
13:15 - 13:45 BMX Advanced
14:15 - 14:45 BMX Pro

Specials:
14:45 – 15:00 BMX Best Trick
15:15 – 15:30 BMX Highest Air
15:45 – 16:00 BMX Last man standing

Finals:
16:00 – 16:30 BMX Kids
17:00 – 17:30 BMX Advanced
18:00 . 18:30 BMX Pro

Where: Skatepark Rondell St.Georgen, 78112 St. Georgen im Schwarzwald, Germany

Contests: BMX Best Trick, BMX Highest Air & BMX Last man standing

Class: BMX Kids, BMX Advanced & BMX Pro

Webseite: Facebook Event

On the 26th of August, the "100PSI" Contest will take place again at the Skatepark Lingnerallee in Dresden. After the Contest there will be an afterparty at Club "OSTPOL".

More infos here:

With hard-pumped tires we welcome BMX-Riders from all over Germany and Europe in Dresden on August 26th. 2016. Our slogan “ „BMX Flatland Contest on Asphalt“ will celebrate the sport for the sixth time that developed more than 30 years ago on parking lots in California.

Like in the years before, the riders can expect a clean and bumpless 400m² black asphalt floor to perform their tricks. All in front of Dresdens town hall in the center of the city.

The Competition is held in two classes, amateur and pro. We will start with the Amateur Practice at 1 O'clock in the afternoon. The winners of the pro class will be awarded with 600€ price money. Amateurs get a hole bunch of parts and goodys from our sponsors to motivate them to perform their tricks. In the evening the price ceremony is held in Dresdens hippest borough Neustadt at the club Ostpol. So heat your tires and practice your skills – see you in Double D-Town!

Where: 01069 Dresden, Skatepark Lingner Allee

Contest: German Flatland-BMX Championship

Class: Pro & AM

Website: 100PSI Contest on Facebook

Our Bro & team rider Miguel Franzem Has destroyed his knee last winter, at the Simple Session ,so he was forced to put his BMX aside for a while. freedombmx has asked Miguel about his BMX break. You will find the interview here: LINK

Moritz Kuhn isn't just only 10 years old, he's now a real part of the kunstform BMX Shop Teams for the current team season 2017/18. Moritz takes part in every contest in the region with his 18inch BMX and mostly with success, as for example the "BMX Männle Turnier" in 2017, that recently went on stage, where Moritz got the first place in the amateur class. Reason enough to make a little Bikecheck with Moritz and his current whip!

Yo Moritz, where do you come from and how long have you been riding?

I come from Aalen (BW) and I got my first BMX 4 years ago ... and from where ... of course, from KUNSTFORM, I have a black-green 16 " Wethepeople Seed, which is now hanging in my room.

What is your favorite BMX video?

My current favorite BMX video is HARRYMAINIA 2

What bike setup do you have and what can you tell about it?

I am riding a black WETHEPEOPLE Curse 18 "and have pimped it up with a few parts like polished profiles elite hubs, polished profile stem, total BMX saddle and Oilslik chain from SaltPlus, since I'm on a clean design.

Frame: Wethepeople 18” Curse schwarz
Fork: Wethepeople SALT “AM 20” fork
Bars: Wethepeople schwarz
Stem: Profile Racing poliert
Headset: Salt
Grips: ODI
Barends: ODI
Tires: Salt Strike 18” x 2,2
Rims: Salt Valon
FW hub: Profile Elite poliert
BW hub: Profile Elite poliert
Spokes: Schwarz
Hubguards: -
Pegs: Liegen im Keller
Seatpost: Salt
Seat: Total schwarz
Crank: SALT “Rookie” crank crmo 165mm
Bearings: Salt
Pedals: Eclat
Sprocket: Salt 25Z
Chain: SaltPlus Oilslik
Brake: Odyssey

Anything else to talk about? Take your chance!

I would like to thank my family and the entire Kunstform team for the great and generous support. Many greetings to my homies .. A very special thanks goes to Markus Zieher (@markuszieher) for his support

Yo Moritz, thank you for your answers! We are glad to have you on board and look forward to the coming time with you!

BMX Männle Turnier 2017 - BMX Highlights

From the 12th to the 13th of August 2017, the 9th BMX Männle Turnier took place at the Skatepark in Tuttlingen, Germany. As every year, many spectators and BMX riders appeared to the "Männle Turnier", where there wasn't only a BMX contest for boys and girls, there was also a "best trick", and a "jump the carton" contest. How it all looked, look here! Have fun with the video, your kunstform BMX shop!

rankings:

BMX Amateur
1. Moritz Kuhn
2. Mika Köhler
3. Justin Dennell

BMX Girls
1. Lotta Grüber
2. Stephanie Rohr
3. Elisa Dünger

BMX advanced
1. Zeno Lehmann
2. Nils Jacob
3. Tim Rude

BMX Pro
1. Mätti Hilber
2. Janis Oriovich
3. Chris Halbritter

BMX Best Trick
Nils Jacob

Jump the carton
Michael Dunger 2,10 Meters

Video: Robin Kachfi

Musik: Ryan Little - ballet

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From the 25th to 26th of August 2017, the Ride n Roll Open Air Festival will take place, with two days of live music, as well as various competitions and workshops for BMX, skate, slackline, fitness and freerunning fans.

Sven Avemaria is, as you can see on his Instagram account, a real style machine and not only on the BMX, also on the skateboard. Sven has been a motivated and diligent team rider for a few years now, which is reason enough to check his current whip!

Yo Sven, where do you come from and how long have you been riding?

I come from Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, which is located on the beautiful Lake "Bodensee". But timewise you can find me also in Stuttgart :)I've been riding BMX for a while (in the year 2004 I got my first 20 "complete bike, which I was still much too difficult ...) Long Live the 12th ", 16" and 18 "BMX, which are available today - And a pity that there wasn't such a thing when I started riding!

What is your favorite BMX video?

BMX-videos are always great <3

What bike setup do you have and what can you tell about it?

Perfect for me are short chainstays, a high standover and a slightly longer top tube! The color scheme on my bike is nice, which I like very much at the moment! But I want Colored tires again, haha

Frame: Volume WarHorse 21”
Fork: Odyssey R25
Bars: Merritt Simms 9.5”
Stem: Merritt - Inaugural MK II
Headset: Merritt Hightop
Grips: Odyssey Broc Raiford
Barends: Odyssey plastic
Tires: Merritt Option 2.35”
Rims: Merritt Battle Rims
FW Hub: Merritt Non-Stop Front Hub
BW Hub: WTP Helix V2
Spokes: Merritt & Salt
Hubguards: Vorne: Merritt Tension Hub Guards & Hinten: WTP driveside & BSD nondriveside
Pegs: Volume WarHorse 4.5” plastic
Seatpost: Tripod (IDK)
Seat: Fiend Morrow Tripod
Crank: Demolition Rig 24mm
Bearings: 24mm MidBB
Pedals: Merritt P1 Pedals
Sprocket: Merritt Pentaguard Sprocket 25T
Chain: Shadow Supreme
Brake: wer später bremst, ist länger schnell

Anything else to talk about? Take your chance!

Shoutout to all who rides BMX and make BMX to what it is at the moment! And a huge thank you goes to all those who always stand by me, support me and have made me the man I am now! LOVE Y'ALL <3

Yo Sven, thank you for your answers! We are glad to have you on board and look forward to the coming time with you!

On 09.09.2017 again the "Höhenflüge" BMX Contest takes place in Hohenfichte. Huge Airs and street-combos, as you see them on Instagram and Co, you can see here live on 09.09.2017. And all this under the motto: higher, farther, more stylish. In addition to a few special prizes, the best riders of the day have the chance to win 1500€ prize money, so.... off to Hohenfichte! The mood is still heated with the right music. In addition BBQ and beverages of various kinds, in order not to leave the physical well-being outside. Beer and fire should end the day slowly and comfortably. If you are one of those who like to drink a bottle more, then you have a big meadow ready for camping. More infos HERE

Arrival from Friday possible

BMX STREET FRANKFURT 2017

Our bro Robin Kachfi was recently with his homies Jan Mihaly , Michael Dunger , Michael Lorenz , Yannic Hammel , Leon Ditzel and Philipp Becker in Frankfurt, where the guys filmed a lot of good clips. Enjoy the video, your kunstform BMX shop team!

Video: Robin Kachfi

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Brügglesjam Schweinfurt 2017

Like the last couple years, the "Brüggeljam" BMX & MTB contest in Schweinfurt, germany will take place again. The whole is organized by the guys of the Bike Unit e.V. and the municipal youth work of the city of Schweinfurt.

The date is the 23th of september at 14:00 clock. The park is open all day and the registration for the contest starts at 13:00 clock The start fee is 5€. There are two BMX groups and one MTB group. afterwards a Bunnyhop or Best Trick Contest will take place.

You can win prize money and prizes!

As usual, the guys from the Brüggeljam provide you with suitable music and cool drinks.

We look forward to your coming! For more information about the "Brüggeljam" in Schweinfurt, please visit Facebook.

Etnies "Chapters" DVD Premiere 2017 - Stuttgart

On the 4th september, we hosted the DVD Premiere of the new Etnies Chapters BMX Video which was absolutely amazing! Enjoy the video, your kunstform BMX shop team!

Video: Robin Kachfi

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Are We There Yet? – wethepeople in Australien

Our bro Felix Prangenberg was visiting Australia with his Wethepeople team mates Jordan Godwin and Ed Zunda. Unfortunately, the weather was not quite on their side, despite all the guys had a good time in Down Under! Enjoy the video, your kunstform BMX Shop.

Video: Callum Earnshaw

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Wethepeople Autumn Session 2017

On 1st of October, the Wethepeople Autumn Session will take place again at the Zuppermarkt in Trier. This year, there is a new format which's a Jam-format with "Cash for Tricks". Tip: It is recommended to start on Saturday, because the skatepark will stay open longer, for a Nightsession.

Adresse: Projekt X Skatehalle aka ZUPPERMARKET, Trier Aachener Str. 65 54294 Trier-West

Weitere Infos zur Wethepeople Autmn Session findest du auf Facebook.

Felix Prangenberg you should actually know, if not, you still have a lot of videos to catch up! Felix has been an integral part of our team since this year and finally has his own signature parts from Wethepeople, which you can review on the photos. You can find out more about his Signature parts in the following Bikecheck!

Yo Felix, where do you come from and how long have you been riding?

I'm from "Roßbach an der Wied" and I'm riding since 12-years my kids bike.

What is your favorite BMX video?

This is quite clear Nathan Williams Etnies Chapters Part. The guy is crazy!

What bike setup do you have and what can you tell about it?

I've been driving my Wethepeople Pathfinder Signature frame for a couple of months with my Pathfinder 4pc Bar and all sorts of other Wethepeople parts. I am incredibly happy with my parts since the guys from Wethepeople really have everything built as I had it in my head. My bike feels exactly the way I always wanted it. The steeper control tube, high standover, stabilized chain struts and bottom bracket, you can also ride different chain strut lengths - everything as I've imagined.

When are your parts available?
End of October/Beginning of November

Frame: Wethepeople Felix Prangenberg Pathfinder Frame 20.75
Fork: Wethepeople Battleship Fork
Bars: Wethepeople Felix Prangenberg Pathfinder Bars 9.6"
Stem: Wethepeople Hydra Stem
Headset: Wethepeople Compact
Grips: Wethepeople Hilt XL Grips
Barends: Wethepeople
Reifen: Schwalbe Big Street
Rims: Eclat Raven
FW Hub: Wethepeople Supreme
BW Hub: Wethepeople Helix V2
Spokes: Wethepeople
Hubguards: Wethepeople Nylon
Pegs: Wethepeople Dill Pickle Pegs
Seatpost: Wethepeople
Seat: Wethepeople
Crank: Eclat Tibia
Bearings: Salt
Pedals: Salt plus
Sprocket: Wethepeople Felix Prangenberg Pathfinder Sprocket
Chain: Eclat
Brake: Nike SB

Anything else to talk about? Take your chance!

Thanks to all my friends, family and sponsors who are always behind me.

Yo Felix, thank you for your answers! We are glad to have you on board and look forward to the coming time with you!

Robin Kachfi vs. Florian Faust - Game of Bike 2017

Bro Robin Kachfi has played with his homie Florian Faust a Game of Bike at the Skatepark in Mannheim, Ger. Check the whole video now! Enjoy the video, your kunstform BMX shop team!

Video: Robin Kachfi

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Kevin Nikulski - 2nd Pro Class - 100PSI BMX Flatland Contest 2017

Kevin Nikulski was back at the 100PSI BMX Flatland Contest in Dresden this year and came home with second place, congrats Kevin! Have fun with the video, Your kunstform BMX Shop.

Video: ChefkochBMX



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