When did you get the call about filming the video?

I was on a Nike/Figure trip in Lisbon, Portugal mid November 2013 and Ian phoned. I've known Ian for about 17-18 years so I thought he was ringing me about doing a video for 4Down, I had done a couple of things previously. When he asked if I wanted to film the next full length United DVD, I couldn't believe it, he mentioned James was moving on from 4Down/United, all on good terms to start a tattoo shop, I immediately said yes! I phoned James, who I've been friends with for years and knew what a huge part of United he'd been, he wished me luck, gave me a few pointers and two weeks later I was on my first United trip to Malaga!

Did you know the team before starting to film for the project?

I knew Corey well from my Federal days, I'd been to Hong Kong with Nathan, met Christian at Simple session before, met Geoff a few times randomly on trips/jams over the years and met Alex in 2004 when he was about 15 doing 900's at a Rebel jam in Berlin haha so yeah I knew the guys a bit and what I was getting myself into. Jeff joined the team early on in the project and he stayed at my house in Ireland for over a week and straight away we got on like a house on fire. The rest of the guys where a pleasure to meet, film and hang out with.

Where did you travel to and what was the time scale from start to finish?

First trip was to Malaga in December 2013, then Tenerife Jan 2014, Arizona/San Diego in Feb/March, London March, Barcelona April, Ireland May, New jersey June, Paris July, Northern California August, Denver September, I went on a FIT trip to Portugal in October, Seville November, San Diego December, February 2015 Tel Aviv, April Albuquerque, May France, June New Jersey, July UK, August Paris, September Nashville, October I got a very rough edit of the whole video together, November California, December 2015 - January 2016 edited until my eyeballs bleed.

It's not all work... Pete getting a quick abubaca in at Denburn in Aberdeen, Scotland while Nathan catches it for Insta.

"Shug" (the man in the centre) took a shine to everyone on the United team, especially Pete. Here he checks Corey's clip while sipping on some Carling.

Will he ever leave us alone?!

This woman was wasted, annoying as fuck and once she'd had enough interaction with us she walked off forgetting her small child... luckily "Shug" gave her a shout to come back and get the kid.

Most challenging rider to get footage of?

When your working on a full length DVD and all the riders are pushing themselves to do the absolute best they can, almost every clip becomes a challenge. From Christians crazy rail set ups, that sometimes took days to pull due to security, day light or pure exhaustion to Geoff who was always looking for unique set ups to Nathan who takes THE gnarliest slams, getting right back up again and again and again. I'd say everybody had their own challenges, I just had to be ready every time to capture the one!

Who pushed themselves the most?

I could give you several stories about every rider, obviously everyone pushed themselves to the physical and often mental edge at some point over the last two years but I'd have to say Nathan pushed the envelope the most. He's had permanently bandaged hands, cut up elbows and he got knocked out a few times during filming and he just kept getting up for more, the boy is tough as nails!

How high tech is your gear?

I've moved on a bit from my precious trv900 with a Century mini fish but I like to keep things pretty simple with a couple of DSLR bodies, fisheye, 50mm, 24-70mm and Panasonic video camera. I very much wanted to make a classic bmx video, keep everything clean and simple, let the riding do the talking.

Footage party no.1

Footage party no.2

The city had a few angles of its own on this one. Alex Valentino one hand x-up in grey Aberdeen, Scotland.

I'm a self confessed video nerd and to be able to film riders of this level for a project this big is just really something very very special...

- Peter Adam

Biggest shot you blew?

I always had two, sometimes three angles on every trick and a couple of times the second angle didn't work out, the camera shutting off into power save mode both times as the rider was getting ready to go. But nothing too major luckily enough.

Scariest clip filmed?

Oh boy, there where a lot, like I was physically shaking on some of the run ups but Ians big rail in Glasgow might have been the scariest. Not that I doubt Ians rail ability, if you put all the rails he's slide end to end it would stretch to the moon and back but that set up on that day was scary. We had cruised around Glasgow all day, filmed a couple of things then Ian turned the corner and saw this really, really steep aluminium rail. He had his "chillin" shorts and shoes on, he even had to borrow a pair of socks (pre worn) from fernando and he had never slide an aluminium rail before. He rode up to it a few times, it had a really short, awkward run up, he said it was too weird a rail so I started packing my gear up then he shouted "Fuck It" ran back up the stairs circled once then slide it perfect!

Best/Worst trip?

The best trip is hard to say, they where all good in there own ways, It was pretty crazy going on a bmx trip nearly every month for over two years but I loved the diversity of scenes I got to experience. One month I'd be in Albuquerque, New Mexico, filming in ditches in the middle of the desert, then the next month I'd be downtown Paris.

The worst trip is easier to place, the last trip in November 2015 to California. Corey broke his collar bone, Nathan knocked himself out, Christian tweaked his ankle really bad and that was only the first two days. Geoff took a really bad slam to the ribs on day three that took him out the rest of the trip, we then drove north to San francisco where Nathan had to get an emergency root canal (twice) then the van got broken into at a school while we where riding a spot there and Christians generator and my bike got stolen and Ian had to pay for replacement windows for the van, fun times.

This photo was shot seconds after Nathan slammed super hard and seconds before the dude on the right had enough of telling us to leave. Barcelona, Spain.

... as someone once said, I've seen too much to go back.

- Peter Adam

Corey Martinez avoided the mountains of dog shit sprawled across the run-up to snag this one. Ice to topside no-foot can.

Is the worst day as a bmx filmer better than the best as a postman?

In short YES! There's a lot more to it than that though, I've worked multiple jobs since leaving school at 16 but through all that time I've always had a burning passion for bmx and filming. Becoming a full-time "bmx filmer" was never a reality in my mind or even on my radar as a "job" but with the dawn of the Internet and being very lucky with opportunities, at the age of 29 I was able to take that risky leap and quit my last job, which happened to be a postman for Royal Mail (good hours, steady pay and kept me fit) and pursue my passion for bmx and filming. It's a bumpy uncertain road but to have been given this opportunity by Ian to film a full length DVD is just incredible, I'm a self confessed video nerd and to be able to film riders of this level for a project this big is just really something very very special and I appreciated every moment of it.

Favourite place to film?

Anywhere, everywhere, in a ditch, bottom of a stair set, up a tree, if I'm filming I'm happy

Plans after the premier?

I've been so focused on getting the video finished I haven't thought about it too much, In the bmx world it seems you can't plan ahead much more than a fortnight anyway haha. Continue on with filming with the whole United crew, just keep on keeping on, try not to end up back at the Post Office, as someone once said, I've seen too much to go back.

Classic Peter Adam form - if you only gave us a silhouette of Pete riding we'd still know it was him.

The awesome STILL UNITED is available to buy here here on DVD or Digital Download.

iPhone angle game strong.

Serious Selfie.

20 Photos From 20 Still United trips: By Peter Adam

Trip 1, Malaga Dec 2013 - First trip and first time hanging out with Alex properly, he can crack you up with just a side ways glance at the right moment, nothing happened on this rail haha.

Trip 2, Tenerife Jan 2014 - Tenerife is beautiful, one of the Canary Islands that belong to Spain, amazing spots, locals, weather, scenery and food, when all's said and done, I'm retiring there.

Trip 3, Arizona Feb 2014 - This was at the first spot on the first day on our Arizona/Cali trip. Fernando was soooooo excited to ride the rails at this school he almost forgot to put his pads and trousers on. About 2 minutes after this photo was taken he landed so badly on his balls trying to ice the rail he was walking like John Wayne the rest of the trip.

Trip 4, London March 2014 - This was a really quick four day trip to London after filming at the 4Down warehouse. With Boiski leading us through the streets anything can happen, like peddling past this police van, it had slide on its side for about 30ft after hitting another car, gnarly.

Trip 5, Barcelona April 2014 - Any ones who's ever been to Barcelona will know just how much actual dog shit there is on the streets. Christian felt the wrath with a not so perfectly placed slam. It was all worth it though, he got the trick and came away smelling of.....well, dog shit.

Trip 6 - Northern Ireland May 2014 - Jeffs first United trip and he took to the streets of Belfast like a duck to water, he couldn't make out a word these girls were saying though "were they speaking English?"

Trip 7, New Jersey June 2014 - Fuelling up at one of New Jerseys finest 24hr a day, 7 day a week, open 365 days a year eating establishments.

Trip 8, Paris July 2014 - Heading towards the Sacre Coeur from our apartment one morning we accidentally peddled right into the middle of a riot, with fires burning, people getting a beat down and tear gas flying I got a quick shot of Jeff and got straight outta there.

Trip 9, Nor Cal August 2014 - This was in San Jose California, Geoff was riding a curved wall ride at a pretty famous school there and two vans pulled up, I looked over and Andrew Reynolds was driving one and Beagle was driving the other, Holy Shit the whole Baker teams here! (well Reynolds drove off) They came over and were really cool, shaking hands with everyone, blown away by what Geoff was doing on the curved wall. Joe Brook the photographer in the white T-shirt actually knew a skater friend of mine from back home in Belfast, so we chatted for a bit, then those guys got down on the handrail and Geoff got his move on the curved wall. They were packing up and I asked if I could get a photo, those guys were pros at it, bunching up, full squad posing, I got a keeper of a photoce All the United dudes were well jealous, too cool for school to ask for a photo of their own haha and I got Terry Kennedys deck that's now up on the wall in my house, stoooooked!

Trip 10, Denver Sept 2014 - This is Mario, of ABQ/DNV fame, I couldn't get my camera out quick enough when he fell in the only puddle, what a legend. He showed us around Denver and Albuquerque, ripping on a bike, whipping up meals in the evening for the whole crew, driving us around, cracking jokes, he's the man!

Trip 11, Seville Nov 2014 - This was a fun trip, Malaga for a couple of days, then we got to bus to beautiful Seville. Fernando was checking out a rail so Alex and I got to work on the next Marie Jade look book.

Trip 12, San Diego Dec 2014 - There was so much solo traveling done for the video so it was nice having Boiski on one of the same flights home, here he is contemplating the weather back home in London in late December.

Trip 13, Tel Aviv Feb 2015 - Unlucky trip number thirteen, it's always tricky picking where to go in February, Tel Aviv seemed like a safe enough bet. The first couple of days we where there it was perfect, good weather, amazing spots, Rich and Tal showing us around then a crazy dust and rain storm blew in for pretty much the rest of the trip. Ah well the guys entertained themselves tattooing each other at the hotel and eating shawarma, the weather got perfect again as soon as we left.

Trip 14, Albuquerque April 2015 - Jeff Kocsis, too much van time, "shout out to my sponsors"

Trip 15, France May 2015 - You just can't beat loading up the van and hitting the road, we drove from London to the south of France and back again in less than a week, hitting up a load of spots on the way. This is Alex and I sleeping five star in a truck stop near Lyon.

Trip 16, New Jersey June 2015 - Alex leaves empty handed at an industrial estate in the pissing rain, it ain't all high fives and epic slow mos.

Trip 17, Scotland July 2015 - This was in Wester Hailles estate in Edinburgh, we just randomly turned in to check it out and T-Nez's street senses where tingling, we found a perfect bank to wall then round the corner was a bank to sub, T-Nez had to deal with literally this shit run up, the locals where loving it, coming out and getting autographs, a local called Shug was particularly stoked and even makes an appearance in T-Nezs section.

Trip 18, Paris August 2015 - This was at a plaza in Bastille, there was a load of ramps there for the summer and we'd go there first thing everyday to have a cruise around. This was one of the street kids that was always there and he was straight over asking for goes on our bikes, no problem! He had to borrow shoes off his friend and by the end of the week he was properly ripping, hitting all the ramps.

Trip 19, Nashville Sept 2015 - Williams getting a helping hand loading up his hog, he tried getting a move on a really cool rail set, we went there a couple of times but no dice....The locals brought us out Sunny D and the kid in the white long sleeve LOVED dancing for the camera.

Trip 20, San Francisco, Nov 2015 - I had seen this spot in videos for years and always imagined in down some side street in downtown SF but it was actually quite a bit out of the city. The Bay mist rolled in and Harry got down.