21 Years Of DIG Magazine - Opening Night Gallery

A little BMX History Lesson....

26 Nov 2014

21 Years of DIG and a full house... of Vans.

The calm before the relative calm. DIG staff artist Luke Godson trying to figure out what goes where, earlier in the day.

"Imagine if these were all ten pound notes!" Shutter kings Andrew White and Ricky Adam.

Luke Godson primed and ready for questions at the 2012-2014 collection.

This guy knows more than most about making magazines. Stoked to have Mark Losey in the house.

DIG photographer Andrew White discussing the fashion intricacies of BMXers through the past 21 years.

Spot BF. There's no way the Blue Falcon wasn't making it in there somewhere...

Still got it. Jon Taylor, issue 19, 2001.

East Coast represent - DIG's own Rob Dolecki.

We can't even count how many DIG tattoos we've seen out there, and it still goes on. These were 2 of the first, circa 2000.

One of our favourite frenchmen, Maxime Charveron stopped by.

As part of the show Vans included a selection of shoes decorated by some of the finer BMX artists out there. This pair designed by Taj couldn't have been more fitting in the DIG 21 Year show.

If only the DIG archive looked this organised all the time...

The first of nine photo boards featuring 99 issues worth of gold.

Chatterbox alert. Darryl Nau and Rob Dolecki.

DIG photographers/family, David Leep and Andrew White. Random fact - you will never see David wear colour unless he's in a buckfast fuelled peacock dance.

Photos by John Wells

So, this was a blast. 2014 has a been a huge year for us at DIG with our decision to go online after regaining our independence, 21 years and 99 print issues in. During that time we've amassed an incredible collection of BMX related imagery which we've rarely had the chance to share in any meaningful way beyond those first magazine appearances. We've got something very special planned for print in 2015 but meantime we put together this photo/art show in conjunction with the Vans Rebel Jam weekend to highlight many of the riders, photographers, artists and writers who have inspired us to keep DIG going and pushing BMX In a positive direction for so long.

A huge thanks to House of Vans for allowing us into their home for the weekend and likewise to everyone who showed up to have a look. Hopefully we sent you all home with some good BMX memories.

Look for an exclusive video from the night soon too.