Kriss Kyle is now a young man of 30 but he was only 22 when he shot the video "Dig Deep" which in 2012 made more than 200 thousand views on YouTube and was only 10 when he played in the skatepark and it already seemed clear to everyone what would become: one of the best bmx riders in the world.
“DIG DEEP” DIG DEEP, LIVE A DREAM.
In the video, the various clips of 90s-style footage shot with an old video camera make you smile. After school Kriss would get together with friends and spend whole afternoons training on his bike, he would come home, sleep and dream of still riding his bike, like that every day. He was a kid who never stopped. Who hasn't seen the video of him "Dig Deep" which in 2012 made more than 200 thousand views on YouTube. Kriss in the last minutes of the video:
"I see many people on social media writing that they are living a dream, when I think about my life I really believe that I am living my dream that I wanted since I was a child." Kriss has never stopped believing in it, trying, but above all he has never stopped marveling at himself.
(soundtrack "Heavy Pop, WU LYF" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qxQZFKIbBw )
KALEIDOSCOPE, SEE THE THINGS DIFFERENTLY
In the film “Kaleidoscope” the rider seems to be in a video game and creates, together with the collaboration with director Ben Scott, twists on a bmx that no one had ever thought of doing before. His freestyle and his creativity are so high that they end up on a real movie set.
The Scottish rider has worked on numerous video and film projects in which the various angles are highlighted and only he on his bike holds the scene with a harmony that seems almost fake using all his creativity. The planning lasted a year and a half, shooting two weeks. At a certain point in the shooting for the production of the film the pro rider tries to close the circle of the giant moving kaleidoscope and as soon as he gets off he says "it feels like being in a washing machine" and he almost made it.
Kaleidoscope is made up of the completeness of Kriss's gestures and her energy, which have always been elements that lead back to the circle as a cyclic symbol. In all of his actions Kriss expresses completeness because, as in drawing a circle, his movements start and end what his mind thinks of creating with the bike. Geometric shapes, jumps and lights in his short film keep the attention always high.
FROM THE SKATE PARK IN SCOTLAND AND THE UK TO BECOME A “AROUND THE WORLD” PRO RIDER.
THE VIDEO “NIKE BMX IN BUENOS AIRES” FILMED IN ARGENTINA
Her great talent has led Kriss, as well as making videos and films, to travel the world. The most beautiful example is the one in which together with the four best BMXers in circulation he makes a bike trip in Argentina where the incredible edit "Nike BMX in Buenos Aires, Argentina" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXm-AIY5Eis). The video sees other interesting BMX myths besides Kriss such as Garret Reynolds, Dennis Eharson, Nigelk Sylvester and Chad Kerley.
Chad Karley is one of the star riders of the movie “Markit zero” (full movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMr4FYVW_FQ ) and the independent drama “The Ride, Story of a Champion” released in 2018 inspired by the true story of John Buultjens.
It is certainly one of the most classic “hero's journeys”. John, before becoming a BMX star, had to endure family abuse and juvenile imprisonment until he saw the light thanks to his interracial adoptive family. It will be the father who, believing in him, gives his first bmx to the boy, not imagining giving him a much larger gift than a bicycle because it will give him freedom forever.
“THE LAND OF EVERYDAY WONDER” HAS BEEN FILMED IN THE MOST WONDERFUL CORNERS OF DUBLIN.
Another example is the video produced by Red Bull Media House in collaboration with Visit Denmark shot in Denmark entitled “The land of daily wonders”. This could be one of his best videos if not one of the best Red Bull production videos.
