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When our analog parents searched for information, that activity took place in libraries, and that was one of the most safeguarded privacies of all. When our digital children search for information, their innermost thoughts are instead harvested wholesale for marketing. How did this happen?

If you’re looking at one particular profession of the analog world that was absolutely obsessed with the privacy of its patrons, it was the librarians. Libraries were where people could search for their darkest secrets, were it literature, science, shopping, or something else. The secrecy of libraries were downright legendary.

As bomb recipes started appearing on the proto-Internet in the 1980s — on so-called BBSes — and some politicians tried to play on moral panics, many of common sense were quick to point out, that these “text files with bomb recipes” were no different than what you would find in the chemistry section of a mediocre-or-better library — and libraries were sacred. There was no moral panic to play on as soon as you pointed out that this was already available in every public library, for the public to access anonymously

So private were libraries, in fact, that librarians were in collective outrage when the FBI started asking libraries for records of who had borrowed what book – and that’s how the infamous warrant canaries were invented. Yup, by a librarian, protecting the patrons of the library. Librarians have always been the profession defending privacy rights the hardest – in the analog as well as the digital.

In the analog world of our parents, their Freedom of Information was sacramount: their innermost thirst for learning, knowledge, and understanding. In the digital world of our children, their corresponding innermost thoughts are instead harvested wholesale and sold off to market trinkets into their faces.

It’s not just what our digital children successfully studied that’s up for grabs. In the terms of our analog parents, it’s what they ever went to the library for. It’s what they ever considered going to the library for. In the world of our digital children, everything they searched for is recorded — and everything they thought of searching for but didn’t.

Think about that for a moment: something that was so sacred for our analog parents that entire classes of professions would go on strike to preserve it, is now casually used for wholesale marketing in the world of our digital children.

Combine this with the previous article about everything you do, say, and think being recorded for later use against you, and we’re going to need a major change in thinking on this very soon.

There is no reason our children should have less Freedom of Information just because they happen to live in a digital environment, as compared to the analog environment of our parents. There is no reason our digital children shouldn’t enjoy Analog Equivalent Privacy Rights.

Of course, it can be argued that the Internet search engines are private services who are free to offer whatever services they like on whatever terms they like. But there were private libraries in the analog world of our parents, too. We’ll be returning to this “it’s private so you don’t have a say” concept a little later in this series.

Privacy remains your own responsibility.

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.

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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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Kunstform Homies in Barcelona Video 2017

our homies Mark Glen, Oliver Frömter, Fabio Etzel, Pirmin Trück and Steffen Guse were recently in sunny Barcelona, where the guys produced a great video for us..(summer vibes included) Hell yeah! Enjoy the Video, your kunstform BMX Shop Team!

Video: Mark Glen

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Robin Kachfi & Friends - BMX Trip to France Part 1

Bro Robin Kachfi filmed with his friends a new webisode at the Indoor Park in Hagenau, France, which you can check right here!

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Robin Kachfi & Homies - BMX Trip to France Part 2

Here's the second part of Robin Kachfi's Road Trip to France, which he did with his homies a few weeks ago. The first stop was this time the outdoor skatepark in Strasbourg, which looks actually really nice! The second stop was like last time the indoorpark in Hagenau, which isn't far away from Strasbourg.
Check Robin's latest webisode right here!

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The Vans BMX Pro Cup Series, the world’s leading platform for elite BMX park terrain competition, announces the official 2018 World Tour dates and locations for the upcoming season. The celebrated BMX competition series will take place in Australia, California, Mexico and Spain, welcoming a top-ranking competitive field of invited pro BMX riders and Wildcards for their chance to compete on the world stage for a piece of the grand $155,000USD prize.



The Vans BMX Pro Cup Series is also proud to expand the 2018 World Tour with the addition of two new Regional Qualifier events in the United States and Chile, encouraging more talented BMX riders from around the world to earn their way to the Vans BMX Pro Cup World Championships. The five confirmed Regional Qualifier events are open to registration by all professional men and women BMX riders beginning in Santiago, Chile on March 23. The top three podium winners from each Regional Qualifier will advance to the Vans BMX Pro Cup Pro Tour, and secure their invite to the Vans BMX Pro Cup World Championships.



2018 VANS BMX PRO CUP SERIES WORLD TOUR ZEITPLAN



Regional Qualifiers

Santiago, Chile
March 23 & 25

Sydney, Australia
April 27

Woodward East, Pennsylvania
June 28

Guadalajara, Mexico
August 24

Málaga, Spain
September 21



*registration information is available on vansbmxprocup.com



Pro Tour

Sydney, Australia
April 29

Huntington Beach, CA
August 3 & 5

Guadalajara, Mexico
August 25 - 26



World Championship

Málaga, Spain
September 22 - 23



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Our homie Kevin Nikulski ended up with the 4th place at the Fise World Cup in Edmonton, Canada, and all that with a broken finger, respect!

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The schedule for this year's Vans BMX Pro Cup Series is now live! A stop of the BMX event next to Sydney, Mexico City, Singapore and Huntington Beach is Waiblingen, Stuttgart. Get ready for BMX legends like Larry Edgar, Dennis Enarson, Alex Hiam and many more.

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What:
Vans BMX Pro Cup Series 2019
BMX disciplines: BMX Park

When & Where:
April 5 - 6, 2019, Singapore

April 10 - 13, 2019, Sydney, Australia

June 14 - 16, 2019, Stuttgart, Germany

August 16 - 18, 2019, Mexico City, Mexico

September 13 - 15, 2019, Huntington Beach, California

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Felix Prangenberg recently went to Barcelona for the Etnies x DIG BMX Territories video series. Etnies brought a whole crew together this time: Besides Felix, the Barca veteran Benny L, Daniel Portorreal, Barcelona local Miki Fleck and additionally two newcomers - Phil Martin and Jordan Okane. The bros rented themselves into a flat and spent some days in the streets of Barcelona, producing very versatile material. From tech lines to bomb drops, everything is in here. Also, you will learn a lot about the guys, because in addition to pure BMX riding, there are also many radom clips, including comments of the riders to see. You can watch the whole video here now.

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Video: Peter Adam DIG BMX

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Felix Prangenberg recently had an appereance in the Meet the Makers Series of Dickies. The boys from Dickies accompanied Felix during a street session, where he explains how he got into BMX and what drives him to daily push himself to new levels.

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Our bro Artur Meister recently finished a BMX video part for Traffic Distribution or Kink Bikes. As the title indicates, you really don't have to worry about pressing the play button. What should go wrong if there is classic 4:3 footage, nice weather, awesome tricks and David Schaller behind the camera?!

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Video: David Schaller

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Yes, for spring 2020, Etnies is doing a BMX Collection again! Team rider like Tom Dugan, Devon Smillie, Chase Hawk and Nathan Williams got there signature colorways! Check 'em out below and support brands which support BMX!

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COVID-19 is felt everywhere! We keep things running (more infos hier) and are happy to announce that Sunday Bikes 2020 BMX bikes are finally available again! The Etnies BMX collection and the new parts from eclat BMX also came in fresh!

Stay healthy and ride on!

When the world was still in order, our bro Felix Donat flew into the BMX Street Paradise a.k.a. Barcelona in order to escape the cold temperatures in Germany, to have a good time and to film for a new BSD clip. Pressing play really feels like a vacation. Sun, good mood, a mellow soundtrack and finest BMX street tech moves can only make you happy!

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Video: Franck Saint Simon

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It's official: Our bro Felix Prangenberg is now part of the Etnies Pro Team. To celebrate this event appropriately, you can now watch Felix's Welcome to the Team Edit. In addition to the obligatory, wild street maneuvers Felix' homies also have some words to say, which completes the edit very nicely. So, now there's only one thing left to say from us: Congratulations Felix, you more than deserve it!

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Video: David Schaller

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Etnies and the masterminds behind Doomed Jordan Goodwin have collaborated to produce an apocalyptically superb capsule for these end times ...

Etnies has been committed to BMX for years and has built a solid BMX team with riders like Jordan Godwin, Felix Prangenberg, Nathan William, Tom Dugan and Devon Smillie. We are pleased to be able to offer you the new Spring 2021 BMX shoe collection from Etnies.

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The first warm sunstrays have reached us and the desire for riding increases immeasurably. Last year, almost all 18 inch bikes were sold out, so we are happy to be able to offer you the Sunday Primer 18" again which is one of the best BMX bikes for kids. We have also received deliveries from eclat and etnies!

The Fall 21 etnies x Doomed collection is finally in stock. The great quality from etnies combined with BMX-inspired designs from Doomed is simply awesome!

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Yeah, Sunday 2022 BMX bikes finally arrived! The supply chains are still not working smoothly, so if a BMX bike appeals to you, we recommend that you get it as soon as possible, as we currently do not know exactly when to expect the next delivery. As well, the Vans Courage Adams Slip-On shoes and also the fall 2021 collection from Etnies X Doomed have finally reached us!

We jammed diligently with our friends from the Stuttgart BMX Jam Series in the legendary Oberesslingen skate park. Our bro @sm1ley captured the BMX session in moving pictures. Be sure to check out the @bmxjamseries Instagram page for the next session.

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Video & Edit by: Miguel Smajli

We still have a solid stock of the popular Dickies Icon Logo collection, so we can now offer these to you at a super special price. So grab it while stocks last.

Devon Smillie teamed up with filmmaker Eddie Cuellar and filmed a highly technical five minute Street BMX part for Etnies. In the video you can find some NBD's (never been done) tricks like the last clip in the video. The whole thing is also a promo video for Devon Smillie's new Etnies colorway, which is now also available through us.

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Two of the most popular brands in BMX have teamed up and brought out a great collection, which is now available from us. Hit the link, check for yourself and grab your favorites while stocks last!

Discover the best offers in our Etnies shoes sale now! Etnies offers you a wide selection of shoes for every occasion, from casual sneakers to durable skate or BMX shoes. So whether you're looking for style, comfort or performance, you'll find it in our Etnies shoes sale. As always, it's worth being quick because these offers are only valid while stocks last.

Etnies launches their latest collaboration with exceptional talent Jordan Godwin. This time it's slip-ons, which have a minimalist atmosphere. The shoes were designed by Jordan Godwin in a beautiful orange, very clean. Combined with Etnie's reinforced upper materials, high-performance insoles and the GeoHex profile on the sole, the "Lo-Cut Slip" shoes are super solid for BMX riding and also look fresh. In Jordan's words: "I chose a bold orange combined with classic black for a really eye-catching look. I'm really grateful to Etnies for the chance to contribute my own opinion - from the handmade prints Until the final scan, I am thrilled with the result in every way. Thank you for the love and support, forever grateful..." Now available!

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