Bombtrack Complete Bikes 2021

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Broadcasting
from
the Beach
When our video editor and
photographer was forced to leave
his flat in Cologne, it provided the
impetus he and his girlfriend needed
to hit the road. A former bandmate of
Bombtrack founder Manuel Schuerholz,
Marvin has been instrumental in
creating our videos. Currently
operating beachside in Portugal, the
team’s riders send over their raw
footage, and Marvin spits out the
finished edit. All he needs is a laptop,
wifi, and a few nearby waves.
In between surf sessions, we caught up
with him during lockdown to find out
how he ended up making films about
bikes in the back of a van.
“I studied jazz piano and was a musician
for ten years,” explains Marvin. “At
one point me and Manuel were in a
band together. The management asked if
I would take a GoPro and film a tour
blog. I asked if I could do the editing
too. Manuel saw it and asked me to do
something for Bombtrack”.
surprising amount of space, all that’s
needed for work is a camera, laptop,
headphones and stable wifi. “Or at
least a SIM card with lots of gigabytes of
data,” says Marvin.
Having no fixed address, hours, or
boss also allows Marvin the freedom to
organise his time.
“I don’t have a typical workday,” he
says. “It’s one of the things I enjoy the
most. No day is the same. Somedays I’ll
work all day, to the extent I forget to
eat if I’m really involved in a project.
Other days I don’t work at all and just
go surfing or play guitar. I’ve never been
conventionally employed, so I don’t know
what it’s like working nine to five”.
That was five years ago. Having
since taught himself advanced
photography and video editing skills
via Youtube, Marvin is now responsible
for Bombtrack’s videos which have
been seen by over a million people
worldwide.
However, rather than making them in
a conventional editing suite, like our
riders, Marvin’s studio is also totally
mobile.
Working from a vintage Mercedes
van parked by the sea, Marvin
Beranek is responsible for
Bombtrack’s video output
“Two years ago me and my girlfriend got
kicked out of our flat and decided not to
get another. We spent time crashing on
friends’ sofas. Then last year I got a van,
which I converted, and now we’re living
on the road”.
With their new set-up providing a
With our riders often responsible for
documenting their own adventures, a
key part of Marvin’s work is getting
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