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"Take ‘BTZ Downhill’, a skate event where they bomb the steepest main street in Biarritz with thousands of people, as an example. During Covid it was their act of resistance to the lockdown in the city, and it brought together the youth of Southern France. Jordan, the main idea-man behind the event, copped the brunt of the punishment and had to pay fines for a year (“breaking COVID lockdown laws and issuing a riot.”) Since, he’s paid off the fines, and the mayor of Biarritz has personally contacted him. He is now being paid by the city’s events board to put on more BTZ events."

Our Favorite Band Of Basque Miscreants Just Dropped A 20-Minute Thrash Edit

The gears in the Keks Machine just keep turning.

cinema // Nov 30, 2024
Words by Holden Trnka
Reading Time: < 1 minute

“The Keks Machine boys are proud Basque Country kids and they let you know it,” Ian Crane once wrote, in a European missive featured on our site some time ago.

“Biarritz is theirs. The waves, the streets, and the girls,” Crane continues. “They listen to music loud, surf, skate and drink hard, laughing endlessly. These guys leave their mark everywhere they go, and for how brash and abrasive they might be, the mark they leave is a positive one. They are loved in their city, lifting each other up, and creating beautiful things.”

Stab Highway Europe viewers will recall the Keks Machine boys as the same group that spray-painted McKenzie Bowden and lit his hair on fire in a Biarritz back alley.

Above is their latest film, BRAT YEAR IS NOT OVER (yet). 

Filmed on a handful of adventurous strike missions, the film is directed by Theo Preuilh and continues their trademark blend of abrasive French expressionism and contemporary three-fin thrashing.

As Crane succintly put it, ‘Surf. Skate. Party.

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