Wats up everyone,
Just got back from 26Trix was an awesome trip. Arrived there on Wednesday managed to get a room in the hotel which was amazing cause i hadn't organised anything (thanks Basti) Had a look at the course and the big line was massive and looked scary specially in the wind and its always windy there luckily there was no rain this year which is rare.
Watched Kelly Mcgarry hit the big set and he made it look easy. thursday and day of Prequailifying first run through the small line which is not that small and over jumped the one out of the berm to flat, it did not feel good at all. Decided i would do better riding just the big line and get more points. Got through ok but you have to pin it so hard. still an amazing feeling floating through the air for ages.
Qualifying started at 5pm and it was 2 runs best one counts, did the big line in both my runs did an ok first run which made me qualify 10th. practised for qualifying the rest of the evening.
Friday and day of Qualifying was a bit nervous especially since i had to go first, dropped in for my first run and messed up the first jump but carried on till the end. everyone stepped up there riding and it was a tough comp had to wait ages for my second run, finally it was time for my second run started well flipped the step up 1 foot x the next to downside wip on the hip and slipped a pedal which peed me off big time because i had been doing it fine all the time so never made it to the finals and was super bummed. Watched some good riding though especially the Canadians Brandom Seminuk and Graham Agazis as well as the Mcaull bros was super sick to see them ride.
Saturday was the finals and they were insane Andreau doing a massive flat spin on the big jump was a highlight for sure. My favourite trick was Niki Lietner doing a massive super seat on the big jump was so sweet, my favourite trick by far.
Cam Mcaull took the win with Brandon in Second, Martin Sodestrom in third and Sam Pilgrim in Fouth.
End of the weekend and time for the after party which as always got messy and for some reason every time at 26Trix after party shirts get ripped off was a good night anyway and with my ears ringing in the morning and still a little tipsy we caught the shuttle back to Munich airport.
Hung out at the airport for a while cause our flight was not till late. ended up watching England v Germany on the big screen with Sam P, Sam Ren, Linus and chopper where we got slaughtered but i dont care much for that sport bunch of pansy's falling over for no reason.
All in All an amazing weekend and can't wait for next year just need to get more consistent in my runs.
Peace out!!
Tuesday, 29 June 2010
Saturday, 19 June 2010
Balaton Bike fest and Budapest
WOW! This is going to be a long one,
Well flew to Budapest in Hungary last week Wednesday for Balaton Bike Fest, arrived at the Festival after bieng picked up by someone that no one knew which was random.
Anyway got there about 9 at night met up with Andras who invited me. then went to the house and met up with Kevin Katinas who decided it would be better to wake up at 4 in the morning to ride the jumps because it was so hot during the day.
We woke up at 4 went up to the jumps had a walk round the course and watched the sun come up had a pretty good sesh even though it was hot by 5:30. met up with Kelly Mcgarry, Shanine and Niki and chilled at the lake the rest of the day until it cooled down a bit rode a little more in the evening then partied and watched the sun come up did that for 4 days straight rode quali's on Friday and got 8th which was ok. went to a little party in the hills which Andras told us was 10min away turned out it was 1 hour ride. prob not worth it but the way home Kelly smashed the window of a car that pulled out when he was overtaking it they called the police we rode away pretty quick then the police happened to come up the rode we went down and so we flew off passed them Kelly disappeared down a bank, Kevin hid behind a car and we got caught nothing happened they took our details and wanted to arrest Niki for not having any ID then told us to walk which of course as soon as they were out of sight we jumped on the bikes and rode away fast. lost Kelly and Kevin, Kevin turned up with Andras after about 30min but no Kelly so Andras and Shanine went to look for him and found him in the back of the police car, he had been caught hiding in a tree in some ones garde. Fun Times haha. rode finals on Saturday and got 8th again so wasn't to bad. But Mr Katinas rode after a nasty smash trying to three the really small drop messed his shoulder pretty bad got it strapped up just in time for finals and killed it came away with first which was amazing. that night was quite a big party in the Monster tent with FREE drinks, AMAZING. and another night we stayed up all night and watched the sun rise.
Sunday we tried to sleep but it was so hot around 35c so we went for a walk in town and sampled Cocktails and went swimming. Drove back to Budapest with Andras in the Monster Chevy everyone knackered from a very Hectic weekend.
Budapest is a Beautiful city with all the old buildings and architecture. Did a day of sight seeing on Monday and chilling out. Then just happened to miss my flight oops but rebooked for friday.
Tuesday we went and rode Peters place, Patakhegy Trails which were cool had a wooden feature step up step down only good thing i did was wip up the step up and no foot can off. but got some sweet photos with Norbert Szász and did a little bike check for Stand Mag should be in the next issue check out www.standmag.hu
Went out to a club where its in a little park which was full of people chilling and dancing never watched the sun rise this time though.
Wednesday it rained all day which sucked so no riding and nothing really happened.
Thursday Keven had to fly back to Holland and almost missed his flight. I went with Peter and Andras to ride Golden Mountain Trails which we amazing the most fun i had riding the whole trip never wanted to leave but Andras had a Monster meeting anyway filmed a few runs but the camera died so had a photo shoot with Peter was sick got a few things dialled. That night we went out for the last time kinda partied all night, tried to sneak into a hotel pool but kept getting busted by security funny story. had about 30 min sleep and caught a taxi to the airport.
Hungary is amazing the people are amazing and I cant wait till next year. Thanks Andras for inviting us and crashing at your place. PEACE
Monday, 7 June 2010
Redhill KOD
Yo,
Been up at redhill this last weekend for the second round of the King of Dirt.
Drove up on Saturday with James Iouanou arrived at Redhill around 12 met up with all the boys had a look at the jumps which were sick, a good size for comps which was cool to see. Signed up to ride and got practising. The jumps took a little getting used to and just as i got tricking everyone stoped riding and got ready for the start of the open comp. I had been asked to judge and as i have never done it before was a bit wary.
In the open comp they had five runs three count, everyone was riding really well especially Tom Ren and Craig Potter. top Five made it to the finals with the riding stepping up even more. In the end Joash Clackson got third, Tom Ren got second and Craig Potter took the win.
In the pro comp they had two heats with top three in each going through to the finals i was in the second heat so got to watch the first but i had problems with my back tyre went through 2 tubes in 10 min and almost missed my heat. had to keep a pump handy and pump it up after every run. had some good runs and made it through to the finals.
In the finals i was really tired from the sun and riding hard all afternoon, after a quick redbull i had some energy back and rode well doing all the runs i wanted to do and only messed up once on my last run but had done enough to take the win. with only 1 point separating me and Clinton Johns in second. Daryl Brown took third with some very consistent runs and sweet dumped three's. James got best crash with his massive flat spin attempts and Ryan Nangle getting the progression award.
Had a bit of a celebration that night with the Welsh guys and Cliff B from Huckmonkey.
Sunday James and I headed down to Toby Ware's house near Winchester to ride his mulch jump in his back yard. had a really good day riding with Toby, Craig Potter and James.
Amazing weekend in the sun and defo looking forward to Balaton bike fest this weekend in Hungary.
Peace out!
Been up at redhill this last weekend for the second round of the King of Dirt.
Drove up on Saturday with James Iouanou arrived at Redhill around 12 met up with all the boys had a look at the jumps which were sick, a good size for comps which was cool to see. Signed up to ride and got practising. The jumps took a little getting used to and just as i got tricking everyone stoped riding and got ready for the start of the open comp. I had been asked to judge and as i have never done it before was a bit wary.
In the open comp they had five runs three count, everyone was riding really well especially Tom Ren and Craig Potter. top Five made it to the finals with the riding stepping up even more. In the end Joash Clackson got third, Tom Ren got second and Craig Potter took the win.
In the pro comp they had two heats with top three in each going through to the finals i was in the second heat so got to watch the first but i had problems with my back tyre went through 2 tubes in 10 min and almost missed my heat. had to keep a pump handy and pump it up after every run. had some good runs and made it through to the finals.
In the finals i was really tired from the sun and riding hard all afternoon, after a quick redbull i had some energy back and rode well doing all the runs i wanted to do and only messed up once on my last run but had done enough to take the win. with only 1 point separating me and Clinton Johns in second. Daryl Brown took third with some very consistent runs and sweet dumped three's. James got best crash with his massive flat spin attempts and Ryan Nangle getting the progression award.
Had a bit of a celebration that night with the Welsh guys and Cliff B from Huckmonkey.
Sunday James and I headed down to Toby Ware's house near Winchester to ride his mulch jump in his back yard. had a really good day riding with Toby, Craig Potter and James.
Amazing weekend in the sun and defo looking forward to Balaton bike fest this weekend in Hungary.
Peace out!
Animal Bike Tour
Howzit,
Last Thursday i was lucky enough to be a guest rider on the Animal Relentless Bike tour with my Bro Blake in Poole. Had an awesome day in the boiling sun riding shows and meeting all the big guns at Animal as it was right next to the headquarters.
Rode 4 shows through the day, Never crashed which is always good and pulled some good stunts and manoeuvres. Hopefully be able to ride more stops through the summer.
Cheers
Last Thursday i was lucky enough to be a guest rider on the Animal Relentless Bike tour with my Bro Blake in Poole. Had an awesome day in the boiling sun riding shows and meeting all the big guns at Animal as it was right next to the headquarters.
Rode 4 shows through the day, Never crashed which is always good and pulled some good stunts and manoeuvres. Hopefully be able to ride more stops through the summer.
Cheers
Tuesday, 1 June 2010
Dirt Wars, Harthill, Cheshire
Yo,
This last weekend i was up near Liverpool in Harthill, for a round of Dirt Wars.
Drove up really early Saturday morning with my sister Amanda, Norman and Mervin. it Rained none stop all day. Arrived there around 12 set up the tent and then checked out the course and the 4x course looked sweet but muddy.
The dirt jumps were a surprise to say the least, they were quite small but turned out to be really fun.
The comp was ok but we had to wait for the 4x to finish and it only finished around 7pm so all the dirt jumpers were annoyed especially since it started to rain again.
The comp went ahead anyway had qualifying and top 5 went through i made it to the finals with Daryl Brown, Adam Williams, Ash and Ricky Crompton.
The Finals went ok apart from the rain and slimy jumps managed to get a good run but messed up the other 2, it was good enough for 3rd with Daryl in 1st and Ash in 2nd.
Sunday and we decided to leave early and head up to Hub Fest in Liverpool to see my Bro Blake ride in the Animal Relentless bike tour was a much better day the sun made an appearance but the wind was hectic. the show was good only saw one and then headed back home, with a 4 hour drive ahead of us.
Cheers for now
This last weekend i was up near Liverpool in Harthill, for a round of Dirt Wars.
Drove up really early Saturday morning with my sister Amanda, Norman and Mervin. it Rained none stop all day. Arrived there around 12 set up the tent and then checked out the course and the 4x course looked sweet but muddy.
The dirt jumps were a surprise to say the least, they were quite small but turned out to be really fun.
The comp was ok but we had to wait for the 4x to finish and it only finished around 7pm so all the dirt jumpers were annoyed especially since it started to rain again.
The comp went ahead anyway had qualifying and top 5 went through i made it to the finals with Daryl Brown, Adam Williams, Ash and Ricky Crompton.
The Finals went ok apart from the rain and slimy jumps managed to get a good run but messed up the other 2, it was good enough for 3rd with Daryl in 1st and Ash in 2nd.
Sunday and we decided to leave early and head up to Hub Fest in Liverpool to see my Bro Blake ride in the Animal Relentless bike tour was a much better day the sun made an appearance but the wind was hectic. the show was good only saw one and then headed back home, with a 4 hour drive ahead of us.
Cheers for now
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