This year Esher Shore had another Jam, backed by Monster Energy!  The pimped out monster truck showed up with free Monster energy  keeping everyone happy! The whole of the Huckmonkey/ram team  attended who started sessioning the berm transfer. Once the jam  moved to the big kicker the whole team were pulling some big tricks  including Tim’s huge superman winning him one year free  membership at Esher Shore! Rory did his usual tyre buzzing tables  and  Ryan did some nice no foot cans along with no footer to X-ups.  Throughout the day plenty of prizes were given to everyone including  the spectators, loads of shirts were given out along with sunglasses,  stickers, key rings and much more.

The jam this year was good fun for everyone making it a big success.  Hopefully next year will bring the same!

My Video from this years Jam:

http://vimeo.com/5379027

Cheers to Rob Bigwood for the pictures.

The last few weeks have been really good for me, just finished my finals exams and been riding loads. I rode in a demo for the bike shop cycleworks with Mike smith, Sam ren and Dan black which was cool. The weather was perfect and in the end we had a pretty big crowd going.

Me and Tim are going to be making a new webvid when he gets his bike fixed so look out for that but in the mean time check out these 2 vids I made a few months ago.

http://www.pinkbike.com/video/68024/

http://www.pinkbike.com/video/73242/

Had a sweet sesh at the trails the other day to, a few new pics:

Thats it for now, I’ll be going up to redhill king of dirt this weekend with a few mates which should be a good time, cya all there.

With all the hype on the bike scene being about Slopestyle this year, most bike company’s have been showing off their 4″, 5″ and 6″ go any where do anything steeds with pride.

24seven bikes have been expecting this for a while and have been working away to bring us a hardcore medium weight (39.9lbs stock) hard hitting Slopestyle rig that wont tear a huge hole in your pocket. We bring you the 24seven Messiah.

24seven started building this frame a few years back when the Slopestyle legend Lance McDermott was riding for them, although Lance now rides for another team the guys at 24/7 continued developing the bike and turned it into the British beast that it is today. The frame is made from 6061 aluminium and comes in a battleship grey gloss finish with the rear end in good old black (this is the only colour combo offered). The rear end is defiantly not going to let you down even in the harshest of conditions, its burly as hell with horizontal drop outs that are designed to take a good beating.

One thing that might catch your eye when looking at the frame on its own is the fact that the bottom bracket shell is also the housing for the rear pivot resulting in being able to run the bike as a single speed without having to use a tensioner (when going through the travel the chain length stays the same ). With a quite steep head angle of 68 degrees it has the feeling of stability when launching drops and hitting dirt jumps. The 14″ bottom bracket height gives you plenty of clearance when rolling into steep slopes and hitting the single track.

Rockshox and Fox have got the suspension systems covered with the awesome Fox RP23 at the rear and the big hitting Rockshox 302 Domains up front. Running Hayes nine brakes you know your not going to have any problems in the stopping area as these brakes have been tried and tested for years. Along with Sram X7 rear mech and shifter 24/7 have fitted their own Super Fat SE 3 piece cranks to provide a smooth and reliable running performance. The Super Fats are not the only 24/7 branded components on the bike as most of the finish kit is their own. Slim bars, 50mm block stem, freeride inspired saddle and seat post and also 24/7 hubs (20mm front) laced on to Alex D24 rims are all contributors in making the Messiah such a hardcore Slopestyle rig.

I took this opportunity to take the bike for a blast down some local short-track DH runs as well as single track around the woods. The bike felt good at speed and the front end was easy to lift when needed. The short back end reminds you that this is not a DH bike and the weight is never going to persuade you that this is a UK trail bike. But then the Messiah is not a bike to be picked-up and jiggled about with in a car-park, whilst discussing “optimum weight versus travel” or “pedal friendly geometry design” as its more like a Battle-Axe. You may question your choice of weapon on the way to the battle field, but when it all kicks-off, you will be glad you brought it!

Available fromwww.24sevenbikes.co.uk at a retail price of £1699.99.

Written by Tom Blease TT Bike Park

Ive also been up to my mates house in cobham to help him plan out his backyard jumps which will be cool when they are finished, he took me to his local trails which were really over grow but had some cool techy lines:

The rain has come in hard these past days so ive been rebuilding and building a new line at my trails which is super flowy and fun so i mite have a vid of it next time i blog, cya.

Summer Ride Festival comp booking and info line 07506583859   e-mail   westcoastmbc@aol.com

If you can remember all the fun had at the Jam’s held at the AC Bike Park in Churchill nr Bristol then get ready for it to happen all over again. The team has got back together again to bring you The MBUK/Huckmonkey.com’s Summer ride Festival on the 25th and 26th of July 2009.

We have moved location from Churchill to Bideford in North Devon to the home of the TT Freeride Crew’s South West Extreme Bike Park.

Over the weekend we will be hosting an Amateur Dirt Jump comp (supported by 24/7 bikes),  Amateur 4x Knockout racing, an Amateur Slopestyle comp and Also the DMR/Huckmonkey.com Pro Dirt Jump Comp.

The bike park will open at 9-30am on the on  Saturday 25th July 2009.

Saturday 25th

The Gates to the park will open at 8-30am for campers.
9-30am      Bike Park opens, signing in for events (there will be a pre comp booking line).
9-30am      Dirt Jump comp practice. The Dirt jumps will be closed off for riders to practice.
11-30am    Dirt Jump comp 1st round (50 riders down to 10)
12-00pm    Food tent opens.
12-30         Slopestyle closed for Practice.
2-30pm      Amateur Slopestyle comp Round 1 (50 riders down to 10)
6pm          Bar opens Licensed bar selling local ales as well as the usual’s.
6-30pm      Park closes and Pro Dirt Jump comp starts. (maybe earlier depending on amount of riders).
6pm          Mbuk’s Doddy on the decks plus bar games and the usual jam goings on.
1am        Site Closes and everyone to be in camping field.

Sunday 26th

8am          Food tent opens for breakfast.
9-30am     Park opens.
10-30am   Amateur Slopestyle final.
12 -30pm       Amateur Dirt Jump comp Finals
2-30pm        Amateur 4x Knockout Racing.
5- 45pm        The whole site closes.
6pm        Total clearance

Some of the UK’s top riders will be attending the festival to throw down their latest tricks and moves as well as The Mountain Biking UK crew, The Huckmonkey.com crew, 24/7 bikes crew, Ram bikes crew, Dmr bikes crew and loads of other industry top bods.
The prize bags are big and their will be plenty of free stuff thrown out to the Comp crowds.

Ride your bike, watch the top pro’s, jump for free stuff, grab an autograph, get drunk and listen to Doddy from Mbuk spinning some tunes then do it all again the next day.

£25 will get you entry to the festival,camping and Saturday night party.
Sunday entry will be £15 for the day.
Daily spectators £5 per person
There will be a £10 fee for all comp entry’s on top of Festival entry.

Under 16s will need an adult of 20years or older to accompany them for the duration of their stay (4x under 16s to one adult max). 24″ and 26″ wheeled bikes only. Anyone found to be breaking these rules will be instantly removed from site by security.
For info and comp booking ring    07506583859                                   9am to 6pm open 7 days a week.

Comp entry’s will be on a first come first ride basis due to only 50 spaces per comp.To try and avoid disappointment on the day book your comp places before hand on the info line.

Dates announced, new website live and tickets on sale!

Relentless NASS returns for 2009 with new dates as the UK’s premier action sports and music festival. 2008 saw a return to form for the NASS festival thanks to new ownership and increased support from title sponsors Relentless.

The 15,000 capacity Relentless NASS Festival will take place from 10-12^th July 2009 at The Bath and West Showground in Shepton Mallet in Somerset. The event features the best in action sports including skateboarding, BMX, freestyle moto-x and inline skating as well as a world class music bill over the three days.

The brand new Relentless NASS Festival website www.nassfest.com and tickets go on sale on Friday 30 January 2009 at 9am.

With the support of Relentless Energy Drink the event in 2009 promises to be the most developed NASS ever seen. Every aspect of the event will be improved from course design and prize money to music bill and consumer activity. Relentless NASS aims to become World class in the next few years.

Additions to the event include a public access skateboard and BMX park, a world class dirt BMX course, a freestyle moto-x event never before seen in the UK and a third day of music planned for the Sunday of the event.

As with 2008, Relentless NASS will consult with experts in each area of the event to ensure they are run to the highest possible standard bringing the best event of this kind in the UK. Expect the best street course ever built at a UK event designed by industry leaders in their fields and a music line up far superior to anything ever seen at NASS before. Music bookings across the three stages and arenas have commenced and the first announcement will be on 30^th January. Prepare to be amazed.

Event Manager Jamie Monson said “After the success of last year we are really proud to be coming back to the showground for Relentless NASS ’09. A lot of hard work has gone into turning the event around and pushing it forward and we are all very excited about the plans for the forthcoming event. Expect improvements in all aspects of the event. I am especially excited about our music line up and can’t wait for our special announcement in January.”

For the best in action sports and music check out www.nassfest.com. Tickets available now.

Ticket Prices

Child is classed as 8 – 13 yrs old inclusive. Under 7 years old go free

Event opening times

To the dirt jump scene Cornwall is famous for one of the best pay to ride Dirt Jump parks in the UK “The Track”.  Boasting loads of sets of Dirt Jumps, a slope-style line and a 4x/BMX track it wasn’t going to be long before we started to see DJ talent coming from the bottom of the country.

Recently brought to my attention by Fox Europe team manager Wayne Dobson  was young Kona/Fox rider Peran Clemence.

Peran is part of the Digger crew at The Track and gets to spend quite a bit of time ripping up the dirt jumps and slope-style lines at the park in between styling new lines for you to all ride. We took time out to see what Peran is going to be up to this year.

Full Name - Peran Eugene Clemence
Home Town– Camborne Cornwall
Riding style – Dirt jumper – Slope style
Years Riding - 3
Sponsors – FOX CLOTHING, KONA, THE TRACK, BIKE CHAIN
Signature Trick - Onehanded XUP
Favourite Trick bag – anything big really,Barrel roll, Flip, Tail whip, 360,
Favourite UK Riding spot – THE TRACK – Wisley - Sheet
Favourite Riding spot Abroad - Not got one yet (really fancy some of the KONA bike parks though)
Top 3 Riders you look up to and why- Chopper, Lluis and Andreu Lacondeguy they just go big and flat out at everything.

HuckMonkey. So what got you in to riding bikes and at what age.

Peran Clemence. My eldest brother and cousin both ride, I just sort of went along from the age of 12, they are nutter freeriders so going big early on was just what they did and I copied them.

HM. What was your first bike

PC First real jump bike KONA STUFF 24 it was just the coolest bike to start jumping on.

HM. Your a local to The Track in Cornwall, How much has having such an awesome riding spot on your doorstep helped you with your trick bag and riding style.

PC. It has been a massive help having THE TRACK on my doorstep as I am one of the digger crew I get to ride pretty much all the time.

HM. I noticed you never rode in the KOD at the Track invitational, are you going to be riding the other rounds of KOD, would it not have been a good idea to start the series on your home trails.-

PC. I have spent the last 3 months digging and preparing the TRACK for the event working till late most nights after school and was just knackered. We had a bad spell of rain just before the event which washed out quite a lot of THE TRACK so I was flat out with Steve and the other diggers up until the actual day of the event. I wanted to enter both the KOD and the Invitational Slope style but really want, to move into slope style (the bigger the jump the better), it was a chance of a lifetime really, to be riding against the likes of Chopper and Lluis, so that was my decision made and it really paid off, as Lluis and Chopper invited me on a road trip with them straight after the event around the south with MBUK. Meeting and riding with the people on the posters I have on the walls of my bedroom was really strange, but cool as.

HM. How do you think you performed in the recent Slope style comp at the invitational, was that your first comp against some of the UK’s big dogs.

PC. I feel I held my own quite well, I had a lot of the trail riders come up to me after telling me how well I did. That’s what matters really when the people you look up to are happy for you and telling you, you done good.

HM. Now your riding pro category and flying the Kona and Fox Clothing flag does it worry you about having to ride against the likes of Pilgrim, Mcdermot, Chopper, Ren and the other pro riders.  (I know a few of the HM riders were a bit concerned as its also their first year on the scene).

PC. Really weird riding against all the people you see and read about in magazines at 15 is just cool as, although it does play on your mind, but I ride for fun and I know that’s the same for most riders.

HM. Do you plan to ride any comps abroad this year or are you concentrating on the UK comps.

PC. I will be riding in all the comps I can get to anywhere, I just want to ride and have fun. I was hoping to go to Europe later this year, more just to ride new places than to compete but if there was something on I would enter. I will be doing the rest of the KOD rounds including the NASS event which I am really looking forward to.

HM. What would be the contents of an Ideal day for you.

PC. Waking up to sunny weather with no wind, riding big trails, chilling with my mates and spending the evening with my girlfriend Megan.

HM. What do you do when your not on the bike.

PC. Living in Cornwall I get to spend a lot of time in the water, but most of the time with my girlfriend.

HM. If you could invent a riding component or riding aid to help you with your riding what would you invent.

PC. A pop-up bio-dome. It’s the worst thing about riding in the UK wind and rain.

HM. Anyone you would like to thank?

PC.KONA, FOX, BIKE CHAIN, THE-TRACK AND MY DAD.

After seeing  just two preview shots of the film, you can clearly see its going to be good, Every shot and angle is though out carefully and the whole film is shot on Red One camera’s which are the best in the business for HD at up to $10,000 dollars for just one lens!

The rider line up is a killer:

Darren Berrecloth
Matt Hunter
Cam McCaul
Brandon Semenuk
And that’s not Half of them!

“We are trying to create a different film about mountain biking,” says Frankowski. “One that will represent the sport and showcase it from a fresh angle. For us it’s about telling a story in the most creative and visually stunning way possible.”

The Film should be out late 2009, Ready for your christmas stockings, although nothings sure with Life Cycles, they have been making this film for three years!
I personally cant wait, and want to be one of the first to get my hands on this when it comes out!

Check out a Crazy Preview on there site Here:

http://www.lifecyclesfilm.com/visuals/teaser/versatile

After a 6 - hour drive from Guildford to Cornwall I was hugely grateful of a bed to sleep in at Tim’s flat. I went to bed nervous, but thankfully too exhausted to let it keep me awake all night. Saturday arrived and we were all up early for a fry-up breakfast courtesy of master chef Kech Williams! A half-hour drive through the rolling Cornish countryside got us to ‘The Track’. Even at 10 am the car park was already overflowing and the place was buzzing. As it was my first visit to Portreath I was blown away by the sheer amount of lines and features squeezed into an area the size of a large field. We padded up and went up to check out the start of the dirt line, teeming with riders dialling in their lines. Ryan was already hard at work on the small line, looking smooth as ever.

I got to work riding the technical smaller lines and started to wish that I’d taken the sat-nav with me! We practiced for the rest of the day, and I struggled to get the entire line down, a few weird jumps in the top section were putting many of us off, one in particular resulted in a K.O. for Jim Davage and a nasty dislocated and snapped ankle for James Ioannou (get well soon mate!). Ryan and I had an awesome session in the pit and resi-ramp, with Ryan working on superflips and no handed flips, while I tried to dial in my no foot cans and barrel rolls/ cork flips.

By the time the elite comp came around at 5 pm I was exhausted, a mistake which I will try not to make again. As the wind started to pick up there was some grumbling around the pack of riders, many of whom seemed less than stoked on the imminent competition. However this was blown out of the window as all of the riders started putting down their runs.
Then my name was announced and it was go time! I dropped in and realized to my horror that I could barely hold onto my bars due to arm-pump and a sprained wrist. If anything this helped me though, I was forced to relax and breezed through a line that had been giving me problems all day. I did basic tables, kickouts and X ups most of the way down the line then threw a flip off the last step-up. A slight case was too much for my hands to take and I cheese-grated my way down the landing.

My other two runs were nothing special; my back was stinging like a bitch as I flowed through the line. A small no foot can followed by a nice wallride with a little table out ended my day on a relatively positive note.
The highlight of my day however was watching all of my mates absolutely slay the course. Tim dropped in and put together an amazing run which included a superman to no-foot-can (in one jump) and the biggest superman seatgrab I’ve ever witnessed in person. Ryan laid down his trademark smooth style and a completely sideways cork-flip (see Tom Grundy’s picture).

As you all probably know by now the day belonged to Sam Reynolds, who threw down a succession of potentially winning runs as well as a final run that included a massive frontflip and an almost-landed 720. He followed up his dirt win with another in the slopestyle, to bring his tally to three after his 4X win earlier in the day.

Big thanks to Cliff and Bret who supported us amazingly throughout the day and delivered us all sorts of new Fox goodies! The same goes to all of the sponsors who have sorted us out with amazing bikes for the season.

Recovery time is expected to be around two to three months, so we’re hoping she will be back in time for the World’s.

Fans will still be able to see Rachel on the circuit as she’ll be joining the Animal Commencal team in her temporary role as race commentator on the Nissan UCI World Cup Series for Freecaster.tv. “

Animal Commencal team director Dan Brown said: “The nerve in Rachel’s shoulder has seen little improvement over the past four weeks so the surgeon has taken the decision to operate. We’re hoping Rachel will be back in training in around three to four months so there’s still a chance she will compete at the World Championships in August.

We hope Rachel all the best with her recovery which you can follow here animalcommencal.tv/rachel/blog/ and hope that she is back in time for the Wolds in the not so distant future.

www.animalcommencal.tv/

Format:An action packed weekend of riding and competitions, including: South West Regional BMX Racing round, 4X Racing,  Slopestyle competition, MTB Dirt Jumping and BMX Dirt Jumping.

Sponsors: KONA, VANS, MONSTER ENERGY, LIVE EVENTS SOUTH WEST, Dirt Magazine

Guests: Lluis Lacondeguy, Trond Hansen, Grant ‘Chopper’ Fielder, Blake Samson, Sam Reynolds Plain Lazy, DMR

Look forward  to an amazing  Bank holiday weekend , with  some of the worlds top Dirt jumpers attending . For more info and entry forms visit:

www.the-track.co.uk

BikeRadar Live is the biggest ever mass-participation cycling event to hit the UK, and will take place on the weekend of 30–31 May 2009 at Donington Park in Leicestershire

The weekend will be packed full of races and challenges, with something for everyone, whether you want to compete, watch your friends and family or just check out some of the world’s best riders including the Huckmonkey/Ram Dirt jump team.

Entry into any of the events gives you full access to the festival’s many attractions including:

* Spectacular all-weather stunt displays
* Invitational dirt jump and dual slalom competitions
* A cycling film festival
* Live big top entertainment and the Scott Sunset DJ Sessions
* Test yourself against pro and celebrity riders in the Procycling Hot Laps
* Post a time in the Wattbike competition
* Take the kids along to the CycleActive skills school

A purpose-built bikes and accessories expo will give festival-goers the chance to ride the latest bikes from leading brands and grab show-only deals on bikes and accessories.

Events include the Cycling Plus Sportive (100km & 100-mile), the Whyte Night Enduros (12hr & 4hr), eliminator dual-slalom, and the Devil Takes the Hindmost circuit race.

BikeRadar Live’s world-class facilities include on-site camping with a kids and family area, secure bike lock-up, showers, bike wash, workshop, picnic area, medical centre, viewing stands and food and drink market.

BikeRadar Live is brought to you by Future, the makers of MBUK, Cycling Plus, BikeRadar.com, What Mountain Bike, Cyclingnews.com and Procycling.

For any queries contact:
Bekky Wright
Tel: 01225 442244
Email: bekky.wright@futurenet.com
Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm (GMT)

Thanks to http://live.bikeradar.com/

http://video.mpora.com/watch/k63cBltIe/

The 19 years old Swedish young gun Martin Söderström showed the most stunning tricks and became first. Paul Basagoitia from Minden, USA, secured himself the PANASONIC-Best-Trick-Competition with an excellent 360 tailwhip on the step down at Vienna Air King’s starting tower.

The conditions were just perfect on the first weekend of April: it was not only sunny and warm, but the dirt track and its big sized doubles were also great shaped by the course designer and local Andi Brewi. No wonder that overall 100.000 visitors made their way to the ARGUS Bike Festival, which hosted the Vienna Air King the fourth year in a row. The riders showed the jelling crowds their newest tricks in three runs during the finals on Sunday, whereof the best one counted.

It was Martin Söderström, who had a lot of pressure on his third run since he blew the first two runs. But he was rocking in his last run: a clean 360 at the step down, double tailwhip at the first jump, followed by a 360 on the second, and a bar spin on the third set, as well as a 540 at the quarter pipe. That’s what a winning run should look like – well-deserved, Martin took home 2.500 Euros of prize money and a Panasonic cam.

The German Amir Kabbani also showed a stunning run: no foot can at the step down, no handed Backflip, 360 barspin to x-up, a tailwhip at the last double and a barspin at the quarter. The second place, a Panasonic cam and 1.800 Euros made his day.

Third place was reserved for Paul Basagoitia from the US after showing a 360 at the step down, a backflip at the first set, a 360 one foot to x-up at the second set, and finishing with two tailwhips – one at the last double and one at the quarter. Congrats to the KONA rider, because winning the best trick comp and placing in the Top3 in one event is more than ordinary. The Brits, especially Sam Pilgrim and Lance McDermott, were in great shape, finishing 4th and 5th with tricks like flairs in the quarter (both), a backflip no hand (Sam), a backflip at the step down or a frontflip in the first set (Lance).

It was also Lance, who already stoked the spectators with his huge flair look down at the quarter-pipe during the PANASONIC-Best-Trick-Competition on Saturday afternoon.

The other finalists of the Vienna Air King did their best to impress the crowds. The spectators went nuts and were screaming until the final Top 15 riders of the Vienna Air King 2009 had finished their three runs:

1st Martin Söderström (SWE) NS Bikes
2nd Amir Kabbani (GER) Cannondale
3rd Paul Basagoitia (USA) Kona
4th Sam Pilgrim (GBR) Diamondback
5th Lance McDermott (GBR) Scott
6th Thomas Zejda (CZE) Horsefeathers
7th Sam Reynolds (GBR) DMR
8th Bartosz Obukowicz (POL) NS Bikes
9th Andi Wittmann (GER) Giant
10th Linus Sjöholm (SWE) Scott
11th Ferenc Horváth (HUN) Orbea
12th Daniel Madzia (AUT)
13th Ramon Hunziker (SUI) Specialized
14th Philipp Frühwirth (AUT)
15th Pascal Breitenstein (SUI) Kona

www.vienna-air-king.at.

Tom Grundy (film-maker and photographer extraordinaire), Rory and Tim from the Ram/Huckmonkey dirt Jump team arrived at my house around 9PM. We hit my workshop and fitted all their new sparkly Marzocchi DJ1’s, Saint cranks and SLX rear brakes to their RAM 4130’s.

After three and a half hours of listening to Tim waffle on about sod all the catchphrase of the evening some how turned to ‘Tim shut the f**k up’. With all the bikes sorted we went to the house to dicuss the day ahead. The plan was to meet up with Jim Davage and Chris Smith and the guys seemed nervous, but excited at prospect. I went to bed and left the guys in my front room with the Ambipureasauras to chat about the next day and get some shut eye.

After seeing that amazing sunshine when I woke on Sunday morning I went downstairs to wake the guys up. After a hearty breakfast of fried eggs on toast we loaded up the motors and headed for Davage town.

We meet up with Jim and followed him to Yeovil, where after a brief wait in Lidls car park, we had to go search for Ryan (Ram/Huckmonkey.com dirt jump team) and Sam Ren (D Bikes).

After finding the crew we headed off for the first riding spot of the day; The Hollow (Jim’s spot). With all the crew ready to ride, the guys sessioned the trails for a good hour before the weather took a real turn for the worst. The wind just seemed to come from nowhere and it was kicking up a storm big time. Tim hit the deck two or three times before a big stack, resulting in his knee popping out of place after being blown off track. Rory had a get down on his hip, which pretty much put him out for the day and Big Jim D ended up with a face full of dirt after getting a bit of kite syndrome whilst airborne.

The weather changed again, the heavens opened up, and hit out with a almighty downpour. We all started grabbing flashes, cameras, video equipment and heading forthe car and as fast as the rain started it stopped.

We set all the kit back up and continued our session, only for the weather to do the same thing about 20 minutes later. Enough was enough so we packed up and headed for lunch. After stuffing our faces with junk food there was talk of sacking the day off due to the weather.

We decided to give Chris Smiths dirt Jumps a miss, as they would most probably have been to wet to ride so we headed for the famous wallride that has graced a few covers of MBUK, and has been featured in most of Chris Smiths video sections on various DVDs.

We arrived at the wall to find a humongous lake in front of the run up to the wall. Determined to make the wall ridable me and Big Jim Davage went to work on draining the pool. The guys seemed a bit relieved when they saw the run-in flooded, as they were a bit nervous as none of them had hit a wallride before.

It was looking doubtful for a while, but eventually we managed to dig some drainage a clear it. Once the run was dry Big Jim headed flat out at the wall and roosted straight across it. Rory disappeared out of sight and the next thing we know he’s hurtling towards the wall at Mach-10 and bang straight up and down first time. Nailed it perfect!

Not wanting to be out done, Tim and Ryan both headed up and both nailed perfect first time. After a few runs the game was stepped up a bit, with Tim popping a table out the top of the wall and Ryan following up with the same. Tim just took it straight on the chin, and followed up with a no-footer then a very close no footed can attempt landing groin to top-tube ending the trick session.

All three lads were planning to try and get on the wall at the same time, but due to a mechanical failure on Rory’s chain ring it was down to Tim and Ryan. After a few runs and getting their timing down both guys ripped across the wall a few feet apart, which made for some excellent photos and video footage.

We decided to call it a day around 5pm. Just as we got back to the cars the heavens opened up and we had what I can only explain as the weirdest half an hour of weather ever. Rain was beating down really hard, as we were packing the cars up and preparing for our journeys home.

Just as we pulled off from where we were parked, everything just went white and it was like a Siberian snowstorm.

The road disappeared under a blanket of snow in seconds, and everywhere looked like it had been snowed on for months. As I came down out of the hills the snow seemed to disappear and then out popped the sun again.

Talk about global warming.

Words: Cliff Barbeary/Huckmonkey.com Photos: Tom Grundy/ tomgrundy.blogspot.com/Huckmonkey.com