Override Skatepark: Session 001

Override Skatepark: Session 001

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Before Override Skatepark opened its doors officially to the public I had a chance to go down there and snap some photos of the setup before anyone had rode it. I brought my lights down with me but in the end the park was so light inside that there was no need to use them for the overview shots. Not wanting to let them go to waste I asked Adam, Mouse and Daz if they wanted to take some riding photos and luckily for me they were up for it. I hadn’t taken any riding photos for a couple of months (as you can probably tell) because of the crap weather we’ve been getting over here (and we’re getting older so it hurts more when you slam). I bullied Adam into doing the rail and a b, Mouse into doing some turndowns and tables and Daz into having a bit of a flow around as he was out of touch due to local parks being about -3°C.

Have a deeks at some of the snaps from the 30 minute sesh.

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Throwback Thursday: Seth Kimbrough

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When I worked for Seventies I was very honoured to be able to meet some of the people in BMX that I had really looked up to and grew up watching as a teenager. Seth Kimbrough was one of those guys, even though he’s about the same age as me we’d get the videos and DVD’s arriving over here in the UK and all of us would be watching the lates moves from across the pond. Seth has always been an interesting and inspiring rider to watch with a style that for me is mixed between the midschool of the late 90s early 2000’s with burley tricks, gaps, grinds and the new school of technical lines. He has a banging section in The Shadow Conspiracy’s Into the Void video and you can see it after the photo.

The shot was taken on one of Seth’s UK visits to meet up with his friends and fellow team mates Bas Keep and Mad Jon (at the time Bas rode for Hoffman before Cult) and we headed North to the stomping grounds of the spot master Owain Clegg. After a day out riding street and the local plaza we headed back to Owain’s house to check out his extremely tight ramp setup he had in the back garden. Seth like a bloody pro he is was getting all over it and busted a few clicked tables for the camera.

I haven’t seen him in about two years, the last time I randomly bumped into him down at an art show in London’s Shoreditch, the last place I would have expected him to be but he was travelling with his wife around Europe. Pretty small world! I hope you’re doing well and enjoying the ride Seth 😀

G33K: iso 400 | 16mm | f8.0 | 1/250th

G33K: iso 400 | 16mm | f8.0 | 1/250th

Seth Kimbrough in Into the Void

Ian Ford

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I used to ride with Ian a lot back around 2005-2006, and he was always dropping weird unexpected grinds.  Looks like it was a habit before he came up North as well, you don’t see an un Luc-e of that size too often even now! He’s in Vietnam these days, which raises the question of where the hell a man with such neck girth goes to purchase a shirt in Hanoi.  Ian’s a top dude, I hope he’s realised his dream of licking a giraffe (might have been just touching? I forget…). If you ever meet him, make sure you get him to tell the tale of the time he ran into a load of Warhammer enthusiasts dressed as Orcs in Jesmond Dene. At 3 in the morning. While he was tripping.

Premier BMX Store: Just Another Mix Tape

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It ain’t just another mix tape in the sense that it’s another boring edit with the same spot, the same tricks and the same riders, no.. this is another great street edit from the guys at Premier BMX Store featuring Joss Fenn, Boiski, Warren and Thurman hitting up some of the more interesting and not much seen before spots that London has to offer. Good work guys!

Music:
Bob Dylan – One More Cup of Coffee

Anton Ö. Arnarson: The Cold Streets of Iceland

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Anton hit us up last night with an email saying it was cold in Iceland.. im guessing it was cold as its fecking freezing over here in the North East of England and that place is hardly ever warmer than here. Anton puts his great style to many a street object in this great edit, you even get to see a bit of spot modification and building going on, I remember see the spot in his last edit as just a bank to wall made out of wood, now it’s a mini street/park spot, you’ll see what I mean. Good to see the lad listens to a bit of Roots Manuva too!

Music:
Roots Manuva – Movements
MTown – First Aid Kit