Tag Archives: Marc Bell

Sunday Sessions: West End Town

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The title is somewhat inspired by the classic hit (Partridge voice engaged..) by the Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls, now we ain’t a bunch of girls but Mouse was bitch slapping himself today at the premise of hoping onto a curved wall bench ride so hmm maybe. Anywho lets get onto the main entertainment that is Sunday Sessions this week brought to you in full Technicolor, HD2000, World Wide Web Ready GIFS… Read more →

Sunday Sessions: Tails from the Weekend

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Nope not the Weeknd the guy who said he didn’t rip off Portishead when its kind of obvious that he did (the beats in the song..) but the Weekend which went down recently (but not this one..).

Well im glad thats out the way, an over complicated intro to a fun weekend riding in the Team Valley area of Gateshead. Even when people say there isn’t anything to ride there, what they actually mean is that its pretty hard to find things when hit with the daunting task of a giant industrial estate and faceless corporation buildings but amongst all the crap there are gems, hidden places of beauty or in geek terms Easter Eggs (Microsoft Office ’97 XL for those old enough to remember Office 1997). Read more →

Ryan Lilburn: Newcastle BMX Jam 2016 edit

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It has been just over a week since the Northeast BMX BBQ Jam went down at Five Bridges and the Wasteland, you can read the article and look and some pics right here but if you’ve been waiting for the edit to drop of the goings on from the day then Ryan Lilburn has just came up with the goods, literally 15 minutes ago the video was uploaded to YouTube and here it is.

The Five Bridges bit was because of our lovely UK weather we have but then once it cleared up everyone moved onto the Wasteland Jam where some pretty mental stuff went down. Good riding, good session was had, great memories and a great edit by the man, go check out his site for some pics and more about what he does right here > www.ryanlilburn.com/nclbmxjam

Music:
Kool & The Gang – Hollywood Swinging
Max Romeo – Chase The Devil
A Tribe Called Quest – Can I Kick It?

South Shields, Twas Sunny…

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Last weekend Olly and I hit up our old home town of South Shields to meet up with Marc Bell and Jamie Whitts to have a chilled ride, see some new spots that are under development and to ride some places we rode many years ago. Northern Child who jumped the Great Wall of China came out for all of an hour before he couldn’t stand the thought of his car not being parked near enough and disappeared.. no doubt back off to China to eye up a bigger trick over said wall. Read more →

Street Phire: Summers Gone But Not Forgotton

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It’s 6pm and if you aren’t up here with us at the Cycle Hub in Newcastle for the Deadline premiere then you’re probably at home reading this, well it’s our first edit that we think is web worthy in around 6 or more years.. Lets hope it’s a good one eh? Featuring Olly Olsen, Marc Bell, Alex Green, Luke “Mouse” Clouston, Harry Dyson, James Newrick, Chris “The Count” Lee, Martin “Cookie” Cook, Tom Bright, Pete Greaves and Jordan Hildreth in and around Newcastle’s Wasteland and streets, no park.

Music:
Billy Ocean – Love Really Hurts WIthout You

Throwback Thursday: Marc Bell

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Hearing that Marc Bell was getting back into riding a couple of years ago was some of the best BMX news i’d heard in ages! Marc was a legend in the North East, he had shut down rails that even at today’s standards would still not be approached by most. The most memorable rail of his era was the gap to rail at Newcastle United’s St James’ Park which you can see at the beginning of his shared section with Rob Strong in NSF2 after the photo.

Within weeks of Marc getting back into riding he was out eyeing up stuff he’d spotted in the past. We went to this spot over in Jarrow which had a meaty rail one side that he’d already done years ago and a possible hop over into a bank on the other. The bank was about as thin as this photo shows and I had to make a quick exit to clear the path for him once he’d chucked the Geoff’s. I had always wanted to get some decent photos of Marc and finally the chance was in front of me.

Marc Bell, Barspin rail hop, Jarrow, 2008

G33K: iso 100 | 16mm | f7.1 | 1/250th

G33K: iso 100 | 16mm | f7.1 | 1/250th

Rob Strong and Marc Bell in NSF 2