Creation skate park

Tuesday 5th Feb 2008 - Birmingham

So as I mentioned the other day, Sunday afternoon I headed up to the former Epic, now Creation skate park in Birmingham. After a mundane morning, I got a call from Gregg asking if I wanted a lift up with Ray, and couldn’t turn down the offer. Headed up there in Ray’s beast Audi, that car is amazing, proper road trip mobile. It’s even got a DVD player up front to watch some Mutiny road trip video on route. Ray got rage on with everyone and anyone that decided they were going to get in our path, on a mission!

John tabe-o badly lit

Got up there to be greeted by lots of rad Banbury kids, including Josh and his buddy shooting some box stunts, and John, Butler and Craig getting rad. The skate park had changed a bunch since I last went, and had some fun looking new obstacles, want to ride that set up once the arm is fixed up and whilst the weather still sucks.

Butler intabe-o

Ray's bestest stunt

Yet another of that boy looking back

Harry Main was up there meeting Craig for a session. That kid is actually obscene, nuts twist tables, twist old schools, spine 7’s, and all sorts of crazy park radness. He was having the box fully, as well as these wild transfers from mini ramp to vert wall. Yes son.

Harry whips a gap

Condor it

I hadn’t seen Craig ride in ages, he did some pretty sweet stunts, riding better than I’ve seen him in a while. Few stiff ricks over the box though! His invert airs have always been crazy good, and he’s also learnt nice table airs too by the looks of a photo further down this page. Splendid.

Invert by Craig the gorilla

Wildman

Tabe-o steez

Cheap Ebay wireless flash kits only work on slow shutter speeds it appears. It was always a little temperamental, but lately using it at about 1/160 and slower it seems to work pretty damn well. Makes shooting shots from afar a lot easier, just need to get a cheap second flash from somewhere.
John was shredding as always, airing the mini ramp obscenely high and doing plenty of tremendous manoeuvres. He also did some of the smoothest flairs I’ve seen him do, but unfortunately I didn’t manage a half decent shot of those.

One of the best mini ramps ever

Booooooooooooost

Style for a country mile

Today I headed over to Abingdon with my friend Tom to see young sonny jim me lad Aidan. We decided to take a mission to see Uffington white horse. Pretty rad to go for a wander over the fields, the wind was crazy up there. The horse is carved into possibly the sickest looking sledging hill ever, want to head up there next time it snows. Tom just had laser eye surgery and it was drying his eyes out a little, not ideal by any means, so we went for a country drive all over the shire. Also checked out the trails, new stuff was looking dialled, look forward to having two working arms again and getting building rad stuff again. Sweet day of fun with two of the most amazing dudes I know.

Frame spinner aerial

Had some pancakes today, click here to read why we do what we do. X rays Friday, hopes are high for a 100% recovered and healed arm. Bring on spring afternoons digging in the woods, and summer evenings riding trails and drinking around the fire. This summer is going to be a real good one. Peace and love.

Posted by Chaz at 10:55 pm in the BMX > Birmingham section. Permalink.

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