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My First Rail.

So moving to Sunderland I had quite a big feeling that the riding scene was going to be pretty big and that they were mostly about the Pegs. I was correct, after riding Seaburn and eventually venturing to Silkworth a much larger concrete park I got to meet a few locals one of these being Jake Kitching, he told me about a rail rite near to were I was living in Redhouse when I first moved up. He mentioned to me about how he had got a picture taken on that rail for an article in a recnt ride issue(143 "Those underdogs") , so after explaining to me the location of this rail me and Nathan decided to go and check it out. When I got there I could see it just set perfectly in to a grass slope with a little set of stairs down them (perfect for the leftside) it took me a few runs to get my speed rite an get over my nerves, but as soon I knew it I was on the rail and then of it. It all just seemed to happen so quick but I could not control myself I was stoked, Nathan managed to get it on video and also a picture, after that I couldnt stop grinding it!

Ledge Madness.

Today me and my brother Nathan headed down to the local skatepark Silksworth(will blog on this soon) not planning on possibly filming a video but on just riding and maybe a few clips here and there, the reason being I finally had my camera back in use after loosing my charger, so anyway ended up meetin some of the lads D Chum, Ben and Rax down there and the session ended up in Ledge Madness and could no way be missed by my camera lense so here you are, Ledge Madness.Filmed by myself and edited by Nathan.

Me and my BMXs rocky relationship.

Today I thought I'd give you a little insight into my relationship with my BMX and how possibly if it was human would be long gone by now. So some of you may have met my BAB mobile by now but if you haven't ill give you a little info on it and how it doesn't seem to look so well, EVER.

Im running a Federal Division Pro frame thats had about two owners before me and been through a number of coats of paint, apart from being slightly old she has seemed to do me really well, moving on from my frame the rest of my bike just doesn't seem to agree with what I want to do, since moving to Sunderland the parts have just seemed to go down hill. I have had so far countless punctures, three pairs of grips, two tyres and one chain that has had a battering still going but batterd and also a lot of snapped spokes. Now I may be complaining slightly of how annoying it has been but at the end of the day its been worth ive ridden some neet spots so worth it in the end. Im now just praying that she doesn't pack up and leave!

Now being in Sunderland the problem with me having all these problem is that I dont have someone who i could just get to fix it for me which in a way has worked out as i have had to learn the skill of fixing stuff, for example truing a wheel and fixing a chain repeatedly. Heres a little video below of me trying a rail and well its pretty self-explanatory.

The riding began

This is a little insight into my first two day of riding, written in past tense as a wrote it back when it happend. Pictures will be in following posts.

Day 1

"So finally I'm in Sunderland, the bmx has made it and I'm in a new house. Well for the moment anyway! Redhouse isn't the best place for riding but having Seaburn as "me local", just down the hill I'm sorted. Riding down the hill to begin with is fun enough. First time I went down I met a couple of riders William, Adam, Nathan and Matt, they are all pretty good little riders for their age. I managed to send a few barspins and get a good session before the rain come down but the next few weeks should be a good ride!"


Day 2

"Seaburn session again, this time with me brother, arranged to meet some of the lads from the first ride and they turned up! We had a pretty sweet little session got to know the riders a bit better and had a good shred! Managed to send this little rail they got set up and tried an icepick but slipped the pedal and it wasn't very nice. I got a nice rail ride to barspin off and feeble to easy 360! There seemed to be a lot of crashes with adam snapping his chain,nathan eating shit and my brother hanging up hard but overall a good start."

Getting things rolling.

To get the blog rolling and make some things a bit more understandable, I'll get all the boring stuff out of the way and tell you a little about myself. I've been riding BMX for over 3 years now and they have possibly been the best years of my life so far, in this time I started seeing my girlfriend Keera. I've also met a group of lads who are now my best friends and BMX crew 'BAB BMX'. The reason behind the name 'BAB' came from a sticker my Dad gave me from work a few years back, we decided; like kids do, to put the stickers on our BMXs and from then on we decided to be 'BAB' which we chose to stand for BigAssBalls. During these 3 years, I have ridden a countless amount of skate parks and found myself in some pretty funny situations! I'm really interested in Film and Photography and am currently studying a BTEC in media at Shiney Row college. Hope that helped you know a little bit about myself, Stay BAB.

Welcome to Abmxjourney.

As a lot of you may know, I’m Ryan. I’ve recently packed my bags and BMX and relocated up north in Sunderland where for some reason the sun doesn’t like to shine too often. I have now been living here for a couple of months with family and my girlfriend, I’ve already met a few really cool people and rode some sweet spots, which brings me to the reason I’m starting this blog. Since moving to Shiney Row in Sunderland and riding my local parks in Penshaw and Silksworth I’ve come across a number of faces and also great riding spots that I really wanted to share with the world wide web and possibly give people a more detailed insight into the life of a rider up North. I’m planning to update as much as possible with pictures and videos of places I’ve visited and also tell you some stories of the weeks that have already passed, hope you enjoy, stay BAB.