What snow?

Today me and my brother Nathan decided after getting over his Xbox dying that we would make that deadly decision and venture out into the snow and ride some kid bikes. Taking in my own advice I wrapped up with many layers and packed my bag full of very important things; old rags to dry my shoes and pedals and my camera to get footage.We were prepared and made our move, made it to the garage fine and the BMX that has been untouched in to long was still its good old self (ghetto as f**K) no punctures so all good.

Our point of riding was Vbridge which is about ten minute bike ride for me just located near Washington. The route there went pretty well apart from having to ride on quite a busy main road we made it in one piece without even having to walk (in your face snow!) So as we came down the slip road to our destination the sight that greeted us was something words cant describe in this climate, no snow or puddles in sight and a perfect roof over our heads with a nice street light, thank you very much a perfect rideable street spot with a selection of flat-banks, ledges, ghetto quarters and manual pads, perfect.

A soon as we got there the first thing that needed to be done was checking i can still bunny-hop, checked that off and riding began, managed to get a 540 on the large flatbank and few other things, but wont go to much into detail about tricks as an edit will be coming sometime next week! So me and Nathan took turns riding and filming throughout the time there and managed to a get a few clips together but overall just got to enjoy ourselves doing what we all like to do, riding kids bikes.

After a good bit of riding and some filming we decided to leave and head back home, heading home was not as easy as we had thought. I imagined a nice ride back after a good session riding my BMX but it wasn't that simple, thanks to work traffic we had to walk all the way along the main road as the road was just to busy for any attempt of riding on, so a ten minute bike ride turned into a forty minute mission home in knee deep snow carrying our bikes.

Overall a good day, edit of the riding will come soon, Stay BAB.

Apologies.

Sorry for the lack of post the last few days been having a few problems, but not to worry got little post slightly BMX related and wanted peoples opinions.

For my college work at the moment I'm creating a 1 minute video with any choice of story so this is my plot and title so far, have a read and let me know what you think got some really high end kit to use for it the next five days so if anyones about while i'm doing it come along as i'm going to be filming riding footage with it too(at Vbridge) !

Plot

A young lad the age of sixteen is having problems at home, he lives with his mum and brother. His mum is 38 years old and is depressed and an alcoholic, she stays up all night till the next day consuming to much alcohol. His older brother is 20 years old and lives at home, he did want to look up to him as a farther figure but he’s a complete bully and does nothing round the house or anything in his life to help him get by. On top of all this he owes a number of people money, as he had to borrow to pay the rent as his mum is failing to. To escape this the only thing he has in his life is his BMX and music.

Oh and also i found this video a few weekes back and realy like the shot were they are following him in the car what you think, really sad story though so definatly worth the watch,Stay BAB.

Sunderland BMX scene.

Moving up to Sunderland i always new that there was quite large BMX scene, but since moving here i've came to realize its larger then i had thought. Sunderland have many BMX riders from right across the city, from Shields all the way down to Ryhope. Now after doing a little research into some of the BMX groups around here, i managed to get some really good videos dug up from the present to back in 2000.
So one of the groups i came across was NSF, Northeast Street Foundation which was founded by Chris Souter who rode for Seventies and Hoffman, now im not so sure on who excatly rides or rode for them but i have found edits of most NSF videos. I also found this"If you look in the dictionary you'll see that the definition of street is NSF YOUTH CREW".NSF also had a BMX store in Newcastle.
NSF 1

So after a bit more of watching videos i've realised that James Newrick whos in NSF1 now rides for S&M,4Down, Retribution, Hate and Team to Street.

Now another group of lads that I know, ride for SBR which stands for Sunderland BMX rebellion, now SBR was founded by Martin Cook also known as 'Cookie', now on what i have found they have been going since like 2002 and have been producing since then with many street and park edits hitting thousands of views.

SBR end of 2007 mix

SBR end of 2009 mix

I have ridden with a few of the lads from the SBR and on what ive seen so far including videos, there no holding back really you've just have to get s*@t done and its all about the pegs. Now there is a end of 2010 video been mixed up as we speak and shall be dropped soon but thats for another post. Overall through the different riders i've met it has registered that Sunderland is about the pegs and i for one will not be changing my opinion on that one and will be sticking to my four pegs, i will drop news about the riding as it goes, also some of the riders from around Sunderland post on blogs so check out some links below to youtube pages and blogspots. Stay BAB.

weridekidsbikes blog

nomeatballs blog

more NSF 1 videos

sunderland BMX edits (Dchum's youtube)

sunderland lockdown edit and more

Road Fools.

Now I've been watching these videos probably since I started riding my kids bike three years ago and will honestly never be able to pull myself away from them. Its not about the fancy filming or special affects it just the way in which they document a group of friends having a good time. I think its great way of showing what BMX is really about, meeting new people, traveling, obviously riding and just purely having a good time. Road fools has now been going for eighteen series and had some of the best BMX riders from across the globe shredding their bikes over the ten days of each trip. So I thought i would treat you to some videos from Props visuals to keep you stoked on riding BMX. Stay BAB.









Hope you enjoyed them, leave some comments on how you feel about BMX.

Nowhere to Ride

Now if your like me and snow hit, like i said yesterday in my blog post about finding somewere localy that may be coverd uo and just shredding it i think this is just a perfect example, now i know there isnt any snow or horrible conditions but these place look amazing.Enough said enjoy,Stay BAB.

Wrap up and prepare cos' this snow isn't holding back!

So the winters finally hit us and she isn't holding back, concrete that was perfect for a BMX rider like myself has now turned into this deadly white surface that is unsafe for man and machine. The disease is now spreading and the whole of the UK is becoming engulfed in this deadly white blanket of snow. So the reason for me being on this subject is to run you through a few simple steps into keeping your self sane during the winter and also keeping yourself warm and alive if venturing out into the snow.
To begin with I'm going to run you through keeping yourself sane in the desperate times when bordem becomes almost a killer, now depending on what you may be interested in such as BMX, Football or even going to School you realy need to make sure that your still getting that dose, for example for you BMX riders out there I would consider stocking up on the latest issues of ride magazine possibly even a Front magazine, also make sure to check out the BMX websites that all ways updated daily(I'll link them below) now if your lucky enough to have possibly an open space to ride that is covered from the snow I would advice you to take the risk wrap up and venture to it and ride your heart out!
Which brings me onto wrapping up and preparing yourself correctly for the snow. Now depending on what your doing you always need to have atleast two pairs of socks on with some either very thick of water proofs shoes such as wellys, now if your riding obviously your normal shoes just some good socks! Now you will almost defiantly need with some shorts or possibly long johns underneath, then you will want a good pair of either jeans or joggers which completes the bottom half. Now for the top I would advise possibly a few layers of t-shirts maybe even sneak a vest in to, then a nice jumper of hoody finsished with a very thick water proof jacket. To finish you'll need gloves a wooly hat and maybe even a scalf! As you are now ready to brave the snow, you could possibly add either a nice brew whipped up by the mum, irn bru or a nice beer this is incase of emergency. I hope this realy helps and please do comment if you think that may be anything else added to help survive and also tell me what you've been doing since the deadly white blanket hit us! Stay BAB and stay Safe!

Useful websites!!!!

http://rideukbmx.mpora.com/

http://bmx.transworld.net/

http://thecomeupbmx.net/

http://nomeatballs.wordpress.com/

http://canvasrider.com/

http://www.frontarmy.com/

http://woowoobmx.wordpress.com/

http://bmxactiva.blogspot.com/

The good times that have past!

Now moving up to Sunderland I had to leave some very important people who really meant a lot to me and my family. My BAB boys really did do everything for me and always were there for me and had my back. So heres a few videos thats I've just made up today that I had forgotten to edit, I will probaby post some old videos as well along the way just for entertainment but obviously will still blog as normal, please enjoy. Stay BAB!