Guest appearances
(in alphabetical order)
Alex
BobK
Chris
DaveC
Mike
Ray
Sboy
Flying visit
'Bristols' Mikey & Emma bird
...oh yeah & me...
(in alphabetical order)
Alex
BobK
Chris
DaveC
Mike
Ray
Sboy
Flying visit
'Bristols' Mikey & Emma bird
...oh yeah & me...
Well the old timers finally got round to doing a road trip & I have to say (& I think all there will agree) it was a wicked day out! Leaving Banbury with an Audi estate packed to capacity, Chris, Rayo BK & I were hitting up the M40 south bound around 8am.
Hooked up with Al, Dave, Sboy & Mike @ Wheatley services & after a brief exchange of pleasantries, we were fueled up & off to the legend that is Romford skatepark. Trip down was good & seemed to fly by, helped somewhat by a viewing of Baco 10 & RideOn on the old portable DVD player & chewing the cud over what the day ahead would hold...
After a near miss of junction 29 we were homing in on Romford & cutting our way through town to the park. Man if you didn't know exactly where Rom park is & how to gain entrance to it, I'm certain we could still be driving around there now!! props to the navigators for getting us there without a hitch then. With excitement building from all, we were all scrambling to bolt on front wheels etc & get in on some BMX freestyle action!
The guy on the door was well sound, eating his toast & butter & talking about where we had journeyed from & giving info on the park (always makes a difference when the people running the place give more than a shit for who's actually paying to ride their park). Upon crossing the threshold, approximately 20+ years of expectations of Rom were realized - holy shit! those bowls are deep! After establishing a base for all our bags & a few yoga stylee stretches, it was off exploring what was on offer today & I can't see anyone going away, disappointed, from this place...
Hooked up with Al, Dave, Sboy & Mike @ Wheatley services & after a brief exchange of pleasantries, we were fueled up & off to the legend that is Romford skatepark. Trip down was good & seemed to fly by, helped somewhat by a viewing of Baco 10 & RideOn on the old portable DVD player & chewing the cud over what the day ahead would hold...
After a near miss of junction 29 we were homing in on Romford & cutting our way through town to the park. Man if you didn't know exactly where Rom park is & how to gain entrance to it, I'm certain we could still be driving around there now!! props to the navigators for getting us there without a hitch then. With excitement building from all, we were all scrambling to bolt on front wheels etc & get in on some BMX freestyle action!
The guy on the door was well sound, eating his toast & butter & talking about where we had journeyed from & giving info on the park (always makes a difference when the people running the place give more than a shit for who's actually paying to ride their park). Upon crossing the threshold, approximately 20+ years of expectations of Rom were realized - holy shit! those bowls are deep! After establishing a base for all our bags & a few yoga stylee stretches, it was off exploring what was on offer today & I can't see anyone going away, disappointed, from this place...
We all worked our ways around the park checking out each bowl with large grins on faces, a few trains here & there, steady down the snake run, trying to get the bottle up to roll into the big bowl (er..no) & generally having a blast. My problem with places like Rom is I get far too excited & usually end up over doing it, going & going & going until I'm completely fucked! well today was no exception & I'm still recovering 2 days later...ha!
The day was a complete success, everyone rode well & had some good stuff down, the weather was good, no 'local' attitudes at the park & it put us all in the 'must do this again soon' frame of mind...
Thanks to Alex for getting the thing organized, Ray for the driving down & back, everyone that came for the good time & Milkey for trekking across from Reading Fest for an all too short session.
cheers all!
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where's my bike at?
Milkey trying to look happy with soaking wet feet!
chill out time
Base camp
Alex - text book table
Sorry I didn't get fotos of everyone, I'm hoping Sunil's superior camera skills will provide all the evidence required but safe to say, everyone rode well & had a good time.
how much fun was it just nailing round and round the bowls tho......
ReplyDeleteEasy Ian, yeah i had a really sick time on sunday, Rom is the place to be! good riding with you guys. I think the snake run might be the best thing to ride in England!! loved that thing
ReplyDeletepeace Mike P
yeah fun times indeed! personally I loved the capsule bowl, timing big carves around that deep puddle! Milkey didn't quite time it right though! haha!!
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