interview 4..

Ray smith.. aka violent Ray, everyday Ray, Ray

age.. 32 yrs young

years riding.. 11-12 ..I think??

fav spot to ride.. Banbury, thats why I'm here after all!!!

Riding style.. super tech, anything that happens (normally fluke )



plans for this year.. ride loads, travel more, learn nothing fashionable!

what inspires you to ride.. inspires me? not so much inspiring but when I wake 1st thing going through my mind is new combo's, tech tricks line etc, while there fresh I need to get out and make it happen!

who inspires you?.. anybody who rides for fun / smile factor, some of Banburys locals, John, Ian, Baltie, little turner etc

describe your local scene.. amazing, so many cool people to ride with, not to many fashion idoits (one to many chaz's tho!!)

music.. trance, D&B, thrash metal, metal.. anything fast really

what you at when not riding.. playing with stuff with engines being with my family...

thanks to anyone.. my Family, my miss's, all who ride with me!

interview 3

Dan ibbetson.. aka ibbo

age.. 25

years riding.. 11

fav spot to ride.. fav spot guess darby storm r.i.p or romford,

riding style.. style hmm just a chilled slow speed rider

plans for this year.. plans well due to running a pub now that takes up far to much of my live so plans are to finish new bike and ride more, i may be getting older and i fuckin hurts when i crash now but i can't give up bmx its part of my life

what inspires you to ride.. impresses me. gotta say all these little kids that ride now when i started bmx was not even close to the stage that its at now. theres like 10 year olds doing flips n stuff

who inspires you?.. see above

describe your local scene.. scene. a good bunch of lads. got some fucked up shite going down that other riders will find crazy. welcoming to anyone who comes to ride with us. mates just good mates

music..music. Punk . . rock, metal,.most of you know im in band as the front man. been doing that for bout 3 years now. and playing drums for well far to long, and im still shitemusics always been a part of my life playing it or just chilling with some cd's

what you at when not riding.. when im not rideing. well im probs workin its a tuff job but realy enjoy it, its not all about pulling pints of for ungreatfull people its a dam good crack though,and if not working then im probs doing some pa work or something to do with music.

interview 2

John Howkins.. aka dirty ..

age.. 16

years riding.. 3

fav spot to ride.. would have to be the local banbury good atmosphere and good park

riding style.. everything big n brakeless..

plans for this year.. to wait for the summer,ride loads and party and well leavin to college

what inspires you to ride.. seein other people ride..good weather web videos etc.. and just good times

who inspires you?.. who inspires you .. ray smith 4 helpin me with my bike and ridin etc ( editors note..NOT chaz mann).. takin me places urmm and lots of pros like mark webb, morgan wade ,chase ( not Harry) etc.. etc..

describe your local scene.. fun! urmm quite small,great atmosphere and great people in general again good times

music.. with music i duno depends what my mood is i like allsorts really.

what you at when not riding.. urmm just bein with my mates g n to partys etc..

thanks to my family and friends

interview 1..

Callum, aka Baltie..

age.. 16 + 3/4

years riding.. 4-5

fav spot to ride.. specsavers or the wall behind the musketeer pub

riding style.. tweaker (street killer brakeless 4 pegs)

plans for this year.. keep my bike 1 colour

what inspires you to ride.. watchin people go big

who inspires you?.. tom hanks

describe your local scene.. little rats and druggys on bikes

music.. hip hop, reggae

what you at when not riding.. chillin at college or chillin at home ...

thanks to anyone? thankyou to everyone!!

Sheldon Brown 1944-2008

I heard Sheldon Brown died last week. He lived his life surrounded by bikes & his site makes for some interesting reading. I used his wheel building expertise from his tutorial site years ago to teach myself to build wheels & I've often found myself digging through the other parts of his knowledge of bicycles old & new.

RIP to a fellow biker


www.sheldonbrown.com/home.html

Ratboy Rocket Ruler...

SS20-Corby-5th Feb 2008...

It's always got to be good to cut work early to go & ride so it was half day for some old dudes & then hit the road to Corby again.

The plans all came together last minute & it ended up with Sunil & I travelling up from Banbury to Meet Alex, Mon & Zac at the park. After a good old chin-wag all the way up, we were into the park & out of the rain. Derren Bailey & Phil from Cov also came & we were soon all sessioning the bowl & wedge & having a grand old time of it!

Alex - Table


Mon & Zac skated the bowl & were there to do a reccy for the legendary Skate shop SS20 in Oxford. The plan, according to SS20 owner Mon, is to get a load of Skateboarders the world over to get together & have a big Jam type deal to celebrate 20 Years of SS20 with live music, DJ's & undoubtedly, some mental skating going down too. All due to happen as some point later in the year...

Zac


Zac - Hip


Mon


Mon - Bowl Carve


Sunil hasn't ridden for ages so it was good to see him blowing out the cobwebs & getting back into the flow. We made our way around the park & rode a little of everything, there were a bunch of foreign younger guys, all sessioning the main line down the park over the boxes but they all left after a short while & we pretty much had the place to ourselves.

We had a real good session on the street spine which has to have a prize for being the worst positioned ramp in a skatepark ever! it's right in the main line of the jump boxes/step ups callthemwhatyouwill. Fortunately as the park was quiet, we all managed to get some good stuff down on it anyways.

Alex - Spine - 360 Tyretap


Ian - Spine - No-foot nosepick


Big props to Sunil for conquering the spine & for the other guys riding who pretty much nailed everything they attempted. All Good...

After learning that the floor was in fact made of sandpaper (ouch) we returned to the bowl for a while & then Sunil & I called it a day. We said our goodbyes & were soon back on the dark roads to Banbury...

Thanks to you all for the inspiring riding & see you all @ Creation on the 23rd - Yo!

Phil


Derren & Alex


Sunil & Ian


Good times


Thanks to Alex for the photos ;-)