If you want to know who's riding in what at the Bike Show, then click here for the final list

The second FBR Jam just took place at Rampage Skate park, Davenport, Iowa, USA. The event brought together the greatest front brake tech riders from aroundthe globe to bid farewell to the legendary skate park that has served the mid-westBMX and skate scene loyally for the past 16 years.

In the week leading up to the Jam, a crew of UK riders, filming crew andphotographers hit the road from Chicago on a mini roadtrip. The FBR crewincluded: Anthony Pearson Anthony Pill, James Hitchcox, Mike O’Connell, Neil Keddie, Harrow Barry, Ben Foakes (organiser), Jasmine O’Brien (organiser),Keith Bridle (photographer), Tom Simpson (photographer), Dean Bishop(cameraman). The tour hit 4-Seasons park in Milwaukee, Area 51 park in Appleton, Undercover park in Appleton, The Barn in Iowa and finally Rampage inDavenport for the FBR Jam weekend.



Mike O’Connell @ Rampage. Photo by Keith Bridle.

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overveiw from the roll in

bowl end

small set hip5th into berm

I've had this little spot that i started with my brother for about 6 years now. Its always been pretty ropey, being at the side of a rail way cutting with loads of rubble pebbles and other assorted crap dumped there over the years, its shabby to build with at the best of times in south london with all the sand. When Kung and Adi moved near by and heard of them they came down daily and gave a hand digging, and showed me that packing in shuld be done with a spade and not just my boots and riding them in. Since Kungs left for Bristol with his magic spade they've been slowly crumbling, dispite my efforts, no thanks to the locals (non riding type) kicking them in whenever i get it running good. This little warm spell has brought a few new faces to the trails, other than Alex who actually put his face to them pretty hard yesterday. It's been good motivation to see others fighting to ride stuff i've ridden soo many times i almost got bored of it, and to be riding the "big" set well is the best feeling. I'm probebly being a bit hasty riding them so hard this early in the year as come the summer they turn into a full on dustbowl if they're not kept fresh, hopefully i'll get the street and ramp afficionados who've been coming down to learn the tricks of the trade and maybe i'll learn some more along the way.

Saw Craig Reynolds cruising on his yellow and black striped racer yesterday and he mentioned the work planned for St George skatepark. Originally they were going for a concrete mini ramp but they've decided now on adding a quarter pipe, vert wall, grind ledge, some rails and a volcano. Should be done around July time. He's also been working on issue 2 of his zine, Body English which should be ready in the next few weeks.

Stu Clark, table 360 at Alianos on Saturday, small photo because I know he won't be liking it! (not saying you're fussy when it comes to photos Stu!)



HARO UK tour 2005
29 March - 3 April

Two years on from their last UK tour, HARO are doing another small skatepark tour. If you fancy seeing a tricks overload, then this is for you.

1) Ryan Nyquist (HARO USA)
2) Josh Harrington (Premium USA)
3) Ben Shenker (HARO Europe)
4) Anthony Pill (HARO Europe)
5) Stefan Geisler (HARO Europe)
6) Senad Grosic (HARO support)
7) Ben Hennon (HARO UK)
8) Ben Shenker (HARO UK)

The spots that will be visited are:

29 March: The Works skatepark in Leeds
30 March: Ruff Ride BMX park in Liverpool
31 March: Interact skatepark in Burnley
1-3 April: The Bike Show in Coventry

The appearances at the parks will more than likely be in the evenings. The HARO riders will join the riding session and you have the opportunity to hang out, take some pics and grab a free tour poster. All riders will be entering the contest at The Bike Show in Coventry.

Alex Senkus, with a K not a c as it say's in His WTF in ride. My fault. Oops.

Some graff @ st joes

Lookback corner air

The start of some trails that could do with a bit of attention, you know who you are!.

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A freindly rail

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A few photos taken at West Kingsdown skatepark, built last year by Kevin Garwood.

Rider: Nick
Photos: Flip

Just added to the media section, 6 short video clips that Tom James emailed over.

Yeah some photo's. And Its warm outside... yeah!.

and say Blaaeerr

snowy moss

First snow

Overspill

Wonky

hmmm

Joe going for it

Ted's other bike

Ted @ bricklayers

I called in at Uptons finest trails yesterday to see what was going on. Jay, Scott and Muzza were busy building new lines and making stuff bigger. The trails were dry as a bone and the sprinkler was out already. Even the haggered looking spine ramp is getting treated to some new ply.

Bike Show 2005
Some more info and photos of the street course for this years bike show...







Click here to read the press release

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Snickers Sunday
At weekends, SNICKERS is teaming up with selected skateparks up and down the country to offer free admission for up to the first 75 people attending a Snickers Sunday (so get there early to avoid disappointment)*.

The next SNICKERS Sunday will take place on Sunday 20th March at Ramp City, Blackpool, with more events on a weekly basis, as below.

Bones Skatepark – Bolton - 20th March
Agroverts Skatepark – Huddersfield - 27th March
Revolution – Broadstairs, Kent – 3rd April
Skaterham - Caterham - 10th April
Benfleet – Essex – 17th April
Unreal – Maidstone – 24th April

* Please note: Exact numbers of entrants to skate parks are left to discretion of skate park owners.

Andy Boaz from Worcester Skatepark got in touch to pass on the news that his brother Tim sadly passed away on monday (14th March) as a result of a snowboarding accident. Andy and Eggy are putting on a Jam at the Worcester Skatepark this Saturday (19th March) to say goodbye and pay tribute to Tim. It would be great if as many people as possible could go and have fun at the park, I'm sure its what Tim would want. Worcester Skatepark is at the Worcester Youth Centre opposite the Jaguar Garage on City Walls Road, Worcester (5min from the train station). 12ish onward. There are plenty of pic of the park on this site if you wanna check out whats there (Its just had a revamp). - All the best to Tim, Andy, his family and friends.

James from Carharrt (?) who's becoming a bit of linchpin for nomadic bmxers visiting London has sent me a clip he and some others have put together from their trip to barcelona etc a while back. Its on a site called www.memespring.co.uk and click on the bmx bit to download the vid. WeOiRD

Plenty of work going on at the trails today including the 2005 roll in...



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More photos added to the Street Gallery too. If you feel the need to see even more photos of Craig Stevens, there's a couple I took earlier today, posted on the twoand8 website.

New photos added to the Skatepark Gallery.

I posted a few photo's a couple of weeks ago about a ride i went on with Owen Clegg and Chronies, without any riding shot's so if you fancy seeing what actual riding was done, Sean Malone has a site full of photo's and updates from their little weekend excursio down ere. There's loads more besides on the site so go there and see how much him and his mate's get out and about. http://www.gain-online.com

We've just finished adding a new technical support forum to the Profile Europe site. We're still in the process of posting an initial batch of topics but any queries regarding profile products can be put here for Steve and Sam to answer.

www.profileeurope.co.uk

There are a bunch of photos added, sent in by Vince Mignott. Various stuff from London and New York. They are in the submitted gallery.

Wheel Sale
More stuff for sale, not mine though. Matt Sully is selling a pair of wheels they are a proper rear cassette hub with 11t driver rhd 48 spoke on a sun 4play rim and a demolition front hub 36 spoke on a sun 4play rim both rims are chrome. He's looking for £140 or nearest offer for the pair which are about 6months old.

He is also struggling to find a warehouse big enough in or around Bristol to open a new indoor park. If you see any thing to rent or to buy get in touch.

Got an email of George Salmond with a bit of an update on the trail situation down there...

Since the trails got ploughed, just as they were finished ready for the summer with another 3 lines added, there is currently no where to ride, although a few of the locals have found a new spot.

However there is a meeting today with the Knowlhill Trust who own the woods, so they may get the land back as almost all residents are in support.

Henley have also given some land and dirt in a field near Georges house. The dirt isn't that good but the plan is to make a massive roll in with it and dig into the ground to get the good mud.

Street Furniture
A few new photos added to the street furniture gallery, usual place...