More change in bristol, went over to St George to check out the progress there, only to find the new additions already in place. New vert wall, quarter, nipple and various grind block and rails dotted about.

Photo: Jan, nipple tuck.

Called by Motion skatepark the other day to check on progress. Quite a bit more has been done since the photos from last week. Shown is the view of the park from the viewing area, the outside area, front cafe/bar, rear bar and toilets, which if you hadn't seen the old ones, are a massive improvement. Should all be good for the winter.

http://www.redditchskatepark.co.uk

24 August 2005 - Brighton will host one of Europe’s most prestigious BMX competitions as the Etnies Backyard Jam (EBYJ) hits the Brighton Centre from 21 – 23 October 2005, ready with a 375 m2 purpose built street course, retail area and Snickers public street course.

Now in its 12th year the Etnies Backyard Jam is coming back bigger and better, with riders confirmed from Etnies, Federal and Hoffman bikes including Jamie Bestwick, Morgan Wade, Taj Mihelich, Mike Escamilla, Ruben Alcantara, Mike Atiken, Van Homan, Corey Martinez, Bas Keep, Jon Taylor and Sergio Layos to mention but a few. With such a line up and the relaxed atmosphere the EBYJ is famous for, riders will be pushing themselves in the face of a record prize pool of $40,000 overall.

Friday will see 100 Experts battle it out in heated qualifiers for the honourable 10 finalist spots in Saturday’s Expert final. Following that, 60 Pros will take to the street course for their qualifiers on Saturday, the top 16 of which will come back on Sunday for the highly regarded Pro Final for some fearless bad-ass action.


If that was not enough, the Etnies Highest Air and the Snickers Best Trick contests on Saturday and Sunday respectively will provide constant action for the crowd, following Friday’s world record attempt, as Snickers presents the UK’s first Highest Bunny Hop contest.

This year more BMX enthusiasts can experience this world class event as the Brighton Centre offers tiered seating to 3,000 spectators. There is a separate public street course strip for four persons at time to experience BMXing for themselves. All equipment and guidance is provided and Pro riders including Jon Taylor will intermittently be on hand to offer personal advice. In previous years the event has sold out quickly so log on to www.backyardjam.com today to book your tickets and get the latest updates.

The Etnies Backyard Jam in association with Snickers and Primo will be held at the Brighton Centre 21 – 23 October 2005. Opening times: 10 am - 7 pm. Ticket prices pre booked / on the door: Fri £6 / £8, Sat £8 / £10 and Sun £10 / £12. Please Note: There is no access with bikes for the public into the venue.

One Rooftop flair and Joey Spinoza photos by Ricky Adam.

As usual, didn't get a name. Some guy from the TWOAND8 Jam.

Stuart, Sam and a few others have gotten back on the case with the building of some trails not too far from me that arelooking pretty god and the plot that they're on has some serious potential (?) forsome crazy lines. Sam who's been riding chizzy trails whilst he's been away from London has got the teckniuque (i cant spell today just too tired to even try you know what i'm on about anyway) for building and it helps that the dirt is absolutely perfect for building with no stones. So it looks like stjoes is gonna go to shit and i'm gonna get into these silly steep jumps, oh and the hip is about 7ft tall!. I'm sure you'll see more pics of these as soon as i get time off work to muster up enough energy to dig and ride there. laters

Stu, thats more like it

Stu test run

"I wanna see furr and early morning dew "...

Sam and his ingenious barrow trailer

the road to hell is paved with good intentions

This is the latest I've heard about the jam: "St georges jam is now on SEPT 4TH SUNDAY. we got bmx and skate comps galore, a sound system playin tunes into the night. plus all the new concrete ramps that were sorted by body english zine - 4m high vert wall, 2m high quarter, real volcano, rails and ledges."

A couple of photos from the jam by Joe Blunt.

Tom James, Wallride to lookback at Wandsworth banks

Chris Mahoney, Superman at the Urban Games

Lima, Turndown at the MoVment Jam

Glen Woods, 360 at the MoVment Jam

Matt Macleod, Turndown 360 at the Urban Games

The Trowbridge jam in july got rained off, so is arranged to have a re-run on Sunday 4th September, again at the ramp in Stallards park. It will start at 12noon and will cost £2 to ride. Full details will be published in Ride magazine or call 07748950594.

I was about to make the 10 minute journey down to the park today and take some photos of the progress. My efforts have been saved by Oli taking these, the park should be finished by the end of the month and open a few weeks after.

Profile Racing Europe has now changed from being the european service centre to exclusive Profile distributors for Europe. http://www.profileeurope.co.uk

Dont forget the TWOAND8 worcester jam is happening this saturday, should be a gas. The Weather is set to be a scorcher!!! more info on the website, click the link on the left. See you there

From what I've heard progress on Park Central / Skate and Ride is coming on really well. A lot of the frame work has been built, theres a new bar, everythings had a lick of paint. I'll and get some photos later.

Click the following link.
http://www.bmxonline.com/bmx/features/article/0,15737,1093348,00.html

And this was emailed from greg Short...

Heading back

Some dismantled sylo's (?)

An Exell sky

A curved wall!

on a red route

Strange, hard, and dangerous banks to ride

Rail

Merlin sick one hander

Dusky kicker fun

pretty beads

Merlin xup

Ted'N'Tony get their bikes seen to.

Well here's another of one of my high quailty "Blogs" well at least its off my own back. Big hairy Rinocoros sized updates to come, i'm off to do something a bit special...

Need an update for the site? Simply link to someone elses. This is on the Transworld site and sounds like it will be nuts. Ridiculous dirt jump comp link

At Hastings skatepark, August the 20th...

It's about time some photos were put on here. Colum, hip 270 while dodging the local scum.

I just recived this press release about a comp being held in portugal sounds pretty nice, were gonna be road tripping to spin so maybe a detour to this comp might be worthwhile. Chase the sun.

Press Realease Odyssey Bmx Summer Comp 2005 ;
Portimão- PORTUGALWe are divulging by this way that "Clube Bicross de Portimão" will organize for the second year the "Odyssey BmxSummerComp 2005". The Comp. will be on 09-10-11-September In Portimão-Portugal, located atthe sameplace at the Bmx worlds 98". The Odyssey Bmxsummercomp is a new kind of event; last year it was thefirst edition with 75 riders(between amateur and professionals),name's like Nathan Penonzek, RubenAlcantara, Sergio Layos, Javier Ortega, amount others were present. Let us say the last year was a completlysuccess, around 3000 people per day show at the event. The Park is very well situated, just 2Km from beach and night lifepub's. There are also several hotels around the park( and near the beachtoo). The temperature at this time is around 35 degrees!!! For this year this are our plans:- Tree categories, Flatland, Street and Dirt;- All categories will be divide in amateur an professional;- For the pro there will be prize money for the first 5 riders, thefirst 5 amateurs will receive bike parts,clothes, etc;- The street area is around 2400 square meters with all kind of ramps;- The flat area is around 1200 square meters with wood flat;- Dirt will have a drop whit 2,5 meters and some dirt sets (not decidedthe course yet);- There will be concerts at the park followed by a night life;- There will be a area for Bmx/clothes Shops, and food suppliers; - For this year we gonna have a Graffiti contest; - We have planning some shows ofBrake Dance too .Prizes Money(for Professionals Categories; Street, Flat and Dirt); -1º Place -500€ -2º Place -400€ -3º Place -300€ -4º Place -200€ -5º Place -100€ All the inscriptions can be made in local place for the first day or byour official web site.By the end we want to try divulge this event for all the places in Europeand around the world, so if you can replay this emailfor all your friends, shops, Bike Companys, etc; we would be very gratefull. Any questions please feel free to contact us by: Address:Clube Bicross de Portimão Avenida V-6, Parque da Juventude 8500 Portimão, Algarve, PortugalE-mail:

I've read the whole thing now and if by any chance people don't think we'd make it that far i'm gonna steal the van and get there cos that sounds like a good event, in a country (or is it just Lisbon) that has leagalized all drugs.

I've taken a long hard look at those earphones, checked the specs etc... And have come to the conclusion that no matter how good (or shit) they are, most English riders would be fucked if they were to wear something so shit! The word we use in the UK is 'CHAV' It's not a good thing to aspire to be one.
A few years back I'd have recommended Mosh make them in pink. These days you might want to consider green or the old safe bet - black.
I've recently heard Sennheiser are considering entering the BMX market with a cassette hub that sounds like a barrel organ.
I really hope I'm missing the point.

Mosh Skullcandy Skullcrusher headphones pic stolen off bmxonline.com

This has gotta be a joke, if not the mosh product designer has gone off the rails. http://www.bmxonline.com/bmx/biz/article/0,15737,1088334,00.html

My good lady recently bought me an iPod for my birthday; The technophobe I am had serious trouble getting the little thing to do anything (cheers dog). Anyhow there I am looking at the apple shop for some bits and bobs when I find the below comment from someone who´s more retarded than me when it comes to technology. I was searching for an iPod car charger!

"Those of us who are middle of the road when it comes to understanding iPod technology would not realise that this only charges via a 12V connection, ie, car cigarette lighter. Although still useful, if you're looking for something that connects to the mains, this isn't the right product"

The description was for an iPod auto charger including a picture of said article. Now I don´t like bragging but I consider myself to have seen a bit of the world, but I´m fucked if I´ve been anywhere where they use car cigarette lighter accessories as the main power plug! I can´t help wonder whether he was thought he was being helpful or was just a fucking idiot. Either way he´s put a major dent in the intelligence of people who use iPods.
I would have placed a picture of the charger for you all to see but cause I´m a donkey I couldn´t figure how to do it.

Just had an email from the people at Redbull to say that last years Three Degrees event, which took place in Cardiff during the summer, will be repeated on Ch4 MONDAY 15 AUGUST, time TBC.

Submitted gallery update with a few more photos.

I'd heard they were modifying the quarter to quarter wall ride at the park the other weekend, as I was nearby I dropped in a got a quick photo. I think there are also a few other mods in the pipeline such as a curved wallride and a new jump box with transitioned landing. http://www.redditchskatepark.co.uk