Goldie and I got loads done up the woods this weekend, Caleb was back from his travels and came down to move some clay, started changing the second landing on downtown, stepped it up up a few more feet and cut off the side to make the transfer compulsory, Also started work on a hut, just need to put the roof on and dig out the inside.

Got a sweet jam in at the indoor last night, Goldie and I had the whole place to ourselves. Heres a couple of pics I snapped of Goldie transferring from the spine to box takeoff.

Lords of Dirt 2nd stop

Just spotted this edit of the 2nd stop of Lords of Dirt, where paul Langlands placed 2nd, check it out. 

Shot Paul.

LORDS OF DIRT 2012 : 2nd Stop SERIGNAN - FRANCE (Official) from Lords of Dirt on Vimeo.

justinside

Crazy weather today, too wet to head up the trails so we got in a jam at the indoor this afternoon, filmed a few clips and threw this edit together. Featuring some local rippers, Richard West, Scott White, Alan Murphy and Henry Harrison. Check it out


Keeping out of the rain from Carl Cavanagh on Vimeo.

Hef and I got some digging in on the weekend, many barrows were carted. A few changes and dialing in going on right now. Spring is here so everything is on a mad growth spurt. Wont be long and the trees will have there leaves back.

Pikopiko, landing growth

Got a good ride in at the new indoor today, pretty fun set-up, quite a few riders from out of town turned up for a jam, snapped a few pics of Whanganui rider Ben Roundtree and Auckland shredder Bevan Cowan, check it.

So the new indoor park in almost finished just a a few more handrails and decks to be done, was lucky enough to get a little roll yesterday, can't wait till its fully finished

 Still a box jump to build and I think theres also a foam pit going in, not my cup of tea but will help these young guys progress for sure, which is always a good thing.

Alex Cranswick, local ripper was looking quite at home, had plant over the spine.


On Scooters:

Its not BMX or Skateboarding that has got us this amazing facility, but the new craze that we all love to hate, Scooters. Theres so many of them now I can actually see this park being sustainable, now in the last few years we've all been there, you turn up at your local park for a chilled jam only to be confronted with a biblical plague of scooter kids and your chilled jam turns into a game of dodge-ems and no matter what angle you try, to teach them some park etiquette, for me anyway it just ends in me leaving. which gets me to my other point.

Yes scooters are a pain, because they're usually ridden by kids who have not yet fully grasped the rules of the play ground and one day these kids will be too old/big for a scooter, now I could be wrong here and stranger things have happened, but I'm pretty sure there won't be many 20 year old scooter riders unless they develop a larger scooter (wouldn't' it just be bmx then?) or find some sort of super alloy so scooters can handle a fully grown man can you imagine someone like Jed MIldon throwing down a huge Briflip (hows that for some lingo) and the scooter still being in one piece, not very likely.

So that means one day these kids will have to quit scootering, and those skills only really lead one direction, they'll have to get a bike I'm not saying they will all transfer to bmx but one of these kids could be the next Jed Mildon or Paul Langlands, so we might get some new killer talent out of some of these kids, we just have to bear with it for now, patience is required. Anyway thats my rant if you bothered to read it.


Just go out and ride...Or just ride some trails, don't see many scooters in the woods.