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April 2010 My
Culture Resurrection Jam 2010 Report
This past weekend saw the
2nd My Culture Resurrection Jam. The venue was the same as last
time, Hartbeestpoort Holiday Resort Skatepark. The BMX part of the
event took part on Saturday 24 April and the weather was absolutely
terrible for almost the whole day! As it was around Joburg woke
up that morning, saw the rain, and made othewr plans for the day....
After a few phone calls to the organisers to find out how it was
looking, The Riot crew decided to take the chance and head out there....
we were not disappointed!
First thing we saw was a bunch of people blowing water of the park
and others drying water up with rags. And then... boom! Riders were
all over the park shredding. It was a little cold and due to the
wet park taking time to dry some guys didn't really feel warmed
up enough. That's all part of riding comps though.
The Am contest went off first and you could soon tell that a lot
of the guys were hungry for the podium. It was pleasing to see so
many guys going off on the box jump, backflips and big 360's were
happening in almost every run. It would have been nice to see a
few more riders enter, but it seems like a lot of Joburg riders
are a little scared to ride comps... Some guys didn't come on account
of the weather too. None the less, the Am's that did ride really
put down some serious runs as you will tell from the video.
The Pro comp started almost as the Am's finished. Most of the riders
focussed on the box jump during there runs, with exception of a
few creative lines from guys like Ray Malinga and Paul Soderlund.
The box jump really did get a good working with tricks like 360
whips, backflip turndowns, double whips, 360 no handers, and tons
more.
The organisers really need huge respect for pulling this off with
such success. Well done to evryone involved and thank you for putting
on another sweet BMX contest. The Riot has put this little video
together of all the highlights from the comp and check out the photos
below.
Ricky Rodrigues with his first ever backflip! He walked away with
2nd in Am's
Byrone Blignaut steezy lookback
Byrone Jones - 360 right into 3rd place Am's
Snoer has a snor and he can do sweet inverts.
Steven Powell - unturndown
Alex Shapiro! Winner of the Am comp. Alex threw down some banging
runs and a personal highlight for me was his Tuck no hander to ET.
Nice one bruv.
Ridaz!
3rd in Pro Colin Loudon - 360 lookback
Colin again - flip turndown
Jacques Fourie - extra crispy lookback
Leeroy Wildschutt tried a couple of front flips but blew off on
the landing. Seems he needs a slightly bigger box and he'll have
these every go.
Paul Soderlund - Abubaque on the vert ramp. Paul is super creative
and did lines that noone else saw at all.
Ray Malinga - Style comes too naturally for him! Hip table
Tim Dell - Turndown
Jordan Gin was on a mad mission. He did some of the nicest 3's and
3 combos... 2nd place Pro! He also did a rediculous line that won
him best trick... watch the video!
Stuart Loudon - 360 table
The Winner in Pro! Malcolm Peters with an opposite downside whip!
Malcolm does 360 tailwhips as easy as most people do Xups.
Results
BMX AM
1ST Alex Shapiro
2ND Ricky Rodrigues
3RD Byron James
BMX PRO
1ST Malcolm Peters
2ND Jordan Anthony
3RD Colin Loudon
Best Trick: Jordan Anthony: Nose manual to double peg
Here's what Carla from My Culture sent out on facebook earlier
today:
"Firstly Eugene and I would just like to thank everyone who
made it out to the comp this year. It was epic! I know the rain
kept a lot of you away . . . but you missed out.
Thanks to all the sponsors and all the guys that helped on
the day, thanks to the Son Skate team for helping set up and fix
the park before the comp. – And the mad dancing sessions of
course! Aweh!
I feel blessed and can’t wait for next years comp, FLIP YA!!!!
(Pics will be up on the My Culture group and the website soon)"
Etnies
"Number" NOW IN STOCK!
The Aaron Ross/Odyssey Etnies
shoes have arrived! They are so rad they would even make your mom
look good.
They come with 3 different options for lacing up (black, flourescent
orange, and blue) and are available in UK sizes 7, 8, 9, 10 for
R799. Just in case you've
been in a cave for the last month... The Riot is giving away a pair
of these shoes and a bunch of other sweet ass Etnies apparel. If
you want in on this action scroll down to the last post on this
page and find out how you can enter the lucky draw. Only 2 days
left to enter! Entries close 30 April 2010.
Ultimate
X Video
Just got this in the in box. The event took place
about 2 months ago and clearly was pretty insane! Some really good
riding went down for sure!
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April 2010 Back
from Egypt
Greg and Colin are finally
back from Egypt and ready for this weekends Resurrection
Jam. Unfortunately Greg picked up an ankle injury towards the end
of the trip so prtobably won't be riding for a little while. Also
in town for the weekend is Stuart Loudon and Malcolm Peters. Stuart
just arrived but Malcolm has been in Joburg for a few weeks now...
he was doing some shows with JOrdan and Tim at the Rand Show. Should
have some pics of thast soon.
Greg's only been back a few days and has already started shooting
tons of pics and filming for web videos and of course The Riot video.
Here are a few shots from Greenramp.
Colin, Malcolm and Tim getting ready to shred
Colin - Lookback
Malcolm - table up in the trees
Malcolm - invert
Tim - down table
Tim - Lookback
Malcolm - turndown
Tim - tyre slide
Colin - Tuck no hander out the mini and over the fence
Malcolin
Props
Megatour 9 DVD's In Stock!
Late last year you might remember
that Greg went to America to ride for Mongoose on Props Megatour
9. Well it's taken a little while for us to get hold of some stock
of the finished product but finally they have arrived! The DVD is
packed with tons of tech street riding, some park shredding, and
bad ass gaps. You can pick these up for R220 exclusively through
The Riot. Call 082 922 5555 or email sales@theriot.co.za
Here's the trailer for the video and some pics of the DVD cover
itself.
I know Pro X was quite a while
ago and The Riot was there to film for a web video. Unfortunately
I didn't have enough time to get the edit done before I left for
Egypt. As soon as I got back the edit was going to get back...
until Colin found this rad video from Fox online. This video has
pretty much everything that went down during the comp and pretty
much gives you a good idea of how nuts it was! Thanks FOX!
Etnies are giving away a pair of Aaron Ross' new signature shoe along with a bunch of other Etnies apparell. To find out how to win check out this video of Etnies team rider Tim Dell.
In case you didn't quite get that... to enter the contest you need to email the name of these shoes along with all your contact details to SALES@THERIOT.CO.ZA. 1st prize will be the shoes, 2nd & 3rd will get apparell hampers from Etnies.
Entries close on 30 April and winners will be announced within a week from then.
These shoes will also be available for purchase from The Riot for
R799. For more info on these go here.
