gerbil reporting from the rampworx all nighter in aintree, liverpool.
and what a night!
first of all i arrived at the park to see a HUGE line of people waiting to go into the park, and my first thoughts where 'i want to go home'.
being a street lover, if theres one thing i cant stand its lots and lots of people when im trying to ride. i think though, this occasion was a one off.
without this many people, there would be no atmosphere to it. the amount of old friends i seen was amazing, and just about every rider i know from around these ways was there.
everyone got settled in, rode a bit, before the fun comps started. matty lambert on the microphone, a £50 not in his hand, and the jump box comp begins.
this was off the hook! seriously. we had irish jason phelan (failure bikes, snafu, orchid) doin big big 720's, superman seatgrabs, 360 whips, danger dave did a crazy barrel role... little harry main (FIRM, KHE, nike 6.0) did a flair-900 tap... nuts. halfway through it started getting a bit mad, with jay bean doin the biggest 'stem shags' ever. irish jay then took it upon himself to whip the jumpbox, backwards, to the flat bottom. amazing!
the box comp was eventually won by a little kid on a federal (leon perkins says his name was dean... but leons thick). the trick that got the £50 note was a superman seatgrab barspin, from a kid who looked about 14.
high air commenced, and was a showdown between little harry and sam ward (redline). harry main ended up taking it... after a change of ramp!
everyone carried on riding a little more until the high hop comp came along. leon perkins (diomandback, nike 6.0) won this, then irish jason decided he had another use for the hight bar (check the photo)
once this comp was done, i got old school jay screaming 'gerbil, bring your camera over here, sams flairing over the tombstone again!' to say i shit myself would be a bit of an understatement, as i was at rampworx the last time sam ward tried this... which left him off his bike for a few months. never good. but despite this, it was pulled, and id say it was one of the biggest flairs iv seen in person.
after this, the night pretty much consisted of ridin a bit, chillin with friends (old and new) and shooting a couple of photos... although mike and dylan at firm are goin to kill me when they read this, and realise that larry, bombhead and harry (all firm bike riders) where there, and i didnt take a single photo of any of them.
i went home at around 7.30... and there was still alot of people riding, i was truly tired, and ready for ym macdonalds breakfast.
heres the snaps.
bengo in the high hop contest
irish jay, superman
making good use of the high hop bar
words and photos by gerbil - www.pwpics.co.uk
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