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Winter seems to be here. It's rained a few times and it goin to rain more this week. Should be able to start digging soon/now.

Not much new stuff to be done this winter, just finishing off the curvy line, re-doing the back line, tweaking the jam line and Rory's bermy roller line to be done. Easy.

Rory, when are you in the UK next? Will be good to meet up? Im here from next week onwards till sept.

Davros and Gavin, see you soon!

Hello all! Support needed for current campaign to get an add-on to alresford skatepark. Some of u may know that this skatepark was pushed by bmxers, designed by bmxers then backwardly built so small the only people who benifited were skaters and scooters! The new add on will be bmx friendly (hopefully?) with a new six foot quarter and jump box check out the plans on the facebook page @ 'new skatepark for alresford'. Even if you dont give a shit show some support for the local community and sign up! All the council cares about are numbers so dig in and buff up are stats! cheers for reading

It seems to be April. Keeps raining all the time. Time to get more stuff done. We have more water than we can store and there is another 10mm of rain coming in for Firday.

Has summer been and gone already?

Saw your new creation on Deluxe website (the birm bridge). Looks good. I remember starting to dig a massive hole at knowlhill that you would dissappear into a tunnel then pop out somewhere else into a step up. Shame it got ploughed before I finished it.

Anyway Im coming to the UK for 6 weeks in July/August so will pop up. Rory will you be around too?

If your interested in the jumps we ride in Sao Paulo type Caracas trails or also Continental trails.

was just wondering what you guys are like with visitors, me and one mate live just north of london and were planning to do a trip down to surrey to ride chertsey, wisley, epsom and possibly barend? cheers

I'm done with college and now very unemployed if any help is needed int woods?? Although I'm guessing cud do with some rain... lemme know and ill stop by

Davros / Gav,

Any more mini-motos down there since last Sunday? Hope not

Put some pics up of the bridge once you have it finished!

Surfed the internet and found a good website for some supplies at the trails. It seems to be a treasure trove of random stuff. You can even buy a frigate. Its all the ex military stuff they are selling off cheap. I found four things that might be of use for you-

1. Foldaway 3 way steel shovel £15.00 (comes in a foldaway case)Perfect for trails. Also looks as though can cut trees too.

2. Waterproof rolls (basically to put ontop of structures to stop water coming in. Perfect for covering the trails. Looks like shitloads for £17.00

3. Ex SAS military smock £30

4. Camel pack water bag (drinking) in desert camo £15.00

www.edisposals.com (owned by military)

I think if I was still in the UK I would snap something up!

Yeah boys! I am indeed alive and kicking haha although the weather is thus far pushing back my complex training regime for the summer!

We shall deffo see each-other in the summer, you still working in turkkazackmazastan or something Rory?

George lives in Brazil? When did that happen? Just checking your page out for the first time in a few years...the trails look yummy

Just picked up my bike for the first time in 5 years maybe I'll pop down and say hello in the summer if I'm still able to ride

Good to hear from you Rory. yes all is well here, its very hot at the moment but still managing to ride the trails over here and on some occassions going to the beach for a spot of surfing.

Still in the same job, pays a bit crap and not much to do but it is only 10 mins walk from my apartment and traffic here is horrific. Maybe I will have to take up working with you in Turkmenistan and then I can start paying of my mortgage in the UK.

Yep watched the mid morning matters, but was a bit dissapointed being a purist patridge `smell my cheese´.

Hows the 911, still need to take me for a ride in that beauty!!

state of the first bowl and the remains of the seam of tar that i hit. loads more work to be done in there

tallest landing we have? second in the little line

another picture of the state of the third bowl

Some Alan Johnson quotes- This Thai Chi is meant to take 40 minutes, I can do it in 10 minutes flat.

Our customer service is going to kill our clients. Literally its going to be that good they are going to die from it

Thank the Microsoft Office Family, Powerpoint, Word and Excel - The Three Amigos

Sorry Brazilian TV isnt that good so have been watching every Peep show episode. I want to work with Alan Johnson or even Alan Partridge. Either will do to keep me amused

this is what the 3rd bowl looks like after nearly 20 hours of work. still a lot to do, but its the right sort of shape. just needs to rain now.

no idea what could be under the tarp.

bastard hip take off keeps trying to fall down. back side now packed in by Aiden

and again

top bowl

Gav - stick your pics up when you have time, thanky!

Rory - any idea when you might be 'allowed' down the trails this week?

What's left - all reduced

LAF frame with press fit BB and Headset £110
Fly forks £30
Sunday Triumph Bars £18
LHD or RHD Profile Cranks 175mm with Profile Titanium axle £110
S&M Tuffman sprocket 28T £25
Profile 48 hole rear hub with 14mm titanium axle and titanium 10T driver. Laced to Odyssey Rim. £140
Primo rear tyre £5
G-Sport Marmoset front hub 36 hole laced to Araya Super7X rim. £50
Shadow Conspiracy seat + Fit post £8

Rory, me and davros are kind of stuck on the curvy line at the moment. As it's so cold the soil is frozen, easy enough to move, but it can't be stacked any more than we have done.
So we are going to move some dirt around the bowls. We were thinking about maybe turning the rollers out of the bowls into the bowl corner into a volcano. What do you think? You could go high on it for more speed or use it to slow down going back into the bowls. We have a quite poor track record with rollers and we haven't had a volcano for years now.

Anyone else have any thoughts ideas?

Has anyone got a copy of Anthem II yet?

i went down the trails today. the ground is frozen, you can see where parts have expanded from the frost, but the few bits i looked at that are under covers seem to be fine.

the tempreature is not meant to go about 3 degrees for the next week, so digging should be fun. i'm hoping that the ground will get so solid that it will come up like bricks so that we can actually keep stacking stuff, if not, it's going to be a quiet week.

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Barend 1997 - name the gnarly dudes - a special bonus if you can name who the ambulance was called for?

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My bike's up for sale...

LAF frame 21" with press fit BB and Headset
Fly forks
S&M Challenger Stem
Sunday Triumph Bars
Primo Lever
Nokon Cable
Fly Rear Brake
LHD or RHD Profile Cranks with Profile Titanium axle
S&M Tuffman sprocket
Profile 48 hole rear hub with titanium axle and titanium 10T driver. Laced to Odyssey Rim. Primo rear tyre
G-Sport Marmoset front hub 36 hole laced to Araya Super7X rim. Tioga Comp3 tyre
Shadow Conspiracy seat
Fit seatpost (cutdown)
Wellgo pedals

£550 complete or will split