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Title: overcame some fears today
Post by: spesh on July 07, 2008, 07:18 PM: went to the local chavpark sorry skatepark today and made it my mission to do the following
1/ ride up the quaterpipe without putting my foot down
2/ try to jump up the box via the mini ramp side
3/ jump the mini spine......very scary the first time as you seem to need to go too fast to clear it
i think i did really well considering im 40 and we never had spine ramps back in the early 80s :LolLolLolLol:
so thats three more boxes ticked today

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g279/spesh1967/th_100_0953.jpg) (http://s58.photobucket.com/albums/g279/spesh1967/?action=view&current=100_0953.flv)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g279/spesh1967/th_100_0951.jpg) (http://s58.photobucket.com/albums/g279/spesh1967/?action=view&current=100_0951.flv)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g279/spesh1967/th_100_0954.jpg) (http://s58.photobucket.com/albums/g279/spesh1967/?action=view&current=100_0954.flv)
Title: Re: overcame some fears today
Post by: jedi on July 07, 2008, 07:22 PM: feels good dont it :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: overcame some fears today
Post by: spesh on July 07, 2008, 07:30 PM: Quote from: jedi on July 07, 2008, 07:22 PM
feels good dont it :daumenhoch:

it sure does
that spine although not big still gave me the willies as i had to go faster than i thought to clear it
the first time i did it i manualled all the way down on the back wheel nearly looping out!
Title: Re: overcame some fears today
Post by: Flaz on July 07, 2008, 08:20 PM: Quote from: spesh on July 07, 2008, 07:30 PM
Quote from: jedi on July 07, 2008, 07:22 PM
feels good dont it :daumenhoch:

it sure does
that spine although not big still gave me the willies as i had to go faster than i thought to clear it
the first time i did it i manualled all the way down on the back wheel nearly looping out!

cool spines are scary for the old schoolers as i dont remember ever seeing anything like that as a kid well done just take it easy
Title: Re: overcame some fears today
Post by: Trev on July 07, 2008, 08:27 PM: cool stuff. keep up the good work.

:daumenhoch:
Title: Re: overcame some fears today
Post by: rodslovechild on July 07, 2008, 08:32 PM: nice one :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: overcame some fears today
Post by: PK RETRO on July 07, 2008, 11:34 PM: Cool nice one :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: overcame some fears today
Post by: macky on July 08, 2008, 01:17 AM: Yeeaahh dude!! Nice 1!! :daumenhoch:

I was terrified jumping a spine ramp again!!

I only ever rode a spine once BITD!!
Title: Re: overcame some fears today
Post by: stumpy on July 08, 2008, 06:53 AM: Way to go dude, well done

Stumpy
Title: Re: overcame some fears today
Post by: OrgasmDonor on July 08, 2008, 02:09 PM: well done dude :daumenhoch: i never rode a spine BITD but the first time i did when i got back into it i over shot it completely and nosedived straight into the concrete, i did this 3 times in a row and pulled it off on the 4th only to do the same again the next 2 times i tried on different occasions, spines are stooooopid :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: overcame some fears today
Post by: priv on July 13, 2008, 08:17 PM: well done spesh :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:

priv
Title: Re: overcame some fears today
Post by: spesh on July 13, 2008, 09:54 PM: thanx for the encouragement fella,s for over twenty years ive wanted to see if i can still ride a bmx like i used to,goona go to southsea skatepark soon aswell,thats gonna bring back some fond memories
im going out tomorrow to chandlers ford as theres a bigger spine and some better quarter pipes
see ya in casualty!! :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: overcame some fears today
Post by: Gashead on July 13, 2008, 10:00 PM: Well done fella - top man :4_17_5:

What bike are ya ridin there :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: overcame some fears today
Post by: spesh on July 13, 2008, 10:30 PM: Quote from: Gashead on July 13, 2008, 10:00 PM
Well done fella - top man :4_17_5:

What bike are ya ridin there :daumenhoch:
its my haro shredder that i built up as a rider its really roomy with a long top tube and chain stays
put a midschool sport decal set on it as that was all i could get in the same font/colour as the shredder decals
and some skywas with 14mm axle converters (man i love skyways)
heres a few pics
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g279/spesh1967/100_0948.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g279/spesh1967/100_0949.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g279/spesh1967/100_0955.jpg)
Title: Re: overcame some fears today
Post by: rosscoe on July 21, 2008, 08:54 PM: well done matey, spines are worth the effort - drop yer seat about a foot and a half for spines though - saves he precious bits and lets you tuck up a bit too
Title: Re: overcame some fears today
Post by: spesh on July 21, 2008, 09:06 PM: thanx mate i have lowered the seat now