Monday Night Smackdown

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Posted by Josh Lewis on Monday, 20 April 2015 

Monday evening the trails were dusty and sun had just started breaking through the trees, the hype was up and the handycam was out. Shit got real fun, here is Josh's minute documentation of the rowd.

Lips and Hips

Late last winter, Josh told us of a spot he had seen and had been wanting to send for years, that just needed a little bit of man power to get it running full steam. After a few weeks of talking about it and wondering in my head what in the hell this spot was going to be like, as the description was very hard to imagine for some reason, me and Jud finally got our asses in gear and headed up to Josh's to check it out. WOW! Was my first thought the place looked like a little slice of freeride heaven, Josh showed us the particular line he had in mind and around 2 hours later she was looking ready to be ridden. Now all we had to do was wait a few months for things to dry up enough for the speed to be right. Spring rolled round with beautiful weather and soon enough we were talking about wether it may be getting dry enough to ride, another week or two of sunshine passed and no one could hold out any longer, we had to see if she was ready for a session. Me and Petty headed up on glorious evening, to see Josh already testing the water, letting us know it was definitely ready to rock and roll. A wonderful session ensued, but the video above will describe that far better than my words. Enjoy.

Smelling That Summer

Smelling That Summer from Max on Vimeo.

We managed to survive the winter with lots of laughter and lots of teas. The new additions and revamped sections on the trails are starting to become rideable for the first time this year. We can almost taste the summer. Here is a little glimpse of the first bit of dry trails, T-shirt weather and glorious sunshine at the trails.

The Revolution Was Carnage.

The wrecklessness began when kurt thought he was already on the trails and hit a speed bumb too fast just as we entered the welsh hillsides, consequently snapping the bike rack and leaving them stranded on the side of the road about 20 miles from our destination. Our van looped back and the bikes were hastily chucked on the back then we watched them wibble and wobble all the way too our destination. Second run of the day and boom Steve goes down and sets the bar with a broken leg, taking him out for the rest of the day and probably not much longer, the man is an animal. People are crashing, people are high fiving, people are hyped, then boom robs down and before we know it layed out in the back of the van with a leg the size of a tree trunk. Another run. Boom, Pettys down, blood all down his face and chin, his tooth had managed to find its way through his lip and so soon enough he was joining rob on the injury bench. The rest of us were still hanging on for dear life, being bashed and bumped this way and that way with frequently infrequent spills and slams. Somehow P-man jumped back in the land drover with his chin bandaged up and slayed the last run of the day.

Here's some of the day through Toms eyes.

Bad Boi Cru Is Back!

They're fun, they're creative and most of all they really don't give a shit what you think. BadBoiCru (deaddave and benbroyd) are back with a jolly good edit based around the house skateparks new home brewed concrete bowl. Check it out and listen to more of their wonderful nonsense at BadBoiCru Radio .

Loosedawg on the Battlefield.

DirtTV: Enduro Warfare with Josh Lewis a mountainbiking video by dirt

Josh is one of those guys who gives you hope for the mountain bike community. He is all about the hype and all about the riding. He doesn't spend his time on the trails talking about how his wheels are now are an inch and half bigger than they used to be or that he has recently put 2 extra dials of low speed compression on his forks, he is just having fun, keeping everyone pumped and keeping things about the riding. Him and Caldwell Visuals have absolutely smashed it again on this edit, full throttle, no fucks given, just loose making his bike defy physics in as many ways possible and all with a huge grin on his face. We need more of this, get it watched and then turn your screens off and go ride your fucking bike!

Follow Josh's frequent madness at http://looseblog.stif.co.uk/ he is over in NZ at the minute and I am sure his ripping it harder than ever.

1 Minute of Lost Summer.

1 minute from summer. from Max on Vimeo.