overcame some fears today

[spesh]

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
so thats three more boxes ticked today

[jedi]

feels good dont it   

[spesh]

feels good dont it   

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!

[Flaz]

feels good dont it   

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   

[Trev]

cool stuff. keep up the good work.

  

[rodslovechild]

nice one

[PK RETRO]

Cool nice one 

[macky]

Yeeaahh dude!! Nice 1!! 

I was terrified jumping a spine ramp again!!

I only ever rode a spine once BITD!!

[stumpy]

Way to go dude, well done

Stumpy

[OrgasmDonor]

well done dude 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

[priv]

well done spesh


priv

[spesh]

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!!

[Gashead]

Well done fella - top man 

What bike are ya ridin there 

[spesh]

Well done fella - top man 

What bike are ya ridin there 

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

[rosscoe]

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

[spesh]

thanx mate i have lowered the seat now