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Dirt Wars UK 2011 Final @ Wisley

Dirt Wars UK 2011 Final went of this past sunday at the legendary trail spot that is Wisley. We were a bit concearned early on the Sunday morning as there had been a lot of rainfall in the Surrey area in the 24hrs leading up to the comp.

We arrived at Wisley ready to set up but had to hold fire to get the official verdict from the Wisley trail builders if we could run the comp or did we have to cancel due to the trails being so wet.
After 5 mins of arriving at Wisley the trail Builders were out their cars and swinging spades left right and center to sort the trails out in time for the comp to start. We got the thumbs up, the comp was on....

With there only being 6 riders in the Open Class it wouldnt take long to go through the quallys so we got their practice underway ready to see which 3 would go through.

Jack Scotford Smith was currently leading the series by 2 clear points but Freddy Pullman and Wig Lewington Booth were both hot on his heels.

We got the Open quallys underway and Young Callum Gribble was up first to show us how it was done. Callum bust out the start and hit the first with a 1 footed x-up then flowed the next few jumps to pull a no footed can on the last big jump. New comer Freddy Kirk was out to impress with his tuck no handers and no footed cans as was Wig Booths younger brother with his 360's and tuck no hander tyre taps.

The Series top 3 battled it out in quallys with Jack busting out the flips and tuck's, Freddy Pullman got the crowd going with his impressive 360's and clean Superman's whilst Wig managed to pull a run of 360 to X-up to 360 to tuck no hander and a massive tailwhip over the last.

After qually were over the top 3 went through to the final.

1st Wig L Booth
2nd Freddy Pullman
3rd Jack S Smith
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4th Sam L Booth
5th Freddy Kirk
6th Callum Gribble

With Open quallys out the way the Pro Elite line up of Clinton Johns (Diamondback), Grant Fielder (Kona), Ryan Nangle (Cranked365), Marcel Hunt (Dartmoor), Toby Ware (Cranked365), Matt Jones (Identiti), Matt Cooper (Cranked365), Danny Pace (Identiti), Daryl Brown (Identiti), Ray Samson (Dmr), Rob Newman (Flow), Tom Reynolds (Dmr), Craig Potter (NS) and Jamie Taylor (RHUK) were all ready to get the show on the road and see who was going to the final.
Jamie Taylor started the round off and flowed his way through the trails pulling x-ups and flipping the last,

Daryl Brown was on form stretching his cans out to the max and pulling the smoothest 360's on the trails as was Tom Reynolds with his 3's and flips but it was Craig Potter who ended up stealing the 360 crown by pulling a 3x-up on the first 3 the second 3 the third then a tuck no hander and then tailwhip on the last making the spectators go nuts, Marcel Hunt seemed to go into slow mo with the biggest slowest tailwhip ive seen in years aswell as clean flips and tucks.
Ray Samson was out to get himself on the podium and also the overall podium throwing down some real smooth runs consisting of tailwhips, 360's and flip variations whilst Danny Pace was out to keep Ray off the podium and from taking his 3rd place overall spot.

Rob Newman showed you didnt have to pull all the new knarly tricks to be up there with the best as he crankflipped his way through the trails throwing in a 360 from time to time.Chopper was laying down his trademark indians and some nice toboggans.

Identiti's Matt Jones was flipping the first jump which not many other tried whilst Toby Ware seemed to be having trouble to get a run together with only a 360's and tailwhips on his runs.

At the end of qually only 7 were to go through but after getting the judges scores we had to put 9 through as the last 4 all came out with 18 points.

1st Clinton Johns (Diamondback)
2nd Ryan Nangle (Ram/Cranked365)
3rd Craig Potter (NS)
4th Ray Samson (Dmr)
5th Daryl Brown (Identiti)
6th Grant Fielder (Kona)
7th Marcel Hunt (Dartmoor)
8th Danny Pace (identiti)
9th Rob Newman (Flow)

The Open Riders were next up and keen to get there positions sorted on who was taking the final as the overall had already been sewn up by Jack Scotford Smith.

Wig was first out the block and was out to take the win with 360's flying left right and center but was unable to put a clean run in whilst Freddy Pullman went all Clarke Kent on us with his supermans, flips and a nice transfer clearly heading for the top spot.

Jack S Smith dumped some huge 3's, sweet table's and no footed cans but it wasent enough to take 1st place.
After 3 runs each it was clear who had taken the 1st place for the final round and Freddy Pullman was a happy Lad.

1st Freddy Pullman
2nd Jack Scotford Smith
3rd Freddy Pullman.

As the Pro/Elite riders lined up at the top of the trails you could see the determination in all there eye's and you could tell it was about to go off.
All the riders lined up and flowed in to the trails together in a train to get their adrenalin going then it was back to the top to get the final underway.

Clinton Johns and Daryl Brown were both eager to get above each other on the score board as they were both keen on taking the overall title and Clinton came out first showing Daryl that he wasent going down easily pulling 3whips, barspins and 3tucks

whilst Danny Pace showed he wasent giving up his third place overall spot that easily by front flipping so clean and high that Heathrow airport called and asked what flight number he was.

Chopper took to the air with his toboggan's and signiture indians and even poped in a massive ghost rider over the last,

Rob Newman again came out with the old skool moves with nacs, crankflips and huge 3's whilst Ryan Nangle let his trick bag open with 3 full runs with the best consisting of a flip to trasnsfer to tailwhip to barspin then a flip suicide on the last.

Ray Samson knew he had to beat Danny Pace by two places to get on the overall podium and put together 3 really good runs with flips, 3tables, tailwhips and flip tuck no handers but was it enough to take the podium from the welsh rider Danny Pace.

Craig Potter had seemed on fire during the quallys but didnt seem to bring it to the final as he missed out a few tricks on his runs but still managed to pull out a run full of 3's a tuck no hander and a huge tailwhip whilst Marcel Hunt threw down some sweet 3tables, tailwhips and flips.

Daryl Brown was online for the overall and his final runs werent looking like they were going to let him down, with no footed can transfers, super seat indians and massive 360's but was it enough to keep Clinton at bay.

After 3 runs each with 2 counting the Cornish Tailwhipper Clinton Johns had a smile on his face.

1st Clinton Johns (Diamondback)
2nd Daryl Brown (Identiti)
3rd Ryan Nangle (Cranked365/Ram)
4th Ray Samson (DMR)
5th Danny Pace (Identiti)
6th Craig Potter (NS)
7th Marcel Hunt (Dartmoor)
8th Rob Newman (Flow)
9th Chopper (Kona)

With the final podium out the way it was on to the 2011 Dirtwars UK Overall Series Results.

Open/Grassroots Overall 2011.

1st Jack Scotford Smith taking himself a Haro Steel Reserve 1.3 courtesy of Moorelarge
2nd Freddy Pullman
3rd Wig Lewington Booth

With the Pro/Elite cat we had a bit of a problem as both Clinton Jhons and Daryl Brown both ended the series on the same points in first place. We had to go back over the overall series results and with Daryl taking a 3rd a 1st and two 2nds and Clinton taking two 1st a 2nd and a 4th we awarded the 1st place result to Clinton Johns.

1st Clinton Johns taking a years supply of Rockstar Energy Drink
2nd Daryl Brown
3rd Danny Pace

Thats all from Dirt Wars UK for this year and the last one for me.
I'd like to thank all that have been involved with the series over the last 2 years, Ison, DMR, Moorelarge, SAS Imports,Fox Europe, Riding High UK, Rockstar, Madison,Ram Bikes, Smuggling Dudds.com, Dynamic Style,Redbull and Mojo ,

Mike @ Porc and the porc build crew, Steve Dowie and the Chicksands crew, Tom @ Motion and the Motion lads, Digs Gareth and the Wisley trail crew, the Southwest extreme crew, the Hayle Super Boul crew, Neil and the Redhill Crew,

All the Film Makers and Photographers, The websites that have advertised the series etc, The Judges Nicky Maddocks, Andy Thomas, Rob Newman, Dylan Stares, Brett Cooke, Ray Samson, Danny Pace, Jack S Smith, My Crew Brett Cooke, Andy Thomas, Sean "General" Mallett and little Jack, all the spectators and anyone else that has had anything to do with the series along the way. Thanks again

Cliff Barbeary

P.s Dirt Wars UK may be back next year under new ownership and organisation so keep your eye on the official Dirt wars UK Facebook page to keep up to date with possible future developments on next years series

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WE'RE GOING TO WISLEY FOR THE FINAL

Thats right boy's and girls we're going to Wisley for Round 4.

Round 4 will now be a single day event rather than the Dirty Weekender we first advertised. Due to unforscene circumstances we have had to pull out of the event at Redhill Extreme and change location to the awesome jump spot that is Wisley. Im sure non of you will mind as Wisley is Legendary and im sure that those who havent rode there cant wait to ride there. We will be rocking up on Sunday the 21st of August 2011 for the Final of the 2011 series. The guy's @ Wisley have said that the jumps will be open to Dirt Wars riders the day before (Saturday 20th August 2011) for any of you that would like to get some practice in.

We will be updating the site with directions more towards the event date as wisley is a private trail spot and we dont want people turning up un announced in the run up to the comp.

Signing in between 11am and 12pm. Open practice will start at 12.30 followed by Open Qualification at 1pm

Pro Practice will commence after open qualification followed by Pro Qualification then followed by both finals.

5 runs in Qually's with best 3 counting.

3 runs in Final with best 2 counting.

There will be limited hot food available from the Wisley BBQ on the 21st so get your order in early...............

See you there!!!!!!

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OVERALL SCORES

Open/Grassroots

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Overall

Jack S Smith 6 Ian Black 6 Jack S Smith 6 1st Jack S Smith

Wig L Booth 5 Freddy Pullman 5 Freddy Pullman 5 2nd Freddy Pullman

Greg strange 4 Joe Wells 4 Wig L Booth 4 3rd Wig L Booth

Chad Maclean 3 Jack Peters 3 Brett Wheeler 3

Will Roberts 2 Sam L Booth 2 Callum Gribble 2

Josh Locke 1 Greg Strange 1 Dan Bateson 1

Pro Elite

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Overall

Ray Samson 6 Daryl Brown 6 Clinton Johns 6 1st Daryl Brown 15

Clinton Jhons 5 Danny Pace 5 Daryl Brown 5 2nd Clinton Johns 14

Daryl Brown 4 Blake Samson 4 Danny Pace 4 3rd Danny Pace 12

Danny Pace 3 Clinton Jhons 3 Ray Samson 3

Dave P Martin 2 Matt White 2 Ryan Nangle 2

Ryan Nangle 1 Grant Fielder 1 Adam Williams 1

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Dirt Wars Round 3 Chicksands

Dirt Wars 2011 Round 3 went off at Chicksands Bike Park on the 3^rd of July and yet again the weather was out to support us. Chicksands has been part of the UK Dirt Jump scene since day dot and is always a real popular venue for the dirt jumpers due to the super soft sandy soil allowing the guy's to throw down their big banger tricks with out to much risk of injury.

As always with DWUK we started the day off with the Open/Grassroots riders qualifications giving the underdogs the chance to show they have what it takes to mix it with the pro riders.

The line up at chicksands was looking good with a handfull of usual faces and a handfull of new riders to the series it was set to go off. Unfortunatly during practice we lost Greg Strange and Joe Wells both to injury which was a total bummer to the guy's as they were both ranking in the top 5 of Open/Grassroots.

First up was Wig Lewington Booth and he was out to get more points on the scoreboard after not making quallys at motion. Wig let loose with some huge flips and tuck no handers to get the day started.

First place overall Jack Scotford Smith came out blazing with his no footed cans, 360s and new comer Brett Wheeler was hot on his heels with some awesome 360s and tailwhips.

Sam Hunniset made the crowd chuckle with his shakers to 360s and young Dylan Grell' Delsol stunned the crowd by pulling some sweet no footed cans and tuck no handers.

Judge photo from Szymon Nieborak@ www.delayedpleasure.com

After 5 runs the 12 riders were cut down to 6 with Dan Bateson, Wig Lewington Booth, Brett Wheeler, Callum Gribble and Freddy Pullman going through to the final.

Next up the Pro/Elite riders took their place at the top of the sandy hill and got ready to throw down their wares.

With a line up of Clinton Johns (DiamondBack) Matt Cooper Ryan Nangle and Toby Ware (All Cranked365/Ram Bikes), Daryl Brown Danny Pace and Matt Jones (All Identiti), Alfie Stevens (Dartmoor UK), Jamie Taylor (Riding high UK), Adam Williams (NS Bikes), Jack Gear (Ezo), Charlie Watts (Rose Bikes), Dave Pearce Martin (Nookie Bikes), Ray Samson (DMR), Peran Clemence (Kona), Rob Newman (Flow Bikes) and James Ioanou (DMR) we knew we were about to see some big tricks.

Danny Pace pulled the biggest superseat grab out from nowhere whilst his fellow welsh man Adam Williams was flipping and whipping everything in sight. Jack gear went old school and threw a nothing out the bag whilst Charlie Watts came back at it with some smooth flips and tail whips.

Matt jones rode amazingly well getting the barrel rolls and 3whips whilst Matt Cooper threw down his smooth style with tailwhips, no footed cans and dumped 360's.

Young alfie Stevens was out to impress his sponsors who were watching him by riding real smooth and banging out clicked supermans and no footed cans and Ray Samson was also super smooth with his tailwhips and dumped 360's.

Daryl Brown seemed to have a rocket up his bum as he was pulling his tricks so high in the air it was stupid. Peran Clemence also took to the sky with the biggest fronty bail that ive ever seen, fortunatly he landed well and rolled out of it to get up and walk away. Matt jones on the other hand took a nasty bail and injured his shoulder causing him to have to sit out of the comp.

After 5 runs each the 17 riders cut down to 8 with Clinton Johns, Ray samson, Jack Gear, Adam Williams, Rob Newman, Daryl Brown, Danny Pace and Ryan Nangle (Ryan went through in Matt Jones place as Matt was unable to ride) going through to the final.

After refuling on the iced Rockstar energy drink the Open/Grassroots riders lined up at the top of the jumps ready to set there place on the leader board.

Freddy Pullman again dedicated his runs to Crankflip master Rob Newman by pulling crankflips 360's and super clean flips whilst Jack Scotford Smith set the wheels in motion with Truckdrivers and double barspins aswell as a 3bars.

Wig banged out the dumped 3's and tucks aswell as tailwhips and Brett Wheeler showed Jack wasent the only one who could barspin and threw them down smooth followed by huge tailwhips.

Callum Gribble spent more time upside down on his runs than most flipping his way through the final aswell as pulling a sweet barrel out the bag and poor Dan Bateson after knocking a tooth out a few weeks before whilst attempting a front flip had another flip disaster this time nocking the wind out of him instead of a tooth.

3 runs with 2 counting later we had the judges decision and the results were called.

Open/Grassroots Final Results.

1^st Jack Scotford Smith

2^nd Freddy Pullman

3^rd Wig Lewington Booth

4^th Brett Wheeler

5^th Callum Gribble

6^th Dan Bateson

Last up was the Pro/Elite Final and the guy's are were all ready to get it over and done with to see who walked away with the cash.

Ray Samson was going massive with his super flips and dumped 360's and 3whips whilst tailwhip champion Clinton Johns set his run's with his tailwhip, 3whip, flipwhip combo's.

Daryl Brown was out to stay on top of the board with super high supermans, dumped 360's and tuck no handers whilst Danny Pace was out to show Daryl wasent the only one with altitude as the welsh man frontflipped his way between the tree's.

Rob Newman got the crowd roaring when he amazed everyone with his 360, crankflip, 360 doublecrankflip run as did Ryan Nangle with the Barangle Roll (barspin Barrell Roll). Jack Gear let the tailwhips and flips lose and Adam Williams tried to grab the tripple whip but was unable to get the bike back under control for the landing.

All the riders were pulling out their big banger tricks and after 3 runs the judges had to really bang their heads together to get the third place result.

1^st Clinton Johns (DiamondBack)

2^nd Daryl Brown (Identiti)

3^rd Danny Pace (Identiti)

4^th Ray Samson (DMR)

5^th Ryan Nangle (Cranked365/Ram Bikes)

6^th Adam Williams (NS Bikes)

7th Rob Newman (Flow Bikes)

8^th Jack Gear (Ezo)

Young Alfie Stevens (Dartmoor) took Best improved rider and Dave Peirce Martin (Nookie Bikes) took best crash after hitting the same tree about 8 times.

Thanks to our Judges Nikky Maddocks, Brett Cooke, Danny Pace, Ray Samson and Jack Scotford Smith And our MC Dylan Stone...

Thanks to our Series sponsors and Chicksands Bike Park and a Huge Thanks to all that attended.

Photo's By Declan LePage and Szymon Nieborak

Full Edit coming soon from Jamie Ledson...

Round 4 will be at Wisley on the 21st August 2011 instead of Redhill Full Details will be up with directions very soon

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DIRT WARS UK ROUND 2 MOTION SKATE PARK BRISTOL

DW2

Round 2 of the Dirt Wars UK series went off last week end at Motion Indoor Skate Park in Bristol and although most of the riders that attended were 'Dirt only' riders they still managed to transfer from dirt to park with style.

Ok so we know that its Dirt Wars UK and not Park Wars UK but we thought we would mix it up a little this year and give the riders a chance to show that they were not only good on the dirt but could also do their ting on the wooden transitions aswell.

With a large number of Dirt riders all waiting for the park to clear of scooters and Bmx's and for us to take over the park at 4pm you could see that quite a few of them were a bit nervous about riding, and when a few were asked if they were riding the comp the reply was the same 'not sure yet'.

Once all the riders had signed in there was a 60min session for the riders to get their heads together and warm up for the coming qualifing rounds. The Pro/Elite riders mixed it up with the Open/Grassroots guy's and all seemed to be having a laugh trying out different lines and getting their trick bags dialed.

Motion is layed out like one big halfpipe with a spine on the left, Jump box in middle and big jump on the right with walls at the back of the transitions at either end of the pipe so you can move across the whole park from spine to quarter and back across to the jump box etc.

DW5

Once all the riders had got their game on we started of with the Open/Grassroots riders with 3x 1min runs to show what they had.

All the riders seemed to be slightly holding back until Jack Peters started pulling the tailwhips out the bag then it all went hetic.

Although not up to his usual standard Wig Lewington Booth was throwing 360's over the jump box whilst Joe Wells pulled out the Barhop then continued to flip the middle box which got a nice cheer from the spectators and other riders.

Ian Blacks first time at DWUK has certainly made an impression and also a possible contender for the overall title. Ian set out with smooth style pulling barspin to manuals out the mini ramp, Fully clicked turndowns and 360s on the middle box. Freddy Pullman was also out to show what he has in his park skills bag by impressing Judge Rob Newman by pulling Rob's signiture Crankflip to perfection aswell as 360's on the spine and a massive superman. Greg Strange was back for round 2 and unfortunatly greg had his bike stolen in between round 1 and 2 so was riding a friends bike that he had had no time to get used to. Still Greg managed to put on a good show and pulled some flawless 360's over the middle box along with a huge tuck no hander on the big jump.

DW8

After all the riders had had their runs the top 4 went through to the 15min final jam.

Round 2 Open Qualifiers

1^st Joe Wells

2^nd Jack Peters

3^rd Ian Black

4^th Freddy Pullman

5^th Greg Strange

6^th Sam Lewington Booth

7^th Wig Lewington Booth

With 18 Pro Elite riders in the next quallys we had to make the decision of splitting the riders up in to 3 groups of 6 with each group getting a 30min Jam to decide who was going to the final.

In group 1 we had the line up of Chopper (Kona), Chris Smith (Corsair), Daryl Brown (Identiti), Danny Pace (Identiti), Alfie Stevens (Dartmoor) and Phil Aukland (Identiti).

DW9

Chopper started the round off and was out to show that using the whole park was the way forward by hitting 360's and tobaggans over the spine barspins on the jump box and perfect tailwhips as was Chris Smith with his massive barspin transfers and back to back manuals on the sub boxes. Daryl Brown was doing nothing by small measure's and seemed to be almost doubling the height of the other riders pulling huge 360's over the spine and throwing barspins all over the place.

DW1

New commer Alfie stevens was going tailwhip crazy pulling them on the jump box and spine aswell as executing smooth 360's. Danny pace set the place on fire pulling a mega front flip over the small middle box and blowing his back tyre up producing the loudest bang that i've heard in years making everyone in the building jump then go mad over Danny's flip. Phil Aukland is a bit of a self confessed park rider but didnt really have the S4P style that he normally brings to the table and crashed out on a massive transfer from one side of the park to the other.

Group 2

DW14

With Matt White (Mutant), Peran Clemence (Kona), Adam Williams (NS) Ray Samson (DMR), Jack Gear (EZO) and Ryan Maynard Eames (Nookie) set to hit the ramps for group 2 we got under way with Matt Dropping in first.

Matt set to work making the park look tiny with his huge airs out the quarters, flat tables over the jump boxes and smooth tailwhips where ever possible. Jack showed that flips could be taken to the ramps aswell as dirt and Adam Williams in true welshy style almost nailed a tailwhip out the top ove the vert wall.

Peran was throwing big 360's over the jump box and real smooth tuck no handers whilst Ray Samson flipped the big box and styled it up with no footed cans and tables out the quarters.

Ryan Maynard Eames was trying his hardest to pull a few flairs out the bag after throwing down some nice 360's.

Group 3

DW7

Last up before the final we had group 3 consisting of Clinton Jhons (Diamondback), Matt Cooper (Cranked365/Ram), Marcel Hunt (Dartmoor), Craig Potter (NS), Blake Samson (Octain One) and Dave Pearce Martin (EZO) and boy were these guys out to show how to mix it up.

Clinton threw down the tailwhip tyre taps only to be awnsered back by Blake with a huge superman over the spine. Marcel at this point had managed to stay uninjured and almost pulled a massive flip whip out of nowhere aswell as super clean and smooth tuck no handers and tailwhips. Craig Potter (another self confesed park rider) banged out some real smooth riding and a nice 3whip as did Dave Pearce martin with his 360 on the spine and dumped 3's follwed by huge dumped 3s from Matt Cooper.

DW6

After all 3 groups had run only 3 from each group progressed on to the final. From Group 1 we had Chopper (Kona), Daryl Brown (Identiti) and Danny Pace. Group 2 Adam Williams (NS), Matt White (Mutant) and Jack Gear (EZO). Group 3 Marcel Hunt Dartmoor) (Marcel was unable to ride final due to injury), Clinton Jhons (Diamondback) and Blake Samson (Octain One).

First up out of the finals we had the Open/Grassroots riders and after waiting for and hour and a half for the pro quallys to finish the guy's were biting at the bit to get there final over with and find out who was on top spot.

DW4

Jack Peters came out all guns blazing with a mega tailwhip and barspin tail taps whilst Joe wells threw dowwn a massive topside nofooted air out of the quarter. Ian Black was pulling off nice smooth barspins to manual back in and nice smooth truck drivers and to come back at that Freddy worked his way round the park twisting the spine,flipping the box and poping sweet superman's.

After 15 mins of riding hard the 4 were put in order for the podium.

1^st Ian Black

2^nd Freddy Pullman

3^rd Joe Wells

4^th Jack Peters

podium-am

Last up was the Pro/Elite Final and with Marcel Hunt out with a wrist injury the 9 riders were down to 8.

we gave the guy's 20 mins to throw down their sickest tricks to decide what order the podium would go in.

DW11

Adam Williams set the pace pulling a sweet 3whip and back to back tailwhips in the mini ramp whilst Chopper was going crazy high fufanuing the sub box at the back of the park and 360 tyre taping to barspin on the spine.

DW12

Clinton Jhons was again going tailwhip crazy with whips over the spine and 360 tuck no handers.

Matt White styled it up with a tailwhip to tyre tap to barspin out aswell as huge tabled airs out the quarters whilst Daryl Brown pretty much shut the competition down with full use of the park, massive extensions on all his tricks and real smooth executions.

DW3

Danny Pace pulled the mega front flip again along with his huge flip x-ups on the big box and Blake showed that riding the Animal Demo rig had paid off and he was comfatable riding wood by banging down a huge downside whip transfer.

After the 20 mins was up the judges banged their heads together and came forth with the top 3.

1^st Daryl Brown (Identiti)

2^nd Danny Pace (Identiti)

3^rd Blake Samson (Octain One)

podium-pro

Edit coming soon from Olly Jelly Media...

Thanks to all that attended DWUK round 2, Motion Skate Park, Our Series Sponsors and The Judges (Andy Thomas, Nicky Madocks, Rob Newman and Brett Cooke).

See you all at round 3 Chicksands Bike Park on Sunday 3^rd of July 10.30 sign in...

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Motion Skatepark Round 2 Latest Info

To All Riders Attending DWUK Round 2 @ Motion Skate Park in Avon Street Bristol on the 11th of June 2011. Can you please ensure that you are at the venue and signed in by 4.15pm, We have a time frame that we have to stick to so we will have to start on time wether your there or not. If you think that you are going to arrive a little bit after this time then please ring the number at the top of this page and let us know.

We will be starting off with an hours practice for both Open/Grassroots Riders and Pro/Elite riders. We will then have 30 mins of Open only Practice followed by the Open Qually's. The Pro/Elite riders will then be given 30mins of practice followed by the Pro/Elite Quallys.

Quallifying riders in Open will then get 10mins Practice followed by The Open/Grassroots Final. We will then follow with the Pro/Elite final in the same format.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE........

DIRT WARS UK ROUND 1 P.O.R.C

After a long cold winter of training the UK Dirt Jump Crew got together on the 21^st of this month to smash out their new tricks at Round 1 of Dirt Wars UK 2011. The Venue was P.O.R.C (near Tumbridge wells, Kent) and the weather was amazingly hot. With the sun beating down and the jumps being so dusty even a hose pipe ban wouldn’t have stopped the guy’s at P.O.R.C from keeping the water flowing on the jumps to keep the dust down and stop the place looking like a scene from Laurence of Arabia.

The trails looked amazing all bannered out with the sponsor logo’s and the Nookie bikes team tent showing off all their latest products was a big hit with the open riders.

Unfortunately the sound system went down so we were left (Big thanks to NS Bikes Craig Potter and local Jamie Ledson as would have been bad with out sounds) with sounds pumping out of 2 riders cars and a mega phone for the rider commentary and general banter.

The Rider line up was top class with 14 in Open/Grassroots and 18 of the UK’s top riders in Pro/Elite it was going to go off big time and trick bags were about to be emptied all over the place.

We started out with the Open/Grassroots category and the level of riding shocked me so much that it was like watching Pro last year.

These young riders have really stepped up their game and are a total credit to our sport. All the riders looked ready to impress the judging panel of Ray Samson (DMR), Andy Thomas (Cranked365.com) and Welsh Underground BMX rider Nicky Maddocks.

There was Flips, Whips, Tuck no hander’s, 360s, double barspins galore going off left right and centre.

Jack Scrotford Smith totally upped the level of open this year with his massive tuck no hander’s and 3 bars and double bars and Wig Lewington Booth was hot on his heels hungry after Jacks 2010 title.

After 5 runs with 3 counting the 14 were dropped to 9.

Open Qualifying Results.

1^st Wig Lewington Booth

2^nd Jack Scrotford Smith

3^rd Chad Maclean

4^th Will Roberts

5^th Greg Strange

6^th Tim Ledson

7^th Josh Locke

8^th Alex Mansell

9^th Jamie Ledson (Wild Card).

With the Pro/Elite riders all fuelled up on RockStar (or their other branded sponsor drinks) they all stood at the roll in ready for instruction.

Newcomers to Pro/Elite Tom Reynolds (DMR Bikes), Joash Clarkson (Mythic Bikes), Craig Potter (NS Bikes) and Toby Ware and Matt Cooper (Cranked365.com/Ram Bikes) all looked a bit nervous as they stood among the likes of Chopper (kona Bikes) Ray Samson (DMR) Ryan Nangle (Cranked365.com/Ram Bikes), Adam Williams (NS Bikes), Rob Newman (Flow Bikes) and Clinton Johns (DiamondBack) but all managed to hold there own and throw down some amazing runs. Cranked365.com Rider Matt Cooper had a huge off during quells and was unable to continue riding for the comp. Hope you heal up soon bud….

The Quallys kicked of and the guys certainly didn’t hold back, Jack Gear (EZO) was flipping every jump in sight, Chopper and Rob Newman were showing the others they still have what it takes even though they have both been riding since the stone age and Clinton Johns executed the slowest tail whips I’ve ever seen to perfection.

The big surprise for the crowd and the other riders was Dave Pearce Martins massive dumped 360 barspins transfers from the mid to big set. Unfortunately Adam Williams (NS Bikes) blew his heel out whilst throwing down his signature 360 tail whip so was unable to continue to the final.

Again after 5 runs the 18 were cut down to 10.

Pro/Elite Qualifying Results

1^st Daryl Brown (Identiti, Halo, Gusset, Tsg, Khe, Ezo)

2^nd Ray Samson (DMR, Tsg, Fox/Mojo, lezyne, Morvello, Unknown 240)

3^rd Dave Pearce Martin (EZO)

4^th Danny Pace (Identiti, Halo, Gusset, ODI, Tsg, Society, KHE, Renthal, Skull Candy)

5^th Clinton Johns (Diamondback, Sue ME, DMR Tyres, Odessa Shoes)

6^th Grant Fielder (Chopper) (Kona, Jaguar, Monster, Nookie, Renthal, Muc-Off, Vans, Pro-Tec)

7^th Tom Reynolds (DMR Bikes)

8^th Adam Williams (Ns Bikes, Alpine Stars, Manitou, Maxxis, Hayes) Unable to continue so replaced by 11^th place rider Rob Newman (Flow Bikes, Nookie, Team Vader).

9^th Ryan Nangle ( Cranked365.com, Ram Bikes, Fox, Smuggling Duds, Marzocchi, Duffs, Shimano, Spank, Kenda, Hope)

10^th Peran Clemence (Kona, Fox, Fox/Mojo)

With Pro/Elite qualifyers out the way the Open/Grassroots riders were keen to get on with their final to see who would take first place and a DMR Transition frame an Ogio Backpack and a crate of Rockstar.

Again the final was like watching Pro elite with Wig Lewington Booth throwing down Tuck no hander 3’s, Tail whips and flip no hander’s and Jack Scrotford Smith almost nabbing a 3 double barspin.

Chad Maclean was also out to prove it was worth the drive down from Leeds pulling barspins, 360 and barrel rolls and a crazy front flip attempt along with newcomer Greg Strange who got applause from the crowd with his super clean cans and 360’s.

After 3 runs with 2 counting the riders all looked real tired and ready to refuel on Rockstar again whilst they watched the pro final and awaited the podiums.

Open/Grassroots Overall Round 1 Final Results

1^st Jack Scrotford Smith

2^nd Wig Lewington Booth

3^rd Greg Strange

4^th Chad Maclean

5^th Will Roberts

6^th Josh Locke

7^th Alex Mansell

8^th Tim Ledson

9^th Jamie Ledson

Ten of the UK’s Best Mountain Bike Dirt Jumpers were up next ready for the Pro/Elite Final and boy was this going to be a real hard one for the judging panel of Timmy Henderson (Ex DJ Pro), Andy Thomas (Cranked365.com) and Nicky Maddocks (Cranked365.com) to judge.

First up was young Peran Clemence and boy was he out to prove he’d trained hard through out the winter 3 whips, flip tucks and a massive fronty attempt were all thrown in for good measure.

Danny Pace banged out a massive barrel transfer on the 2^nd then huge fronty on the 3^rd whilst Tom Reynolds in true Reynolds style was twisting himself silly with his 720 attempts and front flips.

Ryan Nangle styled it as per usual with his flip barspins, huge tail whips, and 3bars although took a tumble on the 3^rd which dropped the points away slightly.

After breaking his leg early this year Daryl Brown was back in full health floating his superman’s to new heights dumping his 360s more than an inner city dumpster and pulling the biggest Indian Cans which managed to secure him a nice 3^rd place.

Tail whip combos were coming thick and fast from Clinton Johns as he whipped the first 3whipped the second then flip whipped the 3^rd bagging himself second place and after slamming a mega fronty attempt after a real smooth run Ray Samson came back with a super flip to 3whip to tail whip and 1^st Place.

Overall Round 1 Pro/Elite Final Results

1^st Ray Samson (DMR, Tsg, Fox/Mojo, lezyne, Morvello, Unknown 240)

2^nd Clinton Johns (Diamondback, Sue ME, DMR Tyres, Odessa Shoes)

3^rd Daryl Brown (Identiti, Halo, Gusset, Tsg, Khe, Ezo)

4^th Danny Pace (Identiti, Halo, Gusset, ODI, Tsg, Society, KHE, Renthal, Skull Candy)

5^th Dave Pearce Martin (EZO)

6^th Ryan Nangle ( Cranked365.com, Ram Bikes, Fox, Smuggling Duds, Marzocchi, Duffs, Shimano, Spank, Kenda, Hope)

7^th Grant Fielder (Chopper) (Kona, Jaguar, Monster, Nookie, Renthal, Muc-Off, Vans, Pro-Tec)

8^th Rob Newman (Flow Bikes, Nookie, Team Vader).

9^th Tom Reynolds (DMR Bikes)

10^th Peran Clemence (Kona, Fox, Fox/Mojo)

Thanks to all that attended,To Brett Cooke (Cranked365.com, Sean "General" Mallett and the Judges. To P.O.R.C for such an awesome venue ,The series sponsors Cranked365.com, Ram Bikes, Nookie Bikes, DMR Bikes, Smuggling Duds, Saracen Bikes, Ogio, Bell Helmets, Dynamic Style, Kenda Tyres and Tubes, Haro Bikes, Rockstar and Mojo Suspension and photographers Declan Lepage www.lepagephotography.com And Rowan Harrison.

Edits will be up ASAP.

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