Bike Biz magazine

Hiya all, here is the full Bike Biz interview i did recently. Have a look.and by the way have a very merry action sports x...

Worlds most amazing slams

Ever heard of Parkour? Think skate and bmx slams are pretty heavy? mmmm check this slam..Reckon i would have a little lie down!!Roller blader versus car!! Guess who wi...

Huge surf in Mullaghmore

Check these pics out of North East ripper and Donegal coast lover Gabe Davies ripping at Mullaghmore in Co-Sligo Ireland. The forecast was for huge waves and the experts said dont go out!! In true surf style Richie Fitzgerald and Gabe plus some other mad men took their boards jet skis and huge family jewels out into the waves. Mullaghmore only comes...

I can feel it coming in the air tonight

Ive been testing out the new Genesis altitude 20 mountain bike. It was kindly supplied by my co-sponsors Madison/ultimate pursuits. (thanks Matt)Being from the bmx side of cycling I am a little naive on high tech mountain bikes. I've never really used Disc brakes and proper suspension. As a bmxer you dont use suspension and tend to use your body as...

More NEC pics

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Birmingham NEC motorcycle show

some pictures of shiny very fast things from the National motorcycle s...

The King is Dead, long live the king

Evil Knievel has passed away. Okay it was yesterday but maybe like me he was one of your boyhood heroes? I had his toy jump cycle like a thousand other kids and he inspired me like a thousand other kids to build ramps and launch skyward on two wheels long before bmx bikes.The original action sports hero. I salute you Evil as you go to the great ramp...

All quiet on the western front

Mike riding on Morecambe seafront 1984Mike doing a big old backside air Southsea skatepark 1988 well thanks for sticking with me on my site. I havent been updating much lately as ive been doing a terrible thing,,, a four letter thing, WORK!!. I was due to be on a BCF training camp this weekend but it was cancelled as sadly head coach Jez Hayes has...

BIKE BIZ interview

Here's a copy of a recently published short piece BIKE BIZ did with me on the future of bmx racing in this country.Boom time ahead for BMXMIKE PARDON is deeply embedded in the UK BMX scene. From alansbmx.com, the BMX store to Action Sports Coaching, a BMX coaching business, the former British BMX freestyle champion is one of the key shapers of BMX...

The Greenland street experience

Okay readers get yourself ready for an unreal skate experience!The drum and basin project at Greenland street Liverpool is simply awesome! I visited for the first time last sunday with Neil Danns, Jake Roberts and Dave Arnold. There's a family sized kidney shaped bowl and a 40ft fullpipe. Its all set in the modern art gallery. When you walk in you...

Lovely Liverpool

Check this bowl and fullpipe in a Liverpool art gallery!! Awesome report to follow....

Its very liberating

Here's some recent shots from a film shoot I did for a manchester based clothing company. Now i've done some stuff in my time but skating in a skirt beats them all..Especially skating on the vert ramp. I suffered for my art!!!! Dont think its going to catch on thoug...

25 years of skate surf and bmx

This a promo DVD made up from The Martin Scorcese of the skate/bmx world Matty Andrews (i am in your debt mate). Its spread over 25 years with some of the stuff ive been doing. Okay forgive me for the haircuts and some dodgy tricks i was young i needed the money!!ENJOYM...

Wild surf and swell lines

Here are some pics of a recent surf trip i did to the Emerald Isle, it dosent get much better! The aerial movie shot is courtesy of the Irish SAR service (thanks for the flight Fergie)The places shall not be named to protect the locals. ...

The daddy of my bmx career

I had to stick in this shot of Paul Butters (my uncle) on his new F4 MV it hasnt even got the tyres scrubbed in and he did a track day at Oulton Park best place to scrub them in.Paul bought me my very first bmx bike back in the day, so i guess you could say he fathered ACTION SPORTS COACHING. My sincere thanks to you mate....

Preston's revamped Track brings them in for practice

Greg Holloway who is improving all the time, keeping it low and fast through Preston's new section Here is Jacob Roberts 12 years old national number 1 and british champion ( Now co-sponsored by Vans ) at Preston's new PRO section having f...

Hulme bmx park

Here are some pictures of the new Hulme bmx park!! I was driving over the overpass in Manchester and i almost crashed the car. Its the first council built jumps ive heard of. They are very much work in progress at the minute but the basic shape is really good. Theres a small concrete skatepark also but they have painted the bottom of the halfpipe so...

ssshhhhhh New Secret prototype bmx

Dont tell anyone here iam trying out the new prototype bmx frame from Supercr...

Autumn nationals at Preston 23rd September

Mike (number 4) leading them out in the main Bradley riding like a red devil Jack Clarke (Num 1) takes the inside line against tough competition well myself Jack Clarke and Bradley Minns(Alans bmx team) all entered the first round of the BCF autumn national series today. Thankfully the weather held off bar a few showers. The track rode excellent...

A lesson in style

Check Marco Melandri from a couple of years back in Auz..Tell me this isnt pure clas...

New Supercross frames inspire

Heres a couple of pics of the new supercross frames. The pro xxl 20" and the cruiser pro 24. I rode these today and they are unbelievably light. They handled unreal especially the cruiser which rides just its smaller brother..Check out Alans bmx.com for more details and to order o...