the Brits images

British bmx championships

Heres some images of this weekends British championships held in Burnham on Sea.
Iam doing the Voice over for the TV coverage being shown on Sky Sports 2 and 3 on the 6th and 7th of September in a 1 hour programme.Check this space for more details.

Its all about the Flow

Bmx and skating always comes back to basics. There will always be times in your skate/bmx life when you return to the skids jumps and wheelies phase. Its why you started and what first gave you the buzz.If you ever find yourself in the stagnant stage, return to the flow and take pleasure in why you do these sports as opposed to any other. What other activity could give you the feeling of flowing. Carve that bowl or pump round the track or park theres always many different ways you can look at the same picture.

Check out the master of flow Chris Miller long time skater surfer and commentator on extreme sports. I salute you..

Check out this video: Chris Miller at Encinitas Skatepark

national champion 2007

heres a nice shot of me practicing in wales last weekend,
at present iam out of action with a fractured scapula after crashing in the masters final
so i wont be racing the brits but will be there with the team,
see ya there Mike

National Champion then straight to Hospital

Hiya,
well myself and the bmx team i coach travelled to Tredegar,Wales over the weekend to compete in the final round of the national championships. We had considerable sucess with the team taking the title for the 2nd year running. Coppull bmx club winning top club and the north west producing 5 national champs including me.
I competed in the 40+ cruiser and the masters. This being a double point round no one at the top was secure in the standings. The track was fast technical with nice jumps.There was even a pro section which for some unexplainable reason they blocked off for everyone but Elite riders?? How bmx riders are going to improve by being blocked jumping a section i dont know. If your 10 years old and have the skills then let them jump! Ok rant over.
This was first race back after my wrist injury and i had to win the cruiser class to get my title back and place top 3 in Masters to stand on the podium. I made the main in both classes and took the cruiser win comfortably. Next up was masters i was sitting pretty in 3rd when i got squeezed onto the inside into the first berm and took out some cones then washed out myself and fell like a bag of spuds onto tarmac taking a couple of guys out.
So the race for me was over and i ended up 4th overall in Masters and attending casualty with a suspect broken scapula. Looks like the British championships in two weeks wont be happening for me either. Still thats bmx racing.
Congrats to a few of the action sports coaching pupils:
Jacob Roberts took national number 1
Jack Clarke national number 1
Paddy Sharrock national number 1
Well done fellas..

No1 Team No 1 manager !!!

the worst crash

and he walked away!!!

winners

Check out some pics from the weekends national in Wales.I secured the number one cruiser plate for nthe 2nd year and placed 4th in the masters class despite breaking my shoulder in the final.

Alansbmx/ shimano Dxr The team i manage also secured the BCF number one title for the 2nd year in a row. Not a bad weekends work.

Coppull track comes flying into the future

Here's a couple of pics from Coppull bmx track. The new dirt trails being built which will be up and running early next year. They are going to be ace and are one of the most welcome additions at a bmx track especially Coppull where the track jumps aren't that satisfying or easy to jump.

The young kids will come on leaps and bounds having these to practice on all year round. Morgan and the boys are designing them so you better believe there going to be ace when done. After the recent sad demise of the standish trails, its a welcome treat to have more options in the area. If i was prime minister I would make trails compulsory at any track in future as a way of working on skills development and of course make bmx and skateboarding part of the curricullum.

Coppull bmx track runs alternate race and practise nights through out the summer, everyone is welcome. check out www.northregionbmx.co.uk for more info

Pendle pedal results

288 Stephen Henson Male 02:27:15 2 05:43:25 1
287 Dave Lloyd Male 02:27:14 1 05:43:25 2
286 Julian Markham Male 02:35:39 4 05:51:21 3
305 Thomas Ashworth Male 02:28:54 3 05:54:49 4
162 Jason Hemsley Male 02:37:02 6 05:55:25 5
177 Andrew Hunt Male 02:36:59 5 05:58:21 6
69 Greg Atkinson Male 02:45:00 24 06:07:33 7
150 Matthew Green Male 02:45:10 25 06:10:53 8
115 Roy Flanagan Male 02:37:27 7 06:14:22 9
263 Mark Sadler Male 02:39:11 9 06:16:49 10
49 Rob Dickinson Male 02:38:02 8 06:17:11 11
47 Sean Owens Male 02:44:52 21 06:20:50 12
289 Smithy Smith Male 02:49:23 37 06:21:02 13
294 Dominic Raynek Male 02:42:40 13 06:21:37 14
227 Chris Oldham Male 02:55:27 61 06:23:16 15
246 Steven Barker Male 02:44:58 23 06:23:58 16
299 Andrew Rowland Male 02:48:08 34 06:26:07 17
269 Robert Kenny Male 02:44:24 19 06:27:21 18
124 John Hill Male 02:42:45 15 06:27:52 19
120 David Jones Male 02:42:42 14 06:30:53 20
75 Mark Allum Male 02:44:18 18 06:31:29 21
31 Daniel Annison Male 02:41:03 11 06:32:15 22
68 Richard Barrett Male 02:44:48 20 06:32:43 23
237 David Whitfield Male 02:42:55 16 06:33:50 24
128 Brian Muir Male 02:45:57 28 06:35:25 25
290 Noel Holden Male 02:48:01 33 06:36:10 26
4 Gary Johnson Male 02:44:12 17 06:36:26 27
13 David Higham Male 02:58:29 73 06:36:46 28
783 Douglas Nelson Male 02:47:10 31 06:36:59 29
230 Ashton Payne Male 02:44:57 22 06:38:22 30
232 Simon Sharp Male 02:41:30 12 06:38:56 31
66 Carl Taylor Male 02:45:23 26 06:39:11 32
298 Howard Keefe Male 02:47:38 32 06:40:14 33
29 Ged Millward Male 02:53:08 52 06:40:58 34
277 Mike Pardon Male 02:47:02 30 06:41:21 35

Heres the results of the Pendle pedal, (no i aint last) there was people still finishing in 10 hours!!

non stop action!!!

Well my apologies if you have a look at my blog for not being on the ball lately. Carrying an injury myself and not much happening bmx and skate wise its been a few quiet few weeks.

Me and Alans bmx/DXR team will be competing in the final round of the Relentless bmx national series in Tredegar Wales this weekend.

Its all coming down to the wire in this weather affected national series this season. 4 of our riders need to have good results to get the all important number one plate (me included). The BCF number one team award looks like staying with us for another year after some great results by the team riders so far.I will of course keep you posted.

I rode the Pendle Pedal Sportiv last Sunday in lovely hot conditions, you could choose either a 100k or a 160k route which featured some of the climbs used in the tour of Britain route.

Myself and Dougie did the 160k run, I was fine until 10 miles from home when Dougie Donnely my riding mate told me there wouldnt be anymore hills!!! Then i looked up to see a big bugger staring at me which beckoned with me to get off and walk! Thankfully i didnt and crawled back to the finish in 6 hours 41 mins with a sore arse and the 1000 yard stare. I Devoured any food within arms length and felt much better. I saw suffering on the hills of Pendle that shocked me. How the pro road riders do stuff like that day after day is beyond me.

Anyway thanks for reading and promise to keep it updated more this month.
cheers Mike