Odessa Obstacle Onslaught

Went to Exeter today for the Odessa Obstacle Onslaught and it was a treat!such a good chilled session at flowerpot skatepark.Punkus absolutely kills it aswell as fooman and dolphin shredding aswell.Some of the locals were killing it aswell and i saw a 540 bars aswell as other sickerning things.Went up to Odessas new store in Exeter after and that place is so rad!lots of giveaways were done and everyone seemed to be having fun.soo stoked to have days like this with a team that has such a great outlook on the BMX scene!

Dorchester jam

This is my favourite jam of the year!!We're going up on the thursday because there is so many spots to ride including the pavilions at weymouth!www.vitalbmx.com are covering the event and heres the info you need,be there!!:

"DORCHESTER SKATEPARK JAM 2011

Pro skaters, pro riders, demos, comps, prizes, stalls, music

Weymouth Avenue - DT1 1QZ

Dorchester, United Kingdom

SATURDAY MAY 7TH

11am - 6pm

Skate Jam on the skatepark

BMX Jam on the skatepark

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Graffiti workshops
Maverick Slacklines
Free-Running / Parkour workshops
Long Board Slalom track
Mobile Skate Park
Bouncy castle and Inflatable Sumo wrestling
Scalextric racing
DIY Rocket building
Scramble Wall
Raffle
First Aid basic training

PRIZES AND GEAR FROM

Extreme Pie
Wethepeople Bike Co (Highest Air)
Bones Skate Co
Redline
United Bike Co
Fit Bike Co
Independent (Middle Age Shred Session)
Vans Shoes
Maverick
Steptoes Shop
The Skate Shop Poole/Dorchester
We Are Level Clothing
CASE BMX Magazine
Santa Cruz
Deluxe BMX
Total BMX

Easter jam

So its took me forever but ive managed to actually sort this out and get a blog going.Anyways first blog is on the amazing easter just gone.I had such a good time and my boyees came n stayed with me for such a rad time.So everyone arrived saturday mornin first with the locals and the scott hamlin,ed williams,clive windell and jamie walsh and then had jimi o'shea and fellow odessa rider chris nunn arrive shortly after.we got off down to the prom mini ramp in penzance straight away for a session!i love that ramp so much!such a nice place 2 have a ramp and everyone was going off.Next stop was the bowl at Penzance.To have this place as a local is a total blessing!!everyone loved it and the session was sick!had a game of footdown in the bowl towards the end and as i was gettin out ben keegan decided to go full pelt into me popping my front tire and putting a hole in it(cheers ben)haha.We all arranged a big buffet all u can eat chineese meal for the eve which went down a treat.Tim Rudd had a 2nd birthday of the year and we learnt to pay for our food after doing a runner.well we learnt the next day!haha.Had a massive amount of drink saturday night and things got a bit loose at the club including,mosh pits to dance music,grenades,and harry hoare causing fights which turns into a massive brawl in the club and us all getting thrown out.was great!haha. So sunday comes along and its the mount hawke easter jam.I woke up still feeling drunk as ever and riding was not exactly what i was thinking about.being sick and sleeping was.haha.but i still managed to drag my ass to mount hawke and tried riding.The jam was quiet but still pretty fun.I couldnt ride at all well but gave it a go,tried a flair whip and landed on my head.pulled a g turn over the driveway for my boyee darren rowe though so i was stoked!was well stoked on chris nunn doing well in the comp.He obviously didnt drink enough the night before.ha.Loads of mad things went down,Nunny done a decade over the big hip,sketchy tom pulled a frontflip,ed williams came close 2 killing ben hanlan wen he threw his bike trying a double downwhip air but came so close!Oh and scott hamlin threw down everything imaginable on the jumpboxes.killed it!Although i rode and felt like crap i still had a good time and thats what im all about! Anyways during the jam Ben gets a phone call from his mum telling him the police have been on the phone and the chineese want their money or hes gonna have to pay a fine of 100quid!!no chance!Hamlin was on this and had the greatest idea ever.scott was gonna be a solicitor for the evening.we dressed scott up and banged out a centre parting and he looked the buisiness!Scott,ed and Ben went into the chineese whilst the rest of us stayed in the car listening in on loudspeaker until the battery died.Clive needed a shit so went in and made such a bad smell he had 2 ask for some air freshener!the video is a treat,maybe scott will upload it but in the mean time ill put a pic of the chineese receptionists reaction to asking for air freshener.we spent the whole of sunday nite watchin bmx videos and having some right laughs. Wooden waves was the plan for monday and that place has gone down hill.The best mini ramps used to be there but now almost every coping is loose and theres holes in most of the ramps.still made the most of it and rode the cut down vert ramp for a while.Stoked for ed getting flairs although he almost cried trying them.haha,and i was stoked on pulling a can flair which i havent done for a while.The weekend was drawn to a close by macdonalds filling us up a treat and scott laughing histerically at what i believe was nothing.lol.ive probably forgot things but all in all it was such a sick weekend and those boys r soo sound its unbelieveable!Scott will have his version of the weekend up on the bmx-shop.com blog soon so make sure you check that out aswell cus itll probs be better than this version.O yeah and one last thing,thanks to my girl for putting up with everyone for the weekend and making a killer breakfast for us all in the morning!

Another amazing weekend

This weekend i headed down to newquay for the Mount Hawke Easter jam and to chill in Penzance with odessa's crazy Dave and all the pz riders. Its always a treat and a trip i wouldn't miss for the world. Got down on sat afternoon and had a chilled ride with the boys at the prom mini ramp in pz then headed to the bowl jus up the road were we had the best game of foot down ever lol. Then was a crazy night on the town and up for the jam in the morning. A few of the lads got there early and built some cool little additions to the park. Over all Hawke is an amazing park and i love riding it. The hole day was a chilled event and i had a real good time. Big thanks to the staff at Mount Hawke and the Commit team and all the Spencer's. see ya same time next year Mount Hawke =]

Untitled from Scott Tacchi on Vimeo.

May 11th

I got my official date for my hip surgery which is May 11th. I am going to make a video from right before surgery to right after to recovery to my first day back on the bike! Hoping to do a photo shoot before surgery!

Trip to France and FISE

Yo jus got back from a trip to France with a bunch of mates to ride some parks and ride a stop on the FISE tour. The parks we got to rode were absolutely amazing and William and Vincent from the FISE team were so good to use and looked after use well so a big shout to them for that.

http://www.fise-events.net/

Here's a little edit that got threw together and i got a few clips....

On the road to FISE Expérience Clermont Ferrand by fise

I qualified 7th in the event then fell pretty bad in my run in the finals and ended up 12th. I went on to win the high air contest so i was really happy with that. Was a really good event and the FISE team treated us to a really good time. over all was a really good trip....

Jamie Squibb - Your questions answered

Jamie Squibb Interview

Jamie Squibb will be popping by the office this week for all the gossip on his winter travels and what he has upcoming this year. And nearly a year on since he told us the story of his horrific back flip injury.

We will ask him the questions you want answered, just hit comment or contact us.

To find out more about Jamie, check his profile or website.

Stoked!!!

I am well stoked right now I jus been hooked up on ALONE bmx by Zeal Distribution head over to there sites and check them out and watch out for my new edit i am dropping in the next couple weeks. Have a little look at this little interview I done for Session 13 magazine



Chris Nunn RampRage rider profile from T13.tv on Vimeo.

Hip surgery

Hey guys! Unfortunately I have some bad news. I went to a hip specialist this last Friday to try to figure out why I keep tearing my hip flexor muscle. The specialist immediately pointed out the pelvis/hip joint had not healed correctly from when I broke it about 2 years ago. The bone sticks down and hits on my femur which limits my range of motion which ultimately causes me to tear my hip flexor.

So the doctor says I need surgery to fix it. He also wants to remove a bunch of bone chips from my hip joint while he is in there. All the MRI’s and CT scans I had were from about a year to 2 years old so he wanted new ones to do mapping for surgery. So I had to get this MRI were they stick a huge need into my leg and hip joint and pump fluid into the joint so that they have a better image. The needle hurt so bad! Now that that’s over I am supposed to have surgery in about a month but maybe sooner. After that it’s a 3 month recovery. I will try to keep you updated and maybe some surgery pictures. Talk to you guys later!

AJ

YO!!!

I am back in england for a few weeks now. Goin of to france for the first fise stop this Thursday and then its mount hawke Easter jam. who's goin?