Saturday, 14 May 2011

My new edit

Just had a new edit done by Mike King ( http://www.ffwdbmx.com/) for Alone BMX ( http://www.alonebmx.co.uk/ ) I am really stoked on this edit. It was filmed at Horsham, Crawly, Southwater and rom skatepark. Enjoy





Chris Nunn - Welcome To Alone from Mike King on Vimeo.

Monday, 9 May 2011

Weekend in Dorset



Yooo,Went away to Dorset this weekend for the Dorchester BMX and skate jam and it was sick!!So many mad things went on and everyone had a good time although the weather sucked at times and the jam itself was cancelled.The weekend was full of lots of mad things but Alf stuart from home and away clearly influenced half of it.If you have no idea what im talking about youtube it.The rape dungeon is a treat!anyways heres a dose of what happened:
Thurday:
A few of us left on Thursday morning and proceeded out of Cornwall to one of my favourite areas in the UK.The forecast for the weekend looked gash and the journey prooved that until we hit Dorset and the sun was out,it was dry and for some reason Harry Hoare had an erection over either the weather or because he was sat in the car with 3 other guys.haha.Gary Pepperell got an awesome food check done on the journey aswell.If you dont already know my brother,hes a unit and eats soo much!check the food check edit soon.First skatepark we went to was Bridport outdoor.The place is really fun for a small park,its got a good mini section with a wallride,volcano,voltraino and a small elvis ramp at the end.Ben Hanlan danced all over the volcano with his mad tech skills,Harry snapped his chain on a 3 whip on the voltraino but still carried on riding and was doing truckdrivers over it with ease!yeah boyee!I had a fairly decent ride and did a few things i havent done before which i was stoked on.Next stop was Dorchester.We rode there last year for the jam and it was an absolute treat despite being packed so to go back this year and have more of the park to ourselves was great.The park started getting busy with those god damn scooter kids at about 4 so we headed off to the campsite to get set up.We got setup as soon as possible so we could get off down to the front skatepark down at Weymouth.Which was closed but the fence was easy to climb over!haha.The front was good although half of it is falling to bits but theyre doing their upmost to keep it rideable for the locals.What was rideable was fun tho!I got a gap to wallride to bars off so i was stoked!Harry whipped the box first go clean as you like!And then we went down to the arcade to get one of those van gogh photo things they do in every arcade and play on the dance machine!pretty sure we have the best score on that beast!While im on the subject of arcades im gonna give a shout out to Gary Pepperell for loosing 50quid on the fruit machines over the weekend!Mugged right off!ha.Then we needed some well needed sleep,which in a citreon xsara picasso in the back is like being in a bed!Is there anything that car cant do!


Harry Hoare sharpie chest tattoo.



View from campsite



Friday:
We woke up on friday to the other boys arriving.Lee Martin,Martyn (digger) Wetherelt,Tim Rudd and Matt Dalley.They sent their tents up quickly and we went Dorchester again.Sun was shining,riding was good and everyone had a good time and rode well.I snapped my chain though and wasnt too happy but my bike mechanic Harry Hoare fixed it sharply!The weather was so good on friday so we decided to make use of the facilities on the campsite and get a swim in the outdoor heated pool.we had it all to ourselves and it was a good job to!Gary had no swimwear but Harry had 2 pairs of speedos and Gary looked an absolute mess in them!Ben didnt get in the pool for some reason so acted as our lifeguard.We had BBQs after a good swim session and mine and Garys was crap!Didnt even cook so we managed to cook them on the others just before the heavens opened and we could see lightning on the horizon so all got down to the arcade in Weymouth again for more games and more money to waste for Gary and Ben.



Snapped chain :(



Flair at Dorchester



Digger Table over the boob



S**t Tesco BBQ!



Loving life!




Yooooo!


Saturday:
The day of the jam and we wake up to more rain and horrible weather so by 9 o clock the jam was cancelled and as soon as the cancelled message turned up on facebook the sun came out and turned out to be a lush day!No one wanted to ride Dorchester other than me and Harry so they went to Bridport and we stayed at Dorch for a fun session with Ollie Palmer.Kids got mad skills on a bike and goes soo high he almost icepicked a cloud.Session was over for me earlier than i wouldve liked when my brake slipped off of a luc-e 270 fufanu out and i dropped to my ass and had a dead ass and leg for the rest of the day!Needless to say i needed some alcohol to take the pain away and on Saturday night i had enough to do just this.I got kicked out of wetherspoons though as my bro uses my ID and i had none despite having a full sleeve and loads of other tattoos which i quite clearly got done at a good place where u have to be 18!Anyways I dont normally drink so i get drunk so easily and the 6shots for a fiver worked a treat on me.We met this random dude called chris at the skittle alley who served us and told us to meet him at a place called Fins after he finished work and he will show us sum good places.Fins was made out to be the greatest pub in the world,aparently it had live rock music,mosh pits and boobs.I saw none of this and saw about a hundred older dudes in leather jackets listening to iron maiden and AC DC.We felt so out of place until Chris arrived and we gave him a second chance.This time being a place called Rumshack.It was some ghetto ass night club with old men and fat old women in.Oh wait and when we got in there we went toilets only to see a guy being sick in the sink with another guy pissing on his face.what a mate!Harry had a photo taken with some girl and i hit him up with the great chat up line,this being:your gonna look at the photo in the morning and wish u had f***ed me!haha.So we get a drink,go to the dancefloor and i literally just stood there in disbelief and pissed myself laughing at how this Chris dude thought this was a good place.He told us to give it half hour so we did and my god we saw some sights!For example,dutty chav girl gettin a bit 2 wild on the dancefloor revealing everything and what seemed to be a pirate having a dance off with digger!Talking about Digger,we left the club to get some food and start randomly talking to a dude and his girlfriend from London.This end (who were calling Fred Perry) lifted his girl up in the air only to expose his girls camel toe.And he went mental because everyone saw,so now were about to get in a brawl in the street and lots of shouting was given and i was stoked as i told him i would f**k him with scissors and told his girlfriend to stay out of it s**t t*ts.Once again youtube Alf stuart!This fight didnt esculate into anything really and we went off to go home until........the scariest s**t ever went down!We were all talking near some zebra crossing and this bald little hench leather jacket wearing psycho barges past me so obviously im like 'what the f**k'!? and he turns around going mental and telling me hes gonna kill me.Then my boys step in,mainly Lee Martin and unfortunately for him this psycho slides on a knuckle duster and Me and Ben were gone!We were 100yards down the road and this dudes hit Lee with the duster on,only caught his arm though luckily and Diggers spoke to some people as if to help and they were obviously mr psychos friend and told him to start running then!Needless to say we went back to the campsite after this and slept for at least 3hours!haha.

Sunday:
Sunday i was dead and didnt even want to ride but everyone else did for some reason.My bike has been feeling crap all weekend to be honest and my wheel was rubbing on my brake so i took my brake off to ride the front again at weymouth.Barspins are somehow so much easier without a brake.mainly cus i tell myself im some kind of street god.haha.Got bars to ice on the sub so i might stay brakeless for a while.not sure yet.We had a chilled roll across to pavilions in weymouth in the sun so Dalley could get his street on and no one could really be bothered to ride so we got an ice cream,chilled and then went Bridport again as it was on the way home.I didnt ride much because of my dead body really kicking in and we left after about an hour but just before leaving Ben got what was coming to him.Now Ben does this joke of his he calls 'antigued' which is basically wen he puffs talc powder into peoples faces.Digger got one up on this and got Ben with a whole bag of flour.He was covered!aparently the war is on now.haha.O yeah Ben is also retarded.When asked the question 'what weighs more,a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers? Ben sat there for ages thinking about it and still decided a ton of bricks weighed more!I honestly was laughing so much i couldnt drive and thought we were gonna plough into another car on the side of the road.haha.



Matt Dalley double peg rail at the front,Weymouth



Lee Martin footjam wallride,Bridport



So that was the Dorset trip and it was a mad one,full of so many amazing mrmories!Ive probably missed loads out but the people who were there know what happened and im sure we will be talking about it for a long time yet!Big shout out to COMMIT BMX.Check it out!And check out the photos from the man himself from Commit,Lee Martin.
One last thing,I saw this post on facebook when i got home and it pretty much summed up the weekend in short compared to this and here it is:
Sunshine and thunderstorms, skateparks and street spots, camp sites and group bonds, rock pubs and jager bombs, skinheads with knuckle-dusters, and a few cuts and bruises...Commit Weekender: Dorchester was awesome :)

Cheers,
Dave Pepperell

Wednesday, 4 May 2011

The Royal Wedding

Killa Kela & Stig of the dump on the Royal Wedding...

Tuesday, 3 May 2011

EPOCH shoe review!!



BOOM!! Got my fresh kicks a few weeks ago now and when they arrived I decided that the first pair I picked out I would ride in. So the first pair I pick out are the EPOCH shoes and what an amazing shoe they are. The mid top with the velcro is a great combo for some really good ankle support and the sole on this shoe is amazing. Not only is it super grippy but it's also not too hard so you can still get a great feel for the pedals unlike some other branded shoes I have ridden in!!
Personally I really like good heel protection on a shoe and the EPOCH shoe has definitely delivered but they don't seem to have the same hard plastic insert like the BURRELL shoe we received in the last batch. I found this insert really helpful for those whips that just love trying to destroy your heels and ankles.
I really am so stoked on these ODESSA shoes. They not only have the looks, they are also durable, tough and well made... just what every rider needs!!

I'm gonna get riding in the DEL GARDA pair next, super excited to see what they are going to bring to the table!


feedback anyone?

KEEP SHREDDING!
Adam