Friday I arrived in Austin, dropped some stuff off at the hostel and then rode to the 9th street trails. I met some locals there who were fixing up the jumps, so I picked up a shovel, cracked a beer and started getting to know them. The jumps were in really rough shape, I guess it has been raining a lot the last month.
Small set is straight ahead, they call it "slacker"
Wish I could have got a better picture, these trails are alot bigger than they look
After digging for a few hours this kid called Randy says that there is an indoor park where some bands are playing tonight. A bunch of us ride over there and I meet a few more people at the skate park. The owner of the park says I can stay there all week for $50 if I want to. In the back corner of the park a metal band is playing with a bunch of people watching, blocking up some of the ramps, but most of the park is rideable.
That was fun for a while, then I went over to a bar called EMO’s to see EHG play(I wanted to see them again after that killer NYC show). A few bands opened, most notably this band called Kegcharge who got the crowd moving real good. EHG played another amazing set, this time I was right up front and got a few good crowd surfs in.
Then went to the 9th street trail jam, lots of really cool stuff went down including a rail sesh, high jump and long jump contest. The big set wasn’t in the greatest shape even though we worked on it for a while yesterday, so only a few people were trying to get through it.
Went out and saw a bunch of punk bands that night, good show. I went to see Negative Approach but ended up taking off before they played.
COP playing
This pizza place was blaring Slayer and served up some tasty pie. Awesome.
Sunday, checked out of hostel, didn’t do much during the day, rode at the indoor park for a while with some people. Later on me Randy and Angie(this chick who rides) went to see this band called Black Cobra play.
Indoor park called the shark tank
$50 a week and you can live here and ride as much as you want. Really good park too, lots of lines and everything flowed together smooth.
Monday, went to the T1 ramp jam early so we could ride for a few hours before it was packed. Joe rich, chase hawk, Aaron Ross, Morgan Wade, Robbo, and a few others were there. The jam was great, free beer and food, plus getting to watch some pro’s shred the ramp.
I didn't take any pictures of the jam, but here's a picture of the ramp I found online
Another picture I found
Then went back to the shark tank and rode for a few more hours with some dudes from Alaska and took a really hard fall. Gonna go ride ramp ranch tomorrow.
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Friday I arrived in Austin, dropped some stuff off at the hostel and then rode to the 9th street trails. I met some locals there who were fixing up the jumps, so I picked up a shovel, cracked a beer and started getting to know them. The jumps were in really rough shape, I guess it has been raining a lot the last month.
Small set is straight ahead, they call it "slacker"
Wish I could have got a better picture, these trails are alot bigger than they look
After digging for a few hours this kid called Randy says that there is an indoor park where some bands are playing tonight. A bunch of us ride over there and I meet a few more people at the skate park. The owner of the park says I can stay there all week for $50 if I want to. In the back corner of the park a metal band is playing with a bunch of people watching, blocking up some of the ramps, but most of the park is rideable.
That was fun for a while, then I went over to a bar called EMO’s to see EHG play(I wanted to see them again after that killer NYC show). A few bands opened, most notably this band called Kegcharge who got the crowd moving real good. EHG played another amazing set, this time I was right up front and got a few good crowd surfs in.
Saturday I checked out Empire, an all bmx store.
Outside Empire, another terrible picture
Then went to the 9th street trail jam, lots of really cool stuff went down including a rail sesh, high jump and long jump contest. The big set wasn’t in the greatest shape even though we worked on it for a while yesterday, so only a few people were trying to get through it.
So many little bikes
Here’s a video from the jam
Went out and saw a bunch of punk bands that night, good show. I went to see Negative Approach but ended up taking off before they played.
COP playing
This pizza place was blaring Slayer and served up some tasty pie. Awesome.
Sunday, checked out of hostel, didn’t do much during the day, rode at the indoor park for a while with some people. Later on me Randy and Angie(this chick who rides) went to see this band called Black Cobra play.
Indoor park called the shark tank
$50 a week and you can live here and ride as much as you want. Really good park too, lots of lines and everything flowed together smooth.
Monday, went to the T1 ramp jam early so we could ride for a few hours before it was packed. Joe rich, chase hawk, Aaron Ross, Morgan Wade, Robbo, and a few others were there. The jam was great, free beer and food, plus getting to watch some pro’s shred the ramp.
I didn't take any pictures of the jam, but here's a picture of the ramp I found online
Another picture I found
Then went back to the shark tank and rode for a few more hours with some dudes from Alaska and took a really hard fall. Gonna go ride ramp ranch tomorrow.