Jaws' UK Invasion

Nov 9, 2010 at 15:09
by Szczeki Jaws  
A few months ago Szymon 'Lunatyk' Nieborak (Polish photographer living in UK), sent me an email with his idea about a Freeride Trip to the UK. The main plan of the trip was to ride together with UK riders - Chris Smith, Grant "Chopper" Fielder, Blake Samson, and Sam Reynolds. All of the guys were absolutely stoked on the project idea.

We invited Ryys - Ryszard Syryczynski, one of the best extreme film makers in Poland to our project.

Here are the pictures and the video that came about from the trip, enjoy!
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Ryys and I

Then the plan turned into reality! 3 months later Simon wrote to me that it was a go ahead, so Ryys and I bought our tickets to London. We packed and flew to Szymon in London and later to Milton Keynes where he lives.

Day 1-
We hit Woburn Sands, this spot is situated about 15 mins from Milton. The lush green back ground and the big old trees made for some great shooting.

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Jeeves and Jaws.

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Woburn Sands Bikepark is very clean and clear place, riders are kind and everything is great. Later during the trip we hit that place a few more times, because it was a very good spot, and I really liked their flowy and fast trails.

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Day 2 by Ryys-
This was a dirt jump day. Simon, Gepard and I rode to the Samson brothers' big jump, meanwhile Jaws took a small trip to Oxford for sightseeing. After few hours spent in a car and a small problem with the map, we hit the spot. It took the riders a few attempts to get the jump dialed in and there were some good crashes, but it was Blake that earned "Rider of the Day" for his various tricks and consistent style.

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Blake
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Chopper in action

Day 3-
We rode to Chicksands, it's quite different than the Woburn spot because at Chicksands you can ride 4x, dirt jump, ride some downhill and freeride stuff. This day was raining so I went and rode some single track. The tracks there are really flowy, and you've got a few paths to choose from.

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Day 4 - Chicksands again!
We hit up Chicksands again, this time with Blake and Chopper.

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Chopper playing with Bubble Machine
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Day 5 - Quarry day!
We met up with Chris Smith and Chopper at a big, white quarry near Salisbury. Here is where the riders got their huck on and sent some drops and gaps, while us shooters captured it all.

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When we arrived back at the back Simon realized that he'd locked the keys inside. Watch the movie to learn how to open a Peugot with some simple house tools. We then moved on to a much bigger quarry, unfortunately it was too windy to really get our huck on, so we headed back to Milton.

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Chris hipping

Day 6 London-
Saturday, we got up early and took the train to London. This was a typical sightseeing, and relaxing day for everyone.

Day 7 Chill at Woburn-
We spent Sunday morning at Milton, after lunch (tasty frozen pizza as usual), Ryys decide to ride with me at Woburn, he borrowed Gepard's hardtail bike and hit Woburn's pumptrack.

Day 8 by Ryys-
This was the shortest day (because I had to fly back to home that night), but it was also full of fun and adventures.

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For me that was the end of the trip, later on I went with Lunatyk to the airport and caught my flight back to Poland. I definitely had a great time, huge thanks to everyone that was involved.

Ryys did a great job on our 12 day trip in England. Trip movie below...

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Cheers
-Jaws

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47 Comments
  • 5 0
 Looks awesome dude, that second quarry you went to (the picture with chris hipping in) has some insane stuff round it, one of my local spots, shame you didn't get to go round it much!
  • 1 0
 good stuff
  • 2 0
 this guy had VOD a little while back .. if you havn't seen it already its called "really good" by jaws.. its defiantly worth going and checking out
  • 2 0
 Drive on the left side of the road, back brake on the left side got to love it. Sick ridding. The dirt jumps are so hidden and dialed.
  • 1 0
 that bike is sick!
  • 1 4
 Wait... why exactly did he have a bubble machine? I'm not dissing bubbles and all, they're sicko, but.... random.
  • 17 0
 ^^you don't carry a bubble machine in your riding bag?!?!?^^
  • 8 0
 Not normally, only for special occasions.
  • 2 0
 nearly any of those shots could get pod
  • 1 0
 i see at leats a few pods and a vod in the future
  • 6 0
 ryys,jeeves,jaws,chopper,geppard and lunatyk wow those are kool names!
  • 1 0
 Did anyone catch the name of that quarry near Sailsbury ? looks awesome fun
  • 2 1
 To hell with the ministry of defense~!
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 at bigburd : its called salisbury chalkpit, salisbury's not a big place so you can find it easy enough once you get there
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 thanks dude
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 I think he means Volkswagen when he says Peugeot Razz But i'm nit-picking here :L

In the vid, the guy (Cant remember the name) who was riding the jumps on his own dubbed "4A"... are they the ones in Hertford?
  • 1 0
 when did you do this trip? looks sick by the way great vid! i'm just curious as i thought some of those jumps had been demolished, but maybe not
  • 1 0
 trip was in May, now jumps are demolished?
  • 1 0
 The Woburn Sands jumps were set to be flattened in July, but a petetion was made and the date got moved, but as far as I know they are still there but on very thin ice. Look up woburn on Facebook and you'll find a link for a petition.
  • 2 0
 nice pics dude - keep going
  • 2 0
 thats awsome wish i had places to ride like that!!!!! haha
  • 1 0
 Fantastic shots of some class riders,first few shots look a little like rogate you would have had some fun there.
  • 1 0
 szczątki, ale żeś inwazji dokonał, prawie inwazja zmutowanych grzechotników na ameryke Smile
  • 1 0
 man that is a tall bike..
  • 1 0
 One good picture after another...nicely done, guys!
  • 1 0
 Wow, that was a good read-and-see.
  • 1 0
 So many POD's, good to see Woburn sands in there.
  • 1 0
 ace pics and awesome video. glad you enjoyed the UK!
  • 1 0
 Jaws has one maasive nose haha, sick rider though, love the video.
  • 1 0
 What kind of tiers are those. look awsome
  • 1 0
 what kind of tires are those at 7:40? they look awesome
  • 1 0
 very amazing video and pictures
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 what camera did RYYS used ?
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 Hey wicked pics and good shots photographers/riders. Shred on!!
  • 1 0
 Seriously awesome shots, nice.
  • 1 0
 wheres the location with all the dirt jumps? and thats one mucky pup Razz
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 sick..
  • 1 0
 this is great!!!!!
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 clean 3's
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 awsome stuff!
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 Sick !
  • 1 0
 that was good!!
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 Nice trip Smile
  • 1 0
 polish power!!!
  • 1 0
 Awesome video!
  • 1 0
 Great Pics
  • 1 0
 thats mint







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