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!
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.
Jeeves and Jaws.
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.
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.
Blake
Blake
Blake
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.
Day 4 - Chicksands again!We hit up Chicksands again, this time with Blake and Chopper.
Chopper playing with Bubble Machine
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.
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.
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.
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...
Ryys
Gepard
Lunatyk
Me
Cheers
-Jaws
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?