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BKSA final round @ Redcar 8th-11th October

08/12/2009

Trampa Rider Ash gives us the lowdown on the final round of the BKSA.

Wednesday
After a busy morning of haircuts and lots of packing me, jack and Floyd all met ready to be picked up by Ben + Helen the ozone/trampa camera Team. Soon after they arrived we had packed the car full of our kit and were on our way.

After a long and cosey drive we had arrived at Redcar to what seemed to be a ghost town as no locals seemed to be doing anything. After we had settled in our accommodation for the weekend we went for an evening meal at a local Indian. After stuffing ourselves full of Indian and wine we headed back for an early night.

Thursday
we woke to a typical chilly Redcar morning with a light on shore breeze and headed over to Ben and Helens for bacon sandwiches to set us up for the day. We then headed over to the beach for our first glance and it didn’t disappoint, the sheer size of this beach was stunning strait from the start and we could see that we were in for a brilliant weekend. It didn’t take us long and we were on the beach for a chilled out afternoon session in a clean on shore breeze of 15-20 mph winds testing out our skills to the max with our ozone kites, with me, Floyd and jack all punching out some awesome moves ranging from big kite loops to mega spins and smooth technical board off’s. We met up with appo during this session with him showing off the 2010 rang of ozone manta 3’s with some impressive floaty jumps.

After an awesome warm up session, a bit battered and bruised we headed off the beach and back to base camp for a Ben and Helen pasta special and a few drinks to end the day.

Friday
we rose on Friday all aching from the day before and set for the beach for morning registration. With the wind slightly lacking, we all waited around and were chatting with other competitors from the series, among them was fellow ozone rider AJ Philipsen. After he had enlightened us of past ventures we all pumped up our ozone instincts and set off for a light wind session. The judges then decided to run the juniors first with riders: Sam lawman, Ted Polkey, Greg Chiltern, Jack Daykin and Robbie shire-maident. After an impressive show of skill from all riders in very little wind Greg, Ted and Sam all took to the podium. It was then decided that all other comps were to be cancelled due to a deep lack in wind, which was our day over so we then retired to the caravan for cheese and red wine.

Friday evening however had a lot more fun install for all competitors as the BKSA had managed to set the red bull bbq in the local skate park. It was amazing to see every one giving skateboarding ago and getting stuck in, this was the first time that every one really had the chance to talk to each other which we all thoroughly enjoyed.

Saturday
After waking up with a slightly sore head from the night before, myself, jack and Floyd headed over to Ben and Helen’s caravan for an Ash Garwood special fry up as today is competition day or so we thought. After stuffing our self’s full of sausages and bacon we headed over to the beach to catch up with our fellow competitors and judges to discuss the day’s conditions. After a long wait and many hours of playing football to pass the time we all agreed to boycott the competition due to a deep lack of wind.

Saturday evening was prize giving, so due to the competition not being held the points were equally given out between the competitors leaving the results unchanged. It was a shirt and tie event so in true trampa fashion myself, jack and Floyd came dressed to impress in our ozone trampa goodies. After many drinks and the prize giving I had found myself in 3rd  place over all with Aj 2nd and Lewis 1st, which for ozone and trampa I think is an awesome result. We then decided to party the night out hitting a few bars and some interesting looking kebab shops, with a long walk ahead we got back just after 2 and hit the sack.

Sunday
On Sunday we woke to a cold damp atmosphere with a light breeze of 10 mph we headed over to Ben and Helens for a morning cuppa and to discuss today’s action plan for getting home. As it was predicted decent winds for the day we headed over to the beach for a best trick competition. As the winner was to get £100 It was game on from every one, the wind started off low but gradually picked up and came through with a stiff 18 mph breeze my favourite conditions for my nine. Everyone was putting on a brilliant show with tricks coming from all directions. Floyd was bashing out some mega 1080 spins, jack with some awesome tweaks and myself with some big board offs. We all gave it our best and AJ gave us one of the biggest kite loops I’ve ever seen on land, with everyone all tricked out the judges announced the winners.   Land board: James Tideswell AKA Floyd for a massive 1080 slap down.                               Free style Buggy:  Dave Roberts for a massive 1080 kite loop!!

I think everyone will agree that this has been an amazing weekend with some great people, a big thanks to the BKSA for running the first ever completed competition series I’ve ever entered, and also I can’t forget my sponsors for the financial support and the amazing gear.

And a big thanks to Ben hole for filming us and taking us to Redcar without him we would not have been there.

 

All the best and fly safe

Ash Garwood
www.flyozone.com www.trampaboards.com www.essexkitepark.com

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