Spring has sprung all over the shop and conditions on the hills have been most excellent as of late. And by the hills, I almost exclusively mean THE PEEP.
Yes this most lairy of lanes situated in the heart of the beautiful english countryside has been the scene of some pleasant shredding as of late.
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| outside, apex, outside/outside,outside, oh fuck-SMASH |
The peep often makes everything a bit more scary. It's not the best for learning stuff on, due to the rate of acceleration from zero to warp speed being moderately steep, however it is bloody good fun with a tight crew. It's not about the number of miles per hour which you could travel if you had such time to spare and a long enough hill, but how fast it feels. This aint no hog hill, and nobody is throwing that slide into the corner for you.
The peep must be spotted, or you will eat shit. It is your right to do that if you want to, but please ensure it is at an isolated location minus some poor car driver to scare the shite out of or spot to screw over. It is best spotted with walkie talkies, and or the right calls and signals, plus a good dose of not being a bell. Persons found to be committing acts of gross bellendry shall be fed to the sheep, consider yourselves warned. (We have sheep now and they are amazing!!! Theres also cows down the road and they lick you.)
All however has been well as of late, because those new to skating the place have quickly got up to speed with the importance of having a solid system of spotting. Some of the most important details about the system of great genius are:
EFFING LOOK AT THE EFFING SHITEBAGGING SPOTTERS!!!!! Hearing spotters whilst at speed can be tres dificile, so bledy give em a look and pay attention! You don't have to constantly be looking into their eyes, especially if they are Toby, but a glance every now and then, particularly when you are coming up to an area that they can see and you cannot, will save you.
Car up means finish your run, NOW, and get out of the road.
If you are spotting, make sure to keep your attention on the road and the riders. Being the spotter nearest the bottom should make you feel pretty damn serious.
Try and remember to smile and wave at everybody and everything. An example based on fact- "OH look at those ruffians that be lurking their lurk all over the place- ohhh they just waved! How cute waving with their full protective gear and cute little glovvies awwwhhh"
Radios don't replace car calls, they merely add to them. Send a shout and a signal through the spotters on the hill, and then also give word through the radio to those at the top of the run.
Pretend horses are hooved dragons. AVOID and dont scare them, they will eat you, and then we will hurt you also.
Spot walkers, dogs, horses, bikes, motorbikes, everything. All of these things can be bad, and if somebody is unaware they will take their usual run and things could get dicey. Avoid diceyness please.
THANK YOU :)
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In other news, the standard of riding amongst the other riders has gone through the roof, sky, into space and through the moon with the clangers sitting there observing it. A combination of some good mini scenes about the place, some not bad hills if you can find them, and these slightly more epic group sessions has created the perfect environment for the riders to kill it all over the place, and they are doing so.
Watching those schooled in the art of stand up sliding shredding it is an awesome thing. The standard of riding is always increasing. Watching the epic stand up stuff made me want to have a go, and some light shenanigans went down on classics and a globe slide. But nowhere near touching what I see at every session. And the good attitude and hill awareness is there with the mind melting skateboarding. Excellent stuff all round. Inspires me to learn new things.
Heres some of the few shots I managed to get that came out ok. The skating makes them. Regular faces.
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| Dylan Styles styling it consistently like a tank |
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| Charlie Gray (Not gay) giving it some to the power of power. |
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| Will Mack goes faster than you. |
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| Many good things have happened here this year. |
Looking forward to seeing what happens next. If the rate of progress keeps up, what are this lot going to be hitting into the corner? Everything, probably.
See you on the hill,
Will
