Today's Session With Brother Ding Dean

Had a good unplanned, session down at Lightwoods Park Today With "Bearwood Bmx Full Factory Team Rider", Ding Dong. A surprise call when I answered it, "Its Dean, I'm Going Down The Park, You Coming" I was out the house in a flash, I am glad I did, its been ages since we rode The Bearwood Skatepark Together. Turned out to be a real good day And Productive Too, We learn't, then mastered airing the canyon, Great Result That Is. That Brother Has Truly, Not Lost Any Of His Skills. Big Respect To Bearwood Ding. Here Is A Few Pictures From Today I Would Like To Share With You All.

Funfair

This happened on another one of them Legendary Weekends down at Southsea. I remember this funfair ground like it was last week. The whole of the "Bearwood Bmx Full Factory Trick Team" is heading down to the funfair on a Saturday evening. Everything is all good and great, It had been a while since I have been on any rides, I mean, who better to go with than a Team of good friends. We arrive, and the first suggestion that comes up is we all go on the ferris wheel, you can see it uphead in the distance, Quite an interesting size it was too. It was situated right on the edge of the sea, 4 people was allowed to sit in each cage, Since their was a fair few of us, we split up and got into our cages and take our seats. Lucky me I had the pleasure of the ferris wheel with Mr C, Bearwood Tom, and Coley. You each had 2 grab handles to hold onto and a seatbelts, so you could maintain your posture the best you could, The cages would spin around as the wheel rotated, Like if you was Backflipping. The wheel engages and starts to go around, everyone is happy and holding onto the grab rails Tightly, Its starts to pick up speed, the cage is spinning back and forth, not completing a full circle yet, just half and half, that same motion of half and half carries on for a little bit longer. We are all in hysterics and just holding on tight, a real white knuckle ride this is turning out too be. As soon as we have completed our first loop, It just kicks off in the cage. Your going round and round and they are trying to loosen your grip off the grab rail, and open the seatbelt buckle too, You are having to fight them off, at the same time their trying to get a double loop de loop out of this cage, it was bad enough being that high up and being spun around once, never mind a second Loop, then being attacked, and having to attack back. This went on for nearly all the duration of the ride,(Tiring But Funny) When you finally managed to look out to sea, what a beautiful sight it was. The ride was stopped a little early I Think. We was only one cage, out of many that was being occupied by the Team. Lord Knows What Was Going On In Their Cages. You Could Hear Screaming and Shouting In The Air!! The Ride Stops and we get off and are a little dizzy by now, We walk around and come across a Bouncy Castle that was all enclosed in. we all decide to go on this Bouncy Castle. The attendant lets All of us on at the Same time. This castle is Massive, it has got rooms, corridors, Passages, And Windows, covering a good span of floor space. We all get into the castle and get started right away, (There Was Scores To Be Settled From The Ferris Wheel Earlier), It got heavy in there as soon as , Some new Jet Li's was born in that place, The battles going on in there was Wild to say the least, it was not well lit up either. You would be trying to walk as slow and low as possible, hard to keep your balance. Thing was you knew it was coming to you, but not knowing from which angle, meant you was like an Owl. People flying past you in the air, "in a Kung Fu Style-Flying Kick Manoeuvre". Glad it was'nt me on the other end of them. People was walking about, with their backs up against the walls. You would spot someone walking past with their back up against the wall, just going past a window, then you would just rag them backwards through the window and leg it, before they even knew Who, What, Where, or Why. There was a few close calls, We had a good 10 minutes or so in there. There was much bouncy bouncy going on in there, and with it being every man for yourself, they was coming from all over, 360 degree heightened senses on full alert. Nothing But Positive Fun. Lesson Learnt Is Pick The Right People For That Real Funfair Experience. MUCH PEACE AND BLESSINGS TO EACH AND ALL. BEARBMX

In The Car

Whenever The "Bearwood BMX Full Factory Trick Team" Was On The Road, With A Certain Destination In Mind, It Would Be A Nice Place Too Be. The whole journey would be packed with fun and games and much more,(Not Board Games Either). The atmosphere in that Vauxhall Car was more like a house party, with that energy going off the scale, And their was only 4 Members out of the whole team in my car, with myself driving and being the 5th. The Rest of the team used to make their own way, to wherever we was heading, meet up there. The energy that would be going off in the car at times, would be like nothing ever seen on display, You thought these boys was bad enough in the open outdoors, Well Try them out in a confined space, you will surely get some rare performances. If they was performing "Greco Roman wrestling" moves in the back of the car, then you would definitely be in for a little back massage whilst driving, Their knees and Elbows would be slamming into the back of the drivers seat, which would in turn, massage your back and Then Head to Toe.(Not Right). If a Favourite song ever came on,(And Their Was Loads Of Faves) over the In-Car multi-speaker sound system, Then You,ve had it, At times I was sure they was mistaken too believe that there was a dancefloor in this car, At times I was mistaken to believe that there was more than 4 of them in the car. Energy of 100 people in a confined space going off the meter. I'm glad I was the driver on these journey's, because I would, not like to have been be a passenger amongst them. At times they would try and drag me into it, regardless of if I was driving or not, You got too lay the Law Down Then, but they rarely listened. Great Classic Journeys In The First Lane. The One when a Team Member, Pointed at a passing cyclist and shouted, "Hey Mate,Your Back Wheel Is Turning" and then the cyclist stops the bike, gets off it, and then has a look at the back wheel???? Deep Thoughts on that one. Some people got tricked by these boys and would'nt even know they had. Very Harmless and no shortage Of Madness. MUCH PEACE AND BLESSINGS TO EACH ALL. BEARBMX

No Way !! Is That All You Get For Your Money !

This Rather Lively Event Takes Place On A Sunday Morning, Whilst At The Legendary King Of Concrete Competition In Southsea, Portsmouth. We wake up to a beautiful Sunday Morning, (A Little Somewhat Deprived Of Sleep) The sun is shining and all is good and great, we are all talking to see where the best place is for breakfast. In the end we go to this cafe up by the funfare rides, all I know it was to the right of the skatepark, if you are looking towards the direction of the sea?? For what is about to take place and be encountered, I should know exactly where it was. If you have been reading any of the previous blogs, you may of worked out by now that "The Planets Are Not In Perfect Alignment With This Bearwood BMX Lot", I Agree. This Encounter turned into something else, I mean we are only going to get a little brekkie to start the day off, It was busy'ish on the way to the cafe, people and familys just taking in the sights and strolling about, as you would expect on a beautiful day like this on the seaside. Some boys have decided to walk to the cafe and some have decided to drive there, I decided to drive there, I was hungry man, no energy to walk, and Bearwood Tom is in the car sleeping too. We all make it to this cafe good, because i drove there, I and the other boy's have ordered our brekkie's and are waiting on them, and bit by bit the other boy's start to arrive from their leisurely walk, Some are still on there way here.(NOTE-Bearwood Tom Is Still Asleep In The Car) Our brekkies are ready and they are served to us at our tables,(Great Service By The Way) I look at the plate and all is looking good with the food and we start to tuck in, About 10 minutes into eating the food and drinking your First Cup of tea of the day. By this time everyone is now seated and eating, then something happens behind on the other table, and you hear No WAY !! Is That All You Get For Your Money !, Something else was going on back there too, but I never paid much attention, well I wanted to eat and be GONE and enjoy rest of the day, things was looking a bit wild when i looked back at them guys, (This Was Going On between Themselves On Their Table By The Way). I have now finished my food and decide too catch up with everyone back at the jam. I remember walking to the doorway of the cafe, and looking about, for a Split second thinking, "it's well quite, How Weird, it was busy'ish on the way here", And didn't spare another thought, then legged it out and turned left to get back to my car, then in no longer than 5 paces i feel, WALLOP, I'm lifted straight up off my feet, they have got me by my elbows and then I am slammed straight down into the floor. This has happened SO QUICK that my soul is still behind me leaving the cafe, after a few seconds i realise ITS THE POLICE and they are Armed, and its not the boys playing pranks. LORD knows that technique they used to get me down on the floor was very effective and very fast,(NOTE-I Was'nt Resisting Arrest At Any Time Or Putting Up A Struggle-Forget That), They Was Proper Fast Boy. So I'm lying on the floor spread out like a star fish (Under Instructions) and got this policeman sharing more instructions with me whilst shouting down my only exposed ear, (Other Ear Is Being Squashed On The Ground). Then Having a knee pressed hard into your back and your face being pressed into the pavement hard, that was not nice and they was pointing things about, by now I'm thinking S*** what NOW!!, You realised then that something serious is going down, and this is no dry run. I really had other things on my mind at this moment of space and time. I Did not need this at all, having just spent the night sleeping outside on the grass took this idea of roughing it, that little step further. I Look across the road towards my car which is parked on the opposite side of the road, and notice all the luggage from the boot has been emptied out onto the pavement and move my eyes a little more up and who do I see.(NOTE-Can't Move The Whole Head As It's Wedged Into The Pavement By A Foot) No Way!! It's Bearwood Tom laying down on the floor too, and he is in the same star fish position as well. I remember grinning when i seen him layed out, I never found any other part of this funny, but that part with Bearwood Tom was the only bit. After a few more minutes of having to lay down and answering questions, we was allowed to stand up, We all had to line up and spread out, hands up and all that up against a fence. Looking about you could see that all the area was empty, no one from the public was in sight to be seen. Someone had called the Police because something had taken place. Their Was No Mystery. What Was Seen Happening On The Table Behind Had Something To Do With This Occasion. Some was given the all clear and was sent on their ways, but some was Not so lucky. You looked around and just saw unmarked police vans with blacked out windows parked all around. I aged a few extra years in this one encounter, and it was just out of this world to be part of. Spent The Rest Of The Day Remembering The Most High. Ended Well Considering. The Lesson Learnt was BeHappy with what you receive on your plate, Seriously!!. MUCH PEACE AND BLESSINGS TO EACH AND ALL. BEARWOOD BMX.

THE TWANG - Birmingham's Finest

People The World Over, These Boys Are Brothers Of Ours, Nothing But Big Respect To Them. 02-03-12 At The Fruit In Hull 03-03-12 At Manchester Club Academy In Manchester 09-03-12 At DCAS In Chesterfield 10-03-12 At Uni Academy Bar In Derby 23-03-12 At The Box In Crewe 24-03-12 At Sin City In Swansea 30-03-12 At O2 Academy Islington In London 31-03-12 At Concorde 2 In Brighton If You Have Not Yet, Then You Need To, THE TWANG ARE ON A UK TOUR RIGHT NOW. We All Need Good Music for Our Day To Day... For More See http://www.thetwang.co.uk/ MUCH PEACE AND BLESSINGS TO EACH AND ALL. BEARBMX

Cypress Hill Stops The Show

A few of us, (Mr C, Coley, Greg And Myself) went to a Cypress Hill concert that was being held in Wolverhampton back in the 1990s. Playing that night was Funkdoobiest, Lords Of The Underground And Cypress Hill, Out of us all, Only 4 of us went to the concert that evening. We arrive and get into the flow of things straight away, no hanging about. Music is sounding Great and The Atmosphere is on a High level too say the least. We are enjoying the sets from Funkdoobiest and Lords Of The Underground and are just in Great Spirits and loving the concert for all it's worth. Cypress Hill now come on stage and start the show, We was having so much fun that night, Bearwood BMX Was In Full Effect In Full Flight And On A Roll, Then a little into their set, all you hear is "YO DJ- Stop The Music, Stop The Music!!, Re Rewind!!" We are just in that moment of that time and space again, and are looking around to see what all this is down too??. You start seeing Cypress Hill walking over towards were we are standing, Then they just point at us 4 (Now Remember, There Is A Few Hundred People In This Venue), and start shouting over the MIC "that these MOFOs have Got the Fattest Plume In The House" (When We Look Up, Yep They Was Correct). With that Big Up, came Hundreds of peoples eyes that now have you in their sight. In a bit of a shock after realising it was us they are talking about and not anyone else around us. I mean we thought we was being discreet. Its now Time for a Quick Duck And Dive And Then Reposition Yourself In The Venue. Another Close One That. Imagine What Would Of Became, If All Of The Bearwood Bmx Team Was Their That Night. Four Was Enough. Lesson Learn't Was That You Can Not Be Too Descreet... MUCH PEACE AND BLESSINGS TO EACH AND ALL. BEARBMX

Raekwon - Wu-Gambinos

GZA Interview on Q TV

The Bearwood BMX Full Factory Trick Team

In The 1st Picture Is, Brother Don T, Mr C, Coley, And Brother John Chin All Catching A Little Shade Away Whilst At The Bearwood Jam.

2nd Picture Is A Classic From "The Arranged Takeover" At The Legendary Worcester Skatepark, Big Respect To Brother Eggy And All The Locals Who Was Kind Too Let Us Ride On A Closed Day And Made It All Possible. The Art On The Wall Occurred When The Boy's Came Across A Tin Of Paint And A Brush. Have I Not Said All Along That Something Will Go Down, Naturally.

3rd Picture Is Of Coley, One Of The Original Brakeless Riders From Back Then, Enjoying A Cold One.

4th Picture Is Of Bearwood Tom (Dropping In) And Dean Ding, Antics Captured At The Legendary Worcester Skatepark, Was One Of The Best Parks Going. Bearwood Tom And Ding Got Styles For Miles

5th Picture Is Of Kenny Chrome, Captured Mid-Air On The Vert Ramp At The Legendary Redditch Skatepark. Big Respect To Steve Rooke, Jason Hewitt And Steve Gameson (These Boys Are The Old School BMX Legends From The UKBFA Days) Respect To All The Locals Too. You Have Got To Check This Park Out, Put It Down On Your To-Do List.

6th Picture Is Of Greg, Busting His Signature "One Foot Air" Aka Roots, At The Old Indoor Skatepark In Birmingham City, Which Is No Longer There Anymore. Respect, Skills.

7th Picture Is Of The Legend Mr C, Practising His One Hander, Inflight At Bearwood BMXs Favourite Trails Spot, The Legendary Spinney Dirt Jumps In Kingswinford. Them Jumps Were The Most Fun. Sad They Have Gone. RIP Spinney, Big Respect Too All The Locals.

8th Picture Is Of A True Bearwood BMX Brother, His Name Is Reedy, And Taken In A True Bearwood BMX Setting. He Is Taking This One Out To Sea Off The Wall, Captured Over The King Of Concrete Weekend At Southsea, Portsmouth.

This Last Picture Is Of An Imposter. One Love MUCH PEACE AND BLESSINGS TO EACH AND ALL. BEARBMX

Bearwood Tom And Coley = Bearwood BMX

Whenever Bearwood Tom And Coley Are Together, It's ON!! And Something Will Be Going Down Sooner Or Later!! Either Be It Their Riding Or Their Legendary Pranks. You Really Needed Eye's In The Back Of Your Head, And Your All Your Senses Turned Up To The Most High. There Was No Room For Even That Split Second, To Lack Concentration, With These Two It Was ON !!. If They Are Not In Your Visual Outline, You Could End Up On The Floor, Sitting On Your Backside Without You Even Having The Knowledge Of How That Just Even Happened,(Greco Roman Wrestling Moves). I'm Just Going Too Share A Couple Of Pictures With All Of You, For Now. I Will Have Their Introductions Posted Up Soon. These Two Are The Real Jackasses And Badasses On BMXs In The Truest Form. 1st Picture At The Top Is Of Bearwood Tom Skying The Cannon At "The Custard Factory Jam", Big Air From Bearwood, 2nd Picture Is Of Coley, Floating A Nice Big 360 Out Of The Old Banks At The Bearwood Jam, 3rd Picture Is The Pair Of Them With Brother Potty Taken At The New Re-Furbished Bearwood Skatepark Opening Day Jam Which Was Last Year. In This Picture Something Is Going ON!! Bearwood BMX Representing!! MUCH PEACE AND BLESSINGS TO EACH AND ALL. BEARBMX

Bearwood BMX Held Hostage

Bearwood BMX has had it's fair share of dilemmas throughout the years. Nothing we wanted or even asked for, but just found ourselves to be right in the heat of the moment, and in the depths of whatever the dilemma was. The one I would like to share happened years ago, when there used to be BMX Competitions called, "Champ Of Champs". It was a Champ Of Champs Event we was going to in Nottingham, As per usual, having to wait on Brothers too turn up (COLEY, BEARWOOD TOM, MR C, MR Cs COUSIN FROM LONDON), we left Bearwood quite late in the evening, Enroute we had to make a stop off at a friend of a friends place which was in Handsworth, Only 10mins up the road from Bearwood. We was only stopping off to catch up and see if everything was good and well, We all go into the house and take our seats, and are just sitting back and talking, the atmosphere is just perfect as it would normally be, no different. Then after a while there is a LOUD KNOCK on the front door, whoever the person is, is not happy and is shouting out, "Whos All Them Lot In The House" and looking through the letterbox. This person was going on like, and sounded like a Maniac, Big Style, and PROPER ANGRY, just listening to his curses through the door was wild enough, the door at this time, which is still closed shut. We are looking at each other saying what the F*** is GOING ON HERE, and we are in a fit of laughter and Scared at the same time, The emotions are going ten to the dozen, we was not sure what this was all about, and why The Person outside is going real CRAZY, now he has turned up the madness a few more notches, So by now we are all saying, "It Can't Have Nothing To Do With Us", And Surely "We Are Just Guests, Right" We told the friend of a friend "DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR AT ALL", "NO MATTER WHAT"!! I mean their is 5 of us and only 1 of him, but that don't mean you jump into the dilemma head first, especially if you have not done nothing to aggravate the matter, and are in a state of bemusement to what has brought him to be this ANGRY, just because we are in this house. While there is a cursing showdown going on, between the person outside, and the friend of a friend who was inside, and had good curses of their own, in this time we was planning of legging it out the back door, I mean we had a Champ Of Champs to attend and had things too do so didnt need to be here any longer, All this madness was a little too much to comprehend and take in, at that moment in time and space. Whilst we was planning what, where and who would go first, (I Don't Think Their Was Many Takers On Anyone Going First). The friend of a friend ended up pushing the umbrella through the letterbox and hitting the person in the face, he was cursing whilst peeping through the letterbox. MY DAYS!!!, now he has turned it up a few more notches, and then starts to kick the front door in, BANG! BANG! BANG!! BANG!! BANG!!!. The Noise Was So Loud, (Can This Door Lock Or Even The Door Hinges Hold Any Longer??), because the front door opened up into the room we was sitting in, We are just looking at each other in shock, dry throats, and everything else that happens in them situations, whilst this door is been kicked in, DO NOT OPEN THAT DOOR!!, is what, we was shouting to our friend of a friend. People don't normally go this Barmy, I mean this level of anger was "Above The Clouds" for sure. I'm couldn't say what we was still doing here, we should of legged it 10 minutes ago, out of that back door to be fair. Then "SMAASSSHHHH" a House Brick comes in through the front window, and nearly takes off a Bearwood Coleys head who is sitting just below the window, SH** now it is on, Then the friend of a friend opens the front door really fast, out of Disgust and Anger, and before we could shout NO DONT DO IT!!, Soon as that door opened, this guy came rushing in on his own, furious, with a BIG Butterfly knife in his hands, OH S***, It is really on now, he is going REAL REAL REAL!! now, When the umbrella hit him through the letterbox, we never realised it, but it hit him in the Eye, (Truthfully He Deserved Alot More That Just That Umbrella). EH no joke, that one Eye was more Red than the other one. He is doing all The Butterfly Knife tricks, spinning it around and all that nonsense, like he is at an audition of some sort. This guy is flying with alot of verbal Cursing towards us all, and not worrying about his language, nothing short of bananas, he was tempting us too stand up, and take him on. He was One CRAZY DUDE!, I'm Like, to myself by now, Lord get me out of here, i'll be good from now onwards, I'm sure all the boy's had God in Mind at that Precious Moment. He now picks up the Housebrick that came through the window earlier, then proceed's to smash it into the music stereo system, this causing a blackout in the house. All the lights have gone out now, Electrical Failure Big Time, it's pitch black now, all you can hear is curses, and all you can see is this Big Knifes blade just shimmering from the very little amount of light coming in through the broken window. It was quiet on our end except from the odd whisper from someone asking you where the back door was. Then whispering back, NO dont, are you mad, just sit tight and watch what his hands are doing. Bearwood BMX had come Face to Face With The Devil On This Evening, No Two Ways About It. He Left After throwing a few more minutes of mad curses, and Displaying His Knife Spinning Skills at us. In The End He Calmed Down And Left The House. What A Mad BAS**** He Ended Up Being. Too Close to comfort that one was for us boy's, Bye Bye's where being bounced around the room as we legged it out the door and we made our Great Escape. WE WAS GONE!!, Get Into The Car, QUICK, LOCK THE DOORS, QUICKLY LETS GET THE F*** OUT OF HERE, Wheel Spins And All. Nottingham!!! Were On Our Way!! Lesson Learnt Was Know Your Exits, And Not To Go Back There Ever Again, And That There Is Alot More Notches To Turn Up Than You Would And Could Ever Think. MUCH PEACE AND BLESSINGS. BEARBMX

Macka B - Homeland Africa

THE TWANG

The Twang Are On The Road Touring The UK This February And March 2012. Go and Check Their Website Out For Dates And More Info. http://www.thetwang.co.uk/

Bearwood's BMXs Dean Watson Aka Ding Bear

Firstly Big Respect to Brother Ding Bear who is back on his BMX after a short break. Ding Bear is A Original Bearwood BMX Full Factory Team Rider From The Paddling Pool Day's. He just kills any ramp set up in his way, Skills beyond belief for sure and can Blast Airs beyond that certain mental barrier. I have had some proper fun times with Bearwoods Finest Lip Technician. Fingers Crossed that we can catch up with Ding Bear very soon, so he can share with you all some thoughts and words for the blog. BeBlessed Brother. Big Respect. MUCH PEACE AND BLESSINGS TO EACH AND ALL. BEARBMX

Introducing Colin Scott Aka Mr C

This Brother of our's don't really need any introductions at all, but for that don't know this was Bearwood BMXs Legendary "on the road" mechanic and saviour for the roadtrips and journey's, And A "Bearwood BMX Full Factory Trick Team Rider", was also known too have been caught up amongst the chaos at times. This Brother had knowledge of life but "boy" when it came to being on time, We are on a losing streak, but thats what made Mr C the Legend that he is. I was blessed to have shared some wild times with Mr C, God Bless You Brother. Also if you look closely into the background of the picture of Mr C popping a wheelie (from way back in our paper round days in 1986), you can see the Old Paddling Pool that was in Lightwoods Park, Bearwood, Birmingham. That Paddling Pool was the foundation of Bearwood BMX and the true Origins, This is where it all started 32 Years Ago. This is a very rare picture indeed. Today this location is where the new skatepark stands. I think the old pool still remains underneath. Big Respect Colin. MUCH PEACE AND BLESSINGS TO EACH AND ALL. BEARBMX

Introducing Dave Aka Lil Bear

I would like to share a little Picture of Dave Aka Lil Bear with you all. He is the cousin of Bearwood's Original Brakeless Wonder,Coley. This younger Brother in my eyes was outstanding on his BMX, nothing but a smooth style and a style like no other. I'll let the picture explain. I really miss watching Lil Dave shredding the skatepark to pieces, was a blessing for sure. I Was told by The Don Chromeleone that he is all good and well, and had caught up with him not long ago. Big Respect Dave. MUCH PEACE AND BLESSINGS TO EACH AND ALL. BEARBMX

Overtaking 3 Caravans Enroute To Southsea

The car that was used for nearly all of the old school road trips was a W registration Vauxhall Astra. It was biege in colour with 2 red front wings, a Public Enemy Flava Flav clock hanging up on the rear view mirror to let you know "what time it is" and a Ice Cube poster on the inside roof lining. This would be a car that could breakdown wherever and whenever it fancied and trust me it did just that. Not many motorway hard shoulders was left untouched. I Could say it had a Herbie type of atmosphere to it, with anything going on with it, Mind Of It's Own, like one time it broke down on the way to Hastings in the middle of the night and in the middle of some pitch black dark country lane, It just decides to stop. Just Like some airlines, they carry their own engineers onboard just in case, The same applied to Bearwood BMX :) we used to have Brother Colin with us, he was a true brother and our very own "on the road mechanic" :). He got us out of some scrapes when we used to break down, Ok so we broke down going to Hastings on this dark lane, we had no torches or anything that would lighten up the engine bay. We waited for a while and kept on trying to start the car but we was not having much luck at all, you could smell the fuel because the car was flooding after we kept trying to start it, these was the days of manual chokes, after a while we gave in and had to call the RAC out. No mobile phones back then either, we had to walk to find a phone box in the pitch black, Leaving Bearwood Tom asleep in the car, after a while we found a phonebox, and when they asked our location, did anyone of us know where we was, NO. I told them we are on our way to Hastings :) but that was of no help to the RAC operator. We finally found out where we was and then we let them know our location, Someone is on there way out to you I was told. Proper chuffed I was, we head back to the car and then the RAC Mechanic came to our rescue not long after, it was like a franchise company on behalf of the RAC, you could tell the guy had just not long got out of his bed and quite rightly so, at this god given hour you could say he needed his sleep, he asked what had happended and we explained to him that the car just cut out and stopped. The mechanic sits in the car and turns the key in the ignition and you know what, the car starts first time like it would of, when it was brand new, you could tell he wasn't too happy but believe me I was happy as you could be that we would be back on the road soon. It was a draining experience driving the boy's about because chaos, laughter, and just point blank madness all rolled into one, that would drain you out after 7+ hours of being on the road but loved every second of the trips. The title heading 3 Caravans, was when we was going to Southsea for the King Of Concrete, and a few day's prior to leaving for Southsea, the exhaust manifold cracked on the car, I tried everything to locate one from scrapyards, but I was having no luck, Colin in the end, done what he could and welded the crack the best he could, We knew if we was too make it to Southsea and back we had to drive slowly all the way there and back. Truthfully it was a rare situation if we ever made it to 70mph, the car was capable of them speeds but the passengers was not, and that was exactly what we did, we hardly used any fuel and made it from Birmingham To Southsea on less than quarter of a tank of petrol, and we only managed to overtake 3 caravans all the way there and that was on downhills. It took hours to be fair to reach Southsea, some a little worse for wear than others, but it was a great journey nevertheless with Bob Marley playing on the car stereo and The Safri Boys being practised vocally by all for most of the trip. MUCH PEACE AND BLESSINGS TO EACH AND ALL. BEARBMX

Master Temper. Graffiti Artist

A close up of 'Eupo And The Emerald" (TAURUS) from the Post Graphaelite Collection by Temper This shows the quality of this modern master and his use of Aerosol (spray paint) no masking,no stencls,no special nozzles just a regular can of Belton(same nozzle) and Temper The future of Graffiti Art is in good hands! www.temper-art.com

Master Temper. Graffiti Artist

Big Respect To Brother Temper. Graffiti Master Of The Nozzle.

This Video Is Of A One Blessed Brother, Going By The Name Of Temper, A True Graffiti Master Out Of The Black Country. You Need Too Learn The Real Deal For Sure. All By A Spray Can You Know Good People, SKILLS !! Check Out The Videos To Be Space Bound. MUCH PEACE

BIG BMX dirt competition in Australia - Red Bull Dirt Pipe 2011

Nas & Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley - Nah Mean

Bearwood Jam / New Skatepark Opening Day

Introducing Bearwood BMXs Lil Bears. 3rd Up Paul Holmes

Introducing Bearwood BMXs Lil Bears. 2nd Up Fearless Tom

Introducing Bearwood BMXs Lil Bears. 1st Up Greazy Dave

Bearwood's Mike Coley At The Spinney, Way Back In Time

WHAT !!! NO BRAKES ! Bearwood Brakeless

Bearwood BMX has been scraping their shoes on the floors, since 1990. Thats The Time The Team Went Brakeless. The techniques of stopping the bikes nowaday's is a skill in it's own right , There are so many different ways and styles of stopping, that can be witnessed nowadays, whenever you are watching a crew of riders stunting Brakeless it seems they know exactly when they desire to take their foot off, also they will know exactly where on the bike they will be jamming their foot into, To Stop. When Bearwood BMX started riding brakeless back in the day, It was a new and fresh thing and very much a raw process in progress, and by total accident, so we would naturally encounter problems, Like deciding which foot to take off, was easy to get muddled up, never mind where you would be placing it to Stop The Bike, it was looked upon in a wierd way by some at times, well most of the time, especially the ones we ended up crashing into, we had encountered our share of problems stopping, Teething Issues I Think : )) Personally at times, this was a real heart beating moment when trying to stop, if you left it to the very last second you was going to have a close scrape. There was times when you would be riding and had even forgot you had no brakes. Only too be reminded when you would be reaching for the brake lever and nothing is their. That seemed to be the nature of the game. Bearwood BMX hasn't claimed any "Pioneering Rights" in any shape or form going, it would be wrong too say that we was the first and we started this Brakeless Movement. Some people have put that "Label" on Bearwood BMX. Truthfully that's most kind of everyone, and a humbling gesture, we just ended up making a certain decision in a time and space of our lives, that ended up getting Bearwood BMX the label "Pioneers of The Brakeless". It's a bit too much of a large label to accept, But really, If thats how people of the BMX community feel, and do think that Bearwood was one of the first team of riders, that may of had a hand in Going Brakeless First, Then A Big Thank You To You All. When we started venturing into this Brakeless scene, it was about lack of money than anything to do with being the so-called "First". I remember the first day riding without brakes and thinking this was something else all together, A Real Wobbly Experience For Sure. It started all about when one day my back wheel was buckled, (Alot Of Rear Wheels Was Getting Thrashed = Hook Ups) and the back wheel just would not spin, I wanted to ride, nothing is going to stop me. At this time on my bike I have a Rear Full Brakeset, I have worked out by now, that if I remove one Brake Block from the Rear Brakeset that will create a little space for the wheel to spin. BINGO !, Now I'm heading down to the park, I can ride the bike again. To say the ride was a little shaky, would be a understatement. Who cares I'm back on the move, The shakyness is a little price to pay. I enjoy the day stunting away with the team, throughout the day due to the sketchy riding, the rear buckled wheel is getting worse. In the end it just would not spin anymore, NO PROBLEM I have found the solution, I remove the other brake block, ANOTHER BINGO !!, we are now back on the move once again, a bit more shakier than before but thats no problem,. Later on the same thing again, In the end, I just removed the whole rear Brake Set. (BRAKELESS) This once again, ended up giving a little more movement. Not having any Brakes Now, I remember pedaling towards the banks to do a Air, and having the life shaked out of me due the the buckle. You would have to pedal so hard, that the rear wheel would gain momentum and start to straighten up, but no good, after a while it started to hit the frame. It would shake you lifeless. In 1990 Bike parts were hard to come by, and money was too, hence most of us having dodgy bikes and No Brakes. We truthfully never, did see anyone back then, Riding Brakeless BMXs, whenever we travelled to all the different skateparks around the country. Everyone we seen had brakes on their bikes, as you would and should and could. Even when we had the money to get the new bike parts we never went back to Having Brakes, the feeling of no brakes was right and comfortable and we were settled in by now, nobody likes a change do they, but it kind of felt you was meant to be in this position, Praise The Lord for that experience, would not of had it any other way. Big Respect to Mike Coley Aka Magnet Aka The Pigeon as he was One of the first in the Bearwood BMX Team to go Brakeless, nothing but props too that Brother. Now they sell bikes without brakes, Amazing. We learnt Double Airs Together( Airing Over Each Other) we would crash into each other in Mid-Air at times. All a learning process. You could not beat Dropping in on a ramp and just pumping and getting good air, it was a great feeling, knowing that you landing smoothly or safely was in the hands of the God's. If you landed smooth and was going for your next air, it was a Heart Beating Blissful Moment, you had no means of regulating your speed, you had to maintain 100% Focus if at all possible, (Someone Knocking You Off Balance, Or Even Just Grabbing Your Rear Wheel Mid-Air, Wasn't Out The Picture At All) You Learnt, a certain level of knowledge and feel, having to correct your balance coming back in off an Air, because someone has just grabbed your rear wheel and stopped you Mid-Air, this nearly sending you over the bars, that was hard to pull off, be we did it. It also came down to what knowledge and wisdom you had gained riding brakeless. Your senses are enhanced to a level, kind of close too a spiritual edge. Brakeless made you grow in confidence and have belief, You had to be fully committed too. To have Belief and understanding in yourself and your bike, sometimes you would want to change your mind Mid-Way and want to stop, but may not have the time to use your stopping methods, even if you tried too change your mind Mid-Way, It was not a good idea, because at times it could cause you more harm than good, whatever the case maybe. You had to go for whatever you was attempting, 100% fully Committed, NO HALF MEASURES. It dawned on me what BRAKELESS had become, when one time Seeing BMX riders in Australia, on a trip I done in 2010, I was half way around the world, out in the middle of nowhere, Not close to any major cities, many hundreds of miles, and many hours away from any city, and then coming across BMXers riding their BMXs without Brakes, That Was A Mind Spinner. That moment of time and space in Australia made it all clear to me that BRAKELESS BMX had travelled the GLOBE and had settled into far to fetch places in this world. That Is Down To The Professional Riders Who Have Taken It On A Global Scale. BIG BIG Respect To Them All. Bearwood Bmx is Still Underground, But now is Part Of A Worldwide Brakeless Movement. MUCH PEACE AND BLESSINGS TO EACH AND ALL. BEARBMX

WELCOME TO

BEARWOOD BMX WORLDWIDE 2012

Northampton Radlands Part 3 Oh !! Whats This Here

This Encounter happened at a Contest/Jam being held at Radlands in the 1990s, all the UKs top names in the game are in attendance. This is going to be a real good contest and there is some good riding to be seen no doubt. I personally can't wait for it to begin and am looking forward to it. I got my place sorted with a good all round view, and with the rest of the Bearwood Team (BONUS), We was all on top of this Cupboard/Room type of box which had a flat roof, just by the driveway it was?? So were all on top of this roof with the contest in full flight. The atmosphere was electrifying, the riders were raising the roof, and it was just amazing to watch, the noise of the people cheering when the riders were blasting was LOUD, on top of that was a LOUD sound system playing the music of the moment. Bearwood BMX Team Members would be all out and enjoy every aspect of the day, no matter what, we moved in a positive manner, we would always prank amongst ourselves and never bother anyone else. Except this incident that ended up involving the whole contest. In the height of the moment i'm not sure who it was from the Team. But there was some electrical extension leads plugged into the sockets right behind us, Out of all the sockets in the whole building, whoever it was, they probably was thinking "Whats This Here" and switched off the plug which was feeding current to the whole sound system. It went from a "raising the roof" LOUD atmosphere to Pin Drop Silence and all these riders looking up to where we was. OOOpps Sorry, I was just thinking Oh Oh here we go Fight Time, you could see the eye balls firing up on us. "We mean no harm we just here for a good time good people". We was just cracking a rib truthfully, thinking we just scraped that one by. The contest commences and you would think that would be it but, OH NO it wasn't, Bearwood Tom later on in the day, gets onto the vert ramp where they are commentating from, and grabs the MIC and starts to sing the Tom Jones song "Delilah" to the masses. He done Tom Jones proud and Bearwood Bmx Proud, and i don't think their was one dry eye in the building, everyone was in hysterics. Big Respect To Bearwood Tom. MUCH PEACE AND BLESSINGS TO EACH AND ALL BEARBMX >

Brother Swainey

It Was A Blessed Day Today, Seen Brother Swainey Down Bearwood Skatepark Today, He Is An Old School BMXer From Birmingham, Riding From Way Back From The Start. It Was Good Catching Up With Him As Always, Been A Few Years Since We Last Met, Oh And Kenny Chrome Was Down There Too. Cheers For Passing By Swainey. Blessings All Around. MUCH PEACE AND BLESSINGS TO EACH AND ALL BEARBMX

Whats That On Your Heel

Hey !! What's That On The Back Of Your Heel???? No Not That Foot, The Other Foot....

Northampton Radlands Part 2, Red Or Brown Sauce

This incident has to be one of the most spontaneous craziest things I have EVER witnessed with the Bearwood BMX Team and believe me alot of antics have been witnessed. Like I have said before and will keep on saying that these Brothers are pranksters in the finest form going. This happened on a day when we was all riding at Radlands, They used to have a cafe inside the skatepark where you got served through a opening in the wall. A Few of us were a little peckish so we are like, "let's go and get some food from the cafe", We line up in the queue in the correct manner as you would, Now It is my turn to order my food, Bearwood Tom is standing their with me, whilst the other boys are waiting their turn and are in the queue just behind. I have ordered my food and am just about too walk away and let someone else order, whilst I'm waiting, all of a sudden I notice Bearwood Tom is grinning and sniggering too himself.(NOT A GOOD SIGN) Now I know by previous experience : )) that something is about too GO DOWN !!!!, I hotstep and leg it from him, the Brothers in the queue behind have no idea of this. LORD HAVE MERCY, When I look back, by now Bearwood Tom has picked up the LARGE squeezy Red And Brown Sauce bottles, and has turned around and proceeded too just Hose Everyone Down, Poor Buggers, there was some innocent people in that queue as well, I was well clear of all this by now and just standing in Shock, watching all the commotion going on, Thank God I escaped in the Knick of Time, THANK YOU LORD. The rest of the Bearwood Boy's were just standing there in utter shock, looking down at their T-Shirts, which are now completely covered in sauce, when a couple seconds ago they was just Fresh, There was a pause while the shock drifted away and Reality set in. You would think that was it?? "OH NO", Low and Behold the boys were not going too be out done, "NEVER", and so they pick up the other sauce bottles, MY DAYS, Now its on a full scale battle. There is sauce everywhere on the clothes, in their hair, On their Face, all over the floor, just covered everywhere. Some people were not amused, some in shock, but we was just in Hysterics, you can't buy that genuine madness for all the money going. Priceless and Timeless. You know what though, that was the True Essence Of Bearwood BMX. First have a laugh, then Second we will ride if we get time. To top all this off for me was that pretty much all my passengers was involved in the sauce sprayout. I told them all too clean up or I'm not going to take them home END OF. Whilst the others made an effort to clean up the best they could, Bearwood Tom just stripped down to his under garments, Simple?? NO NO NO, he clearly has had a little too much to drink, then decides that the under garments are not suitable no more!!, so WHOOSH off they come. The end to this is that he travelled back in the car to Birmingham, pretty much with just his under garments on all the way back in the end, like that was not enough, He started Brotherly Love on the way back home, : )) That stirred some people up in the car. Well that is for another day. To Much Madness In Abundance. MUCH PEACE AND BLESSINGS TO EACH AND ALL BEARBMX

Northampton's Radland's Part 1, Introducing Kenny Chrome

Last Night I was with one of the Bearwood BMXs old school Vert Rider and Legend, The One "Don Chromeleone" AKA Kenny Chrome. I was stuck for ideas for this blog. Kenny started telling me some stories about the journey's and session's we used too enjoy down at Northampton's Radlands Indoor Skatepark, Then I start Remembering the times he was talking about. Yes they was special times in our BMXing days and for sure they were great times. The stories Kenny was reminding me of was the pinnacle hours and time of the madness, them days were FUNNY, in a rib cracking way. I'd like to share what I can with you all. These are bits and bobs of what happened spanning the years of traveling to Northampton. First one that needs to be shared is of The One Don Chromeleone when he hit the roof (Crazy). There was a good turnout at Radlands with riders coming from all over to ride the skatepark back then in around the early-mid 1990s. All of The Bearwood riders were there on this particular day, infact I know we all used too travel down in our own cars and meet up as a group down there. Kenny Chrome, this Brother don't need no introductions too be fair, but just too be fair I will share a little something. First you may be wondering why he is called Kenny Chrome AKA Don Chromeleone, well it comes about because Kenny was the owner and a big fan of Chrome BMXs throughout his riding year's and still is to this day, he is a tough cookie too crack when you try and get the information, tips and secrets of a Clean Bike. No Joke he had the most Cleanest Bikes known to man, on a summers day you could be permanently blinded if you were brave enough too ever look direct at his bike, and he would let you know if your bike needed a wash down because it wasn't passing the test,DANGER. Don Chromeleone AKA Dad, It all came about because he is the oldest and wisest in the team, Head of the outfit. With This Bearwood Team he had his hands full. Anyway, So we are all down at Radlands riding the day away in our own mannerism, It has changed layouts quite a bit over the years, but this layout in particular was where it had a Quarter pipe at one end, which was down next to the half pipe, and then a little kind of drive way grind box? after that was a fun box which was of a good size, and then a 6ft or 7ft Quarter pipe up against the double doors which lead out onto the car park. These doors where quite wide and of a good height, Let's say you could drive an artic lorry through these doors as they were of that size. You had a quarter pipe placed in between the walls that made up the doorway. I now remember Kenny Chrome do a 6ft+ air out of the Quarter Pipe which was next to the vert ramp, hop the drive way, blast over the fun box in a nice smooth manner, Then just (BLAST) hit the Quarter Pipe (By The Doors) so fast that he just launched out the top and just went UP, UP, And UP And UP And UP, until he hits the top of the doorway wall which is away up above, and stops dead in his tracks, and plummets to earth. That air was Real and It was HIGH, truthfully I thought he styled and blagged it and rode away like in a True Bearwood Sketchy Manner, but listening to Chrome last night it turned out that he went over the bars and head butted the floor and managed to get himself a black eye. The People Were In Shock, No Helmet, No Elbow or Knee Pads Either just T Shirts And Vision Shorts. Big Respect To Don Chromeleone and he got some skills. ALWAYS WEAR YOUR SAFETY GEAR WHEN STUNTING.

THE TWANG 2012

I would love to just give you all the heads up on a band from Birmingham England, They go by the name of THE TWANG. These Boy's are Legends in the music game, also they have got a Single out this month named We're a Crowd. (FEBRUARY 2012) Make no mistake these boy's shake the foundations at venue's and raise the roof everytime without fail. I was Blessed along with the Bearwood BMX Team to have experienced and witnessed this atmosphere with their live concerts, and truthfully I was blown away. To see a venue packed to the brim and jumping and going wild in unison is an Amazing feeling. There Music is Proper Good and They have Got a Album coming out soon. If you have not yet, you surely need too. Big Respect To The Twang. For More Info/Details Check Their Website Out At www.thetwang.co.uk/ Much Peace And Blessings To Each And All. BEARBMX

SAFETY FIRST

ALWAYS WEAR YOUR SAFETY GEAR WHEN STUNTING WITHOUT FAILURE. LETS YOU GET A FEW MORE YEARS IN.

Bearwood BMX Birmingham And It's Journey So Far

Now the History of BMXing in Lightwoods Park, Bearwood, Birmingham started from what I believe, was back in the 1980s, with the 1st Generation of local riders. Thats 30+ YEARS Ago, AMAZING i know, infact it's OUT OF THIS WORLD and probably a bit hard to take in, 30+ YEARS YO !!, Now that's Something. The old school riders who are the 2nd Generation would consist of John "The Don Chromeleone" Kenny, Bearwood "The Mear" Tom, Mike "The Magnet" Coley, Dean "Ding Dong" Watson, Brother Swainy, Glen Dutton, Colin "Turbo Boss" Scott, William "Main Man" Wills, Me "Myself" I, Spencer "Z Rims" Weaver, Paul "Redline" Reedy, Greg "Main Man" Johnstone, Simon "Jester" Paton, Dean "Shoe" Taylor, Stuart "Potty" Murray, Karl "Main Man" Jones, John "Chin" Acocks Green. A little introduction into a few of these Brothers I had the priviage to BMX with, The Kenny Chrome is the daddy of whole Bearwood BMX Full Factory Team ;), and has been riding the longest and has skills, then you got The Mear, well let me just say and sum him up, A One Foot scaffold pole modified into a rear peg, Keep your knee's and ankles tucked in at all times, Next is The Magnet, well its all in the name and no not to do with the ladies but with his head and the floor,Oh and One of the Original and First Brakeless BMXers Out Of Bearwood, then it's Ding Dong, this Brother loved his 3/4 shorts and mastered the coping no matter where it was and in a true form he had nothing but major skills, then it's Turbo Boss AKA Mr C, this brother had no concept of time, if you read one of the previous blogs about waiting for hours before a road trip, well it's this brother we was waiting for most of the time, all good still, Then Brother Will is a top dude going, Respect to Will, Then we got Spen Z Rim, this dude is crazy in a clever way, just nuts had some good days BMXing with this brother, Respect To Spen, next up is Redline Reedy who is a top brother and proper fun to be around, Main man Greg has been around a while got the skills on skateboards and BMXing top man, The Jester is the man you need to thank for the "Annekas Challenge" original skatepark at Bearwood and paving the way and setting the foundation back then which got us todays new skatepark, John Chin used to travel in but was a true local never the less, had some fun seesions with john, a little mad and up for a laugh, kind of fitted in perfect with the team LOL. To finish it off is Brother Kenny Black, this guy is full speed ahead no messing and could fool you into thinking he's about to land on the moon with his 1000mph approach, Big Respect To KB. Yeah so these Brothers are the reason Bearwood BMX is still about today, and there's many more that have represented too. But it's the new age of riders who use Bearwood Skatepark to take it into the next Era and keep going from Strength To Strength. Imagine getting these Old boy's to do a show down the Skatepark on the 40th Anniversary Of Bearwood BMX Birmingham in 8 Years time (Laughing). But on a serious note I think that there should be some sort of "No Seriousness Just Have Fun" Jam To celebrate all These years Of Stunting. Time will tell Eh. I'm going to share what i know about the 3rd Generation riders soon, This is where the game changed Noticeably between the 2nd and 3rd Generation. SKILLS Much Peace And Blessings To Each And All. BEARBMX

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The Dangers Of The Deep Blue Sea - Southsea

One experience I had was when I went to the Legendary "King Of Concrete" Contest, at Southsea Skatepark in Portsmouth with the Bearwood BMX team. On this journey when we was in Southsea some of us bought inflatable lilos to use as make shift bedding, and to be comfortable for the night time sleep and the sweet dreams. I'm not sure who or why it happened but someone suggested we all go on the sea with the lilos, there was a few of us, so we all said yeah "Let's Do It Why Not" so off we go lilos tucked under our arms. I'm sure someones lilo popped while pumping it up but not sure who's it was?? All of us then went down to the beach at Southsea, so the lilo owners went to set up, me being one of them, whilst the other boy's stayed out the water and watched our clothes, belongings Etc. I remember clearly that everyone has got their own space on the sea while setting up, then off we go just paddling out to sea having a laugh, I then start doing my own thing and staying a few feet back and to the left from the group because from previous experiences i knew this was not going to be normal in any way whatsoever. I was paddling for a while and after a little while I seen these 2 elderly gentlemen just out at sea in the distance, so by now we are quite a way from the beach, to me it looked like they were treading water, so I paddle over to them to see, when I got there I start chatting to them to see what the deal was. It happens that they was standing on this ledge (Wall) that was there out at sea, they explained it was not too big at all and what not else, and that it is a local knowledge thing, I can see why. So me being me I thought i'm going to have a go, I started to get off the lilo and tried to stand on this WALL, whilst i'm half off and half on the lilo trying to feel for this ledge with my one foot, the gents start shouting saying NO NO NO and start explaining the ledge is too small and that it only fits the 2 of them and also its very deep water here. I panic and I start to scramble back onto my lilo which was a task and a half considering there flimsy and it was trying to overturn, I was kind of thinking Oh Oh what if there is any sharks at the same time and PANIC. With the grace of God I got back on to the lilo,said my fairwell's to them and went to catch the group up who where ahead of me in the distance. When you go forward you don't look back at times, and this is one of them moments, LORD HAVE MERCY when I started to paddle towards the group, right then just up ahead in the distance this boat goes flying past, the wave off the boat rocked my lilo proper, and I was thinking at the time how mad is that, that they let the boats come this close to the shore?? It's then I thought how FAR ARE WE from the beach, turned and looked, Low and Behold the rest of the Bearwood rider's that are on the beach looked like little specs. We had ventured a little too far and beyond the limits I think, By this time the rest of the group were heading back now towards where I was. I think their lilos were rocked more than mine from that boat because they was closer to France than I was. I started to paddle back to the beach and funnily enough I then bump into Bearwood Tom, who was part of the group just doing his thing, he starts a conversation and we are chatting away and after a while I can feel my lilo has started to lose air?? What Bearwood Tom had done was whilst we was deep in conversation, he unplugged my air valve, so now I am sinking in the middle with both ends stuck up in the air like a V shape. Trying to re seal the plug and trying to get hold of him before he paddles off but I manage to grab hold of his lilo and unplug the valve just in time, now that is TEAMWORK. It turned out that was his party trick out at sea with some of the others. You could see who hadn't escaped his party trick, V shaped lilos bobbing about. Now were heading back to the beach and slowly you start too see the figures get bigger and bigger, we are now getting closer and closer, Thank You Lord. Only to be met with flying stones, rocks Etc Etc Etc from the boys on the beach, I reached the beach first after a little diversion, with them near misses I was lucky because the rest of the group when coming in to shore, they had too dodge all sorts of flying objects. They all reached the beach safe and sound in true Bearwood BMX fashion. Letting the air out of the lilos became a thing over the weekend. It seemed to be that if you went to sleep on a lilo full of air, only for it to be deflated in the morning with the valve plug open. Even though it became scary at times at sea, it was a great experience never to be done again. Once Was Enough Thank You. :) Much Peace And Blessings To Each And All BEARBMX

Progress In Motion

Today i bumped into a old school brother and Bearwood BMX's finest lip technician and Full Factory team rider. This was the first time i seen Dean "Ding Dong" Watson for the first time since the opening of the new Bearwood Skatepark which happened to be last year. It was good to catch up with him. God willing i'm going to get a few words with him about his bmx journey and share it with you all to enjoy. Also i'm going to try and catch up with Don "Kenny" Chromeleone, and the rest of the boys. Also I spoke to Mike "The Pigeon" Coley earlier on today and he has given me the go ahead to publish his next interview. It will be an true honour to say the least. If any of you have read any of his previous interviews on here you'll know that boy is on form. Much Peace And Blessings BEARBMX

The One Long Journey 1990s

I'm Going to share a story that went down as "The One Long Journey". This trip was to Hastings for the Legendary Backyard Jam. I remember this like it was yesterday, even though it was a long time ago. I remember because 1) I had the honour of the driving duties and 2) the amount of hours it took to get there hence, "The One Long Journey" tag. So the word goes out that there's a trip to Hastings for the Backyard Jam, there would be a few cars going and we are all setting off in our own time, and meeting up down there, which was normal practise as the actual getting people together and setting off could take a few hours on a good day. This day in general all the waiting that had taken place for people to turn up for whatever reason it was they had taken so long, this took pretty much half a day. We loaded the car up with bags, bikes and a few cases of weekend refreshments. In the car was Greg, Colin, Bearwood Tom, and Ding Dean, we set off at 5 o'clock in the evening on the friday, we are on the road to hastings now, slowly and surely are making our way to Hastings. On the way down as we are nearing London Colin suggests we stop by his cousins house in Chingford for a rest and catch up, and too break the trip up as well. Being the driver i thought that's a great idea. We catch up with with his cousin about 9pm in Chingford, and then he takes us to his mates house in Leighton. The Bearwood boys we're on form in true Bearwood fashion as they have been drinking all the way down, if anyone has encountered their antics will know what i'm saying. Then after a while Tom goes out of the house, after a couple of hours of him going out, we are like where is Tom???? As we need to get going and we had quite a drive to complete yet, Mind you this was a long long time before mobile phones had come out, so there was no calling to see where he was. Time is flying by now and its about midnight or later. Tom still has not returned, everyone is thinking that its weird he has not come back yet, Where could he have got to, in the end we go outside to see if he's out by the car but no he's not there either, in the end We found him after a while, WHERE YOU WONDER, sleeping in a neighbours front garden, totally out to the world around him, wake him up, gather him up and we say the bye bye's and get back onto the road to finish what we started. By know the team is fuelled up and having a laugh in abundance in true Bearwood BMX fashion. Wrestling in the back of a car Etc Etc Etc, Crazy. Then somehow the rope which is holding the bikes down onto the roof rack came loose, you hear someone say is them bikes supposed to be like that, like half way down the rear window, HHmmmm. Then if that's not all, we have another minor issue from London to Hastings which sobered them all up. We arrive at the jam at 5'o'clock in the morning. A complete 12 hours after we left Bearwood, But the main thing is we arrived safe and sound. You always had a good laugh on the road trip without fail, but the real fun started when you met the rest of the Bearwood riders and other mates from Redditch and Worcester. Nothing but great times with some of the maddest guys in the game. Haha That's when things got a bit sketchy... As the driver and going all over the UK with them Brother's. I got some good memories, being the driver meant being sober, so i remember alot more than them in the car with me. :) Much Peace And Blessings To Each And All. BEARBMX

Bearwood's New And Newer School

The new and newer school of riders coming out of Bearwood right now are a talented bunch and fearless. I popped down to see The Locals Riding. Down there was Bearwood locals, Tom, Greazy Dave, And Leroy, these boys have been riding down Bearwood skatepark for quite a few years now, If you've had the pleasure of seeing them shredding the place, you'll know we're talking skills. No half measures just full out Skills. It was real good watching them go about there business and throwing down all manner of tricks, that day the skatepark was really busy in every corner going. There was alot of dodging going as and last minute abandened tricks because of someone crossing your path. Big Respect to Lil Dave, The Twins, Paul, and everyone else putting the hours in. Much Peace And Blessings To Each And All. BEARBMX

Flashback

The Dirt Jumps In Lightwoods Park Around The Paddling Pool Era. Peace And Blessings. BEARBMX

Greetings For 2012

Firstly Happy 2012 To All, Due To Technical Issues We Were Not Being Able To Post Any Updates For Quite A While. Seems To Be Working Now So Check Back Soon, As More Stories To Be Shared. Much Peace And Blessings. BEARBMX

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