gayson/garcon/jason hitting up the biscuit on wednesday... montaged and stuff on thursday at college... aint no danger park ranger.

http://media.putfile.com/Robin-Vurved-Wallride

http://media.putfile.com/Benbars

http://media.putfile.com/JasonWhip1

Some vids

Enjoy!

Beers for Cheers

Beers for Cheers, was, as expected, pretty damn wild. Look for media to "drop" on i3mx soon, as well as here, when I get some film development going on. Standouts for me were Cam, riding with the usual style, with nice nosebonk 3's over the spine, opposite 3 variations, toboggan 180s, and whip combos all over the shop. A new one was downsidewhip over to pedal feeble, to 270 out, on the spine. He also downwhipped from the extension of the midi into the harsh ghetto jersey barrier, constructed for the jam. Another thing I hadn't seen before were the big slow 5's out of the extension. No flairs though, those were taken care of by Rob / Pinky, all over the place, and some of them had turndowns thrown in for good measure. He also sent a very Morgan Wade-esque superman whip air during the high air comp.

Jake (Daw) also rode well, with nice runs including 360 the spine, then sausage roll the quarter, straight into a whip air. The wallride to whip was pulled a couple of times, with ease. He also whipped the jersey after several attempts, and did about 5 sausage rolls back to back during the high air comp, (which I won by Moggs, 7 feet, looks about 7 years old as well) . The jersey saw a fair bit of action, with Mayo sessioning over ice and back, as well as ice to tap, Bstoke Jake doing loads of combos, and Timmy doing fufs and footjams.

But for me, Haggler was man of the match. Considering he was drinking the whole damn time, the fact that he pulled the best spine 3's, a couple of footjams on the sub, and also a footjam fufanu on the sub seems even more nuts. Then he did it 'lawnmower' style. Ridiculous.

All in all, not three bad.

Ben

Cricket write-up

What a brilliant day we had. The teams were "Al Qaeda" (captained my me, my beard makes me look like a terrorist apparently) and "the cream pies", captained by my best mate, Alan Walker.

Al Qaeda batted first, after I won the toss, and reached 73-5 after 20 overs. Highlights included Rob Miles hitting a superb 30 runs, including a classic on drive for four, as well as some good pull shots, and Tom Linsell getting useful runs in a lengthy innings, before being run out, having never played cricket before. A brilliant knock. Phil Wren and my Dad also had a useful stand at the death, despite giving numourous chances, only to be given lives in return! Alan Walker, Neil Casey, Alan Millward, Cameron Petersen, and Johnny Baker all bowled very well.

I, of course, got a golden duck, batting at number three, out to a beautiful delivery from Jab, arguably the best bowler of the day, hitting the top of off stump, making a mockery of my feeble defensive shot. Bowled first ball, through the gate. It had to happen. I walked off to "happy birthday" and sarcastic claps! Rob "Ruben" Southern also left for a duck, having faced three overs, having blocked and prodded in a very orthodox fashion. He then got sledged by Walker, chanced a sneaky run, and ran himself out after a brilliant piece of fielding.

After Al Qaeda had faced 20 overs, tea was taken, and thanks to my mother we had cakes, sandwiches, and drinks!

Then the cream pies were in to bat, with myself captaining Al Qaeda in the field, and we managed to bowl them out after 17 overs for 60 runs, giving us the victory! My bowling was reasonable, 2 overs, 0-0, but Robin Haywood, Tony Ruse, Rob Southern, and Rob Miles bowled very well to stop the runs and get the wickets. A fantastic "combined" catch was also taken by Robin and Andrew Pearson (my brother and my father) at deep long on, the like of which will probably never be seen again! I caught Alan Walker at square leg, off a thick top edge, and Lorrie Leonard took a fantastic catch behind the stumps to dismiss Johnny Baker. There were also a couple of Run-outs!

All in all, a fantasic day. People came out of their houses to watch, and some remarked how brilliant it was to see people playing cricket, in a field, on a Summer's day. And who could argue? The best sport, played by experienced and inexperienced players, who came from all over the country, as well as good old Fleet, and yet got on with each other so well. I'm so grateful to everyone who came, and hopefully we can all do it again some time.

Ben