Metro BMX Jam in Madrid

I was invited to come to Madrid by my very good friend Axel Jurgens (fellow Simple Bikes team rider and creator of Eurocamp, Barcelona) to help design and build some of the competition course for the Metro Jam.

The venue and experience was absolutely amazing.

We were four floors underground in the chamartin metro station. In an unused and unfinished rail track foundation.

The concept and design was amazing. It rode like a a set of trails in a half pipe style scenario. Axel and his crew did a fantastic job of doing the main bulk of the work.

The first thing I had to design was to come up with something that would ride like a berm and 2 people could ride at the same time.

This was the result of power think no.1.

Here Perico is giving it the very first test ride. Perico was one of the building crew and actually placed 2nd with Allister whitton in the competition. Well done guys!!!

Axel heading for the lift that will take him 4 floors back up from the belly of the beast. He heads for Barcelona to do a quick spot check for the Rebel Jam.

Heres The man himself, Sergio Layos. The reason why we were all there in the first place. He presented this idea to his sponsor Red Bull and they went for it.

I love these hips to banked walls. The simple lines and narrow lips are a very nice touch. Axel could have worked them more and blended them into the concrete trani but decided not to, which was a very wise decision. It increased the accuracy needed to cruise through the lines and it made the over all look of the park a whole lot better.

This big transition banked hip was the next thing on my list that had to be sorted. The lines that were trying to be created within the pipe concept dictated that a hip of some sort really had to go in here. So considering it is was a pro comp only a giant one could be considered, And considering Axel built a really nice giant jump box there, there was really little choice in what could go in there. Really happy with the way this worked out and rode. Sergio, Ruben and Perico rode this thing like crazy.

It was a crazy building scene here. There was huge numbers of people passing by all the time in escalators and glass lifts constantly. The shock value was very noticeable as I guess they travelled through this station all the time for many years and now they see this kind of stuff being built in it all of a sudden.

We were only just finishing up when Ruben and Sergio showed up to have a test ride on it. The place was still quite dusty from the build and the years of concrete dust that had been there. The cleaners were still trying to get rid of it all.

Ruben, Sergio and axel parke from sweden on the jump box deck.

Axel Jurgens chatting with Harry Main and Achim from Nike who came by to check out the build but were not staying for the comp.

The man Himself, Axel jurgens who brought us all together to make this happen.

Copenhagen Royals bowl Dec 2011

We finally got this one finished. And wow is all I can say as far as the quality of finish we put into it.

This was the last ramp of this year and was the one with the most expectation attached to it. And lets face it, as soon as skatelite is the final layer choice the stakes are raised for the ramp builder. It is much harder to work with and very expensive when mistakes are made.

We decided to get all fancy with this centre pice as it was just too nice not to make it a bit more rad. We ran another tone of skatelite through it to give it a very unique look and finish to it. These lines though are very useful from a practical point of view as it gives some definition lines to the overall shape as you roll through it at high speeds.

It was a serious ball buster to get that volcano surfaced and required a step back from it every so often to assess the situation. It felt so good to get it finished as it was a painful pain in the ass!

Welcome to the suck!! haha . I think this was very very late at night when everybody went home but when there is an event deadline coming up in a matter of days we don`t all have the luxury of going home.

I`m particularly proud of how this rolled hip worked out. The coping is perfect and the skatelite finish is beautiful.

Went with a different style of surfacing technique on this one. Went with a bit of a twist which was a good choice. Its nice to see a few different styles running through the one ramp.

The Event day finally came which meant the ramp was finally finished.. wooohoo. The comp was to kick off at 6 pm but we were still finishing the ramp at 6.15 pm. But according to all the skaters they thought it was amazing to see the ramp still being finished minutes before they got to get their shred on.

The skate comp was amazing and it is always fantastic to see stuff you have made being sessioned. Quick edit on the comp coming soon. Theres Kasper in the shades.

Here`s Peter and Aspen from Royal taking it easy with a beer after the party ended. Cheers guys for putting on a fun session.

Here is another reminder of the suck!!!

Thanks to everybody who was on this job and helped out in their own way. Kasper,Travis, Ryan C, Mark, Keld, Thomas Hvass, Jesper, Allan and Jonas. Cheers dudes. F

Myself, Keld and Aspen heading for a bar on Kelds cargo bike after the comp. Dead men cycling here!..But happy its over.

Bowl Corners the Nike Pool/ LONDON

I just returned from probably the most interesting project I have ever been a part of. The Nike Pool build in London. It was basically an old public swimming pool that was being knocked down, the building and all, to make room for a new one next door.

(the pool had to be drained very very slowly actually as it was possible that the whole building could come down if done too quickly)

So NIKE took the place over and turned it into this.

It was quite a big crew for this one as the park design was pretty complicated and the site itself was very awkward to get materials in and out. But shockingly after only 6 days from the time the pool was drained the park was completed and painted. AMAZING!

The crew was made up of about 14 germans, 1 american(Ryan Corrigan) and myself. Pretty much the same crew as for the barcelona mission but unfortunately Axel and Perico were not on this one.

Heres Ryan doing a walk abouts after the build looking for another view for a pic. Myself and him were all over the corners and weird shapes again.

I really like the pool details that were left around the park. The place looked awesome.

Myself and Ryan had just finished this last section while the others were painting around us. Its still hard to believe we pulled this whole thing off in 6 days.

The Germans were great workers as usual and absolutely crazy fun. On the last day after the painting was finished they painted themselves blue and ran around the park skating and riding. They even lined themselves up side by side on the deck of one of the ramps while some of the other guys proceeded to wall ride them and do tire taps.

I did a power tourist trip on the last evening over there and got to see quite a bit of london in a few short hours. Nice place.

Bowl Corners The Nike Pool/ LONDON

I just returned from probably the most interesting project I have ever been a part of. The Nike Pool build in London. It was basically an old public swimming pool that was being knocked down, the building and all, to make room for a new one next door.

(the pool had to be drained very very slowly actually as it was possible that the whole building could come down if done too quickly)

So NIKE took the place over and turned it into this.

It was quite a big crew for this one as the park design was pretty complicated and the site itself was very awkward to get materials in and out. But shockingly after only 6 days from the time the pool was drained the park was completed and painted. AMAZING!

The crew was made up of about 14 germans, 1 american(Ryan Corrigan) and myself. Pretty much the same crew as for the barcelona mission but unfortunately Axel and Perico were not on this one.

Heres Ryan doing a walk abouts after the build looking for another view for a pic. Myself and him were all over the corners and weird shapes again.

I really like the pool details that were left around the park. The place looked awesome.

Myself and Ryan had just finished this last section while the others were painting around us. Its still hard to believe we pulled this whole thing off in 6 days.

The Germans were great workers as usual and absolutely crazy fun. On the last day after the painting was finished they painted themselves blue and ran around the park skating and riding. They even lined themselves up side by side on the deck of one of the ramps while some of the other guys proceeded to wall ride them and do tire taps.

I did a power tourist trip on the last evening over there and got to see quite a bit of london in a few short hours. Nice place.

ESTONIA/ Simpel Session Competition

X-HALL Bowl/ COPENHAGEN

Hørsholm Kommune/ DENMARK

This park was alot of fun to make. Its main area of design was the mini ramp-plateau section. You can never go wrong with a mini ramp.

It is an all timber construction with a Skatelite finish.

The street section area consist just 2 main parts in each corner. A China style bank thing and a decent sized hip.

Corners in BARCELONA

This park was designed and built for the NIKE6.0 BMX competition held in Barcelona. Our job was to mainly handle all the bowl corners and weird shapes in the design. Great looking park that rode very well was the result.

2010 Roskilde cultural award winner

It has been alot of work all round but eventually the place got recognised for the heroic effort that was involved in getting it to where it is today. Of course there is always room for development and improvement so come the summer time we are going to re-design 25% of it again.

Street stuff

This is sitting in Copenhagen Royal skatepark. Designed by Simon and Brent.

Built by R-R.

Stone tile finish along with square coping edge.