Thanks to Tony Tyrant, the Scorchers were invited to another night of private skatepark action at Haven in North Haven. This time Sean and Justin showed up to represent, and a bunch of the Tyrant crew reminded us that track bikes look silly next to BMXers at the 'park. This ain't no "The Come Up" crew, a bunch of Tyrant's guys also ride fixed in their daily lives. 32-18 makes for a terrible commute.
Ghostship Matt was in attendance, as was TJ from the Hartford Bicycle Messenger Association, rocking his BMX. TJ's been hitting the streets on a geared road-bike for the last few, presumably because fixed became hip, and TJ is uber-anti-hip. Whatever, he's hella fast on anything with two wheels, so Austin, you better watch out!
As usual, Milnes was killing it. He nailed, several times, a 4-stair set. This was, however, a "4-stair" in skateboard parlance -- each stair being about 14" long...
Alternate view, without the pyramid run...
He also attempted some X-ups over the pyramid...
...as well as some wall rides down the "jersey barrier" angled wall...
Of course, all of this goes for nil when you've got crazy BMX kids hangin' as well. This one's Don Pavelka...
Then Tony Tyrant got out the broom and swept the not-quite-open full pipe...
Can't believe you pressed play on that one!
We got a few runs of Sean...
...as well as TJ ->
Ryan Schmidt in the full pipe...
I even attempted the pipe on the ol' clown bike...
...it wasn't so successful.
We even got Rick Craft, Haven's owner, out on the track bike...
Rick was known as Crazy Rick back in college, where he would routinely free climb 4 stories of brick wall to visit our dorm room rather than use the front door.
Great night. Thanks, Tony!
p.s. if you're in the 203 or the 860 (fark, if you're in the NY and can make it out and back on yer own) get in touch, as Tony's been fronting his own duckets for these events and running short in the end. We're psyched that he's willing to lose a little to make this happen, but would be even more excited if he could break even. If he makes extra cash, you get some back, so it's all good. Added bonus: some of the rules get a li'l relaxed after-hours. If you travel up from NY, or down from BOS for one of these events, the Scorchers will guarantee you go home with a little somethin' somethin', even if it is just a hangover.
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That's Ryan Schmidt ripping the fullpipe. He won't be contacting you, hell he won't ever see that video, cause his main mode of communication is still smoke signal and/or carrier pigeon.
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