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Set off to the superbowl on Thursday for second round, or is it third round of ATBA UK champs this year? After an enjoyable train journey with lots of drawing, sweets and anticipation, we arrived at a relatively busy superbowl for a Thursday evening, skateboard stalls and slides went off on the sketchy metal mini as I was still without a board from the last weekend.

Friday showed the likes of Josh Maddock’s and co throwing it down on the new improved freestyle bowl. Props to Mark and the rest of superbowl for pushing the centre that much further along, lookin sweet!  

Gnarly boarder cross shredders were up the hill and getting their practice and qualifying runs in well before I had woken up, however I heard Ben Rye once again got the fastest qualifying time into the elite. I decided to wonder up the hill when racing had stated, this event had the dilemma of the lack of a PA system, so there were no tunes bellowing out across the field and the sound of Ryan Slater’s mad commentating only reached so far with the use of a megaphone. The idea of bashing pots and pans was brought foreword by trampa riders who were out in Europe whilst the racing was going on. This made the racing atmosphere that much more exciting and fun, it kept the event running smoothly and was a nice change from typical tunes that are always played at each event. Can’t say much more about boarder cross cos I didn’t watch it! Well done to Matt Brindy, Max Rye, Tristan Huxley, Leo Gorman and anyone else who won!

The usual Saturday night party thing went off that night. I heard Joe Dixon’s voice shouting across the campsite, ‘Caves, everyone Caves’! Unfortunately I couldn’t join him, too busy making a sandwich in my tent, I wandered over to the warm fire where you could here Stevo’s hectic DJ set enjoying the night with the rest of the superbowl crew.

Reports of bad weather heading in on Sundays afternoon meant freestyle had an early start from around 9.30ish, to early for my liking. Two very trickable tables and a new quaterpipe gave riders a more versatile run this year, and if you happened to fall of there was the oblivious shouts from the crowd to hit the rail! New batch of young riders came out of superbowl this season from there summer camps making competition more exciting for under 14s. One of the young rippers coming out of the summer camps was Caitlin, beastin sweet grabbed front side ones and taking 1^st place in Ladies freestyle in her first ATBA UK competition at only 9 years old, watch out for this one! Far too much crazing mountain boarding madness went down to mention, usual attempts of a 720 thrown down by Lawson David as well as a surprising attempt at some sort of backside rodeo I think I saw from Frank Adams.

Elite Jam went of as it usually does at the superbowl, shits, giggles and nerves loomed at the top of the hill as we were strapping in. Impressive riding from Myles with sweet Indy back flips for a nosno rider as usual, as well as backside corked five attempts. Kynan Goggin also on, showing off sweet front side three indys and corked five attempt which most people might have mistaken for and under rotated back flip three. Smiles for Reece Crilley have a good go at his first seven twenties. Josh Maddock’s got a third place for sweet riding through out the competition and doing some buttery front side corked fives. First place was a battle between Joe ‘Dicko’ and Matt ‘Brindy’ Joe had a sweet run of seven twenty on first jump, switchin it round in between the jumps and switch front flip on the last with back flips in the quarter. Matt took the win this time for his impressive switch runs, switch backside seven on the first to switch front five on the second, high five for matt for a double first and a wicked weekend.  

 Don’t forget there’s another round yet believe it or not!

This ones at Haredown 10^th and 11^th October, bring your woolly jumpers, see you there