up north aka (sour vaj)
We arrived in rainy Newcastle after some sort of drive, this was the first demo we’d ever done without good old Aj and it showed, it took us twice as long to set up the ramp, half because everyone thought they were the boss and half because of the area we’d been given, it was like setting up on a boarderX track. Next to us was a circus tent filled with skate ramps and a stage, as soon as the security and organisers had left for the evening it was all ours so we spent a while playing on the vert much to the delight of Mr Tom Read.
I woke up the next morning to Ollie trying to lick my toes in his sleep, that lads got problems I tell you. It had stopped raining for long enough for the ramp to dry so we did our first demo to a pretty small crowd of northerners, Read was still asleep at this point, Joe wasn’t up for it and Jamie was so young he couldn’t make it to the kicker, that left me Ollie and Tuai to fill 20 minutes with far out antics and that we did. It started raining soon after the first show but we kept on with the hire and ride until it was too wet, then we went to the pub, had a lovely meal and got smashed. Our attention soon turned to the pool table lurking in the corner, and the games begun, my money was on Tuai, but no, me and Jonnie b won every game, Tuai, Cownie and Joe would probably disagree but they lie all the time anyway. By the time we left the salutation inn for our long walk back I had been called gorgeous, Joe had got a motor boat and Pume lost the ability to walk.
We decided to take the beach back which turned out to be less of a beach that expected and more of a rock climb, good fun though, when we finally made it to the sand we went for a spot of skinny dipping, great fun, but it meant the rest of the walk involved some sandy leg chafing and a severe case of small pecker syndrome. All the while Shizz and Read had been back at the ramp honing there vert skills and by the time we got back they were on fire, read was 50-50ing across the ramp and Shizz was bustin some epic airs, still they didn’t know what they had missed. We all rode on Sunday and it went down a treat, it seemed as though they had never seen Mountainboarding in those parts, the pack down was silky smooth and we had left before dark.
Good fun had by all; ah yeah, if you get a chance to check out one of the MBS demos, come along and give us some abuse.