PassionBMX Issue 8

Passion issue eight

Passion magazine iss ue eight

october 2007

Contents Page: Two Slides

Cover: Random Cologne Street Furniture

photos by brad comer

photo by homer

contents 02 03 07 09 10 13 21 24 30 37 39 43

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intro battle brum photographer spotlight - kung passion playlist / weblinks nass the movment trip sessions - epic/creation focus stephen murray twoand8 jam rider profile - luke peters redditch jam contributors

issue

Well been

finally here’s issue

waiting

patiently.

8! Sorry

for the delay for all you people who have

unfortunately

(or

fortunately

depending

on

how

you look at it) this magazine has grown to a size i never would’ve thought

possible and with working fulltime and trying to juggle a social life, it’s not

always possible to get this thing going. but for your patience i commend you. this issue sees some new contributors aswell as old so all we can say is we hope you enjoy.......

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Project 5 Battle Brum Street Jam

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Farley took it to the ass way too many times to get this 180

All photos by homer unless otherwise credited

ian biddle

The day ended with a high hop out of the infamous Fastbanks kicker and Gez was boosting it to fuck

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Cannon Si ain’t scared, Ice to over at Hockley

Clockwise from left Leeroy Height Boost Matt the Mute Parker Rail Hockley Fufanu Get in Line!

ian biddle

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Kung Photographerspotlight What made you start taking pictures? My dad had a Canon AE-1 lying around, which I would get out every now and again and have a play with. I didn’t have a clue how to work it but it was fun messing around with it. Not until my last girlfriend, who was into photography, that I took more of an interest. I bought an EOS600, started taking it to the skatepark and tried to figure out what I was doing. It was a steep learning curve, no digital back then!

Who or what inspires you?

Different things on different days. Sometimes it’s the guilt of not having taken any photos for ages. Looking through a new magazine and seeing a bunch of cool photos. Buying a new piece of gear and wanting to try it out. Trying to learn and perfect new techniques. Many things.

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What equipment do you use?

Nikon D2x Nikon 10.5mm F2.8 Fisheye Nikon 18-55mm F3.5-4.5 Zoom Nikon 80-200mm F2.8 Zoom Quantum Q Flash Vivitar 285HV x 2 Pocket Wizard Radio Slaves Sekonic L358 Lightmeter Other Stuff Canon EOS600 Canon 50mm F1.8 Yashica T5 Bronica SQ-A Various tripods, light stands, gels, filters, adaptors, batteries etc Photoshop, Lightroom and Adi Gilberts scanner.

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Kate Nash - Made

of

Modest Mouse - All 9 The Academy Is -

Weblinks I’m

Bricks of the albums!

/

santi

of the

Times

almost here

The Game - Doctors Advocate Kings

of

Here’s 5

Leon - Because

albums that have been listened to too many

times whilst making this!

pretty sure i spend more than my fair share of time

on t’internet so here’s my ten favourite sites i check more often than not www.thecomeupbmx.net

www.streetphire.co.uk www.randombmx.com

www.ridebmxmag.co.uk www.iwatchstuff.com

www.apple.com

www.myspace.com

www.passionbmx.co.uk/forum/files/

www.strobist.com

www.filecabi.net

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Playlist

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NASS National Action Sports Show

Sam Baggette

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Brad Wakefield

Brad Wakefield

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Sam Baggette

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NASS National Action Sports Show

Brad Wakefield

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National Action Sports Show

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Sam Baggette

Brad Wakefield

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The Movment Euro Trip all photos by kung!

Well you will have probably seen the recent Budget Movment trip in the latest RideUK mag, Kung was kind enough to send the pictures that they didnt use for this zine so

here they are!

For more check out RideUK, Randombmx.com or themovmentbmx.com

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Ross, Bank Transfer

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Pete, Footjam Whip

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Arrash, 360 Lookback

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Kye, Wallride

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Leo, 360 Toboggan

Russell, Lookback

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Kye, Downwhip

forum Passion issue eight

go to www.passionbmx.co.uk/forum/files/

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Sessions

Epic /allCreation photos by homer

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Sessions

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MORE NEW WEBSITE COMING SOON

www.twoand8bmx.com © TWOAND8 Clothing 2007

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BEN NORGATE TOBOGGAN AIR

photo by jon shears

UNKNOWN NOTHING AT THE MASTERS photo by brad wakefield

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JAMES GOODWIN SLOW SHUTTER XUP

photo by homer

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CHARLIE ASHMAN PASSION HQ RAMPS - TIGHT AS FUCK TOBOGGAN AIR

photo by homer

BEN SUTOR TUCK NOHAND AIR photo by jon shears

Focus...

GEZ RAIL TO BARS

photo by nathan beddows

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UNKNOWN TWEAKED INVERT

photo by tom sears

UNKNOWN TUCK NO HAND

photo by brad wakefield

Focus...

BEN SUTOR TOOTHY HANGER

photo by rich brake

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NIK FORD CROOKED

photo by rich brake

CHUCK INVERT

photo by brad comer

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TWOAND8 STEPHEN MURRAY BENEFIT JAM 2007 words by homer photos by homer and pete haynes

for more ways to support stephen check out www.myspace.com/ukmurrayjam

www.stephenmurrayfamilyfund.com

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TWOAND8 STEPHEN MURRAY JAM

twoand8 jam’s have always had a great rep-

utation for being well laid back and fun, and with the important cause attached, this one wasn’t going to be an exception. with the old trusty worcester ramps (rip) out of the running, worcester’s

perdiswell concrete park was used along with a one day only jay aliano’s trail jam the day after. plenty of people turned up to perdy which

was great to see and even more turned

up

aliano’s

to

which

just showed the support the bmx community

can

give fellow riders in time of need. we may be social

rejects

from the mainstream

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Last jump of the day Unknown but he was blasting

on

TWOAND8 STEPHEN MURRAY JAM

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Harry Main 540 flair tap

Shaun Hadlington Double whip when most people were nbbling over the height bar

Unknown Clicked

Geth Shooter XUp

these kids bikes of ours but we come together like pretty much no other sport

scene has or does. all there is to say is thanks to all those involved put on a great

two days for a good cause. all thats left is

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Colum Walshe Invert

to

enjoy the photos

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pete haynes

pete haynes

TWOAND8 STEPHEN MURRAY JAM

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TWOAND8 STEPHEN MURRAY JAM

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Lima Table Boost at the end

Lima Nosed Twist

TWOAND8 STEPHEN MURRAY JAM

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By far the stylish of the day Leo Forte kickout

Martin Murray Old School

Rider Profile Luke Peeters

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I first met luke about 8 years ago, he was a typical gloucester youth with adidas trakkies and trainers, of course fashion for luke is not like many of these scene kids with fashion everything .he kept to himself a lot over the years just got on with he was doing and never was scared to try anything new. he still has a bit of g-loucester in him which still makes him an egotistic bighead but alot has changed over the years. the kids a giant and i can’t generally explain how some one with his diet can be so energetic and physically fit. alot of people “quote me happy” saying i’m real lucky to be able to be apart of the luke peeters expierence (in doubt). i say nothing in response for this of corse. if you ever come across luke you will understand why a lot of people have a moan about him,he is what you call multi talented and a rider you do really want to watch ride. anything he tries he does possibly the most annoying part about him, you will call something be trying it for a while luke woddles along and pulls it first go. for some one who only gets to ride maybe 2 days a week you would be surprised how good he is for how much he rides, it’s like everytime i come down the skatepark he has learnt something new or the fact he has taken a film or photo which is possibly amazing lol. like alot of people outside of bmx luke does have a life which includes working and creating a new myspace account every week.there is not much i can say about the multi talented individual who is straight edge and has nothing to do with girls. i could only some up luke in a few words what his life consists of

- stunts.bikes.grime.

filming.astras and of course junk food.thats all i can say about luke and i hope you get to briefly meet him sometime.

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Rider Profile Luke Peeters

Redditch Relax Jam July 2007 photos by rich brake and tom elliot words by nik ford

Summer is not summer without the Redditch Relax Jam and considering the weather we have had I was so pleased that it stayed dry all day. As you can see from the photos it wasn’t just dry but it was proper sunny, the sunshine always makes for better riding and everyone who rode totally ruled! Check the results for who placed where but the level of riding this year was awesome. So many riders so many tricks. A few of my personal highlights include Alex Bathurst’s ally oop 3 fakie and going way too high over the box, Oli Dale whipping out of the vert into the mini and gapping out of the spine into the voltraino, Craig McGill’s inverts, Larry Lomotey 3 tap to whip in over volcano, Ben Norgate on vert, Ross Wearing actually riding, Lee Hathaway’s wallride variations and everything Ben Sutor did.

Craig McGill

I would like to thank everyone who helped make the jam one of the most memorable Relax Jams for a long time they include; Nueu Eyewear, BCBMX, 4down, Padded Cell, Ride bmx Magazine, Entity Boardsports, Kung, Nike 6.0 and Bart De Jong at Fat BMX. Pro Street 1st – Larry Lomotey 2nd – Ben Sutor 3rd – John Hawkins 4th – Harry Main 5th – Craig McGill

Pro Spine/Mini Ramp 1st – Harry Main 2nd – Ben Sutor 3rd – Josh Cox 4th – Ross Wearing 5th – Craig McGill

Rookie Street 1st – Matty Secombe 2nd – Alex Bathurst 3rd – Jake Smith 4th – Will Jones 5th – Rich Brake

Rookie Spine/Mini Ramp 1st – Dan Allington 2nd – Alex Bathurst 3rd – Rich Brake 4th – Cameron Broome 5th – Adam Pope

Highest Hop – Ben Sutor 39

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Nike 6.0 “ Killin’

it

inches

“ Award - Oli Dale

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Oli Dale

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Redditch Relax Jam July 2007

Coming Soon!

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Contributors

Kung Adi Gilbert Brad Comer Brad Wakefield Sam Baggette Rich Brake Pete Haynes Kris Avery Jon Shears Ian Biddle Homer Nik Ford Tom Elliot Tom Sears Nathan Beddows

web: www.myspace.com/passionbmx : www.passionbmx.co.uk myspace : www.myspace.com/passionbmx email : contributions@passionbmx.co.uk myspace

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