Da Earth Says Hello

There's something about being in the city doing hop bars around cool buildings and weird people that I just love! 

After having a much-needed slow morning around Newstead, hitting coffee shops, and hanging out with my annoying friend Hayley and her beautiful cats (Barney and Marshall) it was time to get this show on the road and give the people what they want. 

I decided to ride from my place into the city meet everyone in front of the old Casino, and choose where to go from there.

The boys rocked up at about 12:30pm after getting stuck in the Lux lag, basically what that is, is you turn up at Lux BMX at about 10am, and you usually don't leave till it shuts. (or in the Valley days, when Rics shut.) 

First things first, Spenny just pulls out this Banh Mi from his back pocket and absolutely destroys it, with Raph copping a bite to see if it is good... I am telling you this thing was squashed and as flat as a brand-new Goosebumps book, but no one gave a fuck because, if you don't eat the streets, the streets will eat you. (Put that as your motivational quote in your bathroom) 

As the warm-up started for the boys, there was tiles getting popped, and box jumps getting dropped.

It's no secret that I love filming in the city around big buildings and whatnot, so even a barspin over the massive box jump in my eyes was cool. I grabbed my movie maker and got to work with Kyle shooting the bars, and then the 180 bars easy. Before I knew it, there was a crowd forming around watching us, and even a bunch of people out with their cameras shooting us do us... I hope I magically find their Instagram page and find the pics they took. 

After a magical start to the session, it was time to hit the streets and bite some ears off.

Raph showed me this rail, I think I have looked at it before back in the day, but now we are pro enough to hit it, well we went there and Raph fucking hit it. BUSSS!

Little fence hop, make-shift ladder and I had my spot to film it... Second go Raph bangs on down it and then rides off into the sunset, comes back for some high-fives and knuckles, and then we jump back over the fence and head to the showgrounds.

Probably not the smartest idea to head to the showgrounds after The Ekka, but we are a bunch of bad boys trying to make an honest living. 

Straight off the bat, Kyle was trying this clip that we need to go back for... This Security lady came straight out waving her hands in the air saying get out, acting like a fool... and then being a bit scared of my tatties that she backed off and called for backup.

Nek minute this lovely girl comes out, (no pictures were taken of her to protect her identity) I'm going to say mid-twenties with her hi-vis security vest on... lovely and as calm as you could be. "Hey guys you can't do that here, unfortunately, we have a function on but have three goes at it" 

Lovely, this is what we need more of! We get it! We are fucking thugs destroying the property of hard-earned taxpayers. She stands up top counting Kyle down. "One, two down champion, oh three unlucky, come back another time" We had a little chat while I packed my camera up and she told me to go check out this other spot that she wasn't in charge of, and off we went. "Bye babe, have a lovely day" As we rode off looking for the bottle shop.