With the run up to round 5 being rather wet and us seeming to get all of the worlds rain in one week we were rather sceptical on wether or not to postpone or cancel round 5 and concentrate on getting the course ready for the final. In true Dirt Wars style we braved the weather and headed for Radical Bike Park in Essex.
Radical is an awesome little bike park set on a few acres of land in the Chelmsford countryside of Essex owned and ran by Molly Southall and Tom Mitchell, Not only do they have the awesome Dirt Jumps but also a trials area, bmx ramps, foampit, Resiramp and an awesome little shop.
With the weather looking a bit shady and the chance of rain being rather high we started the day early and got the riders on course asap.
With mixed practice out the way we got our Open Class riders on course ready for their seeding run’s. We chose to do seeding runs instead of qualifications as the course at Radical is not what we are used to and slightly smaller than normal, When I say slightly smaller I mean the length of the course not the size of the jumps as they certainly are not small. Radical has two big jumps on the pro line in a quarter pipe with dirt landings either side as opposed to the 3 to 4 jump courses we normal hold Dirt Wars at.
The Open riders seemed to love this idea and took to the course happy throwing down fully stretched suicide no handers, 360’s and the odd downwhip from Callum Sherwood and front flips from Zac Rainbow.
Once they were in their seeding positions it was over to the Pro class and a legend was gonna be the first up. Danny Pace (RAF) had made the journey over from Wales with Adam Williams (Judge) to ride the comp and boy was he hitting the amplitude button popping Flips and 360’s to Mars with no effort whatsoever then Tailwhips on the quater.
After all the riders had their 3 runs the top 3 were as follows.
3rd Harry Campbell Frontflip, One footed X-up to one footed can, Oppo Flair
2nd Tom Reynolds 360 1 footed shoulder buzz table, Double Tailwhip, 540
1st Cam Crozier 360 Tailwhip, Flip Double Bar, Tailwhip
Thanks to all that attended (Riders and Spectators), Massive thanks to the Mitchell Family (Including Molly), The Radical Bike Park Crew, All The Dirt Wars Crew and our Sponsors.
Round 6 (2017 Final) is set for the 2nd of October in Schute Woods near Axminster East Devon but may get held back a few weeks due to the weather as we have had a lot of rain recently and the woods are a bit wet underfoot from all the machinery we have had in. Keep an eye on our Insta @DirtWarsUK and our facebook page for updates about the final and when it will happen.
Photos Chris Greenwood
Video Edit Henry Agger