Here are 3 pictures from day 1 of the kpt park dirt jump. JR has more I'm sure he'll post once he finds some wifi to steal.
Deuteronomy here showed up and 360d it like it was nothing.
didn't catch his name
me and my signature frog squat legs.
Jr, classic and proper no footed can.
This single pile of dirt has Kingsport police, parks and rec, and presumably the mayor in an uproar. Jr and I have single handedly twisted every city employees proverbial panties in a wad. Police officers have informed us that 12 pedestrians call in daily to report our strange behavior and reports have been flooding in of someone "actively digging". Remember the good ole days when everyone minded their own damn business? Has no one anything better to do? Can no one comprehend or appreciate a little hard labor for the sake of bike stunts? Is this not America? I thought this was America! A single pile of dirt has changed the course of everything instantly. A pile of dirt. I'll say it again. A pile of dirt. The silver lining in all this is that everyone that has ridden this jump seems to have had more fun riding it than they ever have riding the park itself. Ive seen so many people smile and light up with joy after going up in the air on this thing. To me nothing embodies bmx more than the random sketchy dirt jump.
The main result of this dirt pile is that the parks and rec prime minister has confirmed that she does remember that long forgotten dirt mounds at the park were intended for us to build dirt jumps with. She has proposed we meet with her to discuss plans of "officially" building some. Mole hills have been made into the Himalayans my friends. All we wanted was a half assed, loose landing, low maintenance, huck jump. We will now have rules, regulations, paperwork, safety concerns, parental concerns, liability concerns, and so on. I am almost certain they will tear this one down. If for no other reason then just to prove some kind of point. Maybe It will work out. Maybe we will have a bad ass set of trails that are safe from being plowed. Either way, I wish everyone could just leave everyone the hell alone.
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are so confident while the intelligent are full of doubt
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