Hi just a little report and a few pics from the King of Dirt rd3 at NASS 08
After a funny 2 hour drive and the usual antics involved with getting into the big events we arrived at Shepton Mallet in Somerset to witness Rd 3 of the King Of Dirt.
The trails were looking good and the Weather was for once amazing !!
With many of the big name Pro riders inc. Chris and Mike Smith , Sam Reynolds , Ricky Crompton , Rory Backshell and the Zimbo Duo Blake and Raymond Samson turning up on the saturday it gave some of the newer riders on the Pro circuit some time to practice getting through the trails and getting there new tricks down in time for the comp.
Nass has grown a good reputation for providing an incredible extreme sports show and it certainly proved that this year was to be another good event.
With Help from our sponsors and big names in the game, we managed to get the Prize fund up to £250 for the Winner .
The riding Kicked off at 1pm on the sunday with grey clouds floating above us which soon changed and helped to lift the riders spirit even more!
Chris Smith came 1st Place with a good consistency through the trails pulling 360 tailwhips, barspins, superman seat grabs .
Chris was closely followed by a new guy to the MTB dirt jump scene Danny Pace, he impressed the crowd with massive tailwhips and off-axis flips over the last jump.
Third place went to Rory Backshell. Rory rode really well all weekend and showed the judges that he is still up there with the best of them.
The Nike Killing it award went to Sam Reynolds (DMR, Dirtyhabit) who the judges were really impressed with but due to an unfortunate crash meant he could not continue the comp.
Big shout outs have to go to Mike Smith , Sam Reynolds, Billy Bob and any others that hurt themselves and didn’t manage to finish the comp.
The Pro riders started on the jam line, which for anyone that hasn’t seen Wisley trails are fascinating display of digging abilities with a level of perfection that is seen only at the worlds most renown trails.
Being able to take a mountain bike through a set of dirt jumps that perfect and performing tricks such as “Table-top Flip” and “Tailwhips” consistently proves that the sport is progressing at a astonishing rate.
Blake Samson who has improved so much since last year started pulling tricks like mid-set 360 x-ups and stretched indian air’s along with Sam Reynolds amazing consistency and dialled tricks left us puzzled over the first place.
The Trails on the Pro line are outstanding, Seeing Sam Reynolds trying a “double tailwhip” on the last jump is something that will stay in my mind for along time to come. The judges were left puzzled and it was a really tuff decision to make, but after a lot of conferring it was decided that Sam deserved the first place with his consistency and his dialled skills made him The King of Dirt for a second time.
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The 2nd round of the UK King of Dirt is this weekend at the world famous Wisley trails in Surrey and Dirtyhabit are proud to be associated the revitalized 2008 series.
This event follows hot on the heels of the Nissan Qashqai finals in London on Saturday. There is no guarantee, but i wouldn’t be suprised if a few of the worlds top names dont head down to Wisley after Saturdays big event in Central London. Even if the big guns don’t then I am sure that a lot of UK riders will be at the Qashqai event and will be fired up and inspired to pull out all the stops at Wisley the next day.
Lets just hope the weather holds out
We are going to try to be there on Sunday, but if we aren’t the main man, Ben Mark has plenty of Dirtyhabit product for throw outs and spot prizes throughout the day, so get yourselve (and your bike) down there at 11am.
Sam Reynolds a DMR/Dirtyhabit team rider is in Milan this weekend for the opening round of the Nissan Qashqai tour! Blake Samson will be joining him the week after for the second round in Madrid.
Sam has really been stepping up his game over the winter learning new stuff and switching to a 26″ wheel ride.
Blake travelling from the Isle of Wight has improved immensely over the winter, growing from a top UK dirt jumper into a top contender on the world freeride circuit.
If they qualify they will be at all the main rounds and will have a chance at the final in central London with a $250,000.00 cash purse with 10’s of thousands of spectators with TV coverage!
The main man, Ben Mark, has scribed a few words filling us in on what happened a round 1 last weekend at Chicksands…………………
The weather being its usual unpredictable self nearly forced the cancellation of the first round of the new 2008 King of Dirt series, but thanks to a lot of dedicated locals and a fortunate turn in the weather, meant that the session went ahead!!!
After setting up all the banners and getting the now wet registration forms completed we kicked off the event with the open category.
The great thing about the Open comp is the fact you see a lot of new faces and also the future of the sport is lying in these riders abilities on their bikes. And what a round it was, there were tail whips, flips, tabletops, bar spins and loads of no-footed variations, but the guy that stole the show was a regular at the event Stinky Pete who after a hell of a lot of heckling from his adoring fans flipped the first jump to the bar spin the second to then no foot can-can the last one which for an amateur rider is an incredible run!!
The Pro the kicked off which turned out to be an amazing competition.
With 14 people entering the Pro Competition I knew that there was going to be a real buzz to the event and some big tricks were gonna go down! The winner Sam Pilgrim ( Diamondback Bikes) quite simply blew the riders away with his impressive array of tricks and still which just proves why he is sponsored. Seeing Sam do his first front flip over a dirt jump was a real crowd pleaser and an awesome achievement for a rider of such a young age. Sam Reynolds (DMR Bikes, Dirtyhabit) came second with his effortless style and his dialled tricks, and new Guy Raymond Samson (Last Bikes) came third ,
The Next round at Wisley Trails on the 25th should be a real good competition and another show of how much improvement the winter training has brought to the riders abilities.
The 2008 UK King of Dirt starts this weekend at Chicksands, in Bedfordshire.
Dirtyhabit are proud to be associated the revitalized 2008 series - from what we have heard it is going to go off this year, big time.
We wont be there in person this weekend, but we have flowed plenty of Dirtyhabit product to the main man, Ben Mark, who will use them for throw outs and spot prizes throughout the day, so for any chance of getting any DH stuff for nothing, get yourselve (and your bike) down there at 11am.
The UK King of Dirt kicks off this Sunday at Chicksands.Dirtyhabit are proud to be associated with the revitalized series in 2008.We wont be there in person, but we have flowed the main man, Ben Mark, some goodies for throw outs and spot prizes.Check out the full details at the myspace site http://www.myspace.com/kingofdirt08
Here’s the latest info on this years King of DIrt from Ben who’s organising it..
Dirtyhabit Clothing will be sponsoring the Trail Style Element of the competition at every race…
The plan for this year is that there are gonna be at least 4 rounds , the first one being on the 6th of April at Chicksands , Bedfordshire. Full details can be found at www.myspace.com/kingofdirt08 <http://www.myspace.com/kingofdirt08> The next one will be at Wisley trails in May and other venues will be confiormed asap, but hopefully will include NASS and a round at teh Track (Portreath) in August.
This will most likely be the last Dirt Jump Round of the Year, but the plan is to sort out a couple of winter skate park competitions for the riders that dont ride jumps but are really into skate parks - watch this space……….
Welcome to the New Dirtyhabit Clothing website / Blog!
We’ve been super busy in the last few years and we’ve let Dirtyhabit go with the flow a bit too long without a rudder and a steady guiding hand…things are about to change as we grasp the reigns and kick this beast of a clothing brand back into action!
Up first is this new site…nice and easy to maintain so we can keep it up to date quickly and easily…the Dirtyhabit website has gone through many changes since 1998 for those that remember the long and super busy rider forums, rider images and video uploads, team profiles and general chit chat…Dirtyhabit did a lot of things first back then and now we’re on a roll again.
Check out the product pages with a brand new collection almost in production! Give it a couple of weeks for the first tees to be rolling off the line…
We’re building a team again so get in touch if your the very best at your local spot for street or dirt riding..in the past 15 years Dirtyhabit has brought through a lot of great, young grassroot riders so if you’re up for it let us know..
Thats about it for now…just keep an eye back here every so often for updates…All the Dirtyhabit
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