U.K King Of Dirt Round Two at Wisley.

May 27, 2008

Published by superfly

Well thanks to the English weather it was another last minute decision to make the comp go ahead and what a comp it turned out to be.

King Of Dirt (KOD) is the springboard to the bright lights and razzamatazz for any budding U.K trail rider.

Firstly we must say a massive thanks to all the locals, Gareth, Rob, Jimmy and all the others that spend hours of there free time digging the most incredible trails I have ever seen.

At 11 o'clock the comp was possibly going to be canceled by 12 the jumps were riding, once again just proves the dedication that trails riders have to make another days riding possible. As per normal the people signed up and started to practice .

The Big Companies DMR, SPANK and IDENTITI helped out with the Prize money and prizes as well as Get Spiked clothing and also RELENTLESS energy drinks were available to help out with the days proceedings. The Open category started on the Jam line with riders sending mid set Whips and Flips and managing to trick every single one of the 5 jump set.

A Big shout has to go to Ben Lyon, who had to drop out half way after popping his shoulder out of place, he was riding really well but if it wasn't for his impressive array of tricks from the start it may not have helped to push the riding to the level it achieved on the day .

Phil Auckland who is on a flow deal with IDENTITI bikes came first putting together some really impressive runs and some very dialed tricks. The winner of the first round Ryan Angle was on show again with a very impressive twist to twist run which gave him the second place. Third Place went to Clinton from "The-Track" who's run was very impressive by the way he pulled difficult tricks and a lot of consistency.

The Pro's then picked up their bikes and started to wow the crowd with their impressive tricks and incredible bike control. The Pro riders also started on the jam line, which for anyone that hasn't seen Wiley 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 "Tail whips" consistently proves that the sport is progressing at a astonishing rate. Sam Reynolds was back to keep his title as the Wiley King of Dirt.

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 dialed tricks left us puzzled over the first place with Mike Smith also showing another professional display which left him in 3rd place going into to the Pro-line.

The Trails on the Pro line are outstanding, Seeing Sam Reynolds trying a "double tail whip" 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 tough decision to make. But after a lot of conferring we decided that Sam pipped it to first place with his consistency and his dialed skills made him The King of Dirt for a second time!

DMR Bikes Supplied a Drone Frame for 1st place and a set of Ex-type cranks for second place and SPANK Supplied a set of Rims, Get Spiked Clothing also supplied a selection of clothing for each prize winner in the open category. Thanks to everyone that turned up, a special thanks to Rob Scanty for getting Relentless involved.

NASS is the next round and is a Pro Only invite event. If you are Pro and want to ride please contact kingofdirt08@hotmail.com

Stay Unclipped.
Si "Superfly" Paton
www.Descent-Gear.com
U.Ks No1 Stockist for Spank and DMR.

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superfly (May 27, 2008 at 12:20) (Below Threshold) show comment

Ooops, forgot to say many thanks to Richard Dean for the awesome snaps!

Cheers.

Si..

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rnangle (May 29, 2008 at 1:23) (Below Threshold) show comment

you spelt my name wrong lol its ryan nangle not Angle, cheers si

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ridelikeustoleit (May 30, 2008 at 1:56) (Below Threshold) show comment

HAHA that made my day!

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martyn991 (May 30, 2008 at 8:56) (Below Threshold) show comment

haha rory same here spelt ryans name wrong

angle lol (nangle)
also wiley trails (it is wisley trails)

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ride505 (May 29, 2008 at 3:45) (Below Threshold) show comment

erm, most of those Pics are from Chicksands...

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snook (May 29, 2008 at 5:19) (Below Threshold) show comment

Yeah, over half, bit weird.

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lovemusclecar (May 29, 2008 at 5:07) (Below Threshold) show comment

waw it's beautifull..

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superfly (May 29, 2008 at 6:55) (Below Threshold) show comment

Guys,

Your right on the pics. Some of those are from Rd 1 at Chicksands, the pics from Wisley were few and far between hence I jazzed up the repo with a few bonus extra snaps from Rd 1 for your enjoyment..

Cheers.

Si..

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desertfreerider (May 29, 2008 at 9:30) (Below Threshold) show comment

Please use proper spelling and grammar if you're going to be writing reports on the main page of a popular website. It's one thing if you're just commenting in a forum, but all the errors get distracting after a few sentences. Thank you.

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