BMX - Open Ground Throwdown

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CMcMahon
03-14-07, 11:49 PM
Photos (all by Lloyd Ramsay) from a trip me and some friends took over the weekend to Reno, for the jam at Open Ground.


Kevin Kiraly, 360 whip over the Open Ground street spine. (http://www.sjbmx.com/images/07/03/14_kkiraly_3wip_lramsay.jpg)

Ronnie Michelini, no-footed can over the same spine. (http://www.sjbmx.com/images/07/03/14_rmichelini_nfc_lramsay.jpg)

Kevin Kiraly, flair. (http://www.sjbmx.com/images/07/03/14_kkiraly_flr_lramsay.jpg)

Jackson Ratima, footjam whip. (http://www.sjbmx.com/images/07/03/14_jratima_fjw_lramsay.jpg)

Ari Petit, downside footplant. (http://www.sjbmx.com/images/07/03/14_apetit_dsfp_lramsay.jpg)

Gabe Weed, riding flat in front of his park. (http://www.sjbmx.com/images/07/03/14_gweed_flat_lramsay.jpg)

Kevin Kiraly, icing down an eight-stair handrail. (http://www.sjbmx.com/images/07/03/14_kkiraly_ice_lramsay.jpg)

Ari Petit, ******** step-down gap into the bowl at Idlewild. (http://www.sjbmx.com/images/07/03/14_apetit_gap_lramsay.jpg)

Joe Chernoff, turndown air. (http://www.sjbmx.com/images/07/03/14_jchernoff_tdwn_lramsay.jpg)

Ronnie Michelini, table. (http://www.sjbmx.com/images/07/03/14_rmichelini_tbl_lramsay.jpg)

Kevin Kiraly, hang five, prior to going into a manual and throwing the bars. (http://www.sjbmx.com/images/07/03/14_kkiraly_h5_lramsay.jpg)

Dave Hamilton, carving the backside of the oververt at Granite. (http://www.sjbmx.com/images/07/03/14_dhamilton_crv_lramsay.jpg)

Joe Chernoff, past flat over a hip. (http://www.sjbmx.com/images/07/03/14_jchernoff_tbl_lramsay.jpg)

Kevin Kiraly, nose-to-drop. (http://www.sjbmx.com/images/07/03/14_kkiraly_nsmnl_lramsay.jpg)

Chris McMahon, tuck. (http://www.sjbmx.com/images/07/03/14_cmcmahon_tuck_lramsay.jpg)

Kevin Kiraly, footjam. (http://www.sjbmx.com/images/07/03/14_kkiraly_fj_lramsay.jpg)

You can check out the video from the Open Ground comp here (http://www.sjbmx.com/videos/2007/03/open-ground-throwdown.php).

wethepeople
03-15-07, 12:17 AM
That video was incredibly smooth.
CMcMahon
03-15-07, 12:26 AM
I edited and filmed it, and I'm going to have to disagree.

wethepeople
03-15-07, 12:27 AM
The riders looked pretty damn smooth to me :confused:
CMcMahon
03-15-07, 01:15 AM
Ah. I thought you were referring to the filming.
wethepeople
03-15-07, 02:08 AM
Either way, filming and editing were better then I could ever do.
KinetikBiker
03-15-07, 06:40 AM
http://www.sjbmx.com/images/07/03/14_jchernoff_tdwn_lramsay.jpg


This is nuts. It's like 4 inches outta the coping!
CMcMahon
03-15-07, 12:18 PM
Even more nuts because that quarter has a nice kink in the middle of the tranny; almost took me out a couple times.
mude
03-15-07, 12:46 PM
i liked the last one the best
eightdip
03-15-07, 04:14 PM
Great stuff, well done
MadMan2k
03-15-07, 05:09 PM
Nice. Kevin Kiraly is good as hell.
Punx
03-15-07, 08:48 PM
Wow nice pictures!
minichamp31
03-17-07, 08:06 AM
Those are some really awesome pictures. Those guys are amazing.
FitRider 921
03-17-07, 12:10 PM
You have a good group of friends. When I'm not so lazy, I'll watch the video.
CMcMahon
03-17-07, 04:18 PM
When I'm not so lazy, I'll watch the video.

Do it, you won't.
FitRider 921
03-17-07, 06:07 PM
My internet has been down all day... and my tv... and I still found a way to be lazy.
KinetikBiker
03-18-07, 06:34 AM
Do it, you won't.
I love those 4 words.