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 FIEND FURY FREQUENTS FITZY - The audacity of the Tim tam slam jam by Greg Barnes BMX brutality, BBQ bonanza and Booze batteration are all ways of using alliteration to summarise this epic event when you have a hangover and constructing a sentence seems like an epic task. For those who have not had the pleasure of basking in the warm atmosphere that is Fitzroy bowl, the emphasis is always on good vibes. The location of the bowl, slap bang in the centre of Edinburgh gardens naturally exudes a chill vibe that is unrivalled by most skate facilities in Melbourne. These factors would definitely explain why a character like Tim Hales spent so much time there and consequentially learned pretty much every line available on a 20 inch bicycle. Shredder. The turn out for the second annual Tim Hales bowl jam was fantastic, heaps of people attended and the weather couldn’t have been any better. Extra obstacles were bought down for the day including two tight quarter pipes (ex- shop floor ramps of Anchor BMX), a sub box/rail courtesy of Mitch, and a flat rail that local ripper Cassius Ellis made and installed. DFC (Da Fitzy Crew) chief rep Sam-I-Am did an amazing job of painting the bowl with a fresh ‘acid cat’ design accompanied by the words ‘Fiend Fury’, classic. Shredding was part and parcel of the days events, the more beer consumed, the more buck wild the stunts became. Adam Hough seemed to be fanging from dusk til dawn, that man has stamina and a lot of history with those transitions. Lights allowed session time to continue into the night, although by the time it rolled around to 9pm the two bowls had been converted into dance floors/mosh pits/skank arenas and the party element truly kicked in. Last year Flagz dropped in on a shovel, this year it was stepped up to a 3-man sofa! Hold onto your hats next year, I can’t even imagine how the insanity will escalate! RIPTH |
