the sunday riot

The Sunday Riot was the first time we’ve hosted a street jam in our home city! It was overwhelming arriving at Library Gardens (LBG’s) only 45 min late and seeing how many riders had pitched up. As this was our first time doing it we had no idea what to expect. The common love for riding street and the peaceful atmosphere of Jozi on a Sunday afternoon had riders from as far as Cape Town meeting, laughing, trash talking, and sessioning. Here’s the video, scroll down for the story and pics.

 

LBG’s is a large area and has tons to ride, so it easily accommodated the large group. The square, manny pads, and the curved ledges were all well sessioned throughout the day. Hendri Breedt was full of rad lines and Paul Soderlund blew minds apart with a line ending in a nollie half cab… watch the video.


We even managed to have an hour long session at the spot across the road which is usually a bust. Brandon Blight had this spot covered with a 540 over the drive way. He walked away with top honour for the day and R1500.

Next spot was the Joburg Civic Centre. Within a few minutes of being there security asked us to leave. We were obviously a massive group and no one really budged. Jean Snoer did a hefty no hander drop and almost took out a photographer. We got a few more lines on camera before the more official security rocked up and tried to handcuff me.


  We were forced away and decided to finish the session across the road from the civic on the monument bank. Riders dodged the cars and hit it non stop for about an hour as the sun faded behind the sky scrapers. The session ended abruptly when Jean went down hard on a truck driver…


Thanks to DC, Monster Energy, Cult, 1933 Classic Tattoos, and Skullcandy for the prizes and supporting BMX in South Africa. We had tons to give out at the cars as everyone packed up and spoke enthusiastically about the day. Cheers to everyone who came to hang out. Thanks to Ryan Jarrett and Roderick Macleod for helping out with the photo’s and video. Hope to see you at the next one. Go ride street.