zeal boys at fise

They all got back and said that it was one of the best contests they have ever been too. here are some pics of the lads on tour ( fooooooootbaaaalll )

I think they all placed quite well in the contest but riding the ditches and woman was also on the e gender for the south of france trip.

Next time im coming too

Here is a little write up from mikey king :

so i just got back from sunny montpellier in the south of france for the fise competition.

what a fucking epic week this has been! this contest literally pissed all over everything ive ever been to!

literally, the glorious, non stop sunshine, our dope apartment, an awesome course, atmosphere and even better friends (and maybe girls) made it a week to remember.

martyn cooper came to stay for a couple of days before (we were hoping to get an edit together but due to my camera once again giving me problems, that has been but on hold) so he dumped his car at mine and we caught the train, bright and early to gatwick, greeted by other rowdy, sleepless bmxers, we then indulged in a full english breakfast from spoons :):)

we arrived in france mid afternoon, it was scorching hot with not a cloud in sight, and things just got better when we reached our accomodation, a sweet apartment that martyn had sorted out with a kitchen, balcony that gave passer bys a free chance of being soaked in water, covered in old food or just verbal abuse, and a massive living area and bedroom that slept all four of us… and a couple more.

the comp itself didnt start till thursday, and qualifying wasnt even untill saturday, which gave us plenty of time to chill out, explore the town, ride street and get loose.

the skateboarders at fise SUCK, they will go out of their way to cut you, or even another skater up, but luckily, with the mini ramp being positioned next to the river, a few got exactly what they deserved, and you cant skate in wet shoes..

qualifying was saturday and ended up running so late that it eventually got too dark to finish, so about 15 of us, including myself and billy, had to hit the sack a little earlier for an early start the next day to finish qualifying.

with qualifying eventually done the finals were left packed with huge names, and every rider brought something new tot he table, josh perry did a 720 whip, dhers span around and went upside down, wallace did a massive no hander out of a ramp nobody aired and webby did a 720 decade.

so, all in all, the whole thing was amazing, the riding cant be put into words but the parties ruled and so did all the people who went.

i covered the event for soul, my camera started playing up once again, so i was lucky to get what i got, but it means all the left over street riding, random antics etc, wont be showing up in an edit anytime soon :(:( so check out the highlights, followed by a few random facts below.

Short view of it all:

SOUL BMX FISE 2009 from mike king on Vimeo.

-it didnt rain

-desperados is all you need

-the street is amazing

-you can fit at least 20 people in an apartment

-people dont like water melon thrown at them

-the city was covered in glass

-dhers pulled a footjam

-jason phelan got two blow outs in 5 minutes

-andy buckworth did a flip handplant over a spine

-isaac went in the river

-billy knocked someone out with one punch

-nicholli did a flip whip

-lots of people got knives turned on them

-jason took someones moped

-isaac hang 5′d through a fountain

-people nearly died (french people will go out of their way to get a cigarette..)

-martyn and i cooked full on meals everyday

-the security guard came up every night to tell us to shut up/fuck off

-if you ask someone to speak slower because you are english and dont understand, they will only say it louder and faster

-if a car revs its engine at you, get out the way

-you are not invincible if you continue to ride the course when instructed to leave by bouncers

-isaac picks fights whist naked, farts in tramps faces and sleeps with blackenese girls on the regular..

-french girls believe that ‘paki’ means idiot, and openly use it amongst them

-you can ALWAYS blag a wristband

-2 euro wine

-finding knives in dark tunnels

-climbing tall buildings, ‘nah, its fine, climbings one of my hobbies’ - gav shorthall

-dave mirra

-isaac buying 10 cans of ravioli

-daniel dhers’ mum and dad coming to watch their son pull the same 4 tricks that have won him the dew tour for 3 years…

-bombhead is not ‘ryan paul’

-lewis knowles is very good

-there was a foam pit

thats about all i got!