Twice a year (summer and winter) the local flatland BMX crew holds a jam to pull together riders from all over the Northwest (and sometimes beyond).  Until I moved to California in ’99, I rode flatland almost exclusively, but once I moved west I started focusing more on street and ramps, partly because of what the riders I liked riding with were riding. At some point in the fall of last year I started riding more flatland again, so this was the first jam since I’ve been in town that I actually rode a bunch. The old tricks are coming back. It’s sort of like riding a bike.

This time around, the crew got really lucky with an awesome indoor spot. Scott Hagnas, a long time flatland rider, who produced a number of videos throughout the ’90s, is expanding his CrossFit Portland gym to a new location. His new spot is being built out at the moment, and he was nice enough to let the local BMXers take over the space for the day, while it was still in build-out condition. We’re in the rainy season around here, so it was a perfect scenario. Snotty, and a group of local street guys built up a spine ramp and brought it along for the day as well, so we had huge group of street/ramp guys taking advantage of the spot as well. 2001 X Games gold medalist Bruce Crisman (that still sounds weird to say, even ten years later) even made an appearance.

Mark Rainha filmed a bunch throughout the day, so hopefully we’ll see a short video on ESPN BMX soon. The FlatWeb TV guys were also filming, so there should be plenty of footage floating around from today. I got off my bike for a bit and shot a few photos which you can see after the jump. Above is Anthony Buglio doing a classic deathtruck.

Blake Hicks, dumptruck pivot.

Anthony Buglio, Smith decade.

Justin Hoey, no-handed hitchhiker.

Snotty, wallride out of the street spine that he made happen.

Justin Hoey, no-handed hitchhiker

Anthony Buglio, two-footed deathtruck

Justin Hoey, no-handed crackpacker.

Codie Larsen, bunnyhop whip (Whopper).

Snotty, wallride to 180 out.

For more photos from the day, Shad over at GoodsBMX posted up some shots here.