A Quick Report on CTAJ Round 1…
June 16th, 2009 by RhysDown near the south coast just outside of Hailsham, the first round of the BFC and Remolition.com Cream Teas and Jam series got off to a start on the 13th of June. Knockhill MBC had been groomed to perfection with rails, wallrides and jumps being perfectly prepared for the first big event of the season.
The day began with an informal competition for the kids which saw some top class racing and freestyle antics from the local riders who were all under 14: 1st place went to Ralph Mitchell who displayed awesome board control and super style throughout the jam.
For the open riders the centre was divided into 4 zones where riders would ride in a short jam session with the results being worked out by riders nominating their top 5 riders in each zone, a 1st place nomination resulted in a rider winning 5 points, a 2nd place winning 4 points and 3rd place winning 3 points and so on. The results from each zones were then added together to produce the overall results.
The standard of riding was epic and boundaries were certainly pushed throughout the day. The 1st zone consisted of a drop off or rail into a wallride and barrel jib feature, highlights included Gary Crowhursts switch backside 720 off of the drop as well as his wallride to backflip attempt. The 2nd zone was literally littered with rails and riders once again pushed the standard of rail riding at knockhill with Simon Andrews and Dave Compton sliding, grinding and jibbing everything in sight. The 3rd zone included quarter pipes and a crazy, original wallride feature with coping along the top and a kicker onto it which was shut down by the mad skills and skate style tricks of riders like Ryan Roberts. The final zone was a more traditional type of competition feature; a dirt tabletop jump. Riders put on a spectacular freestyle show which included backflips, frontflips, rodeos, switch flips, 540s and 720s from the likes of Matt Brind.
After a break for cream teas (obviously with jam!) the riders votes were collated and the top 3 were announced: in 3rd place with 177 points was Matt Brind, 2nd place went to Simon Andrews with 180 points and winning the first round of the Cream Teas and Jam series was Gary Crowhurst with 189 points!
The day was rounded off perfectly with the premier of the 2009 BFC DVD “We’ll Apologise Later” which showcased the mountainboarding antics of the BFCs european adventures last year. The film was a great success and even the weather couldn’t stop the party going on late into the night.
Thanks a lot to anyone who provided prizes for the first Cream Teas and Jam event, all the MBS, ATBShop, Remolition and Trampa prizes were spot on with riders winning some quality stash on the day! Like most snow/skate events we gave away spot prizes for cool tricks and everyone had a massive blast!
Thanks to Monster Energy Drinks for keeping the riders pumped up and fuelled throughout the day!
Finally a mega thanks must go to Roger and Kim at Knockhill MBC who hosted the event, provided cash prizes for the top 3 winners as well as baking 100 scones for a Cream Tea break halfway through the day!
Here’s a short video of a few clips that has been posted up by Glenn Wright http://www.facebook.com/video/
Official photo galleries, videos and write ups will be going up on wearebfc.com, crillpix.com and remolition.com soon.
Thanks for everyone who helped to make the event a success!
See you in Belgium on the 8th of August at Wanyi Park!
Spread the word and get involved with the official Cream Teas and Jam 2009 Facebook Group at http://www.facebook.com/group.












