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RIDE UK BMX EXCLUSIVE – Red Bull #Quartermaster ‘A story by Fraser’ – #Issue 194

The Country Manor

So we get to this HUGE country manor Red Bull had rented out and the place was complete luxury, it was kitted out from top to bottom and was apparent that Red Bull do things right and do not spare any expense! Bowls of jelly beans, crisps, nuts, chocolates dotted everywhere and a fridge that refills itself (or this is what I thought when I was steaming-drunk, I’m sure at one point I opened it to get a beer and said, “what is this witchcraft? This fridge is MAGIC!” – Little did I know it was the owners who kept popping up and re-stocking the fridge every 10 mins or so… but it seemed like magic anyway! Shout out to the hosts, they couldn’t be more accommodating and they were such lovely people.

The night went on and we decided to jump in the hot tub to have some beers with Rich King (from Red Bull), Kriss Kyle, Kona Hellier, Seb Hejna (our editor), Souter and Ollie Shields. The view was stunning and the banter was flowing, it seemed like this was going to be our location to stay for the night even though we weren’t really supposed to be staying there, the guys at Red Bull said it should be alright and by that point I was too pissed to drive anywhere anyway I guess! After the hot tub I dried off and took a walk into the living room area to find Tommy Dugan playing the piano, I knew that he could play but honestly had no idea how good he was! The guy is seriously talented. Bas Keep sat down next to him and Tom started teaching him a few bits on the piano which was also pretty surreal. Bas was a quick learner and started picking things up very fast and in no time they were playing songs together and everyone was cheering along. Good times!

Later on that night Morgan Wade turned up with Kris Fox arriving shortly afterwards. We all had a briefing on the day ahead of us and afterwards I overheard a bit of convo between Hucker and Morgan which cracked me right up… Morgan basically asked about the quarter, what it’s like to hit it and how Hucker felt about the whole thing. Well all Hucker had to say was, “Dude, that quarter is NO FUCKIN JOKE!” – I was doubled over laughing and thought that was definitely the one of the best quotes of the night.

 I had a sweet couch setup to sleep on, just got comfortable, then about after 5 minutes I heard what can only be described as a ‘wildebeest-like’ snore. Really tried my best to get some sleep but I couldn’t possibly with that racket going on, so after much deliberation I decided to say “fuck it!” once again and sleep in my car which was really awkward considering the size of a Lupo but it worked out pretty well and the next thing I knew it was morning, the birds were chirping and it was time to get up. I walked back into the house as everyone else started waking up and we were happily surprised at the amazing breakfast which was prepared for us, (shout out again to the caterers, you guys are amazing!)

We got some food down us, packed our stuff up then headed back to Revolution Bike Park for the day of the contest around 9-10am.

The day of the contest was incredible.

I mentioned earlier that I’d never seen anything like this in my life and everyone else who was there felt exactly the same way. There was such a buzz amongst the riders. Most of them had been friends for a long time and other knew eachother but not too well. There was a good mixture of people from across the world and it didn’t really seem like a ‘contest’ it was more like a group of good mates who were sessioning a new EPIC spot they had found. This project by Bas had certainly come to life and everyone was embracing it to the fullest. The riders were egging eachother on, giving advice on lines and tips on how to boost the highest and stuff like that. It was honestly great to see.

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