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TRIP REPORT: Brighton to Austin

Words & Photos by Martin Grainger

Austin is one of those places I’ve never heard a bad word spoken about. And like we’ve all heard before, it is the best place in the world you can go if you want to ride BMX. With multiple amazing concrete parks, amazing weather (and when it does rain it’s not long before it dries up), amazing food, 9^th street trails, multiple brands located there, a vast array of different riders, one of the best BMX stores in the world, and of course 6^th street for unwinding in the evenings… There isn’t really anything it doesn’t have.

Casson with a high speed step down, on his way to the next Wi-Fi spot

As the storms were rolling in Casson managed to click this x-up literally as the heavens started to open…spot the rain drops on the quarter

Matt boosted out of this tight bank over the trolley, and shortly after this we were given the boot by your stereotypical good cop/bad cop duo

Every year on social media I see the initial ‘it’s booked’ post which is then followed up with the ‘at the airport’ and then followed up with continuous day-to-day updates of the good times to be had in Austin. This seems to be getting more frequent as well as more spread throughout the year, which can only back up the previous point that it really is an amazing place both on and off the bike.