The Mirraco trip in the UK started off with a blue sky. This is very unlikely in the UK but nobody was complaining. One of the cars got impounded so we decided to cramp 10 people, the camera gear and all the bikes into two cars and worry about the other Vauxhall 2.5 TDi later. We made it back to the Stockwell concrete skatepark and jumped the fence. The police drove by on several occasions and stopped twice but they did not kick us out but asked if we had seen anybody being stabbed at the park in the last few hours. We had not and were allowed to continue with the session.

Dave Rytell was loving it and rode the new section of the park very well. You can say he “shredded” if that sounds any better. Dave Mirra was working on new variations of the “Complete Package” and he was styling them at the end of the session. Mike Spinner did some high bunnyhop tailwhips while just goofing around, he can spin and whip anything. The park had an old section (built in the seventies) which had some rollers that were used for jumps and some cruising around. Rytell actually found a way to transfer between two sets which was cool. The session was wrapped up and after a Subway lunch we got ten people in the two vehicles again to get to the next spot: Southbank.

A two hour plane ride brought the Mirraco team to London, England for a little tream trip. It is the first time in England for a few of the guys and driving on the left hand side of the road is adds to the excitement.

On the way to the hotel we stopped to check out Brixton skatepark and surprised the locals who were looking at Dave Mirra, Ryan Guettler, Mike Spinner, Dave Rytell and Mike Laird looking in from behind the fence. The plan is to go back for a session if we can make it in (the park is being fixed at the moment). Southbank is up next (in the afternoon) before checking out the Big Ben and other touristy stuff.

Check back in again for more updates from the road and come ride with us.