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Posted by Marty on Thursday 02 March 2006 - 00:55:30 | email to someone printer friendly


NSWS FLASH....NEWS FLASH.....NEWS FLASH.....


Hey, check out this detailed edit of Cam's  2010 'Hillside Dirt Jam' on RushTV...!!!


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Posted by Hess on Monday 08 March 2010 - 09:31:30 | email to someone printer friendly


Cam's latest update...!!!!


The past few weeks have been pretty hectic.  The jumps held up great after the jam and I was stoked that it wouldn't take much work to get them back to running dialed.

That was until we had the biggest storm in about 8 years.  I got a txt MSG from Hess and all it said was 'there goes ya jumps'.  The following day I went out to check it out and was blown away by the damage.  Three of the take offs had eroded and partially collapsed as well as three of the landings.  All the run-ups and in between the jumps was pretty much non-existent.  I was so bummed to see the state of them, and I now have hours and hours of digging ahead of me.

Apart from the jumps being trashed, I have spent a lot of time in the foam pit - well more like dust pit as my foam pit has been weathered for a few years.  Besides breathing in all the rotted foam particles and getting it in your eyes, it still serves the purpose that it is made to do.  I have a couple new tricks dialed in there and am now working on some new bangers for the up and coming season.
 
After we counted up all the dollars raised at the jam, over 13 grand, I took the check into the Canberra Hospital and met with some of the kids in the Paediatric Ward.  I handed out some posters and stickers and also got pushed around on a dope chopper by one of the kids.  It was a lot of fun and I'm glad that all the coin we raised went to a great cause.  Thanks to everyone for their donations!

My mate Tim Fountain and I went out to our friend Bruce’s house to work on his son’s (Scotty and Locky's) jumps and have a ride.  They have a sweet set up with four jumps in a row going down a slight hill and turning to the left.  The last set is pretty big and a nice floater.  Since then, I got word that Scotty broke his leg on the last set - get better soon mate!

As for this up and coming week, well I'm currently on a plane flying to Perth.  It's non stop for me this month - in between learning new tricks in the foam, digging jumps, camping and fishing (ahh.....life's hard lol) who knows what the following weeks will bring!!!

Stay tuned for updates from Perth!!  And check out the photo below!  Late! 


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Posted by Hess on Saturday 06 March 2010 - 11:31:34 | email to someone printer friendly


Cam's Post-Jam Update

 
So after a few weeks of massive days on the shovel, patching jumps, setting up fences and lights and all the rest of it that goes with an event - to have it bucket down rain on Friday it wasn't looking good, and we began to have doubts that we would be able to have the Jam.  I was up at 5:30am in the rain tarping up the jumps and digging drainage.  It was a horrible lead up to an event we had all put so much time and effort into.

Come Saturday morning I woke up to birds singing, light cloud and no wind.  I couldn't believe that the rain had cleared and there might be a slight chance that we could actually ride the jumps and pull off the Jam.  I hightailed it out to the jumps to check out the state of them.  To my surprise there was no mud, no sogginess, the jumps were in great condition.  I didn't wanna say it just in case I jinxed myself but if we were able to get the day with no rain and wind it would be nothing short of amazing. Well, come 3pm Saturday arvo the boys were riding the yard and having a ball.  I was stoked watching their faces as they came down the hill hitting the monster sized jumps at the bottom.  All I could see was grins from ear to ear.
 
As the crowds started rolling in and everything got underway, we had a total of 1498 people through the gate with a good 20-40 people watching outside the fence.
 The jam went off.  The riding was insane, with piano and Searlsy sending some seriously insane tricks on the big dog trick jump.  Corey ‘Nasty’ Nastazio and Adam Aloise from the USA were also in attendance.  I was so pumped to have these guys riding the yard.  They were both throwing out sweet 3's on the first couple of jumps and blasting flip taybo's on the last set.

Everyone took a hard slam or two.  Piano fell on his face and got a sweet black eye, this still didn't stop him from winning Best Trick with a front flip transfer off the 40 footer over onto the new trick jump landing.  Josh Stead smashed his face twice - one time he hit his nose, the other time he spilt his forehead open on the handlebars, but again he walked away with Best Style.  If you have seen Josh ride then you would understand why he is such a bad ass.  Dane Searls threw down some of the most amazing 360 tailwhip to taybo over the big dog it was nuts.  He banged up his mouth and was bleeding but still won King of the Hill - reclaiming his 2008 title.  During Best Trick he got so close to pulling a flip no foot can to tailwhip on the big dog it was nuts.  Local rider Chris Harti took a massive slam during Best Trick near the end of the night, and was carted off to hospital....but all was well and he was released after a couple of hours.  Shows how tough some of these riders are!

At the end of the night when everything finished everyone was so sore and beat we ended up chillied up at the house watching some of the guys and girls that didn't ride go toe to toe in boxing matches.

I just want to thank all my sponsors and family and friends who helped out to make such an event possible.  Next year will be bigger and better yet again and I look forward to it.  Thanks heaps!

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Posted by Hess on Thursday 04 March 2010 - 09:48:18 | email to someone printer friendly


Cam's Hillside Dirt Jam - 6 Feb 2010


On February 6, Cam held his 4th Hillside Dirt Jam in Wamboin, NSW.  The weather either side of the Jam was problematic, with rain the day before, and scattered showers the day after.....so all in all we were blessed to have a reasonable day for the Jam.
 
Cam spent a lot of time getting the jumps right.....and had even built a massive new 'trick jump' half way down the hill. 

The Jam attracted 21 local and international riders, 1,500 spectators, and raised $13,177.75 for the Paediatric Ward at the Canberra Hospital.

This year King of the Hill went to Dane Searls; Cam 'Piano' Pianta took out Best Trick; and Josh Stead again took the crown for Best Style!  Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to all the riders who came from near and far for the event....especially Corey 'Nasty' Nastazio, Marcus Tooker, and Adam Aloise from the USA.  Local Canberran, Chris Harti, who was throwing down some massive runs during the day, took a very hard fall during Best Trick but was later cleared of any serious injury - gotta say, that guy is bombproof.
   

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Cam presenting a cheque to Stephen Simpson, Director of Nursing, The Canberra Hospital

A special thanks to all of those people who helped make the Jam the success that it was - especially neighbours and friends, and of course the generous sponsors who went out of their way to provide equipment and services.  Without the assistance of volunteers and sponsors, this event would not have been possible! 

For people in the USA - Cam's Jam will feature on The Weekly Update starting next Saturday, 27th Feb!

Check back soon for Cam's take on the the Jam...and remember to tune to FuelTV (Australia) on 23rd April for a full half hour of Jam action....!!!
 

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