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Posted by Marty on Thursday 02 March 2006 - 00:55:19
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Cam's Hillside Dirt Jam 2010
This year Cam's Hillside Dirt Jam is being held on Saturday, February 6.
ALL PROCEEDS TO THE PAEDIATRIC WARD AT THE CANBERRA HOSPITAL!
Location: 1408 Norton Road, Wamboin, NSW (30kms from the national capital - Canberra).
Practice starts at 5pm.
Competition at 8.30pm followed by Best Trick.
Be there!
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Posted by Hess on Wednesday 13 January 2010 - 14:41:52
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Cam's Latest Update (November)
So this past week and a bit here in Vegas has been awesome. The weather has been perfect, not much wind at all, and overcast on a few of the days so we have had some awesome sessions in TJ's backyard. The jumps stay wet for a good couple of hours instead of the 20 minutes they do during summer. I had a mate from Australia stop by Vegas for a few days and we shot some photos in the yard. This time of year the sunsets are amazing so we got some sweet background colours to our photos.
A few days ago I received my travel documents (being part of the process that I am going through to get my Green Card) which means that I can travel out of the country. So this Sunday I am headed back to Australia!
I have some big plans for the yard so I’m going home and getting stuck into the shovel work and ready for my next Jam which will be held at the start of February or there abouts. I’m looking forward to getting home and seeing everyone - it should be a good time. I’m really stoked to be planning my next jam, which will hopefully be bigger and better than the previous ones.
Once I’m home, I’m headed up to Queensland to visit everyone at Unit to say g'day. I’m looking forward to catching up and getting some summer time up north.
Other than that, it’s going to be a busy time with lots of shovel work - so make sure you stay tuned for updates on how the yard is coming along in preparation for the Jam. Cheers, Cam
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Posted by Hess on Saturday 14 November 2009 - 14:19:51
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Belated Update from Cam - Final Stop, Dew Tour Orlando
The following is Cam’s account of the last stop of the Dew Tour in Orlando, Florida, late October - apologies for the delay.
This was the last of 5 stops of the Dew Tour for 2009, so it was ironical in a way that it was the 2nd comp all year that I hadn’t been sporting an injury. I was stoked to go into it 100% fit. Not only was I feeling good, but being the last stop of the tour I wanted to throw down.
Prelims time was a rough night - it had been raining and the comp was delayed. There was mud everywhere and we had wet feet which on wet pedals doesn’t mix very well. Having to deal with all these bad elements, we ended up sending the comp anyways. I pulled my second run how I wanted, and I only just made it into finals, qualifying in last place. It didn’t bother me that I was in last place and was to ride first in finals, as long as I was in there I was happy.
Come finals time, the weather was really strange for Florida weather. The high temp for the day was about 67 degrees (19 celsius) and there wasn’t much humidity; so in other words it was a lot colder than what I had been used to with Vegas temps in the 90's! The comp started around 7:30pm and went until 9pm - so it was even colder at that time of the evening. I was the first rider to go so I thought to myself, I should just send a big big run and try setting the bar high and getting a good first run score. I rolled in and sent the run I wanted. I was stoked that I pulled it off heaps clean, and my score was 90 points even. I was super pumped that I cracked it into the 90's on my first run. Come my second run, I was going to keep it similar but mix up the 720 midset with a flip whip. I sent that run too, and managed to pull it off pretty clean - scoring more than my first run - so I was even more pumped. I had 2 out of 3 runs already in the 90's so I had nothing to loose in my last run. Rolling in for my 3rd run, I was again mixing up the 3rd jump and instead of flipwhipping it or 720ing it again, I wanted to pull out the backflip barspin to tailwhip. As I threw the bars upside down and caught them I was just about to throw the whip when my hand fell off. Well that shut down that trick pretty quick smart and it just ended up being a flip barspin - not what I wanted - so I did a tiregrab 'smile' at the crowd on the last jump.
At the end of an insane contest I finished in 4th place which managed to bump me into 7th overall. I'm definitely stoked on that end of tour result after being hurt for one comp and missing another entirely through injury. After the comp was done it was time for a few brews and a big feed in the hotel lobby with Michelle and Hess. It ended up being a great day/night, but Hess felt badly the next day. After a long trip home we’re now back in Vegas and planning to head to California to ride Luke Parslow's trails and hang out. Stay tuned for more to come soon. Cheers, Cam.
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Posted by Hess on Saturday 14 November 2009 - 14:08:10
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Cam's update following the 2nd last Dew Tour stop in Salt Lake City
This past few weeks have been super busy.
To start things off we headed to Salt Lake City for the 2nd last stop of the Dew Tour. This is always my favourite stop because the jumps are always awesome and big. I was heaps stoked that my back was holding up so I could ride this stop. The course setup was pretty dope, big booter first set straight into a left turn, then it was a booter outta the turn then straight into a right hip then left hip the last set. The course was fun and pretty tech and I loved the big booter first set.
I qualified into finals in 2nd, so I was so stoked on that. I always feel that prelims is harder than finals. Once you're in finals then you can relax and know the worst you can come is 12th.
The next day was finals day and I woke up heaps sore. I guess it was from walking up the little crappy steps that they had going up the roll-in, because I didn't crash at all during prelims. We had a chill day and then went down to practice. It was a pretty windy evening cause there was a big storm rolling through the mountains surrounding SLC. It didn't bother me too much - I'm used to the wind having to ride in Vegas all the time. Finally the comp started and I rolled in for my first run. I wanted to do the same run in prelims as my first run in finals, so that I would have one in the bank. I was stoked because I pulled it perfect - better than in prelims. My second run was similar but instead of doing a regular 360 whip mid set, I wanted to do a 360 double whip. I was pumped because I pulled that run clean too. So after having 2 runs in the bank, I just thought I'd send it in my last run and triple whip the first set, 360 double whip mid set, and finish off with another 720 on the last set. I landed the triple whip perfect which gave me a bit of extra heat in the turn but I overshot the opposite 360 outta the turn, so that ended up being my throw away run.
At the end of the day to finish in 4th place and pull my first 2 runs I'm heaps stoked. I'm also stoked that I did a lot of different stuff than what I normally do i.e 720's, oppo 3's instead of flip whips and fronties.
So back home it's the biggest week in Vegas for BMX all year - with Interbike, the Stephen Murray bar benefit, and Nora cup. You know the week is going to be long. I wanted to keep it chill and not participate in all of the late night parties and what not that was going on, so I attended the bar benefit for Stephen which was awesome, and then pretty much chilled for the rest of the week.
Now the wind has come up, and we're pretty much just chillin' on the couch - hopefully by the weekend we will be shredding the yard again, and getting some stuff done in readiness for the final stop of the Dew Tour in Orlando in a few weeks.
Cheers, Cam
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Posted by Hess on Thursday 01 October 2009 - 12:27:51
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