S&M Bikes "Behind the Shield"- book jam- Sheep Hills- #2

 My favorite shot that I snapped at the jam yesterday.  Archibald 360.  Hell yeah!

 It's Sheep Hills, anything is possible.  Six foot high, off road unicycle.  Apparently he plays guitar while riding this at times, as well.

 Sheep (Hills) dog.  S&M Bikes Behind the Shield book jam spectator.

 Tailwhip.  I'm pretty sure this one didn't end up well. 

 Big air at dusk.

Sunset over Sheep Hills, taken on the walk back into Costa Mesa after the jam.

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 Train through the line.  Sheep Hills 1991?  Sheep Hills 2019?  Hard to tell.  Some things never change.

 People hanging out during the jam.

 X-up above the crowd.

 Young rippers talking between lines.

 Old School, and Beard of the Evening winner, Paul Roberts.

Just like old times.  As fellow residents of the P.O.W. House, Todd Lyons and I hung out a lot back in the early 1990's.  I haven't seen Todd in over 10 years, since I was stuck Back East.  Seconds aftert he handshake, it was like no time had passed.  "Sluggo, get a picture of me."  Todd had been riding for a while, and I forgot to turn on the video his first pass.  He took a breather, and I took snapped this pic on his phone the second time around.  Still rockin' the 1 footed X-up.

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Tucker Smith (see below), I believe, with a big double tailwhip.

 Seriously, I wasn't trying to be snap a creepy pick of some kid's long hair.  I'd been watching this kid rip, and kept missing getting pics of him.  When I saw his Instagram handle on his helmet I snapped a pick so I'd remember this kid's name.  If you get nothing else out of this series of blog posts, remember that @tuckersmith_bmx fucking rips.  Keep an eye on this kid.  I just followed him on Instagram, and he has a super stretched Superman no footer from last night on his feed.

 Whip.

 Big air, big wheels. Sheep Hills 2019.

One foot tire grabber, hell yeah!

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 Dusk at Sheep Hills means it's almost... but not quite... time to go home.

 Dodging the crashed rider and bike, and age old tradition.

 Aggro guy.

 SHL member, Freddie Chulo, yeah, he was riding.  He said he's been surfing more these days, "It's easier on the body."

 SHL member, X-Games medalist in the early days, and the only guy present who can free dive to about 150 feet down on one breath, Barspinner Ryan Brennan.  Aloha brah.

Bad timing again, he got it well clicked and tweaked, I just missed it.

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 Sheep Hills.  Bad lighting for photos and video for 28 years now.  You'd think at some point someone would have built jumps that are well lit in the evening, when most people ride.  But no.

 This guy, who totally reminds me of the aggroness of Pete Augustin, just rode and rode and rode.  Hardcore.

 Unofficial motto of BMXers everywhere.

 It doesn't matter what you say, Old School U.K. legend Ian Morris (left), won't believe you.  Ian and Jason "Timmy" Ball watching while taking a breather.  Want to know how Jason became "Timmy?"  Shortly after moving to Huntington Beach in about 1993-4, and becoming a roommate to me and Chris Moeller, Jason went along to McGoo's house one night.  When Jason was introduced to McGoo, Mcgoo said something like, "Another Jason, there are too damn many Jasons around here, from now on, you're Code Name Timmy.  The name stuck.

 Big Island Mike (left), did a little riding, and some hanging.  He's going to be doing bargain tattoos at the party at the S&M warehouse tonight (July 20, 2019) as I write this.

This girl wins for the most "Behind the Shield" bike of the jam.  She was riding a classic S&M Dirtbike plastered with S&M shield stickers.  "My dad put the stickers on," she told me.

This kid came through one of the smaller lines of jumps, then skidded to a stop right in front of me, but his back wheel washed out, and he landed on his butt.