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Jamie Squibb and Chris  Birch in the whip Jam

Chris Birch flipin` out in the best run comp

Chris Birch  jack hammer

Squibb, Pearson, Birch, Ritchie ready for battle

Jamie Squibb king of whips

Gary Jenkins stunt wars action

Kye Forte Clearing the 2.5m bar

Danny Veale lazy boy style

Big Air Jam 2012 Photo Gallery

Jamie Squibb Crowed King Of Freestyle At Big Air Jam 2012

Sick Trick
1st Chris Birch (Back Flip Nac)
2nd John Pearson (Back Flip)
3rd Jon Ritchie (Dead Body)

Best Whip
1st Jamie Squibb
2nd Chris Birch
3rd Danny Veale

Best Fmx Run

1st Jamie Squibb
2nd Danny Veale
3rd Chris Birch

Stunt wars
1st Kye Forte
2nd Lee Mussculewhite
3rd Darren Trottman

Parc y Scarlets presented the UK's hottest FMX athletes in an action packed airborne battle, Wednesday 6th June, as thousands of people packed the stadium's Castell Howell South Stand to enjoy an eye-watering feast of the best tricks, the biggest air and the sickest whips!
2009's Big Air Jam champion, 30 year old Jamie Squibb, was crowned 2012 champion after a thrilling Best Run Final against former school boy motocross champion Daniel Veale.

Last year's champion and 2012 Master of Freestyle Motocross Chris Birch missed out on the final despite some impressive moves including aa one-handed heart-attack seat grab and a rock solid.On a fine and sunny evening which saw a near capacity crowd, in the south stand, Llanelli's Parc y Scarlets once again showed that's its fast becoming the premier venue in West Wales for a wide variety of sports and culture.

The thrill of athletes jumping 40 feet in the air pulling acrobatic stunts over gaps approaching 100 feet, whilst on a motorbike, drew nervous gasps and cheers from the on-lookers as MT3's Big Air Jam Freestyle Motocross Championship rocked Parc y Scarlets.

Parc y Scarlets' Head of Events Rupert Moon said: "Big Air Jam is a radical competition and we were all thrilled within an inch of our lives as we watched some of the best rider perform some amazing stunts.
"The combined experience of sight, sound and smells within an arena like Parc y Scarlets ensured that it was a truly multi-dimensional spectacle and we had a great reaction from the crowd.

The Big Air Jam riders, or Gladiators of the Ring, certainly mesmerised the biggest adrenalin junkies as they performed breathtaking stunts.The evening's other winners included BMX enthusiast Kye Forte who high jumped a 2.5m bar to impress in the Stunt Wars.Crowd favourite Birch took the Sick Trick trophy after a phenomenal back flip with Big Air Jam 2012 champion Squibb also winning the Whip Contest.


To see pictures from Parc y Scarlets' Big Air Jam visit our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/bigairjam

Big Air Jam Eve

Parc y Scarlets will present the UK's hottest FMX athletes in an action packed airborne battle to decide who can pull the best trick, the biggest air, the sickest whip or even the nastiest crash!

The finest freestyle motocross riders in Europe will be showing off their gravity defying skills featuring the UK's best freestyle riders including Chris Birch - X-fighters pilot and current British Champion; Jamie Squibb - former Big Air Jam Champion; John Pearson - first rider in the UK to pull the back flip on a motocross bike; Danny Veale, Stuart Macey, Ben Robinson and Jon Ritchie.

Come rain or sunshine on Wednesday 6th June, Parc y Scarlets' under-cover seating will offer the best possible arena to watch the thrill of athletes jumping 40 feet in the air pulling acrobatic stunts over gaps approaching 100 feet, whilst on a motorbike!

Ticket office will open again at 10am tomorrow (Wednesday) June 6th. Tickets will be available on the night. Do advise turn up early to get your tickets if you`ve not got them already.VIP and hospitality now sold out . Gates open 4pm plenty to do and see before the 7pm kick off. Fun fair, trade stands, pit party meet and greet the riders and plenty of food and drink to keep you all going 

Tickets are available by calling 0871 871 8088 or go online www.scarlets.co.uk.
EVENT DAY prices: £12 adults, £7 juniors, £33 family.

If you'd like to get closer to the action make sure you're at the Pit Party in the Big Air Jam Village (within Parc y Scarlets' West Stand) where you can get live and breathe the sights, smells and adrenaline aswell as having special backstage access to meet some of the riders! Pit Party wristbands priced at £1 per person.

Flippin` Mad John Pearson

John was the first person to do a motocross backflip in the UK, making him an all round Moto-X legend.John recently featured in the recent “Ben 10: Ultimate Alien” show at the packed out 02 Arena in London, in which he performed an array of crazy, yet somewhat pointless, stunts in front of screaming 8 year-olds. If you are not familiar with ‘Ben 10’ then ask your children and let us know, as we don’t know what it is either.Here is John at last years Big Air Jam at Silverstone, taking the win in the Sick Trick comp , and John is ready to do battle at this year Big Air Jam at Parc Y Scarlets Wednesday June 6th. Make sure you have your cameras at the ready as soon as John starts his engine!

Jon Ritchie Getting Warmed Up For Next Wednesday

Want see one of the sickest dead body's in the world? Get on down to the Big Air Jam on June 6th at  Parc Y Scarlets and watch UK rider Jon Richie throw down!

TICKET OFFICE

TICKET OFFICE  if you're planning on attending the Big Air Jam please note that the ticket office at Parc y Scarlets will be open 9am-5pm Thurs 31st May /Fri 1st June, 9am-noon Sat 2nd, 10am-4pm Mon 4th & Tues 5th!
Event day prices £12 adult / £7 junior (advance: £10 adult / £5 junior) There are a few VIP Places left. Don`t delay book Now by Calling 0871 871 8088

Big Air Jam Poster

Help us spread the word for this years Big Air Jam. Print this poster and put it up in your work place collage or school , take a picture of your effort and post it on our Facebook page ,and we`ll hook you up with a nice goodie bag from one of our sponsors!

VIP Ticket Competition

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Simply head here  http://www.pages04.net/freestylextremetradingltd/big-air-jam 

LOCAL ENTHUSIASTS TO JUDGE AT BIG AIR JAM

Pictured (l-r): Cameron Bryant, Callum Ackery, Mark Thomas of MT3, Corey Evans, Kalum Williams, Huw Thomas Senior Youth Worker, Matthew Peake, Sam Peake and pictured front Champion rider Dan Evans, 21, who works at y Bwlch when not out on the track.

Young people who participated in the Bwlch Rangers Motocross Project will be trained as judges at the Big Air Jam freestyle Moto-X Championship, held at Parc y Scarlets, on Wednesday 6th June.

Previously held at Margam Park and Silverstone, the big air jam has a line-up of extreme sports stars and some of the best stunt actions which will be held on mini bikes, trials bikes and BMXs.

The Bwlch scheme, devised by bike enthusiast and Senior Youth Worker Huw Thomas, has captured the imagination of scores of youngsters.

It provides them with a safe environment in which to learn how to ride motorbikes properly, while also gaining qualifications in motor mechanics.

Mr Thomas said: "The group of young people have been trained hard to judge the riders performance, so riders may find themselves facing their harshest critics yet. This is a huge accolade for the young people; they are delighted to be participating in such a prestigious event and are looking forward to be judges on the night.

"The young people appreciate the amount of skills that are required by bikers in these events and know only too well the hard work and dedication it takes to become professional bikers; they are very worthy candidates and I'm so pleased that they have been asked to judge at this level."

Some of the finest freestyle motocross riders in Europe will be showing off their gravity defying skills featuring the UK's best freestyle riders including Chris Birch - X-fighters pilot and current British Champion; Jamie Squibb - former Big Air Jam Champion; John Pearson - first rider in the UK to pull the back flip on a motocross bike; Danny Veale, Stuart Macey, Ben Robinson and Jon Ritchie.Doors open at 6pm and the event promises to be a fun-packed night for all the family.

Gates will open at 6pm to gain access to the South Stand with fairground activities available from 4pm. For further information on the event, please visit  www.facebook.com/bigairjam or to purchase tickets, please call Parc y Scarlets' Ticket Office on0871 871 8088.

Trick List - Cliff Hanger

Jack Hammer

Cliff Hanger

Christ Air

The rider stands up straight in the air with feet on the underside of bars, some riders like to clamp their feet to the top part of the fork legs , this is why some time you ll see riders use grip tape on the top part of the fork legs to help with grip.Cliff hanger can then take on a few forms , such as the Christ Air & Jack Hammer depending what the rider does with his hands and body once the feet are hooked under the handle bars! A Christ air variation of the cliff hanger the rider will look like they are stretch out looking as far back as possible with the feet tucked under the bars.The jack hammer will look like a tall stretched out version of the cliff hanger.

Trick List - Back Flip

Chris Birch Upside Down On His KTM 250

In 1998, Adam Owsley did a complete backflip into a pond on a KX250. Carey Hart was the first to attempt one to dirt at the 2000 Gravity Games, nearly riding away but suffering a crash after over-rotating his flip off the backside of a landing. Pastrana also attempted a similar one off the same year at XGames after his run. In 2001, Carey attempted one again at the XGames best trick competition, and crashed badly when he came off his bike while beginning his rotation. In April 2002, Caleb Wyatt tried several off of a specially made dirt hill, and eventually rode away from an attempt. Only months later in the summer of 2002, It was 2005 before the first back flip was pulled by a UK rider , and that rider was John Pearson from Preston at local riding spot to John on a step up.At the Big Air Jam 2006 competition John achieved gold in the sick trick competition by flipping the big gaps !  In the UK there are only a few riders now and still performing the Back flip John being the first and one of those select few, Chris Birch another rider who has stepped up and now has the back flip and over the winter months been working on combination  variations of the flip over 75ft ramp gap.

John Pearson First Uk Rider To Flip Out 

Trick List - Superman Seat Grab

Superman seat grab - Carey Hart was the first person to publicly do this BMX trick at the first IFMA events in 1998-1999, and since then the seat grab has evolved some what from the early days. Riders can now vary the Standard Seat grab in many ways, and one of the first ways a rider will try to improve their stock seat grab,by crossing the legs and making it into an Indian Air Seat Grab. From here a rider will try to work on getting the Seat Grab inverted , meaning the rider will progress to try and get their feet up above their head making the Seat Grab into a Hart Attack Seat Grab. It is then possible to style up the Hart Attack Seat Grab ,by either arching the legs and back, the Scorpion Hart Attack Seat Grab, or again by crossing the legs and making it in to a Hart Attack Seat Grab Indian Air. Also by getting the head to look back adds a certain style value.  A rider can then add more technical value to the Seat Grab combinations by either doing all the variations mention previously with 2 hands the Double Grab and all the variations as mentioned,  or by either hanging on to the seat with just one hand Seat Grab and all the variations. A rider in the early days of their FMX career will be keen to get the Seat Grab on to their trick list as many other tricks can then be achieved in quick succession once the basic seat grab has been nailed.

Superman Seat Grab

Superman Seat Grab Indian Air

Hart Attack Seat Grab

Scorpion Seat Grab

One Handed Superman Seat Grab Indian Air

One Handed Hart Attack Seat Grab Indian Air

Double Seat Grab

Double Grab Hart Attack

What Time Is It ? 9 O'Clock Nac Time

This trick was first done by Travis Prastrana at X Games 2001. The rider lifts body of the seat and then hangs off the bars in the 9 O'Clock position. Riders can then progress this trick further, like chris Birch bellow making it a Crack Nac and for extra radness throw the bike into a massive whip and you ve got a flat liner dialed 

For extra radness throw the bike into a massive whip and you ve got a flat liner dialed 

FMX Tricks - Dead Body

The Dead Body move Invented by Drake Mcelroy. Riders would start of with a simple bar hop , just getting the feet and legs over the bars and keep pushing it until the body is laid out flat over bars and the front of the bike.Here we can see Jon Ritchie giving a whole new meaning to the word stretched out Dead Body!

Pirelli Go Big With The Big Air Jam Freestyle MX Series!

The Pirelli supported Big Air Jam Freestyle Moto-X Championship promises to be an evening to remember with stunts, BMX, entertainment, music, a fairground and of course some seriously ‘Big Air’!

Held at Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli on the evening of Wednesday 6th June, the Big Air Jam has a line-up of extreme sports stars each looking to put on the best show at this always popular event. Previously held at Margam Park and Silverstone, the competition will make its debut at Parc y Scarlets Llanelli guided by organisers MT3.


The radical competition will feature some of the biggest names in Freestyle MX including Chris Birch – X Fighters pilot and current British Champion, Jamie Squibb - former Big Air Jam Champion, John Pearson - first rider in the UK to pull the back flip on a motocross bike; Danny Veale, Stuart Macey, Ben Robinson and Jon Ritchie. Each rider will have different disciplines to impress the crowd with including a two minute trick comp, best trick and best ‘whip’ as they throw the bikes sideways in the air as far as possible.


As well as the Freestyle competitions the event will run Big Stunt Wars featuring some of the best stunt action to be had on mini bikes, trials bikes, and BMX. Participating in the Stunt Wars will be Kye Forte - former BMX World Champion, Gary Jenkins - Welsh Trials Champion and Mark Thomas - mini-bike stunt rider, all of which will be hoping to break World Records on the evening.

Pirelli UK Product and Marketing Manager, Jim Worland commented, “The Big Air jam is a real community event combining entertainment and freestyle MX. We’re proud to support the event and will be looking forward to seeing the action on the night!”

With live DJ’s, a fairground, trade stands, the Pit Party where you can live and breathe the sights, smells and adrenaline aswell as having special backstage access to meet some of the riders and hospitality there’s so much to see and do. Tickets are on sale from Parc y Scarlets ticket office 0871 871 8088

FMX Tricks - Tsunami

This trick was created by Nate Adams. The rider's legs are curled backward over the front of the bike while looking back between the bars.A  rider can then further improve on this by getting the bike and body in one vertical line, it then becomes a ruler which scores even further with the judges!

FMX Tricks - Rock Solid

This trick was invented in 2002 by Chris "The Rock" Rourke. It`s considered by many as the nearest experience to actual flying. This Freestyle motocross trick is  where by a rider is completely free as a bird in flight. Its the next trick a rider would want to learn after getting the double grab trick dialled! For maximum Radness riders throw a rock solid it to the mix after a Holy Grab and try to get back on for a sweet spot landing.