Spinal Disorder 2009 report from Andrew Gul

Sorry for the lack of updates as I have been on the road a bit and taking time away from RSABOUT. Anyway, enough of the excuses and here’s a report from the recent Spinal Disorder comp held on the Gold Coast on 30 August 2009 by BMX team rider Andrew Gul.

The Spinal Disorder Comp for 2009 was held on the sunny Gold Coast as part of the Gold Coast Show. Blue skies and a warm 23 degrees celcius was perfect conditions to ride. The wind was picking up a bit by the end of day but that didn’t effect the keen riders all riding for that $2000 1st place.

Practice kicked off at 10am with groups of 10 riders at a time getting there 30mins in. Pro comp didn’t kick off till about 5:30pm and the lights were rolled out. The ramp was was set up with a wall ride at the 5ft end against the container sub then went to a 5ft spine then into a sweet 6ft qtr. That was the end most guys were gettin 7-8ft out. The ramp was awesome and the riders were throwing down like it was everyones local.

First run I went straight into a flip x on the spine landing a little flat and it took me a bit to get some pace up again. Got a few tricks out but it wasn’t the run I wanted to throw down. Second run I banged a flip one foot x straight up and pulled it clean so I went straight into a flair and then hit the spine for a superman and I didn’t pull out enough sending me to flat again. I tried to salvage my run with a few whips and tucks and the went for a bar spin abubica on the sub. Got onto it sweet but again i didnt pull out enough and cased front wheel coming in.

There were 4 riders after me so I sat and watched everyone pull their runs and in the end it was Nick Cooper who pulled everything he tried and took the win. It would have been nice to bring it home 2 years in row but thats BMX.

Presentation was cut short due to some kids playing fisty cuffs and this got police and security involved which pretty much got the event shut down. So thanks to those few little kids ending the night early but other than that the event was awesome.

My mate Kyle Adderley did such a good job being the MC as well as having a crack in pro. While skate legend Corbin Harris filled in as MC towards the end of the night. I wanna thank Dinny Spicer for another awesome event and the guys at Fuel TV and Unit Clothing and StrictlyBMX for making it happen. Thats all from me guys. I got a new ride just before the comp so now i got some keen sticker placement to do. Peace- Andrew Gul