Heroes Of Dirt

 

I got a call Friday evening from Chris Hald wondering if I wanted to go check out a dirt jumping contest being held in Allentown PA. He had gotten a call from FBM legend Dave King asking if Chris would be interested in announcing the event. Neither of us knew very much about the event but it sounded like a good time. The lack of information only sparked our interest furthermore. From what we could tell it was a dirt jumping contest that was also going to be part of an actual movie production.

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The Heroes Of Dirt contest was a trail style dirt contest built by the Catty Wood's locals at Canal Park in Allentown PA. The contest was also to be featured in the independent film titled Accelerate. Showing up early for practice it was apparent by the showing of riders that this was going to be a fun event. Editor in chief of RideBMX, and Long Island legend Keith Mulligan was in the house as well as the likes of Van Homan, Big Daddy, Brian Foster and many other trail assassins.

Accelerate is a sequel of sorts to the epic BMX film Rad where Bill Allen (who played Cru Jones in Rad) is the father of an aspiring rider played by Austin Texas shredder Joel Moody. Chris being the announcer of the event received some shine time in front of the cameras which hopefully makes the final cut. The rest of the crowd got to be background extras. All in all the even was a great time with great riding. The city may also allow the jumps to remain with the exception of the last jump, to be ridden by the public. The contest may also turn into an annual event that I would most definitely recommend checking out.

Here's a handful of photos I shot from the day as well as the trailer for the film.