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mike .. lolololololl

[kyle-livesey]

What's up with max?

yea whats up with max?

[Phatmike]

He had chronic diahoarria last night and this morning - seems to have cleared now though!

Mike.

[Ben John-Hynes]

That bull kicking pic is fantastic!

Hope you lot are having an awesome time, *HUG* to max!

Edit: just out of curiousity, how did you catch up with the bull that kicked you?

LOL

Edited July 30, 2008 by BenJohn-Hynes

[Phatmike]

Edit: just out of curiousity, how did you catch up with the bull that kicked you?

They run them up and down the streets a few times, so you've got a few chances. That's when the bulls are pretty friendly, after that they let one through at a time in a smaller area (just where those cages are), where they get proper pissed off, and the proper nutters get real close and wind them up.

Also, just to prove we have actually done some riding this trip, here's a couple of piccies;

From Pau Trials Park;

On the outskirts of Orba;

At Sabadell Trials Park;

We're gonna have a brief ride in Barca this morning, and then head up to Empuriabrava this afternoon for a SkyDive. :D Photos & video of that will be provided.

Take it easy now,

Mike & Max

[max-t]

SKYDIVE WAS EPIC!! ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS ! :D

Edited July 31, 2008 by max-t

[Rich Pearson]

So glad you guys finally got this underway, I remember when you were down at mine in January talking about this.

I'm stikying the topic on the condition you keep the updates coming, look forward to seeing how it turns out.

Rich

[Danny@phatworks]

SKYDIVE WAS EPIC!! ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS ! :D

Sweet! Did you manage to get hold of some new forks in Barcelona?

[Bionic Balls]

proper good effort chaps! keep it up..

[PaRtZ]

great to hear your having a good time guys! Hope you enjoy the rest of your trip too!

[Daniel Gray]

Seriously banging pics there singleton.

[Phatmike]

Cheers everyone & Rich for the Stickification.

Currently typing from a Maccy D's about as far east in France as you can get - free Wi-Fi and Daim & Caramel McFlurry's ***!

For some reason my computer terminal at the Skydive centre wasn't letting me reply, but I'll echo what Max said - it was absolutely epic. We did it at Empuriabrava, about 1h45 north of Barcelona, and it was awesome. The guy I was strapped to was a funny as hell Spaniard, and I had a photo/videographer from Gloucester, who was really cool. He took some cracking pics, & I managed to get him to take them in Raw so I could squeeze the best from them.

So erm yeah, if you think my gurns are bad when riding trials... prepare youself.

And a certain Mr Trumper going for it

Will get the rest of his pics from the skydive up soon.

We headed up to La Tour De Scay after the Skydive, which was pretty cool. Is a sweet venue (apart from the gash-tronomic slippy rocks at the top), it's pretty similar to Hook Woods, but better. Will bosch up some pics with the next update. The sections were set out really well, just shame I was riding like a bit of a tard for most of it! Got a few 1's and a clean, but many, many 5's. Ended up missing out the top 6 sections at the end, but managed to pull off a rather large down gap in my last section, so it wasn't all bad!

Max's forks have been cracked since we were down in Orba, and they finally went on Saturday. We decided buying a pair of Koxx forks at 175€ didn't make much economic sense, so we'll pick some up when we get to Slovenia in a day or two.

Imageshack is being a bit of a fanny, so I'll upload some more random pics for y'all soon.

Take it easy.

Mike & Max.

[Luke Rainbird]

Mikey S busting the bulge y'all

Looks incredible dude, awesome stuff - glad you're both all ok and having a good time over there

[Davetrials]

lmao, that last pic, lookin good mike.

[onzaboyjake]

Glad to hear your having fun lads, its alright for some. Keep us updated, its good to hear your making the most of such an amazing way to spend your summer.

Stay safe.

Jake

Edited August 4, 2008 by onzaboyjake

[BenLeacock™]

LOL thats quality

So does max win the basher of the trip award

[Matt Burrows]

LOL

I have actually lost all respect for you

That will go down in the scrap book as your gayest move EVER

You actually look like a full on retard in the last pic

Smoooth

Cheers for all the texts btw dude, glad to hear you're enjoying it.

[Jamie_Neal]

Gald to hear the trip is going well except for Max's guts, forks and your gurns and hair in those photos.

Jamie

[Danny@phatworks]

That Sky Dive looks amazing! Did Kati do it as well?!

Glad the trip in general is all going well, take care mate.

[Phatmike]

Hey guys,

Typing from Jesenice, Slovenia now.

Got here last night, and as per tradition, we had a beasty Peasant's Feast (a certain Mr Burrows will be very jealous I'm sure ), and plenty of Lasko beer!

Had an absolutely epic drive down from La Tour De Scay; we went down via Lausanne and Losone, both in Switzerland, and absolutely beautiful. The drive down to Lausanne was just like being in the Sound of Music - incredible rolling hills, with the Alps on the horizon.

We got to Brig in Switzerland at about half 10, where we needed to take a car-train (http://mct.sbb.ch/mct/fr/reisemarkt/zuege/autoverlad.htm) through the mountain to Iselle in Italy, however the next one was at half 5 the next morning. We decided instead of setting up the tent we'd just kip outside, so spent Monday night sleeping under some trees near the station!

From Iselle down to Losone was without a doubt the most epic drive I've ever had. Was in 3rd gear pretty much the whole way, just hammering it down the side of this mountain. We videoed a good portion of it, will get it up at some point so you can get a feel for it!

After having decided any more mountainous driving would have probably resulted in our deaths, Max & I decided to motorway it through to Slovenia.

I imagine we'll be here for a few days, where we'll be riding, doing some kiting tomorrow, and with any luck some downhilling. After which we'll be heading down to Croatia and to the Isle of Pag.

That'll do typing-wise, so have some more pics. (Have uploaded a couple more, and fixed the size of the skydive pics too - check previous page )

Absolutely epic Paella in Orba!

A few more from the bulls;

We got chance to check out Gaudi's unfinished cathedral in Barca - is pretty sweet!

And a quick pano of some of the trials park in Pau:

Was quite an amusing ferry journey down with the three of us and Patt & Tom!

Max in the car at the terminal.

Tom getting escorted of the stage - he wanted to join in on the stand up act, haha.

..and tom leading a train.

....and tom doing Britain proud

Me very hung over, and very sea-sick. Cheese & Onion pasty went down an absolute treat.

Bedroom babes...

At the beach in San Sebastian;

Kati getting touch with her donkey side..

At our campsite near Barcelona, me & kati traded max for a frizbee from a load of Dutch girls - he wasn't complaining!

At the Tour De Scay;

Me in my last section, decided to go out with a bang, and instead of hopping down, did the downgap, right from the rock in the very top right of the picture. Got a big round of applause at least.

Max looking rather gangsta'

Was pretty awesome at the lake in Lausanne, so I'll leave you for now with pics from there. Take it easy,

Mike.

[ben_travis]

I HATE YOU BOTH.....your missus i dont hate. cos she is cute .

livin it up boys. love all the pictures as well

[PaRtZ]

Hahaha Nice one guys! Whats the weather like?

Hope you have fun there, let us know when you get to buthiers!

Give love to max!

[walker]

Looks like you lot are having such a good time!

Never thought i'd see you riding in tights Mike! They don't half stand out!

Andrew

[Fishy]

I have to admit I'm really really jealous of the both of you. Hope you're having a great time. Keep safe.

[Egg Fried Rice]

Wow

Must be a lifetime trip you guys are having! I so want to do that one day