NIKE TUNNEL JAM PHOTOGALLERY
As you may or may not know, the Nike Tunnel Jam went down this past weekend in England. I was invited to judge the comp (along with Brian Tunney, Grant from BSD and Dave Sowerby) and pulled double duty by taking a bunch of photos for Defgrip too.
The tunnel where the comp was held is basically in the middle of nowhere and some locals have used it to house a few things to ride, but nothing like what you see in the photos. Fast forward to now and Nike is in the picture, willing to build ramps and hold a contest. Ultimately, workers laid down tarmac and built and amazing set of ramps which will stay in the Tunnel for the local scene to manage and enjoy. You know how it’s a bummer when contests end and they tear everything down?? This is the opposite of that.
If you were wondering about the secrecy surrounding this event, it was with good reason. Due to the nature of the site, there was no room on the course for people to chill besides the beginning and end quarter decks and there was limited parking. The majority of the people watched from outside on a jumbo screen. This one had to be mellow and low key. Click HERE for some video.
Here are the results:
Best Team:
Nike 6.0 Global
(Dennis Enarson, Garrett Reynolds, Maxime Charveron, Bjorn ‘Bommel’ Mager)
Second place:
DK Bikes
(Brett Banasiewicz, Drew Bezanson, Josh Cox, Anthony Watkins)
Third place:
Federal
(Max Vincent, Ty Morrow, Dan Lacey, Mark Love)
Fourth place:
Fly Bikes
(Kevin Kalkhoff, Daneil ‘Naran’ Penafiel, Stefan Lantschner, Dylan Smith)
Best Rider (As judged by the riders):
Baz Keep with his crazy pocket transfers and the highest airs of the weekend.
Best Line:
Dan Lacey for a huge over vert Ruben wallride to 180 gap across the course.
Best Trick:
Jason Phelan – tailwhip launch to double peg grind.
Thanks to all the Nike crew for the opportunity and congrats on a successful worthwhile event.
-Nuno
10/06/09 - 12:49 am
whoa… some seriously dope photos in here. love the portraits!!
10/06/09 - 3:43 am
amaizing photos and place
10/06/09 - 6:03 am
wow, these are great photos. Good eye Nuno.
10/06/09 - 6:52 am
Wow Nuno, honestly a really great set. What were you shooting with?
10/06/09 - 6:56 am
wow amazing!
10/06/09 - 7:28 am
Very well done Nuno!
10/06/09 - 7:29 am
Rad Pics, cant wait for the private sessions! (to see it before click the url…)
10/06/09 - 8:34 am
i love these pics
10/06/09 - 9:12 am
sick photos!
10/06/09 - 9:21 am
agreed… some real nice shots… but are there any acyual riding shots…?
10/06/09 - 9:21 am
lol, lets try ‘ACTUAL’ riding shots…
10/06/09 - 9:36 am
Thanks everyone!
Harley, I used my Canon T1i.
Jay, no riding shots from me, sorry. I’m sure some will surface soon.
10/06/09 - 9:51 am
sick.
10/06/09 - 10:17 am
I thought you weren’t supposed to win your own contest
Sick photos Nuno.
10/06/09 - 10:41 am
Wow! So good. This looks like heaven.
10/06/09 - 11:02 am
I really enjoyed this look at the tunnel jam, Nuno. Thanks for giving us an interesting (and more personal) perspective on the event.
10/06/09 - 11:24 am
i do love film!
10/06/09 - 12:38 pm
lindsey lohan?
10/06/09 - 12:43 pm
where abouts is this in soton/portsmouth? i live there and want to ride it…
lots.
10/06/09 - 1:11 pm
oh, team nike won a contest organised by their sponsor? what a surprise.
this gallery is painful to navigate through! i would love to see all the photos but i really can’t be arsed with the navigation
10/06/09 - 1:25 pm
in the photo 12 someone noticed that Mike Miller is a lot like a la roux?
10/06/09 - 2:35 pm
the pictures are amazing!!!!! and it seems like everyone loves rubens! hahaha
10/06/09 - 2:40 pm
Amazing photos, crazy idea for a jam. Rad.
10/06/09 - 2:46 pm
These are really great photos, its nice to see shots from behind the action
10/06/09 - 3:01 pm
Nice work Nuno!!
10/06/09 - 5:25 pm
Hey does anyone know the camera used to take these photos?
10/06/09 - 5:39 pm
nevermind i read the comments. THanks!***
10/06/09 - 6:17 pm
last picture…what the hell? dan lacey is nuts.
10/06/09 - 7:12 pm
great photos! really enjoyed it.
10/06/09 - 8:06 pm
sick shots!!! you really seemed to capture the vibe i only wish i could experience it first hand. i also got to say that i usually dont like big companies coming into bmx but nike has really done alot to give back to the community i wish i could ride this place!!!
10/10/09 - 3:17 am
sweet, more shots of the wall, I hate to see bike riding pics from a contest
12/18/09 - 7:07 pm
Some sweet pics. Lacey’s and Miller’s portraits were great.
12/18/09 - 9:01 pm
great photos
12/29/09 - 11:15 am
awesome idea
awesome pics