On the other side of the Fence

In the last few years Santa Cruz county has enjoyed a backyard renaissance of sorts. No backyard ramps as of yet, and not much done by bmxers (although Ryan Finn had a pretty crazy setup at his house for a hot minute), but it seems like every mountain biker we know has created some backyard wonderland. Last weekend we had the pleasure of visiting Michaels house, and I was blown away. These pictures dont show all the amazing stuff but they do highlight the really smooth sixpack that finishes off a technical-slalomy type line. All pictures by Justin Brantley.

This guy's name is Guy. Limbs off.

Crazy legs. Guy.

Michael. King of the Castle.

Jacob has a backyard paradise of his own, and apparently it is payin off.

That same rainy weekend we rode some other perfect private property, made a trek all the way to Damp Cats (and saw Kize use those long limbs to scare kids out of the way), and watched as some idiot paint ballers had a "session" of their own at a classic spot. Louis documented it all in this short video.


Oh, and I really like this video that Trent from RDGBMX made a little while back.