Liverpool's Hub Festival. By Zach Shaw

Jun 05, 2009

Written by Bart de Jong

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Here is a quick run down of the Hub Festival that went down in Liverpool same weekend as Fise, there were about 25000 spectators over the weekend so the event is getting bigger and bigger + the street course was really good and well thought out and well built too. The Hub Festival had vert there, I [Zach Shaw] won Jerry Galley rode and got 2nd with style that never gets old and the craziest 540 I have seen in a long time!! Ben Manual 3rd (he is on a Vert mission & just ordered a new Full Face Helmet) Mark Atkins rode really well but KO'd himself on blunt, Dennis Wingham rode and stayed on. Ronnie Remo rode and Ko'd himself on a whip. When I got down to see if he was ok he was really dazed, I asked him if he

knew where he was. His reply was "Saturday". We were in Liverpool and it was Sunday but close enough!

The street went off with about 35 riders and 5 making the final, Harry Main & Chris Hamer were judging and I was the MC with Ben Manual.

There was a rider who I'm guessing we will see a lot of in the future called Larry Lomotey. Loads of style and tech + big tricks, Like Whip to Fufanu on the back rail to take the win, 2nd was Sam Ward who is back on it 1 year after breaking his Femur at the same event and er I don't remember after that as I think the sun frazzled my brain!

Thanks to Liverpool Council and King Ramps for making it happen & Xbox for the new consoles for the winners.

Zach Shaw