Canadian Concrete comp won by Grosser. By Blaise Olson

Sep 03, 2009

Written by Bart de Jong

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Kym Grosser won the pro class with moves like this nothing over the spine, add in huge backflip over the same, his first attempt pulled clean and damn high. And by the way, that's his first attempt at a backflip over a spine ever, the dude was seriously giving it all he had. Throw in a few 180 seat grab supermans, huge nothing transfers, and he had it locked down before the second group of pros even hit the park. It was that good of a day for this Aussie/Canadian. The ams keep getting better and better, and one of the standouts was definitely Johnny Bradley. Huge backflip transfers over the spine/hip, combined with a balls to the wall attitude, gave him the loudest yells of the day from 400+ people in attendance. Watch out for this guy, not only is he an up and coming shredder, he's also one of the nicest people you'll meet in the Vancouver scene. The world of BMX needs more "Johnny Bradleys".

These days, it seems to me, that everyone always talks about not taking their riding too seriously, and having as much fun as

possible. It's easier said than done for most of us. This brings us to one of the hidden gems of canadian bmx. The announcer, R/T, who proclaimed that Braedan Barnard is like the Matt Berringer of Vancouver, wasn't misleading in his announced description whatsoever. He's bringing the rear peg wheelie back, and we don't seem to mind at all. And while this dog loving, Richmond park local may not have won the "great" class, he had more than enough style and original moves to win over everyone watching him shred this Langley, BC skatepark. We could all learn a lesson from Braedan and try to take our riding a little less serious, and do some block long peg wheelies. I know I did the next day when I went riding; however, I didn't look half as polished as Mr Barnard does when he cruises them around the park.

Although we may say this every time we do one of the Cdn Cncrt jams, and it may be getting cliche, but this was honestly the biggest and best one to date. In four years of putting on these events, which are now the longest running in the country, we have never had 400 people turn out to ride, heckle and cheer, drink a beverage in the sun, and to generally just get, and be, rad.

Big thanks to everyone who showed up, and a huge thank-you to all our sponsors for the cdn cncrt series.

Blaise Olson