Title: Tempermental
Production: Rob Ridge
Rating: **1/2
Rob Ridge has been misunderstood in the past. He's a 30+ rider, runs a skatepark and is one hell of a tech bike rider. He'll fit in the Dave Freimuth, Tobias Wicke, Rick Moliterno category with his wild style of nosepick-tailwhip tricks on spines. His freecoaster gives him the opportunity to go fakie and his own park gives him the chance to build strange obstacles for even crazier tricks.
Rob is not afraid to huck himself down massive rails either or flip a dirt jump. Rob "takes it" a lot and throws his bike but to progress, you have to fall down and get back up. Tempermental is more than Rob Ridge. (Local) Riders that are not so well known get footage on the home-copied DVD. The quality/filming/production of the DVD might not be top notch but if you are into Tech riding you'll be slo-mo-ing a bunch after you slide this one in. There was room in Tempermental for some fun which was good to see in this serious world. The DVD includes a slideshow too.
Hotwheels distribution in Bournemouth, UK sent us this DVD. If you want to get a copy of your own I'm sure they can help out.
BdJ
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