Renzys Riot

At the base of the blue mountains, on the great dividing range, runs a valley far away from almost anything, we have been finding, skating plenty of new runs up here and there's been a few races out here over the years too, with a little bit of chunder on the cards most riders don’t come here and nothing has been blown out, yet.

We layed out 30 haybails over the track, 30 more then we've ever brought before for an event. Placed traffic warning signs a few hundred meters up either side of the track and kept all parked cars off the race hill and together. The focus had to be on safety and fun for the race, one of the Mums, Thea Young, scored 8 walkie talkies to add to our 6, so every corner had a marshal and the camera crew where all connected. The bus was balls and only managed 20km/h up hill and had to do 2 runs per round, slowing the pace a little.

Riders from 4 states made it out, holding it down for NSW wouldn't be easy. Duber was ready for racing early and had great form, same to Dejan. I thought the big boys would have no problem on this hill but little guys like Tyron and Mitch fought their way past them and knocked out a lot good riders on the way to the finals. After 3 Round Robin with more than 50 riders , it looked like Qld was going to dominate, but only the 2x Junior World Champion managed to hold off the locals: Connor Fergusen was on top form and used his weight and skill to take out the finals in opens. A great win to kick off the season.

We held a grom final, top 8 qualified groms all in one heat, le mans start, with the 4 top in front then the 5th-8th riders in a second starting line behind. It was a bit of carnage apparently and the fight was hard for the top spots, Zac made a late charge to claim 3rd and Mitch had to once again concede to the Alpha Grom! Tyron Knight who took 2nd in opens and now 1st in the Groms.

The masters Division or Jerryatrics was a one run and done event, I (Rob) decided to have a roll with the boys and see the track, first time in leathers down the hill i almost ate shit twice. haha naot that fun at all. Neil Duddy got the lead early and after i almost took out BenBro, he bolted away to keep a safe distance too, Pickles had plenty of practice and dialed his lines in to hold on to 3rd for the day. Duddy didnt miss a beat and took out his first Masters Division win, the start of many i hope.

The event was a lot of stress to put together, a grassroots race for the wider community. there's always so much at risk when holding this sort of thing and the more people that come and from further away the stress levels rise. without the help of every one around me it wouldn't be possible. Maga is so important to the operation, doing all the data crunching and finer details makes it possible and run smooth. Also the boys on raceday that volunteer to make sure it runs smooth, Benbro and Neil did an awesome job keeping the track safe and running, Ash, Matti, Thea Young, the King, gromets at marshalling corners, Bruce in the bus, Gareth in the ute, Robbo at basement, Dad "Maddog" and my uncle "buffalo boy", Darryl at These Wheels for the swag and basement, Bear Trucks,  Oneliner for their contributions too, it all helped incredible to make it a successful event, one to remember and a special one to mark our mates passing.

Full results of the event.

Maga -  probably one of my favorite things about DH skateboarding is our community, is not just a common sport community, we are a family!  I’m so happy that everyone had a great great time,  it’s wasn’t just  a race  but we got enjoy each others company and  our love of skating down a sick hill together and like Bruce said it, “there is so much camaraderie and inclusion at these gatherings, old guys helping young guys; young groms whooping old guys and all done with a smile...mostly” and that can sum what happened at Renzy’s Riot.