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BMX Day 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa

July 24, 2017

The scene down in South Africa has always been a good one. There’s always a steady flow of videos coming out of the place and you can bet that every year the riders all get together for BMX Day. This past weekend was no different! The locals came together in Johannesburg to spend the day exploring the city’s spots and have a good time. Colin Loudon sent over a video and a batch of photos by Grant McLachlan from the day for your viewing pleasure! Take a look at what went down!

BMX Day 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa

All photos by Grant Mclachlan
Words by Colin Loudon

Saturday 22 July, while the Street Series was going on in multiple continents, the bustling streets of New Town Johannesburg saw 100+ riders gather in front of Museum Africa In support of international BMX Day.

BMX Day 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa

Already from the jump the warm up spot quickly turned into a frenzy of sending anything and everything down the set of stairs and getting tech on the Evals BMX flat rail to get the juices flowing before the mob headed off into the CBD.
After a quick briefing the heavy crew proceeded to pedal into the city and from that point chaos ensued as traffic was brought to a standstill in the city centre.

BMX Day 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa

BMX Day 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa

Private security didn’t stand a chance against a group this big which brought the perfect opportunity for those usually “untouchable spots” to be broken in.
Unfortunately this brought the attention of JMPD who tried to dismantle the group and shut down the jam completely. After a bit of smoothing over with the police, the massive crew headed to spots with less police presence. Which included a ghetto skatepark hidden in the centre of Joburg’s biggest taxi rank.

BMX Day 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa

BMX Day 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa

BMX Day 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa

After a heavy session on the steel ramps the group made their way back down to the meet up spot to wind things down with the Ray Malinga High Hop contest hosted by Hunter.

BMX Day 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa

No street jam is complete without an informal prize giving to hook the riders up who sent it during the course of the day! Shout out to Monster Energy, Evals BMX, Hunter, Skabanga Crew and 1933 Classic tattoos for making it all happen.
Thanks to everyone who made it out! See you all next year!

BMX Day 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa

BMX Day 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa

Riders of the day – Darren Oatley & Vincent Leygonie
Ray Malinga High Hop – Darren Oatley
Tough as nails – Rico Ribeiro

BMX Day 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa

All photos by Grant Mclachlan

BMX Day 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa

BMX Day 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa

BMX Day 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa

BMX Day 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa

BMX Day 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa

BMX Day 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa

BMX Day 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa

BMX Day 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa

BMX Day 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa

BMX Day 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa

BMX Day 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa

BMX Day 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa

BMX Day 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa

BMX Day 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa

BMX Day 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa

BMX Day 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa

BMX Day 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa

BMX Day 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa

BMX Day 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa

That wraps up this video and photogallery! Shout out to Colin Loudon and Grant McLachlan for their work on the photos and video! Please give this a Share so your friends can check it out, too!

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