Today we’ve got a write up with some guest bloggers covering the recent Bigfoot Waterfront Stunt Jam that went down in the bay area two Saturdays ago! Words by Adam Wells and photos by Antonio Wothe. Full article after the jump, enjoy the read:

I am always honored to throw these jam/comp with my brother and legendary rider Andy Sparks and am also grateful to the industry as a whole that so many people show up to throw down. This fourth installment (Concord, Santa Cruz, Oakland) of the BIGFOOTFIXED COMP was unique in the fact that Track or Die NYC was hosting a few races throughout the city and I couldn’t pass up having FGFS be apart of it.

Situated at the legendary street venue, 3rd and Army in San Francisco’s Dogpatch neighborhood we held probably the biggest round robin game of BIKE to ever be done with fixed gear bikes.

Each of the 13 riders were paired with together for preliminary rounds based on trick set and type of bike.
Generally if a trick track rider had to 180 the stair set or barspin they would swap to a fixed freestyle 26” or 700” that could handle the stress.
I’ve never seen so many Keo’s and Prolly spins in a freestyle event ever! It was refreshing. We still had plenty of 180 bar spins and 360’s from Watcha, Peter and Gabe Alcantera to satisfy the FGFS crowd. It was a good day to watch 13 brave riders tell us what tricks they wanted to do.

Registered
Kameren Boun- Hi-Tek 26”
Peter Van Nguyen- Hi-Tek 26”
Gabe Alcantara- Hi-Tek 26”
Daniel Mcdiarmid- Hi-Tek 26”
David Todd- Destroy Santos 1 off 700c
Devynn Guzman- Mash AC4 700c
Gabe Rodriquez- Volume Thrasher 700c
Scott Fiel- Hi- Tek 26”/700c
Derrick Finch- Volume Thrasher 700c
Jake Lanich- Mash AC4 700c
Matt Reyes- Mash Reyes 700c
Jimmy Watcha- Hi-Tek 26”
Shane Hunt- Hi-Tek 26”

Game 1 saw Kam Boun take the first loss to his FixieBoys teammate Peter Vanuyen by 1 letter to Peter’s snappy flat 180 bar to full cab variations.

Game 2 was a battle of the feeble bar between Sacramento’s own Daniel Mcdiarmid and Gabe Alcantara. Even with Young D’s perfect 180 front tire grab, Gabe’s feeble bars were more dialed than most anyone’s best trick on an FGFS. Gabe finished Daniel off with a feeble hop up to big bar spin off the big ledge with ease to move on.

Game 3 was the only three person 700c battle between David Todd, Gabe Rodriquez and Devynn Guzman. With Devynn switching to Gabe’s Thrasher with a Fumanchu fork, to defend from David’s super clean flat Nollie bars while Gabe’s pull up bars to buttery full cabs were so smooth, yet in the end Devynn won with multiple Keo and Prolly spins only having B and I.

Game 4 saw the most diverse head to head matchup between Scott Fiel on his Hi Tek 26” frame and Derrick Finch’s purple thrasher 700c build. With pull up bar toe Keos and pedal feebles Derek only lost by one letter to Scott’s quick and clean 180 half cabs.

Game 5 was interesting and I loved every minute. Mash SF brothers in arms Jake Lanich lost to his SF teammate Matt “Slumworm” Reyes by 3 letters. CARBON VS STEEL. Both on 700c, Jake put up a great fight, giving out the only letter Slum got all day with a switch fish chips. Trying to tame the energy of Slumworm is impossible and I believe it was multiple full cabs that sent Jake off to the alleycat registration early. Note; giving Slum 1 letter in a game is a feat unto itself that not many people can say they did other than maybe Jball.

Game 6 was the last of the prelims and saw the magician Jimmy Watcha poised against the ShmobFixed CEO Shane Hunt. Two very different styles it was arguably not as fair as it should’ve been for Shane but sometimes when you need one more person to step up, he won’t let you down…ever. Shane gave it his all and being a good sport about the matchup tried to get Jimmy his first letter with a 180 to xup ride to full cab but he never got out clean. A few barspins and Jimmy took the win.

The first game of the semis saw Peter against Gabe which was a pretty well matched battle. Between the bar spin battles, we saw Gabe 180 the stair set while Peter was super snappy with some full cab variations. Peter took the win to move on despite Gabe’s big feeble bar on the big ledge.

Devynn took out Scott who jumped on Slumworms bike to compete and was quickly eliminated due to Devynn’s mastery of the trick track set with a wild leg over fish n chips. Devynn had to leave for an Alleycat checkpoint at that time receiving 3rd place in freestyle.

The final game of the semis saw the best battle of the day between Jimmy Watcha and Slumworm. 26”vs the most freestyle capable 700c ever built and the antics didn’t let us down. With Jimmy handing out letters for flat truck drivers and 180 bars while Slum was trying to come back with a gap over the BIG GAP. He also did a few perfect 180’s up the stair set bonking the lower step (sort of smithing) before spinning to perfect half cab. Giving Jimmy 2 letters, Matt ultimately succumbed to the perfectly dialed variations from Watcha, Slum was defeated leaving Jimmy to take the $150 and the win!!

Slum did win the best overall prize the Master Hi Tek Watcha color frame and fork, hoping to see some 26” moves like the Bombtrack days again!

With the alleycat underway and a few people having to leave, the final saw Peter defaulting to his mentor Jimmy for #1 and had a casual throwaway last game.

All in all it was a great time to see FGFS in a broader spotlight in the city that helped it originally gain mainstream love, get taken over by the world’s best track athletes. Thank you to all that came out and even reposted I love you all

–ATW