Its that time of the year again, the long sunny days we have been blessed with for the last few month's are about to pack up for the year and go on their hols and leave us with our worst enemy. yep the cold, wet and miserable face of autumn is staring us in the face and even worse, winter.

So to celebrate the end of the summer, the good folk at Cardiff skatepark decided to hold a barbeque, why not hold a BMX jam at the same time. Knock up a few ramps outside in the carpark as well as what's already inside and see if the weather plays game.

Part of the old Leckwith halfpipe was tipped onto its side and plyed and a curved wallride was born. a small quarter opened another line into and out of the skatepark, ghetto ramps were assembled and a wallridewas put up inside linking the mini to the rest of the street course. Luckily for us a vital ingredient decided he (or she) would pay us a visit that day. Indeed the sun shone all day providing everyone with access to ride inside or out, have a beer, a burger or listen to redneck Steve Greens tales of the valleys. (Only kidding Steve).

Guests for the day this time were James Hitchcox (who has been to every jam) and Ben manual. While most of the morning was reserved for practice James and Ben rode the ultra shady metal ramps outside. James was pulling disaster to 360 tyretap (think about that one) while Ben pulled icepicks and fufanus on the car park gate.

I wont do a full on round up of each group but here is a list of the highlights:

Tim did the most stretched nothings of the day along with xup to barspins, suicides 360s and one handed manuals on the top of the Tampa wall.

Lil Dan from Swansea may only be small but he can sure go big and tweaked on the jumpbox.Chalk up Indians, inverts, nothings, x-up cans and more besides.

Jason busted clicked unturndowns, barspins and 180 barspins on the jumpbox and ridiculously overflat airs on the quarters.

Luke is only (15/16)and has mastered jumping the volcano smoothly and threw a few turndowns over it too as well as no foot one handers and toboggans on the box.

Frank came all the way from Ireland and pulled the smoothest downside tailwhips I've ever seen. Add to this tailwhips over the box , barspin manuals on top of the tamps wall, nosepicks on the sub box, rocket suicides over the box and even threw in a barspin in one of them. smoothness personified. And this guy aint sponsored. Crazy.Ive heard he may be moving to Germany soon so good luck out there frank.

Lewis ( the Pro) Hurley was let out of skate extreme on day release. Good to see you again Lew, don't let em put the handcuffs on again. Real wallrides out of the 1/4 dropped into manuals and a carving 540 manual on top of the Tampa wall.

Buzz did his Fiola laydown style disasters and mucho crankflipness. Keep trying those 360 crankflips will come soon buzz.

Scott Sutton did supermans, flat 360s, turndowns, 180s and a 360 manual to 360 in on the jump box a la Nate Wessel. You can tell Scott has been riding a lot lately just by watching him ride. Or maybe you've been to the welshsidebmx.com website and come to that assumption. Draw your own conclusion.

a face from the past, Marc isles rode the jam and did a few neat tricks such a one hand one foot framestand icepicks, footslaps(remember them?) over the doors new wallride but rode totally on edge even Hitchcox was clasping his hands over his eyes. The BCR had mark Whitfield AKA scary boy. Now we have scary boyo. Try and watch him ride without gritting your teeth or covering your eyes, I dare you.

Props go to Lizzie for riding the jam as the only female entrant and keep on crankflipping. Maybe if a certain Welsh rider (Mandy) comes back on the scene maybe we could start a girls class.

Two riders absent this day were Cory and mad mike. Mike is just.........well, mad. Very entertaining to watch and his crashes are legendary. Apparently he can do supermans off curbs??? get the day off work next time mike. Cory had his dads wedding to attend but keep your eyes out for him at the next jam cos he rips.

(red t shirt) did pendulums, no foot cans to nothings and stretched superman seatgrabs. a true jumpbox warrior.

Captain mesh-cap Steve green showed his flatland skills with brakeless hang 5s the length of the park, curling inverted manuals on the mini and fufanus on the eh edge of the bank above the kicker ramp.

James had problems early on with his bike and it got worse when he bent his wheels on an alley oop walltap transfer over the door, but pulled an aley oop walride over it after Steve donated his front wheel.

(Yellow t) did huge transfers over the volcano including over clicked turndowns and 360 turndowns, suicides and inverts on the box.....after a lot of encouragement he went and pulled a truckdriver out from his bag of tricks CLEAN.

(Blue t) did barspins over the hip both ways and a downside whip on the box. After numerous attempts and total crowd backing he stuck a big downside whip from the quarter into the bank. To say everyone was stoked he pulled it was an understatement.

Mr. James Hitchcox laid down nose wheelies, tailwhip nosepicks and rocket manual into rocket icepick grinds on the other wall (staying on the pegs throughout) on the mini, an abubaca on the Tampa wall and numerous double tailwhip nosepick attempts including landing on his gut on the pedal on one go. Good job you ate them burgers eh James.

Pro winner Ben manual flowed around the park as if he was local. 540 tyretap on the sub, 360s, crankflip disaster reverts and an air over the door to manual down the transition then and then up the other into a fufanu. Ben may have turned down on the box, but he didn't turn down the alcohol later. Blind drunk! the kareoke king had to be carried though Cardiff city centre to Dans truck amid heavy vomiting sessions.

And so good-bye summer, see you next year, and too everyone who came thanks for your support. Hopefully there should be one more before Xmas so see you then.

Thanks to Gareth and the staff at CSP, everyone who helped out and all the sponsors Etnies, Pornstar, Demolition, Wethepeople and hotwheels

This unknown rider opened a candybar over the volcano................