Transgression Park are very pleased to announce that our Cafe- KGs@Transgression has opened its doors, They have a fine selection of freshly prepared hot and cold food to keep you fuelled when you visit whether you are sessioning the park or waiting on your kids.

A number of our customers have asked if we could open a bit earlier so they can shred the park before the kids finish school so we are pleased to announce that from Monday 30th  January we will be open from Noon every weekday.This means you can shred longer and also score some tasty lunch !.

Our full opening times and prices can be found HERE.

And from the 25th January we are introducing Scooter Priority Sessions every Wednesday 5pm-7pm, These will still be open to anyone but priority will be given to scooters.

We managed to end 2011 with a bang or at least more bangers than you can shake a stick at, Check out our Snow Ballin Jam edits:

Transgression Park SnowBallin Jam 2011 – 12 & under and 13 to 16yrs Groups from Dave Sowerby on Vimeo.

Transgression Park SnowBallin Jam 2011 – A & B groups from Dave Sowerby on Vimeo.

From Monday 30th January we will be extending our opening hours so you lucky peeps will be able to skate/ride from Noon every weekday and better still you can now enjoy some tasty food and beverages in our nice new Cafe which is open everday until late.

We have some great stuff planned for the February mid term break so stay tuned or join us on Facebook/Twitter for running updates and news.

You should also check out this amazing wee edit from the BSD lads who have been filming for their up and coming DVD…

BSD – Kriss Kyle & Alex Donnachie at O2 from BSD on Vimeo.

The holidays are almost upon us so please take note of our festive opening hours.

The park will be closed on Christmas Day,Boxing Day and New Years Day.

Our shop will be open for sales and collections until 8pm on Christmas Eve.

All of the staff at Transgression Park would like to wish everyone of our customers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Last Saturday we hosted our first BMX Jam at the new park. We decided to call it the SnowBallin’ Jam which turned out to be quite fitting as we woke up to a snow covered Edinburgh.  Stay tuned for the edit of the jam which no doubt will highlight what an amazing day it was but for now here is our round up of some of the highlights…

The standard of riding was insane in every single group; we had over ten 12 year olds enter the jam it was amazing to see young kids stoked on BMX. They came from all over Scotland and the future of BMX in this country is looking bright with Dylan Austin 360ing the large jump box. Elliot Young sending lines around the park and Mark Ducat getting higher on his 10^th Birthday than most may do on their 20^th.

Also in this group it was demonstrated that it’s about progression and helping each other out too with Sangje Harper helping out a fellow rider when he went down. He picked up a brand new Haro BMX for being a great dude!

The 13-16 year old group was a real treat, bangers getting thrown down everywhere. Edinburgh local Andrew Russell proved it’s not all about barspins and whips by flying round the park with creative lines and style. Craig Sime sent it with whips, barspins and all sorts of tech trickery. Jonny Moffat attacked the course with a similar style but managed to throw a double bars over the box and then he flipped the wee box on demand after our MC George gave him that extra encouragement; this wrapped up the win for Jonny.

By the time it got into the B group we were on a roll and the riding continued to get more and more intense. It was a real treat to see a rider who used to arguably be at the forefront of BMX in Scotland; David Lorimer proved he still had tailwhips on tap by throwing one out of the wallride. Style cat Christopher ‘Katman’ Eastwood flowed around the park blasting lookbacks and a wild 360 to fakie out the vert wall into the quarter. In first place was Shaun Gornall who made the trip up from Widnes to ride our park. He was sending it all over the park with huge boxjump tricks and a 540 barspin air on the 7 foot quarter; his standard of riding will definitely see him riding in a higher group next time.

The riders in ‘A group’ final made the judging very difficult the standard was that good. Liverpool riders Anthony McGuirk and Francis Wright hit the park hard with massive tricks. Anton getting a 540 Barspin to tuck no-hander, whilst Francis tore the jump box apart with 720’s, flip-whips and triple whips! Scotland’s own Kriss Kyle also blasted the park in his own way with huge lines and wallrides!

We have to give a massive shout out to our locals, those guys really stepped it up. New BSD rider Hector Spencer-Wood did probably our favourite trick of the day with a massive 180 from the small bowl into the big bowl. It was great to see everyone get behind him. Other locals such as Euan Jowett-Mcfetters, Sean Paul, Charlie Robinson, Dale Macaroni, Connor Macaulay and Niall Waddel all rode amazing and it will be great to see those guys this time next year.

 
The Final Standings:

Under 12 winners (pictured above)
1st. Dylan Austin
2nd. Elliot Young
3rd. Mark Ducat

13-16 winners (pictured above)
1st. Jonny Moffat
2nd. Craig Sime
3rd. Andrew Russell

Over 16 Group B winners (pictured above)
1st. Shaun Gornall
2nd. Katman
3rd. David Lorimer

Over 16 Group A winners (pictured above)
1st. Anthony McGuirk
2nd. Francis Wright
3rd. Kriss Kyle

Our special guest rider Harry Main was on fire, the night before during a warm up session he flaired the 7ft and almost hit the light. When it came around to the jam a few of us were wondering what could potentially happen. The second he jumped from the box to the volcano heading towards the 7ft quarter I knew it was coming. He also stuck in a few pedals as if he needed any extra speed! BOOM! He was around 10ft in the air on a 7ft ramp UPSIDE DOWN! Smashing the light to pieces with his back wheel yet still almost landing the flair. It was hands down one of the greatest things I have ever witnessed; the whole place erupted!

The event was a great success and we would like to thank everyone who made the Transgression SnowBallin’ BMX Jam one of the highlights of the year by turning out to compete, spectate and help out.

We would like to thank all our sponsors who like our riders pulled it out the bag to offer some of the best prizes ever, so a special thanks to:

Monster Energy, Haro/Premium, BSD, Amity, Dig, BawBags, Snap distribution, IMG, 4Down, Zeal BMX, Split Second, Scoopbmx, Capix,Fatalitybmx & Cabaret Voltaire.

See you next year at the 2012 SnowBallin’ Jam

A few weeks ago we held a Skateboard competition in our new bowl. Friend of the park Zander Ritchie was on hand to film and edit all the action that went down…

Transgression Snowballin’ BMX Jam Information

Date

Saturday 10th December 2011

Location

The Jam will be at Transgression Park in Edinburgh. For details on travel and directions check our location page on the website. www.transgressionpark.com

Times

The Jam will start at 2pm and run till 10pm.

The times below are a rough guide these are all subject to change.

• 1pm Sign-In
• 2pm Warm-up session
• 2:45pm Under 12′s Jam
• 3:45pm 13-16′s Jam
• 4:50pm Prize Giving for Under 12’s and 13-16 Groups (Presented by Top Pro Riders)
• 5pm 16+ A & B Group
• 6:50 Prize Giving for 16+ A & B Groups (presented by Top Pro Riders)
• 7pm Pro Snowballin’ Jam
• 8pm Open Session with Pro riders

Cost
£5 to spectate

£15 to enter/ride

Format

For the amateur competition there will be a Jam format. Riders will be placed into groups of 5 and will session together for 5-6 minutes. The best riders will go into a final. The final will consist of 5 riders who will be given 6-10minutes to show the judges what they got! Judges will be looking for; Tricks, Style, Originality, Lines and showing good use of the park.

There will also be prizes handed out on the spot for riders who may not be at a level to win but will be recognised for making an extra special attempt/effort. So it really is worth everyone entering.

The Pro Category will be an open Jam session with good music, good banter on the mic and maybe a few festive character appearances?

Sponsors/Prizes
We have had brilliant support from some of our favourite companies and brands who have put up some great prizes..
Haro have supplied us with a complete bike, BSD, Amity and Premium have given us Frames and Bars, Cranks etc…. All our distro friends have overwhelmed us with a huge amount of parts and clothing.

Monster Energy
Haro
BSD
Premium
Dig Magazine
NEARLY
BawBags
4Down
Zeal
Snap
IMG
Amity
Capix
State of Mind

Confirmed Rider List

Pro Riders coming along so far : Harry Main, Ben Wallace, Kriss Kyle, Matt Roe, Dan Paley, Sean Lafferty, Anthony Mcguirk, Chaz Mailey, John Deans, Alex Donnachie, Paul Chapman, Si Gibb, Rob Andrews…We keep hearing word of new riders confirming so this list will no doubt continue to build.

Side Events

An after-party has been organised by members of staff from Transgression Park. This will take place at Edinburgh’s ‘Cabaret Voltaire’ Night Club. Event starts at 11pm-3am. The night is called ‘Sick Note’ and is an Indie Electro Disco Party. Also ‘We Were Promised Jetpacks’ will be doing a live DJ set.

This Event is only for people of 18years of age or above.

See Forbes Howie on Facebook or at the Jam for more information and details about discounted entry. He has 50 wristbands so it will be a first come first served basis.

Premium UK rider and friend of the park Anton McGuirk recently paid us a visit while in Scotland for a weekend of filming with Dave Sowerby. Anton knows how to fire out the tricks! Check out his new edit bellow…

Anton will be back up this weekend for our SnowBallin’ BMX Jam on Saturday the 10th December so if you want to take part and get to watch riding like this make sure you get yourself along to Transgression Park for the Jam. It promises to be a blast…

We are excited to announce that our first BMX Jam in the new Transgression Park is scheduled for Saturday 10th December. The Jam will run from 2pm until 10pm with categories for 12 and under, 13-16s and over 16′s A and B groups ensuring there’s a chance for all our locals at any level to enter. We’ve already got a growing list of pros confirmed for the jam and guest judge Harry Main making a special appearance too so come along and enter and ride with the pros in whats going to be an amazing day!

Some of the UK’s Top Riders will be attending the Jam to ride with you guys and hangout! So far we can confirm:
Harry Main, Kriss Kyle, Dan Paley, Ben Wallace, Paul Chapman, Alex Donnachie, Rob Andrews, Anthony McGuirk, Chaz Mailey, Si Gibb and a special appearance from Sean Lafferty.

Our confirmed Sponsors so far are:
Monster Energy, DIG Magazine, NEARLY, BSD, Premium, BAW BAGS, 4Down Distro, Zeal Distro, Snap Distro, IMG Distro, Scoop BMX, Amity, State of Mind, iFive, Haro

Scottish Rolling spent an hour filming with James Keyte recently at the park. James sure puts those rails to good use!…

Now that the fantastic new Transgression Park pool bowl is complete and open we can announce that Skateboard Scotland will be hosting a Bowl Jam this weekend on Sunday 27th November. Skating kicks off at 6pm and the Jam will run until 10pm. £10 entry and £3 to spectate with cash prizes up for grabs.

Our park users should note that the park will only be open for skateboarders to use from 6pm onwards during the evening of the bowl jam but everyone is welcome to come and spectate. See you there….