Kevin Garwood

So you're back in England for the summer, how's that been going?

It's been good so far. I got back from the states in May and have been trying to make the most of the dry weather.



What have you been riding since you're back in the London area?

I've been riding a local concrete park (Dartford) a fair bit. Its a pretty small park, but theres some good lines in there! Ive been trying to film some stuff in London as well. So i've been heading up there at the weekends.



You said you were excited about getting "home" to ride some trails. Are your local trails still running or did they get ploughed?

Yeah I was pretty excited to get back and ride the trails. I had a few ideas of what I wanted to build since the new line at Casselberry FL ended up being real good. But a few of the jumps/rollers at my local trails have been taken out, and nobody wants them back. So I havent been going down to ride or dig really. My friend Mike (Cottle) from Florida/Pennsylvania has a couple of friends that live over here. Rob someone, and someone else! He says they just ride the trails all day, and drink all night, so im thinking of going to meet up with them!





Whats been going on with LifeCycle?

As far as the park goes, I have been offered the land, but it wont be developed until the start of next year. Its in the S.E London area (Kent), and hopefully if I can get the money together, we might be able to build a park up to 30,000 sq ft. Apart from that, the shirts are going well, so cheers to everyone whos supported that.

What are your plans for the rest of the summer?

Im going to head over to Europe in a week or so which im really excited about. I love European cities in the summer, and the riding scene out there is nice n chill! I might try to get a few people together, like Phil Aller and Connell Keenan, and take off to Eastern Europe maybe! I dunno, we'll figure out something.



Have you sorted out your Visa, and when you going back to the US and A?

Naa, I didnt get my Visa sorted out yet! I have to go up to the American Embassey in London. Its gonna cost me a few hundred quid, so I need to do some work first to get the money together. Ridings been so good recently that I havent wanted to work to get the money for it. I'll get it sorted in time for the winter though!



Frame - TerribleOne Garrett (21"TT)
Forks - Odyssey race


Stem - Profile 40
Bars - Odyssey Lumberjack
Cranks - Pofile 175mm w/hollow cro mo axle
Sprocket - Pofile wake
pedals - Fly
Brake - Fly


Rear wheel - Profile cassette w/Ti driver and 14mm Ti axle
DK spokes, Odyssey 7ka rim


Front wheel - Profile mini with 3/8 bolts, DK spokes, 7ka rim.
Chain - shadow interlock.
Tyres - Fly rubens
Brake - Fly
Headset - We the people
Seat - Profile
Seat post - Thompson
Seat post clamp - Profile slim jim
Grips - ODI "O rings"
Bar ends - fly plastic
Brake lever - Odyssey small


Article id# 726 | Added Jul 7, 2008