Glasgow to Genoa - The Photo Gallery

Kriss Kyle, Garrett Reynolds, Dennis Enarson, Chad Kerley, Simone Barraco

9 May 2016

Stairway to Heaven or Highway to Hell?

Dennis Enarson looked at this rail on the first day in Glasgow, and then came back for a feeble on the last day. He locked in so well that he could have grinded for days.

“There’s no car parked in front of this spot over here. Want to film something?” Kriss Kyle sees things differently.

Kris does a fence bounce-to-manual-180, while Peter Adam wins the “Filmer Pose of the Month” award.

This flat rail was a perfect way to fight the jet lag monster in Glasgow. Garrett Reynolds went tooth over and back, but Fred Murray’s dog Frankie was not impressed.

The US crew spent half of this trip in Glasgow, Scotland and half in Genoa, Italy, so they could hang out with Kriss Kyle and Simone Barraco on their home turf.

Only Dennis Enarson… Wall-to-180 at Unit 23.

Kriss Kyle can probably ride Unit 23 with his eyes closed. “Local” doesn’t even begin to describe him.

This is ridiculous. Enarson, whip transfer, one and done.

Peter Adam came on the trip to get amazing clips and tell corny jokes. Perfect combination.

Chad Kerley warming up in Glasgow.

The crew got extremely lucky with the weather in Glasgow. We dodged some rain, but still had plenty of time for Garrett to do things like this ice-to-bar.

Chad Kerley adds his predator flavor to this heavily sessioned Glasgow spot.

Chad, Dennis and Garrett plotting.

Garrett adds another line to the Glasgow flat rail.

Italy brought out the sun and the sound of a cassette. And just to be clear, Simone Barraco’s fakie-table is out of a barspin-to-abubaca.

Mike Mastroni spent part of this trip puking thanks to food poisoning in Glasgow. He was back to full power by the time we got to Genoa.

Chad was the only rider on the trip to think “nose manual” when he saw this spot. He locked in on about the fifth try.

Seeing Simone in his hometown was incredible. His mom and dad showed up a few times to watch him film, and his mom even rode her bike to a spot with us. Talk about parental support.

Crew’d up in Genoa.

This spot… Garrett definitely handled the triangle.

This is Simone pretending that this is a quarterpipe, and that it’s easy to ride. Believe me, it is neither.

Sometimes you just have to obey the signs.

You gotta put in the work if you want that payoff…

There was a constant flow of businessmen and tourists at this setup, but somehow it was never a bust. Dennis Enarson decided to take his fakie-whip game to a new level for his last trick of the trip.

Garrett doesn’t stop. Ever.

Simone G-turn-over-tooth in Genoa. Random fact: there was human shit at this spot.

We only had time for one spot on the last day of the trip, and Garrett finished things off with this ridiculous line. I’m not even going to describe it. Just go watch the video.

Words and photos by Mark Losey

The running theme on Nike trips lately has been the “two-for-one.” Since we have a good crew together, why not try to hit two locations on the same trip? Last year’s Malaga to Gran Canaria was a blast, so we wanted to do something similar, while visiting two European Nike riders at the same time. So in April we headed to Glasgow, Scotland to meet up with Kriss Kyle and then Genoa, Italy to ride with Simone Barraco. We were warned that the weather in April would be questionable, but sometimes you just have to roll the dice.

We were lucky to have two filmers on this trip, but they both felt some pain in Glasgow. Mike Mastroni spent a day throwing up in the hotel thanks to green curry gone wrong. Then Peter Adam tweaked his knee at a bank spot that was too good to pass up. Simone endured the worst injury of the trip, though, when he broke his arm on the last night. Luckily this happened in his hometown, so his parents and friends made sure he was well taken care of. There may have been one other “injury” to the rental van, but that’s what insurance is for…

Thanks to Kriss and Simone for their hometown hospitality. Talks about the next two-for trip are already in the works. - Mark Losey

Watch the full Nike - Glasgow to Genoa video here!

Chad Kerley is supported by Official DIG Partner: Haro / Premium / Cinema / Dans Comp

Kriss Kyle is supported by Official DIG Partners: BSD / Source

Garrett Reynolds is supported by Official DIG Partner: Cinema

Dennis Enarson is supported by Official DIG Partners: Haro / Demolition