Snapshots - East LA Street Jam

Oriol & Anthony 'Boy' Flores draw a crowd in East LA

5 Aug 2015

This is BMX!

The LA street scene in full effect.

Boy was the main man behind the jam and went straight to work at the first spot.

It was hot out so you just gotta do what you gotta do.

This street basically turned into a party before the cops performed a sting like operation to have us move on.

Just as we were about to leave this spot a random saxophone player opened up some serious entertainment which caused the parking garage to be taken over with cheering riders and car drivers forced to wait whilst this guy finished his set.

The saxophone player made some serious dough in the 10 minutes he shut down a parking garage.

The cops drove past this session multiple times and I guess they figured it was too much work to deal with as they kept on driving.

The entire sidewalk was taken over when we were at Oriol Bike Shop.

Eddie Saucedo was killing this rail so much Ipads were needed to capture it.

Chills whilst everyone grabs some beverages.

Off to a good start for everyone including the drink vendor in the middle of it all.

Some LA street legends right there.

Tyler slapping LAX sticker up.

The crew at the end of the day as we finished up at Oriol.

These guys were still going even after most had already headed home for the day.

Photos and words by Cooper Brownlee

I was blown away by the number of riders who showed up to the jam, especially as there were a few BMX events going down that day. At least 100 riders were out, roaming the streets in between the spots Boy had picked out for the sessions. He had even pre-waxed all the spots.

The hype surrounding the jam meant the riding was high quality, but for me it was the random shit that went down throughout the day which really gave this jam a pure street vibe. It was things like seeing the LAPD giving up on trying to get us to stop riding spots, the traffic coming to a halt, the guy playing his saxophone and overwhelming the riders with his impromptu gig in a parking lot, and other cops escorting us out of an area for probably a mile or two. These were the things that really set the vibe for the day. Sure, we all ended up with heat stroke, but we still had a stack of laughs. Even the guy that tried a ridiculous gap to wallride and busted out a few teeth was stoked.

Thanks to Oriol Bike Shop who hooked us all up with free food and drink, and Boy for making the day what it was. Hopefully I’m around for the next one.