Jamie has been operating machinery since he was 12, and his talent for building a freestyle motocross jump, and building it right becomes apparent as soon as you lay eyes on the dirt kickers and landings scattered throughout the trees. As the landscape in the woods is hilly and the trees are dense to say the least, a huge amount of work has been put in over the years to level sections of the ground, clear areas of trees and put in substantial underground drainage systems. After a recent session in the 7 tonne 360 digger, all the jumps were looking primed for our arrival in Devon!
Riding with Jamie for the week was Chris Birch – another UK pro rider who can’t get enough of sessioning the woods with Squibby. If he’s not riding a Demo and the sun is out, you can guarantee Chris will be down in Devon going big in the trees! Birch now spends a lot of his time in his second home of Torrevieja, Spain, where he trains with friend and European fmx legend Andre Villa. Because the woods get simply too wet to ride over the deep winter months, Jamie will often head down to Torrevieja to stay with Chris in Spain, and ride the local FMX spots around Torrevieja, meaning both riders always have a place to shred!