Quite fitting that we finish off with the flame-haired maniac from Norfolk seeing as he and his mates made the journey up to MCR the weekend before for the ‘Skate don’t Hibernate’ event at Beast Rampz and then stayed in a Travel Lodge all week so that they could attend this Jam too. Now that is dedication.

James first came to our attention via a web clip that he sent in as part of the adidas Skate Copa event earlier in the summer. He blew our minds via that YouTube clip and quickly became an office favourite due to the mind-bending technicality of his skating. Ever seen anyone do a backlip Rick flip out before? No, we hadn’t either until we met this nutter.

This hardflip backlip went down amidst one of the craziest skatepark jam sessions that I’ve seen in years in not as many tries as you’d expect and left The Grindle beaming as it was the first one he’d ever landed. This is the OG way to ‘come up’ – if you want to get noticed and get involved with the wider skate scene then get off your arses and travel. James did and by the end of his week in MCR he’d won enough product to open his own skate shop. Respect James – keep it coming!