The Jumps: a mini-doc

Early in the summer of '06 the Seattle area weekly The Stranger published an article about illegal dirt jumps discovered at the edge of one of the city's more affluent neighborhoods. The city of Seattle found these jumps by accident while doing an erosion check. The jumps were in a conservation area. But the area had been overlooked. This green belt was loosing the battle to invasive plants and had become a gathering place for the homeless and drug users. The riders felt that it was a perfect place to build their jumps.

The Bones Over Metal crew caught up with Rama Fire the rider who was responsible for the dirt jumps. We also got a chance to talk to Jack Tomkinson of Urban Sparks.org Urban Sparks is working with Rama and his crew to get the city to see the positive side of the dirt jumps.

For more information on their effort check out the Urban Sparks website.

Shot on HD