Late this summer
Kingpin Mag organised a fun little roadtrip type contest called '
The Drive'. I was in the van with the
Blueprint guys as we travelled from England to France, Belgium and Germany. Here's a few of the things we saw along the way:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPvoKxsNe3Wu1O0buehkEbZOcss0rgvKFWE8_Jf40MmJJN39WpmyLaPQaZwY9y6cASVShuOomP49lMIP5Hd2IfPeLy-dUGPYI5r53Q51mlOq_1ibacCLNPyfD2NFNIaqNww_YvavZ2thjT/s400/_1100327.jpg) |
Tom, Neil and Nick in Antwerp. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0yCdFHUGLRz8EaeuOsPtwAeAqRZn-a4MMgqqf3XrEQIv-XykoTlWx1Z1y7Gjg3nQquOAWPE8i_wh9w5Y-9MlZ3XAHBgjgLrdNT6he3l_WISUpdKvROeU0Q1_2tgoUP6ycdyFqfZX4ODRO/s400/_1100122.jpg) |
Le Havre. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw2JI8ZckgokAVs1R_7yJkyclZzvkIYwFcKX8w1KOFSUDQ7ODi4Bm8Jl319c4ty8vyrhpE4p-pY93D6wYMJ2PvA9CSwaxuhECqDhBaSbMOXOErGNWtlhikAIPcHiz1F2DUJCgq4G35jnP6/s400/_1100086.jpg) |
Tom gets feeling the full force of the limited space in the van. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP9gGCSIbp1hLBs_YYl2iOj-VSrcN-YMwu6fhqg4981Q2iCI-mzIOIgd6NT7hK9a8ZlS43Zl-OdPHaoYIgSTGhIehx4RrfbH5mnj4PtFMYt2cXJNKQV_zJRRuwBjaWMt6AB4fAJPGBHU4T/s400/_1100181.jpg) |
Le Havre. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6rUtxnMgwOiuczWz8fK3psLBpJHjci-R2jBw4k65h19HgidpWDIfW7KcmJ1DdoZXQthev2AeUZEUr5OWPCGc2877fsMumvz8zXBEJjBUPPmBtsfwn43YgR_dNE01aq3b0Bv2uC41KSdZ/s400/_1100231.jpg) |
Paris. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXRHoi9PIz42WCwWitDH-WYc6t6PJa4yQZMjxthhvMDGZLKY-SyXKylD7d16N3H7zmRNMDg58uLliOf8MRWDxYvyUPaJnLqVNIW0ksVEdwH-T5BTzqE4R28yimlWZYYxC005xjiVMDTBUK/s400/_1100250.jpg) |
Nick and Sylvain, Paris. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAK4DpOMi-HyhZ6W04dKMOxXRLhCUO83MHhLzYuVbls7eqBixlVt_IKIkNVAKs5hvLYV0I3UG1NQRnOGjLEEfEpaXcMTw8sBmJKmmhPSLfeSBcGLW8r-aYn9DCFHY-IPQ6oJV34yCkB3U3/s400/_SAM0882.jpg) |
Smithy, Boardslide in the rain, Brussels. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5HnLrVJCU_QPXEv9HO5ftxc4Q5UD37uOyIMeo4F6BkQcLcEBlVBy_BxkJzQDoPJA6PMhL_78lAxqyaE8hY_a7tBKXx4_z7v9md8-1UUYtXSnEjViEDQlpAGg_ebwZ8kLzYCey90O5f9tc/s400/_1100261.jpg) |
Nick, Paris. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8KfViCN2W5S1VMq9o7W6WJabWojLj7RH1tTz_EcF517x8iVNcnsvYhxXtNlqC-e6wYcYM6PaOZqnGq_Fomw5e6QYCytE3j4a3iVnUJ_jnIrl0OWaF7sfnlGFNgWv6TgHhL9LiLdE95L_O/s400/_1100225.jpg) |
Cheers mate. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOPUKCRxHnhRsuOEMhn5JdjZttytDXw4EtXofNj7CMH-OV9Kf4Q9g4wCO9oDhpyHMu8S0ojwR0lwI1oMN2zWeMy5msgc5j6kgFmdC5hGM5vFbsaENZI-uIJNHzoSERgbnrm2m7U1MD/s400/_1100166.jpg) |
Sylvain, Le Havre. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYjo4u4nthfaxBss1RteJ8uFbYgTzmzYOzIX7doOKf_10Q8-uTEYz7C5GKV5XfnBaFkUIbJL3djmVO_fSCnH7Y51i-xwaePnvyV04wOsAk_pnP1M0smPkvZDBkOtmyYq3vlwfe8_p/s400/_SAM0060.jpg) |
Paris. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTdUgxxzZfhI_dnfIBRVdTm4XvMdBWPfzZauKDMwuSj9lOmBkRXiy4FiRnYvyCXTfWaLsg6A8__ntinGbJYlWNBzpi-W3Lpxg3vHPnuf5lOSM9irNHu52D9YRkueT4SjuXqm8frhwcMr9J/s400/_SAM0102.jpg) |
Nick Jensen, Backside Smith, Paris. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz7LNZEvp_yJx8ga6nmofEvIIb0TW3_bw7CPLEu6UWgdhKnPuKTCS929I0kc0EM7HT-4XAlWAGhnMLjyKGpJvN4o1fPmPNOb7vBZDkMKRvJKtEBZls31yaBTPEgyMfbSQrkBPrpxg412KY/s400/_SAM0150.jpg) |
Tom Knox, Backside flip, Paris. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGhQOQjTbE98sDXZZ84b3rnVCtwsODahwaU2l6hZet4H99Qv5xw3TCgQ3cTOcEIi0m-op2jOYNIALqkl1iXVUj7-DBIk9D0CVd0FynX2ceS_8qSjb5pQAFbNbAoyYxjMBFcKkDICGgkPVc/s400/_SAM0434.jpg) |
Nick Jensen, Front board pop over, Paris. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitpKk4YMJP_Qi0Ioc9LXYGdH3sUM4tWamk7UAoqJ5pbJeVgUHYkMk80Kgu3F1k7axQmGwt1TUb74bM0OQM_l4O6Wagh82AxUV9wautWJL5_bEh-VBJzpQyFHk7OFlQlcyppOED2CRvXsMy/s400/_SAM0570.jpg) |
Paris pizza van. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP2xWYmYpBRqTm7NFeL14Ec3joh2S1ZEkUZBqtP0w_zR0owuoBkf9ZctnTRQAV0CrhFkqf6NOS9P5px6NPJSkCWK0HhLqCEK52XaeXf9usZrCm_PzN4vi7NA5DixOuACRo-1X9dobi67Sk/s400/_SAM0854-2.jpg) |
Smithy, switch noseblunt to switch
|
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvMnEGPjeNOIv9Icn7UM0G_Tx0LBh6S1wnj86osmp0bNfU6fK51URcqumZxoQT3e8TKGcIVNZMFHGHqblbWZiCtHDIa6lA9kLmJ0qtx2I_C5-5KciJDZOH6n4C78Mv81LTTt1MvUZoHj_b/s400/_SAM0860.jpg) |
Brussels. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuvitheZ4dIxoTFE_z3CpMuv_xUunxS9cB4ke4i5NuNnGpa9djhtrDYdGsasZBW5cN_v5ufX78DQRZ7bYDbW-x09IBQyJtqnxuYcC-YkYQraQX4-I3NR6qA0KREqqyraUhtdZ2WGmWqOSQ/s400/_SAM1097.jpg) |
Shier, Wallie, Antwerp. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoz_5aNZq3CI8b41zBkbOaJvqBas9NdiWd4fohGXZ1DVUKoY01LdZ6zYGNouO_vomqsW-z7JjcDDuOw4ddBoQMyv4WKiT_2SEaIfTvIX_QMG6DsAkgWIsY9zL6hR9f2yntZX_LjQTDTwNS/s400/_SAM1185.jpg) |
Sylvain, Sugarcane, Cologne. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCxQIRC-Xic7whE9EZClJpt8mDafGORID7z-ALdUBLMMfQ3F5U4XMhxDtvOKZp8Ao3MiN7-8S1pWC5ojFRh-3r_CY5Ps2sQ9tMc3M5_9UEy3OHSigpuQx9o_MJ5_VTG6uGenQuQzwZLHdH/s400/_SAM1223.jpg) |
Shier, Cologne. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpaKcdt_vKoDVSJSj8en8Kirw1SRYpGL2ldP7zamWe6l-1E41Ms8frus-hneapoo5HE7h7OnPup5afGmg4g0_pYkWzt4RhSqJQMxTa8yzyUkF2O5P9WkWJ19iScKvyAnOj4yFFIJpB6OFr/s400/_SAM1241.jpg) |
Smithy, Ollie to fakie, somewhere between Brussels and Cologne. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2s4y5K-yMXQPJwPZrE6-TvsqUdA786YF0-TpJkUam0aTDbPCDKBKdtBxXeh5HypQ769ATP2gJ_tW7cNDjOn4vf7euqvUNVcMsSDDQj22bJ70rZ47L2qzJDZahcPT8ZtKP-1OIBvAKJfu8/s400/_SAM9214.jpg) |
Shier and Sylvain, on the ferry from Dover. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp7FnXMuTlBR9LGaA_oHeOWsDbMLt4_ocLuMH8uSMBS1OSSqfLKAmqMAdO7qeqNpWNHP5Xd3k27khNslr3BfSAZcd5IeRLBvGNXgmtjqoUhAmbjGjFIE9DX-1QiNPc52WScMM8MnZs0TZc/s400/_SAM9229.jpg) |
Jensen, Ollie up Backside flip, Le Havre. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLR4jdglq0qJcw0ACnaqHIEAaFZ12dXLAZoOC6YhuyHpRRJy1SfYkvqX8QUk9IOvCOyku53sTrFCTHsPEPV2_lzJp3uyQ2jZbWxI36H_AoJDEUSaFb-ZewNFoozR_ZbuvUWgA3mgCKbkUX/s400/_SAM9292.jpg) |
Shier, Backside flip, Le Havre. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc8_sQvRsskznTT2tqfp8huhcsjLFIESpRLrn96FpvDY9SMn3iKGZZPFXWxTGLoAgA1fmCgSqSnAFuf7DrafqrbO3ByRO-Gj93LNyUVZxBgYpzsxnjKlUZLVkE3YPhan4Jz5I2IpOiyRIz/s400/_SAM9312.jpg) |
Jake Harris (Ollie) and Tom Knox (Pivot fakie), Le Havre. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihRlk_E1x3t8mahVMCShO3l3SYRjscwg13xhOAL-aED5TfxuflKHSYrMxBG2DQ3vbxwzA3YpoCX_TuPZXuxgkvp5vu1uPkVv-ihO0hcwqROU3xVHwfxhP5x3_ED8CIyTntjXpOolMrwA3Q/s400/_SAM1210.jpg) |
The crew. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLtVs69AygD-GTTUTzcchKGYDrBLWI6YRtWTyvEiaEmnJpwjvnfT5McvvfrMwGKJRJ5jOj_h9kvhKJ0gTeHyvXTpFC2qkUCQVhaDlTUXDipvF2fXTIpFY4pazFgXQdNPUnqoCUN7TDhigh/s400/_1100418.jpg) |
Finishing line party. |