September 08

CAMP VC, 2017

 
A FEW WEEKS BACK A GROUP OF GIRLS FROM THE CITY STREETS OF LONDON RODE IN ON THEIR ‘BRATTY BEASTS’, TO WREAK HAVOC IN THE ORDINARILY PEACEFUL WELSH VALLEYS FOR A WEEKEND OF BURNING RUBBER, MOSHPITS AND A SHIT LOAD OF BEER. THE WEEKEND IN QUESTION WAS OF COURSE THE ALL-FEMALE BIKER MEETUP- CAMP VC; SET IN THE PICTURESQUE BRECON BEACONS.

 

HAVING BONDED OVER A LOVE OF MOTORCYCLES AND A CERTAIN REBELLIOUS STREAK; IN SOME ‘CUSTOM BIKE PLACE’ ON CABLE STREET, THE VC CREW (VC STANDING FOR VICIOUS C*NTS) GOT TOGETHER AND OPENED UP THEIR LONDON WORKSHOP TO THE PUBLIC- GIVING WOMEN WITH MIXED RIDING ABILITY FREE LESSONS IN THE ART OF MECHANICS & MOTORCYCLE RIDING.

 

THEIR AIM IS TO GET MORE WOMEN ON THE ROAD- REDEFINING RIDING FOR A WHOLE NEW GENERATION & CREATING A COMMUNITY WITHOUT ANY LABELS. AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY’VE DONE WITH CAMP VC; GIRLS CAN GET THEIR HANDS DIRTY, WEAR BOYS CLOTHES AND KICKSTART THEIR RIDING FUTURES WITHOUT JUDGEMENT OR THE NEED TO LOOK PRETTY.

 

TWO WHEELS, ZERO F*CKS.

 

IF YOU HAVE EVEN THE SLIGHTEST INTEREST IN THE MOTORCYCLE SCENE YOU WILL HAVE PROBABLY COME ACROSS CAMP VC- EVERY YEAR THE EVENT PULLS IN THOUSANDS OF NEW AND ESTABLISHED RIDERS, AND THIS YEAR WAS NO EXCEPTION. CUSTOMS, DIRT BIKES, NEW AND VINTAGE; PLUS CAMPING, RIDE OUTS, TATTOOS AND EVEN A BIT OF *SURFING…

 

 

THERE WERE PERFORMANCES FROM SELF-ACCLAIMED “BADASS BITCHES”- THE PEARL HEARTS (A RUNAWAYS-ESQUE BAND WITH OLD-SCHOOL RIFFS AND A ROCK & ROLL ATTITUDE) ON SATURDAY NIGHT, AND A VANS MINI-RAMP FOR ANYONE BRAVE ENOUGH TO SHOW OFF THEIR SHREDDING SKILLS.

 

DESPITE THE UNPREDICTABLE WEATHER (NOTICE A THEME WITH ALL THE BRITISH BASED EVENTS?) IT WAS A WEEKEND OF RAD VIBES AND EVEN RAD-DER… COMPANY- BROUGHT TO AN END WITH A CAN OF OUR FAVOURITE PISTONHEAD LAGER (ANOTHER REOCCURRING THEME) WATCHING THE SUNSET.

 

AND IT’S COMING BACK NEXT YEAR.

 

 

PHOTOGRAPHY:THE COSTA SISTERS

 

*CROWD