Matt and Nate Mackellar rip Sumners road jumps

Bossman Pete got the FPV drone out for a golden-hour session at Sumners, with Matt and Nate Mackellar doing the rest. Matty had put serious hours into getting the line running before knee surgery, so seeing him ripping it with his son was pretty special. Good riding, good light and two generations sharing the same jumps. That is the sort of session that does not need a massive production behind it. The spot is running, the riders know the line and the camera is there to catch it rather than turn it into something else. Matt has been around BMX for a long time, but sharing the jumps with Nate gives the whole thing another layer. Nate is not just following him through either. He is building his own riding, taking the BMX he grew up around and pushing it in his direction. Watching them both ride the same dirt is a good reminder that BMX can stay part of family life instead of being something people leave behind.

Sumners is an open council park, and that only works when riders respect the place and the work already in it. Check the dirt before you ride, stay off it when it is too wet and help repair anything you damage. A set of jumps can take hours to shape and about ten seconds to wreck if somebody rides it at the wrong time. Nobody needs to be the dirt police, but everyone can do their bit. Matty putting serious time into getting the line back proves the point. The riding in this video only happened because the work happened first. That connection between digging and riding is a huge part of BMX, especially at local spots where there is no paid crew appearing overnight to fix everything. Watch the session, enjoy the drone lines and pay attention to the dirt underneath it all. If you ride Sumners, leave it ready for the next person. That way Matt, Nate and the rest of the crew can keep having days like this instead of spending every session repairing the last one. The best bit about footage like this is that it catches a real session without sanding all the edges off it. There is no need to pretend every lap was perfect. The dirt, the light and the way Matt and Nate ride together are enough. It is local BMX exactly as it happened, and that is far more interesting to us than forcing the day into some giant product launch.