Czech Republic and Great Britain joined the comp. The Peynier trails, located in the beautiful provence region of France, are well known for their big sized doubles and a lot of flow. The set up was a smooth trail line made of eight regular jumps, a step down, three turns and two roll-ins - a perfect spot for the pros from all over the globe to have a great time and even better sessions.JB Peytavit was able to impress the judges not only with his unique style, but also with a whole bunch of very difficult tricks. His final runs included bike flips, 360 double tailwhips, triple tailwhips and flip variations on the middle set, as well as a double tailwhip into opposite double tailwhip on the following jump. His 360 triple tailwhip was the sickest move of the Vans Kill The Line and was awarded with the Best Trick.
JB is really stoked about his success and the weekend in general: "Peynier is great! A lot of people came to watch the comp and had an awesome time there on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday night there was a party-barbecue and people partied until the sun came up, from what I've heard. Riders and spectators had a great time and I'm really happy all went well this weekend - especially after I had some bad luck at my last comp, the BIG IN BAVARIA Vol.II."
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