The Rebel Jam started off with the Amateur Mini contest on Friday afternoon. It was the same mini with spine and sub box as last year so no changes there. The riders field was pretty international and there were a lot more riders than last year which was good to see. It seemed like people had heard about the comp and didn’t want to miss it this year. It is always tough to decide who belongs to ride in the “no-pro” class. It there are three classes (expert - master - pro) it is easier to split up the group of amateurs. It has never been any different that the better riders could have ridden a class higher than they entered. With last year’s prize being a trip to Woodward and this year’s am winner getting a customized Rebel Jam/wethepeople frame-fork-bar set, it makes it even harder to decide who belongs where. As long as there is no 150 page IBMXFF freestyle rule book anybody can do whatever they want.
Tailwhips have become a standard trick for everyone to learn and that includes the am-mini class riders.
The level of the riding these days is getting ridiculous and is enjoyable to watch. We won’t give you a full trick list of what went on but let’s just say I saw at least 55 tailwhips during the amateur mini contest that was won by
Andre Sagodi. Enjoy the photos and check the results on who did what.
BdJ
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Rebel Jam Amateur Mini:
1. Andre Sagodi 20 Germany 2. Widmann Leroy 17 Netherlands
3. Liehn Kevin 18 Germany
4. Skupin Jakub 20 CZ
5. Ivett James 16 UK
6. Kerling Michael 22 Germany
7. Clausen Chrsitoph 15 Germany 8. Wroblewski Marcin 18 Poland
9. Nasse Julien 20 France
10. Louis Peyre 21 France
11. Steem Christoph 26 Germany
12. Altmeyer Max 17 Germany
13. Mattis Hansen 18 Germany
14. Nüesch Florin 22 Switzerland
15. Przedwojewski Filip 25 Poland 16. Kiss Daniel 17 Germany 17. Randa Tomas 17 CZ
18. Görs Phiipp 20 Germany
19. Gorras Simon 25 UK
20. Miesters Robin 14 Netherlands
21. Froio Alex 19 Italy
22. Manczak Lukasz 17 Poland