The first TSG King Of The Air ended with freshly crowned kings and a world premier

Jun 27, 2012

Written by Bart de Jong

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A present that was much appreciated. At the 10th year anniversary of the Dakine Trailfox in Flims, some of the best BMX and MTB dirt riders showed spectacular action on the hugest Big Air kickers ever in Switzerland. Bienvenido Aguado Alba won with a Frontflip in the category MTB. Nicholi Rogatkin didn’t only jump on the podium with his Quadwhip on a dirt landing but added a world premiere. The premiere of the TSG King Of The Air in the evening of June 23rd, 2012 was a complete success. The crowed was stoked by the unbelievable

trick performance on the 12m respectively 15m large Big Air kickers. At sunset the MTB and BMX dirt riders jumped into the night, accompanied by the happy atmosphere of the public.

The biggest highlight was brought by the 16 year old US American Nicholi Rogatkin with his Quadwhip, a world first on a dirt landing. This guarantied him the win in the BMX discipline in front of Patrick Guimez with a sweet Flipwhip. Daniel Tünte whipped himself on the third place with a Triplewhip.

Followed by a 30 minutes jam session jury and public additionally crowned Best Trick, Best Style and Fans Favorite. This was when the creativity exploded, as the riders had many tries to land their tricks. The German Simon Moratz (BMX) took home the Best Trick title with a 360 Backflip.

Best Style won Desmond Tessemaker (BMX) with some unbelievable Supermans. This was a really tight decision, as TSG rider Thomas Genon (MTB) scored heavily with a beautiful 360 Flatspin.

More trick highlights were shown by Desmond Tessemaker (BMX) with a Pendulum to Tailwhip and a Cannonball Superman, Markus Hampl (BMX) wowed with a 360 Superman Seatgrab und Pasamonte (MTB) with a Backflip Superman.

Photo credit: Peter Rauch