First practice session at the Red Bull DIrt Conquers in Mexico. By BdJ

May 25, 2013

Written by Bart de Jong

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It's awesome getting to travel to Mexico for a BMX event. In fact, I almost made it to Guadelajara 23 years ago when Jay Miron, Kalle, Billy Newman and busy P Drove down there from San Diego to visit Alex Vasquez and friends. I would have had to change my flight to stay longer but after 11 weeks of Cali I was ready to go home. Fast forward 23 years and I'm in Mexico and got to meet up with Alex Vasquez again at the Red Bull Dirt Conquers event. Life is great.

Dave King, Magilla, Clint Reynolds and some more riders worked hard in the beating sun to build a park out of dirt. In the beating sun it took them a little over three weeks to create something amazing. 24 riders showed up for first practice on Friday morning in 30 degree temperatures and they were off finding the lines and getting a feel of the transitions. Ben Hennon jumped in there right away and didn't stop riding as he was loving the course. If there was a top three podium for first practice AJ Anaya would be on there for sure as he didn't hold back doing double

whips and flairs on the 10 feet high dirt quarter, and fronties and double whips over the first tabletop. It was his B-day and he was having a good time riding with his friends on a unique course in Mexico.

After three hours of practice, a visit to Tequila town was on the program. You'll find more on that on our social media platforms. More practice is on the schedule today with the contest being on Sunday. Make sure to check back in for more BMX from Red Bull Dirt Conquers in Mexico. Ariba!