The secon stop of the 2015 FISE World Series is taking place in Chengdu, China this weekend. Today the riders had their first taste of the course in the smoggy city. Hot and humid as expected but we take that over cold and wet any day. The ramps were dry and open for abuse to make sure everything is dialled for tomorrow's open qualifier which is on the schedule for 16:15hr local time. Twenty riders in the pro class will make it to the semi finals on Saturday but from the looks of it, not many more than that are around in China. But the level is extremely high as we saw Drew Bezanson (CAN), last year's World Series winner Daniel Dhers (VEN), England's Alex Coleborn and many others on the course. We hear some are on their way even so this will certainly go off on Friday and the rest of the weekend.
The ramp set-up is compact but fun with multiple lines that should provide a good show. Next to the pro class, there will also be an amateur contest, junior comp and girls class competing in Chengdu. At the opening ceremony a lot of people showed up which is promising for the days to come.
Be sure to check out FATBMX.com for updates over the weekend. That is if we can get that internet to work. 
It's been a challenge getting anything online the last two days but we seem to get better at it. The beauty of traveling. Makes you appreciate the home wifi so much more. Holland's Daniel Wedemeijer and Freestyle Gamer Tom van den Bogaard are also present as is 040BMXPARK rider Kenneth Tancré from Belgium. Paul Thoelen had some bad luck getting a flat today and no one at the course with a pump so he had to sit out most of practice but will e extra hungry to rip things up on Friday.
Let's leave it here for the first update from Asia. Don't get your hopes up on regular updates because that seems impossible but we'll do our best to bring you the latest.
BdJ
Pics by Bart de Jong
It's been a challenge getting anything online the last two days but we seem to get better at it. The beauty of traveling. Makes you appreciate the home wifi so much more. Holland's Daniel Wedemeijer and Freestyle Gamer Tom van den Bogaard are also present as is 040BMXPARK rider Kenneth Tancré from Belgium. Paul Thoelen had some bad luck getting a flat today and no one at the course with a pump so he had to sit out most of practice but will e extra hungry to rip things up on Friday. 
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