FISE World Series underway. Pro Park Open qualifier kicked off the BMX side of things in Chengdu.

Oct 18, 2015

Written by Bart de Jong

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Friday afternoon in Chengdu, China the Open Qualifiers in the Pro BMX Park comp started the second stop of the 2015 FISE World Series. The non-pre qualified riders rode for a spot in the semi final. 20 spots were on the line and the riding was on a high level already. When every rider got the chance to ride the park all by themselves, it didn't take long before big moves were busted. Winning today wasn't a priority but it showed that you were on par with the best of them. Alex Coleborn (UK) grabbed his bag of tricks and pulled some out in random order.

The Englishman was all over the place starting off his run with a super high T-Bog from the spine into the bank and ended his second run with a display of tech lip tricks. Alex Nikulin's first run was off the hook. There's no holding back for the Russian who had just recovered from a wrist injury. Flair drop-ins? No problem. Third was for Holland's Daniel Wedemeijer who cruised around the park like no other simply enjoying his solo time on the FISE ramps. XSA Podium finisher Irek Rizaev (RUS) triple whipped to 4th in front of Costa Rica's Kenneth Tencio who stayed on the bike even at sketchy moments. Jake Wallwork adds another country to the top ten. All the way from Australia and busting more flairs in every direction and variation for 6th. Belgium's Kenneth Tancré flipped the weird double jump and double whip transfered into the spine for 7th to finish 0.33 points in front of Freestyle Gamer Tom van den Bogaard from Ale Blie. Jack Lieva (USA) came all the way from the USA to bust high airs on the quarterpipe and add plenty of tricks for 9th just in front of Germany's Paul Thoelen. Drew Bezanson (CAN) did an ice-pick to footjam on the big wall but took it easy in qualifying knowing he'll make it to tomorrow's program. Same with Kostya Andreev (RUS) who qualified in 12th.

8 more riders made the cut and will be joined by Daniel Dhers (VEN), Mike Varga (CAN), Daniel Sandoval (USA) and Logan Martin (AUS) for tomorrow's semi which will kick off at 16:15hr local time. With only 12 spots up for grabs for the final, it's going to be a good show in smoggy Chengdu.

Check back in tomorrow for more.

BdJ

1. Alex Coleborn
2. Alex Nikulin
3. Dikke BMW Wedemeijer
4. Irek Rizaev
5. Kenneth Tencio
6. Jake Wallwork
7. Kenneth Tancré
8. Tom van den Bogaard
9. Jake Lieva
10. Paul Thoelen
11. Drew Bezanson
12. Andreev Kostya
13. Toshio Takagi
14. Jonathan Camacho
15. Cheng
16. George Jackson
17. Liu
18. Shenjan
19. Hiroki Oka
20. Yin

21. Hao