Brandon Dosch went BIG IN BAVARIA. By press release.

Jul 28, 2009

Written by Bart de Jong

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Brandon Dosch really seems to deserve the title of the BMX shooting star 2009. The 20 years old from Lake Origon won last weekend¹s BIG IN BAVARIA dirt jump competition at the BIKE EXPO trade show in Munich, Germany, last weekend. He earned himself with a big bag of stunning tricks and lots of consistency 9,500.00 US Dollars in cash. Brandon's fellow countryman TJ Ellis placed second, followed by the German rookie Simon Moratz. The weather conditions on Saturday didn't make it easy for the riders:

lots of heavy rain showers and only a few dry sections with many guts of wind made long training sessions impossible. But the big names in BMX business proved that they are pros for a reason and coped with this quite difficult situation very well.

Brandon Dosch landed his 720s, opposite 360s, 360 double tailwhips, barspin to tailwhips and various combinations in his final runs perfectly. No question, the Redline team rider deserved the BIG IN BAVARIA title. TJ showed his backflips as x up one foots and superman variations, fancy cannonballs as well as huge frontflips at the last double: second place for ruler from the Vans team. The German rookie Simon Moratz from Freising, Germany went off with his 360s, frontflips and backflips no hands.

The other riders also rocked the huge dirt line featuring seven jumps. Mike Clark (4th/USA) was the only one throwing down backflips at the step down. There was only one more rider doing a pretty technical trick on this drop: Darren Berrecloth (5th/CAN), former BMX rider and now primary known as mountain bike freeride icon, is used to bigger gaps and had the balls to show 360s at the step down. GT rider Dave Dillewaard (6th/AUS) just ruled the line with his unique style and tricks like 360 tailwhips to tabletop, what gave him big props from the audience. Dew Tour Chicago winner Josh Hult (8th/USA) showed nice decades and huge superman tailwhips at the first and biggest double. James Foster (11th/USA) used the same booster to pull even bigger 360 tailwhips.

The crowd was jelling and screaming for the riders until the very last runs in the early sunset to determined the final results:

1 Brandon Dosch USA
2 TJ Ellis USA

3 Simon Moratz GER
4 Mike Clark USA
5 Darren Berrecloth CAN
6 Dave Dilleward AUS
7 Alejandro Caro COL
8 Josh Hult USA
9 Josh Stead AUS
10 Ricardo Laguna USA
11 James Foster USA
12 Dusan Antalík SLO
13 Daniel Juchatz GER
14 Cristian Porras COL
15 Max Bimar FRA
16 Patrick Guimez FRA