Park managers Vladdie de Koning and Rolf Blenk were cruising around the park on their bikes. It helps when skatepark managers are BMX riders; bikes allowed. Thomas "Pop up" Ruissen was doing manual to barspins and manuals to crankflips and also did turndowns over the little jump box.
A young 16 year old ripper Garrett Reynolds took the first place trophy and prizes in pro with a flawless run. A rider who calls himself "little Jeff" out of NJ took first in the expert class and got swarmed with congratulations from his friends and fellow riders. Jeff was stoked on his first ever win in bmx competition.
I was also pleased to have the Monster energy crew on board this year and they were handing out tasters through out the day to the riders and anyone else who wanted a top of the line refreshment. Special thanks from me to the east coast Monster energy representative Stephen Catalano for hooking us up with the product.
Once again ABBMX overcomes all of the expectations, the athletes' expectations, followers, media, sponsors and public and he/she didn't leave an item to be desired.
The Kalmre brothers and their crew had transformed the Saku hall into a skatepark for the weekend. The Red Bull vert ramp was transported in for the 10 vert guys that made it over for the halfpipe contest. The qualification round had 10 riders on the ramp. With all finalists getting a part of the 3500 Euros purse, the goal was to make next days’ final.
Results?
Sure........
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.
