Pro contests can be held any day of the week. If you're a Pro BMX rider, you are available to ride any day, right? 20 pros lined up for the EX&Hop miniramp contest at the ISPO trade show in Munich on Tuesday 26 January. Some took a day off work, some skipped school and some just planned it into their pro schedule of things to do. An interesting mix of riders showed up. Next to the locals, riders like Mark Webb and Daniel Dhers made the trip to Bayern. Also some riders that you wouldn't expect to ride a miniramp comp showed up and started ripping the wide mini with plenty of extensions, and waves. Brad Simms showed up and isn't done traveling just yet. He's in his 10th year of making it happen and was happy with the invitation to come to Germany. He'll be on this side of the planet for a while. Also Larry Edgar (USA) flew across the pond and was the rider that everyone was talking about. The height he got out of this ramp was insane and everyone was looking forward to see him ride in the contest. Fly Stylers Stefan Lantschner and Sergio Layos also showed up at the ISPO along with JB Peytavit, ZoZo Kempf,
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