Chase Hawk's #bornandraised jam report. Austin, Texas. By Lee SULTEMEIER
In the long tradition of epic Austin BMX events, the Chase Hawk / Empire Born and Raised Jam at House Park did not disappoint. It kicked off this past Friday with a bowl shred and a street course best trick contest. Bowl shredders included Austin Brunger, who was totally blasting and flowing, the lovely Nina Buitrago with her oh so stylish one handed grind into a nice one handed tabe, Tomas Fuentes and Michael Woodby were blasting, Santana was on the shred hard in the advanced class, and the little dude who pulled the no handed fakie was seriously awesome....
The best trick contest was held immediately following the bowl jam and it did not disappoint. The winner, as decided by judges Chase Hawk, Chad Kerley, and Dan Lacey, was Josh Dissinger with an epic nose manual 360 off the ledge into the bank, so sick! Other noise makers in that event included Jake Seely, with his epic manual and nose manual skills, Grant Germain and his gnarly up
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JB Peytavit wins Lords Of Dirt 15 in France for second year in a row. Strong wind can't stop world Dirt Jump elite.
Dealing with the strong wind was on the rider's minds all day in Serignan at the 2015 version of the Lords Of Dirt During finals it was necessary to pull off two solid runs out of three which wasn't easy with the beach flags moving like crazy on top of the big starting hill. JB Peytavit rode solid during finals and grabbed his second win in a row at the Action Sports park in France. Tech, opposite, spinning, upside down, you name it, JB got it done. Not only two times, but his final run topped it off and brought the third strong score in for the win.
Practice time was cut short for the Lords Of Dirt participants as strong winds made it difficult to clear the big line which was prepared by Markus Hampl and Patrick Guimez. But in the end, riders made it work, as usual. The suspected rain held off and after two qualifying runs each, sixteen riders made it to the finals.
The crowd stuck around in Sérignan which was easy as plenty of activities took place during the day. The skatepark next to the dirt facility was opened after receiving a new paintjob and got visitors
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After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.