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FATBMX 2012 EVENT REVIEW: ONK, HELM TRAILS. It was the first time that a Dutch rider won the Open Dutch BMX Dirt Championships at the Helm Trails in Helmond, Netherlands. The Belgian riders had been the strongest the last two years but this time Desmond Tessemaker showed the Dutch have some dirt jumping skills too. The day kicked off with a bright sunshine and practice for all starting at 10am. The new trails were well received by pretty much everyone. Riders were impressed by the spot which put a smile on the faces of the locals who had been digging for months to get the spot ready in time for the event. Much respect. When practice and registration was over, Catfish got on the mic for the 13 and under class qualification runs on the tables in the middle of the dirt spot. With encouragement from the crowd 8 riders made it to the finals. Same went on for the 14+ group who each had two runs with the best run counting for a final spot.

After the qualification rounds the trails were brought back into

2012 FATBMX REVIEW: Red Bull Circle Of Balance. For the third time in the history of the Red Bull Circle Of Balance, the victory goes to Spain’s Viki Gomez. The Spaniard made it through to the final round by eliminating Alex Jumelin from France and Moto Sasaki from Japan. In front of a sold out crowd at Kyoto’s International Conference Center, Gomez met up with Matthias Dandois (Fra), Jean-William Prevost (Can) and Hiroya Morizaki (Jap) who had battled their way into the final round of four.

2012 FATBMX REVIEW. NITRO CIRCUS LIVE. To be honest I had high expectations of the Nitro Circus Live show as what I'd seen online looked really nuts. It could only disappoint, because for myself as I had set the standard high. I've seen many BMX and FMX shows so I was curious what this one would bring. I brought my son Philip who just turned 9 earlier in the week, and he hasn't seen that many shows yet. He was even stoked on the Monster FMX show in the same arena last year so it wouldn't take as much to impress him. Meeting Travis Pastrana was high on his wish list but with 28.000 people there,

FATBMX 2012 REVIEW. ADRENALIN GAMES: Moscow is not really a place that you’re going to spend a weekend at. At least not in my case, so when Alexander Furaev sent me a mail if I wanted to come over for the weekend to judge at the Adrenalin Games, I said yes before I even checked the calendar. It was either Chillin’ and grillin’  in Oldenzaal, or spending a weekend in a country that’s still pretty new to me. In December I had made it over there for the RBA, the Russian BMX Awards show, kinda the Russian version of the Nora Cup, but it was cold in December and the main focus was on the nightlife, rather than the riding. That’s fine with me too but Russia has so much more to offer than the nightlife alone.

When arriving at the site I was amazed by the whole set up. A course had been set up surrounded by bleachers, three big screens and a giant stage that could host the biggest flatland contest ever. TV production was set up, an international rider field was present and the IOU course suited both the street and park riders alike. I have a feeling that there’s a big contrast