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What makes the Simpel Session so good? Well, a lot of things. If you have nothing to complain about, that means the organization has done its job. I couldn't think of anything that they could've done better so props to Risto & Mario Kalmre and their big crew. It seems like everything they do, they do it right or have people who do an amazing job at it. The course was designed by Nate Wessel, you can't go wrong there. Mario has a ramp building company that has been building ramps for years which made it easy for Nate when he 

What can you possibly write when you all have seen the live footage of the Simpel Session in Tallinn, Estonia. Even the long qualification rounds were shown live on the internet and it did take a while to get everything finished. Due to a late start (skateboarding ran an hour late) the BMX qualifiers ran till 10pm, exactly an hour behind schedule. This was not a problem for anyone as the riders yet to come were of high caliber. In fact, there was not an easy group and the riders showed great talent. 

Results Simpel Session
Tallinn, Estonia.

1. Garret Reynolds USA
2. Gary Young USA
3. Daniel Dhers VEN
4. Colin Mackay AUS
5. Scotty Cranmer USA
6. Tyler Morrow USA
7. Kym Grosser AUS
8. Morgan Wade USA
9. Chase Hawk USA
10. Jason Phelan IRL

Snickers 180 contest winner:

Garrett Reynolds

In 2007 we traveled a whole lot of miles to give you updates on loads of BMX events. From Estonia to Singapore, from England to Canada, from the UK to the USA, from Italy to Romania, from Belgium to Japan, from the U.A.E. to France, and also events in Germany and The Netherlands were visited. We made a top ten list of 2007 events and list them down here in no particular order. The links to the reports still work so hit them up to get a feeling of what

Wednesday 5 of december, we arrived to Koweit city, where we visited the event place: Marina Mall. Marina is a beach close to a park and a big mall, there are lots of people on the street. Dirt jumps are on seaside built specially for FISE KUWAIT, it is near the flatland where Mathias Dandois, Alex Jumelin and Raphael Chiquet can’t wait till the showtime begins in front of the kuwaiti people.

On thursday 6 of December, the contest starts at 4 o’clock pm. We have time to walk the Kuwait city streets. There are lots of buildings, streets are wide and there is several luxurious and sportive cars (4x4, Porsche...). Even the road is a show. We are going to the half pipe for the first pro show with Tim Eichert and Benny Kopp (bmx), Terence Bougdour and Jocke Olson (skateboard) as well as Fabiola Da Silva and Takeshi Yasutoko (inline). Riders are noticeable with special tricks. It was ridiculous! Close of day, we are meeting together in the Koweiti “disco night fever bar club” that is to say an hookah bar. 

The BMX scene is strong like a Lion in South Africa. Every year a Pro and Am comp is held in the city of Umhlanga which is adjacent to Durban. The venue is the Wavehouse park situated in a huge mall. While the shopping zombies did their thing the comp kicked off before the rain came. I got to the comp early so gave the course a test run. The humidity was way up there and my brain was cooking under my black helmet. Guys who ride in that weather all the time must be made of steel. A new jump box/hip/wallride combo section was built just for the comp so I was sure to be the first one to hip it. After that I put my bike down and watched the guys with real skills do their thing.

Instead of Park, we can go back to a street discipline at the X-Games. At least it's looking that way. After testing the set-up in Mexico city and doing it again in Dubai, it looks like ESPN is going for the new set-up for the Los Angeles X-Games too. We'll see if it happens but the Street contest at the Dubai X-Games was a good one. Ryan Corrigan, Ron Kimler and Nate Wessell flew over to build the course. They were given crappy wood but they made the best out of it and since this was considered "real street" it can't be perfectly smooth I guess. Riders that were invited weren't your average superstar transition park riders either. To see riders like Nigel Sylvester, Ian Schwartz, Brad Simms, Van Homan, Aaron Ross, and Sean Sexton at the -Games is quite strange but hey, they kill it at "real street" so they were the ones riding in Dubai. Another interesting fact was that the riders did not have to wear helmets. With the Dubai heat that was a welcome move and most riders took the extra risk