The judges at the 2007 King of New York had one of their most difficult challenges ever this year in deciding who the King of New York Pro Champion would be but in the end, Jorge Jovel edged out Craig Mast to bring the King of New York Pro Title back to the Bronx. First-place qualifier, Craig came out swingin’ in the Jam on Sunday with bangers like double whips over the box and alley-oop flairs on the 6-foot quarter. But Jorge was not to be outdone, has been riding hard at Woodward Camp all winter long and the consistency and strength of his riding came through. His big transfers, huge front flips over the WesselBuilt box, and flairs and tailwhips on the 8-foot quarter put an exclamation point on his smooth, solid riding all weekend. When all was said and done, Jorge walked away $1000 richer and with a grip of new digs from Zoo York clothing. This is Jorge’s third KoNY Pro title – he claimed victory in 2001 and 2002.
The X-Games in Mexico have BMX vert and street. Simon Tabron won the vert comp and here are your ten qualified riders for the street finals:Street qualification results X-Games Mexico:
1. Van Homan
2. Garrett Reynolds
3. Aaron Ross
4. Alistair Whitton
5. Rob Wise
6. Josh Harrington
7. Will Love
8. Christian Balmaceda
9. Hector Garcia
10. Corey Martinez
Simon Tabron Takes Home Gold in BMX Vert; Second Day of Event Draws a Crowd of 13,470 at the Palacio de los Deportes
Sep 09, 2007
The energy of the spectators shook the venue in Day Two of X Games Mexico Presented by Rockstar Energy Drink. Fans gathered to watch athletes exert amplitude and difficult maneuvers in the BMX Freestyle Vert finals. BMX Freestyle Street Elimination Rounds also selected finalists for events to be held tomorrow. In the BMX Freestyle Vert Final Simon Tabron of Great Britain, and USA riders Jay Eggleston and Zack Warden contended for the gold with high energy routines in the BMX Freestyle Vert Final. The three were the remaining finalists out of 10 competitors in the head-to-head jam format. 
Here's to brighter skies, that's the motto on the TWOAND8 / Stephen Murray t-shirt. As luck would have it, the worst summer ever in Britain took a break for the weekend and the resulting benefit jam turned out to be one of the best of the year. People young and old, friends new and old, they turned up from all over the country to ride, hang out and show their support for Stephen. It's fair to say that everyone had an amazing time. The total amount raised from the weekend has yet to be finalised but a sum near £10,000 is not far off the mark. 
If you weren't at the jam you missed out! This was seriously one of the best jams to date. Especially when you consider the registered turnout of 46 riders when hardly any of these riders even ride dirt. There was also the full mix of entertainment, from riding, semi-naked girls, a naked guy, good music and fire, to the inflammable, car and wrist wrecking paramedic Moo-Poo. The whole idea behind the jams is in creating fun events for kids. That's why we only had a beginner and am class.
The ASA has started their annual tour in Phoenix last weekend. They're having a BMX vert and a BMX box competiion which is basicallly a huge roll-in followed by two box jumps and a quarterpipe. They had quite the turn out at stop one and here are the results:BMX Box Jump Finals Phoenix, Arizona - September 2, 2007
1 Dennis Enarson
The second round of the Eastpak BMX Series took place in Gafanha da Nazare’s skatepark. With 64 registered riders between 10 and 35 years, the number of riders went beyond our expectations. As usual, the competition format was a 6 minute jam for 3 riders, one competing at a time.Saturday due to the heat, the contest started later than expected. The first ones to compete were the Beginners, followed by Amateurs and Pros. With so many registered riders the prelims ended really close to dark. The prelims were followed by a mega dinner with about 80.
The finals happened next day. It was very colorful, which help cheer up the grey sky’s. The best of the beginners was Tiago Castro from Vila Nova de Gaia, followed by João Almeida from Viseu, and João Carmo from S. Domingos de Rana… In Amateur class, Rodrigo Vieira from Amadora took 3rd place, Goncalo Cruz 2nd and 1st place was Joel Rodrigues from Viseu.
Head to Head system works well for the Brits. Pinneberg miniramp contest. Check the vids!
Aug 27, 2007
A total of $ 12.500,= USD were up for grabs at the miniramp contest in Germany last weekend. It wasn't easy to get to the top three because it was a head to head system and if you messed up in one of your runs, you pretty much knew you had a hard time making it through to the next round. The set up at the wakeboard facility was pretty cool. Beach sand and plants together with some sunshine mad it a good place to be at. 
If you're waching the miniramp contest live you jus saw these four guys transfer to the next: Ben Hennon, Mike Spinner, Phil Aller and Ben Wallace. The level bar has been raised and there are no easy rounds any more. Markus Braumann rode well but Phil had a next to perfect one minute run and made it through. Mike Spinner beat tech master Dave Osato who tried a few big tricks (720 - whip to 270 toothpick) during his run but needed more than a few tries to pull it. Ben Hennon went through because Tobias Wicke sat out his run. He's injured and hurting giving Ben Hennon an easy transfer. Mark "120 SMS" Koenig could not match Ben Wallace's non stop trickery on the grey mini. Ben had a few extra's for the crowd and flipped the spine and did three flairs back to back. The bands have started playing but more and more people are checking out the BMX riding on the ramp. Semi finals are coming up. Stay tuned for a report or watch everything live on www.freecaster.tv
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