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We've collected some random pics from the Rebel Jam in Berlin to share with you. The event is great and there's lots going on. It's chill but with hundreds of BMX-ers in one place there is the usual BMX - security fight going and hangovers to deal with. Some riders got hurt and are limping around but the vibe is good and fun is being had. As you can see on the right, Aaron Ross is here. His neon green bike helped in his late night qualifying run. 

Also in Pro Street the 12 finalists are announced. It was a long qualification process with 81 pro riders that entered.  Here are the results:
1. Ryan Nyquist 28 USA
2. Björn Mager 22 Germany
3. Sean Saxton 21 USA
4. Ben Wallace 20 UK
5. Bruno Hoffmann 14 Germany
6. Corey Bohan 25 Australia
7. Nick Cooper 21 Australia
8. Michael Beran 18 Czech Republic
9. Dave Dillewaard 23 Australia
10. Alessandro Barbero 24 Italy
11. Sergio Layos 22 Spain
12. Colin Mackay 28 Australia

The miniramp qualification results have been announced. Ryan Nyquist wasn't going to ride the mini contest (there's street and dirt too) but decided last minute to join the rest of the Aussie crew and dropped in to finish on place one. Top 12 will ride the finals. It's on!
1. Ryan Nyquist 28 USA
2. Chris Doyle 26 USA
3. Tobias Wicke 25 Germany
4. Ben Wallace 20 UK
5. Harry Main 15 UK
6. Dave Osato 30 Canada
7. Björn Mager 22 Germany
8. Ryan Guettler 24 Australia
9. Daniel Penafiel 18 Spain
10. Felix Kirch 18 Oldenburg
11. Colin Mackay 28 Australia
12. Anthony Watkinson 18 UK 

Friday had the pro street qualifying on the program. 90 pros entered. That's pretty insane. It takes a while to go through all these riders. They were divided in 6 groups of 15 riders that got a one-minute run each with a little warm up time for each group. After four groups it got so dark that the last two groups were transfered to the next day. This means that not everyone rode qualifying yet so there are no results available just yet. Michal Beran rode well and so did Bruno Hofmann, Will Love, BF and Bommel. If they make it to the final with the 30 heavy weights that are still to come remains to be seen. We do have some street photos available and a clip of the first day of the Rebel Jam in Berlin. 

While it was raining cats and dogs all over Germany, the Mellowpark in Berlin got saved by the wet stuff. This gave the riders who had arrived the chance to get some mellow practice in on the street course, the miniramp and the dirt jumps. Awesome. Everyone on the rider list that was announced by the organization made it to Berlin except for Josh Harrington and Chase Hawk. Josh is finishing up his video and Chase broke a couple of fingers and it's hard to be stylish with one hand in a cast.

This weekend during the seventh edition of Flatground, the final stage of the BMX Flatland World Circuit took place in Amsterdam. It was Hiroya Morizaki from Japan who took the win of the circuit with a fifth place at Flatground. We are proud to have Hiroya Morizaki, one of the most influential flatlanders at this moment, as winner of the first World Circuit. Thanks to Freecaster.tv we could reward Hiroya Morizaki with a 1000-euro bonus.

We are working now on the calendar of next year’s circuit, which will again include: Tokyo, New Orleans and Amsterdam.

Final results BMX Flatland World Circuit 2007:

The first weekend of August was a busy one. Too many events to choose from: -X-Games in LA -S&M party at Sheep Hills -Flatground in Amsterdam -MX GP in Namur -Red Cross Adventure, Belgium. You wouldn't believe it but we went to the Red Cross Adventure event in Hechtel, Belgium. Peter Geys and the gang of The Zonk had teamed up for a BMX/music happening in the middle of Hechtel-city.

I remember seeing the X games back in 1996 on TV and thinking how cool all the Schwinn guys looked with matching gear. Ever since I have been in America I knew I must go and see at least one X Games. Since Bart's friend Michael De Wit couldn't make it this year I filled in.

I have managed to avoid LA for 3 years now but it was inevitable. I woke at 4:30am to catch a flight that never left on time and somehow lost my cellphone along the way.

 "Home depot center " I told the cab driver at LAX. "Herm Dee Pot Sen teer " he replied and it was then that I knew I was in trouble.

Matthias Dandois wins Flatground07. This weekend the seventh edition of Flatground took place in Amsterdam. It was the French young gun Matthias Dandois who took the win over Terry Adams from the USA in a must see battle. During the weekend riders from all over the world came to Amsterdam to enjoy a true BMX Flatland event with loads of inspiring riding.

The 12 riders who made it to the finals showed that they deserved their spot. The new battle system introduced at the previous Flatground once more entertained the crowd and riders with mind-blowing riding.

Other highlights of the weekend were the 14 Japanese riders showing that Japan has some great diversity within the BMX Flatland world.

Pro Results:

22-year-old Daniel Dhers was in top form at the BMX Freestyle Park Final today, posting a 90.66 in his first run, then a winning mark of 91.66 in his second. He held off stiff competition from reigning Freestyle Park champ Scotty Cranmer, as well as from the most decorated athlete in X Games history, Dave Mirra, to take home the gold. In only his second X Games appearance - he won bronze at last year's BMX Park event - Dhers was beyond consistent, hitting tricks like a no-footed can to whip air, a triple whip, and a double whip. He also stuck a 360° flip with a tail whip, which wowed the judges and put him over the top.

 "I started watching X Games in '98. It was always a dream just to come here," Dhers said. "Last year I came on the scene and won Dew Tour, Boost Mobile - pretty much everything I was in - and at the end of the year somebody said, 'Oh, you did everything but X Games.' That was my goal for this year. Now I've got it all."

Among other tricks, last year's gold medalist Cranmer landed a triple whip and a double tail whip 360.