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The Eastpak team just back from another great FISE in Montpellier, France. Weather was amazing, vibe was great and riding was insane. Keep an eye out for a nice webclip soon. By the way - big congratulations to Raphael who took home the win in Flatland pro! Yeah boy!

Further Results:
Barbero - 3rd place Street Pro 

We are at the FISE in Montpellier and the first pro event took place today. It was the miniramp comp which basically only exists in Europe. And for those in the know, it's a good event. The crowd was huge and pro qualifying took place in the sunshine with lots of good riders on the platform. Mark Webb did really well and must have qualified up on top (results are not known yet) with Daniel Dhers being up there too. Both riders held back just a little for the finals (Sunday) as they have a big bag of tricks they can dig out of. Harry Main span a 900 on the Braun ramp and did a 720 over the big spine to make it to the finals. It was a close call though between all the other riders so you'll have to wait to see who made it, and who did not. High air too place tonight as well and a French dude showed up all of a sudden to give Chase Hawk a run for his money. After watching photos of 5 different photo camera's it ended up being a tie at 3,5 meters with the lowest part of the bike counting. It wasn't the easy way out, it was the right decision. Digital photography' rules for this. 750 Euros for both the Frenchie and Chase. The evening that followed was good. 

Pro dirt at the FISE is always a straight final. To find the dirt jumps you had to explore a little bit as it was located a bit from the actual event area. Once there you forgot about the walk you just did and enjoyed the riding. The set-up was okay. A drop from the truck into a downhill section towards the three lines. The one on the left started with a 90 ft double to a giant set. It looked more like a freestyle motocross jump set up than a BMX dirt jump course but those with speed in their legs cleared it and it was impressive that they did. Next to the long set there were two lines. The bigger one of the two was in the middle and it was possible to transfer to the left or right as the landings were the same, just the take-offs had different distances.

The night was kicking in and the soundsystem and lights were doing their work. It was kinda dark though but the riders kept on riding do it didn't seem to bother them too much. Everyone had 4 runs with the best three counting towards the final score.