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On September 18th, 19th and 20th 2015, 400 (international top) athletes will show their tricks, flips and kicks during The Hague PRO FREESTYLE powered by Jeep. The action sports festival will take place in the city centre of The Hague. The Hague PRO FREESTYLE 2015 is opened from Friday till Sunday from 10:00h till 23:00h. Free entrance.
Unique are the wakeboarding games on the parliament pond, right in front of the prime minister’s office. Besides wakeboarding the festival also brings the action sports BMX, MTB, skateboarding, snowboarding and skiing. All on another city centre location (Spuiplein). For the snowboarding and skiing games there will be real snow.
Trainings, qualifications and finals will take place from Friday till
The FATJAM took place on Saturday August 22 at the epic Sugarhills Trails in Aarle-Rixtel. 040BMXPARK brought the big-bag to practise some tricks for the trails.
And with perfect weather conditions, grillmaster Frits with the best hamburgers in town, chill tunes and perfectly shaped trails all the ingredients were there for the 27th FATJAM.
In the long tradition of epic Austin BMX events, the Chase Hawk / Empire Born and Raised Jam at House Park did not disappoint. It kicked off this past Friday with a bowl shred and a street course best trick contest. Bowl shredders included Austin Brunger, who was totally blasting and flowing, the lovely Nina Buitrago with her oh so stylish one handed grind into a nice one handed tabe, Tomas Fuentes and Michael Woodby were blasting, Santana was on the shred hard in the advanced class, and the little dude who pulled the no handed fakie was seriously awesome....
The best trick contest was held immediately following the bowl jam and it did not disappoint. The winner, as decided by judges Chase Hawk, Chad Kerley, and Dan Lacey, was Josh Dissinger with an epic nose manual 360 off the ledge into the bank, so sick! Other noise makers in that event included Jake Seely, with his epic manual and nose manual skills, Grant Germain and his gnarly up
The Incase x Kelly Slater Action Camera collection is designed for GoPro users & outdoor enthusiasts in collaboration with Professional Surfer Kelly Slater and world-famous water photographer Todd Glaser. The line builds on the benefits of the Incase Action Camera Collection, while adding performance benefits for water & outdoor environments (like water-resistance and buoyancy). If you have to deal with the wet conditions (did anyone go to the UCI BMX World's in Zolder this year?), it will keep your equipment dry, which is always a good thing. The bag is designed for you to take your stuff with you and keep it safe.
Kelly Slater Pro Pack,
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.