Bart de Jong
March 25, 2018 - Santiago, Chile. The top 27 riders qualified through to Sunday’s Final Round and competed for a spot on a the Vans BMX Pro Cup World Tour and the action was non-stop. With a unique bowl course in Santiago, Chile, the riders were finding huge transfer lines and throwing down big tricks for the packed stands. Brazil's Douglas Oliveira took the win in the Pro Men’s division and Santiago local Macarena Perez edging out the top spot in the Pro Women’s division.
BMX JAM on new street zone in our indoor park!
Went and cruised Rye for a few hours with Pablo and Maicol behind the lens. Going to start uploading more I promise.
Nathan Sykes cruising around a few San Diego parks with Victor and Beev.
To be completely honest, I had no idea there was even a Best Trick Jam until it started. So, I was caught a little off guard and didn't really stand in the best spot to film the riding. Buuuut, I did happen to be on the deck with all the riders, so here's a bit of a raw/Bullshittin' style cut of the Best Trick Jam at Fise Jeddah... Oh, and they ended up splitting the win between Daniel Wedemejier's whip transfer and Kostya Andreev's indian air seatgrab tailwhip to barspin.
The third and final stop of what's turned out to be an amazing series, the Uncovered BMX capped off in Milwaukee, Wisconsin... Thanks to Van Homan and Brian Kachinsky for all their hard work to create a series to help am riders elevate themselves. Glad we could be a part of it!
BMX Street: France Roadtrip powered by Nikon / Edit 2018 featuring Mike Curley and the French Scene in Bordeaux and Tarbes! Thanks so much for the good times! And thanks to Nikon for making this woozyBMX Trip possible! Shot on Keymission 170, D750, 70-200 4.0, Nikkor 50mm 1.8 & the magic lens Nikkor 14-24 2.8
Garrett Reynolds in Oz. Go down under with the Fiend team and BMX's finest street sessions from Sydney, Australia.
The Flame Trails took some beating this winter so it was time for the spot to get some love. The annual Jam was set early this year (24 March) but that would mean the trails would be back up and running early also. Help finally came in on Saturday morning when Frits, Tobias and Philip also grabbed a shovel and lent a helping hand putting up the tents, flags and Frits' Sound system. The sun came out, we had tunes going and started off the day removing "de zut". Trail diggers know exactly what that is. For those who are not in the know, it's the shit that moves down to the bottom of the jumps and needs to be removed. When removed, you're back to the dry good soil. This is a necessity. If you skip on this process, you will have to deal with De Zut for a long time as it never packs. But removing de zut is a big process. Down the bottom of the starting hill close to 10 cm of zut needed to be removed. Once removed it creates a lower track so in case it rains, the water will stay there. Not ideal either but at least it was possible to ride wherever de zut was removed.
When building trails in The Netherlands you also need to have a plan for the water to go to. Trenches, holes, ditches, draining systems, you can't have enough of it. But for the jam the priority was to get around. The dirt was soggy so it was nice to work with. But when the soil drags the energy and speed out of you, riding isn't the best. Turns were re-shaped, jumps were put back in shape and the riders present gave their everything to clear the gaps and do a few laps. With Jari Roggeveen, Sem Kok and Niels van Maren we had a few riders who could actually do some tricks.
Results Wild Night Contest 2018, Lille, France.
1. Jack Clark
2. Cam Peake
3. Mark Webb
4. Istvan Caillet
5. Kenneth Tancré
6. JB Peytavit
7. Romain Devassine
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