Bart de Jong
Plenty of world class Pro BMX riders are making their way to the Netherlands this weekend for Pro Freestyle Heerlen. It's a unique opportunity for all Dutch BMX fans to come watch world class flatland riding on Friday, and Park and Street on Saturday and Sunday. Check below if your favourite rider is coming over. See you in the city centre!
Pro Street:
Daan van Wezel
Chiel Rieks
Emile Bouwman
Jack Nieraeth
Anne Hofsink
Milan Baars
Lennart Horst
Bart van der Kamp
Robbert van Leeuwen
Joeri Veul
Broc Raiford Takes Home Top Honors at Inaugural Vans BMX Street Invitational in Huntington Beach
Illustrating your style on your bike is everything! Closing out the first-ever BMX Street Invitational at Vans’ Off The Wall Skatepark in Huntington Beach, twenty of the world’s most talented street BMX athletes battled it out for the top honors in a multi-section exhibition this past Saturday drawing a great crowd and the cheers of Vans founder Paul Van Doren. Nothing was left untouched, as stairs, ramps, rails and even palm trees were dominated by some of the best BMX street athletes.
STD: Battle of Hastings BMX Contest. September 10-11th 2016 at the Source Park, Hastings, UK.
The Inaugural Battle of Hastings BMX contest will take place at The Source Park on the weekend of September 10-11th 2016. The World's top riders will compete in an innovative format for a share of the 18,000 Euro Pro purse. The original Battle of Hastings took place in 1066 and this year with the 950 year festivities, we're putting Hastings back on the international contest scene with our version of the Battle of Hastings to celebrate the first big BMX contest at the Source Park.
There will also be an open qualifier event for all riders including AM’s at the Source Park on July 23rd, in support of BMX Day 2016.
FATBMX KIDS: Fise Experience Reims, France Junior results. Jari Roggeveen (13) grabs the win.
10 Junior riders made the final and jumped back up on the BMX Park course in Reims at 10am in the morning on Sunday. No time to sleep in, the big final was coming up. The order after qualifying didn't change much. Only Gilles Theys from Belgium sneaked Michael Michiel's podium spot and got third. Arthur Braga rode to a solid 2nd spot and Jari Roggeveen pulled out all stops to win the Junior class. Flips and 360-s over the box, flairs both ways, the boy from Katwijk aan Zee does it all.
Final results BMX Park Junior. Reims, France.
1 Jari ROGGEVEEN 94.30 pts
2 Arthur BRAGA 89.00 pts
3 Gilles THEYS 86.60 pts
4 Maikel MICHIELS 86.30 pts
5 Tobias VAN DER LINDEN 83.33 pts
6 Morgan LOUP 82.33 pts
7 Joep PASTOR 80.00 pts
8 Gurvan LAURENT 77.60 pts
Pro flatland results Sosh Freestyle Cup in Marseille, France.
1 Matthias Dandois
2 Alex Jumelin
3 Benjamin Hudson
4 Jean William Prevost
5 Yohei Uchino
6 Raphael Chiquet
7 Viki Gomez
8 Dominik Nekolny
9 Dez Maarsen
10 Didier Genet
11 Alberto Moya
12 Lee Musselwhite
RESULTS Vans BMX Street Invitational Highlights:
1. Broc Raiford
2. Bruno Hoffmann
3. Devon Smillie
4. Chad Kerley
5. Alex Donnachie
6. Sean Ricany
7. Dakota Roche
8. Alex Kennedy
It's time for Norway to step things up in the Elite class on the BMX track. Tore Navrestad and Hegen Haga claimed the 2016 Norwegian BMX titles but Tore only had 3 competitors to beat and Hegen only had to roll in to become Norwegian national champion in Elite Women BMX. It's time for at least two girls to roll down that hill in 2017 to make the podium complete.
Norwegian National Championships (NOR/NC) results:
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