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BMX Supercross is something else. Imagine doing a train of follow the leader at your local concrete skatepark that has loads of lines. Now take 7 riders to follow you at full speed where you guys start off at an 8 meter high starting hill to get up to speed. Do you think this would be gnarly? Throw in an eleven meter gap that you have to clear, but then side by side, with more jumps like that on the way. And then people want to pass you, or give you an elbow in a section so they can pass you. BMX Supercross tracks are spectacular and as hard as concrete. Combined with the asphalt turns there's a strong similarity with your local concrete skatepark as far as surface goes. On a SX track you are given a direction to follow but that doesn't mean there are no lines. You need to find the fastest way to move around the track and find spots to pass the rider in front of you. You need to figure out where to pump the jumps and the turns to keep the speed going because once you lose speed, you won't be able to clear the doubles.

After last year's success we were hoping to make it back to Guadalajara for the second edition of Red Bull's Dirt Conquers event. From start to finish the contest was a blast so it wasn’t hard spending 25 hours on the road to get there because we knew it was going to be good again. For those getting jealous of our trips (we're lucky, don't get me wrong) I'll fill you in on a bit of the travel experience. The alarm clock went off at 04:55am. For everyone that's early. After putting some clothes on, getting a quick wash, some early breakfast and going through the checklist, it was off to the train station to catch the 06:06hr train with Paul to Schiphol. With no direct trains to the airport after Eindhoven we opted to skip the bus trip from Boxtel to Den Bosch and went the b-route via Breda and Rotterdam. Total time to get to Amsterdam airport was 2:20hr. We met up with Daniel Wedemeijer at check-in and had no time to chill. Waiting in line took a bit, we dropped our bags and got back in line at passport control. I'm not sure about you, but I hate waiting in lines and I always pick the wrong ones too. It was off to the gate directly and back in line for the security check before we hopped