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One way to get people together is putting a title on an event. BMX Amsterdam put the title Open Dutch BMX Dirt Championship on the poster and the people came. Stijn Hens and Kenneth Tancré made it an international comp as the Belgians were put on the list last minute and Stijn had to borrow a helmet to ride the three jumps that were chosen to crown the champion at the end of the day. It was our first time are BMX Amsterdam, located on the West-Siiiide of Amsterdam at the Grifioen Outdoor facility. It was hard to find a parking spot but that was also caused by the athlethics tournament that took place next to BMX Amsterdam and us arriving fairly late. Practice was just being wrapped up and the comp started with younger age groups. Riders could pick their lines. There were 4 of them to choose from. The table line on the left was most popular with the younger age groups and parents classes, the small table line next to it was an option also and the third line from the left had gaps in between the take-off and landing and was shaped in a bit of a hip kind of way. The bigger line had a huge starting hill and mega kickers and was used by the brave riders in the age groups and the pro class riders. 

Taj Mihelich made a presence at BMX Amsterdam. The BMX legend was on a bicycle trip in Europe and pedaled to the ONK to witness the event and check out the facility. The newly added pump track was a nice addition to the already amazing place which has a roller section, spine miniramp with box and an indoor facility with park and street sections also.

Pension plan? Don't really have one. First you gotta see if you actually make it that far. The FATJAM has made it to 65 editions and is not ready to stop. It's the longest running annual BMX jam in the world and looking at the smiles on everyone's faces it would be a mistake to end the good times. So if you have never made it to Aarle-Rixtel for a FATJAM, your live isn't over, you will get an other chance. Also for this edition we had to prepare the sugar Hills trails for the dirt session. It's unbelievable the Killer jump has survived this long. It outlasted many riders and caused some victims once again. That name is there for a reason. You've got to respect the Killer because the moment you don't you'll get killed as some of the youngsters found out. Oh well, there's your new challenge for the next edition; master the Killer. The dirt spot looked good and ready for the afternoon of action. The massive rain the day prior had only helped. Thanks to all who pitched in shaping, digging and getting rid of that grass that keeps coming back.

Once again prizes were handed out around 4pm provided by the raddest companies in BMX. It resulted in happy faces especially when a brand new complete bike was handed out to the 2023 FATJAM Talent presented by OJA. Lentjens will be a BMX lifer. This moment he'll never forget. Aarle-Rixtel breeds BMX-ers and in part it's because of its BMX history. The people who have traveled to send tricks, hang out and party is long. And international.

Burgers were flipped. Mom sponsored the burgers this time. Paul and Robbish flipped them as our

French Cup - Toul BMX Jam #13 Toul, France 02 - 03 September 2023. C1 results.

Men Park:

1 Istvan CAILLET 31 FRA 200.00
2 Jude JONES 22 GBR 160.00
3 Florent KASTNER 21 FRA 130.00
4 Zoltán KEMPF 27 HUN 110.00
5 Tom CLEMENS 18 GER 90.00
6 Juan Camilo CAICEDO HURTADO 21 COL 70.00
7 Benjamin DALDY 16 FRA 50.00
8 Lilian VIRAZEL 21 FRA 30.00
9 Maxime BRINGER 26 FRA 20.00
10 Nathan BOSCH 20 FRA 10.00
11 Maxime VAUTRINOT 27 FRA
12 Fabian MÜLLER 19 GER

C1 BMX Park results Venezuela Circuito Nacional BMX Freestyle Caracas, Venezuela 02 September 2023
Men Park:
1 Daniel DHERS 38 VEN 95,30                               200.00 UCI Ranking points
2 Edy Jose ALVIAREZ SANCHEZ 41 VEN 91,15   160.00
3 Caio DE OLIVEIRA SOUSA 30 BRA 90,35           130.00
4 Anthony CASTRO CASTILLO 19 VEN 85,35       110.00
5 Emiller PARRA 29 VEN 80,60                                90.00

Venezuelan National Championship BMX PARK, Caracas, Venezuela. 01 September 2023

Men Park:

1 Daniel DHERS 38 VEN                                          200.00 UCI Ranking points
2 Edy Jose ALVIAREZ SANCHEZ 41 VEN              160.00
3 Anthony Gregorio CASTRO CASTILLO 19 VEN  130.00
4 Aaron Alejandro MATOS PEÑALOZA 19 VEN    110.00
5 Emiller PARRA 29 VEN

Photo: Nejc Ferjan / Red Bull Content Pool 

C1 results Mad Liepāja 2023 Liepaja, Latvia 26 - 27 August 2023

Men Park:
1 Ernests ZEBOLDS 24 LAT 1          200.00 UCI Ranking points
2 Yurii ILLIUSHCHENKO 23 UKR 2  160.00
3 Istvan CAILLET 31 FRA 3             130.00
4 Levi WEIDMANN 23 NED 4          110.00
5 Zoltán ÚJVÁRY 23 HUN 5              90.00
6 Maxime BRINGER 26 FRA 6          70.00
7 Tomass GRINBERGS 26 LAT 7     50.00
8 Zoltán KEMPF 27 HUN 8               30.00
9 Valters KLEPIS 23 LAT 9               20.00
10 Patryk TEUL 28 POL 10               10.00
11 Marcin OSKIERA 33 POL 11

The 4th and final stop on the French urban sports tour took place in Le Havre this weekend with 35,000 spectators and 200 riders taking part in the 4 competing disciplines: BMX Freestyle Park, Skateboard Bowl, Roller Freestyle Park and Scooter Bowl. In front of 35,000 over-motivated spectators over three days, top national and European riders and local talent came out in force to set fire to the ramps of the BMX Freestyle Park and string together tricks on the curves of the legendary Bowl du Havre on the Esplanade de la Plage. Despite the capricious weather at the end of the weekend, this FISE Xperience Series in Le Havre was an excellent stage with the special flavor of an edition full of stakes, almost a year away from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. A very fine edition, thanks in particular to the

Results C1 BMX Park French cup - BOS Sérignan, France. 19 - 20 Aug 2023

Men Park:
1 Anthony JEANJEAN 25 FRA 200.00 UCI Ranking points
2 Kevin FABREGUE 28 FRA      160.00
3 Florent KASTNER 21 FRA     130.00
4 Istvan CAILLET 31 FRA         110.00
5 Luca BERTRAND 21 FRA         90.00
6 Julian MIRANDA 26 FRA         70.00
7 Lilian VIRAZEL 21 FRA            50.00
8 Mathéo MIRANDA 17 FRA      30.00

Results C1 French cup - Fise Thonon-les-Bains, France 14 - 15 Aug 2023

Men Park:
1 Anthony JEANJEAN 25 FRA  200.00 UCI Ranking points
2 Dylan HESSEY 20 GBR           160.00
3 Kaine MITCHELL 25 GBR       130.00
4 Levi WEIDMANN 23 NED        110.00
5 Istvan CAILLET 31 FRA            90.00
6 Kevin FABREGUE 28 FRA          70.00
7 Michael HULLOCK 25 GBR       50.00
8 Luca BERTRAND 21 FRA           30.00
9 Tom CLEMENS 18 GER              20.00
10 Florent KASTNER 21 FRA        10.00
11 Quentin MORIEN 29 FRA
12 Remi BRIANT ALFARO 24 FRA
13 Daniel WEDEMEIJER 33 NED
14 Benjamin DALDY 16 FRA