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For a change we organized a BMX Dirt contest, instead of a jam. T spice it up we called it the Open Dutch BMX Dirt championships and somehow it attracted lots of riders and a decent crowd. For the locals it was also a motivation to get the trails in shape the best way possible. It sure was a lot of work since only 2 lines remained the same and about 7 new lines were added/changed. It made for a great playground for all who like to ride dirt. To change things up we had a time schedule too and surprisingly we stuck to it pretty good. Jumps were cased during practice but the little breaks had people fix the jumps. The good thing was that the lines actually worked and no, they were not in a straight line. It was a challenge to make it through and when the comp started at 14:30hr we would see who were going to make a chance to win the Open Dutch Title. Of course the Belgians (Sven Grieten and Greg van Tulder) looked strong but also Dimitris Araouzos, Dennis Keunen and Sem Schonewille were impressive in practice.

But the group was split in two because lots of young riders had 

BMX Park Qualifiers took place on 3 July on a hot day at the Movistar Extreme event in Barcelona. With close to 40 of the best riders in the world trying to make it to the finals the riding on the Wessel designed park course was awesome. 12 riders made it straight to the finals, the remaining 4 spots will be given away on 4 July to whoever wants to try to qualify again. Baz Keep and Bjorn Mager won't be riding this again as they were transported off to the hospital. Get well soon guys. Look at the following list of finalists and you'll know that things were going off. More coming soon now that we've finally gotten through on the internet.

Top 12 qualifiers at the BCN BMX Pro event in Barcelona, Spain:
1 Dennis Enarson
2 Daniel Dhers
3 Garrett Reynolds
4 Brett Banasiewicz
5 Ben Wallace