Bart de Jong
On the 26th of August, the spectacular city of Riga, capital of Latvia, hosted the summertime BMX edition of the Simple Session series – the Simple Summer Session. The event was dedicated to the Estonian Presidency of the Council of the European Union and to the 100th birthday of the Republic of Estonia. An exciting and sunny day of competitions culminated with Kostya Andreev (RUS) and Alex Donnachie (GBR) stealing the show in the park and street finals respectively. The contest vas held on a massive and inspiring outdoor skatepark, built on the Freedom Monument Bridge in the heart of the city.
A total of 42 BMX street and park riders from 15 countries went head to head on the Nate Wessel
Today there was no need to travel to a foreign country to attend a BMX event. The Helm Trails Jam was scheduled for Saturday and they could not have picked a better day. No wind, sunshine and 25+ degrees lead to smiles on the faces of those who took the effort to come to Helmond Noord to ride a session on best trails in the Netherlands. The rollercoaster, middellijn and Table line were all in top shape. The water they needed after some heavy riding was taken care of by several visits to the water container. The music played out loud and the vibe was chill. With visitors from Croatia, Germany, Belgium and of course America! (Sem Kok was present) several languages were spoken. Once again the bikes brought people together for a good time and the locals could enjoy the action by watching down from the bridge.
Sem Kok was ruling and if he had received a 'Full Pull sticker' after every lap, you would at least have 50 of them. The trails were in perfect shape, hard and grippy and the flow was there. Jari Roggeveen had a rough time making it through all the lines which indicated they're not that easy. While some enjoyed the flowy table line others hit up the medium level Middellijn and tried to make it to the very end. All afternoon riders were waiting for a run on top of the container at the Helm Trails simply enjoying the riding that was going on.
Another good one in the books. Thanks to Dimitris Araouzos and Dennis Keunen for the trails love.
Johnny Raekes drops bombs on the East Coast in his latest offering. Despite a heavy forecast of rain, Johnny Raekes managed to lay banger after banger while sampling some of the East Coast's finest spots between Philadelphia and NYC.
Evan Johnson - For the love of. BMX Video.
We put on our annual Mullaly jam up in the Bronx with a few of our local shops.
Live from Riga. Simple Session. Summer version. Street and Park.
2017 UCI BMX FREESTYLE PARK World Cup Women Ranking after two stops.
1. ROBERTS Hannah USA 18200
2. DUCARROZ Nikita Switzerland 18000
3. MACARENA PéRez Chile 14900
4. ZACARIAS Analia Argentina 14400
5. SILVA CRUZ Shanice Netherlands 13900
6. CORY Coffey USA 12100
7. LESSMANN Lara Germany 10000
8. POSADSKIKH Elizaveta Russia 7700
9. HARAMBOUR Camila Chile 6200
10. WARD Val GBR 5900
11. FINNEGAN Emma GBR 5900
Round 1: UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup Montpellier, France
Round 2: UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup Budapest, Hungary
Next:
Round 3: UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup Edmonton, Canada
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UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup Ranking after two stops (Montpellier, France and Budapest, Hungary).
1. DHERS Daniel Venezuela 17200
2. LOUPOS Brandon Australia 16700
3. KONSTANTIN Andreev Russia 14400
4. SANDOVAL Daniel USA 12600
5. RIZAEV Irek Russia 11700
6. MARTIN Logan Australia 10700
7. WALKER Colton USA 10300
8. COLEBORN Alex GBR 9900
9. NIKULIN Alex Russia 9800
10. CASEY Pat USA 8500
11. BRUCE Nick USA 7700
12. MALOTT Jérémy USA 7200
13. RANTEš Marin Croatia 6400
14. TENCIO Kenneth Costa Rica 6294
15. BERAN Michael Czechia 6200
16. LEIVA Jake USA 6075
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