With more than 40 pro riders signing up the contest at 040BMXpark looked promising from the start. It was the first big pro contest in Eindhoven after the 2011 rebeljam and riders from Venezuela, South Africa, Germany, England, Belgium, and the Netherlands showed up and Catfish was flown in to host the event. As usual the contest started a bit later than scheduled but that gave the riders some extra practice time. It's always good to have some extra riding time at a park that you have never visited before.
Out of the 40+ riders, only 16 made it to the finals. It wasn't an easy task by any means because the riders field was close and many of them were stepping it up in the 4-man jam sessions to make it to the final sixteen. Basically every rider had two runs and time for one last trick. Getting to ride the park all by yourself was basically only possible during the contest. Trying out the transfer lines during practice is almost impossible if you don't want to run into an other rider.