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26.04.09 | Stories | Bizouard wins 2nd day in Basel


 

2nd day in Basel with the ultimate fight for World Championship points. Only Fredrik Johansson could not ride, cause of his injury from Graz. But both crash guys from Friday, William van den Putte and Vivian Gantner were able to ride. In a most packing final World Champ Remi Bizouard grabbed the victory on this day. Podmol was only a few points behind ahead of trick styler Brody Wilson...



24.04.09 | Stories | Podmol wins 1st night in Basel


 

Libor Podmol wins the 1st night of the NOTJ in Basel with an awesome run doing Nac Nac Underflip and Stripper Flip. 2nd place went to Remi Bizouard, who is the current leader of the FIM World Championship in front of Jose Miralles. Brody Wilson took home the 3rd place...



22.04.09 | Upcoming Event | Rider List NOTJ Basel


 

Upcoming weekend the sheer insanity of tricks will go on at the NIGHT of the JUMPs in Basel for the 5th and 6th contest of the FIM Freestyle MX World Championships! Field of riders in Basel: Remi Bizouard, Libor Podmol, Fredrik Johansson, Brody Wilson, Jose Miralles, Massimo Bianconcini,
Brice Izzo, Fabian Bauersachs, Freddy Peters, Hannes Ackermann, Vivan Gantner, William van den Putte.



22.04.09 | Columns | Nick de Wit


 

March was another good month for me. My friend from Italy, Alvaro del Farra and an Italian photographer Ricky Monti came to visit and ride for 2 weeks. We did a lot of riding and got some really good photos. I also took them around and showed them some typical south African stuff. And of coarse we had a braai or Barbeque as the call it...



22.04.09 | Columns | Paul Smith


 

i have been super busy practicing and working on the hard rock compound with one little miss hap, Glen and i were workin out in the back pit and the loader kind rolled ... all good, no injuries.We have built a bunch of new dirt hits and had a good session this weekend
getting them dialed in...



19.04.09 | Stories | Bizouard also wins 2nd night in Graz


 

Full house for the 4th contest of the FIM Freestyle MX World Championships in Graz. 6.000 spectators saw the fight of 11 riders in the qualification. Gilles Dejong could not start after a crash in his training round. But what the crowd saw in the Schwarzlhalle must have been the hardest contest ever on European ground. Remi Bizouard won the most packing final ahead of Libor Podmol...



18.04.09 | Stories | Bizouard wins NOTJ in Graz


 

On Friday 12 of the worlds best FMX rider met at the Schwarzlhalle in Unterpremstaetten/Graz for the 3rd contest of the NIGHT of the JUMPs - FIM Freestyle MX World Championships. After his problems in Berlin World Champ Remi Bizouard stroke back and won with an impressive run ahead of US-Boy Brody Wilson and Spain’s Jose Miralles...



15.04.09 | Steve Mini won South Australian Championships


  Out off the plane onto the compound. After reaching his first IFMXF final at the NIGHT of the JUMPs in Berlin and getting both days on the podium at the FMX Fever in Rotterdam Steve Mini got another milestone in his FMX career by winning the South Australian FMX Championships in Wudinna against a star-packed field...


14.04.09 | Startalk | Levi Sherwood


  He is the youngest Red Bull X Fighters winner ever and only the FMX insiders knew him before. The seventeen year old Levi Sherwood is definitely one of the newcomers of the 2009 season. After his victory in Mexico he will compete the whole X Fighters series and hopefully we will see him at X Games, too. We talked with the kiwi kid to know more about him and his plans for 2009...


08.04.09 | Columns | Paul Smith


 

Well the florida weather hasnt been cooperating lately. but im trying to make the best of it ... high winds and rain are no fun to ride your dirt scooter in. So in the down time i have been workin on a new riding vid and holding band rehearsals at my house...



08.04.09 | Columns | Morgan Carlson


 

The last two months has been all about finding back to why anything on a dirt bike makes it worth to get out of bed. Cause for a while there, I couldn't really find it. But finally it feels like the only thing that I want to do. Me, Alex Elgh, Villa, and Justin Hoyer been shredding like never before in Villa´s park...



08.04.09 | Video | Trailer of the Freistil DVD


 

The Austrian Freestyle Motocross Crew Rotzlefl made a DVD called "Freistil". The DVD contains material of different shows, events and other stuff of the last years. Check out the trailer...



07.04.09 | Columns | Fab Bauersachs


 

First “battle of nations” is over and there was many things going on…The O2 Arena is a real eyecatcher and big enough for a sweet playground for us and even a snowmobile- and quad – action.Snowmobil and quad have been the first highlights with flipping the 20m at this event and for the first time we had a mobile landing (covered with dirt) in the IFMXF WorldCup setup...



07.04.09 | Video | DaBoot riders Dal Farra & Bianconcini


 

Docksvideo producer and director Alberto Accettulli did two awesome video clips with the Italian DaBoot riders Alvaro Dal Farra and Massimo Bianconcini. Check out our Media Corner and watch to two clips - it's worth to see ... and don't forget: "Live is Party"



07.04.09 | Video | Jim DeChamp did successfully Frontflip


 

Last year Jim DeChamp tried the Frontflip at X Games Best Trick, but he crashed hard and broke his back. Now almost one year later Jim tried to do it again and finally did it! He successfully executed the Frontflip on a MX bike on dirt during the Nitro Circus Show for MTV.



04.04.09 | Preview | Vat on Wheels


  On the 30th of April is a Freestyle Festival on an unique location 70km away from the German border. There will be a real FMX contest with Fabian Bauersachs, Fredd Johansson, Busty Wolter, Norman Veerbeek, Gilles de Jong , Tim Kerling and one rider t.b.a...


03.04.09 | Startalk | Steve Sommerfeld


  He wrote his own book for FRMX called the Ultimate Guide to Freestyle ... he is coaching FMX newbies ... he works for FreeriderMX Magazine ... he has a diploma in Remedial Therapies, a degree in Business, majoring in Management and Marketing ... and he is a professional Freestyle Motocross rider. We were talking with multi talent Steve Sommerfeld from Brisbane/Australia to get more input about him and his life...


03.04.09 | Video | Trailer Flight Club


 

20 FMX Riders - five Tourstops – One Mission: Pushing German FMX to the next Level! „Gentlemen, welcome to FLIGHT CLUB!“ And here is the official trailer of the Flight Club Freestyle Motocross Tour...



01.04.09 | Others | Smoothness Issue #8 online


 

It’s April and if you look outside, you will mostly see flowers growing and hear birds singing. Yes, it’s spring! And in the actual issue #8 of Smoothness you will find the 2nd part of the Goba Special and finest Brazilian Sequences of photographer Gustavo Epifanio. So check out the new issue now on: www.smoothness.de



28.03.09 | Stories | Sherwood Soars to Victory in Mexico


 

A sell-out crowd of 43,000 FMX fans packed Mexico City’s famous Plaza de Toros on Friday night to experience a true sensation at the first stop of the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour 2009. Freestyle motocross riders from eleven nations did battle in the biggest bullfighting ring in the world, with the winner, 17 year-old debutant Levi Sherwood...




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