Fools Jam report. By Jelle Harnisfeger. Pics by KemoBMX

Jun 02, 2010

Written by Bart de Jong

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Despite the shitty weather forecast, lots of riders showed up at the bowl in Kortrijk. They all gave the best of theirselves, much to the crowd's delight. Local shredder Sander Debaere demonstrated how to ride a bowl and won the amateur contest and got the price for best line. Hannes van Gansen took second place thanks to his stylish riding and lots of cool tricks. Quentin van Ryckevelt ended up being third. Sami Jetati (fifth place) crashed hard trying to backflip the spine and had to be hospitalised.

The pro contest was dominated by Premium rider Sig Cools. Sig went higher and faster than everyone else, did the best lines and made it all look so easy thanks to his amazing style. All this and a massive nosedived 36O over the island were enough for Sig to take the win. Second and third place went to two Dutch riders: Nike 6.0's Nicky van der Veen and Daniel Wedemeijer. After being stuck in traffic for ages they arrived halfway the contest. Almost without warming up, these two shredders went nuts.

Big tricks and lots of tech stuff led to the second place for Nicky and the third place for Daniel. Jimmy Van Belle ended up being fourth after amazing everybody with a massive transfer from the quarter to the top of the cradle. Props to Jimmy! Arthur Dietrich from France got fifth thanks to his unique style, original tricks and cool lines.

This first edition of Fool Jam was a great succes thanks to the city of Kortrijk and all the sponsors: Monster Energy, Nike 6.0, Grounded BMX, Marie Jade, Sharkattack, Ride On and Cream/Limits.

I would like to thank all the riders, the crowd, the volunteers and all the sponsors! See you on the next Fool Jam

-Jelle

Results Amateur Contest

   1. Sander Debaere
   2. Hannes van Gansen
   3. Quentin van Ruyckevelt
   4. Stef Guner
   5. Sami Jetati
   6. Dominne Jeunen

   7. Gunter Staelens
   8. Matthias Vanwymelbeke
   9. Jason Dubois
10. Rogier Vansteenkiste
11. Elias Vansteenkiste
12. Arno aka P Diddy
13. Robin Follens
14. Rayanne

Results Pro Contest

   1. Sig Cools (BE)
   2. Nicky van der Veen (NL)
   3. Daniel Wedemeijer (NL)
   4. Jimmy Van Belle (BE)
   5. Arthur Dietrich (FR)
   6. Mike Hendrick (BE)
   7. Michael Lefebvre (BE)
   8. Jelle Harnisfeger (BE)

9. Thijs Vervaeck (BE)
10. Greg van Tulder (BE)
11. Willem van Gansen (BE)
12. Anthony Reynaert (BE)
13. Roman Szymanowicz (FR)
14. Shane Huyghebaert (BE)
15. Tom Jonckheere (BE)