woods with bigger sets made for high amplitude and crazy tricks. For the third consecutive year some of the best riders on the planet made their way the Peynier Trails in the South-East of France. Altogether 45 from ten nations killed the line and went for an overall prize money of 6.000 Euros – among them the worlds BMX dirt eilte like Jaie Toohey (USA), Ryan Guettler (AUS), Markus Hampl (GER), Alejandro Caro (COL) and many more.
On Saturday „Best Trick“ and 1.000 Euros price money were taken by Jaie Toohey (AUS) for a 360-Tripletailwhip. Maxime Charveron (FRA) got second with 360 Tailwhip to Barspin and Josh Stead (AUS) was awarded for Best Style – they both took home a VANS signature guitar. The probably most relaxed dirt contest of the season with perfect weather conditions was judged by Hank (UK), Andy Zeiss (GER), Patrick Haebig (AUT) and Nicolas Bertier (FRA).VANS Kill the Line 2011 – Top 20:
1. TJ Ellis – USA
2. Cory Nasty Nastazio – USA
3. Berenger Cordier – France
4. Josh Stead – Australia
5. Markus Hampl – Germany
6. Jérémy Le Pennedu – France
7. Jaie Toohey – Australia
8. Alejandro Caro – Colombia
9. Mark Mulville – USA
10. Jeremy Muller – France
11. Mark Potozny – USA
12. Greg van Tulder – Belgium
13. Daniel Juchatz – Germany
14. Matt Priest – UK
15. Tristan Musso – France
16. Justin Fouque – France
17. Kye Forte – UK
18. Phil Baum – Germany
19. JB Peytavit – France
20. Ben Hennon – UK
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