Rebel Jam Am-street

Aug 16, 2006

Written by Bart de Jong

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The Mellowpark had some new obstacles but is still roomy enough to pedal around them to get speed for other ramps. The amateur riders were up on Saturday and had beautiful weather. Pro street was completely re-scheduled for Sunday because some of the riders were having problems with London airports canceling flights (damn terrorists). With 54 entries in Amateur Street it was a long qualifying session. The 16 guys who made it to the final session came from Germany, the UK, Czech Republic, The Netherlands, Italy, Hungary and France. Making it in the top three wasn’t easy. Leroy Widmann just missed out and ended on 4th. He did pull a double tailwhip over the box which is an indication of how high the level was in the Am Street class. Local Sprosse wasn’t sure if he was going to ride the contest. He foot wasn’t completely healed yet and he did not have the okay from his doctor. With everyone riding his park, he couldn’t resist and grabbed his bike and showed how to shred the place. He did huge transfers on the jump box and high airs on the quarterpipe.

Pim van den Bos whipped, flipped and 3-whipped all over the park. His last trick was the fronty which he pulled over the jump box. The flair attempts after his great run didn’t work out but with the speed Pim learns new tricks we will not be surprised to see him pull those too next time we see him enter a contest.

Bruno Hoffman however is way too good for a 13 year old. The tricks he did would have put people’s hands together in pro class. Huge abubacas, 270-s, 360-s and 540-s on all ramps, a fakie wall tap on a huge obstacle, a fufanu on the biggest obstacle and a wallride to three-sixty were pulled with a smile on his face. He’s a very solid rider who doesn’t dab on rollbacks and for me was the right winner of Amateur street at the rebel jam.

BdJ

Amateur Street Finals

1. Hoffman Bruno 13 Germany
2. Von den Bos Pim 17 Netherlands
3. Sprosse 18 Germany
4. Widmann Leroy 17 Netherlands
5. Kurth Thorsten 18 Germany
6. Nasse Julien 20 France
7. Fabio D'Alessandro 21 Italy
8. Kerling Michael 22 Germany
9. Liehn Kevin 18 Germany
10. Josa Daniel 20 Hungary
11. Skupin Jakub 20 CZ
12. Bongiarno Julien 18
13. Ivett James 16 UK
14. Freybott Philipp 16 Germany
15. Nickchen Carl 18 Germany
16. Andre Sagodi 20 Germany