Brasil X-Games by Paulo Charaba

Apr 29, 2008

Written by Bart de Jong

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The Brasil X Games were awesome. Since the beginning when HSA asked me to invite good Brasilian bmxers to participate I could see that it would be different, talking about real street, that updated discipline for around the world, although I always say it's not new, it just got the right value now... Then we could see here in Brasil with this ramps made by very known skatepark designer here in Brasil, George Rotatori, he was very artistic in this X Games project, reproducing real boulevards we got in my down town city,

Sao Paulo, the real ones are concrete and on the X course they were made of wood, with a nice painting imitating the atmosphere of real street.

The first contact was nice, with gap, rails and stairs tricks, we got practice with many uninvited bmxers, enjoying the session with those who will compete, it was amazing, the ramps were full with hard tricks . After our pratice, the skateboarders asked to lower the handrail, which it make the subject funny for everyone we talked about it.

The format was made by 3 heats 7, 7and 6 people, that would ride in each ramp for 8 minutes. This format was very nice, for the audience, for me who was announcing, the tv but judges, they had a lot of work to do. Judges Fabiano Gigante, Andre Ribeiro and Mike Big Island, had to evaluate the riding but sometimes it's tough when there were three bmxers on the same obstacles at the smae time. They had to have a note pad to write down the tricks each rider did but they did a great job.

This venue we got in Sao Paulo for carnival parades, now hosted the X Games too, maybe next year we get more from this event, like dirt jump and park and flatland which would be wonderful.

Here is some images of those ramps and street podium with
1) Garret Reynolds
2) Sean Sexton
3) Aaron Ross.
and the crowd.

Paulo Charaba
www.abbmx.com.br