FISE DIRT

May 04, 2008

Written by Bart de Jong

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Pro dirt at the FISE is always a straight final. To find the dirt jumps you had to explore a little bit as it was located a bit from the actual event area. Once there you forgot about the walk you just did and enjoyed the riding. The set-up was okay. A drop from the truck into a downhill section towards the three lines. The one on the left started with a 90 ft double to a giant set. It looked more like a freestyle motocross jump set up than a BMX dirt jump course but those with speed in their legs cleared it and it was impressive that they did. Next to the long set there were two lines. The bigger one of the two was in the middle and it was possible to transfer to the left or right as the landings were the same, just the take-offs had different distances.

The night was kicking in and the soundsystem and lights were doing their work. It was kinda dark though but the riders kept on riding do it didn't seem to bother them too much. Everyone had 4 runs with the best three counting towards the final score.

The crowd was getting loose at this point after spending all day in the blazing sun where a few brewski's will get you fucked up.

Standouts were Koxx riders Patrick Guimez and Ricardo Laguna with giant no-handed flips and turndown flips, 3-whips, no-handed 3-s and variations of the two. This one dude on a pink bike was scaring everyone with his double backflip attempts and he went crazy on them barrell roll flips as well. He had a hard time clearing the three sets to begin with which should explain why it was hard to see him huck himself this hard every time. There was actually no need for it too. Whatever, he survived in the end.

After the contest the riders kept on riding which is always a good sign. It is a lot of work to build a dirt course and with the light and music system this year it added some atmosphere to the game. Looking forward to 2009 already.

BdJ