Big Air Bag Session at Emoves, Eindhoven. Pics by Aaron Zwaal

Jul 04, 2018

Written by Bart de Jong

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Plug and play! The beauty of the Big Air Bag is that you roll it out, put the plug into the electrical outlet and a giant landing occurs right in front of you. But it doesn't stop there as a roll-in is needed that sends you to the take-off with enough speed to clear the gap. As usual the 040BMXPARK crew had taken care of everything and did the measurements of the height of the roll-in that was needed and the took care of the correct dimensions of the launch ramp. The only thing the riders needed was the balls to roll in and send it. It was an opportunity for some to learn new tricks. The set-up was out there for anyone to use and with riders like Shaun Gornall, Niels van Maaren, Paul Thoelen, Tom van den Bogaard, Shanice Silva Cruz, Erik van de Wardt, Daniel Wedemeijer, Jari Roggeveen and a whole bunch of young rippers, the session lasted all afternoon.

The riding took place on Sunday after the 040 BMX Invitational at Ketelhuisplein and with €250 available for the Best Trick Contest the riders sure did send it from time to time. Bouncing off the landing still isn't the safest, but looping out on a double flip isn't as painfull here as on a concrete landing. No pain, no gain. Niels van Maaren took it a step further by doing a hop-barspin into the 8 meter high roll-in. Just imagine missing your bars up there on that hill! Shaun Gornall tried several tailwhip cashrolls until he broke his leg. Headwind threw off Daniel Wedemeijer in the beginning but he made the corked 720 (?) stick in the end. Tom van den Bogaard bounced on the landing more than once as did padless Paul Thoelen. In the end the riders themselves picked a winner and it was Erik van de Wardt who went home with the €250 for his lawndart frontflip that he had just learnt that afternoon.

The 040BMXPARK Big Air Bag was unplugged, rolled up, and stored. All 800 kgs of it. The Emoves weekend had come to an end. Enjoy the pics by Aaron Zwaal and don't forget to send it!