Bensink End of Era jam. Niels Bensink organised an awesome “last” jam at the Bensink Gates compound. Niels is moving to Canada with his girlfriend Drew Mechielsen beginning next year and Albert Bensink is ready for his retirement so this could be the last serious jam. But you never know what will happen to the trails now Stefan Groothuis the former World and Olympic speed skater found his way to the dirt jumping scene with his sons so he might be the next Bensink trail caretaker.
Many superstars were riding the trails today with MTB’s and BMX bikes like Frank Heijne, Desmond Tessemakers, Bart Mol, Jeremy Struik, Sem Kok, Jordy van de Heijde, Denzel Vakkers, Bas Fokkinga etc and many Belgian and German rippers. Niels Bensink rode his MTB today and you could see he is at
his homeland, going the fastest on the pumptrack and clearing the biggest jumps. Geoffrey Tessemakers was taking care of the HOT GROLSCH beers and nice burgers and Red Bull took care of the music with DJ van Bemmelen in da house. My BOB Tom van den Bogaard crashed the day before so I took the PB Shop Harley home before the Grolsch were cold...a wise but hard decision.
Thanks to family Bensink for the hospitality and hope we can come back again in the future.
-Paul de Jong
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.