Cluut jam. You pretty much know what to expect at a Cluut jam. Good times, madness, craziness, and BMX at its finest. Sounds good to us. Paul picked me up and we drove over to Belgium on a Saturday afternoon. Antwerp traffic wasn't too bad and once past Antwerpen we were in Mechelen in no-time. Construction was happening all around the indoor park and we found out that on Monday after the event, the indoor park had to make room for 111 apartments. So this was the very last BMX happening taking place the Rode Kruisplein 14. The Inzini House was packed with BMX-ers. A mix of street, park and dirt riders found their way around the park where the "cash for tricks" concept go the riders hyped to go mad.
Different sections of the park were used for the jam. We arrived when riders were dropping in from the highest part of the park to flat doing barspins, 360s, turndowns and tailwhips. Not everything survived but cash was handed out. Beer was flowing early. This was Belgium after all. King Koen and Denz were handling the records and MC Egon and Rachid were on the mic. The entire Belgian BMX freestyle scene was present and it was good to see the veterans make a showing. Hannu Cools managed to tire tap/icepick/fufanu a wall when his 15 years old cranks broke and he had to switch to the pils. Tom Russell, Sem Kok, Gerrit Vanopdenbosch, rocked the quarter and Twan van Wijk got some cash for doing a rock to barspin 180 out on the rainbow rail.
It's D-DAY! Ready for CLUUT JAM with the squad. In this second part, the 3rd spot a nice ledge & 4th spot: the longjump challenge! We went craaaazy! Vibe was so sick, riders went hard! If you missed it this year, you already know you have to pull up next year!
CANETTE LIFE TOUR 2017 | CANETTELIFE x CLUUTSHOW. Notre grande décision de l’année est toujours de choisir une destination pour faire le trip canettelife. Rassembler des riders de l’Europe entière pour profiter du même spot, du même sport au même moment et au même endroit que des personnes qui pourront et seront surement copains/amis après ce trip, voilà ce que nous nous efforçons de transmettre.
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