Results Dutch BMX Freestyle championships 2023 Park and Street
Men Park:
1 Pim Scheers
2 Levi Weidmann
3 Jari Roggeveen
4 Arjan Ellens
5 Bruno Colautti
6 Tom van den Bogaard
7 Daniël Wedemeijer
Men Street:
1 Jean Thierry Sprokkelman
2 Zigo Damen
3 Thijmen Berkelaar
4 Kareehm Richardson
5 Darryl Auguste
Amateur Park -15:
1 Saimi Paulissen
2 Sam van Rijswijk
3 Boaz van Calsteren
4 Julian Chen
5 Odin Paulissen
6 Wietse van Veldhoven
7 Jake Penders
8 Nuka Furst
9 Madhu Furst
10 Kieran Vos
11 Raphael Konings
12 Benjamin Burghard
13 Pim Maas
14 Mats van der Zouwen
15 Floris Koppers
Amateur Women -15:
1 Indy Kramer
2 Jikke Schraffordt
Amateur 15+ Park:
1 Thomas Field
2 Tycho Schipper
3 Michael Beaufort
4 Denz van Lare
5 Abel Schreurs
6 Eimantas Zilys
7 Jean De Lannoy
8 Bas Verkaart
9 Ryan Rooijackers
10 Jio Steffens
11 Noud Bekkers 
Pics by Halux Visions
To make it to the BMX freestyle Park program at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris is not an easy task. Only 12 Men and 12 Women will be able to participate on the Olympic stage which will be built up at the Place de La Concorde in the summer of 2024. The Olympic Qualifying process has been announced and the points chase for quota places for Continental Championships and World Championships has started already. The more points the top two riders of a nation gather, the more riders (of that nation) will be able to participate at the bigger events in 2023/2024. Time has started for the top two riders to move their country up in the nation ranking. Throwing C1 events is a way for federations to offer their local riders an event that they can attend without having to travel far. At the BMX Open in Rotterdam on 4 September the Dutch Park riders showed up as well as a big delegation from Hungary, a German, and a rider from Slovakia.
The level of riding these days is insane. Double whips, barspin backflips, and truckdrivers have almost become 'filler tricks'. It's key to stand out from the pack by going higher, doing transfers no one else is doing, bring tricks that nobody else can do and pack as many of them in a 60 second run without making any mistakes using the entire course. Place #11 could have won an event only a few years ago but the level keeps going up making it hard for the riders to stay on top of things. At the end of the day it was Tom van den Bogaard (NED) who grabbed the 200 UCI ranking points at Skateland in front of #2 Zoltan Ujvary (HUN) and #3, youngster Tom Clemens (GER).
The Dutch Park championships took place last Sunday at Skateland in Rotterdam. Although a few riders were missing (Tom van den Bogaard's grandma turned 100 and Niels van Maren struggled with the Covid) the competition was fierce. When everyone rides at their best the vibe is good. The riders are happy with their riding and the crowd is stoked on the best riding they've ever seen the riders do. A win-win situation. 5 classes were on the program for Sunday. With practice, qualification rounds and finals it was a long day before the prizes were given out at the official ceremony in the evening. The most talented riders in each class get to call themselves Dutch champion for a year. In the Elite classes the titles went to Arjan Ellens and Jana Muradova with Thomas in 't Veld (15+), Bruno Colautti (-14) and Indy Kramer (Girls -14) winning the other categories.
Rotterdam Street Culture Week is the festival that programs, promotes and develops street culture in the broadest sense of the word. The most famous skate park in the Netherlands organizes various sports events and open days for various roller sports from 3 to 12 September. This event offers young and old the opportunity to get acquainted with the various disciplines in an accessible way. From skateboarding to the NK BMX Freestyle, everything will pass.
On Friday, September 3, the packed week will be kicked off with Teenage Riot, the largest international skateboarding event for young people up to the age of 18. There are now more than 150 registrations from 10 different countries. The international top of skateboarding is joining in, so who knows, you
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