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The first round of the vert comp took place at the Velodrom in Berlin today. The Pete King vert ramp that was brought over is 12 meters wide which works for some (Jay Eggleston) while others have to watch their carving on a ramp like this. There was actually a decent sized crowd today at the Extreme Playgrounds comp and with the bands that are added tomorrow (The Offspring as headliner), the place is most likely going to be packed. Some of the riders are not going to be back on the vert ramp tomorrow though.

Round one of the T-Mobile Extreme Playgrounds is done. A few battles were very close and one ended up in a tie. The ramps received some branding overnight which made the course look a bit different when the day started. Because the ramps are used for skateboarding and BMX there is a bit of a mix between transitioned ramps and flatbanks. It's not a "back and forth" course so there is room to find some lines. Darden, Dhers, Guettler, Barbero, Webb, Bommel, and Hoffmann made it to the next round. 

Thanks for watching Nigel's NIKE 6.0 video part on FATBMX. Hope you're stoked on it. I'm sure you are now ready to watch the other parts or better, the complete video. It's your lucky day as you cannot only watch the movie on the computer screen but it's legal to download too. NIKE has made it available for everyone to burn a DVD, post it on your site, or take it along with you on whatever mobile device you're got that plays video. 

Just in case you didn't see details from the recent MEET THE STREET event we held on Treasure Island SF on October 11-12 event, we have some photos and for video articles for you. The event was a MAJOR success, with all having a blast and some shredding going down. We'd like to give special thanx to R.O.G. TERRAIN PARKS for hooking up the course, and the TREASURE

PARK PRO
1 Harry Main
2 Max Charveron
3 JB Peytavit
4 Kevin Kalkoff
5 Simone Barraco
6 Alex Valentino
7 John Garcia
8 Barry Kohne
9 Tony Hamlin
10 Alex Kennedy
11 Joris Coulomb
12 Justin Fouque
13 Greg Masson
14 Florent Soulas
15 Leon Perkins

It was the 11th edition of the Vibrations Urbaines and we had not even been there before. For some reason I had this impression that the BMX contest was part of a giant festival but on arrival I did not see much else than a giant white tent which had the ramps inside. It was dark and it rained so I did not see everything but the next day all I noticed were the dirt jumps next to the giant white tent. No sight of flatland, breakdancers, music concerts, graffiti artists, skateboarders or a giant festival crowd. What was left were BMX-ers and there were a lot of them. Because of the rain a lot of things did not work out as planned. Flatland was moved inside a sports hall 2 kilometers down the road which I never saw a sign of unfortunately. Dirt was cut short because of the rain. The 60 minutes that it was dry on Saturday were used for the pro class first, followed by the AM class after that. Because of the bad weather forecast the riders were told that this might as well be the straight final. Patrick Guimez was in unique form and has added loads of flip variations to his long list of tricks. It was not a surprise for everyone that he won the

PRO
1. Matthias Dandois (Francia)
2. Antonio Marrache (Perú)
3. Raphael Chiquet (Francia)
4. Jorge Nazario (Perú)
5. Jeronimo Velasquez (Colombia)
6. Alejandro Marquez (Venezuela)

The Baco Jams are about more than just riding. The party is 50% of the deal. Here are the results of the riding, who all scored afterwards we will not tell.

Results Baco-a-go-go jam 2008:
1. Trey Jones
2. Jeff Klugiewicz
3. Drew Bezanson
4. Tony Malouf
5. Mark Mulville
6. Tom Dillareal
7. Dave Freiumth
8. Matt Sparks

Best Trick: Winner: Matt Sparks, Handplant Transfer 

Day two of the LG Action Sports World Championships brought the pros of BMX Vert and BMX Street,  to the fans and made them jump to their feet in celebration as the athletes laid down some of the most spectacular runs of the season. The year’s most dominant stars in BMX Vert and BMX Street, Jamie Bestwick (Derby, England) and Daniel Dhers (Caracas, Venezuela) respectively, continued their winning ways in 2008 and captured the gold medal in their disciplines.

Daniel Dhers has been rolling through all of 2008 in the Gold medal position and continued to do so today, decisively winning the BMX Street contest with two runs that far exceeded the competition. He pushed himself to the end, even bettering his first round score with his second run. 

Pro Street and Pro Dirt qualifying in Pessac is done. A 30 minute dirt session was planned in as soon as the sun showed its face and it was a good one. Patrick Guimez built the jumps and also ruled on them. Inside 109 amateurs rode qualifying and 54 pros made it on the course. Add to that 21 riders in a special minus 15 years old class and you know the day was full of BMX. From 1pm till 22:45hr. Wow.