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We're in Italy at the moment for the RedBull Bike Night. It's an event that's like kind of weird. You would have to drink a lot of coffee in the morning to stay awake for this event in Italy as it starts at night. Make that late at night. Qualification and best trick were held last night. It started at 21:30pm. Tonight are the finals, which starts at 22:30pm. It feels more of a time change here than the Elevation comp in Whistler last week. Long days for sure. 

After the success of stage one at the Nokia FISE in France in May, the NASS sports festival will host the next round of the Braun CruZer Tour on July 7th in Bath, UK. Mark Webb’s (GBR) outrageous final run at FISE saw him take the Tour leader’s position and open his 2007 campaign as he left off. Webb’s Flatspin 900 was one of the most spectacular tricks ever seen on a mini-ramp and the question is ‘what will he come up with next?’ Webb’s mastery of the mini-ramp has helped him win the previous two Braun CruZer Tours, but his grip on this year’s title is by no means unbreakable.

The first Part of the People's Store Roadtrip-Video is online! It is 13 min long and includes People's Store Riders such as Bruno Hoffmann, Jan Beckman, Jan Heinen, Spiess & the Dude, who filmed & edited the whole thing. Part 2 will follow soon. Here is the link:

After an incredible final battle between Matthias Dandois from France and Terry Adams from the USA it was Matthias who deserved the win of the third edition of the Voodoo Jam in New Orleans. This only 18 years old guy from France ripped it up during the whole weekend; he is certainly one of the most inspiring riders from the next generation flatlanders, pushing the sport in the right direction. Further highlights were Raphael Chiquet’s amazing back wheel stuff, all performed in short pink pants, Shintaro Misawa his fresh style and Hiroya Morizaki who was pulling some of the most insane links during practice. Voodoo Jam 2007 was the celebration of the BMX flatland lifestyle as promised, with outstanding riding in amateur and pro plus one of the best vibes ever.

Big shout out to Scott Obrien and Terry Adams for making it happen! 

The Red Bull Elevation contest is the best dirt jump contest of the year. A team of professional dirt jump builders spends weeks in Whistler prepping a course that the riders actually enjoy riding. Things looked terrible weather wise. Some outdoor events had already been cancelled earlier in the year and the forecast said rain all weekend. It did rain but it also stopped. The trails could handle the rain drops and qualifying on Saturday might turn out to be the final score if Sunday would be a grey rainy day. Fortunately the sun showed up on Canada day and it gave all finalists the chance to ride the trails one more day.

It was windy though which made things difficult on the last set. Each rider had five runs with the best three scores counting towards an overall score. Jay Miron was at the bottom of the course and interviewed the riders after each run. Paul Roberts was commentation on top. Both did a great job informing the big crowd what BMX is all about.

The intention was to make a quick upload right after the finals of the 2007 Elevation contest but the party mood took over and it never happened. We will give you a rider by rider rundown in a little bit but until then we've got some photos of the finalists for you and the results. It was an amazing contest (and an amazing party). James Foster won the Best Trick contest with a truckdriver to downside tailwhip. Yup, he also pulled a triple whip in the best trick contest but he also did that trick 2 years ago. Anyway, we'll get back to you at a later stage. For now, enjoy the pics of the finalists and check the results.

It’s Canada day today and the sun is out as we’re typing up this blog about the finalists of the Red Bull Elevation contest in beautiful Whistler, Canada, host of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Corey Bohan and Brian Foster rode so well that they are out there doing rain dances. We’ll see if they manage to pull that off. Let’s hope not because with the best dirt jumpers on the planet present and a set of delicious trails available, it can only result in another day of good riding. 

The 3rd round of Mountain Dews Free Flow tour went down at Ramp Rats park in Petaluma , CA this past weekend. This round consisted only of the park discipline unlike the 2 previous rounds which also held a vert class.

The winner of this round will go on to the finals in Florida to compete against the winners of the other rounds. With the comp being a 3 way tie the winner was decided after a jam format session.

The next round will be held at Mesh skatepark and will return back to California later this month at the last remaining Vans park in Orange County.

Final results:
1.Ronnie Michelini
2.Dakota Mattert
3.Kenny Kekow

The first Local Support Teamchallenge at the Secret Project BMX park in Brunn (near Vienna) is over: 12 teams from all areas of Austria competed for a new obstacle to upgrade their own BMX spot. After 6 hours full of finest BMX action the winners were set: The new Local Support Obstacle goes to Wörgl in Tyrol – The team with Stefan Landscher, Toni Wastl and Perry Petermueller could convince the judges of the Austrian Freestyle Team, including Senad Grosic, and won with an advance of over 50 points!

Second best has been the locals from the Vienna Prater skate park – Dominik Chatsakos, Patrick Schwarzenecker and Benno Hankowetz can now invite their friends to an organized BBQ at their local spot.

The third place went to the team from Aspang – Markus Kremsl, Christoph Diebold and Guenther Haberzettl are now doing their phone calls with three brand new NOKIA 5300 mobile phones. 

The riders in place 20-28 in qualifying had a feeling they were not going to make it to the finals of the 2007 Red Bull Elevation contest. This is a different story for the riders who placed 13th – 19th. With a bit of luck or a few more pulled tricks, they could have made it. Maybe some should have but this is how the experienced judges (Fuzzy, Osato, Montgomery, Beringer and Barrett) saw it. It’s a trails contest, more than a King of Dirt huck fest. Different lines can be taken transfers are possible if you have the skills to do them.