The Good, The Bad and The Ugly from Rob Darden, Paul de Jong and Desmond Tessemakers

Dec 31, 2010

Written by Bart de Jong

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It sucks to lose sponsors, it rules to pick up new ones. It sucks to be injured, it rules to be healthy. What happened in 2010 with Rob Darden, Paul de Jong and Desmond Tessemakers? Read their Good, Bad and Ugly things of 2010. Kicking this off with Rob Darden:

The Good:
1. The birth of my daughter, Lily Ann Darden.
2. Rogue Fitness as a new sponsor.
3. Carhartt as a new sponsor.
4. Family vacation in the southern Caribbean.
5. Finally got my knees fixed.

The Bad:
1. Tore my ACL in my right leg.
2. Had knee surgery on both of my knees.
3. Formed blood clots in my legs and lungs from knee surgery.

The Ugly:

1. Watching my knee swell up was pretty ugly.

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Desmond Tessemakers:

The Good:
1. Bmx Masters
2. Finger Clothing hooked me up
3. Flip supermans
4. Roadtrip through France with my bro
5. Patrick's speedy recovery of his knee surgery!

The Bad:
1. Cracked too many parts/frames
2. Fucked up my wrists
3. BillyTrails being plowed

The Ugly:
1. Mike Askari's Flairs ;)

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Paul de Jong

The Good:
1. Family is still healthy
2. Paul's Boutique is still running
3. Motorcycle madness got out of hand
4. USA Trip was the best ever!
5. BMX is still not dead

The Bad:
1. Someone that ruined my Pick up will be visiting Hell soon
2. New PB Webshop took some time, hope it works (11-1-11)
3. Camp Holland at the Masters: NO MORE!

The Ugly:
1. Michael v/d Lee's SIMPLE/GENERAL frame, even with Mig I can make it nicer and straighter.