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Getting nervous yet?
Ron Wilkerson: Nervous? Am I SUPPOSED TO BE nervous??? HA

Do you remember the first time you went to Europe to put on a demo?
Ron Wilkerson: Oh yes, the first time was just me and Brian, trippin’ our BALLS off... Flyin’ over there with NO IDEA what to expect. Then all the sketchy shows on cobblestones and sketchy ramps. Being brought to ride ramps in the middle of NOWHERE that were years and years old BACK THEN! Like this cement vert ramp nextto a river in Amsterdam, I think, or this 20’ transition, no flat, vert half in the trees in Sweden, or the demo at an airport where it was FREEZING outside, and all the people were inside watching us thru the window sipping coffee. Funny stuff. 

Results of the Elite men final after second place finisher Roy van den Berg got disqualified for giving Frank Heijne "an elbow" but this was a doubtful decision. Niels Verrijt got DQ-d because he took his helmet off before crossing the finish line. Sounds like a good old BMX race to me! Paul was there and took a few shots.

Elite men results of the Dutch National BMX championships

An cloudy start to the day, the trails running really well, We didn't expect many people to turn up after the first week was called off due to rain and the weather forecasted to rain again. But despite that, lots of people did turned up to watch the events that happened in bob's yard. Thanks for everyone that turned up and a big thanks to, Bob and family, DerelictBMX, Relenteless Energy, Vans, Scoop Distro, and Segment.

Now, how long has it been since your last BMX Freestyle world's?
-Kevin: I think it was 1991 or 92, in Denmark

Two bags of T-shirts to sell, right?
-Kevin: I had way more than two bags of t shirts I had all the videos from trend and I think I also had some parts. Two FULL bike bags of gear, I left with a small pack pack loaded with Kroners.

So how does it feel to come over as an announcer for the HARO show? 

New from St. Martin the Light Weight 29.6 oz Brakeless Front Wheel the “Domino”. Built from the already popular 6.7oz front HolloHub with the addition of the new Domino rim laced with 36 Stainless steel spokes and finished off with St. Martin rim strip
-lightweight brakeless front wheel
-St-Martin Domino rim - black or silver 

Unfortunately there's no RedBull Backyard digger planned for The Netherlands in 2009 but the spots they created are going strong. The RedBull diggers have now arrived in Latvia to give the riders over there a way to create their own dirt spot. As always RedBull makes sure that all the work gets documented and with this little report we're going to show you a few pictures from the new spot over there. Dig in!