The first in a series that takes the Monster Energy Street riders around the world this year. The kick off of the Monster Cash Up tour took place in Amsterdam with street rides in Cologne, Copenhagen, San Diego and Sydney to follow. The Amsterdam edition started at Soulcycle BMX shop and took 300 BMX-ers around town to rails, ledges, a curved wall, banks and gaps. If you felt like sending it, you could. If you wanted to chill, there was no one who would say anything about that. As you guessed it, cash was handed out to riders doing something good. Cash is king. Everyone loves cash and if you wanted to make your money back that you spent on getting to Amsterdam, you better send it. With Monster Street pros present such as Alex Donnachie, Jordan Godwin, Dan Lacey, Felix Prangenberg and Lewis Mills it was just cool riding from spot to spot.
Results South African National BMX PARK Championships Johannesburg, South Africa. 27 May 2023.
Men Park:
1 Vincent LEYGONIE 26 RSA 82.6 200.00 UCI Ranking Points
2 Murray LOUBSER 27 RSA 80.4 160.00
3 Dylan VAN BELKUM 26 RSA 77.2 130.00
4 Malcolm PETERS 37 RSA 74.2 110.00
Results C1 Backyard Jam U.K. BMX Freestyle National Series Round 2 Rampworld, Cardiff, United Kingdom 27 - 28 May 2023
Men Park:
1 Kieran REILLY 22 GBR 200.00 UCI Ranking Points
2 Dylan HESSEY 20 GBR 160.00
3 Jack WATTZ 26 GBR 130.00
4 Ashley FINLAY 29 GBR 110.00
5 Thomas RUSSELL 27 GBR 90.00
6 Michael HULLOCK 25 GBR 70.00
7 Reef WAY 18 GBR 50.00
8 Shaun GORNALL 28 GBR 30.00
9 Ben TOWLE 23 GBR 20.00
10 Reece DABREO 21 GBR 10.00
11 Devon LOW 26 GBR
Last weekend Prague hosted the Coolife fest event, during which the Czech Republic BMX miniramp championship took place with the participation of foreign racers. The miniramp was placed on a pontoon in the middle of the Vltava River and thousands of visitors came to watch this unique show. The whole event was eventually won by Ukrainian Red Bull rider Yurii Illuschenko, followed by local Miki Hovorka, who also became the champion of the Czech Republic. Third place went to Californian BMX superstar Pat Casey, who also won the Skoda auto best trick for 180 double tailwhip over spine to fakie frontflip. BMX was part of this festival for the second time and we hope that next year we will be able to attract other big names! (the production of the race was handled by Remarkable agency, which previously organized the BMXtreme fest event)
In addition to BMX, the event featured many other extreme sports, a concert of rappers and an after party on the boat. Besides the race itself, there was also a three-day video shoot with Pat Casey around the best spots in the Czech Republic, so you can look forward to a great video edit soon.
PRO final results:
1 Yurii Illuschenko 86,00
2 Miki Hovorka 79,67
3 Pat Casey 76,00
Results C1 Hungarian Cup Series - Round 2 Hajdúböszörmény, Hungary 26 May 2023.
Men Park:
1 Zoltán ÚJVÁRY 23 HUN 92 200.00
2 Zoltán KEMPF 27 HUN 89.6 160.00
3 Péter NÁHLIK 23 HUN 87.6 130.00
4 Jaka REMEC 18 SLO 82 110.00
5 Csepel CSERVENÁK 27 HUN 80.6 90.00
6 Tibor SZEPESI 27 HUN 78 70.00
7 Márk VUKMAN 28 HUN 75.3 50.00
8 János BÁBEL 19 HUN 60 30.00
9 Kryštof ODEHNAL 22 CZE 63.5 20.00
10 Vito KUŠTER 17 CRO 60.6 10.00
Flatland Results UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup - Montpellier, France 17 May - 21 May 2023
Men Flatland
1 Yu SHOJI 21 JPN 1000.00 UCI Ranking Points
2 Kio HAYAKAWA 21 JPN 900.00
3 Jean William PREVOST 37 CAN 820.00
4 Matthias DANDOIS 34 FRA 770.00
5 Moto SASAKI 38 JPN 720.00
6 Alvaro HERNANDEZ 28 ESP 670.00
7 Joris BRETAGNOLLES 34 FRA 620.00
8 Jorge GOMEZ 42 ESP 570.00
9 Julien BARAN 18 FRA 520.00
10 Alexandre JUMELIN 46 FRA 470.00
11 Chutchalerm CHAIWIROTWIT 35 THA 430.00
12 Jérémy BROSSET 35 FRA 390.00
13 Anatole RAHAIN 25 FRA 350.00
14 Terry ADAMS 40 USA 310.00
15 Owen BOHN 31 ARG 270.00
16 Keiryo KUDO 22 JPN 230.00
Results Hungarian National Championships Hajduboszormeny, Hungary 13 May 2023.
Park Men:
1 Zoltán KEMPF 27 HUN 91.75 200.00 UCI Ranking Points
2 Tibor SZEPESI 27 HUN 89.75 160.00
3 Zoltán ÚJVÁRY 23 HUN 88.5 130.00
4 Péter NÁHLIK 23 HUN 84.875 110.00
5 Gergő ZÖLD 25 HUN 80.25 90.00
6 Csepel CSERVENÁK 27 HUN 79.75 70.00
7 Milán JÓZSA 24 HUN 66.25 50.00
8 Márk VUKMAN 28 HUN 62.25 30.00
9 János BÁBEL 19 HUN 57.625 20.00
10 Ádám BECSEI 24 HUN 36 10.00
Women Park:
1 Noémi MOLNÁR 13 HUN 87.5 0.00
2 Luca LANDENBERGER 15 HUN 45 160.00
C1 results Hungarian Cup Series - Round 1 Hajduboszormeny, Hungary 12 May 2023
Men Park:
1 Zoltán ÚJVÁRY 23 HUN 91.75 200.00 UCI Ranking points
2 Jaka REMEC 18 SLO 79 160.00
3 Gergő ZÖLD 25 HUN 77.5 130.00
4 Zoltán KEMPF 27 HUN 77.25 110.00
5 Péter NÁHLIK 23 HUN 75 90.00
6 Márk VUKMAN 28 HUN 70.25 70.00
7 Tomáš TOHOL 19 SVK 66.75 50.00
8 Milán JÓZSA 24 HUN 57.5 30.00
9 János BÁBEL 19 HUN 62.375 20.00
10 Tibor SZEPESI 27 HUN 61.875 10.00
11 Richard KOLEJÁK 17 SVK 50.125
12 Csepel CSERVENÁK 27 HUN 47.75
Women Park:
1 Kim Lea MÜLLER 21 GER 70.33 200.00
Penultimate day of this 26th edition of FISE Montpellier. If the public is even more numerous and warm at the end of the week, the weather was a bit capricious and forced the organization to slightly revise the weekend program. But the motivation of the athletes, more than ever palpable in these days of finals, has thwarted the vagaries of weather to bring the intensity of the sports show that the public comes to seek each season during the weekend of the Ascension on the banks of the Lez.
The UCI BMX Freestyle Flat Men's World Cup qualifiers were split between late afternoon yesterday and this morning to avoid the showers. 33 riders were at the start and the overexcited atmosphere contrasted with the sky, for the "darlings" of the FISE operating for the most part in this discipline.
The talent and the support of the public allowed the French riders to get no less than 6 of the 16 places available for the semi-final! Among them, the very young Norman Julien Baran who, at 17 years old, created the surprise by finishing 5th of this qualifying phase, 1st Frenchman in front of the nonuple world champion, Matthias Dandois, who finished 9th. Alex Jumelin, Joris Bretagnolles, Anatole Rahain and Jérémy Brosset completed the group, leaving behind big names in the discipline such as Germany's Dustin Alt and England's Lee Musselwhite.
The 16 qualifiers will meet at the end of the afternoon on the Flat area for the semi-finals which will see 8 of them going to the final tomorrow.
Unleash the Beast in France! Monster Energy congratulates team rider Anthony Jeanjean on taking second place in the BMX Freestyle Park competition at the FISE Montpellier 2023 festival in France. In front of a stoked crowd, the 24-year-old Olympic athlete from Béziers, France, secured his podium spot in the competition sanctioned as a UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup on Saturday.
In Sunday’s BMX Park Best Trick contest, 28-year-old Kevin Peraza from Tucson, Arizona, stomped a massive technical trick to claim second place in an elite field.
From May 17-21, FISE (Le Festival International des Sports Extrêmes) returned to Montpellier by the River Lez with a stacked roster of action sports events. Started in 1997, every year, the competition attracts close to 2000 athletes competing in BMX Freestyle Park, BMX Flatland, Skateboarding, Scooter, Parkours, Breakdance, and more disciplines.
In Saturday’s BMX Park Final, an elite roster of 24 riders competed on the obstacle course designed and built by expert park creators Hurricane. The stakes were high: Riders not only had a chance to score points for the FISE World Series but also the UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup, as well as Olympic qualifiers for Paris 2024.
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