Merle van Benthem: Love my own Meybo bike with the pink BOX components parts!Which jump in particular did you like to hit this year?Merle van Benthem: Always like to jump Papendal’s triple into the first turn.
What jump was sketchy?
Merle van Benthem:: World’s first jump, it was just too small.
Who's the best jumper out there?
Merle van Benthem: Mariana Pajon and Brooke Crain.
Who is the stiffest jumper on the circuit?
Merle van Benthem: Think everyone in BMX has sketchy moments every once in a while haha.
Who's got serious bike control skills?
Merle van Benthem: Steven Cisar.
What race this year had the best facilities?Merle van Benthem: Papendal
Who do you think should will win the overall UCI BMX SX World Cup? (Men/women)
Merle van Benthem: Of course I would like to see a Dutchie win but Laura is quite a lot of points behind Caroline so that would be really tough. So my picks are Liam and Caroline.
Thanks to?
Merle van Benthem: My family, friends, sponsors, my coach Bas and the rest of the staff of the Dutch team.
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