First BMX Dirt edition of Antwerp City Drops big success. Dawid Goziek wins in Belgium.
Antwerp City Drops brought many urban sports to the city for a weekend of radness. De Groenplaats was turned into a dirt jump spot with an 8 meter high roll-in followed by two big hits and a wall at the very end. Invited riders were joined by the top finishers of the Open Qualifier and Saturday saw the qualification and Best trick contest. Under fabulous weather conditions the crowd had filled the stands and saw Tom van den Bogaard (NED) qualify in first on his B-day. Kenneth Tancré (BEL) brought an entire fanclub to Antwerpen and treated them with 720-s, flipwhips and 3-double whips. Dawid Godziek (POL) got third on Saturday just in front of a double flipping Joe Baddeley (ENG). Missing out on the top 8 with one place was Craig Teague from England. Also Simon Moratz (GER) missed out as he suffered from a broken toe.
The atmosphere was top notch all day and also the Best Trick contest did not disappoint. In the end it was Red Bull's Dawid Godziek who took the €500 check for the Twister which had never
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