What's worse than not having days off duty? Having days off duty to spend with relatives during Eastern holidays. And what's better than having free days? Spending them at the Keepod bmx contest, for staying stucked and dazed during the lunches and dinners with relatives during the following Eastern holidays, lost in remindings and feelings. Plain and simple, like what we saw in Milan, plain for the amazing lines the riders decided to follow, simple for how they managed to let the tricks seem as esay-to-do as possible. A whole day passed in 5 minutes, just the time to enter the park with the sun high in the sky, and to realize some minutes later that it was dark outside. It's a parallel world that sucks you in and never lets you out anymore.All the riders were at top-levels, from old guard to the new frescher. Flairs, back-flips, tail whips of all kinds on quarters, mini, banks builts for skaters, which make the mess even harder. The youngest was 12 years-old, and the handlebar of his 20" was taller than him,
We told everyone to bring their sunglasses but we weren't too convinced about the weather to be honest. We had snow showers on Monday-Wednesday with the jam coming up on Saturday. Not a good sign I tell you. But the Sugar Hills trails can soak up some aqua as was proven by the perfect shape they were in for a good session during the Mini-FAT-JAM. Loads of people showed up from all over which was nice to see. The snow could have held them back but those who did show up did not regret it. With no real contest program on the schedule you could ride as much as you wanted. With so many riders present I tried to choose the moments that weren't too busy but the line to get on top of the starting hill was always there. For an old dog that's okay because you can get your rest in.
I love it when things fall into place. In the morning Paul received a phone call from Aafke (Vans Holland) who said they were going to throw a BBQ for everyone. Their van was packed with burgers, sateekes, Coronas, bread, Bavaria and while the burgers were
1- Dennis Enarson 93. 12 2- Cameron White 91.37
3- James Foster 85.87
4- Cameron McCaul 81.87
5- Joey Cordova 81.00
6- Anthony Napoliton 80.37
7- Ricardo Laguna 78.12
8- Reuel Erickson 76.87
9- Fernando Sabat 76.62
10- Ben Voyles 75.62
11- Adam Aloise 75.5
12- Carter Holland 72.62
13- Colton Satterfield 71.00
14- Sergio Munoz 70.37
15- Travis Postany 69.87
16- Josh Hult 68.00
Here is one reason why you have not seen an update from the riding at the Mini-FAT-JAM yet. It was another great night at the infamous OJA where beer is cheap and anything is possible. After the Electronical premier on the big screen two bands made it on stage; local band 30 Seconds Remaining and El Conjo who rocked the house. On top of that there was some stage diving going on, the Dire Straits were live on stage in the form of Joeri, some drum solos happened, street sessions were had and the rusty beerbong 
On March 15th, 2008, over 30 MTB and BMX teams showed up to the Local Support Dirt Challenge sponsored by T-Mobile to battle it out for the last time in the Abflughalle in Grevenbroich. Great riding and good atmosphere both in the international starter’s field (Germany, Sweden, Poland, Luxembourg, France, Netherlands) and with the crowd caused a thrill of anticipation among everyone. Never underestimate the home advantage! – The two locals Mike “style is all” Buse and Alex “Aze Ace” Etzold from the Team Dirty Sanchez proved this by beating the Munich team, Volker Wildner and Moritz Kauper from the Ladybirds. There was an awesome performance by Mike Buse including lines with 360’s, X-Up 360’s, and bar-spin 360’s. This left a lasting impression on the crowd and for his team an assured win of 4000 € for its local spot. 
A-Class1. Marcus Walborn, Magdeburg 342
2. Christian Lotz, Hohnsdorf 316
2. Sergej Geier, Delmenhorst 316
3. Gido Hinz, Stuttgart/Braunschweig 306
4. Magga, Oldenburg 303
5. Sas, Hamburg 298
6. Marco Zwirz, Bremen 288
7. Torben Kolwes, Hiddenhausen 287
…..I don’t even know where to begin. This was the best bike contest ever at the Factory Skatepark and maybe the best contest here, period. 56 Riders came out and destroyed the place, competing in Park, Vert, Bunnyhop, and High Air on the 11 foot quarter. Talem Cowart started the day off right by bunnyhopping an astounding 46 inches, earning himself an unofficial world record by ½ an inch (for an official record, the equipment would have had to be exactly calibrated). The High Air event was a huge crowd favorite since they were allowed onto the course to watch from the base of the huge quarterpipe. Of the eight competitors, North Carolina’s Alex Johann and semi-local Kyle Kelsey were the two top dogs; Alex topped out at 9 feet but exploded upon re-entry. Kyle made it to eight and a half and rode away clean, pulling the win. 
Amateur Final Results Toronto BMX Jam 9 March 2008:1. Greg McMillan
2. Rich Redmond
3. Darcy Peters
4. David Fitzpatrick
5. Charlie Crumlish
The top 24 of these riders made it tot he finals. Hector Garcia is on the waiting list in case someone gets hurt or is too wasted to ride the finals. Albe's Brandon Dosch kicked ass and convincingly beat everyone else in Pro Qualifying. See the schedule for today below the results list.Pro qualifying results Toronto BMX JAM.
1 Dosch, Brandon 94.33
2 Enarson, Dennis 92.67
3 Mast, Craig 91.33
4 Bezanson, Drew 90.67
5 Reynolds, Garrett 90.33
6 Bowers, Charlie 90.00
7 Rodgers, John 88.00
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