Bart de Jong
The Albion Issue 9 is now available to view online and download for free. Issue 9 Features: -High & Bound - United x Eclat Photogallery
-No Saint - Chris Mahoney
-History Of Street - Walking To The Beat Of Your Own Drum
-Live Free Or Die - Clint Reynolds
-Off The Grid - Russ Barone
-A-Town Trash - Always Trashy, Never Classy
-Devotion To The Cause - Inside Zeal Distro
Straight after the Papendal race we cruised over to Eindhoven for the 040BMXOPEN contest. Some money was up for grabs and lots of goodies at the popular BMX park in Eindhoven. Going indoors when the weather is nice outside always hurts but at least Frits van der Linden had set up his Weber BBQ kitchen outside to enjoy the sunshine. Indoors some hot riding was still coming up with the Red Bull High air comp taking place when we walked in. With Daniel Wedemeijer in the building it would be hard to beat that guy. But Shannon Balorian, Paul Thoelen and Leroy Kleppe kept him honest. The extra kicker in front of the box jump gave the riders the possibility to show some race skills to gain extra speed for the undervert quarter that was used for the high air comp. Daniel Wedemeijer set an air at 3,10 meters that wasn't beat by the rest of them. The high air comp was followed by the Pro finals. 8 riders. 2 groups of 4. Jam session. 2 runs each, plus last trick. Shanice finished 8th but did pull a flair on the quarter and a frontflip on
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