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Pro Spine Finals results. FISE 2012. Montpellier, France.
1.    WEBB Mark    27 ans    Fareham    92.00 pts
2.    DHERS Daniel    27 ans    Caracas    88.00 pts
3.    SANDOVAL Daniel    17 ans    .    87.33 pts
4.    CASEY Pat    18 ans    Placentia, Ca    84.00 pts
5.    COLEBORN Alex    19 ans    Fareham    83.67 pts
6.    BANASIEWICZ Brett    17 ans    South Bend In    83.00 pts
7.    CUESON Dean    20 ans    Birmingham    80.67 pts
8.    CLARK Jack    17 ans    Essex    79.00 pts

PRO flatland Results. Finals. FISE 2012.
1.    JUMELIN Alexandre    34 ans    Paris    86.00 pts
2.    BOULIANNE Jean François    27 ans    Montreal    85.00 pts
3.    NOYER Thomas    29 ans    Albi    82.00 pts
4.    GEORGE Romain    0 ans    .    78.00 pts
5.    BRETAGNOLLES Joris    23 ans    Brunoy    77.00 pts
6.    GUELO Monzon    23 ans    Madrid    75.00 pts
7.    MOYA Alberto    22 ans    Toulouse    71.00 pts
8.    VENEGAS Jonathan    28 ans    Heredia    66.00 pts

Pro Park qualification results. FISE 2012.
1.    BANASIEWICZ Brett    17 ans    South Bend In    91.67 pts   Q
2.    DHERS Daniel    27 ans    Caracas    91.00 pts    Qualified
3.    SANDOVAL Daniel    17 ans    Chateauneuf     90.67 pts    Q
-    WEBB Mark    27 ans    Fareham    90.67 pts    Qualified
5.    MEYN Todd    20 ans    Perth    88.67 pts    Qualified
6.    PEYTAVIT Jean-Baptiste    25 ans    Nice    88.00 pts Q
7.    CASEY Pat    18 ans    Placentia, Ca    87.33 pts    Qualified
-    WATTS Jack    15 ans    Portsmouth    87.33 pts    Qualified

The RedBull Empire Of Dirt kicked off with qualifiers today at the garden of Alexandra’s Palace in London. The place filled up quickly with BMX fans, 10.000 of them. The course winds down the hill slowly and takes the riders near a minute to complete. The mobile big screens on site keep everyone informed on what’s happening on the curved wall, the mini mega ramp, the start-off kicker into the donut turn or the last three sets at the bottom of the hill.  It’s tough to get used to such a unique course in just a few days as it’s one of a kind.

The reactions of the riders have been amazing. They’re stoked to be part of the event and with all the fans cheering them on, it pushes them to the next lever. 16 riders make it to the finals and as always it was tough on the judges to get a score down.  Ben Wallace (UK) sure was on fire and blasted everything a few feet higher than the rest. Being a park and dirt rider sure helps on this course as you need both skills to make it through. “Good old” Ryan Nyquist 360-d his way to the bottom in both directions and did a double barspin over the “spine”, an obstacle that