The contest with the longest name in contest history is about to take place in Duisburg, Germany. Today is practice and the full program will be held tomorrow. Of course I forgot the battery charger and my camera indicates that the battery is half empty, of half full. We'll see if we can fix that to give you some more shots of the riding over here in Germany. All riders have arrived.
Ben Wallace got here without his bike which got stuck at the infamous "Terminal 5" at Heathrow airport. Let's hope it shows up in time so he can ride here and fly to the USA with the bike for the LET on Monday straight after the comp.The jumps are nothing too spectacular. A big roll in followed by three big sets. The first one is huge, the second a bit shorter and the last one the shortest. Built by
Benny Paulsen and whoever was around yesterday to lend a helping hand. The dirt was super wet and they left the heater on all night to make the jumps rideable. Because of German regulations the some pallets were used underneath the jumps to save on weight. Strange how that works as they are building up a stage at the end of the jumps for a live concert and drive in the