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22.12.08 | Video | Cam Sinclair landed Doubleflip on Dirt


 

Yes, Cam Sinclair did successfully land a smooth Double Flip at the Donostia Freestyle Contest in Spain. Cam's comment: "I'd been practising it at Dany Torres' foampit all week and I had it pretty dialled. I wasn't nervous at all. I was real excited and just wanted to get out there and do it!" Check out the video of Cam's Double Flip...



22.12.08 | Columns | Nick Franklin


 

My two weeks in Ecuador didn't turn out exactly like I thought mostly due to a dodgy promoter who loved to promise the world, the last show went good though with around 7000 or 8000 fans. Next year we might be doing more in South America but with the FMX4ever setup which will clear most of the problems we had...



21.12.08 | Columns | Andre Villa


 

As most of you know I suffered from a big crash at the X-Fighters final in Poland in September, leaving me with a broken Tibia and Fibula. The search for new lines took me down after I hit a big whole under the carpet they had put on the lip...



14.12.08 | Story | FIM FMX World Championship Brazil


 

Fortalesa, 13th December 2008: The energy, heat and chaos of Brazil delivered a fitting end to the Suzuki NIGHT of the JUMPs / FIM Freestyle MX World Championship series. Ten rounds of fierce competition built to a climax in a blisteringly hot Fortalesa...



13.12.08 | Startalk | KTM Factory Rider Petr Pilat


 

Petr Pilat is one of the european young guns. The seventeen year old KTM team rider from Czech Republic had a very successful 2008 season. He rode some events of the Red Bull X fighters and placed 3rd at the Freestyle.ch in Zürich. We talked with one of the most talented Euro-riders about his passion FMX and his plans for the future...



07.12.08 | Video | Travis Pastrana and special Greg


 

Travis Pastrana always surprises with some awesome things. In this case he and special Greg were doing some wild things like Body Varial, Double Backflip, 360 Backflip on a big dirt landing. This is a bit older - it was last year during the Jackass Matt Hofman's evel knievel tribute, but it's worth to watch. Just check this video clip to see what happened...



06.12.08 | Startalk | Swiss FMX Champ Vivian Gantner


 

It's time to make another interview with some interesting people. Today we want to introduce you guys a Swiss FMX rider, who is really talented. No, it's not Mat Rebeaud. Switzerland has more FMX riders as you might think. There is a bunch of great riders like Thamer Engeli, Daniel Liska, Mario Guet and last but not least Vivian Gantner. Especially Vivian was stepping up this year like a rocket...



04.12.08 | Columns | Alvaro Dal Farra


 

The snow covered the whole north of Italy, expecially the Belluno area, where the Alve’s FMX park is now totally white. Our rider interrupted the training on bike for a few days, so he went up the mountain to snowboard: he couldn’t find a better moment, with a meter of fresh powder...



04.12.08 | Columns | Øystein Kjørstad


 

As most of you probably already know, I ended my professional fmx career at the IFMXF event in Hamburg 24.05.2008. I want to give the hole IFMXF crew a BIG THANK YOU for all the good memorys and for making it possible for me to make a living of riding my bike for almost 10 years...



04.12.08 | Columns | Morgan Carlson


 

With only two days on my bike I headed for home turf, Globen arena in Stockholm, Sweden. I was so stressed over riding, and I did´nt know if my shoulder would hold together. And it did´nt help that I needed to flip on my 5th jump either... But anyhow, it felt like I never been of the bike! Felt so good straight away! My and my mates from FMX4Ever did 4 shows in three days, all perfect...



03.12.08 | New Trick | Loza doing the FMX Tailwhip?


  The most of you guys do it already know. But for those who didn't hear about it: Kyle Loza is practising the "TAILWHIP" since a few weeks. Some people talk about it, that they built a special bike which is able to rotate the bar 360 degrees. But there is not more information, yet. We will keep you informed about that the next weeks.


30.11.08 | Video | Cam Sinclair and the Underflip Seatgrab


 

Cam Sinclair is going bigger and bigger these days. A few months ago he did the double flip successfully into the foampit. And now he is training some crazy tricks like an Underflip Seatgrab into the foampit. You can watch a video clip showing Cam during the training...



30.11.08 | Press Release | Win official NOTJ Calendar 2009


 

The official NIGHT o the JUMPs 2009 calendar is available now! Featuring the hottest action from all the riders, events, girls and firebreathing working machines of the worldwide SUZUKI NIGHT of the JUMPs tour 2008. And you guys can win two calendars here...




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