Hello,
what should I say. I can hardly remember when my last news where floating around. But this doesn‘t
mean that nothing has happened. The opposite is the case: a pretty busy summer and (too ?) many bligations.
And riding always comes first. So here is a quick summary of the past 3 months...
In the end of July I was a reserve rider at the Red Bull X-Fighters tourfinal in Madrid. Unfortunately Charly
Pages crashed hard in practice and I got the lucky spot (sorry, Alve! Next time it‘s yours!) I did some
small mistakes in my run, but still rode good and was just happy to get the chance again to ride in this
amazing arena.
In August I tried to race a bit, but was not too lucky resultwise. Anyway, it is always great fun to do some
racing every now and then (at least for the first 15 minutes... after that I realise that my racing fitness is
not that imressive...HAHA). I also jumped at show for SUZUKI at the german World Rally Championship-
stopp in Trier. I also participated in a roadtrip with the Sessions-Snowteam. You can find a big story
about it, including some impressive Party-pics of my twinbrother Maxi Wolter and Kate Mosh, in germanies
new FMX-only magazine WHIP.
To expand the UPFORCE-activities next year I bought a mobile landing. We will modify it during the
wintertime, so it sets up quick and easy, to come up with more UPFORCE FMX SHOWS. So if you are
interested in a cool show, we will be ready in January 2008!
In the end of August I went to Martin Korens Horsefeathers FMX jam, which is at the same level as Fredd
Johanssons Sweetspotjam. It was a great time with lots of fun. Rider jams are the thing of the future!
Again there is a big story about the jam in WHIP magazine. September started with the final round of
german FMX championship in my park in Schenkenhorst. But I was not too happy with the politics some
people from the federations try to bring into FMX and boykotted my final run by showing how I see FMX:
I rode trains with the whole Upforce crew instead of going for results. As penalty the IFMXF let me out
of all their press releases... I can just laugh about it! Next year Atze FMX jam will be back and the DMSB
and IFMXF can find another location for their amateur tour...
September was easygoing: I did a week of Enduro-riding in Italy with my old friends the Zitzewitz brothers
and Lars Wuerdemann and some more guys, which was really fun. I also tested the RM-Z 250 over
ramps, but decided to get back on the twostroke. But on ww.youtube.com/therealairwastl you can
watch a video of my Thumper FMX days. I also rode Stefan Bengs‘ jam and a show for Ortema.
In the beginning of October the UPFORCE did the FMX-Show at the WHIP Mag release party. After
that I started to practice hard for the upcoming weeks, which are full with contests, shows and filming
until X-Mas.
My next event will be the IFMXF worldchampionship in Riga, followed by the event in Mannheim.
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