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Scotty Cranmer – X Games 2016: Day 6

June 5, 2016

Scotty Cranmer wrapping up his X Games series for you guys. Here’s a little look at how his day went down from waking up to a super painful trip to the hospital after a ROUGH slam during his run to lead to a broken back. Luckily he should be okay! Hit play and take it all in!

“Our last day of the 2016 summer X Games was definitely not what I expected. We started the day off with rain once again. So we drove from the hotel to the Circuit Of Americas with hopes of a break in weather and to our surprise the course was dry! We started a hectic full practice where I saw 3 near collisions on course and before i even got a chance to drop in the rain began again! The course was soaked and I helped clear off the puddles to get the contest started before the rain started again. As the contest began all the riders started sending some insane tricks so i knew i had to bring my A game! I dropped in and had an amazing start to my run and I did a backflip double tail whip over the box and as i landed on my backwheel and braced myself to rely on the brake to correct my position my brakes snapped and i looped out insanely hard on my butt. It hurt so bad and i couldn’t breathe no matter how hard i tried.. Finally after 2 minutes i got my wind back and I made my way back to the medical tent where i realized just how hurt i really was.. I jumped in the EMS vehicle and they took me to the hospital for evaluation. I was in a lot of pain so they did a CT scan and that showed a grade 1 compression fracture in my T8 vertebrae so yes I broke my back riding Xgames.. I never thought that I would ever be able to say that and it’s crazy to think just how lucky I actually am to be able to walk away from this scary crash. I am so bummed and frustrated about the crash because I wasn’t at fault because of my riding I crashed because my bike broke on me.. Such a crumby X games for me but still i had such an amazing time and I am already excited for next year!”
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X Games 2016 – BMX Park Finals Highlights

June 5, 2016

Yesterday some serious hammers went down during the X Games BMX Park Finals! Ride BMX dropped this highlight reel of footage of all the best riding footage from Dennis Enarson and everyone else for your viewing pleasure! Hit play and check it out!

“All the whips, flips, and falls from X Games 2016 Park Finals. Good to see a solid representation of BMX styles in the top five riders and congrats to the top three: Dennis Enarson, Logan Martin, and Kyle Baldock.”
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Alex Coleborn Wins 040 Invitational Spine Ramp Contest

June 5, 2016

Just because the X Games are going down this weekend doesn’t mean there aren’t other contests going on. Yesterday the 040 BMX Park Invitational went down in Eindhoven and based off the photos and press release below, it sounds like things went off. Alex Coleborn took the win and Kevin Liehn pulled off the best trick. Check out the full press release and a bunch of rad photos by our friend Aaron Zwaal below! There’s bound to be a couple videos that pop up from this one sooner than later, too.

“Alex Coleborn wins inaugural 040 Invitational Spine Ramp contest in Eindhoven

Best trick for German Kevin Liehn

(Eindhoven, Netherlands 5 June 2016). The BMX Spine Ramp contest in the city centre of Eindhoven proved once again that you can bring BMX to the people. The 040BMXPARK ramp appeared to be a great asset to a successful BMX event that attracted riders from all over the place and an audience that stopped on their shopping spree to watch some high level BMX riding.

The day started early with the Wildcard class. 5 spots were up for grabs to ride the main event that started later on in the day. Pim Scheers (NED) blasted to first followed by Levi Weidman (NED) and Sem Kok (AMERICA). The last two available places went to Niels van Maren (NED) and Jari Roggeveen (NED) and each one of them were stoked they would get to ride the ramp again with the 19 invited riders who made the trip to Eindhoven. After some solid riding in the sunshine, 12 riders were selected to ride the final. The more time that was spent on the ramp, the more the riders got used to it. With €5000,= prize money available for the top 7, the finalists had to blast two more times.

7th place went to Daniel ‘Naran’ Penafiel from Spain who has his own riding style and brings tricks that noone else does. He double footplanted the wall for instance and did huge superman seatgrabs over the 2 meter high spine. You don’t get to see turndown backflips to fakie every day either. A pleasure for the eye for sure. Paul Thoelen from Germany simply goes higher than anyone and cranks variations on the quarters with lots of style. In fact, he makes everything look good including his Bri-flips, flairwhips and 540 footjams on the extension. It was hard to get Tom Justice (GBR) off the ramp. He had a smile on his face during his runs and kept on riding. Tom was enjoying it so much that kept adding trick after trick until he really ran out of steam. 5th place was his. Canadian Joel Bondu almost made the podium on his first visit to Eindhoven. Joel didn’t disappoint and brought tech tricks with lots of barspins, tailwhips and flairs. He also pulled a 180 triple barspin over the spine that didn’t go unnoticed. Local Daniel Wedemeijer (NED) got the first podium spot. Bronze was for him for riding different than others and riding both ways. His trick of the day was his fufanu on the fence at the DJ/Judges area. The shopping crowd decided to stay a little longer to see some more. Kostya Andreev (RUS) missed out on practice on Friday night but a true pro can adapt to a ramp quickly. It’s amazing how Kostya thinks. He pulled his first decade air on a quarter that day and later on tried a decade air to barspin because he figured he had enough time for it. Kostya packs many tricks in one run and the judges rewarded him with 2nd place.

First place was for Alex Coleborn who flew in from England for the Spine Ramp contest. Alex has the full package; tech, speed, tricks, skills, which you needed to win the comp. Alex stated that the ramp was the best transportable mini he’d ever ridden which shows he felt comfortable on it and was having a good time. Flair whips, 3 double whips, footjam variations, if you know what Alex is capable of, you have an idea of what it looked like, or just wait for the video, out soon. His score of 89,125 points over second place points of 85,625 are a good indication of how much he ruled the Spine Miniramp at the 18 Septemberplein. The Best trick award was for Kevin Liehn (GER) with a barspin disaster to 360 tire tap tailwhip in.

The very first 040 Invitational contest was a big success. Hats off to everyone involved. 2017 can’t come soon enough.
Final results 040 Invitational 2016:
1. Alex Coleborn (GBR)
2. Kostya Andreev (RUS)
3. Daniel Wedemeijer (NED)
4. Joel Bondu (CAN)
5. Tom Justice (GBR)
6. Paul Thoelen (GER)
7. Daniel Penafiel (ESP)
8. Cam Peake (GBR)
9. Zdenda Pesek (CZE)
10. Tobias Freigang (GER)
11. Kevin Liehn (GER)
12. Shaun Gornall (GBR)

Best trick: Kevin Liehn (GER) Barspin disaster to 360 tire tap tailwhip in.

Photos by Aaron Zwaal”

X Games 2016 BMX Street Finals Highlights

June 5, 2016

Did you catch X Games 2016 BMX Street Finals yesterday? If you did, you probably saw all the crazy riding that Garrett Reynolds, Sean Ricany, Broc Raiford, Devon Smillie, Dakota Roche and more all threw down during their runs. If not, you can check out the highlights right here! You can also get a better look at Garrett Reynolds’ winning run here!

“The design and scale of this years Street course was the ideal scenario for technical tricks and linked together combos. And when you let 12 of the best street riders in the world have their way with it, you know shit got wild. Here’s just under 5 minutes worth of highlights from X Games 2016 Street Finals.” – Ride BMX
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Alexander “Shurva” Rudenko – Tailwhip Compilation

June 5, 2016

Do you love tailwhips? Well, you’re in luck if you do because Alexander “Shurva” Rudenko dug through the past three years of his archives to compile his best clips with tailwhips in them. No, this isn’t just your standard tailwhip, this is clips that feature grind to tailwhips, tailwhips down stairs, on ramps and really just about anywhere else he could find a way to squeeze one in. It’s safe to say that Shurva is a Tailwhip Wizard. Hit play and take a look! We’re not even sure how he pulled off half of these.

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Andrew White Spring 2016

June 5, 2016

Andrew White (not the photographer) coming through with some fresh heat from some of his sessions he has been getting in out on the streets this spring. This kicks things off with a heavy roof drop and is packed full of grinds and riding on some unique spots. Real solid BMX video from start to finish. Hit play and take a look!

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Alex Kennedy – Fueled by Reishi

June 4, 2016

Alex Kennedy coming through with another short but sweet BMX video for Nyishar! Hit play as he cruises a plaza setup, putting down some real good grind combos and a few moves on the quarters that we don’t see out of him all too often. Dialed riding, clean film work. You can’t go wrong with this one! Hit play and enjoy!

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Rob Ridge’s Skatepark, The Trick Factory, Has Closed

June 4, 2016

It’s always a bummer hearing about a long standing skatepark closing its doors. The Trick Factory, which is Rob Ridge‘s skatepark that has been featured in every single one of Rob’s insane videos, has closed its doors after 17 years. Above is a video from the last session where the park was packed full of riders, skateboards and scooters from the young guns to the old guys. It’s definitely a bummer watching this one, but it looks like everyone enjoyed that final session. It does sound like Rob is working on finding a new location for a new park, which would be rad to see.
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