Here’s some footage that popped up from the Red Bull Circle of Balance featuring the final battle between Viki Gomez, Hiro, Dubz and Matthias Dandois. Take a peek. This looks like it got wild.
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Red Bull Circle of Balance Results
Real early today, the Red Bull Circle of Balance went down in Japan. If you wanted to catch it here in the U.S you had to be up around 3 or 4 in the morning just to watch the live feed. It sounds like things went off as expected. Above you can check out a teaser for the contest Red Bull released the other day and below you can find the full release on what went down and who won. Expect more footage from the actual contest to pop up here in the next day or two.
“Kyoto, 8 September 2012. For the third time in the history of the Red Bull Circle Of Balance, the victory goes to Spain’s Viki Gomez. The Spaniard made it through to the final round by eliminating Alex Jumelin from France and Moto Sasaki from Japan. In front of a sold out crowd at Kyoto’s International Conference Center, Gomez met up with Matthias Dandois (Fra), Jean-William Prevost (Can) and Hiroya Morizaki (Jap) who had battled their way into the final round of four.
The new time format in the fourth edition of the most prestigious contest in flatland was a big success. It created a good tension between the riders and gave the crowd Goosebumps looking at the clock which was ticking down while the riders used up every single second to show their tricks. Third place winner Jean-William Prevost from Canada couldn’t believe he made it on the podium. “I feel like this is totally unreal, I think I’m still dreaming. I stayed calm and stayed to myself and it worked this time.” The Canadian said.
The local crowd was hoping for Hiroya Morizaki to grab the win at the 2012 edition of the Circle Of Balance. The crowd got on their feet when the final 30 seconds kicked off and the vibe in Kyoto’s Conference Center was electric. Hiroya brought lots of original spinning tricks to the battleground but Viki Gomez did the same thing. The Red Bull rider did all new combos in his run and was simply stoked on pulling them. “It didn’t matter if I would win or not,” said the Spaniard, “I was happy to be pulling the tricks I had been working on for so long. To be able to do them at the finals of the COB is just amazing. I’m now going home and am going to take my brakes off and start working on new tricks for the next six months.”
The Rider’s award, a special prize which is voted by the 16 competing riders, went to Alex Jumelin from France for standing out all week.
Flatland BMX was lifted to new levels in Kyoto, Japan by the riders, and the organisation who both stepped it up leaving everyone wondering when the next edition is going to be held.
Results:
1. Viki Gomez (Spain)
2. Hiroya Morizaki (Japan)
3. Jean William Prevost (Canada)
4. Matthias Dandois (France)
Rider’s Award:
Alex Jumelin (France)”
Red Bull – Drew Bezanson Searching For Spots
I don’t know what Drew Bezanson and Nate Wessel have cooking with Red Bull in Paris, France. I do know that whatever they will be doing on September 17th will be absolutely dialed. I can’t wait to see what exactly it is….
Wizard of Aus – US Open of Surfing to Brothers in Nicaragua – Episode 10
I’ve been to the U.S Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach and Corey doesn’t lie at all about what it’s all about. There’s so much jail bait there it’s not even funny! But, as always… Corey gets some riding time in and bounces around to new country for him. Living the dream.
“In this episode, Corey Bohan finds himself signing autographs with Anthony Napolitan at the US Open of Surf in Huntington Beach. After taking in the scene and surviving the sensory overload, Corey is whisked away on a last second journey to Nicaragua. There, he joins Eric and John Jackson of “Brothers on the Run”, with a special guest appearance by Travis Rice.
Surfing, riding, good times, and varmint wrangling ensue.” – Red Bull
Tyler Deschaine Interview
Diamondback product designer, Tyler Deschaine, has an interview up on the Red Bull U.K website where he discusses filming with Jeremy Ball for their section that made it into the finals of The Hunt, his other film work and how he manages to balance that out with his real job. Definitely an interesting read if you are curious about people who are generally behind the scenes.
Red Bull – R.Evolution Highlights
Did you miss the live feed of the Red Bull R.Evolution event this past weekend? Above we have the highlights of what went down! It looks like these guys went fast as hell and the track looked so good. I thought there would be more tricks, but I guess it was hard enough going as fast as they went. Either way, it looks like the even went amazing as a whole!
“Berlin (GER)- 24.08.2012 – The Race-Evolution has succeeded: Berlin’s Mellowpark on Friday evening became the stage for the most innovative BMX race of the year with Dutchman Twan van Gendt snatching victory ahead of Americans Corben Sharrah and Mike Day in a tightly fought finale of the Red Bull R.Evolution. Flawless backflips from Nate Berkheimer and crowd favourite Desmond Tessemaker turned on the heat among the 5,000 spectators at the Mellowpark with Luis Brethauer going to the quarter final for Germany’s best performance of the evening.
The tailor-made track will remain at the Mellowpark making it the biggest and most versatile BMX training spot in Germany.
A BMX race that also combines breath-taking freestyle tricks: that had never been seen before on European soil! Red Bull managed to ignite the domestic and international BMX scene with exactly such a brand new event concept. The basic idea is pure riding fun, to break away from regulations and strict rules, back to the BMX origins.
„The riders are on fire and are totally relaxed. I just find it fantastic to experience this kind of development,” said BMX legend Bob Haro (USA), considered the founder of BMX sports and a rider who also left his mark on the race and freestyle scene.
So it was no real surprise that Red Bull R.Evolution attracted the very best BMX riders to the German capital. Some 48 riders from 13 countries made the trip, among them 32 of the best riders on the UCI world rankings and eight fresh from competing in London.
Big name riders such as Mike Day (USA), Kris Fox (USA), Luis Brethauer (GER) and the London bronze medalist Carlos Oquendo (COL) made sure of an extra portion of adrenaline in front of a sell-out 5,000 crowd.
Mellowpark was ready to explode when the phrase ‚Riders ready – watch the gate’ was heard for the last time on Friday with Twan van Gendt, Corben Sharrah, Mike Day, Simon Duchene, Luke Madille, Zabala Oquendo, Sylvain Andre and Darryn Goodwin poised or victory. While early rounds were more relaxed, riders now battled it out for top spot. Despite this being the final, Darryn Goodwin tried to make up for lost ground following an early crash with a spectacular frontflip on the final jump that pulled the fans off their seats.
“It was just unbelievable, to take part in the first Red Bull R.Evolution and then go and win it”, said a beaming Twan van Gendt just after champagne-drenched podium celebrations.
„I hope there are many more such races in the future”, said the 20-year-old.
Tom Ritzenthaler and his EliteTrax-Crew came together with the Mellowpark to create this unique Super-Cross track. After the 10 meter high starting tower riders were put through a 450m long hell with S-sections, Doubles and Trick Jumps.
“Even for the pro racers this was a hugely demanding track. The riders had to get used it in the beginning – it was even bigger than London – but then they were really hot and excited to race it”, said Germany’s national BMX team coach Florian Ludewig. “And the best thing is the track at the Mellowpark will remain which makes it a perfect training spot for German riders.”
Germany’s Luis Brethauer was eliminated in the quarter-finals despite having held on to fourth place at the start. A Hang Up knocked the wind out of his sails, allowing his rivals to pass. “I am confident we will catch up until Rio 2016. I want to race for a medal there and that is my training target”, said the 19-year-old BMX professional from Reutlingen.
The added bonus at Red Bull R.Evolution was the judging of the freestyle tricks. While tricks are not part of a normal BMX race, they are welcomed at Red Bull R.Evolution.
“You could see how much fun everyone had on the track”, said second-placed Mike Day.
Crowd favorites Desmond Tessemaker (NED) and American Kris Fox may have not been among the leaders but showed Backflips over the second Double with an enormous length of 13 meters. Fox casually sprinkled his rides with No Hander and Nac-Nacs. “If BMX-Race was like that before, I would have never stopped” he said, excited about Red Bull R.Evolution.
www.redbull.de/revolution
Final results:
1 148 van GENDT Twan, NED 45.881
2 24 SHARRAH Corben, USA 46.710
3 365 DAY Mike, USA 47.111
4 157 DUCHENE Simon, FRA 47.997
5 17 MADILL Luke, AUS 49.612
6 566 OQUENDO ZABALA Carlos Mario ,COL 50.194
7 39 ANDRE Sylvain, FRA DNF
8 25 GOODWIN Darryn, AUS DNF”
Martin Jaspers – Red Bull R.Evolution Helmet Cam
The Red Bull R.Evolution contest is going down later today and the track looks sooooo good. Here’s a quick helmet cam video of a lap that Martin Jaspers took. It gives you an idea of how gnarly the track is and I’d imagine it will just be crazier with tricks being mixed in along with a group of guys trying to get to the finish line faster. Definitely a unique concept that’s bound to turn out awesome.
Wizard of Aus: Road Trips and Big Tricks – Episode 9
As always, Corey comes through with another dialed episode!
“Corey Bohan heads to Woodward West in Stallion Springs, California for a day of camp, riding with Brian Hunt and making some new friends in the process.
After that, it’s off to Heath Pinters backyard for a quick sunset session before meeting up with Mike “Hucker” Clark, TJ Ellis, Paul Langlands and Corey Nastazio at Luke Parslow’s “It Is What It Is Jam”- a fundraiser for Stephen Murray in Riverside, California.
In the next episode, Corey is surrounded by the madness of the US Open of Surf in Huntington Beach, and then whisked away to Nicaragua for an impromptu surf mission with Travis Rice and the Brothers on the Run- Eric and John Jackson.” – Red Bull
