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This is the press release sent out by Red Bull International & Local BMX riders “jam” in Soweto! Johannesburg, 24 May 2009 Sebastian Keep from the UK took top honors at the Red Bull Soweto Sessions BMX contest on Sunday the 24th May 2009. 17 Top riders from around the country came down to the Orlando Power Station in Soweto to battle it out on a tailor-made park constructed by the riders themselves. The 75m long BMX course combined elements of dirt, street and natural obstacles designed to push the riders to their limits. The day was filled with back flips, whips, bar spins and impressive landings. The invited Pro riders enjoyed an Open Jam session on Saturday, before the event along with local amateur riders who were encouraged to register and vie for the Wild Card positions for the contest. Over 50 local riders took on the challenge and after a great day spent on the obstacles, the 4 amateur riders were selected. The crowd streamed in for the 2pm start time of the pro contest which was evenly spread between Durban, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town riders as well as international BMX riders Sebastian Keep and Dan Lacey from the UK. Each rider had two runs, 60 seconds each, to show the judges what they had. In a closely contested final South African Pro riders Brad & Greg Illingworth, Malcolm Peters, & Colin Loudon showed the internationals what the BMX scene in South Africa had to offer. Both Dan and Sebastian were impressed by the talent the South African BMX’ers were showing and were in awe of the park built by the local riders, “All the riders in South Africa are really down to earth and welcoming. They are amazing riders and its great to be a part of this. I’m so impressed with the up and coming BMX scene in South Africa.“ said Sebastian. In the end it was Keep who took the podium in front of a cheering crowd, “This is unbelievable. I’ve never been on a course like this and to win in South Africa is amazing.” Dan Lacey (UK) took 2nd position, his first time on a podium and third place was taken by South African Colin Loudon. All riders were amazed at the structure and technicality of the temporary built course. The day was not without injury as 3 riders, Stuart Loudon, Jordan Anthony and Wayne Reiche had to withdraw due to various injuries. The inspiration for the course design came from Capetonian Pro BMX rider Buddy Chellan who had seen the development of BMX’ing in the townships, and inspired by his passion for the sport, decided that an event in Soweto would challenge the local riders to further develop the sport. The following Pro BMX riders took
part in the contest: Wild card positions * Out due to injury Final Results For more details online check out: www.redbull.co.za/sowetosessions
Overall the event was a huge success and after speaking to the guys at Red Bull they are very happy with the way it went down. A massive thanks to Red Bull for putting the event on, the guys that helped build, and especially to Buddy Chellan for coming up with the idea and concept.... and making it happen. Check back for videos soon. 22 May 2009 Yesterday saw some more construction take place. Here are some pics to show how the set-up was looking at the end of yesterday. We'll have today's pics for you tomorrow morning.
With the construction taking place the guys decided to head down to Montecasino to have a ride in the evening.
Bas Keep, proper invert
Bas again. His hand actually went into the missing roof panel here. Scary!
Dan Lacey, Barspin down the stairs
Dan with a nac nac over the hip.
Red Bull representing. Check back in the morning for today's pics of the completed course and some riding shots. Word 21 May 2009 Construction on the course is going really well, we hoping to be finished by tonight.Here are a few shots of what's to be expected
Dan Lacey (United Kingdom) 14 May 2009 These are the invited riders that will go straight into the final on the Sunday: Dan Lacey (United Kingdom) With a rider list like this the contest in definitely going to be amazing! Just to clear a few things up: 13 May 2009
Here is what Red Bull has to say about the event: "Red Bull Soweto Sessions is taking place on 23 & 24 May 2009. This BMX/Street event is being held in the famed township of Soweto
at the historical Orlando Power Station. EVENT DETAILS 23rd May: 24th May: This is going to be HUGE!!!! The event is the brainchild of Red Bull team rider Buddy Chellan. Buddy wanted to create a BMX contest where dirt, street, park, and gettho ramps were all combined.... and that is exactly what this contest is going to be. There will be invited riders from all around South Africa and rumours of International riders too. A few wild card riders will be chosen from the Saturday Jam session to compete in the pro comp with the invited riders. After seeing the venue we could tell this event is going to be absolutely amazing! It's in an abandoned building by the big FNB towers in Soweto. The area is secure and will be safe. We will have some pics of the venue up soon.
Locally Whipped Issue 22 is on shelves at the moment and is selling fast. Get down to your local news agent and pick up a copy asap. Here are some features that might interest you.
This Issue is not going to be on shelves for too much longer so get your copy today for only R24.95 11 May 2009 Dirtopia is a sort of dirt festival that started out as a mountain bike event and has since grown into BMX and MTB. For the last few years Riot team rider Wayne Reiche has taken control of building the trails for the event. From what I can tell the boys had as much of a party there as they did ride. Here is a edit that Colin Loudon did of the event and pics from photograher Eric Palmer Dirtopia 2009 from colin loudon on Vimeo.
Bluntmag.co.za has an interview up in there Ride section on my recent trip to china. Click the image above to get over there. 10 May 2009 On the way to the airport I realised that I had left my photo camera behind... as you can imagine I was super bummed! Fortunately some friends hooked me up with these.
James Brawn from Westcoast BMX sent me a few qustions about the trip, to check that out click here. Also for more pics head over to CNBMX.com and good luck naviagting through a chinese website, ha ha We have limited stock of the Eclat plastic Surge pedals at the moment in Clear, Purple, Red and Black. Get your pair before they run out for only R165!!!
3 May 2009 Greg Illingworth is in Shanghai where he rode in the 2009 Kia Asian X Games this weekend. At last year's Asian X he came home with 9th place in the street final after having a bad crash in one of his final runs. This year he stepped it up managed to place 6th in the street final, an awesome result for our local boy! Here are the 2009 Kia Asian X Games BMX Street results: Street Prelims: Street finals: Great job Greg, looking forward to seeing you back home! - Brad NEWS ARCHIVE |
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