Despite a grim weather forecast our filmer Markus Wilke made the trek to picturesque Hemer/Germany to check out the Beat City Jam Round 2 at Rollgarten, the new skatepark in town.

The park is fun and even though it rained a little, some good riding went down, as you can see in our edit.

The Big in Bavaria Dirt Contest took place last weekend. After a very very very rainy sunday (even English natives were shocked!) the Finals were held on Sunday without any Prelims. So it was 1000% percent from the first drop-in!

If you didn´t catch the action on our Live-Webcast then you have got the chance to replay the action and have a look behind the scenes of this years BIB 2010.

And just as an apetizer: Markus Hampl, Dean Searls, Ben Hennon were ON F-I-R-E !!!

Check it:

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Two weeks are left until the second edition of the international dirt jump competition BIG IN BAVARIA at the BIKE EXPO tradeshow from July 22nd to 25th.  If you cant make it to this years action then be sure to tune into soulbmx.tv and check out the LIVE STREAM of the FINALS on Sunday, July 25th @2.30 pm!!!

The trails are almost up and running. The guys have been working hard over the last few weeks to make it a worthy follow-up comp for last years action.  The set up is the following: The well-known starting tower with a roll in is similar to last year. But the step down gap jump is built smoother since it leads into a roller which guarantees the perfect speed for the upcoming five jumps: First the two biggest doubles, back to back, but the second one is bit of a hip jump, then a curved dirt step up step down combination, to be followed by a final shorter jump that is still big enough for some bangers! Some of the best riders will have fun on this unique dirt line for sure. Being a tiny bit shorter but keeping the speed high, you can even expect some heavy stuff to go down.

The riders will battle over a  20,000 Euros overall prize purse. To see whats coming towards you, go check out the officiall BIG IN BAVARIA Vol.II TEASER video here on soulbmx.tv!
Another important notice: For all the rookies out there, that want to mess their skills with the pros: an open qualifier competition called GO BIG OR GO HOME is held on Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd. Of course a smaller dirt line is built for the pre qualifier comp, with max. 5-6 meter gaps. The ten best riders of the GO BIG OR GO HOME will join the invited pros and make their way into the BIG IN BAVARIA qualification round.

To take your chance go register on www.gobigorgohome.de.

We will keep you informed!

Hope to see you all there!

AND DON´T FORGET TO TUNE IN ON 25th JULY HERE ON SOULBMX.TV FOR THE LIVE STREAM!!! @2.30 PM !!!

First riders update & registration for the open qualifyer GO BIG OR GO HOME online

Munich, Germany June 16th, 2010 – The international BIKE EXPO tradeshow does not only host the second edition of the BIG IN BAVARIA dirt jump competition, but also an open qualifying event called GO BIG OR GO HOME in Munich. Some of the big BMX names in dirt jumping already booked their trip to Munich from July 22nd to 25th. Overall 20,000 Euros prize money are waiting for them.
All ambitious rookies can register for the GO BIG OR GO HOME pre qualifyer on http://www.gobigorgohome.de . The best 10 riders will make their way into the BIG IN BAVARIA comp the day after. Take your chance to compete against the pros. To get an impression, what these guys will show, please take a look on the official BIG IN BAVARA Vol.II teaser here

The BIG IN BAVARIA Vol.II turns the BIKE EXPO into the center of the dirt jump scene: The biggest prize fund in the dirt jump sport in Europe, a course featuring a big starting tower including a step down jump, a line of huge doubles and some of world’s best riders.

The list of international BMX riders that can’t wait to make their way to sunny Bavaria includes American Ricardo Laguna, Dane Searls from Australia or the British Ben Hennon and Bas Keep. Germany will be well represented by the BMX icon Markus Hampl and Simon Moratz, who surprised last year’s BIG IN BAVARIA spectators and judges with a great performance and got third in the finals.

All the ones, who want ride in Europe’s biggest Dirt Jump comp, have the chance to secure themselves one out of ten qualifying spots for the BIG IN BAVARIA by attempting the open qualifyer event: The GO BIG OR GO HOME is open for all riders that want to go big. The dirt line of the GO BIG OR GO HOME is smaller than the BIG IN BAVARIA, so it will be a nice warm up for those that qualify and will hit the big jumps. Just register on http://www.gobigorgohome.de and you are in.

If you don’t want to compete at the GO BIG OR GO HOME, the BIKE EXPO is worth a journey anyway. It’s the overall combination of the the biggest bike brands showing their newest products, the BIG IN BAVARIA Vol.II, GO BIG OR GO HOME and a diversified side program that make the BIKE EXPO the place to be for the bike industry and all dirt jump fans from July 22nd to 25th.

For more details, please visit http://www.bike-expo.com .

Juhu!! Can´t wait!!!!! All we need now is good weather to go practice!!! RAIN RAIN GO AWAY!!! Here comes the SUN!!!!

When it comes to street jams in Germany, there is no better event than Rambazamba. Every year riders from all over come to Erfurt to ride the city’s best spots and 2010 was no different.

With Bruno Hoffmann and other shredders in attendance, things got pretty wild really fast.

Markus Wilke captured the action of an awesome day of riding for us.
Check it out!