| Dirt | Martin Soderstrom and Dane Searls won the BIG IN BAVARIA Vol.II |
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Mountain bike rider Martin Soderstrom from Sweden went “BIG” in Bavaria. The Australian Dane Searls dominated the BMX discipline of the international dirt jump competition hosted by the bicycle tradeshow BIKE EXPO. 40 riders from 12 countries made their way into Bavaria’s capital to show their latest tricks on a big sized dirt line. The winners did not only receive 10,000 US Dollars cash, but also a big keg of Bavarian beer.  The weather conditions at the BIKE EXPO trade show in Munich didn’t make it easy for the riders: The first training day on Thursday was sunny, but Friday and Saturday were rained out. So the whole comp had to be rescheduled to Sunday. The mountain bike riders were the first ones to go big on the 150 meters long dirt line in the early afternoon. The numerous spectators on site as well as the ones watching the live webcast on watch26.tv presented by GoPro cameras got some first class dirt jump action: Swedish young gun Martin Soderstrom landed his tricks super clean. In his best run he showed a tailwhip at the start tower step down, a huge 360 table top, a double tailwhip, another 360 and a 360-double tailwhip. No question, once again the NS Bikes team rider deserved the BIG IN BAVARIA title. But guess who was his strongest competitor. Of course, it was Great Britain’s Sam Pilgrim. Sam and Martin had a lot of trick battles this season and Sam had only a 1,25 points gap to winner Martin Soderstrom. Pilgrim showed 360’s at the step-down, 360 x-ups, backflip no handers and as well as a 360 double tailwhip. French Yannick Granieri proved again, that he got one of the best styles and went third with tailwhips, high in the sky inverted 360s, backflips and perfectly executed flipwhips. Fourth place went to Benny Korthaus. The Munich local got pushed by the crowds as hard as possible. He thanked them by pulling the biggest backflip table tops of the weekend, as well as inverted flips and once he landed his signature flatspin 360 double tailwhip. The prize ceremony was very traditional in a Bavarian way: The winner got a 30 liters beer keg, the second a spigot and the third a hammer. A few minutes of teamwork later, the men on the podium were able to celebrate their success with a zip of fresh and cold beer.
 The mountain bike action had been on a super high level, and all riders gained important FMB World Tour points. Australian Dane Searls, who is well known as an airtime lover, went crazy on the super-sized doubles of the BIG IN BAVARIA dirt line and showed tricks like 360 superman seatgrap indian airs or a super nice downside whip to tailwhip. No question, he was the man of the day with this super technical tricks and great style.
 The final TOP10 results in a short overview:
 Most of them already took care, that their spot on the riders’ list of the BIG IN BAVARIA in 2011 is secured. So you can already look forward to next year’s Vol.III of the BIG IN BAVARIA at the BIKE EXPO tradeshow (July 21st to 24th).
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