High Voltage FMX as Sherwood Wins in London



New Zealand’s Levi Sherwood recharged London’s iconic Battersea Power Station on Saturday as he won the fifth stop of the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour 2010 in the British capital. The 19-year-old kept a cool head in front of 30,000 fans packed into the former coal-fired power station as he threw down huge trick after huge trick with his inimitable style. Nate Adams (USA) and Dany Torres (ESP) took the remaining spots on the podium, while Tour leader Andrè Villa had to settle for a disappointing ninth place. 



 LONDON (UK). With the rain teeming down in London on Saturday night, it was only a question of time before the course began to cut up, leading to slippery run-ins and increasingly soft landings. “We couldn’t go right to the limit in the evening – it was too dangerous,” explained America’s Nate Adams, who took a strong second place. As all riders had benefitted from the same conditions on the dry course during Qualifying in the afternoon, it was decided that the result of that session should stand as the final result.



 Despite the wet conditions, Battersea Power Station was sold out right down to the very last seat for an evening of spectacular FMX action. “The fans certainly fired up the old coal power station,” grinned third-placed Dany Torres (ESP). Crowd favourite Robbie Maddison, famous for his jump over London’s iconic Tower Bridge in 2009, could only finish in tenth place after falling hard during Qualifying.

 In the overall standings Nate Adams (305 points) and Levi Sherwood (290 points) are closing in on current leader and Mexico-Champion Andrè Villa (310 points). “It’s insane,” commented Levi “Rubber Kid” Sherwood, who now lies only 20 points behind Andrè Villa. “I’m going to give absolutely everything at the last event to try and knock Villa off top spot.” 



Podmol flips to the top of the World Championship

Basel, 24th April 2010: World Championship fever in Basel – More than 6.000 spectators came to watch the FMX fight at the NIGHT of the JUMPs in St. Jakobs arena. Libor Podmol, who made it back to Europe just in time after his Mexico trip, flipped to victory, putting Rob Adelberg and Jose Miralles in 2nd and 3rd. The Czech rider took advantage of Remi Bizouard’s absence caused by injury and took the lead in the FIM Freestyle MX World Championship.

Switzerland felt the high temperature early on in qualifying. Petr Pilat, Alastair Sayer and Rob Adelberg had their problems under the pressure, Pilat had two deadsailors and Alastair crashed heavily on his last trick. So for both of them it was over after the qualifying. Adelberg had a deadsailor as well, but managed an extra trick in time along with an otherwise flawless run, so reached the final with 5th place qualification. Massimo Bianconcini, Jose Miralles, Brice Izzo, Libor Podmol and Brody Wilson joined him in the top 6.

In the finals all the athletes pulled out even more spectacular tricks. Massimo Bianconcini did a No-Hand Flip to 1-Hand Landing for the first time. Brice Izzo premiered a massive Can Underflip. Brody Wilson ruled with extreme airtime and the Tsunami Flip Indy in the Double-up, but he also missed a trick so the places on the podium went to Miralles, Adelberg and Podmol. The Australian rider was 2nd starter in the final and put together a near perfect run, debuting a Stripper Flip. The Spaniard was next and showed a massive Superman Seatgrab Flip in the Double-up. Both of them could not beat Libor Podmol this time out, as he was the only rider doing a Cliffhanger Flip and a his unique Underflip Indy.

Both the Whip Contest and Highest Air went to Massimo Bianconcini, while Brice Izzo won the Race & Style for the first time.

Adelberg wins 2nd day of the NIGHT of the JUMPs in Basel

Basel, 25th April 2010: On Sunday the Freestyle Motocross elite entered the St. Jakobshalle in Basel for the 4th contest of the NIGHT of the JUMPs / FIM Freestyle MX World Championship. This time Rob Adelberg from Australia did the best run and took the win. Brody Wilson and current World Championship leader Libor Podmol landed on 2nd and 3rd position.

Today all of the FMX riders had safe runs on the IFMXF track. Petr Pilat did hard flip combos, Lukas Weis made a massive Underflip and even Alastair Sayer had a good run after yesterdays crash. But all of them missed the final by a few points. So Rob Adelberg, Libor Podmol, Jose Miralles, Massimo Bianconcini, Brice Izzo and Brody Wilson made it in the next round.

In the finals the athletes pulled out even more spectacular trick premieres. Brice Izzo was debuting a 1-Hand Can Underflip and the spectators were stoked. But even with this trick the French rider did not make it onto the podium. Onto that Brody Wilson climbed after a sixth place he had in the qualifying. With a save run and lots of combo tricks he ended up on 2nd position. Libor Podmol invented the Switchblade Underflip. But this massive trick was only good enough for the 3rd place. The victory went to Rob Adelberg who mixed up hard backflips and a bunch of multiple trick combos. So the Australian rider reached his first victory in the FIM Freestyle MX World Championship series.

The Race & Style went to Libor Podmol, while Step up specialist Alastair Sayer won the Highest Air.

In the overall ranking of the FIM Freestyle MX World Championship it is closer than ever. Rob Adelberg and Libor Podmol are sharing the 1st place with 72 points each. Jose Miralles is on 3rd position with 54 points.

The next points for the World Championship will be given on May 15th/16th at the NIGHT of the JUMPs (NOTJ) in Sanliurfa/Turkey.

Fotocredit: Oliver Franke – Marko Manthey / IFMXF.com

Rob Adelberg wins first contest of the European Cups at the NIGHT of the JUMPs in Graz

Rob Adelberg ruled with an impressive run at the NIGHT of the JUMPs in Graz and won the first contest of the European FMX cup. The Aussie guy won the final ahead of Brody Wilson and Brice Izzo and reached his first IFMXF victory.

Last Thursday the contract for the European Championship was signed with the European Motorcycle Union (UEM). The series will start next year, but will have a forecast with this years European Cup contests at the NIGHT of the JUMPs in Graz and Mannheim. With the new tournament young talents will have a chance to conquer with the top riders on an international platform. So Austria had the first ever IFMXF qualifier, where 8 riders fought for the last six places in the contest.

And those guys who did hammered a flip mania on the track in the final: Superman Seatgrab Flip by Jose Miralles, Shaolin Flip by Romain Izzo, Tsunami Flip by Brody Wilson, Stripper Flip by Petr Pilat, Tsunami Flip Indy by Brice Izzo and Clicker to Clicker Flip by Rob Adelberg. Finally Adelberg took the win ahead of Wilson and Izzo.

Lukas Weis won the Whip contest and Brice Izzo Race & Style. In the Step up contest Germanys young Kai Haase had a sensational victory ahead of Alastair Sayer with 8,6 meters. But as the bushman was lost more than 2 days in Europe he got of the train and directly on the bike.

Brody Wilson took the win at the second contest of the UEM Freestyle European Cup

Graz, 18th April 2010: High voltage on the 2nd day of the NIGHT of the JUMPs in Graz. Bushman Alastair Sayer completed the field of riders after his Odyssey thru Europe. But Brody Wilson took his first ever IFMXF win with a sensational final run ahead of Saturday winner Adelberg and Jose Miralles.

All of the 13 FMX athletes were highly motivated in the qualification round. But unfortunately William van der Putte crashed after a huge Nac Underflip. Lukas Weis is getting better and better after his longterm injury last year. Newcomer David Rinaldo, who did massive backflip combos, missed the final only by a few points. Finally Romain Izzo, Petr Pilat, Brice Izzo, Jose Miralles, Rob Adelberg and Brody Wilson made it into the next round.

Results NIGHT of the JUMPs – Final
1. Brody Wilson USA AMA Yamaha 310 Points
2. Rob Adelberg AUS MA Yamaha 302 Points
3. Jose Miralles ESP RFME KTM 290 Points
4. Brice Izzo FRA FFM Yamaha 283 Points
5. Petr Pilat CZE ACCR KTM 263 Points
6. Romain Izzo FRA FFM Yamaha 0 Points

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NIGHT of the JUMPs Graz 2010 - First IFMXF Try-Out in Austria!

On the 17th and 18th of April 2010 the NIGHT of the JUMPs (NOTJ) comes back to Austria. For the 10th anniversary the series will enter the Grazer Stadthalle. And for the first time ever in Austria there will be a pre qualification for the contest. 10 international top riders will fight for the last 6 places in the field of riders.
 
The Freestyle Motocross scene has never watched forward to Graz with this curiosity. For the first time there will be a qualifier for a NIGHT of the JUMPs in Austria. There are 6 seeded riders, which not need to go thru the qualifier. With Jose Miralles (ESP), Brice Izzo (FRA), Brody Wilson (USA), Petr Pilat (CZE), Rob Adelberg (AUS) and Martin Schenk (AUT) the most exciting riders of last and this years World Championship as well as the local hero are seeded.
 

 
The other six places at the NIGHT of the JUMPs will be fought out by 10 international FMX-pilots. And the field of qualifiers is a little World Championship itself. The best African rider Alastair Sayer will try to qualify as well as the Belgian FMX-hero William van den Putte. The German Champion of 07 and 08 Hannes Ackermann and the current Champion Freddy Peters will also fight for a place. The upcoming French star David Rinaldo and the elder one of the Izzo brothers Romain will show their unbelievable Backflip skills, too. Also the Czech Martin Koren and the Whipmaster Lukas Weis from Germany are in the box for the Try-Out. The field will be round up by the hungry Germans Stefan Bengs and Kai Haase.

The qualification in front of the IFMXF Judges will take part on the 16th of April, but can not be watched by spectators. The official NIGHT of the JUMPs will start on the 17th and 18th of April with a field of 12 riders.