Wintertime Dirtjumping

I haven't got much to say about this one. Rain has stopped for a few days, allowing
us to shape our jumps, and even ride one line. I picked up my camera, set up my
flash, and clicked away. Trying a few different angles, and flash set-ups. 
Here's the end result.

Daarek with a 360 table attempt. 

Daarek with another 360. Different angle.

Trying nosedives.

Yare with a nice superman. It no longer looks like he's shagging his seat mid-air. Sweet.

Desktopbackground March

Last weekend, the weather was nice with the sun shining, so we went riding on our own trails at DirtE19, Edegem. I still didn't really have a picture for this month's background yet, so when the sun was going down I picked up my camera and went hunting for a nice photo. This kinda explains why almost every photo of that day was shot horizontally.

The light was great, the riders were great, the tricks were great, and our trails were great. I hope you'll think the same about the photo's, and especially about this month's background.

Last month I manually made about 10 different versions for all kinds of different resolutions, this month I'll upload 3, which should fit about everybody.

Here's a list of which version you should download:

1280/1024

4/3:
1600/1200
1400/1050
1280/960
1152/864
1024/768
800 /600

16/10:
2560/1600
1920/1200
1680/1050
1440/900
1280/800

RIGHT-CLICK THE LINK, CHOOSE "SAVE AS".

For a How-To on making this picture your desktopbackground, check this page.


Here's a small picture of what it looks like, together with the other shots taken that day:

CTC n°3: Waregem - Demo and Lakejump!

Ok, I admit, it took me about a month longer than it should have, but I've been busy lately.
So finally, the pictures of the last CTC demo are in. Don't be too lazy to scroll down, because the lake jump pics are on the bottom, and they're definitely worth checking out!

If you like 'm, you can always leave me a comment on the bottom. Takes you only 2 seconds anyway.

Oh, and as always the pictures are clickable. you'll be redirected to the flickr page. If you want to see the bigger version, click "all sizes" there.


Here's a picture of the audience. quite a lot of people really.
































A nice picture with all riders on the jumpbox:




And now for something completely different:



double frontflip for ya:




this one was absolutely amazing. The one jumping is Lesley. He had an accident in Bosnia, where he lost a leg. He does have a prosthetic, but it doesn't give you all the feeling you need for the run up to the lakejump. He had to be towed in by another biker to get up to speed, steer the bike towards the jump over slippery wet wooden boards. he took it 4 times, before he even made it to the lip. And then he finally jumped it, and I'd never heard the audience clap as much that day.
Seriously sick!






that's all folks!

check back in a few days, I've still got some pictures lying around waiting to be uploaded, like a trip to abflughalle, pics from the roadtrip to Les2alpes, and more!


oh wait, this one is just too funny to pass up on:



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CTC Demo nr2: DirtE19 Demo Wetteren

I had to ride during this demo as we were one man short, so I don't have any pictures of it. My girlfriend however did take some pictures.
they'll be on here any day, so stay tuned!

City Team Challenge Demo n°1: Geraartsbergen

Last sunday we, DirtE19, had our first real demo. We'd done some before, but not as big as this one. A big mountainbiking event in the middle of a big city, with more than a thousand spectators. It took a lot of preparation to be able to be there, but in the end it was all worth it. We destroyed the place, the crowd went mad. And that's what you're looking for, as an entertainer.

We still have 2 demo's to go, also for the city team challenge, which will be the next two sundays. Hope to see some of you there!

Enjoy the pictures. I've saved the best for last.