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.

SDG Dirt Finals: A4

I haven't got much to say about this really... I arrived a day late, hadn't slept enough so I was pretty worthless all day. Tried to ride a bit, but that failed. Then I tried to take some photo's, and that failed as well. 340 pictures taken, and these are the only ones that are remotely interesting. Photoshopped to hell and back to salvage them a bit. Ah well, I hope you like 'm a bit more than I do.

Benjie with an indian air, I think:

Joris with a 3whip:

Part of the crew:

Dimitris really is a sender:

He'd been doing sweet 3's all day. here's one of them:

(the flash you see isn't mine, it's Dennis Katinas' flash. Damn I need to get myself some pockedwizzards!)

They shook hands allright, my timing was just off...:

Sjors, A4 local, and MC for the day:

Dimitris:

I also forgot what this trick is called. Fuck! If you know, you know what to do...

Yare, with a Candybar:

Small dude. won the amateur best trick award too.

Apart from nohanded backflip, he also almost pulled a frontflip.

treinktschen:

Now THAT'S a toboggan!

Close calls...

Different view:

Sweet!

Desktopbackground May

Damn, the weather here is far too good to be sitting inside! Hence, 6 days later than planned... The psd files has been lying ready on my pc for a few days though, but I really didn't feel like finishing it off. But here it is, finally.

This months pictures is inspired by Kemo, on of Belgium's finest photographers, who has been, almost single-handedly, documenting BMX in the BeNeLux for years now. On the DirtE19 jam, a few years back, he shot a picture of 2 riders doing nofoot cancans at the same time on 2 jumps. I kinda tried to one-up him, but I have to say it was a **** pain! I don't think we ever had to do so many runs to get a single decent shot! But in the end, I think the result is not too shabby, and I hope you will feel the same way.

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


Here's a small picture of what it looks like:

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:



D.

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.