NIGHT of the JUMPs #9/2015

NOTJ eMagazin 2015

#6/2015

PETR PILAT TANDEM FLIP

NEW KID IN TOWN ALEX PORSING

DAVID RINALDO INJURED

G D A N S K FREESTYLE MX WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

CONTENT PAGE 6-7

GDANSK

PAGE 8-19

MELEROS ATTACK / ROUND 11

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SEQUENCE NAC FLAIR

PAGE 22-23 SEQUENCE PILAT TANDEM FLIP PAGE 24-25

QUAD SHOW

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JOSE MIRALLES MAXXIS HIGEST AIR

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JAMES CARTER LIFEPROOF BEST WHIP

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RESULTS ROUND 11

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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RANKING

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OUTLOOK

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REMI BIZOUARD SHAOLIN FLIP

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GDANSK

GDAŃSK IS A POLISH CITY ON THE BALTIC COAST, POLAND‘S PRINCIPAL SEAPORT AND THE CENTER OF THE COUNTRY‘S FOURTHLARGEST METROPOLITAN AREA IN A CONURBATION WITH THE CITY OF GDYNIA, SPA TOWN OF SOPOT, CALLED THE TRICITY WITH A POPULATION NEAR 1,400,000. TOGETHER WITH THE NEARBY PORT OF GDYNIA, GDAŃSK IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT INDUSTRIAL CENTER. HISTORICALLY AN IMPORTANT SEAPORT AND SHIPBUILDING CENTER, GDAŃSK WAS A MEMBER OF THE HANSEATIC LEAGUE. THE CITY WAS THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT, WHICH PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN BRINGING AN END TO COMMUNIST RULE ACROSS CENTRAL EUROPE. THE ERGO ARENA OPENED IN 2010 IS THE FOURTH TIME A STOP OF THE FIM FREESTYLE MX WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AND 2015 IT WAS A SOLD OUT EVENT OFFERING PERFECT CONDITIONS FOR A BATTLE FOR THE SECOND TO LAST ROUND OF THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2015.

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HIGHLIGHTS GDANKS

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MELEROS ATTACK Gdansk, November 21, 2015: In front of a sold-out crowd in the Ergo Arena Gdansk, 11 of the best FMX athletes put everything on the line for the 11th and penultimate round of the NIGHT of the JUMPS.

The newest rider to start at NOTJ was the Danish rider, Alex Porsing who premie-

red due to the injury-related departure of the local hero Marcin Lukaszcyk who wasn’t able to start.

Displaying some stylish upright

huge crash on the Volt body va-

enough to make it to the Final

tricks, Porsing had the audience

rial, he wasn’t able to continue.

6. Maikel Melero, Remi Bizou-

behind him, but without a deep ran-

A blunder by Dany Torres on

ard and Rob Adelberg rode

ge of Flip tricks, he wasn’t able to

the Lazyflip also saw him struck

solid for the first three positions

make it to the final. Even the Ameri-

out from the final 6 riders.

coming into the Final. Brice

can James Carter couldn’t convince

Izzo put together a solid run

the judges by simply missing 2 to 3

After suffering a shoulder

and closed it out with his first

hard tricks, which is a big mistake

injury one month earlier, David

ever Flair in competition and

in such a strong field of riders going

Rinaldo struggled through the

made it to the final just behind

to the final. Unfortunately Hannes

pain displaying a limited bag

the European Champion, Petr

Ackermann also missed the final

of tricks, however finishing

Pilat.

after an impressive run, but with a

with the California Roll it was

David Rinaldo (front) shows up with a dislocated shoulder hoping to gain some points in the WC Race 2015.

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ALEX PORSING, NO FINAL BUT A GREAT 1ST START 9

ROB ADELBERG CALIFORNIA ROLL

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DANY TORRES STRAIGHT TSUNAMI 12

In the LifeProof Best Whip competition, five riders were turning it down and getting upside down under the Ergo Arena roof. The 9,000 strong crowd were standing in their seats and screaming for James Carter who turned his 450cc machine well past 90 degrees to take the victory. In the Maxxis Highest Air, it was the first time this season we have seen a drawn event. Massimo Bianconcini and Jose Miralles both failed to make it past 9.00 metres and shared the prize money and also sharing the same points in the Maxxis Highest Air championship before the final round in Sofia to decide the overall champion.

David Rinaldo opened the Final round, and

BRICE IZZO TSUNAMI FLIP

after reluctantly holding back due to his shoulder injury, he made sure he secured sixth place and 10 championship points and keeping him in the running for the World Championship title. Brice Izzo stomped a near perfect run, finishing with his new flair and taking 5th place. The Czech rider Petr Pilat showed all of his best tricks, but missed out by the smallest of margins, a single point to make it to the 3rd place podium. The crowd however celebrated frenetically with him when he landed safely on the Tandem Backflip before the award ceremony with one Polish winner of an exclusive competition to experience a Tandem Backflip with the star.

Remi Bizouard was able to wrest the 3rd place position from Pilat by one point, despite the straight backflip from an aborted Flip Combo. However the strength of Remi’s run was in his display of some of the biggest tricks in FMX and also performing an extra trick on top of the 9 tricks and allocated time to help eliminate the botched trick points.

REMI „THE VOLT“

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For the Australian, Rob Adelberg secured

rewarded with the full 20 championship

second place with his run which was em-

points and reduced the overall champi-

phasised by pure style as he put together

onship lead with Rinaldo to a mere two

a perfect run featuring his Cali-Roll and

points and postponing the World Cham-

void of any mistakes and visibly showing

pionship decider to the last contest of the

he was having fun on course by playing up

season.

to the deafening Gdansk crowd. For Rob though, it wasn’t enough to stop Maikel

The results in Gdansk Poland have

Melero who was a cut above the rest.

created an epic showdown for the final round in Sofia, Bulgaria on December

The win belonged to the tiny Spaniard,

12th, 2015 to determine the 2015 FIM

Melero who would become the 11th round

Freestyle Motocross World Champion.

winner after his flawless run including a

The battle will be between the two most

perfect Cali-roll and Double Grab. Mai-

recent champions, the 2013 World Cham-

kel also continued his winning streak of

pion David Rinaldo and the 2014 reigning

when he competes in 2015 at Night of the

World Champion, Maikel Melero and only

Jumps featuring a Quarter pipe on course,

two points separating them to create the

he wins and this event Melero finished it

tightest overall World Championship se-

with the Flair Nac-Nac combo. Maikel was

ries since the introduction in 2006.

SUPEREXTENSION BY MAIKEL MELERO

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REMI BIZOUARD SCORPION TSUNAMI 3RD PLACE

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DAVID RINALDO 6TH WITH SHOULDER INJURY

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PETR PILAT BEATEN BY JUST 1 POINT 4TH PLACE

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ROB ADELBERG 2ND PLACE WITH HUGE CORDOVA FLIP

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MAIKEL MELERO RUNNER UP IN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE BUT WINNER IN GDANSK

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HIGHLIGHTS DAY !

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PETR PILAT FLIPPING WITH THE WINNER OF THE PROMOTION CAMPAIGN

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BRICE WITH NEW RUN STRAIGHT TO THE FINAL

MASSIMO CHECKING JOSES LINE <<<

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AWESOME QUAD FREESTYLE BY BLESSED BROTHERS

PETR PILAT CHANGED HIS RUN AND WENT TO FINALS ON SATURDAY

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Hannes bend his clutch lever during the landing of this Volt

25 Tomorrow will be better - Libor shows his broken subframe.

JOSE MIRALLES WINS THE MAXXIS HIGHEST AIR AND KEEPS THE CHAMPIONSHIP OPEN

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JAMES CARTER SECURED THE NEXT LIFEPROOF BEST WHIP VICTORY

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FREESTYLE MX WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

RESULTS Gdansk / Poland Round 11 RESULTS NIGHT OF THE JUMPS - FINAL 1. Maikel Melero

ESP

411 Points

2. Rob Adelberg

AUS

394 Points

3. Remi Bizouard

FRA

377 Points

4. Petr Pilat

CZE

376 Points

5. Brice Izzo

FRA

369 Points

6. David Rinaldo

FRA

303 Points

RESULTS QUALIFYING 1. Maikel Melero

ESP

351 Points

2. Remi Bizouard

FRA

249 Points

3. Rob Adelberg

AUS

347 Points

4. Petr Pilat

CZE

333 Points

5. Brice Izzo

FRA

331 Points

6. David Rinaldo

FRA

317 Points

7. Dany Torres

ESP

304 Points

8. Jose Miralles

ESP

303 Points

9. Hannes Ackermann GER

262 Points

10. Alex Porsing

DNK

252 Points

11. James Carter

USA

231 Points

LIFEPROOF BEST WHIP CONTEST 1. James Carter

USA

Jose Miralles

ESP

2. Dany Torres

ESP

MAXXIS HIGHEST AIR 1. Massimo Bianconcini

ITA

8.50 m

Jose Miralles

ESP

8.50 m

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FREESTYLE MX WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

World Championship Overall Ranking after Round 11 1. David Rinaldo

FRA

182 Point

2. Maikel Melero

ESP

180 Points

3. Rob Adelberg

AUS

154 Points

4.Libor Podmol

CZE

138 Points

5. Remi Bizouard

FRA

106 Points

6. Hannes Ackermann GER

89 Points

7. Brice Izzo

FRA

87 Points

8. Jose Miralles

ESP

86 Points

9. Petr Pilat

CZE

58 Points

10. James Carter

USA

57 Points

11. Luc Ackermann

GER

47 Points

12. Dany Torres

ESP

37 Points

13. Filip Podmol

CZE

23 Points

14. Taka Higashino

JAP

16 Points

15, Davide Rossi

ITA

14 Points

16. Kai Haase

GER

12 Points

17. Fred Wassner

FRA

11 Points

18. Marcin Lukaszczyk POL

11 Points

19. Leonardo Fini

ITA

11 Points

20 Marc Pinol

ESP

6 Points

21 Alex Porsing

DEN

6 Points

22 Nicolas Texier

FRA

6 Points

FIINAL ROUND Sofia / Bulgaria

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FREESTYLE MX WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

DECEMBER 13TH ROUND 12 / FINAL

SOFIA / BULGARIA

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