£ Hannes & Luc Ackermann
Team Germany
p. Lukas Nazdraczew
Next up was the Synchro event
which, to be fair, was a bit of a
strange one. I don’t remember
seeing any sort of pairs or
doubles FMX since Gravity
Games back in around 2000, (if
my memory is correct) where the
riders were free to use the course
however they wanted and could
get as creative as they liked. The
format here however was to have
both riders hit the side-by-side
4-pack and try to do the same
repertoire of tricks in perfect
unison. In the end it was won by
Dany Torres and Maikel Melero
of Spain, ahead of the American
team riders Todd Potter and
Mike Mason. Is this discipline a
bit too much like synchronized
swimming? In my opinion yes, ha
ha - but you can make up your
own minds!
p. Lukas Nazdraczew
The Best Whip contest is always
a huge favourite with the fans,
and the final produced a shock
result with a win for Brazilian
underdog Marcelo Simões, who
managed to steal the win from
some serious heavy hitters. The
Brazilian outscored the favourites
with a sequence of massive,
stylish Whips and some insane
Look Back Turndowns that were
going well past 90 degrees.
Jeremy Rouanet took the runnerup spot for France with a great
range of steezy supercross style
and Turndown Whips that were as
smooth as butter.
It was awesome to see that the
crew at the Freestyle of Nations
have stepped up and brought
back a Best Trick discipline into
an FMX contest - gFW"