Loko FMX Magazine Issue No. 1 | Page 95

Photo: Flo Hagena Red Bull Content pool “This is more than a dream, it’s just amazing” Tom Pages not the most spectacular season in the 13-year-history of Red Bull X-Fighters, as riders pushed the envelope with new tricks and there were four different winners in the five stops on three continents – Pages won the season opener in Mexico City (MEX), Dany Torres was on top in Dubai (UAE), Rob Adelberg got first in Glen Helen (USA), Taka Higashino won Osaka (JPN) before Pages won in Madrid (ESP) in spectacular fashion – with what was being called the best fmx run in history. Dany Torres won the Swatch Best Move Award. Due to situations beyond the control of the Red Bull X-Fighters organizing team, the stop in Pretoria, South Africa scheduled for September was cancelled because the execution of a worldclass sportive competition could not be guaranteed. This meant at the last minute Madrid was turned into the season finale. Pages took FMX contest riding to new heights in front of the big Madrid crowd, the most enthusiastic and energetic on the calendar each year. He dug deep into his big bag of tricks, and had an LOKO 95