Category: Bmx Racing

Right now I’m laying on my air mattress after Day 1 of Succé Cup in Norway. The race yesterday was awesome and I managed to win my three qualification heats even though I did too many mistakes in this tricky track in Moss.

In the finale, I chose to stand beside the Pål Grotnes at the gate, the favorite who always wins 🙂 My goal was to follow his track and take the 2nd place. Right after the gate dropped the guy beside me, Kjell Nordmark, turned to my side and blocked me in the starting hill. Upset and back in the field I got the 3rd spot out of the first corner and to the back of Nordmark. In second corner I found some extra speed and made a clean blockpass on him and was 2nd in to the finish line! It was the best position I could get today so I’m totally satisfied with that, but again, my technique under stress is wacko! You can see it all in the final video above.

Now I will go prepare myself for day 2 at Råde!

Day 2 went well and I did my best but it wasn’t enough though, the Danish crew was to good and I finished 2th in B final. I need to train harder 🙂

After the races, the Swedish crew went to another track in Hadsund, Dragon BMX for a session. The track was awesome and had a lot of fun things to ride some of which you’ll see in the video above.

First race of the year is done and I’m really impressed with the cruiser elite scene in Denmark, they were as good as I had thought!

The day started with 3 heats where the top 4 riders would qualify to the finals. I was 4 4 3 in my heats and I was the most proud of the last heat. I jumped a double that I never thought I would do and had a good flow through the track.

In the finals I had a good start but managed to land to short on one of the doubles and  lost all speed and I was dead last. After that I tried to get back but made to many mistakes, so I finished 8th. Overall I’m satisfied and for me to progress and get up to 5th place will take a clean good lap without mistakes. We’ll see what happens tomorrow on race day 2!