Today the vert prelims took place at the Dubai X-Games. You can imagine the heat that was going on in the desert but some riders are stuck in the cold at home so there are little complaints about the sunshine over there. Swiss Mirraco rider Jean-Marie Baertsch rode vert and qualified in 6th. He wasn’t too stoked on his riding but he was riding smooth indeed and thinking that he was off the bike since the summer due to a broken leg, he was doing really well. Simon Tabron won prelims and shoots staight to tomorrow’s final.

Nigel Sylvester and Maxime Charveron worked with the heat in street practice. Prelims for them starts tomorrow too and we’ll post right here what that brings. The course is pretty street with loads of rails and flatbanks making Nigel feel at home at least a little bit. Nigel riding at the X-Games, who would have thought…..

Stay tuned.