Sorry for the hold up but I am super busy with accounts and the new frames and components…straight from NASS into the shops again! NASS went pretty well, I think
Alessandro Barbero was slightly disappointed with the result and his runs because he didn’t quite land all of his tricks, doesn’t stop him from smiling though!
Fridays Practice: went pretty good, super busy on the course but Ale landed a super clean triple-whip on the box jump amongst other tricks and came out of the practice session feeling OK.
Saturdays Qualifying: was frustrating because Ale was the last rider to ride in a field of about 60, they didn’t give the riders further down the list a second warm up half way through so Ale was left sitting there for an hour and a half not doing anything!! Finally came to his run and everything went pretty good. He qualified in 5th after a solid run, perfect 360-double whip, but slipped the pedals on the triple-whip and came up just slightly short whilst flip-whipping up the step-up, still landed it but it was a bit sketchy.
Sunday Finals: The standard in the final was really good,
Mark Webb and
Daniel Dehrs were both riding amazingly, especially Mark. Ale broke his brake cable half way through practice, so after a quick scramble we ran round to the Crucial BMX stand (MirraCo account) who were more than happy to donate a cable in order to get Alessandro back on his bike. (Big thanks to the
Maria at Crucial!)
He finished up in 6th, which wasn’t bad at all, he had a pretty good run and landed some really nice tricks smooth! He has got 360-double whips dialled! He landed the triple-whip and the flip-whip and was hitting the box jump backwards all weekend with some nice style. Unfortunately he crashed on a downside-whip had a pedal slip or two else where. Tried the whip to whip-back as his final trick and so nearly got it……..but not quite!
I’ve got to go because I’m late for a meeting.
Paul Lonsdale
Mirraco UK
Sorry for the hold up but I am super busy with accounts and the new frames and components…straight from NASS into the shops again! NASS went pretty well, I think Alessandro Barbero was slightly disappointed with the result and his runs because he didn’t quite land all of his tricks, doesn’t stop him from smiling though!
Fridays Practice: went pretty good, super busy on the course but Ale landed a super clean triple-whip on the box jump amongst other tricks and came out of the practice session feeling OK.
Saturdays Qualifying: was frustrating because Ale was the last rider to ride in a field of about 60, they didn’t give the riders further down the list a second warm up half way through so Ale was left sitting there for an hour and a half not doing anything!! Finally came to his run and everything went pretty good. He qualified in 5th after a solid run, perfect 360-double whip, but slipped the pedals on the triple-whip and came up just slightly short whilst flip-whipping up the step-up, still landed it but it was a bit sketchy.
Sunday Finals: The standard in the final was really good, Mark Webb and Daniel Dehrs were both riding amazingly, especially Mark. Ale broke his brake cable half way through practice, so after a quick scramble we ran round to the Crucial BMX stand (MirraCo account) who were more than happy to donate a cable in order to get Alessandro back on his bike. (Big thanks to the Maria at Crucial!)
He finished up in 6th, which wasn’t bad at all, he had a pretty good run and landed some really nice tricks smooth! He has got 360-double whips dialled! He landed the triple-whip and the flip-whip and was hitting the box jump backwards all weekend with some nice style. Unfortunately he crashed on a downside-whip had a pedal slip or two else where. Tried the whip to whip-back as his final trick and so nearly got it……..but not quite!
I’ve got to go because I’m late for a meeting.
Paul Lonsdale
Mirraco UK 
