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Posted 10.06.2009 by Vans EU
LET IT RIDE - the tour and photo/video comp
Each group spent 10 sunny days on the road checking out some unexplored spots.
Team Europe took in the sites of Barcelona, Sabadell and Terrassa before heading to Montpellier and Dijon. Andy Zeiss European TM says of the city “Its unbelievable how big Barcelona is and what spots it has to offer. I really think you can stay here for three months and never ride the same spots during that time”. This was reflected in the photos and footage gained by the team.
Team Germany covered lots of ground and kicked off their tour in Bremen with one of TM Steffi Weiss’ legendary BBQ’s. They stopped at the “slaughterhouse” park in Flensburg, where Ty Morrow and Bruno Hoffman entered the FlensBMX contest and took 2nd and 3rd place. Hoping over to Denmark, with Niels Thanhild, Danish BMX TM as a guide, they searched out some secret spots before heading back to Germany, then to Kortrijk to finish the tour.
Team France stayed on their home ground starting with trails in Toulouse. TM Julien Scheubel said of the week “We started the road trip with only two French riders (Lilian Conry and Alex Valentino) and Dylan Smith from the US, as the other two riders who were planned onto the tour (Anthony Lille and Nicols Cambon) were injured. Our trip was focused on riding and chilling. We rode only unknown spots in France such as our Vans Pirate Boat. To complete the team on each spot we met up with other Vans French riders such as Romuald Noirot, Alex Dropsy, Jeremy Muller, Alex Bourguignon. During this trip we drove around 3000km to finish the tour at Kortrijk.”
The UK suffered a couple of early losses with Ash Charles breaking his arm and Steve Bancroft getting out from behind his camera only to smash his face in beyond recognition. But Zack Williams and photographer Benson were drafted in as worthy replacements as the team made their way around France.
Team Europe:
TM Andy Zeiss, Photographer Rutger Pauw, Filmer Stew Johnson
Ben Hennon, Kevin Kalkoff, Tobias Wicke, Bas Keep
Team Germany:
TM Steffi Weiss, Photographer XMX, Filmer Dominik Worbel
Bruno Hoffman, Markus Braumann, Benny Paulsen, Timur Karadschajew. Joined by US rider Ty Morrow
Team UK:
TM Jon Taylor, Photographer Benson, Filmer Markus Wilke
Levi Rogers, Phil Aller, Matt Priest, Zack Williams. Joined by US rider Kym Grosser
Team France:
TM Julien Scheubel, Photographer Hadrien Picard, Filmer Alex Barret.
Alex Valentino, Lilian Conry. Joined by US rider Dylan Smith
Photo
The Vans Let It Ride photo contest was displayed at the bowl area, showcasing the best three images that summed up the tour, as chosen by each team’s photographer. The public were invited to vote for the favourite and Team Europe’s Rutger Pauw won the accolade with an image of Tobias Wicke
Video
The event was rounded off with the film premier at the after party where each team got to show off their hard work from the road trip. Filmers edited all night to make sure all the last bits of footage were in and the results were incredible. Team France were victorious winning the public vote for favourite video by Alex Barret. You can check out each video online at www.vans.com soon.
The riders then partied into the night with the last bits of energy they had left.
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