Posts Tagged ‘modena’

A Great Week for Stefan Falkeis in Italy

Monday, November 7th, 2011

At the beginning of last week Cartel World Cup kicker assassin Stefan Falkeis threw down at the Nissan Stomp-It a 4 star TTR accredited event held in Modena, Italy. The field was predominantly Italian, but there were some big names in attendance including (more…)

The ARC at the Nissan Skipass Competition 2011

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

Last weekend a small crew of Amplid Cartel and Ambush riders consisting of Yannick Bovard, Xavier Favre, McRae Williams, Christoph Schenk and Luka Melloni gathered in Modena, Italy for the Nissan Skipass event. Like all inner-city events (more…)

Get Well Soon Luka!

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011

This weekend team rider Luka Melloni travelled down to Modena from his home in sunny Barcelona to meet-up with a handful of riders from the Amplid team and compete at the Nissan Skipass event. (more…)

Mcrae Williams wins BURN BEST TRICK at the 2010 Skipass Show in Modena

Thursday, November 4th, 2010

Crazy italian crowds and a huge spine jump, this is what the annual Skipass Show in Modena, Italy is all about. The contest format has been slightly modified for the 2010 version of the contest in comparison to last year’s edition: The BURN BEST TRICK CONTEST was a breathtaking 1 hour jam session for the invited riders. Simply the best trick convinced the judges and issued a check to bring back home.

Once more Modena turned out to be a very successful stage for the Amplid Research Cartel: 4th place went to Pako Benguerel(ESP) and 3rd to Amplid’s newcomer Luka Melloni (ESP). With a huge and perfectly sticked Switch Dub 10 Mcrae Williams (USA) walked away with a well deserved victory.

Here is a short interview with Amplid teamrider Mcrae Williams:

Mcrae – first time in Italy, how was your trip?

This has been an absolutely amazing trip! I have met so many amazing new people (more…)

BURTON-STOMP-IT TTR BIG AIR

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

Respectable results for the A.R.C. at the Burton-Stomp-It corner jump yesterday in Italy. Stefan Falkeis ended up 10th place. Amplid newcomer Ruggero Naccari on place 17th. All the results you can see at the official TTR website.

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Stefan: “I am goofy – so I have to go switch…”

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Ruggero turning his back to the crowds to concentrate on his final run.

Photos: Pinko Pallinen

DOUBLE VICTORY AT THE GORMITI BIG AIR

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

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The weekend continues successfully for the Amplid Research Cartel and the Antidogma: Wallisch was once more dominating the Big Air format with a very stylish cork7 and a nice “late” switch5shifty. French shooting star and Amplid rider Xavier Favre ended up 2nd with an awesome cork7.

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Photos: Rocco Manfredi

WALLISCH & BENGUEREL: 1st & 2nd AT THE MODENA RAIL FREESTYLE MEETING

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

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A.R.C. rider Tom Wallisch pretzeled his way over the boxes and kinked rails all the way to the top of the podium. Teammate Pako Benguerel from Spain on 2nd place. A very good day for the cartel. The whole story soon … meanhwile some photos from the event