NIGHT of the JUMPs

I joined Clint Esposito to talk about what went down at NIGHT of the JUMPs opening round of 2025 and in Munich it all came down to the Front Flip with Mincha up against Luc Ackermann.Throw Maikel Melero in the middle and it was a slobber-knocker if ever we've seen one.What are your thoughts on the Real Front Flip versus the Auto-Front Flip?Luc Ackermann landing the first ever Real Frontie at NOTJ over the Next Gen just snuck through with 4 points over Jose Mincha who came with all new Front Flip combos on the cheater ramp.Comments are very much appreciated! Are we wrong?Munich –12.04.2025Results Freestyle Motocross Finale 1.    Luc Ackermann (GER)                                         283 Points2.    Jose Mincha (ESP)                                             279 Points3.    Maikel Melero (ESP)                                           262 Points4.    Davide Rossi (ITA)                                             246 Points FreestyleMotocross Qualification Group 11.    Maikel Melero (ESP)                                           249 Points2.    Davide Rossi (ITA)                                             231 Points3.    Libor Podmol (CZE)                                            214 Points4.    Matej Cesak (CZE)                                            205 Points Freestyle Motocross QualificationGroup 21.    Luc Ackermann (GER)                                         264 Points2.    Jose Mincha (ESP)                                             259 Points3.    Mikolaj Tempka (POL)  190 Points4.    Paul Manesse (FRA)                                           134 Points Whip Contest1.    Jose Mincha (ESP)                                                       2.    Matej Cesak (CZE)                                             Synchro Contest1.    Maikel Melero (ESP) & Libor Podmol (CZE)2.   Mikolaj Tempka (POL) & Alex Bucholtz (AUS)                  BestTrick MTB/BMX/Scooter Final1.    Lennox Zimmermann (GER)                                          2.    Alejandro Bonafe (ESP)                  3.    Dan Miler (CZE)                                                             NIGHT ofthe JUMPs World Tour Ranking 2025 (afterthe first competition)1.    Luc Ackermann (GER)                    20Points2.    Jose Mincha (ESP)                         18Points3.    Maikel Melero (ESP)                       16Points4.    Davide Rossi (ITA)                         14 Points5.    Libor Podmol (CZE)                       12Points6.    Matej Cesak (CZE)                       10 Points7.    Mikolaj Tempka (POL)                     9 Points8.    Paul Manesse (FRA)                         8 PointsRiders Lounge Podcast ContactWebsite: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ridersloungepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ridersloungepodcast/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/Ridersloungepodcast/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCihhYzgsvog6Z10uQ_8ePdA⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@ridersloungepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Riders Lounge Merch Store is available now ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://teespring.com/stores/riders-lounge⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Thanks to Lakes Networking for the new Website!  If you want your site built by the best, contact ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.lakesnetworking.com.au⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Want to book a Rothaus Brewery Tour with our Partners? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://besichtigung.brauereigasthof-rothaus.de/terminauswahl.html⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Thank you to Rothaus Brewery from Germany for their unbelievable Tannenzaepfle Range of Beers and Alcohol-free beers for this show

Tune in for the full riders list for Round 5 in Cologne on October 26th! Tune in on Brinx.TV and NOTJ YouTube channel for the LiveStream on Saturday night to watch the competition go down! FMX Luc Ackermann Andreu Lacondeguy Matej Cesak Leo Fini Davide Rossi Paul Manesse Mikolej Tempka Brice Izzo Res:  Ondrej Zaruba MTB / BMX / Scooter Alejandro Bonafe Leon Binckebanck Dan Miler Maty Pekarek Petr Castka Enzo Dejesus Jimi Brandt Maik Bohm

On Saturday, October 5, there was pure action sports in the German capital. At the NIGHT of the JUMPs in Berlin's Uber Arena, eight of the world's best freestyle motocross athletes competed in the fourth Grand Prix of the World Tour Championship. In addition, MTB, BMX and Scooter athletes as well as the trampoline artists offered breathtaking tricks under the hall roof. In  the Freestyle contest, the athletes had to show their seven best tricks in 80 seconds to qualify for the final. From the two qualifying groups with four athletes each, only the two best placed riders made it to the final round. Final 1. Luc Ackermann (GER) 279 Points 2. Marc Pinyol (ESP) 264 Points 3. Davide Rossi (ITA) 257 Points 4. Matej Cesak (ITA) 215 Points Freestyle Motocross Qualification Group 1 1. Marc Pinyol (ESP) 257 Points 2. Matej Cesak 250 Points 3. Libor Podmol (CZE) 245 Points 4. Mikołaj Tempka (POL) 212 Points Freestyle Motocross Qualification Group 2 1. Luc Ackermann (GER) 275 Points 2. Davide Rossi (ITA) 258 Points 3. Leonardo Fini (ITA) 250 Points 4. Andreu Lacondeguy (ESP) 219 Points Whip Contest 1. Matej Cesak (CZE) 2. Davide Rossi (GER) Synchro Contest 1. Davide Rossi & Leonardo Fini (ITA) 2. Libor Podmol & Aron Pepa (CZE) MTB Best Trick 1. Alejandro Bonafe (ESP) NIGHT of the JUMPs World Tour Ranking 2024 (after four competitions) 1. Luc Ackermann (GER) 80 Points 2. Marc Pinyol (ESP) 66 Points 3. Matej Cesak (CZE) 48 Points 4. Davide Rossi (ITA) 46 Points 5. Maikel Melero (ESP) 36 Points 6. Mikolaj Tempka (POL) 35 Points 7. Libor Podmol (CZE) 26 Points 8. Leonardo Fini (ITA) 26 Points 9. Filip Podmol (CZE) 19 Points 10. Pepa Aaron (CZE) 15 Points 11. Harry Bink (AUS) 12 Points 12. Colby Gort (USA) 10 Points 13. Andreu Lacondeguy (ESP) 9 Points 14. Ronny Showman (GER) 9 Points

Find out who will be in and who's out for Berlin this weekend at NIGHT of the JUMPs for the World Tour series. Tune in to hear why Andreu Lacondeguy can be a wild-card who could upset all competitions on his first ever outing at NOTJ and what he's just landed on the Next Gen this week. FMX Luc Ackermann (GER) Libor Podmol (CZE) Marc Pinyol (ESP) Leonardo Fini (ITA) Davide Rossi (ITA) Matej Cesak (CZE) Mikolej Tempka (POL) Andreu Lacondeguy (ESP) MTB / BMX / Scooter Lucas Huppert (SUI) Alejandro Bonafe (ESP) Leon Binckebanck (GER) Andreu Lacondeguy (ESP) Maty Pekarek (CZE) Dan Miler (CZE) Reto Heini (SUI) Enzo Dejesus (ESP) Maik Bohm (GER) Petr Castka (CZE) Jimi Brandt (GER)

Luc Ackermann could be about to stretch out his lead in the IFMXF leaderboard with Maikel Melero missing the round in Zurich next weekend! However, with the wild-card riders of Harry Bink and Leo Fini entering the competition series for the first time in 2024, they could completely upend the series with their points from this round. Tune in to hear the rider invite list and possible outcomes with the NOTJ Livestream host, Steve Sommerfeld in this podcast. FMX 1. Luc Ackermann 2. Harry Bink 3. Matej Cesak 4. Marc Pinyol 5. Davide Rossi 6. Leo Fini 7. Mikolej Tempka 8. Pepa Aron BMX/MTB/Scooter Leon Binckebanck (BMX) Lucas Huppert (MTB) Maty Pekarek (Scooter) Petr Castka (Scooter) Dan Miler (MTB) Nico Kroffig (MTB) Alejandro Bonafe (MTB) Anna Rabea Zahner (MTB)

After a long 18 year absence in the German city of Bremen, NIGHT of the JUMPs celebrated its comeback on Saturday after 18 years with a premiere. Among them were the three FMX World Champions Maikel Melero (ESP), Libor Podmol (CZE) and Luc Ackermann (GER), who fought a tough fight for the Tour Championship. In the new competition format, the Freestyle MX athletes would be judged online by experts from three continents, with the head judge on site in the arena. The eight athletes fought in two groups in the qualification for four places in the final. The two riders, who are ranked 1st and 2nd in the current IFMXF World Ranking, each drew three more riders from a lottery, similar to the procedure in the Football Champions League. The top two riders in the qualifying groups would then advance to the final of the evening, where the winner will be determined. NIGHT of the JUMPs World Tour Ranking 2024 (after two competitions) 1. Luc Ackermann (GER) 40 Points 2. Maikel Melero (ESP) 36 Points 3. Marc Pinyol (ESP) 30 Points 4. Matej Cesak (CZE) 24 Points 5. Filip Podmol (CZE) 19 Points 6. Mikolaj Tempka (POL) 18 Points 7. Libor Podmol (CZE) 16 Points 8. Pepa Aaron (CZE) 15 Points 9. Davide Rossi (ITA) 14 Points 10. Colby Gort (USA) 10 Points Whip Contest 1. Matej Cesak (CZE) 2. Filip Podmol (CZE)   Synchro Contest 1. Filip Podmol & Libor Podmol (CZE) 2. Mikolaj Tempka (POL) & Nico Perrier (SUI) MTB Best Trick 1. Dan Miler (CZE)

The second round of FMX Competition is about to go down in Bremen, Germany on June 1st, 2024 and with it comes a new FMX Competition format, riders list and the Next Gen ramp returns for the first time in 2024. Listen to understand the competition format and who could be the riders to look out for at this event. Grab your tickets from www.nightofthejumps.com for Bremen, if not we'll see you live on Twitch and YouTube! Luc Ackermann Maikel Melero Marc Pinyol Matej Cesak Filip Podmol Libor Podmol Pepa Aron Mikolaj Tempka (RESERVE) – Nico Perrier   Leon Binckebanck (BMX) Alejandro Bonafe (MTB)Josef Forissier (MTB)Nico Kroffig (MTB) Maty Pekarek (Scooter)Petr Castka (Scooter)Dan Miler (MTB)Jimi Brandt (MTB)Anna Rabea Zahner (MTB)

2024 will see the return of the longest running FMX competition series in the world with new riders, new locations, new ramps and also a new host. This episode of the NOTJ Podast we introduce you to our new Behind the Scenes host for the Live Shows, Paulina! With her own background in motorcycling and action sports, we can't wait to see the new angle of footage we will get from each of the new NIGHT of the JUMPs events, where Paulina will be VLOGing behind the scenes, bringing you closer to the action. We'll see you LIVE on Saturday night from Munich Germany at Round 1 on Twitch and YouTube!

Anna Rabea Zahner arrived at NIGHT of the JUMPs with the Red Bull Spect Eyewear team to watch the event. She also brought along her MTB. Just to make things interesting in the training session, she asked if she could try the 10 metre high roll-in and surprised everyone by jumping it so easily! We of course had to see her in the show for the first time at Mannheim NOTJ! We were also joined in this interview by our very own middle of the arena commentator, Andi Brewi!

Pepa Aron made his debut at NIGHT of the JUMPs to join the World Team with Luc Ackermann and David Rinaldo and it started out perfectly for the young Czech rider. But the wheels fell off by the 4th jump (ok - the wheels didn't technically fall off) and Pepa found himself testing out the BigAirBag with a huge crash when he clicked into 1st gear and forgot to shift into 2nd gear. Luckily Pepa got away with the huge impact and could join our LiveStream host Steve Sommerfeld in the half-time break to talk all about the crash and also the highlight of coming through the Reserve process and riding his first ever major FMX competition.

Before more than 6,000 action sports and motocross fans could get in to watch the madness inside the SAP Arena in Mannheim, Germany for the 4th round of competition between Team Spain, Czech and World, wild scenes had already taken place during the training session where the World Team which should have had one of the best teams ever announced. Between the top 3 riders, they had World Champions, X Games Gold Medallists, Nitro World Games Winner, Red Bull X-Fighters winners, X-Knights, Xpilots and FMX Gladiator Games winners. However, Harry Bink who won the 2022 Nitro World Games and 1 or 3 riders to ever land a Triple Backflip, crashed out before the competition started when he under-rotated a Double Backflip in training only 6 days after winning a Bronze Medal at X Games with a Double Backflip McFritz (One-hand Nac). The injured Bink was unable to compete and was replaced at the last minute by the Czech rider and debutant in NIGHT of the JUMPs competition, Pepa Aron. Starting the competition, Team Spain took the opening lead with the the FMX legend, Dany Torres winning the first group of Freestyle with a huge run of tricks including a Double Hart Backflip and finishing with a clean Rock Solid Backflip in the Double-Up. The NOTJ Debutant, Pepa Aron who was drafted into the World Team had a great start to his FMX competition career but had a huge crash falling from a height of 12 metres and lucky to save himself on the BigAirBag when his bike was only in first gear on the run-up and not having the speed to make the full 21 metre distance. The Czech whipmaster, Matej Cesak looked to seal up his 3rd Best Whip trophy of 2023 at his first appearance in Mannheim. Up against David Rinaldo’s huge turn downs and racer whips, Matej needed his upside down signature whip to take the win. In the second round of Freestyle, Spain again took the lead when Marc Pinyol lit the fuse on a full run of variety including his Scorpion Tsunami Flip, Front Flip and California Roll on one of the hardest run-ups to get speed for that particular trick. The World Team made up some points when David Rinaldo landed a clean Tsunami Flip, Barhop Flip, Double Grab flip and Holy Grab to Rock Solid which was only enough for 2nd place. In the synchro competition, all teams struggled to have the 2 riders jump simultaneously, but with the biggest tricks in their repertoire, the World Team took the win with X Games Gold Medallists and World Champions each, Luc Ackermann and David Rinaldo. In Freestyle Heat No. 3, the five-time World Champion Maikel Melero from Spain landed everything in a spectacular run. Tsunami Flip, California Roll, Front Flip, Seatgrab Indy Flip plus a No-Hand Front Flip as a double-up trick. If the World Team was to claw back enough points to fight for the win, it was up to the German FMX World Champion and X Games winner Luc Ackermann to knock the Spanish champion off the top of the individual ranking. When he was the only athlete to jump over the quarter ramp and landed the flair and completed his run with a double backflip, there was no stopping him. The crowd in the SAP Arena went wild. With 94 points, Luc took the solo win for the night and also extended his lead in the 2023 World Tour Ranking of the NIGHT of the JUMPs to 80 points and thus has the best chance of winning the Tour Championship in Zurich. Maikel Melero is in second place (68 points), followed by Filip Podmol (52 points). Finally, Luc Ackermann was able to win the Best Trick competition together with David Rinaldo and MTB rider Szymon Godziek (POL). However, it wasn’t enough, with 4th Round of Freestyle of Nations victory going to the Czech Republic Team, ahead of Team Spain and the World Team in 3rd place with one of the tightest races in Freestyle of Nations history! The final round of the 2023 NIGHT of the JUMPs season will take place on September 9 in Zurich. Then it will be decided who will be the overall winner of the World Tour Ranking 2023.

Some of the world's best riders will be coming back to Mannheim to continue on their winning path and some riders are coming back for redemption! The 4th round of Freestyle of Nations will be huge with the return of Team Spain featuring Dany Torres, the Red Bull X-Fighters Champion, with Maikel Melero (5 time World Champion) and Marc Pinyol the inventer of the Inside Roll body varial. Looking to knock the Spaniards off their pedestal is the World Team led by the local German, reigning World Champion and X Games gold medallist, Luc Ackermann with former World Champ and FMX Innovator David Rinaldo with the Triple Backflipping Wizard who just picked up a Bronze at X Games Best Trick last weekend, Harry Bink. Not to be outdone, the first team to win for the year, Czech Republic will return with Filip Podmol, Matej Cesak and Petr Pilat who have one of the most cohesive teams on the roster and looking to sneak another win for the year. With some of the world's best BMX, MTB and Scooter riders throwing down in Best Trick with points going towards the nations result, we'll see Szymon Godziek, Leon Binckebank and Richard Zelinka going at it for their chance of glory off the roll-in!

Maikel Melero just did something that many would never expect. He let his direct competitor, use and crash his bike not once, but twice in spectacular fashion! Harry Bink needed a KTM 450 for his first ever time at NIGHT of the JUMPs in Munich 2023 and one man rose to the occasion to say 'hey, here's my bike if you need it!' But he did it knowing that FMX is a family and this is something you would be hard pressed to see in any other sport! Please give it up for the 5-time World Champion and most humble dude on the planet, Maikel Melero! Oh, and it turns out that Melero's trophy bike which sits next to all of his trophies is actually really close in measurement to the all-new Levi Sherwood built custom bike! How good is that!

Inside this quick interview before we started the Munich round of NIGHT of the JUMPs in 2023, Marc Pinyol is talking about redemption after his California Roll crash in Berlin and the last time he landed the trick was in 2017. He would go on to land this trick and also something else a little bit special, was the Front Flip in a train with Maikel Melero. Speaking of Melero, Marc said he has a new favourite ramp at Melero's compound, but he wouldn't say what it is! We can't wait to see in the very near future what they've been up too!

Just before we kicked off the 2023 NIGHT of the JUMPs competition in Munich, we caught up with Brice Izzo for a quick interview and surprised to learn that he was the inventor of the Dead Body Backflip! With so much experience at NOTJ, it was impressive to hear how many competitions he has risked it all for and we hope to see him in years to come!

All of the behind the scenes stories from Munich 2023 with Harry Bink's crash in training, Luc Ackermann having a minor dislocation of his shoulder on a Front Flip in training and most importantly how did the competition play out. There were more than a handful of a competition changing results throughout the night. Tune in to the latest Podcast to find out how it all went down! NIGHT of the JUMPs / Freestyle of Nations Munich – 25.0 3.2023 Results Overall 1. Team Spain 448 Points 2. Team Czech Republic 421 Points 3. Team World 403 Points Freestyle Motocross Run 1 1. Team World – Brice Izzo 57 Points 2. Team Czech Republic – Libor Podmol 52 Points 3. Team Spain – Abraham Perra 40 Points Freestyle Motocross Run 2 1. Team Spain – Marc Pinyol 67 Points 2. Team Czech Republic – Matej Cesak 62 Points 3. Team World – Harry Bink 36 Points Freestyle Motocross Run 3 1. Team World – Luc Ackermann 80 Points 2. Team Spain – Maikel Melero 79 Points 3. Team Czech Republic – Filip Podmol 70 Points Whip Contest 1. Team Czech Republic – Matej Cesak 100 Points 2. Team Spain – Marc Pinyol 80 Points 3. Team World – Harry Bink 65 Points Synchro Contest 1. Team Spain – Melero/Pinyol 100 Points 2. Team World – Ackermann/Izzo 80 Points 3. Team Czech Republic – F.Podmol/L.Podmol 65 Points Best Trick 1. Team Germany –Ackermann/ 90 Points 2. Team Spain – Melero/Alejandro Bonafe 82 Points 3. Team Czech – F. Podmol/Cesak/ 72 Points   NIGHT of the JUMPs World Tour Ranking 2023 (after 3 contests) 1. Luc Ackermann (GER) 60 points 2. Maikel Melero (ESP) 50 Points 3. Filip Podmol (CZE) 44 Points 4. David Rinaldo (FRA) 36 points 5. Matej Cesak (CZE) 30 Points 6. Marc Pinyol (ESP) 28 points 7. Petr Pilat (CZE) 24 points 8. Kai Haase (GER) 18 Points Dany Torres (ESP) 18 Points 10. Brice Izzo (FRA) 10 points 11. Libor Podmol (CZE) 9 Points 12. Harry Bink (AUS) 8 Points

Things are about to heat up inside the Olympiahalle this Saturday night and before we get there, let's see who will be riding in each of the teams from Spain, Czech and full of international flavour, the World Team. Libor Podmol will make his return to NOTJ competition after competing in the Dakar Rally the past few years. Harry Bink will make his first ever appearance at NOTJ after taking the win at Nitro World Games after landing the Triple Backflip clean as a whistle in Brisbane, Australia. With the all new course design in Munich, let's see how all of the riders handle the new ramps! Get the low-down with our LiveStream host, Steve Sommerfeld as he keeps you up to date with NOTJ daily goings on! Speaking of the LiveStream - make sure to watch the action here on YouTube Saturday night. The YouTube chat will also be going on throughout the night and chat with the FMX community around the world and possibly even get a shout-out on the show as well! New Merch is available on https://night-of-the-jumps.myshopify.com/ Instagram: ⁠⁠@nightofthejumps ⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠@nightofthejumps⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠@nightofthejumps⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠@nightofthejumps⁠⁠ Web: ⁠⁠www.nightofthejumps.com

During his first competition of 2023, Marc Pinyol decided it was time to unleash the Cali-Roll again on an unsuspecting Berlin crowd (and unsuspecting host of our NOTJ Podcast, Steve Sommerfeld). While it didn't go to plan, we managed to catch up with Pinyol during the break and he explained what happened on the Cali-Roll, why he crashed and perhaps what it will take before we see the Inside Roll again at NIGHT of the Jumps! (For those who don't remember, the Inside Roll is the body varial Marc invented a few years ago that no one else has ever landed!)What will we see in Munich at the next event? Visit www.nightofthejumps.com for tickets or Live Stream to find out! Instagram: ⁠@nightofthejumps ⁠ TikTok: ⁠@nightofthejumps⁠ Facebook: ⁠@nightofthejumps⁠ YouTube: ⁠@nightofthejumps⁠ Web: ⁠www.nightofthejumps.com

It's time to re-cap the action from the first NIGHT of the JUMPs events in 2023 with a whole bunch of crashes, some upsets in the Best Whip and Synchro rounds and 2 different winners in the first 2 rounds of competition.   With Steve Sommerfeld hosting the new NOTJ Podcast, we look back at the full weekend of action, competition, new ramps, new landings, new everything!   And with Luc Ackermann coming out on top of the standings so far with 40 points in the World Tour, David Rinaldo in 2nd place with 36 points and Maikel Melero with 32 points.   2023 will be a wild ride! Watch the full Live Stream here: https://www.youtube.com/live/YQ9oX0HyTKk Instagram: @nightofthejumps  TikTok: @nightofthejumps Facebook: @nightofthejumps YouTube: @nightofthejumps Web: www.nightofthejumps.com

During the break of our LiveStream on Saturday night, we grabbed Matej Cesak from Team Czech to give us a rundown of exactly what happened when his big donk KTM 300sx blew up in the middle of the Best Whip competition.   Coming off a win the previous night, Matej was looking to pop the champagne for both nights before his KTM decided to pop it's lid first.   Now he will be in a frantic rush to get his bike fixed before the upcoming MOD Tour and then NIGHT of the JUMPs on March 25th in Munich! Watch the full Live Stream here: https://www.youtube.com/live/YQ9oX0HyTKk Instagram: @nightofthejumps  TikTok: @nightofthejumps Facebook: @nightofthejumps YouTube: @nightofthejumps Web: www.nightofthejumps.com

The first competitions of 2023 are about to go down in Berlin on February 24 and February 25 inside the Mercedes-Benz Arena! The Freestyle of Nations returns for a new season of IFMXF competition and we will see the return of Team Germany, Team Spain and Team Czech Republic! The Spanish team will be rejoicing in the fact that their legend of FMX and Red Bull X-Fighters, Dany Torres, will be returning from retirement!  We did not think he would ever return to competition, but after a full knee replacement, Dany will come back for his first competition. Maikel Melero the 5-time World Champion and Marc Pinyol will fill out the Spanish Team. For Team Germany on home soil, having the reigning World Champion and X Games gold medallist, Luc Ackermann returning from injury will be a huge boost!  One of the gnarliest riders on the planet, Luc has the biggest tricks in the game!  Kai Haase, the local Berliner, will also return from his broken femur he suffered last year.  With 6 months off the bike, he will be looking to impress everyone in Berlin.  Especially his family and friends!  And David Rinaldo will be joining as a wild card to fill out the German team after helping them to a win last year in Cologne! Team Czech Republic will be lead by the lean machine, Petr Pilat, who was also the European Champion.  Filip Podmol the younger brother of former World Champion Libor Podmol, will also return to NOTJ competition.  And the Czech young gun Matej Cesak will round out the team. With Best Whip, Synchro, Best Trick, MTB with David Godziek and Szymon Godziek to name but a few, this will be an event you won't want to miss! Grab your tickets for Berlin on February 24 and 25 here: https://www.livenation.de/artist-night-of-the-jumps-1371846 Live Stream here: Facebook: Friday: https://fb.me/e/2xIT82Dd0 Saturday: https://fb.me/e/2pRO7gA1Z YouTube: Friday: https://youtube.com/live/2vemRfj7RmQ Saturday: https://youtube.com/live/YQ9oX0HyTKk Riders List:  Team Germany: Luc Ackermann Kai Haase David Rinaldo (Wild Card - FRA) Team Spain: Maikel Melero Dany Torres Marc Pinyol Team Czech: Petr Pilat Filip Podmol Matej Cesak

NIGHT of the JUMPs will bring all new stories and more details on your favourite riders from around the world from the Young Groms to World Champions and your favourite events, past / present / future. If it has 2 or 4 wheels and can jump a steel ramp or a dirt jump and we can fit it into our competitions, we will talk about it! NIGHT of the JUMPs is the longest running Freestyle Motocross series in the world, crowning World Champions since 2001 and with over 300 competitions to date, we wanted to let our fans peak behind the curtains and get all the cool stories from what has happened in the past, what the riders are up to during training and where the sport of FMX, BMX, MTB and everything else is headed in the future. Hosted by our FMX expert and Riders Lounge Podcast host, Steve Sommerfeld, NIGHT of the JUMPs will interview everyone involved from riders to mechanics, photographers, judges, crew or TV team.  We'll also cover topics of discussion from judging to tricks, track building, injury downtime or advancements in the sport. Keep your eyes peeled on YouTube and your ears open on Spotify, Google or Apple Podcasts and we will deliver so much more Action Sports than you can handle. Instagram: @nightofthejumps  TikTok: @nightofthejumps Facebook: @nightofthejumps YouTube: @nightofthejumps Web: www.nightofthejumps.com