Nihat Uysal of Germany Wins Dirtsurfer Event at Top Challenge

Top Twelve Finishers in the Dirtsurfer event are:
1st Place – Number 85: Uysal, Nihat
2nd Place – Number 81: Legault, Dave
3rd Place – Number 82: Raza, Jonathan
4th Place – Number 83: Sicotte, Jean-Martin
5th Place – Number 6: Chartrand, Étienne
6th Place – Number 80: Gobeil, Piere-Olivier
7th Place – Number 9: Leduc, Michel
8th Place – Number 78: Enevoldsen, Aaron
9th Place – Number 86: Whalen, Tom
10th Place – Number 76: Allard, Tim
11th Place – Number 77: Brenchiani, Jeremy
12th Place – Number 79: Fecht, Joel

The 2007 Dirtsurffer Champion is Nihat Uysal of Germany. He is also the Dirtsurfer distributor for Germany and Austria so he gets plenty of opportunity to practice his racing skills on the Autobahn where he reaches speeds of over 63 miles per hour.

The only U.S. competitor to place was Tom Whalen of Brownfield, Maine who took 3rd place last year at the 2006 Top Challenge.

Jean-Martin Sicotte placed 4th this year. You might recall the horrible crash (at 3:20 into video) at last years event where he hit the barrier during practice and was knocked unconscious. We’re glad to see that he’s back and competing well. Congratulations.

Citizens in the western states had the opportunity to meet Jean-Martin, Jeremy Bresciani, Chris Middleton and Aaron Enevoldsen during the month of July while they did demonstrations at various locations, including the U.S. Open Mountainboard Championships in Snowmass, Colorado.

Jonathan Raza placed third at Top Challenge and last year placed 2nd at the Munnsville Gravity Fest event in New York where he was narrowly edged out by U.S. champion Rob “Papa Surf” Turman. Unfortunately, the Turman family race team was unable to make it to the Montreal race this year. We definitely need to field more racers if the U.S. ever expects to bring home the Gold in this international competition.

You can see more details… in French… at this blog.

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Dirtsurfer Releases New U.S. Video on Youtube

Jeremy and some of the guys from Canada recently spent a few weeks doing a demo tour in the western U.S.

They even had a chance to do a demo event at the U.S. Open Mountainboard Championships in Snowmass, Colorado as part of the tour. You can see the video on Youtube or just watch it here. (Length: 8 minutes)

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Dirt surfers want their place in the sun

Featured in: The Brighton Standard Blade

By Staff Writer
08/07/2007

Brandon Meyers

MetroWest Sports Correspondent

DENVER – While most people have heard of mountain biking and snowboarding, very few have seen the relatively new sport that daringly combines the most exciting parts of both.

Dirtsurfing traces its beginnings back nine years to Australia. To get an idea of the sport, one only needs to picture a snowboard balancing on two in-line tires, one at either end. Strapped into the center of the board, stands the rider who races downhill on virtually any terrain.

In Denver, as in the rest of the country, inline boarders are pioneering the path to popularity for future riders. In fact, one of the sport’s original founders, Quin Lee Ng, recently relocated to Denver, no doubt to take advantage of the endless mountain terrain that makes for excellent dirtsurfing.

Many will attest to the appeal of the Rocky Mountains to cross-terrain riders, as was seen over the weekend, when the U.S. Open Mountainboarding Championships were hosted in Snowmass Village. Although the biggest national mountain boarding contest boasted 100 entrants, all but four racers were on four-wheeled boards. The two-wheeled dirtsurfers raced for exhibition, but are shooting to have their own category in the competition next year.

By touring across the United States, they are hoping to expand the sport and the field of future competitors.

“Even though we’re going to be riding on the same terrain, we’re known to be much faster than the four-wheeled boarders,” says Canadian dirtsurfer Jeremy Bresciani.

Some of the other terrains that the sporting pioneers are working their way into, besides the mountains are downhill cement half-pipes, wind-powered desert riding in Las Vegas, Nev., and pretty much anywhere else that looks like fun.

Those with interest in learning more about where and when future dirtsurfing events are happening, or are looking to buy a dirtsurfer board can visit the official Web site at dirtsurfer.com.

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