Event Coverage

The Street Contest

Ryan Nyquist wins the Pro Street contest at the 2005 UK Bike Show.
Stoneleigh, UK – 03 April 2005. Multiple X Games and 2002 street world champion, 26 year-old American Ryan Nyquist won the Pro Street contest. Course designer Shaun Scarf combined the various usual street obstacles with the Braun Spine in a successful attempt to offer riders an even more challenging course.

Prior to knowing he had won the contest Nyquist confessed: ‘There was a lot of good guys who were riding out there. I’ll take it (the victory) if they want to give it me but I think there are people out there who were better than me’.


Scotty Cranmer (USA)

Amongst his closest contestant, Scotty Cranmer (USA) stunned the crowd and his fellow rider by almost pulling off a gigantic front flip on the table box to finish second. Alistair Whitton of Great Britain took third.


The Spine Contest

Ryan Guettler claims leadership of Braun cruZer Tour (Spine) at the 2005 UK Bike Show. In a breath taking final, Australian Ryan Guettler wins the Braun Spine contest at the UK Bike Show to become the first leader of the Braun cruZer Tour ranking.

Stoneleigh, UK – 03 April 2005. 39 riders representing 11 nations gathered at the 2005 UK Bike Show for the first contest on the world’s largest mobile mini-ramp. The 250m2 ramp, designed by Peter Jandt and Stephan Prantl, features a 2m high (6.6 feet) spine which proved to be a challenge even to the very best, amongst whom Ryan Nyquist multiple X Games winner as well former world champion Dave Osato.

Chris Mahony (GBR) with a nice Nofooted Can

The Braun Spine contest proved to be the pinnacle event of the 2005 UK Bike Show. 2004 mini-ramp world champion Paddy Gross from Germany finished 7th and declared: ‘I’m stoked, finishing 7th with such a field in the first stage of the Braun cruZer Tour made my day. Did you see who is there, it’s just unbelievable. I’m really looking forward to defending my title in Prague at the upcoming world championships, especially on such a great ramp’.

After attempting a ice pick tail whip on a sub box, Dave Osato from Vancouver – Canada finished fourth with a combination of 540 tricks such as nose picks and 540 airs. He declared: ‘This my kind of ramp, I can’t wait to come back, I’ve now got some unfinished business to do.

Alistair Whitton from the UK finished 3rd while Ryan Nyquist despite first ever pulled backflip over Braun Spine took second overall. His comment was very straight forward: ‘I was looking forward to riding the Braun Spine and am not disappointed at all. I now need to see how I can make back to Europe to compete in the next stages of the Braun cruZer Tour. It’s great that the riders now have such a great spine to compete on at major European events’.


Ryan Guettler (AUS) - FlipWhip 180°

Overall winner of the Braun Spine contest is 21 year-old Ryan Guettler from Brisbane – Australia. Ryan stunned the crowd and his fellow riders with his fast combination of back to back high class tricks such as flip whip, 540s and spine 720s. ‘I love that spine ramp, that’s what I feel comfortable on. I did all the stuff I wanted to do and I had more time left. I wasn’t hurt already so I thought lets serve out the 7 and tried a flair whip … so that’s what happened. I will try to come to as many stages of the Braun cruZer Tour as I can.’

Ryan Guettler is now leading the Braun cruZer Tour ranking. Further dates of the Braun cruzer Tour are:

03-05 June : Nokia BMX World Championships, Prague – CZ
23-26 June: Suzuki BMX Masters, Köln – Germany
08-10 July: NASS, Shepton Mallet - UK
26-28 August: King of Concrete, Southsea – UK
17-18 September: IFMA Bike Challenge, Köln – Germany

Out of a total of 6 spine contests, the best 4 results are taken into account for the final ranking of the Braun cruZer Tour. The winner will take home a 4x4 Suzuki Jimny.


The Flatland Contest

Viki Gomez claims leadership of Braun cruZer Tour (Flatland) at the 2005 UK Bike Show.

With a convincing victory in the Flatland contest at the UK Bike Show, Spaniard Viki Gomez claims early leadership of the Braun cruZer Tour ranking.


Stoneleigh, UK – 03 April 2005. The 2005 UK Bike Show gathered an international field of 29 professional flatland riders representing 7 nations. Local Great British riders had been looking forward to this first opportunity in 2005 to challenge their fellow European riders as well as Canadians Travis Collier and Nathan Penonzek, the 2003 world champion. Three times X Games winner, Marti Kuoppa from Finland finished fourth behind Sam Foakes from England. Viki Gomez from Spain claimed the final victory ahead of Frenchman Alex Jumelin, fourth in the 2004 BMX World Championships.


Alex Jumelin (FRA) placed 2nd

Viki Gomez: ‘I’m very happy to have won the competition. I’ve been training a lot this last winter and it seems like all the hard work I did is working now this year. I’m also stoked to be the first leader of the first ever ranking in Flatland and shall look forward to defend that position in the up coming contests’.