crankbmx

The future of bmx products...

2012-01-31T09:49:00.000-08:00

the future is here,
well, for some of use (nerds like me with 3D printers)
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:16736

i drew this up in sketchup and printed it and it works.
this weekend i'll try some grinds on it as well.

as for the news i was talking about before,
if you like spine mini ramps, you are in luck.
2 times!

more info soon.

happy new year

2012-01-26T13:45:00.000-08:00

best wishes everyone.
2012 is apparently going to be our last year (due to some maya running out of space on his calendar), so lets make it count.

there are a lot of things in the pipeline for bmx here, but i can't release most.
just know it's all good news, and it's going to get only better and better.
to start, they are now stripping the skatepark in kooigem, and are re sheeting it with 3 layers of 8mm plywood.
so everyone who loved kooigem but hated the plastic sheets, you'll get your wish and will have a super fast park.

still to come: 3 things to ride and one contest that is going to rule...

music for life

2011-12-20T14:00:00.000-08:00

look what i just won in an auction:

Game of BIKE

2011-10-04T07:36:00.001-07:00

at the championship we are going to hold a game of B.I.K.E.
so we teamed up with bike-dice.com for some bike dice

be prepared for a monster game to crown first Belgian champion of BIKE,
and go practice you 3 whips to fakie feebles...

Flyer BK 2011

2011-09-06T12:44:00.001-07:00

2nd Belgium champion freestyle BMX

2011-08-31T22:30:00.000-07:00

want to become Belgium champion again in a funny freestyle bmx part?
then mark oktober 16th in the agenda, and be at the skatebowl of K-town.

thus far we do:
- Flatland
- Dropping out for -16 years
- Foot of the ground
- best 180
- MEGA game of B.I.K.E

watching and riding is for free, and every rider gets a medal.

spread the word...

we build this, this weekend...

2011-07-18T01:23:00.000-07:00

...it's the new box at the skatepark of waregem,
and i guaranty you will like it.
Small enough to not scare you to ride you, but big enough for big tricks.
2m40 wide quarter, 3m60 wide landing with a small transition
1m20 high and 2m long deck.

this is michiel vercruysse riding his new box,
he is the one who went to the city to build a box,
we stepped in to make a good design and help them build it,
and now they have one of the best boxes in belgium.
Now go do the same thing in your city. 1000€ of wood is all you need.

Sat 20 august, city battle 7

2011-07-06T11:19:00.000-07:00

Free Bus for "learn to ride"

2011-05-15T03:58:00.000-07:00

hier vind je de bus regeling voor gratis in kortrijk te komen tijdens de "learn to ride" jam op 21 mei

voor de mensen uit kooigem:

21 may jam

2011-05-10T00:34:00.000-07:00

so don't forget the jam the 21 first of may,
bring all your friends and family that wants to start riding,
there will be free bmx bikes to try out for everyone, and a small course to use
and a lot of contests with nothing to win!

in the mean time, check out this as what bmx is all about:

Flyer for 21 may event

2011-04-06T14:17:00.001-07:00

worst flyer ever!

2011-03-28T13:22:00.000-07:00

i'm still waiting on the right flyer so you have to do with this:

so what is the deal?
well, K-town is doing a sports day, and we are helping with a bmx jam at the bowl.
what is there to do:
-we have 10 bmx bikes for everyone to try ride bmx for the first time, and some small ramps to learn on.
-we are also doing a test contest for people wanting to enter the masters this summer
-demo's and small fun contests

bmx is fun

2011-03-24T03:35:00.000-07:00

don't look at the edit, but this trick is fun.
i think i'll buy some more seats before trying.

in other news 21 may we are doing "something" at the bowl in K-town.
mark your agenda

this rules:

2011-02-22T13:00:00.000-08:00

hannu cools

2011-02-13T03:00:00.000-08:00

WeThePeople Hannu Cools edit from peoplesstore on Vimeo.

example picture for android app

2011-01-09T13:52:00.000-08:00

a picture sais more than a 1000 words...

bowl rib app for android

2011-01-09T05:33:00.001-08:00

click here or

scan the code:

day by day...

2011-01-08T05:07:00.000-08:00

finished the corner today:

happy new year

2011-01-01T09:19:00.000-08:00

hope everyone got some good bmx intentions for 2011.

mine is to finish my micro skatepark.
i worked 5 hours in it today, so i started the year great!

fly around in the minipark

2010-12-18T02:34:00.000-08:00

so i got a toy camera helicopter, and took it for a test flight in the park:

crank at somic

2010-11-24T11:53:00.000-08:00

results from the first belgian chamionships freestyle BMX

2010-10-21T05:29:00.001-07:00

following people have earned bragging rights for a year:
Dropping out for -16 year: Kenneth Tancré
Flatland: Gilles Van De Sompel
Footdown:
-16: Gianni Vandekerckhove
+16: Robin Pirret
180°: Pieter Possenier
Freestyle BMX:
1st: Anthony Reynaert
2nd: Michael Lefèbvre
3th: Kenneth Tancré

well done to everyone,
be sure to defend your title next year!

running order

2010-10-16T11:19:00.000-07:00

13:00>start jam
14:00>-16j contest
14:30>flatland contest
15:00>180 contest
16:00>broken handle + footdown contest
17:00>freestyle contest
18:00>end

this is flatland

2010-09-23T10:27:00.000-07:00

practice for the belgian freestyle flatland championship like this:

Crank start jam info...

2010-09-20T02:18:00.000-07:00

So here we go with the info for the Crank start jam:
when: Sunday 17 October start at 13:00, first contest at 14:00 end at 18:00
who: everyone who rides a bmx bike
why: because it's fun
what: 5 small contests, during a fun jam, and live music at 16:00

first reason why we do it is to promote the crank sport club,
and even more the insurance that comes with it.
for 22,5€ /year, you can ride save 24/24 all over the world.
but what is more is that the bigger the group is, the easier it becomes
for us to advocate for more and better skateparks, and organize bmx contests
and bmx summer camps.

what contests are we doing:
180: you come out of the big quarter coming from the vert part, and land on the deck backwards. in the air you do what ever you want. (ex. a 540 is basically also a 180 with a 360 in it)

Uitdroppen voor -16j: if you are 15 our less, you can enter this, all you have to do is start in the bowl, and drop out somewhere. easy.

flatland: you drop out on the big platform, do a flatland trick/link, and drop in again. this will be fun because flatlanders can't drop in, and skatepark riders can't flatland

Footdown: everyone starts at the flat bottom of the bowl and starts riding. if you put your foot down, you get out as soon as possible. last rider still riding wins. aside from going over the coping and motor run chainsaws, everything is allowed.

Freestyle: do 1 trick on the vert, in the cradle, over the spine, over a hip, on a quarter and on the box. best overall rider wins.

some last info:
be on time, it's going to get dark soon, and we start the contests on schedule.
if you win are you then really Belgian champion?:
yes. but don't take it very serious.
can you win prices?
no, but you can win a cup and medals and life long bragging rights!

thanks to the city of kortrijk, team jeugd, red bull, ride on and grounded for their support.

Crank start jam 17 oktober

2010-09-11T15:41:00.000-07:00

thanks to gilles for the flyer.

City battle 6 report

2010-08-22T02:14:00.000-07:00

City battle 6 is back in the history books,
and it was for sure the one with the most riders who attended, because around 3 pm you could count close to 100 bmx bikes and riders, standing in and around the park. it was insane so thanks to everyone who came.

on with the contest then, the idea was to start at 14h, with riders already being there since 9, so we started at 15:30 with amateur, 1:30 to late, or as we call it in freestyle bmx, right on time.
after kenneth tancre (15) did a few backflips during practice the
number of amateur riders competing dropped a lot, but we still had 20 riders competing for all the nice prices from Ride on and Grounded bmx.
Lots of great trick and everyone trying new things, Stephanie was the only girl and droped for the first time from the big 6ft quarter, so respect! Charles at age 10 being a mini mike atkin did a no hander on the box, and added a barspin riding in the landing. everyone had a 1 minute run, but with no one having a watch, it was just ride as long as you want. kenneth ended his run with awesome 1 handed backflips and
no footers to no foot cancan, and won amateur, and its thus no banded from riding amateur contests in belgium (by his father!), but no problem, cause he will for sure
kick ass in the pro class.

1 Kenneth Tancre
2 Cedric Sels
3 Matthias Lessertissaeux
4 JB Colin
5 Lander Verbeke
6 Fleurquin Amaury
7 Charles Brouckaert
8 Felix Gilbert
9 Maxime Soeten
10 Arthur Saulier
11 Stephan Bezuck
12 Antoine Pollet
13 Max D'haene
14 Tuur Legley
15 Tillo Legley
16 Julien Callens
17 Bjarne Vandenheede
18 Nolan Piens
19 Mathieu Locquet
20 Stephanie Reynaert

In pro class not everyone wanted to ride anymore after Kevin Janssens took a bad fall, and had to be taken away with an ambulance, and someone even came ask why the winner didn't enter, after birre decided to take his bike out after the contest and air 2 meter out of everything. so we went direct to the semi finals with the first battle being between Louis Hilton Jones and Anthony Reynaert competing against Gwen Geyskens and Bram De Laat. In Pro we don't use a jury or time, so after everyone had a few runs, we let the public choose who goes on, this works great since riders go for there biggest stuff from the start. for the first semi team Louis/Anthony took it with Louis landing a double whip over the box, and Anthony landing his first ever flair, and directly doing then 3 back to back!
Second semi was between Pieter Possenier and James riding against the street tech team Jelle/Kenzo. This battle was a lot closer but at the end Pieter/James took it with James doing a transfer out the park, and pieter on his 2nd try pulling a 540 tailwhip transfer to the pedals.
The final battle of the day was more of the Louis/Anthony stunt show so they can claim being the best team for a year!

As a final i would like to thank Slampe a lot for stepping in and MC'ing the whole event, you did an awesome job! Also major thank to our sponsors Red Bull, Crank, Grounded BMX, Ride On and the city of Kortrijk because without their support we can't do a contest where you don't have to pay to enter and where everyone walks a way with a few prices.

Thanks to everyone for coming, and see you next year on city battle 7

tomorrow city battle!!!

2010-08-20T12:53:00.000-07:00

quick reminder:
be there.
contest starts at 14h
prices for everyone that enters the contest.

flip/flair crash

2010-07-23T11:41:00.000-07:00

i tried a flair. tried yes.

results from ninove summer jam

2010-07-13T03:27:00.000-07:00

thanks to grounded bmx for this awesome event
next weekend ar the masters,
the week after it's playtime in hasselt

Pro:
1 Nicky Van Veen
2 Jimmy Van Belle
3 Alex Van Tommen
4 Dominne Jeunen
5 Stuart Gibson
6 Pieter Possenier
7 David Zaragossa
8 Teo Britley
9 Birre
10 Bram De Laat
11 Jelle Harnisfeger
12 Arno Van Rossem
13 Quentin Rug????
14 Kevin Janssens
15 Hilton Jones (crashed)

Amateur:
1 Kenneth Tancre
2 Hannes Van Gansen
3 Kenny Germeau
4 Yannick Lathey
5 Tom De Droogh
6 Bastien Devidts
7 Dries Claesen
8 Amaury Waegeman
9 Timon Evenblij
10 Jonathan Soffers
11 Monir El Mozrihi
12 Robin Sonck
13 Pieter-Jan Buyl
14 Pieter De Brucker
15 Maxim Van Laethem
16 Glenn Evenepoel
17 Cedric Pana
18 Mansour Aquelle
19 Stef De Backer
20 Maxim De Backer
21 Viktor Francois
22 Aaron Atan
23 Thomas Van Clapdorp
24 Bjarne Pauwels (crashed)

flyer city battle 6

2010-06-27T13:09:00.000-07:00

mike doing a gary young...

mark your agenda...

2010-06-24T13:12:00.000-07:00

saterday 21 august = City battle in kooigem
it's going to be fun like every year, and free to watch and see for everyone.
as every year, anyone who enters amateur will win something.

more info as soon as i get mike here to do some trick for the flyer.

also, i'm trying to do a jam at the skatebowl early oktober to end the summer, and start the new crank season, and since we are still the only official freestyle bmx club in belgium, we can organize official belgian contests,
so if you want to be the first "belgisch kampioen voetje van de grond" you better be there...

fool jam is over

2010-05-30T06:11:00.000-07:00

the fool jam is done, and it was fun
i had to go work at 5:30 just when it began to rain a little,
so i have no idea who won or who did what, so get that info from www.kemobmx.com
everyone likes riding that bowl, and thats enough for me.

hurray for me!!!

2010-05-11T11:47:00.000-07:00

fuck yeah!!! i made it.
on 11 may 1985 my dad took me to makro (huge super marked), to get me a bike.
i choose a 20" BMX bike and it changed my life.

we are now 25 years later and i still ride a 20" bmx bike

the reason i still know the date is that my dad doesn't trow out anything, and 5 years ago he gave me the bill from the store (it was 2999 bfr or about 75$)
i still have it, but it's so faded i'm afraid to frame it, so i keep it out of the light all the time.

anyway, bmx has thus far allowed me to see the world, make lot's of friend all over it, start our own Little bmx company with friends and later transform it to an official sportclub that allows every rider to get insurance for cheap (22€/year!)
it also allowed me to learn build ramps and later do this on a professional scale, and spend 2.500.000 € of Belgian tax money on public skate parks all over this country, and even build me my own small skate park.

to keep it short, bmx made me in what i am today, and I'm very happy how i turned out. it also put me on a first name base with most doctors at the local ER, but hey, matt hoffman said it best: pain is temporary, bones heal but womans dig scars and glory is forever!

this is better:

2010-04-28T23:49:00.001-07:00

this is good:

2010-04-28T23:42:00.000-07:00

smallest skatepark in the world, part III

2010-04-18T12:25:00.000-07:00

so, after a year changing plans on paper to make it perfect,
and then almost another year building (with lot's of off time, due to way to much other stuff i wanted to do)
i finaly finnished the first bowl and can ride it from now on.

the good news is i now can also finnish the rest of the park, and hope to be able to do this in a small month time.

and thanks mr ross for the first trick

if anyone has 4 sheets 4by8ft and 3/8" plywood left over, bring it!

grind box at ride on

2010-04-04T08:22:00.000-07:00

since a few days, ride on shop now has a grindbox for you guys to play outside,

it's a short thing since it had to fit true the door of the shop, but it's fun to play around.

it's about 1 meter lower than the one in the video below:

BMX worlds 2010 in Prague

2010-03-01T13:36:00.000-08:00

the world championships freestyle BMX are in prague this year from 4 till 6 june.

book your tickets now while they are cheap
brussels airline will take you there for 120€ all in
and book your hostel now!
the boathouse hostel is on the contest place itself, and you can get a bed for 15€/night if you book now.

so be fast and join us.
the worlds are also written in our agenda, so if you are a member of crank, you're covert!
i woul'nd have it any other way.

the generation show

2010-01-23T02:46:00.000-08:00

yesterday they aired the generation show here in belgium, it had a BMX item in it with crank team riders:

janne, jimmy, gilles and pieter's 5 econds of fame!

watch it here

crank demo's

2010-01-13T12:13:00.000-08:00

since the start of crank, now over 10 years ago, people have asked us to do demo's,
and we have done things from small demo's for a junior school, to big summer event demo's all over the country for siemens mobile.
we've also been involved in TV stuff from regional TV stations, to music video's that aired every hour on MTV europe.
this all has been possible thanks to a great team.
and with hannu having 2 world titels (in both expert and master street) we had big names and great riders as well.
well, i'm very happy to say that we are adding some great team riders,
they both did allreaddy some demo's with us, but now they are official crank riders.
what ever that may mean!

first up is belgians best flatland rider: gilles van de sompel
check him on www.gillesvandesompel.com

second rider is non other that jimmy van belle
he has been a great friend and insane rider and can proof it
only 19 year old, but allreaddy 2 world titles (expert mini in '05 and master vert in '09)
jimmy is also the only rider i now who uses frontflips and 720's to exit a skatepark.

more news on this later. and some more fun news later as well...

the tubes are in...

2009-12-28T06:57:00.000-08:00

this is what 500€ inner tubes look like...

so don't worry if you blow a tire during your next contest in belgium,

just as the rider, tubes are no secured as well...

skatepark news...

2009-12-25T12:15:00.000-08:00

So with the time off x-mas and so, here is some skatepark updates:

newpact:
they have found a new building and started building from zero.
according true the info, using frank's topramps "unique" construction technique
in short, the ramps will again be build without 2x4's and will move when you ride them...

forward:
skatepark is open, and according to pictures looks good.
as for what i've heard, it's plastic pegs only, but i don't mind that.

zumiez:
racebikes only.

oostende:
is finaly being build!
so far the good news i'm afraid.
it's being build by olivier construct from izegem!!!
they do build very nice roads and bridges.
it's going to prefab, and the old bad plan is now changed in a lite version of that plan.
so good job oostende on spending lot's of €'s on a 70's style snakerun.
next time use a skatepark builder.

remember the picture contest?

2009-12-16T14:43:00.000-08:00

well...
We won!
yep, 5th place in the main competition, and thats good for 500€ (=$730),
and the picture is going to be published what is even better.
the plan is to go to the decathlon superstore here and buy 500€ inner tubes!
then everyone who ever brakes one at one of our contests will get a new one for free.
this should last us a few years.
beside it, it will be cool to just go order so many tubes.

barcelona

2009-12-09T09:30:00.000-08:00

i'll be in barca from feb 20 till feb 23.

if you want to come let me know.

ryanair is having a sale:

tickets are 50€ for a return from charleroi to girona

this includes all taxes and visa costs, and 1 bag of 15 kg (to put you bike in, just don't tell them)

if you want to take your bike like it is, straight to the plane, it will cost you 100€ including everything (20€ ticket, + 40€ each way for your bike)

still very cheap.

ps: notice the star on the top of your screen next to Crank?

you have no idea how proud i am that i got it their.

took me 6 months to figure that one out.

yes, i'm still a nerd.

Back online

2009-12-09T09:20:00.000-08:00

We are back online.

i've got my own server again, so fuck you telenet.

and a fast news:

mike and me got an invite in the town theater to go to the price ceremony of the picture contest.

things are looking good!!!

freestyle skatepark.

2009-11-26T14:05:00.000-08:00

here is some great news, after newpact burning down, we are finaly getting a new proper skatepark in belgium.
it's called forward freestyle, and it's run by bladers, but's is bmx and skate friendly.
it's opening end of december, and it's going to be great, check these plans:

http://www.forwardfreestyle.com/

picture contest

2009-11-17T14:28:00.000-08:00

the city crank bmx is based in (kortrijk) had a picture contest with a sport theme, and i've send in this : http://www.kortrijk.be/files/kortrijk/Foto_albums/Sportdienst40_fotowedstrijd/14.jpg
the picture i took is of mike doing a condor, and it got selected in the final 40, and is now in a show in city hall.
now i need your help to vote for it. best 10 get a price, with the winner getting 2000€ towards his sportclub.so basicly, if i win, i'll use it buy wood and build a new skateramp for the city.
you can vote here:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Zn7BxfWjX_2bRHJMq_2bIfdY7w_3d_3d
choose picture 14
then select "nee"(="no", unless you want to win a free sauna visit, then select "ja")
then enter your valid email adres.
thats it.
bmx will thank you.

2009-11-10T11:13:00.000-08:00

so the jam is over, in the end i was happy with the result and all was good, but i have to say i was worried when it was 1h30 and NO ONE was there.
by 4h in the afternoon it was crouded, but let this be a lesson to you guys, YES, it get's dark after 5h30 in november :)

anyone who didn't make it, but still want's to inscrive for the insurance (everyone should do this!!!) mail me.
it's 22,5€ for a year of worried free bmx'ing.
pictures soon on:
http://www.bmx-ers.com

website down

2009-10-28T04:29:00.000-07:00

as you can see, the website is sort of down,

i'm working on it...

Crank start jam...

2009-10-25T08:53:00.000-07:00

Sunday 8 November

2009-10-09T12:09:00.000-07:00

mark your agenda,
sunday 8 november is starting activety of the new format of crank.
with a jam at the bowl that is going to include fun contests, music and a free BBQ
we are now recognized as a real sporting club by the city of kortrijk,
and Sporta (part of bloso/BOIC)
this means that you now can become a member with us, and as in any other sportclub,
get insurence for riding freestyle BMX!!!
this means that if you fall during riding, it won't cost you a single euro!

it took some time, but i'm glad we pulled it off and i want to thank everyone who has helped.

So what is the deal?
well, you get either a membership of 10€/year, and then you are coverd for all the activety's we do (this is for the occasional K-town) bowl riders
OR you pay the extra 12,5€ (so 22,5€/year) and then you are coverd for riding bmx, 24/24 all over the world!!!
We strongly advice you to choose the last option.

there you go, more info comming later...

Great news for crank BMX...

2009-09-10T07:49:00.000-07:00

We are in the proces of transforming crank from demo team and contest organizers,
to a real sport club where people can become a member,
and get a insurence for riding and practising BMX.

For starters it's going to be mainly focust on riders from around K-town, but the idea is to be open for all riders from belgium.

Plan is that we will have sessions at least once a week where you can come ride, and learn new stuff, and know from advance that there will be a lot of riders there.
The idea is to then also expand and organize BMX camps, and join together to go to contests.

If people from other city's are working on similar things, or if you want to join us, let me know...

world smallest skatepark

2009-08-30T12:18:00.000-07:00

for those of you who don't know me, i'm going for the worlds smallest skatepark in my garage,
and today i'm done with decks and framing. layers are next...

city battle 5 results

2009-08-24T11:59:00.000-07:00

let me first say thank you to jan and bert for being the MC and DJ at the contest.
organising a contest can be a lot of work if over 80 bmx'ers show up and and the whole organizing crew exists out of 1 person, namely me.

so on with the results (and sorry for the name spelling):
amatuer:
1 Brian Kuypens
2 James Ysebaert
3 Michael "Evolution team"
4 Martin "Evolution team"
5 Alex Vantomme
6 Nicola "Evolution team"
7 Kevin Jansens
8 Shane
9 Kenneth
10 Diego timmermans
11 Andreas Holvoet
12 Lander Verbeke
13 Antoine Pollet
14 Bram Dellay
15 Amory Eleurkin
16 Simon Herman
17 Stefaan Beruch
18 Jens Breyens
19 Jonas Vanleyseele
20 Jordy Van Meenen
21 Thone Clarisse
22 Sammy Vandiest
23 Shendo Breyens (5 jaar!!!)
24 Ernest Verschure
25 Andries Pauwels
26 Benjamin Holvoet
27 Robin Sinnaeve

Pro:
1/4 finale:
Gwen/Kenneth beat Bert/ james
Bram/Anthony beat Martin/Michael
Robin/Tom beat BC/ Dieter
Jimmy/Willen Bye
(went throu since kenzo/jelle didn't make it, so they did a demo with Pieter)

1/2 finale:
Robin/tom beat Gwen/kenneth
Jimmy/willem beat Bram/Anthony

Finale:
Jimmy/Willem beat Robin/Tom

If anyone has pictures or video, let me know...

Saterday = City battle 5

2009-08-19T03:59:00.000-07:00

Don't forget to be there!!!
this is the current timetable
xxuxx tot 14u00 practice amateur
14u00 tot 15u00 contest amateur
15u00 tot 15u45 practice pro
15u45 tot 16u45 quarter final battle's
17u00 tot 17u30 half final battle's
17u45 tot 18u00 final battle
18u15 tot 18u30 price ceremony
18u30 tot 19u30 "All I Know"
20u00 tot 21u30 " De Jhonny's"

and the good news...

2009-07-22T12:32:00.000-07:00

BMX City Battle 5
sat august 22 Kooigem, Belgium

Be there...

and the bad news

2009-07-22T12:07:00.000-07:00

pieter broke his ankle again.
if someone got a spare tendons they don't use anymore,
send it to him...

RIP Basil 19/02/07 till 7/7/09

2009-07-07T12:44:00.000-07:00

Basil left us today after being sick a few day.
but as they say: "heaven is a halfpipe",
we know he will now be in a better place.

as a tribute, i've added the video again of basil dropping in his halfpipe:

and another vans "let it ride" video

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this one is from kemo...

another vans "let it ride video"

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this ones from freedombmx

"let it ride" video

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vans let it ride report...

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great report on the contest from fatbmx...
http://www.fatbmx.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=7646

let it ride...

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let it ride is over, and it was verry cool.
ben hennon won with the most insance move, by jumping the center hip from side to side.
it's just a huge distance, and after he pulled it, he went back and did a no-hander over the thing.
he is just nuts.
some other guys did more things, and you will read about it the magazines.

and sean burns is the coolest guy ever.

1 may riding

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I found this rail at 100m from my work, so i had to go try it.
also, jan his first real rail, and mike just being back from 6 months new zeeland.

come to kortrijk june 6th

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check it out:
http://www.vans.eu/letitride/
best contest of the year in K-town.

results concrete fury 3

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top 5 pro is
1. Bruno Hoffman
2. Jimmy Vanbelle
3. Jelle Harnisfeger
4. Robin Piret
5. Thijs Vervaeck

Amateur:
1. Sander Debaere and Kenny Spinoy
3. Marc Heinrich
4. WIllem Van Gansen
5. Arno Van Rossem

the contest was awesome, and we are looking forward to see jelle battle it out with chase hawk next month...

as for who did what from the crank team:
jan was MC'ing the event,
mike got lost in the bowl,
and i pulled 1 trick.
and we all had a great time.

and big up for jimmy for trying the most insane whip i have ever seen.

Contest 26 april

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Be there!!!
1st 3 places in pro gives you a special ticket for a invite contest...
more info soon (cause i allreaddy said to much)

video's

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09/02/09
Pieter and Jan went to st-niklaas this weekend, and decided to take the camera out for 1 hour. this is what they came up with...

22/01/09
My hamster thinks he is jamie bestwick. here he is dropping in, in his vert ramp.

old stuff

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11/01/09
i'm trying to get some rss feed thing going here. if i figure out how to write one, i'll be able to update more. but for now, how is the situation of the team? well, hannu became the full time pro whe tought he would, and is now with eastpack, wethepeople, etnies and carhartt.
his brother is also riding verry good.
Mike runs the bmx shop Ride on, and is now allreaddy 3 months in new zeeland where he recently won a contest.
I have no idea what seppe is doing apart from the fact that he owns a bar in st-niklaas.
robby is still taking pictures and putting stuff on fire, so he basicly is still doing the same stuff as when we started 10 years ago. if you need fireworks...
thiery is also still riding... and not only his way to big jeep.
as for me, pieter, still riding, building a skatebowl in my garage, and just landed my first ever wallride to whip, so who said you can't learn an old dog new tricks.
as for new riders, as of now, janne is also officialy sponsord by crank bmx, he just doesn't know it yet.

31/12/08
4 years no news, this has to be the record. anyway, we are back online!!!

6/03/05

there will be a new crank jam, and this time it will be at one of our public parks. the jam will take place at skatepark the warande on sunday 8 may. there will be more info about it either here and on crimescene

as for the public parks we where going to get, the counter is now at 6, and not at 3 like said here a few years ago.
we are also doing another demo on sunday 3 april in kortrijk if i'm not mistaking. it has something to do with the "tour of flanders".

15/03/04

the flyers are online (go to main page). crank jam sunday 25th april @ ZumieZ

02/01/04

Wow, new no update records. i'm really proud!

here we go: just had a contest in st-niklaas, with hannu, seppe and sig in resp. first, second and third place. to give you some example about a run, this are somethings seppe did, 360 tailwhip a boxjump, a spine and a fly out. a backflip to super hight walltap, and a perfect wallride to tailwhip. did i alreaddy told you those guys rule? me (pieter) and mike didn't road due to not beeing 100%, but we did the contest before, mike rode great and i crashed another flip-whip. well, i atleast got the frame back under me. it will happen some day...

28/10/03

i suck on updates but this beats them all. yeah, sorry.

lots of news, after the worlds the Cools brothers kept on winning contests left right and center. pieter, seppe, sig hannu and long time friend nico vinck went to the urban games and to a surprize no one even made the finals witch was new for us, since hannu beat most of the people in the final during the worlds. cool contest however (appart from the rain, and a verry nice crash on a flipwhip from pieter). seppe, sig and hannu got 3 to 1 on the first ever belgian bmx battle, so that is cool. also the demo's where on this summer, the new box rules and we were able to try 3 man train 360 whips. seppe also landed his first ever on a box, witch was cool. some updates regarding sponsors, hannu is now riding pro team for wethepeople. sig, hannu and seppe got a shoe deal with DVS. pieter got one with etnies. the same 4 also got stuff from troy lee design and decoy from the road trip. i'll update when the DVD is out...

10/07/03

results from the worlds, both sig and hannu made it to the finals, and hannu even got a 6th place just missing out on a x-games ticket. he also did the worlds highest fufanu during his run. there will be road trip for madd house really soon with pieter, sig and seppe, toghether with some friends of us. more news about that soon.

13/06/03

more news, mike and pieter had to ride bmx for a music video from the belgium punk rock band janez detd.
they made a cover from mala vida from mano negra, and it's a great song. watch mtv europe in a week or 2 when it will air for the first time. we had to jump over a swimming pool, and pieter was able to nearly crash on 2 takes.
we are also doing a lot of demo's everywhere this summer, so come watch us a time.
and for they who want, we have some baseball team shirts left (just a few, be quick) they are only 20€ and are available in full sleeve white/red or white/black and also some in 3/4 sleeve and no sleeve lady fits

10/06/03

lots of news again. Hannu is on a road trip in the uk with we the people and will probably have a really good time there.
Thierry still can't really ride, but his skating is improving, lets say he can do a lot yet, but he crashes a lot les than when pieter tried to drop in. sig and seppe are studying so we wish them good luck.

22/05/03

yeah, i know... well anyway, a lot of stuff happend. the new jump box for demo's is almost readdy. so expect some cool stuff from that. thierry broke his wrist or something, so he's out. today he also learn'd to drop with a skateboard. we have new team shirts, like baseball type shirts, and they come with our names on the back. we also made some girly baseball shirts with and without sleeves, and they sold so quick that i can't sell them on the site. i'll have pictures soon. we have a lot of new stuff, so keep watching.

22/04/03

still haven't got any results from fise. there will be a jam in our city Kortrijk (belgium) to show the bikers and skaters the 3 new skateparks that we will get, and to tell them when they will be readdy. it's on the new skate floor in the warande on 10 may. the crank team will give a BMX demo. if you also want a demo from us, let me know.

20/04/03

yes, i know, it's been a month ago, i suck. Well, anyway, the crank jam was a lot of fun. over 100 people and some verry nice riding going on. the contest was also fun. Amateur had a good turn out with first 3 places going to riders from ireland, rusia and france.

pro was laid back and in jam format, with the first 4 places going to belgium riders, witch once more shows that we are just better :-) ,sig got first and hannu got second. mike did really well and got 4th, and i(pieter) was the last to get in the prizes with a 10th place. thanks to all the sponsors. and look forward to seeing the report in a video mag. i'll try to keep you more updated (try).

28/03/03

just a few days before the jam. you better make shure you will be there. and as for more info, it's going to be kick ass.

some times: start is at 14u00, the am contest will be a single 1 minute run+ best trick. this will start at 17u00. pro will be a jam format with 3 riders at the time for 5 minutes+ final trick. after party in 't arsenaal with stella at 0.80€ and duvel at 1.20€

as for the war. FUCK OFF MISTER BUSH

01/03/03

some things to say: crankjam is going to be awesome. to give some names, from France we have the twenty team and from the UK we have riders from the odyssey team with James Hitchcox, Fragle and Brownie.

Pieter and Mike are off to the south of france for a project with the city to go see and ride the bowls in marseille and montpellier. everything payed for by the city. Sweet. and after working for years with the city we are now going to see results, since there are 3 parks comming for a total of 370.000€

How does it feel to do a wallride to tailwhip to switch wallride to downside tailwhip? ask Sig!

11/02/03

we have been to the home made jam in holland, and it was great. check the video at fatbmx.com, it has hannu his wallride in it. to say that wallride was way to big is an understatement, it was huge. for results, we all rode pro, hannu 1st, sig 6th (way under scored), seppe 14, pieter 20 and thierry 27. there where lots of country's represent, and it was super fun. i'll post some pictures later.

22/01/03

the info for the jam is one the site. click
here

14/01/03

important information crank is holding another crank jam/contest at skatepark the ZumieZ Sunday 30 march.

we want you all to be there, and expect more news really soon...

06/01/03

The contest in Roeselare is over, and it was fun. There could have been more riders or more ramps or more public, but thats allways the case. In the contest, Thierry sandbagged and entert amateur. needless to say, he won, and even got a 100 from one of the jury after a fakie wallride way higher than should be possible. Pieter and Mike both rode pro for the first time, and after screwing up his first run, pieter came back for a second and started doing flips for the public. Mike rode great and got a well deserved 5th place. For the first place it was the cools borthers show again. Hannu was just back from snow boarding, and tried a new trix. 720 over the box, and pulled it after 3 tries. good for a second place. Sig won and after about 4 minutes after his run and still trying his final trix he pulled a 360 tailwhip to the pedals. he rules.

04/01/03

Seppe can ride again.

01/01/03

Happy new year every body, and i hope to see you all at the contest (see down). the saterday after the jam we all come down to the ZumieZ, as we rented it out for a bike only jam. i just got the official flyer of the jam, and without me(pieter) knowing, they used a picture i shot from mike, so thats fun.

16/12/02

info for the contest in roeselare belgium. The contest will be on sunday 5 januari with qualification from 10 till 12 in the morning (what the fuck?) and best 10 in both am and pro go to the final.
They call it am and expert, but i think as soon as hannu and sig enter, they should call it pro. On saterday 04 januari there is a change for everybody to come ride from 13.00 till 18.00, and after that there are free concerts. everything takes place at: Kerelsplein in Roeselare, Acasiastraat 6.
and to end with another new and stupid trick pieter is trying, ever seen a 540 backflip to fakie?

12/12/02

hannu and sig showed up at the ZumieZ with a camera team. So it was fun again. Sig was trying to tailwhip to 50/50 grind a picknick table. (yes, read that again). Mike is going on some road trip to france tonight, and still no results about that dirt contest. I just know that bibi was 2nd, hannu 3th and sig 6th.

22/11/02

Just in, there was a dirt contest in belgium during a moto-x event, and Mike and Thierry have been working there all week to get the jumps readdy. Both Sig and Hannu made it to the finals. I'll post more when i have more info

3/11/02

Hannu Cools scored a 2nd place at "Les Vibrations Urbaines" (human vibrations) in Pessac, France. big 360 transfers and backwards wallrides, was enough to win from the other pro riders as Butcher, Stéphane Renaud and Dimitry Ivanov. But, what is even more, first place went to his brother and team mate Sig Cools. Sig now can do about every trick out of a wallride, and during the contest he demonstrated that with a wall to 540 and wall to tailwhip. that with his smooth style was enough to win his first pro contest, so congratulations to both.

First and second for the crank team. Sweet.

16/09/02

allong with adding a new year, Pieter Possenier has got another pressent for his birthday. A no-foot cancan tailwhip going wrong left Pieter with 3 pulled tendons in his left ankle, We told him he still has one left, but he will be
off his bike for at least 2 months, and then ride slowly for probably another 2 months.

08/07/02

the worlds once more prooved to be the best contest there is, and Hannu Cools once more took a title home. this time it was master street, so he now has been the world champion for 3 years in a row (there wasn't one last year, but he won the year before also). Sig got a 7th place in both street and mini. other things include a backflip to sprocket from Pieter, Pedal to 270 out to manuals from Mike, and the fact that we all had a super great time.

01/07/02

Seppe has to have some surgery on his knee, and is walking around with his own CTI2 brace. he won't be able to ride untill next year. Man, that sucks. hang in there Seppe.

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