• Sport

    The Giants of Dirt – Dane Searls

    Dane Searls was at the prime of his life and riding some of the biggest dirt jumps ever seen. He tragically died on Novemeber 25th 2011 after attempting to dive from a Surfers Paradise pub balcony into a pool. He missed and landed on the concrete, suffering critical head and back injuries which put him in a coma.

    RIP Dane Searls (22 February 1988 – 25 November 2011).

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    Nike 6.0 BMX

    In May 2011 Nike 6.0 jumped at the opportunity to drain the soon to be demolished local swimming pool in Dagenham, East London and got to turn it into something only dreamt about. It took them team less than two weeks to transform the pool into a world class BMX park.

    They invited ten riders to choose a team consisting of three additional riders which saw 40 internationals competing for a prize of 25,000 Euros. The comp had a brand new team format which saw non-comp riders, veterans, street destroyers and park animals all throwing down. The team captains included Ruben Alcantara, Brian Kachinsky, Van Homan, Drew Bezanson and Sebastian Keep, along with Nike 6.0 team riders Garrett Reynolds, Dennis Enarson, Harry Main,Jason Phelan and Harry Main.

    Winning Team: 
    Dennis Enarson, Chad Kerley, Josh Harrington and Jeremiah Smith
    Best Line: (Awarded to Ruben’s team) 
    Ruben Alcantara, Kevin Kalkoff, Sergio Layos, and Tom Dugan
    Best Rider: (Rider’s choice)
    Dennis Enarson
    Best Trick: 
    Brian Foster – Gap to curved wallride out of the deep end