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On the sidelines of the FIM World Championship Final in Sofia / Bulgaria the final details of the partnership between the Swiss luxury watch manufacturer, that is famous for its sports watches and chronographs, and the organizers of the FIM Freestyle MX World Championship SportPlus has been negotiated. The partnership offers TAG Heuer numerous on-site and online presence as part of the NIGHT of...

Sofia, 17th December 2011: On Saturday night, professional freestyle motocross arrived big time in Bulgaria. The world’s leading exponents of FMX gathered for the last NIGHT of the JUMPs of the 2011 season at the ARMEEC Arena in Sofia (Bulgaria), where the destination of the FIM Freestyle MX World Championship title would be decided.  Twelve riders from seven countries laid on an incredibl...

Rarely have the closing stages of NIGHT of the JUMPs been as exciting as this year. For the first time in the history of the series, the FMX pros will be lining up in Bulgaria, and for no less an occasion than the grand finale itself. On 17th December, the Sofia Arena will be the venue for the twelfth and final round of this year’s FMX World Championship. And to add the ultimate element of spice t...

Over two successive NIGHT of the JUMPs staged at the ERGO Arena in the Polish port city of Gdansk, spectators were thrilled by a double bill of the best in freestyle motocross sport. On Sunday night, Remi Bizouard (FRA) once again took all 20 FIM Freestyle MX World Championship points, thereby narrowing Javier Villegas’s (CHL) current lead to 17. So at the end of a highly successful weekend in Pol...

The return of NIGHT of the JUMPs to Poland could not have been more spectacular. Javier Villegas (CHL) and Remi Bizouard (FRA) sought to outbid each other with amazing tricks in the tenth round of the FIM Freestyle MX World Championship at the ERGO Arena in Gdansk. In a breathtaking final, the Frenchman prevailed to keep alive his slender chance of overturning the Chilean’s 19-point lead in the ch...

The FIM Freestyle MX World Championship is moving into its decisive phase. After nine rounds, only 21 points separate the leader Javier Villegas (CHL) from close pursuer Remi Bizouard (FRA). Last weekend in Ostrava, the two-time world champion from France halted the Chilean rider’s onward march and clearly demonstrated that he is still in contention for this year’s title. The FMX elite are now en ...

The FIM Freestyle MX World Championship has entered its decisive phase. On Saturday night, the CEZ Arena in Ostrava played host to the world’s trickiest riders as they contested the ninth round of the World Championship during NIGHT of the JUMPs. Four Czech riders lined up for the qualifying stage. Despite a few decent backflips, Tomas Lysacek and Frantisek Maca didn’t make it through to the fin...

Motocrossers and fans everywhere await with bated breath the ninth round of the FIM Freestyle MX World Championship, which is to be contested on 19th November 2011 at the CEZ Arena in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Since 2009, the town nestling on the river Oder/Odra has regularly played host to spectacular showdowns between the FMX elite on their NIGHT of the JUMPs world tour. Javier Villegas (CHL) is ...

Freestyle motocross fans have been suffering withdrawal symptoms for the past four months, waiting for the resumption of NIGHT of the JUMPs. Yesterday (Saturday), the summer break finally came to an end as the FMX elite assembled for the eighth round of the 2011 FIM Freestyle MX World Championship in Riga. World championship leader Javier Villegas (CHL) made the best possible start to the second h...

On 22nd October, the NIGHT of the JUMPs summer break finally comes to an end. That’s when the best freestyle motocross riders line up for the eighth round of this year’s FIM Freestyle MX World Championship in the Latvian capital of Riga. Since 2007, the largest metropolis in the Baltic states has been a regular fixture on the world championship calendar of NIGHT of the JUMPs. And in the Arena Riga...