Stunters Battle 2017
Stunters Battle is a large-scale competition that took place in Olsztyn and brought together a very strong field from all over Europe. The organizers agreed with the shopping center to hold the event on the roof, so the location could not be better. The tournament lasted for three days: practice, qualifying and the final round.
The format of Stunters Battle was quite interesting: qualifying was followed by the quarterfinals (8 of 16), the semi-finals (4 of 8) and the final (3 of 4). There were 3 minutes of freestyle in the final, after which the riders were given two attempts at their best trick.
The favorites, as usual, were Marcin Glowacki, Mike Jensen, Pawel Karbownik, Rafal Kanik, Lukasz Belz and Martin Kratky. They were the ones fighting for the podium. Before qualifying, Karbownik dropped out with a broken arm after a collision with Marcin.
Belz also dropped out of contention when his motorcycle broke before the final. He rode someone else's bike, but that greatly lowered the quality of his freestyle. Martin Kratky lost his motorcycle in the final — an unforgivable mistake.
As a result, only three favorites were left. There was a serious fight for the first place. Mike and Marcin did well, not without some mistakes though, so it was not at all easy for the judges to make the final decision. Glowacki won!
The tournament is best remembered for the hard stoppie flip by Dmitry Trukhanovich from Belarus, who did very well in the quarterfinals, but had to quit the competition prematurely. He didn’t get any serious injuries – his gear partly saved him. Everyone was also surprised by an unknown young rider Grzegorz Doering from Poland, who at the debut tournament performed an excellent freestyle on the wheel with jumps, a highchair eight, a shuffle 360 and a confident drift. It seems a new Polish top rider is on the way.
After the finals, there was a funny contest for the craziest trick. The winner was Norito from Japan, who did a power spin. Wojciech also stood out with his stoppie kiss variations.
In this video the best tricks from all rides are combined.
As usual, here are the highlights of each day.
The tournament was excellent. If we get the chance, we'll definitely go again next year, and we recommend it to everyone!
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