The 2023 Fixated FGFS comp has come to a close! The event occurred in the Netherlands on Saturday and had all kinds of Euros and even one American travel far and wide to gather and shred. The event was split into FGFS and Trick Track, which is great news because I strongly believe the 2 scenes should be merged. Here’s the official results and a writeup from Ritchie himself:
Trick Track:
1st – Louis Galley
2nd – Lucas Sentou
FGFS:
1st – Juan Nieto
2nd – Youri Slikker
3rd – Ismael Lebrech
“Some days before the Comp when all the riders announced themselves we had such a nice mix of FGFS and TrickTrack riders that last moment we decided to change AM and Pro into FGFS and TrickTrack.
We kicked off the Comp with a bunnyhop contest starting with the TrickTrack riders,
Lucas Sentou and Cris Prevoo ended on a tie at 45cm/18” then we moved on to FGFS riders and they took it to 90cm/35” and yet again we had a tie but with Youri Slikker and Juan Nieto so they had to battle it out at the Bank Boost-off!
Cris Prevoo won the TrickTrack boost-off reaching 60cm/24” And Youri Slikker won it by taking to the skies at well over 140cm/55”
After this we did a fun lil challenge! the first 2 to fakie up and over the big bank to bank in the middle of the skatepark got 20€ Diego Valero and Cris Prevoo managed to cash in on that one! soo much fun and we will do that again next year!
After that it was time to get going with the Trick comp! Again TrickTrack went first.
they had a nice mix of tricks and even used some the skatepark elements. it’s was a close call but Louis Galley took 1st and Lucas Sentou was a close 2nd
On too FGFS!
All riders had a nice variety of tricks and some crazy bangers were sent! and we ended up with 3 riders very close to each other in the scores but Juan Nieto took first place for linking some incredibly smooth and stylish lines 2nd was Youri who sent some pretty impressive airs and spins in his runs and last but definitely not least young gun Ismael Le Brech in 3rd place with some smooth and technical moves! watch out for this kid next year because he’s on the rise!
After this we got carried away with chilling and talking to everybody there. people hung out and some were filming clips on the park that we kinda forgot about doing a best trick and only the TrickTrack riders ended up still going for that and Oscar Le Batar took the win on that one!
It was a great day! Thanks to all the riders and people that came over! Thanks to all the sponsors that helped to make this possible and we can’t wait till the next one! Same place, same time! See you there.”
The Sac Town Comp went down last weekend and it seemed like a good turnout. Eyewitnesses from the comp report that although the heat was high, so were the vibes and turnout. Looked like a fun time at a familiar spot. Shoutout to Antonio for shooting through this coverage.
Fixated recently announced they’re hosting an FGFS competition in The Netherlands coming this August! Ritchie and gang are super passionate about our scene so you already know this is gonna be a good time. If you’re anywhere remotely close to this, this is a must attend event.
Ismael recently hosted the “Bordeaux Jam 2023” and while turnout was relatively quiet, it looked like a fun time so I’d call that a success. They even got Australia’s Max Corcoran to join the fun! Ismael and others are doing good work to try to build up the scene out there, you love to see it. More and more events have been popping up on the low. We just had this one, Ritchie is throwing one over summer in Holland, there’s one going down in Sacramento in July, and of course we’ll be hosting one towards the end of the year. Exciting times!
Harvey with the FPA dudes just released TWO separate recaps from the Suck My Comp weekend. One has more of a behind the scenes vibe mostly starring the FPA and Fixated guys while the other is more of a full event coverage. Love these, thanks Harvey!
Satoshi made it out to Fukuoka to document a small fixed gear race and jam hosted by the Fish & Chips crew. Even though it’s small, events like this are what keeps a scene strong. There’s a bunch of riders with potential in here that i’ve never seen or heard of before, which is always exciting. Love this!