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Dirt jump contest action takes over the middle of Frankfurt as riders drop into the Eurobike Sky Ride course, a Gold level FMB World Tour event with technical lines, big speed checks, and plenty of nerves. Alex Alanko and Elov Lind spend practice sessions figuring out the tricky setup, linking jumps, testing tricks, and trying to lock in clean runs on a course that demands precision.

From the first warm-up laps to pre-qualifications and the final, the day is full of pressure, course adjustments, and honest reactions when runs go wrong or finally click. The video captures the real side of MTB dirt jump contest riding: practice, strategy, mental focus, and the effort it takes to make a run count in a crowded event setting. It also shows the contrast between technical frustration and the fun of riding with friends at one of the biggest bike fairs in the world.

This is a great watch for fans of mountain bike dirt jump, BMX-style contest riding, slopestyle training, Eurobike highlights, and behind-the-scenes competition vlogs. If you enjoy MTB contest footage, dirt jump practice, FMB World Tour events, and riding videos with a mix of action and personality, this one delivers a strong mix of sport and atmosphere.

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00:00It's the nerves, he keeps losing this
00:14So we're standing here in the middle of the course in Frankfurt the Eurobike contest your bike sky ride contest
00:21It's a goal level event in F&B world tour and the skyline skyline
00:28So we're here at the Frankfurt Messe Halle in the sky ride line contest sky ride line
00:34And yeah, there's four kind of dirt jumps here one big one and then like a long and low into
00:40a right hip
00:41Into a dirt jump, which you can see here in the background
00:45And yeah, we're super excited for this super excited for practice now. I'm gonna go pad up and ride
00:50I'm here with my fellow Swede Elof Lind and
00:54And also Max Fredriksson is supposed to be here somewhere
00:58Yeah, we'll see and yeah, let's pad up and ride
01:03Let's go
01:09Yeah, looks nice
01:12Do you feel like the first race, Elof?
01:15Oh nice
01:16But it's still a little bit
01:19It's always a little bit on a new way
01:21So you really need to like drop in for the speed?
01:23No, yeah, you don't break just a little
01:27Kind of a little push in
01:29Just a little push, but then you have to push
01:31Okay
01:33Let's go, let's go
01:35Okay, chill
01:38He's running over
01:40He's running pretty chill
01:41He's running just a little push
01:43Okay
01:44Can I go?
01:50Wow!
02:02Let's go
02:02A bit more push than I thought
02:07Okay, let me know when you're ready
02:08I'm ready
02:09Yeah
02:10Let's go
02:18Wow
02:33So me and Elof, we had our first practice session
02:36We did some tricks each
02:39But the course is kind of technical
02:41We're gonna head up there right now to just to figure out the line
02:44Elof is gonna pre-call it today actually
02:47And yeah, I don't
02:49So I'm stoked
02:50But yeah, let's go ride
03:13This b-roll section here
03:14We are just practicing full banger
03:19Not banger mode
03:20But just practice mode
03:21Trying to figure out the runs
03:22I feel like Elof is gonna do something weird behind me here
03:27What?
03:28Never mind
03:29Let's keep going
03:44We are so excited
03:45We are so excited
03:45We're just different
03:46I don't
03:46Let's go
03:47If you're a ghost, you're a house
03:49they're not
03:49You wanna know
03:50Get out of theculane
03:50I'm a close
03:51Try to
03:52You and I
03:53Don't figure out
03:53Don't be
03:54We are so excited
03:55We're so excited
03:55We're just different
03:55I don't
03:56Let's go
03:57You want to go
04:09Let's go
04:10You want to know
04:27So that was crazy, so hard with the speed actually like to figure out the line and just
04:36link everything together like yeah super hard but it's super fun to just ride the course
04:41at least. Nice one Elof, thank you. Nohander was crazy. What? So we had practice all morning now and now
04:49it's
04:49time for pre-qualifications and we are rooting for Elof Lind at the moment he's the only Swedish
04:54guy in the pre-quali and he's gonna drop in really really soon so we're gonna share for him and
05:00yeah
05:00hope he lands his run because if he does i think he will be in the qualifications tomorrow for sure
05:34let's go Elof
05:36tomorrow yeah and then you will be competing as well i'm stoked on that
05:44second day of Eurobike today's qualifications so yesterday they did pre-qualice and now today's
05:50quality for the finals tomorrow i'm gonna head up for practice now and try to figure out my run i
05:55have some options i really want to do but yeah let's see how the course runs now and then figure
06:01something out
06:23oh yeah perfect
06:43oh
06:45oh
06:46oh shit asså
06:46man vad bra jag såg den inte jag var bakom här men
06:49men det kändes bra eller?
06:50ja den kändes skitschill men det är ju också han måste verkligen göra dem chill asså
06:54så
06:56yeah sure
06:58yeah of course of course we brought the go-kart tires oh that's sick
07:06okay
07:06here you go
07:06yeah
07:07cheers guys
07:08thank you really stoked to make that corke happen like always scary the first time you do it
07:15very stoked i think i have a clue on what to do now in my run at least in the
07:20quality so yeah let's
07:22just keep going and uh hopefully land the run
07:49nice as you can see uh the qualifications has started uh i'm gonna drop in soon and uh yeah all
07:55of us
07:55also gonna drop in before me yeah i'm kind of feeling the nerves like it's so hard with the course
07:59and
07:59it's tricky with the speed uh but yeah hopefully land the runs and make it to the final tomorrow
08:18so
08:18so i did my first one uh i cased a lot on the last one so 21st spot at the
08:28moment so i'm not in the
08:29finals but i have one more run so i need to land everything and uh yeah clean it up
08:34to get it
08:46track driver over the hip jump i don't know 360 downside tail lip clean
08:55yes cheers oh so nice to land at least something i don't know like
09:02we'll see if that that's enough for the finals but at least something
09:05a bit cleaner
09:08yeah okay eloph is checking the live scoring here yeah we have it on our phone we need five more
09:13points
09:13for you alex to get into the top 20 and then we can refocus on the final tomorrow this is
09:20more
09:21nerve-wracking than watching you run actually
09:27some proper fans of your channel here
09:30oh what you're 13th yes you're in yes oh so stoked in the finals tomorrow let's uh recharge and do
09:41something
09:49better
09:50all right so first run down and done and alex you did two already right
10:08And both of us are in for tomorrow's finals as it seems like with the current standings
10:14So it's Sunday the final day
10:18And the finals day and the finals day. Yes, so we're on our way to the course gonna do the
10:23warm-up for the finals
10:25We still have some work to do it. I have a lot of work to do because I really need
10:29to step up my run
10:32But yeah, let's go right there. We are excited. We're stoked
10:36Let's go
10:37So we got Ilof here doing some warm-up and Alex still deciding if he's gonna ride
10:45Yeah, I'm searching my helmet. Oh
10:49What's his helmet? My helmet. Oh my god. It's on the bike. It's on the bike. Yeah, found it. Pressure
10:55is on, man
10:55It's the nerves. He keeps losing me
10:59Forgot to make a shit this morning. Oh my god, Alex
11:05Are you constipated?
11:08Actually, no I ate some african food yesterday, so
11:12Kind of the opposite
11:13Yeah, we're taking like four shits today
11:16In like five hours both of us
11:18Oh my god, it was crazy food super spicy. It actually hurt a little bit
11:24Let's get it
11:27I'm gonna play the movie
11:29Don't forget the car
11:29I'm a blue
11:31Love
11:32Love
11:38Love
11:39Love
11:39Love
11:39Love
11:41Love
11:44Love
11:44Love
11:46Love
11:50Love
12:03to be honest I don't feel very good on the course and my head is kind of
12:07mentally drained as well so I will try to do a run get myself through and yeah
12:13share for a lot and hopefully like land everything and stuff yeah it's gonna take this for fun I feel
12:20like I will I'm gonna take it for seriousness for real for real yeah that's for fun but you're
12:29riding really good like really really really good I would say it's because I ate these candies yeah
12:36that you haven't ride it now it gives you extra pumping power shit I didn't do that maybe I
12:40should you need some time yeah go go good luck bro
13:23so one run down how many riders have dropped I don't know 11
13:43so as you can see from the run there I didn't do what I wanted but really I haven't felt
13:48good
13:48all day today and yeah no excuses though like should be able to land like a simple run but no
13:56I need to rest I think and get back to it soon even though I didn't land my run I
14:00had a really
14:00good time here and it's super nice to ride these jumps they were awesome and yeah you're stoked
14:06anyway but yeah obviously a bit disappointed
14:24you killed it Elof thank you like so good yeah I'm very happy actually yeah yeah because I wasn't even
14:32nervous about the tricks in the same way as you usually are in a contest yeah yeah I was only
14:37nervous about the speed yeah really that's the only thing here really technical course here yeah but
14:43you could like Alex I know you're not happy with how you rode but as soon as we get to
14:50a
14:50slope like course like a proper slope course that's that's your thing yeah in Canada you'll see guys
14:56you'll see yeah yes I will like go home practice as usual and yeah I try to like be a
15:03bit stoked at
15:04least that we yeah I'm healthy and I feel like that's the most important thing and also like we
15:10had really fun riding here and just always is good to ride bikes but yeah thank you for watching
15:16everyone and yeah see you next one

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