And that means more motivation for the best riders in the world to throw down. Who will be on top of 2022?

NIGHT of the JUMPs

After rescheduling these 2 events a handful of times in the past 2 years, finally they are about to take place!

Freestyle of Nations is back, with the best teams in the world, with 3 riders each, going head to head. Cheer on your favourite nation for the win!

More events are on the horizon, but NOTJ are stoked to finally confirm these events where the fans have continued to wait patiently to see the best going head to head in competition.

• Munich / Germany April 23^rd – MUNICH tickets here
• Cologne / Germany May 29th – COLOGNE tickets here

If you can’t make it to the show, fear not, there will be a LiveStream from each event with yours truly calling the shots! I can’t wait to get back in the commentary box!

Nitro Circus Live Tour

• New Zealand has been pushed back from February, but will start in November. 
  • Whangarei – November 9th
  • Wellington – November 12th
  • Palmerston North – November 13th
  • Nelson – November 18th
  • Chistchurch – November 19th
  • Tauranga – November 25th
  • Auckland – November 26th
• Australia will be 2 shows each weekend.  But Friday and Saturday in 2 different towns.  Tough job, but we know Nitro have smashed much tougher dates on European tours before.
  • Geelong – March 4th
  • Alburgy – March 5th
  • Wollongong – March 11th
  • Newcastle – March 12th
  • Port Macquarie – March 18th
  • Tamworth – March 19th
  • Sunshine Coast – March 26th
  • Bundaberg – March 27th

X Games

Chiba in Japan April 22-24, 2022

First time ever, X Games will take the biggest sports to Chiba in Japan. FMX will be there and as it’s a clash with NIGHT of the JUMPs, it will be interesting to see which riders from Europe will make it to Japan.

X Games Gold – need we say any more?

Masters of Dirt

Vienna, Austria – 11-13 March 2022

The big one! The MOD show everyone wants to ride. The unofficial motto of this show – if you don’t go to the after party, don’t expect a call-back next year.

Who will invited to ride this year? We can’t wait to see!

Crusty Demons World Records

June 4th – Bristol / England

This is a one-off World Records night. Inside a soccer stadium, so I don’t expect to see Seth Enslow doing World Record long distance jumps, but they are talking about the first Triple Backflip at a show! And Double Backies on a Quad Bike. Let’s see who will go for all of this and more!

Gladiator Games

May 28th – Prague / Czech Republic

Avoiding a clash with NOTJ, Gladiator Games had to reschedule from November 2021 and will be one day before the Freestyle of Nations. Let’s see if any riders are going to miss the after party and go to NOTJ or stay on and party in Prague afterwards?

Freestyle Kings

19th February – Gosford / Australia

This will be huge! FK will be bringing in the big boys including Australia’s very best riders from Robbie Maddison, Rob Adelberg, Jacko Strong to Japan’s Taka Higashino. Even the young gun Ry Davis is looking to land his first 75ft backflip on a 125!!! The future is looking strong here!

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Injury updates from Travis Pastrana (and his new helmet sponsor news), Kai Haase who went and rode at Anaheim 1 at the AMA Monster Energy Supercross in the USA but came out of a training crash with a busted foot.  Dayne Kinnaird has returned to FMX but is out of action with a busted neck and back.

The new Stark Varg electric bike news has been released and we have some prices and when you can expect to see it.  Will it be the future of FMX?

Events from NIGHT of the JUMPs to X Games, Nitro Circus, Masters of Dirt and Freestyle Kings means it looks like the world is coming back online.

And for the first time ever, we have 2 Job Offers in the Motocross industry!  Tune in to find out how you can get your dream job!

All that and more in the first episode of 2022!

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