The world’s longest running Freestyle Motocross competition series is back!  What started with two Berliner’s, Marko Manthey and Jorg Hotzel, 21 years ago with the NIGHT of the JUMPs event in Riesa, Germany in 2001, has now become the most important FMX competition tour in the world.

• Over 20 years / over 300 events / more than 3 million visitors worldwide

With over 300 NIGHT of the JUMPs events worldwide in front of more than three million enthusiastic fans in 20 years, NIGHT of the JUMPs have set the standard with records, spectacular stunts and trick premieres.  The World Record in Highest Air was set with Massimo Bianconcini at 11.50 metres, the youngest motorcycle backflip was held by the 12-year old Luc Ackermann; the first ever backflip in Europe (Mike Metzger, Oberhausen, 2003) and the first female backflip in Europe (Emma McFerran, 2013).

• Freestyle of Nations tour premiere

After a year and half break without Freestyle Motocross competition action, the world is finally ready to start again.  Last year, the big 20-year anniversary tour was to overshadow everything had gone before.  Now, everything will be even more spectacular when the competition events restart.  For the first time, the athletes will be launching their dirt bikes through the arenas of Basel, Munich and Cologne as part of the Teams World Championship series.  Three teams with the best FMX athletes will compete against each other, with the addition of the best freestyle mountain bike riders to be invited which will give a completely new dimension to the tour.  Each team will collect points throughout each breathtaking discipline.  The nation with the most points at the end of the night, will be crowned the winner of the NIGHT of the JUMPs World Team Championship.

• Team Germany with Luc Ackermann, Hannes Ackermann, Kai Haase

With the three events planned for the Central European region of Germany and Switzerland, of course Team Germany will be one of the key teams in focus.  Led by the nine-time World Record holder, Double Backflipper, European and World Champion, Luc Ackermann.  He will be supported by Berlin FMX star and Front Flip Bonker, Kai Haase.  Of course, the four-time German FMX Champion, Nac Nac Front Flipper and older brother to Luc, Hannes Ackermann will be on tour as well.  Added to that, one of the best Freestyle MTB stars to this great team, Team Germany will be looking a red-hot chance to take the series.

“The Freestyle of Nations Tour is going to be amazing. We want to win the title. And we need everyone to come to the NIGHT of the JUMPs in Basel, Munich and Cologne to support us” said the German FMX hero, Luc Ackermann.

The World Team has been one of the most dangerous at each event.  The fans can expect to see some of the best athletes from all corners of the world who will cover almost 40,000 kilometres to take part in the Team Challenge.

The remaining third team will be a battle between the powerhouses of European FMX nations from France to Spain, Czech Republic or Italy.  It will be interesting to see which nation will position itself for the final place in the Teams World Tour.

• More freestyle action than ever – 3x FMX + MTB

In addition to the Freestyle Nations Contest, in which the athletes throw down their best 8 tricks in 90 seconds, there are four other competitions:

• In the Best Whip Contest, all riders will go upside down at the same time in trains
  • In the Synchro Comp, each nation nominates two riders who will perform their best tricks simultaneously, side by side.
  • In the Best Trick Contest, 1 rider from each country will lay down their most difficult or technical trick
  • Since every FMX team has a mountain bike rider, the MTB athletes are also included in the MTB contest for the first time and are not just as a spectacular “side show”.  Some of the biggest tricks will be on offer such as Cash Rolls, Front Flips, Double Backflips and so much more.

The nation with the most points at the end is the winner of the NIGHT of the JUMPs World Team Championship Round.  And of course, after three events, a Championship winner will be announced.

• The biggest stunts and much more

To bring in the Tour Premiere with a bang, the creators of NIGHT of the JUMPs will not only bring the best FMX athletes on the planet to Europe, the world’s best MTB riders will be smashing out their biggest tricks with a gigantic roll-in tower which will feature inside each arena.  With so much going on, it will be impossible to predict who will be the overall winner!

• Tickets from 45.90 euros

Advanced ticket booking for the NIGHT of the JUMPs – Freestyle of Nations Tour is in full swing. Tickets are available from 45.90 euros plus fees at www.nightofthejumps.com and all booking offices.

NIGHT of the JUMPs / Freestyle of Nations Tour
(Click links for Tickets!)

• September 25, 2021       St. Jakobshalle, Basel / SUI
• January 06, 2022             Lanxess Arena, Cologne / GER
• April 23, 2022                   Olympiahalle, Munich / GER

Videolink NIGHT of the JUMPs / Freestyle of Nations Tour Trailer 2020:

More information, pictures and videos at www.NIGHToftheJUMPs.com

NIGHT of the JUMPs press office

Berlinièros PR

Oliver Franke

Riehlstrasse 9 – 14057 Berlin – Germany

T: +49 (0) 30 3974 36

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December 29, 2020:  The Grand Final on Saturday night (26^th December) of the inaugural e-FMX World Championship produced the best gameplay to date with two new champions and the introduction of a brand new NIGHT of the JUMPs Best Trick level in TiMX : This is Motocross.

The Grand Final episode featured a 3-way battle between the favourite for the series, Nitro World Games winner from Australia, Pat Bowden, who was up against the Spanish FMX Champion and TikTok MX star, Pedro Moreno and the young gun from the Czech Republic, Matej Cesak.

Pedro Moreno put together one of the best runs of the series in the final.  After 2 weeks training since the Semi Finals, Pedro decided to utilise more variety in his run including the McMetz to Cliffhanger combo which was actually performed IRL by Dany Torres from Spain.  Unfortunately variety alone wasn’t enough to advance further and Pedro finished the season in 3^rd position.

After 11 months out of action due to injury, Pat Bowden returned to his YZ250 only 1 week ago since his crash in January.  However, after his first ride, Pat’s doctor scheduled him in for surgery immediately to remove the Lunate bone in the wrist and replace it with a prosthetic replacement!  This all happened 3 days before the final run of the game.  Somehow, Pat managed to put together an incredibly good run inside TiMX, and the judges voted him to be in second position overall. 

With the smoothest of runs, showing incredible variety, dexterity and difficulty in tricks both in real life and inside the game mechanics, Matej Cesak was crowned the first ever e-FMX World Champion by proving every week to be one of the best riders.  Perhaps as the youngest in the final he had an advantage on the mobile game, but Matej’s win could not be disputed with such a smooth run and some tricks looking very similar to his style in real life!

For the win, Matej takes home $500 for winning the overall series from TiMX and Aussie Adrenaline, but also receiving an invite to compete at a real-world FMX competition at NIGHT of the JUMPs in 2021 and also 250,000 Gold Coins of in-game currency. 

The first ever FMX eSport series became even more interesting in the final round, with a brand new discipline coming online only 4 days before the final with an all new FMX Best Trick competition mode inside the NIGHT of the JUMPs textured level.

With an invite open to all 16 players who had competed throughout the series and a couple of new riders as well, the Best Trick competition was on another level with a Roll-in set up to give the rider enough speed before the huge Moon Booter, the largest ramp built into the game, the riders were able to try almost any trick imaginable!

There was so much variety from Josh Sheehan’s 720 to Taka Higashino’s Double Backflip California Roll 360 to Maikel Melero’s Quadruple Backflip with a Bike Flip (technically creating the only Quin Flip in the entire series!).

However the win came down to the riders who showed variety, degree of difficulty and also innovation.

Tied for 3^rd place, was Matej Cesak and Pat Bowden.  Matej with his Quadruple Backflip 360 California Roll and Patwith his Triple Backflip 360 with a Bike Flip. 

The runner-up in 2^nd position for Best Trick was the Russian FMX Champion and Crowd Favourite, Nick Ivankov with his very innovative Backflip to Inside Roll (body varial) to Front Flip. 

The winner for the first ever e-FMX World Championship Best Trick competition was the Spanish FMX Champion, Pedro Moreno.  Pulling a Quadruple Backflip including a 360 in the middle and holding the Cliffhanger on the final backflip rotation, Pedro showed an incredible use of game mechanics to produce the trick while stating that he “needs more fingers and hands to perform bigger tricks”!

Not only is the special NIGHT of the JUMPs track in the game for this competition series, it is also available for all players who have downloaded the game on iOS or Android platforms with the Gold VIP Membership.  The NOTJ Track which was designed from the Berlin World Championship course looks almost identical to the real world and is available in the Early Access area for VIP Members with the option to become available as one of the divisions in the open game.

The e-FMX World Championship series could not have happened without the incredible support from FC Moto.  With the 2020 World Championship season being postponed due to Covid-19, FC Moto were quick to realise the benefits of being involved and bringing traditional sport into the virtual reality.

Extreme International have also been incredible with their social media support by cross-posting the Live Stream from the NIGHT of the JUMPs Facebook page directly on their page which is followed by more than 4.7 million people. 

Teamplace offered their incredibly easy to use cloud services, to make collecting the video gameplay from all 16 riders from all corners of the world so much faster and easier.

Aussie Adrenaline have produced an incredible mobile game, and NIGHT of the JUMPs are proud to have partnered with AA to create this all new eSport series in 2020 and into the future with all new projects.

TiMX Direct Download here: https://playfree.timxgame.com/notj

FC Moto: – www.fc-moto.de
Extreme: – www.extremeinternational.com
Teamplace: – www.teamplace.net

Press: 
Gameplay Videos available on Teamplace: https://go.teamplace.net/i/11XmctReJiZE3k

For more information, photos and video, please visit https://www.nightofthejumps.com/esport

Contact:
Steve Sommerfeld
eSports / Rider Manager
NIGHT of the JUMPs
steve@notj.de

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