BMX Battle in Africa | ULT.X 2018

It wasn’t long until things got heated on the park. With minimal practice, Ben Wallace, Pat Casey went straight to work. Ben brought his signature bag of tricks out and breezed through qualifiers with huge 360 lookbacks on the spine and clinical perfection. Pat Casey always comes through with a mix of burly and tech wizardry, earning himself a spot in the finals. If there’s a gap on the park. Greg Illingworth will be one to jump it. Greg's run started off with a wild table transfer over the gap but a harsh crash near the end cost him a spot in the finals this year.

The heavy hitters were also in town at Sun City. Kyle Baldock, Alex Coleborn and Alex Nikulin are no strangers to standing on top of a podium and they were hungry for it. Fitting in more than double of the riders in the field. Alex Nikulin stretched some serious cliffhanger flips which always stokes out the crowd and the judges. Alex Coleborn knows what it takes to win a contest. Bringing out all the bangers and tech tricks that blow minds every time. Alex just missed the podium with a 4^th place finish. You could tell X Games Gold Medalist Kyle Baldock was on the hunt to take the win. With no remorse, blasting out a 720 whip in the start of his run and doing 540 flairs, spine front flips with ease earned himself in the 3^rd place spot just a few points back from fellow Aussie Logan Martin and young gun Marcus Christopher who went all in on their runs.

After the finals a 20 minute best trick jam went down, with the boys still warmed up from the contest. Banger after banger went down, making it super hard for the judges to make a decision. Pat Casey went for what seemed like an impossible trick. One popped tire and a few tries later, he pulled off an insane 540 double whip over the spine!

3^rd – Kyle Baldock

2^nd – Logan Martin

1^st – Marcus Christopher

Best Trick – Pat Casey

Local Hero – Greg Illingworth