Royal Ascot VS FMX as Birch prepares for London X-Fighters
The time-honoured Royal Ascot racecourse in England, which is usually the venue for some of the world’s most famous thoroughbred horse races, was converted into a showcase for versatile motorbikes ahead of the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour event in London this weekend. The three British Motocross Freestylers Chris Birch, Kris Brock and Jamie Squibb put their skills with two wheels on display at the noble racecourse where four-legged horses usually gallop to drum up interest ahead of the fifth stop of the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour at London’s Battersea Power Station, a huge disused factory on the banks of the Thames.
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The three local heroes took their bikes with more than 60 PS each to soar over a jump set up in front of the famous Ascot grandstand — naturally with a rich variety of tricks. “It’s truly special for me to be able to ride the bike on such a famous piece of land,” said England’s top FMX rider Chris Birch. The truly great jumps won’t be seen until Thursday at Battersea Power Station when the world’s best riders start training. Records for both the course and venue are expected to be broken. The Red Bull X-Fighter arena has a capacity of 30,000 — which makes it one of the biggest temporary stadiums in the UK.
Keep your eyes locked to Moto over the next couple of weeks as we will be shadowing Chris Birch at the London Red Bull X-Fighters, our video will show all the preperation and behind the scenes footage you will not get to see anywhere else at the X-Fighters – its going to rock.
For a taster here’s Chris AKA Swampy talking about the build up to London this weekend.
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