In 2011, the European freestyle MX championship was added to the list of competitions contested under the banner of the FIM Freestyle MX world championship, and consequently, not only is the official FMX world champion determined under the aegis of the NIGHT of the JUMPS but also the European champion. What is more, the series enjoys world status and thus provides the most authoritative guide to freestyle motocross rankings. Another record season is in prospect in 2014 when riders will be fighting it out on three continents.

Photography by Oliver Franke / NOTJ.de
Once again, the first two contests of the freestyle MX European Championship in Linz/Austria open the 14th NIGHT of the JUMPS season, 18th-19th January 2014. The next European championship points will be fought over just one week later at the two NIGHT of the JUMPS events in Graz (25th-26th January 2014).

In early March, NIGHT of the JUMPS in Berlin promises to be the most spectacular opener ever in the history of the FIM Freestyle MX world championship; the two German world championship grand prix competitions get under way in Berlin’s o2 World, 7th/8th March 2014.

The riders then have a short break and come together a fortnight later in Gdansk for the Polish round of NIGHT of the JUMPS (22nd March 2014). Next, they’ll make their way directly to Switzerland where the fourth and fifth heats of the FIM Freestyle MX world championship will be staged in Basel’s Sankt Jakobshalle, 28th-29th March.

A month later, the spotlight will be back on the FMX European championship as the fifth freestyle MX European championship competition is scheduled for the 26th April at the NIGHT of the JUMPS in Munich. Two weeks later, the crowning of the European Freestyle Motocross Championship will be the main event, when, on 10th May, the European champion is finally determined at the NIGHT of the JUMPS in Mannheim.

The series returns to Russian soil for the third time on 14th June when the sixth world championship event is held just before the summer break.

After a two-month vacation which the riders will use to hone new tricks, they’ll be continuing the fray in Asia when the second world championship round commences at the NIGHT of the JUMPS in Beijing, 16th-17th August.

4th October marks the return of the FMX elite to Germany. The freestyle riders will fight for NOTJ world ranking points at the NIGHT of the JUMPS in Cologne at the same time as Europe’s largest motorcycle show, Intermot, takes place.

Five weeks later, the world’s best FMX riders go head to head for the ninth round of the FIM freestyle MX world championship in Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia.

The 2014 FMX world champion will be crowned in Africa. For the third time in NIGHT of the JUMPS history, the FMX riders will compete in Namibia (6th December), and just one week later, the world championship will finally be decided at the NIGHT of the JUMPS premiere in Gabon (13th December 2014, Libreville).

 

NIGHT of the JUMPs series 2014:

FIM Freestyle MX World Championship

07.03.2014       NIGHT of the JUMPs            Berlin/GER               round 1

08.03.2014       NIGHT of the JUMPs            Berlin/GER               round 2

22.03.2014       NIGHT of the JUMPs            Gdansk/POL             round 3

28.03.2014       NIGHT of the JUMPs            Basel/SUI                round 4

29.03.2014       NIGHT of the JUMPs            Basel/SUI                round 5

14.06.2014       NIGHT of the JUMPs            Russland                 round 6 (tbc)

16.08.2014       NIGHT of the JUMPs            Peking/China            round 7

17.08.2014       NIGHT of the JUMPs            Peking/China            round 8

15.11.2014       NIGHT of the JUMPs            Sofia/BUL                round 9

06.12.2014       NIGHT of the JUMPs            Windhoek/NAM         round 10 (tbc)

13.12.2014       NIGHT of the JUMPs            Libreville/GAB round 11 (tbc)

 

Freestyle MX European Championship

17.01.2014       NIGHT of the JUMPs            Linz/AUT                 round 1

18.01.2014       NIGHT of the JUMPs            Linz/AUT                 round 2

25.01.2014       NIGHT of the JUMPs            Graz/AUT                round 3

26.01.2014       NIGHT of the JUMPs            Graz/AUT                round 4

26.04.2014       NIGHT of the JUMPs            München /GER          round 5

10.05.2013       NIGHT of the JUMPs            Mannheim/GER         round 6

 

International Event

04.10.2014    NIGHT of the JUMPs            Köln/GER

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