In Photos - Vans BMX Pro Cup - Malaga 2017

40 Moments From One Of The Year's Best Contests

12 May 2017

I never get bored of this guy. Dugan doing what we all love.

The future.

Nyquist is a beast. After taking a huge slam on his 540 bar transfer he tended to his bike and then got back to it landing it perfectly. What a dude.

We'd never seen Chris James ride in person before - we won't be forgetting it any time soon.

You know that was one sweaty shoe...

Kris Fox was a pleasure to watch ride the Ruben Skatepark. Lookbacks don't look much better.

Sergio kicking out in the deep end.

Larry Edgar with one of 'those' tables over the booter transfer. Incredible.

John Hoopman was the only other guy to go as high as Larry - he did this and then vanished...

BMX contest crowds don't get much better.

Dylan Lewis knows what's up when it comes to spinning a spine. This is outrageous.

This 360 table can only belong to one person. The hawk man.

Needless to say, Sergio's local Spanish support was out of hand.

Maxime Charveron. J'aime.

Corey Walsh - Eject button engaged.

Ben Wallace looking back over at his new baby to check all's good.

Heat treated.

Garrett Byrnes couldn't have had any more eyes on him during his run... And for good reason.

Garrett, going his own way as usual.

Guess the BMX pirate.

Surf's up.

Ruben's introduction and run was one of the best moments of the whole weekend.

Mic check.

Smiles for miles.

Corey Walsh is the fucking man.

Greg took a nasty slam on the last day in Malaga but was snapping these around like a champ beforehand.

Loop out issues.

Doubles drop planning.

John Povah taking the TM duties to the next level.

John Hoopman was spotted on course over the weekend. Make sure you follow him @johnhoopman69

The course was busy so patience was a virtue.

Crandall pulling out the big guns.

Maxime Charveron was the only one to do this transfer, as well as tailwhipping it in finals. The french elections must have got him all crazy.

Dubious characters.

Siesta time. When in Rome eh. And no, it's not a British thing.

DMC keeping things in check.

Look out for our upcoming Garrett Byrnes documentary really soon.

Kevin Peraza - BMX's happiest man?

Ruben - 10 out of 10.

Chase Hawk knows how to celebrate.

Photos by Fred Murray

This certainly wasn't our first rodeo to Malaga, Spain but this trip was something special. The second stop on the Vans BMX Pro Cup was to be hosted by none other than Ruben Alcantara and his name bearing skatepark on the south coast of Spain. Some say it's like surfing concrete but what we do know is that it just got a hell of spanking from some of the planet's most stylish bike riders. No doubt you've seen some of the videos online or on our Instagram, but now we've got some stills from our man on the ground Fred Murray. If you're anywhere near future stops of the Vans BMX Pro Cup, make sure you get along - if this one was anything to go by it could be the best contest you experience.