Bowling distributor son continues success story in BMX games

08/05/08

Argentina

 Back to back gold medals for Daniel Dhers, son of AMF's Latin-American distributor Marcelo Dhers.

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2008XGames14DanielDhers2.jpg The winner of the 2007 X-Games Thirteen in BMX (Bicycle Motorcross) Freestyle Park, this time conquered an advanced and new discipline called BMX Freestyle Superpark designed to induce more speed, momentum and fluidity. The 2008 X-Games Fourteen were conducted in Los Angeles, California July 31 to August 3 at the Home Depot Center.

The pictures were taken by Justin Kosman/Red Bull Photofiles.

DanielDhers2.jpg Daniel Dhers, 23, is a professional BMX rider born in Caracas, Venezuela, who moved with his parents to Buenos Aires, Argentina, at age 16.

While he started riding in parks, nowadays he spends time in both world cities and trains six months yearly at Camp Woodward in central Pennsylvania, considered the top BMX facility in the world.

Please see the video of his third and last run in the final round by clicking here.

For final results go to:  http://expn.go.com/expn/xgames14/results/event?id=3516404