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Tom and Craig compete in Russian Rail Masters contest
Tom and Craig headed over to Russia this past week to check out the Blaga Locals Park and compete in the Rail Masters contest! With 8 features and perfect wind though out the trip the level was high and hammers were going down. Craig advanced through his first heat taking out Aaron Hadlow and the top two Russian locals! Tom busted out a win in his heat as well against a surprisingly strong crew of Russians! The semis slotted the two NKB riders against each other and they definitely raised the level of their riding. Craig slightly edged the others for the win but the wind was a little light and the heat was called for a re-run. This time Tom stepped it up and took the win with Craig right behind him cruising into the finals! The level of the Blaga Locals is really high and they managed to have 2 of the 6 riders in the finals knocking out big names looking for a spot on the podium. The finals saw Aaron Hadlow, Sam Light, Tom, Craig and local riders Artem Garashennko and Geno Kirilov! The level just continuously kept being raised due to the 20 minute jam format and bangers we're going down all over the park! In the end Aaron Hadlow managed to knock previous Rail Masters winner Sam Light into 2'nd with Tom following him in 3'rd and Craig closely behind in the 4'th spot. Looks like this event is about as legit as it gets and the scene is ridiculously strong with the Russians really doing something cool with this spot. On any given day you'll see hundreds of kites lining the Blaga strip and 15+ solid Russians throwing down in the park… watch out for riders coming up out of here and Rail Masters blowing up next year!