Over the weekend the first Extreme Playgrounds comp took place in Duisburg, Germany. They're in their 5th year with this series which is a good sign, because we've seen big plants of these Extreme Sports festivals and they usually don't make it further than a first shitty attempt. But not at the Telekom Playgrounds as they've got things dialled and keep on delivering events that you can advise people to check out. The dirt event had Pennywise on stage so how's that for a day out, seeing dirt jumping by the top dawgs and see PW live on stage in between the runs.
Once again 14 riders were invited or had qualified for the dirt event. The head to head system sent 7 riders home after each had taken 2 runs on the 8-pack where the best score counted. You only had one extra run in case you messed up the first time, or you had an extra go to make your first run better and beat your opponent. The brackets that were drawn the night before were interesting and some of the transfers were too.