The last round of the 2010 Extreme Playground series took place on Sunday in Berlin, Germany. This time it was a mix of BMX, skateboarding and music. On the BMX side the invite comp took place on the vert ramp as well as the street course which meant great riding was about to take place. The event kicked off with the street comp for BMX. The head-to-head knock-out contest lined up all the riders on the stage first. The line-up looked like this:
Dean Cueson vs Alessandro Barbero, Janek Wentzky vs Alex Coleborn, Markus Braumann vs Gary Young, Mattis Hansen vs Bruno Hoffmann, Jason Phelan vs Michael Beran, Morgan Wade vs Mark Webb and
Ondra Slez vs Brett Banasiewicz. On paper that line up sounds promising and in real live it made for a good show. Each rider had two 60 second runs. The scores were given after everyone's runs so the riders knew what to do for their second run if they had to beat the other riders' score. It made for some interesting battles. Especially the
Alessandro Barbero - Dean