On August 28th, Hamburg is the place to be for the 5th edition of the Telekom Extreme Playgrounds. Action sports on a world class level: riders fight for $ 45.000 price money at the official stop of the WWA Wake Park World Series and the international BMX Miniramp contest.
Finally! In a few days doors will open for the Telekom Playgrounds. On August 28th the almost sold out Waterski Arena Pinneberg will turn into an international Mecca for action sports. This year’s headliner Rise Against will be supported by NOFX and Yellowcard. At the official tour-stop of the WWA Wake Park World Series top wakeboarders like Fredy von Osten and Tom Foshee have to face heavy competition from around the world and the international BMX miniramp contest features a class of its own.
One event, three action sports categories and three first-class live bands: That’s the Telekom Extreme
Results of the Battle of Granville st. Vancouver, Canada.
1st Brandon Van Dulken (unsponsored) 2nd Ben Kaufmann (Norco bikes) 3rd Anthony Messere (Fox) 4th Wade Lajlar (Verde, etnies, LRG) 5th James Van de Kamp (Norco bikes)
If you're offended by all the nakedness that goes on in the FATBMX pin-up section, this one is not for you. Completely naked on a bike so we're making this a 21+ photo. If you can't wait to see it, you probably did not read this anyway so go for it.
On 20th of August, tens of thousands of passing spectators on Helsinki main square witnessed the second Stadi Summer Session, summertime edition of Simpel Session, going down to the history books as the biggest BMX contest ever thrown in Finland. The open-air contest brought together 67 top riders from 20 countries, with Gary Young (USA) stealing the show, Alex Coleborn (UK) coming second and Daniel Tünte (GER) taking the third place."The event was a big success - the line-up was better than ever before at the Simpel Session's summer contests, the weather was great despite the worrisome forecasts, and the course was constantly surrounded by a cheering crowd. With BMX legends Darryl Nau and Andy Zeiss as announcers, the whole Helsinki main square was filled with energy, firing up one of the most amazing and inspiring Simpel Session contests so far," said Risto Kalmre, founder and main organizer of Simpel Session.
A total of 67 riders competed in the contest, with close to half