Some events become traditions. The organizers are stuck doing the work year after year. It's nothing bad, just a lot of work. Behind the scenes it's always hectic, there are always problems to be solved. While the party people have made plans for a trip, the organizers are keeping their fingers crossed that things won't go out of hand and everyone will have a good time. The 2019 Freedom BMX Awards took place in Aurich at the Adventsjam last week. Timm Wiegmann's 20th jam edition played host to the annual award show and it turned out that these riders went home with an award.
Lifetime achievement award: Daniel Fuhrmann (Kunstform)
An awards show is a good reason to party. A celebration with BMX friends is something that doesn't happen every weekend but when the Freedom BMX Awards were held in Munich, Germany, the BMX Freestyle scene was present and a special guest came over from Italy. When the weather outside is nothing more than shit, it's nice to have an indoor place to ride. Further and the 360 Grad crew joined forces to build an indoor park for a day at the Backstage facility. Riders used the set-up to
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