Alessandro Barbero, Inaki Mazza & Matt Jones confirmed for the 7th Happy Ride Weekend

Nov 16, 2016

Written by Bart de Jong

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A perfect weekend to watch the best Mountain Bike and BMX freestyle bikers in Premià de Dalt (Barcelona). The contest will have more than 120 top international riders who will finish up their season in this freestyle party, which will combine amateur and pro contests. On the weekend of 18th and 19th of October, the la Poma BikePark, in Premià de Dalt (Barcelona), will host for the 7th time the Happy Ride Weekend.

For this edition, the Happy Ride Weekend will have the best riders including the Catalan Red Bull rider, Andreu Lacondeguy, who has just landed from Utah where he has won the Red Bull Rampage 2014, the most prestigious and broadly known contest that combines freeride, freestyle, downhill and slopestyle. There will also be other riders like Xavi Pasamonte, MTB Dirt winner at the Extreme Barcelona 2014 and at the last Masters of Dirt; also the English rider Matt Jones, Yannick Granieri and Tomas Lemoune coming all the way from France, Alessandro Barbero from Italy and the 14 year old rider from Argentina,

Inaki Mazza, amongst many others.

The qualifiers will take place on Saturday October 18th, and the big PRO Mountain Bike and BMX Super Finals will be celebrated on Sunday October 19th.

The Pump Track competition also has an amateur category, open to all levels and ages. The Pump Track is like a smaller BMX Race course suitable for all riding levels. The registration will open at 11 o’clock on Saturday and both BMX and Mountain Bike riders are welcome.

At the moment, the la Poma BikePark team is already working in both of the competition courses: The set up for the PRO line has six jumps up to 24 feet and the amateur line has nine kickers up to 15 feet.

It’s free entry for all the public, with prizes and surprises during the Super Final Pro on Sunday.

For more info visit www.happyrideweekend.com