Simple Summer Session 2017: Riga, 26 August.

Jul 11, 2017

Written by Bart de Jong

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The Simple Summer Session riders list for the event in Riga on 26 August 2017 is starting to look really good. More local riders will be added from the pre-qualification events in Estonia (Kuldrula) and Latvia (Ghetto Games) as well as several more international top riders. Altogether 24 park riders and 24 street riders will ride in Riga. Nate Wessel designed the course and it will be built by MindWorkRamps / Sessionramps so you know it's going to be good.

Currently registered:

BMX PARK
Pat Casey USA
Daniel Dhers VEN
Kostya Andreev RUS
Irek Rizaev RUS
Mike Varga CAN
Victor Peraza MEX
David Peraza MEX
Daniel Wedemejer NED
Kenneth Tencio CRI
Ola Selsjord NOR
Greg Illingworth RSA
Roomet Säälik EST
Tomass Grinbergs LAT
Martynas Lagauskas LTU
Matias Aura FIN
Riku Mertala FIN
Adrian Malmberg SWE
Jacob Nedler SWE

BMX Street
Daniel Tünte GER
Jordan Godwin GBR
Moritz Nussbaumer GER
Felix Prangenberg GER
Billy Perry USA
Ed Zunda LAT
Austin Augie USA
Alex Donnachie GBR
Enrico Orobko EST
Kristaps Reimanis LAT
David Budko LTU
Mikhail Pakhomov RUS
Leon Hoppe GER
Max Chuprina RUS

This summer one of world’s most anticipated BMX events Simple Session will for the first time ever travel south! At the peak of the Nordic summer it heads to the very heart of Latvia’s capital, the spectacular city of Riga. The best BMX park and street riders from around the world will go head to head on a massive Wessel designed outdoor course on the city’s legendary Freedom Monument bridge. With 17-years of history under it’s belt the Simple Session has grown into one of the most prestigious and international BMX contests in the world. Besides the notorious winter-season event series, Simple Session has hosted it’s comps during the summer in the very heart of Estonia’s capital Tallinn and Finland's capital Helsinki. Now it’s time for Riga!

More info here