The biggest, most extreme and craziest festival in Croatia is about to start. Don't miss the 20th anniversary of Pannonian Challenge. Only two days are left until the opening of the jubilee 20th Pannonian Challenge, the biggest festival of extreme sports in this part of Europe. Throughout five days of the festival, our visitors this year will be able to enjoy top adrenaline entertainment, concerts of regional music stars, party until the dawn, excellent gastronomic offer and socializing with visitors from all over the world. Pannonian Challenge begins on Wednesday, June 5 and lasts until Sunday June 9, and the location is well-known - the left bank of the river Drava in Osijek. On the opening day of the festival, on Wednesday June 5th, famous Croatian bmxer and current world champion Marin Ranteš will with official BMX judge Igor Vukadinovic Pokijem held BMX school for children in the best equipped skate park in the region.
School begins at 3.00 p.m. At 8:30 p.m. volunteers will let lanterns from the Osijek pedestrian bridge and announce the jubilee 20th Pannonian. Exhibition action sports photography and presentation of a book "20 Years Pannonian" will be held in the Casemates at 9.00 p.m., after the opening ceremony DJ Omer and DJ Umbo will entertain guests until the early morning hours. Thursday is a day dedicated to skate in, at 6.00 p.m. the skate finals, at 7:30 p.m. awards, and from 9:00 p.m. party moves to Vega where we will party with Silente, Gužva u 16ercu and Harvo Jay. Friday is reserved for inline and scooter. From 4:30 p.m. in the skate park you can watch scooter session, while the inline pro finals in 6.00 p.m.
Here is a round up of all the action from today and a little recap of what you might have missed at last night's insane BMX Dirt competition. It took 7 years for BMX DIRT (one of the original and main disciplines of FISE) to return to the programme of Montpellier, and last night was worth the wait. The atmosphere was electric, as the sun set and the riders prepared to take on the massive Hurricane Tracks course. The line up was a who's who of BMX Dirt with 60 riders taking part. It was a night of stand out moments, but we have to mention the front bike flip landed by Jaie Toohey. He is one of only two guys on the planet to do that unreal trick. Amazingly his run was only good enough for 3rd, which shows how high the level was last night. In 1st place was Pat Casey who despite the wind
FISE WORLD SERIES MONTPELLIER. Check out the Live Schedule! Live feeds here on FATBMX so come back and watch.
When: 29th May – 2nd June
Where: Rives du Lez - Montpellier - France
Less than a week to go until one of the biggest events of the year. The riders are ready, the crowds are ready, we are ready and we hope you are too. Can't think about missing it? Make sure to mark your calendar in bold & red with all the live events.
FISE WORLD SERIES MONTPELLIER, France: When: 29th May – 2nd June Where: Rives du Lez - Montpellier - France
We have an insane line up of BMX for this years festival with 5 different BMX disciplines on show including : BMX Freestyle Park, BMX Flatland, BMX Street, BMX Dirt and BMX Spine Ramp competitions. Here is a preview of some of the parks the riders will be competing on in 11 days time.
BMX Park: This park will play host to one of the most anticipated competitions of the week, the UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup. The designers have pulled out all the stops for this one.
The Real Series Presented by Nexcare™ Brand’s Real BMX launches today, May 15, with six never-before-seen BMX video parts debuting on XGames.com. A full World of X Games episode will air Saturday, June 1 on ABC, featuring all six video parts, behind-the-scenes footage and athlete interviews. In each Real Series competition, athletes and filmer/editors form two-person teams to produce a never-before-seen video part in their own unique style. Each part debuts on XGames.com, where fans can watch and vote for their favorite video, and is celebrated across X Games social platforms. The competition culminates in a one-hour World of X Games episode featuring all of the
The first stop of the Fise Experience Series will be held at Canet en Roussillon, France this weekend! This park will be built up near the beach and the following riders have confirmed their presence: Kaine Mitchell, Jack MacGuire, Joe Ferguson, Shaun Gournall, Quentin Morien, Florian Ferrasse, Maxime Orsini, and Anthony Jeanjean...
Want to join them 17-19 of May?
This spring a unique tour brought the vibes of Pannonian Challenge to Zagreb, Varaždin and Rijeka. Challenge Tour warmed up whole of Croatia for the jubilee edition of the best extreme sports festival. Croatia became richer for another “travelling” competition, while about 80 registered riders in all disciplines proved that extreme sports are at their peak in Croatia. Local BMX, inline and skate riders have had the opportunity to win valuable prizes through the Challenge Tour, so many of them came to Zagreb on April 13th, where, despite the gloomy weather, there was a great atmosphere in which young athletes especially showed their spirits. However, the highlight of this tour was on April 27th, when in the newly opened skate park in Varaždin, Croatian Championship in BMX freestyle disciplines was
FISE European Series stops have been classified by the UCI as a C1 events, meaning riders can now grab points towards qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games! For over four years, the UCI and Hurricane Group have partnered together so that each stop of the FISE World Series, exclusively hosts the UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup. For the brand new FISE European Series, this collaboration has been extended. The UCI has labelled Madrid and Châteauroux as C1, UCI events that will also provide an opportunity to gain points towards qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
This new addition to the event has brought even more world class riders to Madrid and the line up is looking insane, including: Justin DOWELL (USA), Jack CLARK (UK), Declan BROOKS (UK), Anthony
For the first time in the history of extreme sports, we now have a lightweight jump ramp that can literally go everywhere we go! Developed over almost ten years by a team of skaters and BMX riders, the JUMPACK can be carried as a backpack, allowing the user to skate or ride to any destination and deploy a personal kicker in under 10 seconds!
The UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup kicks off in Hiroshima Japan and we will have the live feeds for you of Park as well as Flatland right here on FATBMX. If you cannot make it to Hiroshima in person, make some plans to tune in for the live broadcast .
When: 19th – 21st April
Where: Former Municipal Stadium, Hiroshima, Japan
SATURDAY APRIL 20
Hiroshima 11:35 JST / Paris 04:35 CEST / New York 22:35 EDT J-1
UCI BMX FREESTYLE PARK WORLD CUP - MEN SEMI-FINAL
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