According to a media survey commissioned by Estonia’s action sports series Simple Session 2020, the event reached 735 million people worldwide via traditional and social media. The report compiled by Meltwater, a digital media monitoring company established in Norway and based in San Francisco, finds that mentions of this year’s Simple Session festival had a cumulative reach of almost three-quarters of a billion people. The report counted social media posts, as well as traditional digital media articles published online. The survey was conducted over three months: from January 1st to March 31st 2020.
Within the first quarter of 2020 Simple Session amounted 4259 mentions in social media. This number
We followed five Backyard Jam 2019 amateur winners on their way to riding at Simple Session 2020! Kris Bunnage, Alex Pindard-Baden, Sasha Pardoe, Ash Finlay and Dylan Hessey.
The 20th-anniversary event of the annual Simple Session contest went down last weekend, February 8 – 9 at the Saku Arena in Tallinn, Estonia. The main contests hosted 159 athletes from 30 countries: 58 in Pro Skateboarding, 13 in Women’s BMX, 51 in Pro BMX Street and 37 in BMX Park. The Qualifications went down on Saturday and Finals on Sunday, with 12 top Qualifiers competing for the medals.
For the first time since 2013, women’s BMX class called Sister Session was brought back. There were 13 competitors from all over the world, a couple of them will be representing their countries at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, where BMX Freestyle will make its debut. The Swiss-American Nikita Ducarroz
Curious who won Simple Session 20 in Park, Street and the Sister session? We've pinned it down for you.
Park:
1) Rim (JAPAN)
2) Loupos (AUSTRALIA)
3) Hilder (AUSTRALIA)
4) Andreev (RUSSIA)
5) Dhers (VENEZUELA)
6) FOX (USA)
7) Reilly (GBR)
8) Nyquist (USA)
9) Finlay (GBR)
SIMPLE SESSION – 20 years of mad action! Kick off the crazy 20s and celebrate two decades of Simple Sessions with a weekend of wild riding and afterparties in the wintery Tallinn, Estonia. You are cordially invited to join Simple Session’s 20th-anniversary celebrations! We could not have come this far without all of You, dear riders, fans, friends, and supporters!
SIMPLE SESSION – 20 years of mad action! Kick off the crazy 20s and celebrate two decades of Simple Sessions with a weekend of wild riding and afterparties in the wintery Tallinn, Estonia. You are cordially invited to join Simple Session’s 20th-anniversary celebrations! We could not have come this far without all of You, dear riders, fans, friends, and supporters!
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