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Pace, Brown, Hilder and Prangenberg win Simple Session 19

The 19th edition of the annual Simple Session contest went down this weekend, February 2 – 3 at the Saku Arena in Tallinn, Estonia. 

The main contests hosted 150 athletes from 30 countries: 60 in Pro Skateboarding, 50 in Pro BMX Street and 40 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 ever, a separate skateboarding contest was held for female skateboarders – Sister Skate Session. 7 athletes competed in the contest, with the youngest, 10-year-old Sky Brown (Nike) from Japan taking home the win. Keet Oldenbeuving NED (Meow) was second and Ksenia Maricheva RUS (Union) was third.

In skateboarding, Liam Pace USA (Monster) took home the gold, Greyson Fletcher USA (Element) the silver, and Joseph Garbaccio FRA (Jart) the bronze. 

“Sky Brown made good use of the whole course, flying around and doing flip-tricks. She was amazing and deserved to win,” said skateboarding MC Dave Duncan and continued to comment on skate winner Liam Pace. “Everywhere he goes he has these speed-lines. As soon as he got here he did the box jump into this big eggplant on the big steep wall – no-one else was going upside-down this high. He also did really good on the street. He was using the whole park with good speed and big transfers. He was clearly ahead of everyone: the judges felt he was the winner after his first run and the second was just a victory lap, just having fun.”

The Simple Session also kicked off the World Cup Skateboarding 2019 season.

In BMX Street, Felix Prangenberg GER (Wethepeople) finished with the highest score, Matt Ray USA (Subrosa) was second, and Justin Spriet USA (Fit Bike Co) was third. Johnny Raekes USA (Fiend BMX) pulled the BMX Street Best Trick, which was a tooth hanger over pegs hard 180 crankflip.

Boyd Hilder AUS (Federal) won the BMX Park contest, second was Daniel Dhers VEN (Red Bull). Kenneth Tencio CRI (Red Bull) came third and also won the Pumped BMX Pro BMX Park Best Trick contest with his flair drop-in transfer.

BMX rider Alex Hiam AUS (Colony BMX) won the Visit Estonia “Epic Estonia Trip” best trick prize for pulling off a tailwhip to footjam tailwhip over fakie on the Visit Estonia spine.

“Boyd Hilder rides in a different way. He did tricks like nobody else did, like the barspin to fence ride to barspin in and the one handed cannonball. A lot of things that stood out and thats what it takes to win – you have to be either better or different from everybody else,” commented BMX head judge Bart De Jong. “Felix had a really good run. Matt Ray is also really good, but he did a lot of ramp style tricks compared to Felix, who did a lot of grinds and ledges – it was more street oriented.”

Judging the BMX competitions were Bart de Jong NED (head judge), Markus Wilke GER, Brian Kachinsky USA, Dave Hank GBR, Toms Silins LVA and Achim Kujawski GER.

The skateboarding competitions were judged by Dan Cates GBR (head judge), Pat DuffyUSA, Bam Margera USA, Kirill Korobkov RUS, Vitaly Kotov RUS and Pärtel Niitaru EST.

Simple Session Finals were broadcast LIVE in partnership with Red Bull TV with hosts Ed Leigh and expert commentators Tony Hawk (skateboarding) and Chris Doyle (BMX).

At the arena, the Finals were hosted by announcers Andy Zeiss and Darryl Nau in BMX, and Dave “Double D” Duncan and Mark Brewster in skateboarding.

Simple Session 20 anniversary event will take place on February 8 – 9th 2020 in Tallinn, Estonia @ Saku Arena.

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BMX QUALIFICATIONS line-up for Saturday 02.02.

BMX PARK AND STREET QUALIFICATIONS

Organised jam format, where riders take turns and keep the same order. Contestants take turns in 8 min jam sessions. Jam groups consist of 4 riders, where each rider gets two 1-minute runs in (no third visits to the course and no last trick!). We will keep the clock tight!

  

Come and watch the Qualifications on Saturday on the 2nd of February to see who will make the cut to the BIG Finals!

Time schedule on our website www.session.ee
Tickets are available on  https://www.piletilevi.ee/est/piletid/simple-session-2019-60275/
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Skateboarding Qualification line-up for Saturday 02.02.

Skateboarding Qualification line-up for Saturday 02.02.
The best 12 skaters will advance to the finals on Sunday 03.02!

Come and watch the Qualifications on Saturday on the 2nd of February to see who will make the cut to the BIG Finals!

 

Time schedule on our website www.session.ee
Tickets are available on  https://www.piletilevi.ee/est/piletid/simple-session-2019-60275/
 #skateboarding #simplesession

 

BOOM! Legends Session comin’ up!

These guys need no introduction: Bam Margera and Danny Way are the latest additions to the Simple Session’19 ALL STARS guest list!

True, they don’t enter the competition, but are here to meet old and new friends and enjoy the crazy event!

In case you missed it – The BIGGEST name in skateboarding – mr Birdman Tony Hawk is coming to Tallinn to the Simple Session 2019! Tony will be hosting our skateboarding LIVE show on Red Bull TV along with Ed Leigh and of course meeting and greeting the fans in Estonia at Saku Suurhall!

How it all started: interview on DIG Magazine

There’s an in-depth interview up on worlds’ best BMX magazine www.DIGBMX.com with Simple Session’s Risto Kalmre – ‘the “almost” 20 years of Simple Session.’

 

“With all the lights, the giant stadium and the high end production at a contest like Simple Session, it’s easy to forget where it all started. Founder and organiser Risto Kalmre has been there and done most of it, but instead of standing in the spotlight he prefers to work away tirelessly in the background to make the whole gig come together year after year. Since the first incarnation back in 2000 it has since grown into one of the biggest and best BMX events in the world, but it’s hasn’t all been roses and rainbows. We quizzed Risto to find out more, and started by asking about his beginnings in BMX…”

Read the full interview on DIG BMX online

HOT TIP: the BIGGEST name in skateboarding – mr Birdman Tony Hawk is coming to Tallinn

HOT TIP!

The BIGGEST name in skateboarding – mr Birdman Tony Hawk is coming to Tallinn to the Simple Session 2019! Tony will be hosting our skateboarding LIVE show on Red Bull TV along with Ed Leigh and of course meeting and greeting the fans in Estonia at Saku Suurhall! 

A pro since he was just 14, the San Diego native has won countless competitions during his spectacular career and was crowned the world’s vert-champion for 12 years in a row! Many of you know him from Tony Hawk Pro Skater, a legendary video game franchise – one of the most thrilling and best selling PlayStation, XBOX and Nintendo game series ever. He is also the man of the first notorious 900-degree revolution, which confirmed his legendary status for the history of skateboarding. At the age of 48, he was still able to repeat the trick for the last time! Now 50, Tony is still on his board, travelling the world and being an inspiration for fans of all ages. His greatest goal is to develop skateboarding and charity: his Tony Hawk Foundation has contributed over $7.9 million US to help build more than 600 public skateboard parks for underprivileged children.

HAPPY OLLIEDAYS!

What reindeer?
Santa will arrive on a skateboard this year!
Simple Session 19 tickets are more affordable until the end of the year!
Family tickets are also available!

Tickets are HERE!