With fewer and fewer COVID cases, we’ve been seeing more and more BMX contests and jams starting to pop up! Here’s some news about the Double Triple BMX Contest going on over in Kyiv, Ukraine in August! They have 14,000 Euros worth of money up for grabs and the plaza style course looks like it should be a good time! If you’re over in Europe and can make the trip happen, definitely check this one out!
“2021 brings us the very new international contest in skateboarding and BMX in Kyiv. Keeping best traditions of winter edition — Double Triple Snow Fest that took place in 2019 and 2020, Double Triple Summer Fest invites riders to experience unique airport-look course on August 13-15 in Kyiv, Ukraine. The event is an official contest of World Cup Skateboarding.
The event includes two parts: Ukrainian Nationals on August 13 and international contest on August 14-15. The location of the contest stays the same — People’s Friendship Arch in the heart of Kyiv with Dnipro panorama.
The prize fund is over 14 000 euros and will be shared among 7 top riders in each discipline — skateboarding and BMX — jams:
1 place — 3000 EUR
2 place — 1500 EUR
3 place — 1000 EUR
4 place — 500 EUR
5 place — 300 EUR
6 place — 100 EUR
7 place — 100 EUR
Special prizes — 600 EUR for each discipline, are provided for Skateboarding & BMX Best Tricks.
Judges and organizers team includes
BMX:
Vasya Lukyanenko — contest director and judge
Bart de Jong — head judge
Toms Silins — judge
Dave Duncan — special guest and event emcee
don’t Take Fake and Radioday teams are event organizers.
As a part of World Cup Skateboarding the event invites riders from all over the world to compete in Kyiv. Representatives of the United Kingdom, Argentine, South Africa, Slovakia, Czech Republic are already applied.
Each time Double Triple events have unique concepts and topics. So the summer edition continues this tradition.
The main topic of Double Triple Summer Fest is ‘Kyiv is open for the whole world’. Event course with 2000 square meters area will bring riders to travel atmosphere and will be look like a real airport. For example, the starting point will be located in the arrival terminal and riders zone — at the roof upside it. Wallride will be located upside the shuttle bus stop. And all the course will be surrounded with signal lights. Ladders, luggage room, registration desk and business lounge will finish the whole look.
The second event of the series — Double Triple Snow Fest will be traditionally held in winter — on December 17—19. Ukrainian Nationals will take place on the first day, and the weekend — December 18-19, will be dedicated to international stage of the contest.
The first Double Triple Snow Fest took place in 2019. Each year the team build temporary snow park specially for the event. Last time, in 2020, the contest gathered 80 riders from 18 countries including USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Spain, Georgia and more. Drayden Gardner, Jessie Augustinus and Daniel Hanka became winners. Live broadcast had more than 75 000 spectators online during the weekend.”
Here’s a video giving you a look at the expected course!
