Sunday, January 27, 2008

Simpel Session '08 Contest Details

BMX STREET
(prize purse 6000 EUR)
In the qualification rounds riders are split randomly in groups of 4 people. The contest will be organized in jam format where 4 people ride by turns in session of 8 minutes. The overall amount of 96 riders is divided in half - two heats. First heat - 48 riders has practice time of one hour. Then each jam group has 8 minutes time to ride the course (no extra tricks in qualifyings when the time is over!). After group nr 12 there is an hour break and practice time for the second heat (12 groups of 4 riders). Then we will hold the qualification for second heat. Score range in qualifying is 20-100 from each judge, 3 average scores are taken into account (lower and higher score will be eliminated).
20 riders will qualify for the finals where riders are formed into groups according to their placing in qualifyings. Each group has the time of 10 minutes + last trick/set of tricks. Score range in finals is 70-100. The BMX jury will consist of five international experts.