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Yeah, we're happy, because on Saturday March 11th, 2023 the King of Wheel BMX Contest will take place in the Skatepark Stuttpark in Stuttgart. The classes are BMX Women, BMX Kids (up to and including 13 years), BMX Amateurs and BMX Professionals. Everyone come over and let's have a good time.

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What: BMX Contest at the "Stuttpark" skate park in Stuttgart (free entry)
When: Saturday, 11th of March 2023 from 10 a.m.
Where: Skatepark "Stuttpark", Kegelenstraße 19, 70372 Stuttgart (Trainstation Stuttgart Bad Cannstatt)

Riding in the Stuttpark is only permitted with plastic pegs and pedals, if you don't have plastic pegs you can buy some at the Stuttpark

Schedule

10:00 a.m.: Stuttpark Opens
10:00 - 11:00 a.m.:   WARM UP KIDS
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.:   CONTEST KIDS
12:00 - 12:30 p.m.:   WARM UP AM
12:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.:   CONTEST AM
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.:   WARM UP WOMEN
4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.:   CONTEST WOMEN
5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.:   WARM UP PRO
5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.:   CONTEST PRO
9:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.:   Meet & Greet with Drinks & Music in the kunstform BMX Shop in Stuttgart (5 minutes by S-Bahn)

We are not hosting an official after-show party this time, but since the shop is located right in the center of Stuttgart, we would like to recommend visiting the nearby clubs or bars, which are plentiful.

Contest

Classes: BMX Professional, BMX Amateurs, BMX Kids (up to and including 13 years), BMX Women
Qualification: 1 Run of approx. 1 Minute (possibly shorter depending on the number of registrations). The best 10 riders advance to the final.
Final: 2 runs of 1 minute, best run counts.

Prizes: non-cash prizes and vouchers, 1500 Euro prize money for BMX PRO
Simple Session Qualification: Top 3 in BMX PRO will automatically be qualified for the Simple Session, flight & hotel will be taken care of by kunstform BMX Shop.

Judges: Markus Wilke, Wendelin Mok, Konsty Rudobashta
Moderator: Simon "Huddl" Zimmerman

Supported by: Shadow Riding Gear, Mankind, Cult, Odyssey, eclat, Fit, United, Fiend, freedombmx, kunstform


Register online now

To get you in the mood, here is the video from the freedom BMX Awards in Stuttgart

See you on March 11th, 2023 in Stuttgart!

Greetings

Your kunstform BMX Shop Team

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