FORMAT AND CONTEST RULES
Skateboarding qualifications
- Organized jam format with 4 skaters and 8 minutes on the clock.
- Each skater gets two 1-minute runs and both runs count.
- Overall impression matters, so keep the skating different.
BMX qualifications
- Organized jam format with 4 riders and 8 minutes on the clock.
- Each rider gets two 1-minute runs and both runs count.
- Overall impression matters, so keep the runs different.
Finals
BMX street finals
- 15 best riders from the qualifications
- Each rider has 2 individual 1-minute runs (best run counts).
Skateboarding finals
- 15 best skaters from the qualifications
- Each skater has 2 individual 1-minute runs (best run counts).
Extra events
Stoned Street X Simple Session BMX Street Jam – Wed, 20.09 at Skoone Bastion
Converse Skate Jam – Wed, 20.09 at Skoone Bastion
Visit Estonia X Simple Session Jam – Thu, 21.09 at Freedom Square
VANS X LHV Skate Mini Ramp Jam – Sat, 23.09 at Põhjala Factory (1. hangar – free entry for the audience!)
Ballzy Skate Best Trick – Sun, 24.09 at Põhjala Factory
Radio Bikes BMX Best Trick – Sun, 24.09 at Põhjala Factory
Judging criteria
and judges
The riders and skaters will be judged on:
- flow
- style
- creativity
- use of course
- amplitude/height
- number of tricks shown in their run
- originality
- difficulty of tricks
- NBD’s
- consistency
- variety of tricks
- control of tricks
- bike/skateboard control
- landings
- execution
- crashes/foot-downs/perfect runs
The Skateboarding and BMX jury will both consist of five international experts in the disciplines.
BMX:
Bart de Jong NED
Markus Wilke GER
Toms Silins LVA
Skateboarding:
Dan Cates GBR
Vesa Ikola FIN
Kristjan Prik EST
Prize Purse
The prize purse of the Simple Session 2023 is 25.000 EUR + goods prizes from Oakley, Converse, BALLZY, and VANS.