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Freestyle.ch Zurich Switzerland

Freestyle 2005 marked the first year the event required an entry fee. 2004 feel victim to the jump tower collapsing. The event was cancelled.

Weather-wise, Freestyle 2003 was pretty good, being dry till Sunday evening. The event was moved down by a week, possibly to avoid the usual wet spell around the 20th of September. The setup was similar as last year. A world class Event!

In the spirit of everything being the other way around in 2002, Freestyle 2002 was DRY as opposed to rainy. It was a great show as usual! FMX (Freestyle Motocross) was one of the headliners, as was Snowboards. BMX's were there too, but, sadly, inlines were missing. The action was so FAST that I had to make do with a lot of blurry pictures. The FMX tricks were really impressive, as was the huge ramp for the snowboarders, covered with SNOW (in autumn).

Check out their official homepage at http://www.freestyle.ch

FMX stunt, 2003 Freestyle Ski down the ramp, 2003
FMX stunt, 2003
Freestyle Ski down the ramp, 2003
The huge ramp, almost 30m high! Quite a few people in 2003.. Ski stunt, 2003
The huge ramp, almost 30m high! Quite a few people in 2003..
Ski stunt, 2003
FMX, 2002. This rider's just taken off at high speed from the ramp (gray track with brown sides at lower center) Look at this mid-air trick! (2002)
FMX, 2002. This rider's just taken off at high speed from the ramp (gray track with brown sides at lower center)
Look at this mid-air trick! (2002)
 FMX: fly with your bike 10 meters above street level :-)  FMX rider Preparing to land on his bike (all landed safely)
FMX: fly with your bike 10 meters above street level :-)
FMX rider Preparing to land on his bike (all landed safely)
 Look at this one  HUGE airs!
Look at this one
HUGE airs!
 FMX Rider revving it up past spectators  The gigantic ramp for the snowboarders called for loads of helpers flattening the artificial snow to make it suitable to ride on
FMX Rider revving it up past spectators
The gigantic ramp for the snowboarders called for loads of helpers flattening the artificial snow to make it suitable to ride on
 Snowboarder on the large video screen yesss, nice!
Snowboarder on the large video screen
yesss, nice!
neat!!  Side view of the ramp with the little red lift below it
neat!!
Side view of the ramp with the little red lift below it