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SIMPLE SESSION 25 SKATE BEST TRICK

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Simple Session’s 25th-anniversary celebrations kicked off raw and real with VISIT ESTONIA’s Best Trick battle at Krulli District. The standout? ‘Kelluke’ (‘The Bell’) — a brand-new, skateable sculpture we built for the City of Tallinn. It’s set to level up the local street spots soon to be locked in at Freedom Square, so get back and session it again!

The session was straight fire, with hammers dropping left and right, all fueled by the Cash for Tricks format. Aaron “Jaws” Homoki (USA) claimed the overall victory with a flawless backside 360 flip melon grab. Jaime Mateu went all out, throwing down the biggest amount of wildest tricks and ultimately splitting the Best Trick prize with Jaws. The highest air contest saw Greyson Fletcher (USA) and Marcello Jiménez (Chile) tie for first after ringing the 2.6-meter high bell.

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2020 Red Bull BOWL RIPPERS Highlights

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Buckle up for a unique edition of Red Bull Bowl Rippers 2020 from Marseille. A stripped-back showdown promised to produce some much-needed skate action from the south of France this past weekend on October 3-4. The city’s very own son, Jean Pantaleo, beat all comers over the weekend to become the new champion of Red Bull Bowl Rippers, edging out previous winner Jaime Mateu by a single point.

In contention to put their stamp on the fabled Bowl Du Prado during this special edition of Red Bull’s annual seaside showdown was a 60-strong field of European shrednauts, including Elson Patrick, Danny León, Dannie Carlsen, Jean Pantaleo, Marcel Wintherlig, Anthony Mardelle, Stellio Sakellarides, Simon Léauté, Ivan Federico, Bjorn Lillesoe, Karl Berglind, Vincent Milou and Jaime Mateu.

With the weekend split into a Saturday contest and a Sunday Best Trick jam, Pantaleo doubled down on his contest victory by making an enormous transfer line into one of the bowls, a feat which had previously cost him not one, but two, broken heels.

Red Bull Bowl Rippers 2020 results:

Jean Pantaleo
Jaime Mateu
Karl Berglind
Danny León
Ivan Federico

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Skate Finals | Simple Session 2020 REPLAY

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We’re back to Saku Arena in Estonia for the 20th anniversary of Simple Session – A skate contest by skaters, for skaters, and on some seriously big transition. Nate Wessel is the mastermind behind this year’s course build and it fairly summarises the mantra of ‘go big or go home’. Smash the play button and catch the full replay from the contest. Featuring Liam Pace, Danny Leon, Ke’Chaud Johnson, Jaime Mateu, David Gravette, Antoine Laurent, Tyler Edtmayer, Ivan Federico, Adrien Bulard, Jaakko Ojanen, Simen Haegelan and Egor Golubev.

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