The love story between Reims (Marne) and the International Festival of Extreme Sports (Fise) has been going on for more than ten years now. Born in 1997 in Montpellier, this high mass of rollerblading, BMX, skateboarding and other extreme sports that brings together more than 500,000 spectators each year in the Hérault, has, since 2012, a "mini-version" in Reims, the Fise Xperience Series. Long organized at Léo-Lagrange Park, the event moved, after the pandemic, to the foot of the Porte de Mars, in the heart of downtown Reims. Facing the venerable Gallo-Roman monument, it is on the esplanade inaugurated in 2020 that the piste aux étoiles will be installed, from 9 to 11 June.
Anthony Jeanjean expected
"The freestyle park is made up of massive steel structures covered with wood," explains Hurricane, which organizes the Fise Xperience Series. Their format is oversized to ensure speed and amplitude, to meet the expectations of the pros while allowing many lines accessible to amateurs and juniors. This is indeed the specificity of this festival, associating the best representatives of the discipline, amateurs and the general public around a high-level sporting event.
On the program of the Reims tour, BMX, rollerblading and scootering, with no less than twelve categories, from juniors to pros, through amateurs who will also have their right to their moment of glory. Among the expected cracks, we can mention Anthony Jeanjean, triple European champion of BMX freestyle and 7th at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, where the discipline made its Olympic debut.
The Reims stage will collect points for a national qualification for the Paris 2024 Games, an additional motivation for the participants. With also increased financial endowments this year, the event will also attract some international stars. After the Reims stage, the Fise tour will head to Thonon-les-Bains (Haute-Savoie), then Le Havre (Seine-Maritime), in August.
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