It is a small village of barely 600 souls, nestled in the heart of the Montagne de Reims, which is preparing to experience hectic days.
In Val-de-Livre, a training center dedicated to “action sports” (BMX, rollerblading, skateboarding, scootering, etc.) was built last summer, thanks to the investment of local enthusiasts and the support of Hurricane Group.
The Montpellier-based company, which created the International Festival of Extreme Sports (Fise) in 1997, specializes in the organization of events and the manufacturing of infrastructure around the world.
Describing himself as “a child of Fise”, Matthias Dandois, nine-time French flatland BMX world champion, is also associated with the Marne project.
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BMX, mountain bike and skate tracks, fitness, treatment and reception rooms, accommodation... Fise Farm, that's its name, is equipped to receive the best athletes in the world and this is already the case.
“In September, we welcomed Red Bull and its 24 athletes and they will return in May, with a small group of eight athletes, for a preparation course for the Olympics,” explains Vincent Chrzanowski, co-founder of the place.
Less than six months before the Paris Games, Fise Farm has been selected as a preparation center and two Olympic teams will come to train there.
And not just any: France, with Anthony Jeanjean, three-time European BMX freestyle champion, and Laury Perez, four-time French champion, and Australia, which counts in its ranks Logan Martin, reigning Olympic champion of this same discipline.
Americans from the United States are also expected.
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This shows the quality of the Fise Farm facilities, which had already sparked great enthusiasm among the small “action sports” community when the venue was presented last September.
“The BMX park which will be delivered in April will be the last to come from the Hurricane workshops, official supplier of the Olympic Games,” rejoices Vincent Chrzanowski.
Replicas of Olympic facilities are prohibited, but this will still be the most up-to-date BMX park in our stock.
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Opening to the general public in September
The Marnais native knows what he is talking about since he runs Hurricane Tracks, a track manufacturer and subsidiary of Hurricane Group.
Hurricane Parks, another sister company, also designed the skatepark for the Tokyo 2021 Olympics and soon that of Paris 2024. Vincent Chrzanowski also hopes to build a cross-country mountain bike track, an Olympic sport, before the Paris deadline and thus to welcome other very high level athletes.
Beautiful people will therefore meet at Fise Farm in the months to come, before opening to the general public, probably in September.
A restaurant, a boutique, a startup incubator and mountain bike trails could also see the light of day by then.