Only six weeks left until the dirtiest competition of the year kicks off. On April 25th, the wheels will be spinning again at the Kraftzentrale Duisburg. Mud hills beyond head height and gigantic wooden ramps will turn the Ruhr area venue at the Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord into a spectacular bike spot. On the sports agenda: BMX Dirt Jump and Mountainbike Slopestyle. In the BMX roster, Australian Ryan Guettler (4th X-Games 2009, 2nd Duisburg 2009) replaces Ryan Nyquist; 2008 MTB winner Paul 

Basagoitia (USA) replaces the injured Lance McDermott (UK). In between runs, alternative rockers AFI and punk rock stars Sum 41 are going to keep the crowds hyped, before headliners Bad Religion come out for the big finale of the night!

Great names have confirmed their appearance, which in turn promises breath-taking duels on the track. However, having a title from two years ago like the German Dirt champ 2008 Markus Hampl, or owning an American passport, like Rob Darden, TJ Ellis and Anthony Napolitan do, will probably not be sufficient enough to become the 2010 title holder. UK guns Ben Hennon and Ben Wallace are going to be in Duisburg, as well as German dirt specialist Simon Moratz and Frenchmen Patrick Guimez and Maxime Charveron. Another top candidate is Ryan Guettler (AUS), 4th in the X-Games 2009 and runner-up in last year’s T-Mobile Playgrounds Duisburg; Guettler replaces US star Ryan Nyquist, who had to cancel his appearance due to an injured knee.

Some of the best there are – but not only on the dirt! This goes for the stage as well! In between qualifications, and after the finals, the T-Mobile Playgrounds feature three full live music shows.

After a two-year break, punkrockers Sum 41 return to a German stage, and Californians AFI will rock Duisburg with new songs from their 2009 release “Crash Love”! But the crowning finale will undoubtedly 30 years of punk rock history: Bad Religion! Along with their giant repertoire of hits they’ll have some songs from their 15th album up their sleeves… Can Duisburg take it?

Ticket sales to the T-Mobile Extreme Playgrounds are already up and running – and they’re going fast! Tickets to the 2010 action sports & music highlight in Duisburg’s Kraftzentrale are available for just 25 Euros (plus fees). Or, you can get the 5-Friends-Ticket for you and yours, which is 100 Euros (plus fees), but admits five heads! Get the tickets at your local ticket office, or through www.t-mobile-playgrounds.de.

T-Mobile Extreme Playgrounds – Duisburg 2010 International BMX Dirt Jump Contest April 25th, Landschaftspark/Kraftzentrale, Duisburg, Germany Confirmed BMX Dirt Jump riders

Rob Darden (USA)
Anthony Napolitan (USA)
Ryan Guettler (AUS)
TJ Ellis (USA)
Markus Hampl (GER)
Ben Wallace (UK)
Ben Hennon (UK)
Patrick Guimez (FRA)
Simon Moratz (GER)
Maxime Charveron (FRA)

Information and tickets: t-mobile-playgrounds.de

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