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The course was once again designed by Nate Wessel and had street and transition obstacles on it. This year, more than ever before, showed a strong difference between park and street riders. Having the two ride together in one contest is interesting to watch, but hard to judge. How do you compare riders like AK, Bruno Hoffmann and Stevie Churchill with riders like Michael Beran, Kyle Baldock and Harry Main. It’s next to impossible, but after the qualification rounds on Saturday were over, the mix of finalists consisted of the best street riders, the best park riders, and a few style/flow/line riders as well. It made for an interesting final on Sunday for all the fans watching it, either live, or in front of the computer screen.

There was also a Sister Session event taking place and a Failure Best Trick contest on a special “Lightning bolt” ledge obstacle in the middle of the ramp set-up. The street riders killed it on that one and Stevie Churchill won the extra cash by doing a hard 360 over the gap to feeble down the ledge. Dan Foley and Trey Jones completed the top three of this Failure contest. 11 riders entered the girls competition. Things started to progress substantially after the first heat and the level is improving year by year. Grinds, flips, transfers and flairs are all on the program now for the ladies. The winner was Camila Harambour from Chile, followed by Josh Harrington’s GF Angie Marino from the USA, and Mark Webb trained Georgia Wheaty from the UK.

The pro BMX finals were truly amazing. Devon Smillie killed it in the first group with dialled tech street tricks that only a few riders could top. Devon was leading the charts for most of the competition until the last two groups with BMX Park riders changed up the rankings. Bruno Hoffmann was shredding and so was Daniel Tuente. They both showed why they made it to the final. It’s awesome to see when most riders pull their last trick. In the finals riders basically had two runs and time to do a last trick. There was even time for them to give it a couple of tries if it didn’t work out on the first attempt. This makes a contest like the Simple Session so popular. Compared to events like the X-Games or the Dew Tour, the event caters more to the riders where they can show their best riding without getting scored down when they crash once. The best and the new tricks came out, like the barspin 360 downside whip to bars from Logan Martin, a 1080 and a frontflip tailwhip from Todd Meyn that you don’t see getting pulled every day, Kevin Peraza’s double decade air was absolutely sickerning, Trey Jones did a nice nosewheelie on the wave, Bruno’s 540 into the flat bank was sick, and we could go on and on for a while listing all the new tricks that were done in Tallinn.

The vibe was good all weekend. The parties were rocking, the riding was insane. Nobody cared about the cold temperatures outside. SS13 was hot. Back again this year from 22-23 February 2014.

BdJ

BMX Final results:
1 Kevin Peraza MEX 444
2 Michael Beran CZE 437
3 Harry Main GBR 433
4 Daniel Sandoval USA 432
5 Kyle Baldock AUS 427
6 Logan Martin AUS 425
7 Devon Smillie USA 420
8 Pat Casey USA 414
9 Bruno Hoffman GER 413
10 Todd Meyn AUS 410
11 Stevie Churchill USA 408
12 Simone Barraco ITA 404
13 Trey Jones USA 399
14 Daniel Tünte GER 395
15 Alex Kennedy GBR 390
16 Tommy Dugan USA 390
17 Ryan Taylor GBR 387
18 Jack Clark GBR 385
19 Josh Harrington USA 383
20 Shanon Farrugia AUS 377
20 Anthony Perrin FRA 377
22 Jack Watts GBR 376
23 Sebastian Keep GBR 375
24 Dan Paley GBR 368

Sister Session RESULTS
1 Camila Harambour CHI 387
2 Angie Marino USA 377
3 Georgia Wheaty GBR 369
4 Katya Kruglova RUS 357
5 Minato Oike JPN 350
6 Shanice Silva Cruz NED 344
7 Rebecca Berg GER 322
8 Ashley Armstrong GBR 319
9 Vanessa Gerner GER 304
10 Dorothea Dähn GER 284
11 Cédrine Tretout FRA 277

BMX qualification results
1 Kyle Baldock AUS 381
2 Kevin Peraza MEX 376
3 Daniel Sandoval USA 369
4 Devon Smillie USA 365
5 Logan Martin AUS 358
6 Pat Casey USA 357
7 Todd Meyn AUS 356
8 Harry Main GBR 355
9 Stevie Churchill USA 350
10 Simone Barraco ITA 346
10 Daniel Tünte GER 346
12 Jack Watts GBR 345
13 Bruno Hoffman GER 343
13 Alex Kennedy GBR 343
15 Dan Paley GBR 341
16 Ryan Taylor GBR 337
17 AJ Anaya USA 336
18 Anthony Perrin FRA 335
19 Tommy Dugan USA 334
20 Trey Jones USA 333
21 Michael Beran CZE 332
21 Sebastian Keep GBR 332
23 Shanon Farrugia AUS 331
24 Jack Clark GBR 330
25 Josh Harrington USA 329
25 Eddie Zunda LAT 329
27 Maxime Charveron FRA 328
28 Mark Love GBR 326
29 Dawid Godziek POL 324
30 Greg Illingworth RSA 323
30 Keith Schmidt USA 323
32 Janek Wentzky GER 322
33 Denis Pavlov RUS 320
33 Daniel Wedemeijer NED 320
35 Diogo Santos POR 316
36 Dan Foley USA 315
36 Pat Laughlin USA 315
38 Justin Fouque FRA 314
38 Ricky Moseley USA 314
40 Vince Byron AUS 312
41 Dillon Lloyd CAN 311
42 Lahsaan Kobza USA 310
43 Tyler Fernengel USA 308
44 Viktors Kronbergs LAT 306
44 Santiago Mu?oz COL 306
44 Dan Norvell USA 306
47 JB Peytavit FRA 305
48 Ludwig Oskarsson SWE 302
49 Aaron Ross USA 301
50 Mark Mulville USA 300
51 Rasmus Paimre EST 299
52 Ola Selsjord NOR 298
53 Paul Ryan GBR 297
54 Ondra Sléz CZE 296
55 Leandro Moreira BRA 294
56 Janis Cunculis LAT 292
56 Markus Reuss GER 292
58 Scott Ditchburn GBR 288
58 Dustin Grice USA 288
60 Davide Altobelli ITA 287
61 Brandon Webster CAN 285
62 Anton Evstifeev RUS 284
62 Panagiotis Manaras GRE 284
64 David Budko LTU 283
64 Ole André Kristiansen NOR 283
66 Adrian Malmberg SWE 282
67 Denis Canina BRA 281
67 Jason Phelan IRL 281
69 Nick DiGeroloma USA 280
70 Erik Orgo EST 276
71 Talis Viirpalu EST 275
72 Mike Gray CAN 274
72 Stefan Lantschner ITA 274
74 Dean Cueson GBR 271
74 Brian Kachinsky USA 271
76 Matthias Dandois FRA 270
77 Colton Satterfield USA 268
78 Eki Vainikka FIN 265
79 Ollie Shields GBR 262
80 Alex Nikulin RUS 261
81 Jacob Nedler SWE 260
82 Martti Lainevool EST 259
83 Pete Sawyer GBR 257
84 Markus Manninen FIN 256
85 Paulo Sacaki BRA 252
86 Ben Snowden USA 251
87 Johannes Varkki EST 245
88 Kaarel Pütsep EST 244
89 Joosep Nilk EST 240
90 Rain Randväli EST 238
90 Toshio Takagi JPN 238
92 Misha Rostomyan RUS 236
93 Oliver Kurbas EST 229
93 Matty Long USA 229
93 Brock Olive AUS 229
96 Sean Morr USA 225
97 Gabe Brooks USA 224
98 Daisuke Yoneta JPN 222
99 Arto Arukuusk EST 220
100 Sam Lee HKG 219
100 Taavi Tarmas EST 219
102 John Manaras GRE 215
103 Brad Simms USA 203
104 Eimantas Tunyla LTU 193