Eight riders have already been confirmed for Duisburg, and their names read like a guarantee for great excitement. X-Games winner and T-Mobile Playgrounds title holder Rob Darden is going to be back in the BMX Dirt Jump competition, where he’ll have to battle it out against 23-year-old Dirt World Champion Anthony Napolitan, living Dirt legend Ryan Nyquist and TJ Ellis.
Action sports meet festival feeling: The first confirmed band of the louder side of things are alternative rockers AFI (A Fire Inside). Together with two more acts they’ll be taking over stage and speakers of the Kraftzentrale. Eight studio albums deep since their 1995 debut, the California-based band has come it’s way from strong punk-, and emo-rock, to a more melodic, more rock sound. “Decemberunderground”, their 2006 release, reached no.1 of the US charts and entered the German top 100, mostly due to the success of the single “Miss Murder”. Actual release: “Crash Love” (Sept. 2009). 
Advance sale for the T-Mobile Extreme Playgrounds has already started. Tickets for the action sports/three full live shows highlight on April 25th at the Kraftzentrale Duisburg are available for just 25 Euros (plus fees). The 5-Friends-Ticket is available again in 2010, it’s 100 Euros (plus fees), costs for four and admits five. Tickets are available on www.t-mobile-playgrounds.de and at most pre-sale offices. Dates 2010:
-T-Mobile Extreme Playgrounds – Duisburg 2010 International BMX Dirt Jump & Mountainbike Slopestyle Contest April 25th, Duisburg, Landschaftspark/Kraftzentrale
-T-Mobile Extreme Playgrounds – Hamburg 2010 WWA Wake Park World Series Event & International BMX Miniramp Contest August 29th, Hamburg, Wasserski-Arena Pinneberg
-T-Mobile Extreme Playgrounds – Berlin 2010 World Cup Skateboarding Event & International BMX Contest (Street/Vert) November 21st, Berlin, Velodrom
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