Top BMX riders ready to roll for 2025 South African Championship
The competition will conclude with a Best Trick competition, where the winner will receive an Insta360 X5 360º action camera. The event aims to promote the growth and development of BMX Freestyle in South Africa.
Ryan van der Spuy is known for hosting the King of the Whip at Montecasino in Fourways, where freestyle motocross riders battle head-to-head in the Best Whip and Best Trick competition, putting on a show.
Now, he’s coming back with something even more exciting – the 2025 BMX Freestyle South African Championships, taking place at the Park Lines BMX Tournament on June 7, at the newly built SkyLab Skatepark in Bryanston, Johannesburg.
The event promises to be an action-packed extravaganza, featuring top BMX Freestyle riders from across the country competing for the title of South African BMX Freestyle champion.
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With two divisions, Pro and Amateur, riders will go head-to-head in qualifying heats, showcasing their skills as they perform tricks and stunts.
Van der Spuy said, “Park Lines is all about the growth and development of BMX Freestyle locally. Since its inception in 2021, we have done just that: hosting a professionally run competition open to all riders, becoming the official South African Championships, producing South African Champions, and producing the country’s first Olympian in this discipline.”
The park will offer a range of obstacles for riders to make use of during their runs. Competitors will go head-to-head in qualifying heats where judges will take use-of-park, variation, style, tricks and amplitude into account when making their selection of riders advancing into the finals. Pro riders will be competing for their share of the Cash Prize Purse, a Garmin Instinct 3 Smartwatch, along with other prizes from the official event partners. Van der Spuy said in the Amateur Division, there was a new Mongoose BMX and further prizes up for grabs.
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“Now, we add the opening of our own BMX Freestyle-focused Skatepark, SkyLab, to the mix – the location of this year’s tournament and a park that will be open to all riders year-round. We’re in for a treat come June 7, and we cannot wait to see who will be crowned the 2025 South African Champions.”
The tournament will conclude with the Best Trick competition open to all competing riders, with the winner taking home the new Insta360 X5 360º action camera.
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