Info
This years edition of the Adio Rocks Zumiez contest will take place during the weekend of April 20th – 22nd. Friday it’s practice time, Saturday qualification time and the finals are scheduled for Sunday.
This years edition
will be better than ever, with more event days, more prize money, more skateboarders from more countries, more partytime and more skatepark.
Contest concept
ARZ07 is an international skateboardcontest, open for every skateboarder around the world. Only 100 skateboarders can compete in qualification, 15 of them go to the semifinals where they will be joined by 45 invited riders. 12 of the 45 will be last years finalists, the other 33 will be selected by the organisation. This selection will be made based on the level of the skateboarder and on his results in previous contests world wide.
Qualifications are skated by 100 skaters, in runs of 2min30sec with two skaters at a time.
Semifinals are skated by 60 skaters, in runs of 2min30sec with two skaters at a time.
Finals are skated by 15 skaters in 2 single runs of 1min + last trick.
Superfinals are skated by 5 skaters in a 10 minute jam.
Prize money
1st place €3000
2nd place €1500
3th place €750
4th - 5th place €375
6th - 7th place €250
8th - 9th place €150
10th - 12th place €100
13th - 15th place €50
Best trick: €350
Skatepark Zumiez
The ARZ07 contest is held at Belgiums legendary ZumieZ skatepark. ZumieZ has been the center of Belgian skateboarding for almost 10 years now. The park has been visited by almost every pro touring Europe and it hosts a lot of local events during the year. For this years edition 500m² of new obstacles will be added to the streetcourse.
Directions
By car: the skatepark is located on the E403 highway, exit 5. Click here for map
By public transport: Fly to Brussels International Airport, take train to Kortrijk railway station, take bus 40 (download pdf timetables here) get off at Wevelgem Commercial Centre.
