FreestyleXtreme Magazine Issue 5 | Page 69

£ Chris Brock £ Riders with local P.D. FMX4EVER requests and needs. Like any city in the world, it’s very difficult to block half the city for a fun twoday event. 250,000 people were expected to attend, with crowds stretching all along the circuit. The FMX show was to be held at two different locations simultaneously. The roads needed to be closed in the day, reopened in the night and closed again the next day. Time for the construction was limited and we had some serious planning to do to get this one done. The event was scheduled for the end of August. As our containers were on the way, a conflict broke out in the country and organisers needed to pull the hand brake. With the situation in the country being what it is, local promoters “ £ The local crowd getting excited Certain things you’d consider possible and easily accessible... can take hours to organise in a new place ” have a hard time organising largescale events and it’s not a rarity that tickets are returned from fully sold out concerts. £ Riders & Crew 6V