Skateboarding
From the streets of the historic Old Town to the rafters of the Suurhall Arena, England's finest takes us on a personal tour of winter's biggest skate event, as they celebrate 20 years of skating!
So unless you've been hiding under a rock for the last week, you'll doubtless be aware that the 20th anniversary edition of Estonia's mighty Simple Session contest went down in Tallinn early in February.
As well as all the highlights, which you can enjoy below, we asked the marvellous MC Marc Churchill to dive into the entire weekend event in order to catch up with the people who made the event go off seamlessly, from the skaters to the craftsmen who built the course.
Click the player above to join Marc on a tour of Tallinn's sights and sounds from Friday night's Best Trick contest right through to the popping corks on the podium late on Sunday.
If you can't make it to Tallinn to experience Simple Session in the flesh, this is as close as you're likely to come. Enjoy!
Simple Session 20 Skate Finals
In a skate event with no shortage of talking points, Danny León shook off a freak slam between his runs to hold off a stacked field and claim his first Simple Session crown in Estonia today.
Check out the skate highlights from Simple Session 20:
Ke'Chaud Johnson came all the way from Dallas to take a well-deserved second spot with a great display of versatile skating on every obstacle on the Nate Wessel-designed course, and Germany's Tyler Edtmayer joined the Simple Session podium for the first time with a third-place position won on the basis of his first run after a heavy slam ended his second prematurely.
Watch Danny León's winning run from Simple Session 20:
Watch how Danny came back from receiving medical attention to claim his crown up top, check out just his final run itself above, and join us back here later in the week for a re-cap show of the entire Simple Session event courtesy of Marc Churchill!
Simple Session 20 finals in photos:
Stefan Eigner's photos from Sunday's finals give a flavour of the action from inside the Suurhall Arena.
Saturday's skate qualifying photos:
Enjoy some of the biggest hammers from Saturday night at Simple Session and take a second to appreciate the carpentry involved in some of those obstacles.
Friday night's skate session at Simple Session 20:
Straight off the plane and hightailing it to the contest to check out the new features from Nate Wessel's 2020 course design, enjoy the ambience of the warm-up session at the Suurhall Arena as the skaters descend on SImple Session 20 weekend.
Simple Session 2020 Skate final results
- Ke'Chaud Johnson
- Tyler Edtmayer
So what is Simple Session?
Simple Session is the 2020 skate contest season-opener and we're coming to you live once again on Red Bull TV on Sunday, February 9.
Now celebrating its 20th year, the combined skate and BMX contest takes place in the magnificent Saku Suurhall just outside the Estonian capital, Tallinn, from where it will be watched not just by the crowds themselves, but by millions globally.
