FISE World Chengdu is Back!
After a first successful edition in October 2014, the FISE (Festival International des Sports Extrêmes) organizers are back in China. The FISE World Chengdu, 2015 edition, will take place on October 16-18 and will be filled with even more athletic feats and international athletes than the first edition. This year, the festivities will be taking place on a new site as the FISE infrastructures will be installed in Nan Hu Park, in the new Tian Fu zone in Chengdu. The addition of a new discipline in the Chinese edition, Wakeboard, will also bring more athletes and spectators to the event. Amateur competitions will be taking place in all sports and people will also have the opportunity to come try wakeboarding.
The beautiful Nan Hu Parc will be welcoming hundreds of pros and amateur athletes coming from all over the world to compete in the 5 star-disciplines of the FISE: roller, BMX, skateboard, mountain bike and wakeboard. The first stop of the 2015 FISE World Series started in France (Montpellier) in May, China being the second stop of the tour. The 2015 Series will be wrapping up in Malaysia in December. New dates and destinations will be added on the 2016 world tour calendar. Stay tuned!
A few numbers:
- 100 000 spectators
- 250 athletes
- 150 local riders
Photos: © FISE
Source: http://www.fise.fr