FTA JOINS URBAN WORLD SERIES
PARK DEL FÒRUM• BARCELONA
SEPT. 13 - 15 2024
Freestyle Trampoline World Championships Collide with Extreme Barcelona 2024
The Freestyle Trampoline World Championships is set to make history by partnering with Extreme Barcelona Action Sport Event for its 2024 edition.Scheduled from September 13th to 15th, the world's premier Freestyle Trampoline competition will touch down in Barcelona to crown the 2024 World Champions. This collaboration with Extreme Barcelona marks a significant milestone, as it introduces a new World Championship to the event's 15-year legacy.As part of the Urban World Series, Extreme Barcelona will integrate Freestyle Trampoline into its lineup of official action sports. Parc del Fòrum will be the stage where top trampoline athletes from over 15 countries will compete for the coveted title of Freestyle Trampoline World Champion.
EXTRME BARCELONA
EVENT SCHEDULE
Friday SEPT 13: 10:00 - 21:30
Saturday SEPT 14: 10:00 - 22:00
Sunday SEPT 15: 10:00 - 20:00
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*Schedule is subject to change
**If there is rain forecasted in the schedule, we will have to move and alter the schedule which means you might have to go earlier or later than planned, but we will have a what's app group with updates to inform you. If we know rain is forecasted we can adjust in advance, however, if we experience unexpected rain, we will delay the competitions until it has passed.
WORLD CHAMPS SCHEDULE
Friday Sept 13
• Athlete Training - 10:30- 16:30
• Athlete Interviews - 10:00 - 15:00
• Qualifying Round - SR Men - 17:00 - 20:00
• Athlete Training -20:00 - 21:00
Saturday Sept 14
• Athlete Warm-up - 10:00 (Groups: Women, Juniors, Top 15 Men)
• Qualifying Juniors - 13:00 - 14:00
• Qualifying Women - 14:00 - 15:00
• Athlete Warm-up & Judges Break - 15:00 - 16:00 (Top 15 SR Men)
• Semi-Finals - Sr Men - 16:00 - 18:30
• Media Interviews for Top 5 Men, Women & Juniors
• Optional Athlete Training for all Finalists (Top 5) - 18:30 - 20:30
Sunday Sept 15
• Warm-up for Finalists - 10:00 - 11:30
• Pre-Show Begins - 11:30
• Introductions - 11:45
• Junior Finals - Top 5 - 12:00 - 12:30
• Women's Finals - Top 5 - 12:30 - 13:00
• Men's Finals - Top 5 - 13:00 - 13:30
• Awards Presentation - 13:30 - 14:00
Extreme Barcelona
VIP Tickets
Welcome Extreme Barcelona fans. This year, as we partner with Urban World Series, we are offering VIP Tickets for their exclusive VIP area, overlooking the main ramps, just adjacent to the FTA's Stage at the top of the hill on Sept 14 & 15th (Sat & Sun). Your ticket includes entrance to a quiet area with tables to relax and take in the action, food & beverages!
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Please include 'FTA' in your name when you purchase, so we know who from our community is attending.
Freestyle Trampoline World Championships 2024
The Freestyle Trampoline World Championships is set to make history by partnering with Extreme Barcelona Action Sport Event for its 2024 edition.
With its rich history of hosting various freestyle-related sports and World Championships, Barcelona promises spectators a truly unforgettable experience. Featuring one competition field, the EUROTRAMP™ 5 x 5 metre freestyle trampoline, and three judging criteria to be considered—Difficulty, Execution, and Creativity—the sport of freestyle trampoline demands technique, resilience, and a unique way of flipping. Athletes will showcase stunning routines, aiming to impress an international panel of judges and secure victory in three categories: Men, Women, and Juniors (ages 13-15).
Toni Alvarez, Sports Manager of Urban World Series, expresses excitement about the partnership: "We are thrilled to introduce the FTA World Championships to Extreme Barcelona. This addition perfectly aligns with our urban sports essence, promising the audience a thrilling showcase of the world's best freestyle trampoline athletes."
The agreement between Urban World Series and the Freestyle Trampoline Association, brought together by The SMG, a sports marketing group, brings the FTA World Championships to Barcelona. The FTA, an organization uniting athletes and enthusiasts who embrace the freestyle element of sports, sees Extreme Barcelona as an ideal platform to showcase the remarkable talents of young athletes and past Champions.
FTA Co-Founder and President, Greg Roe, adds, "We are excited to join the action sports family with Extreme Barcelona. This partnership provides a fitting platform to showcase the daring skills of our athletes and how much the sport has progressed already in just a short period of time."Prepare to be amazed by the incredible flips, twists, and daring maneuvers performed on the custom EUROTRAMP™ Projects stage. With history in the making, the FTA World Championships promises an unforgettable experience for all.
SETTING THE STAGE IN 2023
The Freestyle Trampoline World Championships was back again in Hackney, London, UK on August 2 - 3, 2023 at the historic Round Chapel. In a very close battle, Robin Steiner from Switzerland (@flips_by_robin) representing UNIK PLAYGROUND and BERG emerged victorious with a score of 46.4 out of 50.0 on the 5² EUROTRAMP custom freestyle trampoline stage, just narrowly topping contender Aleksi Sainio from Finland (@sainioaleksi) who placed 2nd (46.1) for the second year in a row. Johannes Luethi (@johannesluethi) from Austria stunned the crowd with his 3rd place finish (44.8) to round out the podium.
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Debuting this year was a ladies category for the first time in Freestyle Trampoline history. Ten woman were invited to compete from across Europe and America, with 9 attending. They impressed the crowds with their skill level and their determination, representing all girl flippers around the world with style. Emerging victorious was Lyydia Peltomaki from Finland with a score of 42.2 just ahead of Nicole Steiner from Switzerland with 41.7 and rounding up the podium in third was Marlene Metzger from Austria with 39.8. The FTA hopes their accomplishments will encourage more woman to enter into the world of freestyle trampoline and look forward to qualifying to compete in 2024.
Austria, Switzerland and Finland certainly seemed to dominate the competition this year, although 12 countries were represented in total. Previous World Champion, Sebastian Wennmalm from Sweden, was a favourite to place on the podium again this year, but a bad landing during the preliminary round on Wednesday night left him with a sore neck and he was not up to his usual standards during the semi-finals, placing 5th, just behind Robin Steiner, the eventual winner. Robin was sitting in fourth place after the semi-final round but then went on to win by landing the world's first quadruple twisting, quadruple backflip.
EUROTRAMP Projects, a world renowned Olympic trampoline brand, has chosen to partner with the Freestyle Trampoline Association (FTA) to help grow this exciting and gravity defying new sport. In its second year, 32 of the world’s best professional freestyle trampoline athletes were invited to compete and showcase their immense talent in a spectacular competition style show. EUROTRAMP created an extraordinary custom 12 m stage to showcase their 5² freestyle trampoline, and the athletes could not have been more thrilled. The 5² is now one of the most sought after freestyle trampolines being the highlight in many trampoline parks world wide.
Five trampoline parks partnered with the FTA to provide Official Qualifier events, where athletes vied for a chance to compete at the World Champs. The qualifier events are part of the World Freestyle Trampoline Association (FTA) event series, in partnership with the FTA World Champs, to find the best freestyle athletes in the world. Official Park partners included: UNIK Playground in Bern, Switzerland; Rebel Park in Bromolla, Sweden; ARL Park in St Anton Arlberg, Austria; Newton's in Michigan, USA and BAM Freesports in Chambery, France.
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BERG Toys, the leading garden trampoline manufacturer from the Netherlands, was also a big inspiration and brand partner in this event, as many of the athletes train at home in their gardens. “We are so excited to be part of this series of freestyle trampolining, and BERG is thrilled to have one of our Master of Bounce athletes as the winner again this year," says BERG Marketing Associate Germa Bokhorst.
OUR HISTORY
The FTA World Championships is a Trampoline competition, where the best athletes in the world compete to see who has the most Creative, Difficult and best Executed Freestyle Combos on a 5 x 5 m EUROTRAMP™ Freestyle Trampoline. The World Championships was born from a sport that originated in the backyards and gardens of hundreds of kids around the world who took to their garden trampolines and proudly showed off their skills and 'new learns' on Instagram. In 2016 the sport was officially coined "The Sport Born On Instagram" and with it the world's first garden trampoline competition was held. Called the 'GTGames' the event was held in Escondido, California with the top 50 athletes from around the world invited to attend, base on their Instagram submissions. This was the birth of this new sport and the impetus for creating the Freestyle Trampoline Association.
Co-creators, Greg Roe & Trish McGeer, quickly saw the sport as a community that were looking for a way to showcase their skills, so more events were added to the calendar in the years to follow, including a GTGames in both Europe and New Zealand. Fast forward 3 years and the first Supertramp competition was held in Europe, called 'Freestyle Frenzy.' This event captured the live audiences with high flying skills never before seen in competition. The best in the world were then invited to compete at the Freestyle Frenzy Championships in 2019 in The Netherlands.
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Now, as the world transitions out of a global pandemic, the FTA is taking the freestyle community to a whole new level by hosting the World's First Freestyle Trampoline Championships! And we couldn't be prouder.