20km North-East to Stuttgart the new concrete bowl in Waiblingen will host in 2019 the Vans Pro Cup (June 14-16). The bowl is taking its final form now, and it is scheduled to be open for the public in less than one month.
The bowl is planned by the Andy Schwarzkopf and Dani Schuhbauer together with Torben Kolwes and Gregor Podlesny. Andy and Dani are part of the Aichwald-Crew, and if you ever seen the dirts there, you have no doubt that these guys now how to plan transitions that brings smile to any BMX rider´s face. The bowl will have an avarege depth of 2 meters, with maximum depth at 2,95m. To make it BMX friendly they went for 2,5m radius for the transitions. This should give you a good kick and have good ridability in contrast to the steep bowls built earlier, like the one at Redrock skatepark in Schifflange. X-Move is handling the construction, who also built the Kap 686 in Cologne, so quality should not be an issue.
Next to the bowl there will also be a little concrete street plaza so street riders can keep the jib going. The park is scheduled to be open by the end of April, so if you want to qualify for the Vans Pro Cup, get your sleeping bag and start practicing, you´ve got 1,5 month to work on your steez!
Photos by Andy Schwartzkopf