On Saturday the 10th of December 2016, the sixth edition of one of the finest rail jams in Europe returns to The Netherlands. Rock a Rail, presented by Monster Energy, GoPro and CAPiTA snowboarding, in association with The Uithof & The city of the Hague. Rock A Rail boasts possibly the sickest rail setup ever to be seen for a city competition, anywhere in the world.
broadcasted live by Method.tv
Thursday December 8th
Last Show Down // wild card qualification
Friday December 9th
21:00 | Rock A Rail movie night
23:30 | pre-party
Saturday December 10th
09:00 | warm up session at De Uithof (till 11:00)
15:00 | riders meeting (invited riders + 2 wild cards winners)
16:00 | riders course training
17:00 | re-shape / signing session
17:45 | woman’s heat (heat is 30 min, 15 min. re-shape)
18:30 | qualifying heat #1
19:15 | qualifying heat #2
20:00 | qualifying heat #3
20:45 | warm up for the finals
21:15 | final
21:45 | prize ceremony
22:00 | Monster Energy after-party
Sunday December 11th // after shred
11:00 | pick up of the left over snow
12:00 | start Rock A Rail after shred on several street spots
DJ’s comp: Redbeard and Winchester
MC’s: Henry Jackson, Scott Penman and Thomas van Bemmelen
The Blanko foundation is grateful for the support from sponsors, mediapartners, The Hague city, The Hague top sport, GV constructions (Gerben Verweij), DIDID set up design (Sander Minnoye), Provide live stream (Michael Schmitz), Grote Markt venue (Marco Bijsterbosch), Gigant stage builders, Jägermeister, Kingkool hostel (Jan en Lee), IBIS hotels (Patty Notenboom), SAIKO travel (Richard en Ruben), Albert Heijn supermarket, Delissen Martens law firm, Onno Blase graphic design, Kasp creations, Smidswater (Paulus Nabbe and Dennis Paauw), Amstel fysio (Franc Thomissen and Frans Jaap Brouwer), Tom Kingsnorth, Margot Perrotin, Michiel Rotgans (photo), Hidde Hageman (photo) and Tim Schiphorst (video). A special thanks goes out to the riders, our friends and all the volunteers involved! Shout out to the injured riders who can’t make it this year.