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RGR Presented by Follow is back for the Summer of 2025 and will be taking place on July 25th and 26th at Action Wake Park in Hudsonville, Michigan! The format will remain largely the same as it was in the past years at Action Wake Park, with their being an AM bracket (competing for a free season pass), and an Open bracket (competing for the $$$$). There will also be a Women’s bracket, see more about that and other event details below.

Purse

Open:

1st - $1,000

2nd - $750

3rd - $500

4th - $400

5th - $300

6th - $250

7th - $175

8th - $125

Womens:

1st - $500

2nd - $250

3rd - $150

4th - $100

Red Bull Best Stomp:

Men’s Winner: $500

Women’s Winner: $500

Total: $5,500

Whats new for 2025?

Friday evening qualifier
- For those who missed the sign up window for the Open bracket, we have added a qualifier to the schedule on Friday evening, taking place just before the riders dinner and heat draw. The format is simple, we will host a 20 minute jam session on the DFD rail, and you will be judged on overall impression over the course of that session. There are 3 slots up for grabs, with 2 for men and 1 for women. The winners of this qualifier will be announced at the riders dinner.
Larger prize purse
Women’s prize purse/Separate Women’s Final
Red Bull Best Stomp Awards (Men and Women, more details below)
Riders Dinner (Chipotle)
More ;)

Event Details:

The event will take place on Friday and Saturday at Action Wake Park.

Friday:

9:00 am - 1pm Private Practice for all competitors (Session 1: 9am-11am, Session 2: 11am-1pm)
1:00 pm - 4pm Public Slow Ride
4:00 pm - 7:30pm Practice/Public Fast Ride
7:30 pm - 8pm Qualifier
8:00 pm Riders Dinner and Heat Drawing
9:00 pm Drinks at Alebird Bar and Grille

Saturday:

9:00 am AM Bracket Begins
12:30 pm Open Bracket Begins
5:00 pm Women’s and Open Finals Begin

For Women Riders:

Women can enter either the AM or Open division, and will ride with everyone else. The Top 4 Women in the Open division will compete in their own separate Final 4 bracket, with the winners of that Women’s bracket receiving the prize money. This means that Women can receive prize money from both the Open bracket as well as the Women’s Final 4 bracket, depending on how they place.

For AM Riders:

The AM bracket will be capped at 16 riders, with the winner receiving a free season pass to Action Wake Park for the 2026 season.

Format Details

RGR is a rail only, rider judged, bracketed head to head contest, and features the inclusion of a Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ). This means that riders will ride a minimum of 2 times, and will likely ride much more than that throughout the day.

Rail Only: There will be no kicker hits in this contest, and the rider is judged based on their rail technicality, style, creativity, and overall impression performed in a full cable lap. Full pulls and tee’d up rail hits are what we are looking for.

Rider Judged: This event is rider judged, meaning each head-to-head heat is judged by the following head-to-head heat of riders, and in the event of a tie we will have a third party judge watching to make the call. Once the bracket is narrowed down to the Final 4 riders in both the Open and Women’s brackets, the 4 riders will then be judged by a preselected panel of judges who were riding in the contest. The outcome of this contest lies in the hands of those who choose to ride in it.

Head-to-head: Riders will have 1 complete lap each heat and will be judged only against the rider they are riding against. The better run moves on to the next leg of the bracket.

LCQ: If at anytime you are eliminated from the main bracket you will be put into the LCQ bracket and will have a chance to work your way back into the finals. You must lose twice to be eliminated from RGR.

Reverts/Composition: The composition of your run is important. Spin in both directions as well as frontside and backside, hit features regular and switch, and lastly but most importantly, do NOT revert anywhere in your run. Clean riding with full pulls will be rewarded. The rider with the best fully composed lap consisting of cleanliness, variety, tech, and creativity should be the one to move on.