Freestyle Days
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Olympic City: Innsbruck
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Country: Austria
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Edition of the Games: 1964 and 1976 Olympic Winter Games 2012 Youth Olympic Winter Games
Freestyle Days is an urban sports event held over the course of a single weekend in Summer in the city centre of Innsbruck. The event is focused specifically on the urban youth population of the City and includes competitions, sport showcases, music, educational sit-ins and a host of other activities all designed with a focus on youth and the urban environment.
Sports that are included in the itinerary for the event include Slackline, BMX, Skateboarding and many other trend sports. These are all complimented by a host of breakout sessions and events targeting urban culture covering activities such as eye-hand coordination and parkour.
The event is run by innsbruck-tirol sports (ITS), a specialist organisation that was formed from the organising committee of the first Youth Winter Olympic Games held in Innsbruck in 2012. ITS is responsible for creating opportunities for young people to get involved in sport.
The not-for-profit organisation utilises its unique experience and appreciation of youth sport developed during the delivery of the 2012 YOG to improve sports practice and install the values of Olympism across the City. This experience is taken forward when building and hosting events such as Freestyle Days. ITS is supported by numerous local sports federations involved in urban sport in organising the event.
Freestyle Days is designed to increase the level of sports participation amongst young people in the City. To achieve this, attendance is completely free and there is a host of workshop sessions and demonstrations to introduce youth to new sports and give them the basic skills needed to take part themselves.
About 4,000 people attended the first Freestyle Days and have been introduced to new sports and encouraged to become more physically active and involved in urban sport.






