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Starting 19th December the big and awaited event called World Pump Festival will begin. It is a annual world championship in Pump it up. There are two disciplines - Speed and Freestyle. Speed is for technical players and freestyle is for those who want to show us a new dance routine danced to the tunes of mostly k-pop. Last year a female speed tournament was held for the first time and Andamiro will continue in it. There are also categories for junior players.

In each country (having PIU clubs) one player (or two in case of freestyle) can be chosen to represent the country in WPF tournaments (1 player = 1 tournament). The requirements for a country are as follows: 10 clubs, more than 150 active club members (silver members), events, tournaments, national tournament.

This year 16 countries were supposed to take part in. But most countries need visa to go to Mexico and thus 8 countries can’t participate (because there is 6 month waiting time for the visa and AM did not give that). Also note, that if you are a European player then your chances are little as there are only two active countries on PIU scene - Spain and Italy.

The chosen players will meet in Mexico this year to compete on the newest PIU machines - Pump it up Next Genesis.

For more info you can check the official site at http://www.wpf2007.com/