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| Freestyle Moto X, Skateboard Vert and Skateboard Park Will Feature Top Female Professional Athletes August 16 and 17 In Philadelphia
X Games VIII, the world's premier action sports event, will introduce three new exhibition events to its schedule: women's Skateboard Vert and Park and women's Moto X Freestyle. The women's Moto X Freestyle demo will be held on Friday, August 16 and Skateboard Park and Vert demos will be featured on Saturday, August 17. In addition to the exhibitions, the eighth annual free-to-the-public action sports competition scheduled for August 15-19 in Philadelphia will feature more than 300 of the world's best male and female athletes competing in Aggressive In-line Skate, Bike Stunt, Downhill BMX, Moto X, Skateboard, Speed Climb and Wakeboard. All three exhibitions will be held in a jam format style, where participants have the opportunity to showcase their athleticism in a non-competitive setting. All women participating are professionals within their respective sports. In every X Games since the first event in 1995, there have been several women's competitions. At X Games VIII, women will compete in separate Aggressive In-line Skate, Wakeboard and Speed Climbing events. "Over the past eight years, the X Games and Winter X Games have showcased the athletic talents of many premier female athletes - from climber Katie Brown to skater Fabiola da Silva to snowboarders Tara Dakides and Kelly Clark," said Chris Stiepock, X Games General Manager. "As the leader in the action sports genre, we have a responsibility to monitor the trends and growth patterns of all the sports and disciplines in the X Games. We feel that the time is right to showcase women's Skateboarding and Motocross as exhibitions at the X Games. In the future we'll look to expand and foster continued growth in women's disciplines, which will assist in the development of these sports, and in turn will help our X Games franchise to grow." Freestyle Moto X - Friday, August 16, 11:30 a.m. The women's Freestyle Moto X exhibition, located on the Freestyle Course outside the First Union Center, will feature riders Joey Sisco (Huntington Beach, Calif.) Heather Williams (Cartersville, Ga.) and Heidi Henry (Visalia, Calif.). Fans can expect to see riders performing popular mid-air tricks including nac nacs, cliffhangers and no handers/no footers. Skateboard Vert - Saturday, August 17, 12:45 p.m. The women's Skateboard Vert demo kicks off Saturday's day of skateboarding at X Games VIII. Athletes will ride a 13-foot halfpipe, which is located inside the First Union Center. Athletes scheduled to participate include: Cara-Beth Burnside (Orange, Calif.), Candy Hiler (Deltona, Fla.), Lyn-Z Adams (Cardiff-By-The Sea, Calif.) and Jen O'Brien (Vista, Calif.). Skateboard Park - Saturday, August 17, 3:30 p.m. Riders will maneuver over, through and onto park elements, grinding on ledges and handrails in the X Games world-class park course. This event is scheduled to feature pro athletes Vanessa Torres (Modesto, Calif.), Jen O'Brien (Vista, Calif.), Lyn-Z Adams (Cardiff-By-The Sea, Calif.), Amy Caron (San Francisco, Calif.) and Heidi Fitzgerald (Clearwater, Fla.). Schedules for X Games VIII, plus complete coverage and exclusive X Games streaming video can be found on www.expn.com. -30- Contact: Maria Elles Scott, 267-256-3035, maria.elles@espn.com Melissa Gullotti, 860-766-7216, melissa.c.gullotti@espn.com |
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