New Zealand\'s Extreme Games is now only a matter of days away and Hamilton is set to erupt to three days of outstanding music and world class extreme sport over 3, 4 and 5 of March.
Facilities for this year\'s event include New Zealand\'s biggest half pipe, two 90 foot motocross jumps, the best street course ever assembled, New Zealand\'s best music, a 13.5 metre BIG screen and 12,000 watts of sound. Not to mention the unbelievable athletes travelling from Australia, Europe and the US.
Xtreme Air is being dubbed Hamilton\'s biggest youth based sporting and music event ever with over 10,000 spectators expected.
Athletes confirmed so far include:
Skaters: Mike Davidson, Mike Crum, Pat Roads, Keith Hufnagel
Moto-X: Tommy Clowers, Troy Carrol, Colin Morris
In line: Cesar Mora, Blake Dennis, Scott Crawford
Wakeboard: Rob Struharik, Mark Kenny, Todd Fitzgerald, Josh Sanders
For those of you not familiar with some of these guys, just imagine the top 10 in the world going off. They will blow your mind.. no questions!
Xtreme Air is set to redefine extreme sports in New Zealand and launch these sports to the NZ public through three 1/2 hour TV programs sceduled to play on Sunday nights TV2.
The event has taken a mammoth leap from Xtreme Air 99 (the inaugural extreme sports event held in Feb 99). The growth of the event is thanks to sponsors such as Hamilton City Council, Air New Zealand, Vodafone, Lion Red and the Waikato Times.
Stay tuned for more athletes to be named real soon.
For further information please contact:
Mark Wright
Phone 07 838 3148
Mobile 025 275 2275
Email mark@diamond.co.nz