Event Fact Sheet
| Overview: | The LG Action Sports World Championships is the season-ending
Championships for skateboarding, BMX, inline skating and freestyle motocross
(FMX). The 2005 Action Sports World Championships will easily be the
largest action sports event ever held outside the USA. The athletes will qualify for this invitational event based on their worldwide results from the 2005 contest season. Only the top 50 pros from each sport globally will qualify for the event. Besides all of the top superstars of action sports, the event also includes national music talent performing live, an interactive sponsors expo, and a championships event for European DJ's, b-boys, graffiti artists and mixers. |
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| Dates: | 21 – 23 October, 2005 | |
| Location: | Manchester Evening News Arena | |
| TV Coverage: | The event features sixteen (16) hours of global television coverage and will be distributed on a worldwide basis to 554 million homes in 180 countries, including in the UK on Channel 4 and throughout Europe on both Eurosport and the Extreme Sports Channel. | |
| Prize Money: | $650,000 (the largest per sport prize money in history) | |
| Pro Competitions: | The event features season-ending championships in four sports:
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| Participants: | The event features two hundred (200) of the top professional
and amateur athletes from skateboarding, BMX, inline skating and freestyle
motocross, including all the biggest names in those sports. It is annually
the best field of talent of any event in action sports, and consists of
athletes from 23 countries. Following is a partial list of the top pros that are expected to attend in this international field of talent: Jamie Bestwick (UK), Bob Burnquist (BRA), Sandro Dias (BRA), Pierre Luc Gagnon (CAN), Andy MacDonald (USA), Mathias Ringstrom (SWE), Rune Glifberg (DEN), Simon Tabron (UK), Jake Brown (AUS), Dennis McCoy, (USA), Fabiola da Silva (BRA), Eito Yasutoko (JAP), Takeshi Yasutoko (JAP), Sven Boekhorst (HOL) and Jay Miron (CAN). |
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| Music: | Two bands will perform live at the event. In addition, the best European DJ's, b-boys and graffiti artists will battle in the ITF (International Turntable Federation) UK Championships. | |
| Amateur Events: | The event features amateur championships in three sports:
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| Activities: | Video games, Internet stations, break-dancing, DJ’s, graffiti art, autograph signings, industry video premiers, sponsor booths, interactive exhibits and a technology centre form the foundation of this true lifestyle festival. | |
| Top Sponsors: | LG Mobile, Paul Mitchell, Pacific Cycles, Manchester Evening News, Galaxy Radio, Extreme Sports Channel, City Life Magazine. | |
| Tickets: | The event will consist of five individual sessions. Tickets will be sold for each session at prices between £10 – £12.50 | |
| Event Manager: | The event is managed and operated by ASA Events, the largest action sports event and TV production company in the world. |
