The all new touring sensation Nitro Circus Live, which will make its worldwide debut in capital cities around Australia in May and June, has today announced the greatest lineup of action sport stars ever assembled, who will be performing never before seen tricks and stunts in the most spectacular live action sports show ever produced.
Joining 14 times X Games medalist,
Travis Pastrana (USA), will be the current X Games gold medalist in Freestyle Motocross ‰ÛÒ
Blake ‰Û÷Bilko‰Ûª Williams (AUS), current X Games gold medalist in skateboard Big Air ‰ÛÒ
Jake Brown (AUS) and X Games gold medalist in BMX ‰ÛÒ
Chad Kagy (USA). Williams and Brown are both Australian and have never performed together in their home country.
Other performers include:
- - Steve McCann (AUS): Australian BMX star who is one of the best riders in the world and a multiple X Games medalist as well as a Dew Tour winner
- - Jolene Van Vugt (CAN): Nitro Circus TV star and arguably the craziest woman in the world. She is a world-class motocross racer and is fearless ‰ÛÒ she will be attempting three world firsts in the live shows
- - Cam Sinclair (AUS): One of the world‰Ûªs best FMX riders and the only rider in the world successfully completing the double back flip
- - Kain Saul (AUS): Winner of the 2008 Australasian FMX Championship
- - Erik Roner (USA): Nitro Circus TV star and world-class extreme skier who has combined his passion for B.A.S.E. jumping to produce some incredible stunts
- - Jim DeChamp (USA): Nitro Circus TV star and professional mountain bike downhill racer / freestyle rider. DeChamp and Pastrana have a very collaborative relationship where they dream up all sorts of stunts
- - Streetbike Tommy (USA): Hugely popular funny man of the Nitro Circus crew
- - Dusty Wiggle (USA): Pro mini bike rider who holds the world record for the longest distance jumped on a mini bike
- - Steve Mini (AUS): Known as the FMX combination king
- - Jackson Strong (AUS): Top Australian FMX rider who has the record for the youngest rider to perform a back flip on a motorbike
- - Michael ‰Û÷Chucky‰Ûª Norris (AUS): One of Australia‰Ûªs top FMX riders
- - Rob Adelberg (AUS): Winner of the 2008 Red Bull X-Ray event who has the biggest FMX backflip variations in the sport
- - Andy Buckworth (AUS): Up and coming Australian BMX star with a huge trick repertoire
- - Chris Haffey (USA): World‰Ûªs number one roller blader with the biggest trick repertoire on the planet
- - Andrew Brousard (USA): World‰Ûªs number one RAZR scooter rider
- - Aaron Fotheringham (USA): Inspirational professional wheelchair athlete and first ever to attempt to ride the mega ramp
- - Fred Grzybowski (USA): ‰ÛÒ Professional Pogo stick rider
Not only will all the stars be performing the biggest tricks in their chosen disciplines, they will also be pushing their limits and skill on a range of crazy contraptions on the amazing set up, which includes a 50 foot Nitro Mega ramp built into the stadiums seating. This will be the first time ever that a mega ramp has been built and performed on in Australia.
‰ÛÏThere has never been a line up like this assembled anywhere in the world and all of the performers are pumped to be touring together. The creative and death-defying stunts these guys can perform are completely mind blowing,‰Û
