FMX legend and Nitro Circus ringleader Travis Pastrana promised his inaugural Nitro World Games would break new boundaries, progressing action sports to an unprecedented level. He did not disappoint television viewers or the more than 25,000 fans in attendance at Rice-Eccles Stadium who witnessed four hours of non-stop thrills and surprises never before seen in an action sports competition. An all-star lineup featuring Olympic snowboarder Todd Richards, skate legend Tony Hawk and Pastrana co-hosted the nationally televised, NBC primetime broadcast and within minutes, #NitroWorldGames was trending on social media.
“I was absolutely floored to see the exceptional creativity from these action sports stars and future legends. They proved without a doubt that they are the world’s best,” says Pastrana. More than 100 FMX, BMX, skate, scooter and inline athletes flocked to Salt Lake City to compete in Nitro Circus’ bold reinvention of the action sports competition co-founded by Pastrana and Nitro Circus CEO and Creative Director Mike Porra.
NITRO WORLD GAMES ELEVATES ACTION SPORTS EXCELLENCE
FMX Athlete Gregg Duffy Executes World’s First Double Front Flip in Professional Competition
Ryan Williams Dominates BMX with Mind-Blowing 1080 Front Flip
Global Webcast and Social Media Reach Expected to Hit 50 Million Views
SALT LAKE CITY – July 17, 2016 – FMX legend and Nitro Circus ringleader Travis Pastrana promised the inaugural Nitro World Games would break new boundaries, progressing action sports to an unprecedented level. He did not disappoint the more than 25,000 fans in attendance at Rice-Eccles Stadium who saw four hours of non-stop thrills and surprises never before seen in an action sports competition. An all-star lineup featuring Olympic snowboarder Todd Richards, skate legend Tony Hawk and Pastrana co-hosted the NBC primetime television broadcast in the U.S.
Fans outside of the U.S. also witnessed action sports history via a worldwide webcast. Streamed on nitrocircus.live and embedded on over 40 platforms in Europe, Australia, South America, Africa and Asia, the Nitro World Games truly reached a global audience.
“I was absolutely floored to see the exceptional creativity from these action sports stars and future legends. They proved without a doubt that they are the world’s best,” says Pastrana.
More than 100 FMX, BMX, skate, scooter and inline athletes flocked to Salt Lake City to compete in Nitro Circus’ bold reinvention of the action sports competition co-founded by Pastrana and Nitro Circus CEO and Creative Director Mike Porra.
The United States’ Gregg Duffy took the top spot with the first successful double front flip in competitive FMX history and Australia’s scooter-turned-BMX athlete Ryan Williams stole first place and the hearts of social media and action sports fans everywhere. “This is the biggest win of my life. It’s crazy. It’s insane. I’m so pumped,” says Williams who is also a regular in the Nitro Circus Live global tour.
“We are so proud of these incredibly skilled athletes who had fans roaring with approval. They made history tonight,” says Porra. Athletes competed in seven events on a massive layout stretched across the stadium floor and into various sections of the stands. The official, final results are as follows:
FMX Best Trick: Presented by Monster Energy
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FMX: Presented by Valvoline
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BMX Triple Hit
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BMX Best Tricks: Presented by Be The Match
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Skate Best Tricks
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Inline Best Tricks
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Scooter Best Tricks
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Nitro World Games sponsors include Monster Energy (the official energy drink), Be The Match, Valvoline (the official oil and lubricants), Oberto Beef Jerky, Maxxis Tires and Vivid Seats. Media and on-site activation partners included Super ATV, Dynacraft, Diehard Tires, Mothers Waxes and Polishes, Nerf Rivals, Dollar Shave Club, Hexbug, KT Tape and Active Rideshop.
For more information about the #NitroWorldGames, go to nitroworldgames.com. Fans can also follow Nitro Circus on Twitter: @nitrocircus and Facebook: www.facebook.com/NitroCircus
About Nitro Circus:
Named #22 on Forbes magazine’s 2015 list of, “America’s Most Promising Companies,” Nitro Circus continues to position itself as the world’s leading youth action sports & entertainment brand. From humble beginnings in 2003 – with Jeremy Rawle, Gregg Godfrey and soon to be action sports superstar Travis Pastrana producing DVDs from a Utah garage -- to a smash TV series which has aired in over 60 countries, Nitro Circus has exploded to global popularity. In 2012, Nitro Circus: The Movie, featuring cast members from the hit television series, was released in cinemas worldwide. In 2015, Nitro Circus announced a partnership with NBC Sports Ventures. The multi-year strategic alliance will feature TV specials and series programming airing nationally in the U.S. on NBC and NBCSN as well as streamed on NBC Sports Live Extra.
The TV show was transformed by action sports industry guru, now current CEO, Michael Porra into a must-see live event in 2010, creating the global touring phenomenon that is Nitro Circus Live. Since its inaugural Australian trek six years ago, the show has travelled the globe, obliterating box office records and cultivating a legion of diehard fans. Nitro Circus has now rolled across five continents, blown away over two million fans and sold out shows in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, China, Japan, the Middle East and South Africa. After close to 100 shows globally in 2015 and with a packed 2016 touring schedule ahead, Nitro Circus is the world’s most successful action sports touring brand.
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PR Contacts:
Lauren Machen, lmachen@fusemarketing.com
Greg Terlizzi, greg@nitrocircus.com1. Nitro World Games Logo
2. Slate: Rice Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, UT, Saturday, July 16, 2016
3. Overhead shot – Rice Eccles Stadium
4. Card: FMX Best Trick Winner Gregg Duffy
5. From left, Gregg Duffy on motorbike accelerates to ramp, executes Double Front Flip
V.O: “looks like we’re not waiting on this, double front flip, Gregg Duffy, we didn’t even get up (laughs), he just landed a double, double front flip”
6. Greg Duffy rides out of Double Front Flip
(Crowd noise)
7. Front shot of Bike turning around driving toward Travis Pastrana, hugs
V.O.: “Pastrana on his feet of course, excited”
8. Close-up of Gregg Duffy & Travis Pastrana hugging, then FMX Rider Pat Bowden rides in
V.O.: “everybody’s fired up, Travis, what an amazing moment”
9. Gregg Duffy with trophy overhead, points to camera
Duffy: “yeah, wooo”
10. Card: FMX Best Trick Marc Pinol
11. Side-on shot of Marc Pinol going up ramp
V.O.: “I don’t know how he got around those bars at the last second with his leg”
12. Card: FMX Best Trick Harry Bink
13. FMX Rider Harry Bink – rides up the ramp and executes trick
(Crowd) V.O.: (Laughs) decide to take the Suicide No-Handed Front Flip off the mechanical ramp there”
14. Card: FMX Best Trick, Pat Bowden
15. Overhead shot of Pat Bowden riding motorbike along the flat
“rolling in, the course is his and we’ll see, salutes the crowd”
16. Side-angle shot as Pat Bowden rides up the ramp and into the trick (front flip)
(Crowd Noise)
17. Wider shot of motorbike landing
V.O.: “a front flip, huge, we’re jumping up and down here today”
18. Card: BMX Best Trick Winner Ryan Williams
19. Angle up shot, Ryan Williams top of giganta ramp, riding down
V.O. “R Willy man, this guy is a party”
20. Tight shot of BMX Trick, Ryan Williams
V.O. “The trick is skill for execution”
21. Medium shot, BMX bike, Ryan Williams – Triple Front Flip
V.O. “It’s a triple front flip, off the super kicker, I’ve never seen a kid come at it with so much heart”
22. Medium shot, Ryan Williams hugging his mother in the crowd
23. Card: BMX Best Trick, Gavin Godfrey
24. Front Shot of Giganta Ramp with BMX Rider Gavin Godfrey, coming down and executing trick
V.O. “This Kid just started writing BMX Bikes a couple months ago so this is air awareness at its best”
25. Card: BMX Best Trick, Andy Buckworth
26. Wide Shot, BMX Rider Andy Buckworth triple back flip, lands, and hits the crash pad
V.O. “Too easy, these guys are just killing it”
27. Card: BMX Best Trick Kurtis Downs
28. Camera follows Rider starts at top of Giganta ramp, rides down executes trick hits crash pad at the end
V.O. “Here we go, Kurtis Downs, ohhh”
29. Tighter shot of Kurtis Downs celebrating, throws his hands up in the air, hugs Gavin Godfrey
V.O. (crowd) “Oh my goodness, a quad whip backflip the first time that’s ever been done, I don’t even think it’s been done on a video game bro, that’s the craziest thing I’ve ever seen”
30. Card: FMX Winner Levi Sherwood
31. Wide angle, elevated shot of Levi jumping into the air and landing on the landing ramp (toward camera).
32. Then a wide shot, from ground level, of Levi hitting a jump
33. V/O: “Levi Sherwood from New Zealand. I like to call him the human rubber band man. Watch what the extension. Watch what he’s capable of doing. Double grab backflip?” Filthy.
34. Multiple backflip shots from different angles.
35. New riding shot: close up of Levi executing a double grab backflip
36. V/O” [laughing] Levi Sherwood, comes from behind and takes the win.” Levi wearing helmet which sitting on his bike, waiting for the results
37. LEVI SHERWOOD: “I’m going to say, I’m pumped. It’s been a long time since I’ve won an event. So, to win this and then being the first ever Nitro World Games, it’s insane.
38. A shot of 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners on podium. No audio
39. Card: BMX Triple Hit Winner Colton Walker
40. V/O: “Colton Walker. This guy’s been pushing the progression of ramp riding lately.” Long shot of Colton dropping in the triple hit ramp. Then cut to a close up of trick in midair. Then cut back to a wider shot (opposite angle)
41. V/O: “Does he backflip barspin to tailwhip… Oh, 360 double tail to truck driver no problem.” Colton salutes the crowd after his run, clapping over his head
42. COLTON WALKER: “Um, the first ever Nitro World Games just went down and uh, I, I put my run together and uh, the crowd is amazing everything The energy. It’s made me run super-well. And I put it together and I managed to take away the win, um so I couldn’t be more stoked right now.”
43. Shot of 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners on podium. Colton Walker raises trophy over his head. Crowd cheers
44. Card: SK8 Best Trick Winner Elliot Sloan
45. Side shot of Sloan beginning his run down mega ramp
46. V/O: “Yo, look at that Indie 720 Perfect (Unintelligible) Elliot Sloan, he comes away with the victory. So that wraps up for Skate Best Trick here.”
47. Colton then mobbed by teammates by the lander
48. Shot of 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners on podium. Crowd noise in background
17 July 2016
