Chill out at the Jam

 

Last year's Winter Jam Tour landed on PollStar.com's Top 10 winter tours. What will this year's event be like? There's only one way to find out. The Winter Jam Tour Spectacular, one of Christian music's largest annual tours, is scheduled for 7 p.m. Jan. 24 at Redbird Arena. The show features MercyMe, BarlowGirl, Skillet and Mandisa from "American Idol," and will be hosted by NewSong. Also included in the lineup is guest speaker Tony Nolan and the Real Encounter's Xtreme BMX/skate team. Tickets are $10 at the door. For more information, visit JamTour.com This story is from www.pjstar.com

Friday, 14 December 2007

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Icer Air to Screen Big Air TV Show in San Francisco

 

San Francisco, CA - San Francisco's Dstructure will host a screening Friday night of The Icer Air Urban Big Air Invitational, the one hour feature show chronicling the city's annual ski and snowboard festival currently airing on Fox Sports Net nationally.
The show gives viewers a backstage pass to all the highlights from this year’s event, including jump construction, interviews with athletes such as winners Jon Olsson and Travis Rice, and coverage of skate, BMX and freestyle motocross sessions, as well as the parties and behind-the-scenes antics. The one-hour special will touch upon the history behind Icer Air and its start in 2005 when 15,000 people gathered on one of San Francisco’s steepest streets to witness urban skiing and snowboarding.

The show starts at 8 p.m. at Dstructure, located at 520 Haight Street. Icer will be selling all Icer Air merchandise (new era hats, hoodies, shirts and North Face jackets) at 25% off for one night only. In addition, there will be numerous merchandise deals, Head skis to give away, free Peroni beer and other surprises. This story is from www.firsttracksonline.com

Friday, 14 December 2007

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Airplane races ?

 

Major event could lure international crowds
A new kind of motorsport soon could be flying into the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Speedway officials are in discussions with the Red Bull Air Race World Series, a 5-year-old airplane race circuit that combines the intrigue of a high-wire circus act, thrills of an alpine ski race, and cutting-edge technology of Formula One auto racing.

“Indianapolis is in our sites, to say the least,” said series spokeswoman Maddy Stephens. “The city’s deep motorsports roots and a historical backdrop like the Indianapolis Motor Speedway make it a fantastic location.”

An air race could land at the Speedway as soon as 2009, Stephens added.

Several factors make the event intriguing to IMS and local tourism leaders, including that it would bring international crowds to the city and attract a worldwide TV audience.

“This is just catching on in the U.S., but it is hugely popular in Europe and other parts of the world,” said Zak Brown, president of Indianapolis-based motorsports marketing firm Just Marketing, which has overseas offices and ties to sponsors worldwide.

The series currently has 10 races, two in the United States. Competing planes usually take off from a nearby airstrip, then fly low to the ground through an obstacle course of sorts. A Red Bull Air Race World Series event would be the first plane race staged at the Speedway.

IMS officials attended two of the circuit’s races in 2007, and series honchos recently visited Indianapolis to tour the Speedway and surrounding cityscape, especially downtown and its hotels.

The Speedway will mark its 100th anniversary in 2009, and IMS Chief Operating Officer Joie Chitwood said some special events might be staged to highlight the milestone. The 100th anniversary of the Indianapolis 500 is 2011, and IMS officials are planning a multiyear celebration.

“I don’t know how many annual events we would host after” the Indianapolis 500, Brickyard 400, MotoGP motorcycle race and a corporate golf outing, Chitwood said at a motorsports conference in New York Nov. 28. “But with the centennial era approaching, I think it’s about putting special events on the calendar. Air racing is very interesting to me.”

The Speedway’s annual calendar will become even more crowded if it succeeds in bringing back an F1 race, as Chitwood said he’d like to do.

Red Bull officials are hopeful that, if the air event proved successful, IMS leaders would consider hosting it annually. This story is from  cms.ibj.com for more check them out!


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Saturday, 08 December 2007

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NEW YEAR’S EVE + LAS VEGAS + WORLD RECORDS

 

NEW YEAR’S EVE + LAS VEGAS + WORLD RECORDS = THE RED BULL EXPERIMENT Robbie Maddison and Rhys Millen looking to break boundaries and records. Santa Monica, Calif. (November 20, 2007) – The Red Bull Experiment will take the scientific method to a whole new level, testing the limits of the unknown this New Year’s Eve at the Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

Robbie Maddison and Rhys Millen, two of the most dynamic personalities in motorsports, will be performing two ground-breaking feats in a city that is all about going big. One Experiment will take place at the stroke of midnight on the East Coast, and the second will occur when the clock strikes “12” on the West Coast. At its heart, the DNA of the Red Bull Experiment is simple: the best athletes from around the globe performing world first “experimental” sporting achievements. For more on this story please visit www.cyclenews.com

Updated: Tuesday, 04 December 2007

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