Red Bull X-Fighters Texas: Tickets Now on Sale
Freestyle Motocross Meets the Wild West in the Fort Worth Stockyards, June 27
Tickets are now on sale for Red Bull X-Fighters Texas – the stateside stop of the world’s premier, most-progressive freestyle motocross series. The Texas event is the third of five rounds in the 2009 global series. What should you expect? Come ready to see the best freestyle motocross riders in the world in action, the largest competition course and highest-caliber elements ever created, rodeo queens, live bull riding, the iconic Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders and all the authentic pageantry of a summer night in the Texas Wild West. There is no question – the Historic Fort Worth Stockyards is the only place to be on Saturday night, June 27!
Tickets can be purchased by visiting www.redbullxfighters.com. Three price categories are available – General Admission is $20; Grandstand Seating is $40; and Premium Grandstand Seating is $50.
The invite list of world-class riders includes previous Red Bull X-Fighters winners Mat Rebeaud (Switzerland), Dany Torres (Spain), Jeremy “Twitch” Stenberg (USA) and newcomer Levi Sherwood (New Zealand), as well as Eigo Sato (Japan), Thomas Pages (France), Andre Villa (Norway) and Robbie Maddison (Australia), the Guinness World Record holder for longest motorcycle jump. Rounding out the 12-rider competition will be the riders who advance from the qualifying round on Friday, June 26.
In the 2009 series opener in Mexico City, 43,000 fans packed Mexico City’s famous Monumental Plaza de Toros. Riders from eleven nations did battle in the biggest bullfighting arena in the world. Sherwood, the 17-year-old debutant, took a stunning victory. Second place went to Sato, a competitor almost twice his age. Red Bull X-Fighters heads to Calgary for the series’ first event in Canada on May 30 at the Calgary Stampede.
After the Fort Worth event, the series will pack up for the Madrid’s Las Ventas bullring, hosting its eighth-consecutive event, on July 16-17. The 2009 series finale will take place in London on August 22.
Red Bull X-Fighters was created in 2001, debuting in Valencia, Spain at the bullring where the legendary ‘Mad’ Mike Jones claimed victory. Since that historic night, Red Bull X-Fighters events have taken place in the world’s most legendary locations, including the famous bullrings in Madrid and Mexico City, Slane Castle in Ireland, the Sambodromo in Rio de Janeiro, a massive stone quarry in Wuppertal, Germany and the Stadion X-Lecia in Warsaw, Poland.
For additional information on Red Bull X-Fighters, visit www.redbullxfighters.com.
Source: Red Bull
Grand Open Beta of the World’s First Online Basketball Game, Freestyle Street Basketball
The world’s first online basketball game, Freestyle Street Basketball, will commence its full open beta global services version at Gamekiss (http://www.gamekiss.com/), according to JCEntertainment. The open beta has been the subject of much speculation and guesses around forums, user community sites and YouTube. The trailer, “Freestyle Street Basketball is Back! (TRAILER),” made by Kamen1 and posted on YouTube, has attracted more than 4,500 views.
Freestyle Street Basketball is a proven and steady selling multiplayer online game, which is being serviced in eight countries with accumulative registrations of over 80 million gamers. Its main concept is freedom and youth. Until now, most basketball games feature either NBA stars or full size regular basketball courts. Freestyle features the street. Gamers in Freestyle will be able to create their very own and unique characters. They can play in various places including streets, parks and beaches. The hip-hop music featured in the background will enhance gamers’ street culture experience.
This global version features advanced AI, more variety of characters, improved user interface and better resolution. It will provide a fun and real experience of playing basketball online.
Gamekiss is the global service site of JCEntertainment, the original developer of Freestyle. As the game is being operated by the developer, it will provide a better and more stable service environment to gamers.
Game manager of Freestyle, FS Roman stated, “As we go on for the open beta from May 6, our users will be able to enjoy various new features and compete against other players worldwide without any worries such as character resets.”
Anybody can come and play at http://www.gamekiss.com/ through a simple registration. To aid non-English speaking users, there are beginner’s guides available in German and Turkish, with others to come.
To celebrate the open beta, Gamekiss will host various events. Participants can win in-game points and special items.
Freestyle Street Basketball
An online multiplayer basketball title developed by JCEntertainment. It was initially launched in Korea in December 2005. Now being serviced in a number of countries, it has more than 10 million registered users.
Gamekiss.com
A Global multiplayer online game portal site launched by JCE in February 2009. Starting with Freestyle, it is planning three more new titles within 2009. With the vision of ‘Providing FUN never before presented to the world’, it will continue to progress and introduce quality contents to global gamers.
Source: JC Entertainment Corp.