Four Stop Right Guard Xtreme Sport Ride & Slide Tour Kicks Off in Lake Elsinore, Calif., July 26-28.Sports Editors Noun 1. sports editor - the newspaper editor responsible for sports news newspaper editor - the editor of a newspaper LAKE ELSINORE, Calif.--(BW SportsWire)--July 18, 2000 Competition Includes $40,000 Freestyle Motocross Freestyle Motocross (also known as FMX) is a variation on the sport of motocross in which motorcycle riders attempt to impress judges with jumps and stunts. The two main types of freestyle events are: Wakeboarding Wakeboarding is a surface water sport which involves riding a wakeboard over the surface of a body of water behind a boat. It was developed from a combination of water skiing, snow boarding and surfing techniques. Purse Attracting Athletes From Around the Country July 26-28 will kick off the first annual Right Guard Xtreme Sport Ride & Slide tour in Lake Elsinore. Taking place in conjunction with the Panasonic ShockWave Beach Games presented by Excite July 24-30 in Huntington Beach Huntington Beach, city (1990 pop. 181,519), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast, across from Santa Catalina Island, in an oil-producing area; inc. 1909. It manufactures aerospace vehicles, aircraft parts, optical instruments, and heat transfer equipment. , Calif., the tour will include many of the world's top freestyle motocross and wakeboard athletes. The Right Guard Xtreme Sport Ride & Slide, which in total has more than $280,000 in cash and prizes at stake, will also include three more stops in 2000 including Aug. 23-26 at First Landing State Park in Virginia; Sept. 1-3 at "The Projects" near Orlando, Fla.; and Oct. 20-22 tentatively in Parker, Ariz. Each tour stop is perfectly positioned to accommodate both land and water action. The freestyle motocross event will include a world-class course with a series of 6-8 intertwining jumps. Freestyle motocross champion Brian Deegan is designing the course to allow riders creative freedom, ensuring some spectacular moves. The wakeboard event will give riders the opportunity to show their mastery for all aspects of the sport: freeriding Freeriding 1. An illegal practice in which an underwriting syndicate member withholds part of a new securities issue and later sells it at a higher price. 2. The illegal activity of buying a stock and selling it before paying for the purchase. , sliding and big air. Sean Dishman, a seasoned wakeboard event promoter, is designing the course that will allow riders to get two full runs through the course that features two large sliding apparatus and two double ups. Music and lifestyle will play an important role in the Right Guard Xtreme Sports Ride & Slide, and each event will include core live bands to complement the action happening on land and in the water. "The Right Guard Xtreme Sport Ride & Slide at Lake Elsinore is an exciting new edition to the Panasonic ShockWave Beach Games and will continue on to be a challenging new tour," said Event Director Ian Cairns Cairns, city (1991 pop. 64,463), Queensland, NE Australia, on Trinity Bay. It is a principal sugar port of Australia; lumber and other agricultural products are also exported. The city's proximity to the Great Barrier Reef has made it a tourist center. . "We are looking forward to bringing participants and fans of freestyle motocross and wakeboarding together with some of the world's top athletes." Gillette's Right Guard Xtreme Sport (RGXS), a new antiperspirant antiperspirant /an·ti·per·spir·ant/ (-per´spir-ant) inhibiting or preventing perspiration, or an agent that does this. an·ti·per·spi·rant n. deodorant deodorant /de·odor·ant/ (de-o´der-int) 1. masking offensive odors. 2. an agent that so acts. de·o·dor·ant n. that launched in April 2000, was developed for today's active youth. "We are striving to make a meaningful contribution to the sports and activities that interest RGXS customers," said Todd Brisky, RGXS marketing manager. RGXS is committed to alternative sports and the athletes that make events like this happen. The entire Right Guard Xtreme Sport Ride & Slide tour is being produced by Bluetorch, and daily contest updates will be available on Bluetorch.com, an interactive, action sports Web portal See portal. , while Bluetorch TV will air more than 30 hours of original, delayed programming on Fox Sports Net (Mon-Fri 4-5 p.m.). The first stop on the Right Guard Xtreme Sport Ride & Slide Tour will take place from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 26-28 at Lake Elsinore. The awards ceremony will take place at 2:45 p.m. on Saturday, July 29 at Huntington Beach as part of the Panasonic ShockWave Beach Games. Parking is available on-site. For media information, contact Jennifer Ramsay at 949/215-8000. Consumer information is available at www.bluetorch.com. |
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