From April 2011, the best FMX riders in the world will fight for the coveted title at the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour taking place over six events on four continents. This year's new locations are set in the UAE and Australia for the season finale, as well as in Spain, Italy, Brazil and Poland…
“If you need to win one series in order to gain immortality, then it is definitely this one,“ stressed Nate Adams (USA) after the season final in 2010. Adams, who literally flew for the title without winning a single event but by showing great consistency, looked back on the season including five events, 770 jumps, 524 flips and nearly 17,000m of travel through the air.
But 2011 will hold yet another challenge for the current champion and his rivals. The extended series, which will take place on four continents in 2011, will kick off in United Arab Emirates on April 15. Events in Brazil (May 28), Italy (June 24), Spain (July 15) and Poland (August 6) will follow, before the World Tour will finish in Australia (September 17) for the first time in its 10-year history. Andrè Villa (NOR), who was only five points behind the champion during the past season and contender for the runner-up spot, explained: “The slightest mistake is enough and the chance to win the title is gone.“
From its inception in 2001, Red Bull X-Fighters set new standards on an international level. Since then, top stars in the scene have queued up for starting places at this event and rookies like Levi Sherwood (NZL) have flourished with the help of this series. Red Bull X-Fighters takes place in locations where you would never expect top-class motorsports. The FMX tour stops at the most famous cities and historic sites all around the world. Nate Adams, Robbie Maddison (AUS), Andrè Villa, Dany Torres (ESP), Levi Sherwood and many more have fascinated hundreds of thousands of fans so far at large bullfighting arenas in Mexico (Mexico City) and Spain (Valencia and Madrid), at the Sphinx of Giza (EGY), Red Square in Moscow (RUS), in the Brazilian metropolis Rio de Janeiro (BRA) or in the Eternal City of Rome (ITA).
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