2013 X Games Expansion and Schedule

[chuck]

I just got this email that was sent out to a bunch of athletes and industry people about the 2013 X Games Expansion. It's cool to see X Games still growing. Tune in tomorrow 10am EST to find out the details.

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Tuesday, May 1 is a historic day in the history of the X Games: ESPN is announcing the six cities around the world which will host X Games events in 2013.

The announcement marks not only the growth in the number of events, but a transformation to a true global celebration of action sports lifestyle and culture. Look to see elements from film, style, music and tech inserted at the events around the world and digitally on xgames.com with the 2013 events.

As you are a part of our X Games family, we wanted to encourage you to log onto xgames.com at 10 am ET on Tuesday, May 1 to watch the future of the X Games unfold. Use the following link for additional announcement details, it will be live at live 10 am ET http://bit.ly/KqTfg0

We'd then love your support in promoting the expansion on Twitter using hashtag #globalxgames. We can also provide more information if you'd like. Many thanks in advance for your help and we look forward to seeing you many times in 2013!

[Evanzie]

So stoked to read this! Hopefully it's ran as a 6 round championship.

[@AttitudeFMX]

This is a project who was launched last may... If anyone wants to read a little bit more about this expansion thing, you can read this articles on ESPN website:

http://sports.espn.go.com/action/news/story?id=6553598

http://espn.go.com/action/xgames/win...ames-locations

http://espn.go.com/action/xgames/sto...vent-locations

And with 3 cities as finalist, I'm glad to say we'll finally host a new event here in Brazil!

hahaha

[smitty33]

they need some kinda qualifiers ????

[enchiladalover]

Originally Posted by Evanzie

So stoked to read this! Hopefully it's ran as a 6 round championship.

They will all be individual events. No points system. There will be 4 Summer X Games and 2 Winter X Games. Supposedly all of them will feature Skate, BMX, Rally, and Moto in Summer and Ski, Snowboard, and Sleds in winter and each will be at the same high caliber as far as athletes and prize money. I can't wait until next year, X Games all year long sounds awesome to me.

[@AttitudeFMX]

Here is the schedule:

- Jan. 24-27: Aspen, USA

- March 20-22: Tignes, France

- April 18-21: Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil

- May 9-12: Barcelona, Spain

- June 27-30: Munich, Germany

- Aug. 1-4: Los Angeles, USA

[939]

I would like to know what you guys think. From a spectator point of view I am pumped!!!! But from a 360 degree look....is this good?

Economy wise...is the industry ready for this?

For Example: If Unit pays me 5k a year to run the clothing and the main attraction is that I do XGames, are they going to step up my support x4 to ride all of them...or are guys just going to do some of them and then have some events be less successful then others?

Are all TV packages going to be the same, allowing guys the leverage to go out and get sponsors?

Will this take away form the how big X Games in LA....it was fun having guys come out swinging once a year with all their new stuff...

[enchiladalover]

Originally Posted by 939

I would like to know what you guys think. From a spectator point of view I am pumped!!!! But from a 360 degree look....is this good?

Economy wise...is the industry ready for this?

For Example: If Unit pays me 5k a year to run the clothing and the main attraction is that I do XGames, are they going to step up my support x4 to ride all of them...or are guys just going to do some of them and then have some events be less successful then others?

Are all TV packages going to be the same, allowing guys the leverage to go out and get sponsors?

Will this take away form the how big X Games in LA....it was fun having guys come out swinging once a year with all their new stuff...

I think the only thing that will change is the importance of the X Games in LA. All of the events will be aired on ESPN and all of the events will pay handily. They are truly going for 6 X Games events, not the minor international ones we've seen in the past. With the "if you build it, they will come" plan set up by ESPN, there should be no reason for sponsors to weigh one of these events over the other. We'll see how it goes, I'm excited to see how it turns out and I know I won't be let down. Say what you will about ESPN and the X Games, but every year, no matter what changes have been made, I'm excited when it comes time for one of their events, and I'm looking forward to doing the same with the 3 new events.