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2009-05-22.ASA Action Sports World Tour Hits Kings Island

2009-05-22.When the action starts at Kings Island this Memorial Day Weekend, May 23 & 24th, park visitors will be treated to the best in Skateboard Vert, BMX Vert and Freestyle Motocross as the industry's top pros gather for the fourth stop of the 2009 ASA Action Sports World Tour.

This two-day event's roster nearly mirrors the line-up from the 2008 LG Action Sports World Championships, ensuring that fans will see some of the best tricks, flips and flairs in competition today, staged amidst the swirling curves and free-falling drops of Diamondback, Kings Island's spectacular new rollercoaster.

In the shadow of the park's Eiffel Tour replica, Skateboard Vert action will continue to showcase the 'rivalry' that has intensified this season between Pierre-Luc Gagnon (Montreal, Canada) and Danny Mayer (Omaha, Nebraska) during the prelims on Saturday and finals on Sunday afternoon. These men have placed first and second respectively at ASA Action Sports World Tour events since the World Championships in October 2008, and the gap is closing. Who will prevail this weekend? Their fellow competitors are hoping their own name is called to take the top podium spot. Joining Gagnon and Mayer on the ramp will be:

Anthony Furlong (Tampa, Fla.)

Marcelo Bastos (San Diego, Calif.)

Neal Hendrix (Costa Mesa, Calif.)

Josh Stafford (San Diego, Calif,)

Adam Taylor (Cocoa Beach, Fla.)

Alex Perelson (San Diego, Calif.)

Jean Postec (Annecy, France)

Elliot Sloan (New York, NY)

Zack Miller (Del Mar, Calif.)

Evandro Menezes (Belo Horizonte MG Brazil)

Rob Lorifice (Encinitas, Calif.)

Chris Gentry (Houston, Tex.)

When the ramp turns over to the BMX riders, Jamie Bestwick (Nottingham, England), 5-time and current LG Action Sports BMX Vert World Champion and 2008 X Games and Dew Cup Champion will try to hold off the charge from the field of competitors, including many of the men he met in the World Championships last year. Chad Kagy (Gilroy, Calif.), Simon Tabron (Newquay, England), Steven McCann (Melbourne, Australia), Jimmy Walker (Chicago, Ill.), Kevin Robinson (East Providence, Rhode Island), Francisco Zurita (Santiago, Chile), Koji Kraft (Addison, Illinois), John Parker (Paso Robles, Calif.), Jay Eggleston (Denver, Colo.), Austin Coleman (Los Angeles, Calif.), Ben Snowden (Hornell, New York), Tom Stober (Califon, New Jersey), and Jorge Jovel (Bronx, New York) will try their best to put an end to Bestwick's long-standing reign.

Defying gravity and providing the Freestyle Motocross thrills will be Dustin Nowak (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.), Jimmie McGuire (Lawton, Okla.), and Brian Foster (Minden, Nev.), performing several octane-charged, electrifying shows each day just inside the park's entrance.

To round out the weekend, ASA Entertainment, the ASA Action Sports World Tour's producer, has added a concert by Columbus pop rock band LoveSick Radio on Saturday afternoon starting at 4:30pm in the International Showplace Theatre, and has also brought in Pop Evil, the post grunge, alternative rock band to open for Collective Soul on Sunday evening starting at 7:00pm in the Timberwolf Amphitheatre.