Press Release

LG Action Sports World Championships Televised on CBS and Spike TV

World’s Top Action Sports Pros Compete in Season-Ending Championships via Eighteen Hours of Programming

Los Angeles, Calif. – December 5, 2007 – Coming off another highly successful year, the LG Action Sports World Championships will air a total of eighteen shows in December and January on CBS and Spike.  The event, recently filmed in front of a sold-out crowd in Dallas at Reunion Arena, features some great stories, including Jamie Bestwick’s pursuit of his fourth World Championships title in BMX vert, the battle between Nate Adams and Jeremy “Twitch” Stenberg at the freestyle motocross World Championships and Bucky Lasek’s attempt to stop Pierre Luc Gagnon’s victory streak in skateboarding vert. 

Musical performances from superstars Kanye West, Ludacris and American Idol’s Blake Lewis were additional highlights of the event.

Air dates and times for the LG Action Sports World Championships are as follows (all times Eastern).  Each show features different competition and music elements from the event:

CBS


  • December 15 at 2:30 EST
  • December 22 at 1:00 EST

Spike TV
Every Sunday at 10:00 AM and Friday at 1:00 AM between December 9 – February 1.


  • LG World Championships of Freestyle Motocross on 12/9 at 10 a.m., re-air on 12/14 at 1 a.m.
  • LG Action Sports World Championships of Skateboarding Vert on 12/16 at 10 a.m., re-air on 12/21 at 1 a.m. ET
  • LG Action Sports World Championships of Skateboarding Street on 12/23 at 10 a.m., re-air on 12/28 at 1 a.m.
  • LG Action Sports World Championships of BMX Street on 12/30 at 10 a.m., re-air on 1/4 at 1 a.m.
  • LG Action Sports World Championships of BMX Vert on 1/6 at 10 a.m., re-air on 1/11 at 1 a.m.
  • LG Action Sports World Championships of Inline Vert on 1/13 at 10 a.m., re-air on 1/18 at 1 a.m.
  • LG Action Sports World Championships of Inline Street on 1/20 at 1 a.m., re-air on 1/25 at 1 a.m.
  • Best of the LG Action Sports World Championships on 1/27 at 10 a.m., re-air on 2/1 at 1 a.m.

The Action Sports World Tour is the only global competition circuit in action sports.  It features approximately 200 of the world’s top athletes competing in professional skateboarding, BMX, inline skating and Freestyle Motocross (FMX) events. 

While one-off corporate-driven action sports events and tours have come and gone over the past 14 years, ASA has consistently provided a competitive framework for the action sports universe. All of the Action Sports World Tour competitions are televised in the United States as well as to 180 countries globally.

ABOUT ASA ENTERTAINMENT
A leader in the action sports industry since 1994, ASA Entertainment, headquartered in Culver City, CA, is the largest action sports event and television production company in the world.  The company produces more than 200 events and 100 television programs annually around the globe that feature skateboarding, freestyle BMX, inline skating, freeskiing, freestyle motocross and music. ASA’s properties range from large-scale international competitions such as the LG Action Sports World Championships to grassroots amateur contests, lifestyle and branded entertainment events, demonstrations, exhibitions and mobile tours. As one of the oldest and most established organizations in action sports, ASA Entertainment leads the market in developing premium content around the fastest growing sector of American sports. For more information visit www.ActionSportsTour.com or www.ASAentertainment.com.

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