Top X Games Skateboard, BMX and Motocross Pros to showcase their talents May 23-24 at Kings Island

LOS ANGELES (April 21, 2009) – High-flying thrills will abound when the ASA Action Sports World Tour, one of the industry’s oldest and most elite action sports circuits, makes a stop at Cincinnati's Kings Island for two days of intense competition May 23-24.

As the fourth stop on the 2009 Tour, this event will feature the world’s top X Games pros in Skateboard, BMX and Freestyle Motocross (FMX) and offers a chance for competing athletes to gain valuable ranking points necessary for qualification into ASA Entertainment’s season-ending Action Sports World Championships.

For three hours each day, park visitors will witness heart-stopping action from the sport’s top athletes such as 2008 X Games and LG Skateboard Vert World Champion Pierre-Luc Gagnon (Montreal, Canada), former Skateboard World Champion Sandro Dias (Sa Paulo, Brazil) Skateboard Vert Superstar Danny Mayer (Omaha, Nebraska), 2008 X Games and LG BMX Vert World Champion Jamie Bestwick (Nottingham, England), 2008 X Games BMX Big Air Champion Chad Kagy (Gilroy, CA), and BMX Vert Superstar Simon Tabron (Newquay, England).  Revving up the intensity will be the Freestyle Motocross pros whose back-flips and whips will leave spectators in awe.

As part of this action-packed event, Collective Soul will take to the Maxell Music Stage on May 24 for a full concert featuring their latest and greatest hits.  

The two-day event, including the concerts, is included free with Kings Island park admission and season pass.

“This special event reflects our commitment to providing our guests with one-of-a-kind thrills and fantastic family entertainment,” Kings Island vice president and general manager Greg Scheid said. 

“Kings Islands strives to bring visitors the biggest thrills in entertainment and excitement.  Events such as the ASA Action Sports World Tour along with our new $22 million steel roller coaster, Diamondback, help Kings Island fulfill these goals as it has been doing since 1972.”

Each ASA Action Sports World Tour event is televised nationally on a variety of networks, including CBS Sports, Spike, VERSUS, Fox Sports Net and FUEL TV.  International fans will also enjoy the action in more than 180 countries around the globe. 

For more information about ASA Action Sports World Tour please visit ActionSportsTour.com