Spy Optics at XGames 15

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Summer is in full effect and it’s that time of year again for X Games 15 to kick off with four full days of action packed pursuit of gold. From July 30th-August 2nd X Games 15 will be hosted at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles and at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA. Spy’s athletes will be competing in four disciplines this year: Moto X Freestyle, Moto X Step Up, Moto X Super X-Men and Supermoto. Be on the lookout for team riders to be riding with Spy’s all new Klutch moto goggle.

Be sure to check out Spy’s latest sunglasses at The Standard, Downtown Los Angeles. Spy will be on site as part of the gifting suite along with DC and partners. This is DC’s second consecutive year of officially taking over The Standard as the Summer X Games 15 commence.

Support the Spy team riders and watch them take on the world’s best.

Thursday, July 30th

7-8pm Moto X Step Up Final Staples Center
Jeremy McGrath
Kevin Windham

Saturday, August 1st

1:30-2pm Moto X SuperMoto Final Home Depot Center
Derek Costella

4:30-5:45pm Moto X Super X Men’s Final Home Depot Center
Jason Lawrence
Jeremy McGrath
Kevin Windham
Mike Sleeter

7-8pm Moto X Freestyle Final Home Depot Center
Jeremy “Twitch” Stenberg

**Jeremy McGrath will be meeting with fans and signing autographs at X Games 15 at the Home Depot Center in Carson on Saturday, August 1st. Look for him at the Loop’d booth area in FanFest from 12 noon to 12:45.

For the complete X Games 15 competition schedule click here.

For a live telecast schedule click here.

Pirelli's Tarah Gieger Returns to Action to Defend X Games Gold Medal

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Rome, Ga. - One year ago, Tarah Gieger made women's motocross history by becoming the inaugural gold medalist in the Women's Moto X competition at the ESPN X Games. Injured since May with a broken wrist suffered at the FIM World Motocross Championship, Gieger will make her 2009 U.S. motocross debut on Saturday inside The Home Depot Center defending her gold medal aboard Pirelli Scorpion MX tires.

Pitted against some of the world's toughest riders last year in five-time WMA champion Jessica Patterson and perennial front-runner Sherri Cruse, Gieger outlasted the competition and kept the bike on two wheels to take the biggest win of her young career.

The Puerto Rican native will showcase Scorpion MX hard 90/100-21 front tires and Scorpion MX Hard 120/80-19 rear tires made especially for four stroke machines. The top-quality structure and unmatched durability give Gieger an advantage on the hard-packed, slick surface she and her competitors will face Saturday afternoon.

The newly-named Women's Moto X Super X gets underway Saturday, August 1 at 6:15 p.m. from The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. Television coverage of the festivities can be seen on ESPN beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET.

Pirelli Tire North America designs, develops, manufactures and markets tires for passenger vehicles in both the original equipment and replacement markets as well as markets and distributes tires for motorcycle and motorsports. Located in Rome, Georgia, Pirelli's Modular Integrated Robotized System (MIRS) employs state-of-the-art technology to manufacture tires for both export and domestic markets. For more information please visit www.us.pirelli.com.

Supermoto Returns to X Games 15

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X Games 15 features the return of the most exciting racing on two wheels as the world's top motorcycle racers will vie for Supermoto Gold. Although race promoter Gavin Trippe gets credit for creating the concept of a hybrid roadracing/motocross competition for the original "Superbikers" race for ABC's Wide World Of Sports more than 30 years ago, it is the French who have really embraced the concept and have made the sport of "Supermotard" their own in recent years. In fact, 2007-2008 Supermoto World Champion Adrien Chareyre has just confirmed he will be coming from France to compete on the track at the Home Depot Center.

Adrien Chareyre will defend his X Games Supermoto title.

Supporting the super fast Supermotard racer will be a local dealer as San Diego's GP Motorcycles will be race-prepping Chareyre's Husqvarna SM450 motorcycle. As San Diego's only all-European motorcycle dealership and an authorized Husky dealer, GP Motorcycles was a natural to play host to the champ. Adding to the international flavor of this team is a French rider on an Italian-made motorcycle (the brand actually originated in Sweden) fueled by GP Motorcycles' owner Paul Lima's passion for the classic style and character of historic European motorcycle marques.

As he says, "the intent for opening the dealership was to fill a cultural void and create a cool place to hang out, eat, sleep, and breathe European motorcycles. Chareyre should feel right at home with his X Games team!" The fact that his team will be competing just up the road from Lima's home turf makes his commitment even deeper.

Nicknamed "Le Chat" the likable Chareyre has been racing motorcycles since he was 4 years old, competing in the European and French National Motocross Championships until he was 15. He then switched to the Supermoto discipline back in 2001, starting on a little 50cc minibike and working his way up through bigger bikes to ultimately become the World Champion. Check out www.adrienchareyre.com for the latest photos and video clips from recent competition. Adrien comes into the X Games having just won both legs of the World Supermoto Championships at the historic Mallory Park in the U.K. Leading the series with a perfect 100 point total he is one the American heroes - former X Games Gold medalist Jeff Ward and Supercross phenom James Stewart - will have to look out for at the Home Depot Center.

The X Games makes a seventh appearance in Los Angeles July 30-August 2 with events staged at the STAPLES Center, the Home Depot Center, and the Event Deck at LA Live. Events on tap this year are BMX Street, Moto X Best Whip, Women's Moto X Racing, Moto X Speed & Style, and BMX and Skateboard SuperPark.

To purchase X Games 15 tickets ( Click). Ticket are $10 - $20. Thursday, July 30 is Kids Day with FREE admission to all the practice sessions at the Home Depot Center.

X Games Venues: STAPLES Center, BMX and Skateboard Big Air, Moto X Best Trick and Step Up will be featured. The Home Depot Center features X Fest, the ultimate action sports festival featuring sponsor & industry booths, BMX and Skate Vert competitions, interactive parks, athlete appearances, demos and new-to-the-X Games BMX and skateboard SuperPark. Competitions to include BMX and Skateboard Vert, Moto X Men's and Women's Racing, Moto X Speed & Style, Moto X Freestyle, Skateboard and BMX SuperPark, and Rally Car Racing.

X Games on TV: A total of Twenty (20!!!) hours of live X Games programming will be shown on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC - all showcased in high-definition and aired July 30-August 2.

X Games Online: ESPN International, Xgames.com, ESPN Classic, ESPN360.com, SportsCenter, and ESPN2's X Center will also provide coverage. For additional X Games 15 info go to www.Xgames.com.

ESPN X GAMES PRESALE DISCOUNT TICKETS

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In an anniversary year for X Games, ESPN will celebrate with 200 athletes and welcome the biggest names in action sports as well as debut two new disciplines at X Games 15 – Skateboard Big Air Rail Jam and Skateboard Park Legends. Fox athletes invited so far are: BMX Park: Brian Foster, Chase Hawk; BMX Street: Aaron Ross, Sean Sexton; MX Freestyle: Mike Mason, Adam Jones; and many more (fingers crossed!) to be invited on the next wave.

The 15th annual action sports competition will be held in Los Angeles July 30 – Aug. 2, 2009 at STAPLES Center and The Home Depot Center, and will feature the world’s best athletes competing in: BMX Freestyle, Moto X, Skateboard and Rally Car Racing.

We are giving you the first opportunity to purchase tickets before they go on sale to the public.
At STAPLES Center, BMX and Skateboard Big Air, Moto X Best Trick and Step Up will be featured.

The Home Depot Center will house X Fest, the ultimate action sports festival featuring sponsor & industry booths, interactive parks, athlete appearances and demos. Competitions held at The Home Depot Center will include BMX and Skateboard Vert, Moto X Men’s and Women’s Super X, Moto X Freestyle, Moto X SuperMoto, Skateboard and BMX Park and Rally Car Racing.


Live X Games programming on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC – all showcased in high definition – will air July 30 – August 2. ESPN International, ESPN Deportes, ESPN.com/Action.com, ESPN360.com, SportsCenter and ESPN2’s X Center will also provide coverage.

Tickets for X Games 15 go on sale to the public via Ticketmaster on June 25. You have a pre-sale opportunity to purchase tickets beginning June 18 at 10 a.m. PT. If you would like to take advantage of this opportunity, please visit www.ticketmaster.com/xgames and enter the code "FIRST4X" in the promotional code box when purchasing X Games tickets to get the best seats before they go on sale to the public. Tickets are $10, $15 and $20.