Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour at the Pyramids

A crowd of 10000 fans is expected to pack the arena today in front of the Great Pyramids and Sphinx outside Giza as the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour touches down in Egypt for the first time.

The event features the usual collection of the world’s best FMX athletes: Nate Adams (USA), Robbie Maddison (AUS), Eigo Sato (JPN), Levi Sherwood (NZL) and Andrè Villa (NOR).

Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour in Giza will also see a new competition format in the Semi-Final and Final, adopting the popular one-upmanship known as “horse” in the world of skateboarding. The lower-ranked rider goes first and pulls a trick, with his opponent then having ten seconds to “answer” with a trick of his own. This system continues until both riders have completed eight jumps in the Semi-Final and ten jumps in the Final. If a rider does not “answer” his opponent’s trick within ten seconds, the jump will not be counted in the rider’s run.

A live webcast will be provided Friday May 14, 21:00 local time/18:00 GMT via http://194.29.114.52/LiveStreamPlayer/liveStreamPlayer.php?url=http://redbullmediahouse.edgeboss.net/flash-live/redbullmediahouse/59813/800_redbullmediahouse_nogeo_100302.xml

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Tags: cairo, giza, Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour, sphinx

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