The Gravity Games were a multi-sport competition originating from Providence, Rhode Island that is broken down into Winter and Summer adaptations. These feature a variety of Extreme Sports such as Aggressive Inline Skating, skateboarding, Freestyle Motocross, BMX freestyle (Summer) and snowboarding (Winter).
The Gravity Games were jointly owned through a strategic partnership between Primedia, Octagon and NBC Sports.
Along with extreme sports the event also incorporated music into the festivities.
Artists:
- Sum 41
- Less Than Jake
- Simple Plan
- Static-X
- the Donnas
- Reel Big Fish
- The Hippos
- Busta Rhymes.
The summer Gravity games were last held in Perth in Australia in December 2006.
Famous quotes containing the word games:
“Intelligence and war are games, perhaps the only meaningful games left. If any player becomes too proficient, the game is threatened with termination.”
—William Burroughs (b. 1914)