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 words gravity and/or games:
“Here I sit down to form characters. One I intend to be all goodness; All goodness he is. Another I intend to be all gravity; All gravity he is. Another Lady Gish; All Lady Gish she is. I am all the while absorbed in the character. It is not fair to say—I, identically I, am anywhere, while I keep within the character.”
—Samuel Richardson (1689–1761)
“At the age of twelve I was finding the world too small: it appeared to me like a dull, trim back garden, in which only trivial games could be played.”
—Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)