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)
“In the past, it seemed to make sense for a sportswriter on sabbatical from the playpen to attend the quadrennial hawgkilling when Presidential candidates are chosen, to observe and report upon politicians at play. After all, national conventions are games of a sort, and sports offers few spectacles richer in low comedy.”
—Walter Wellesley (Red)