CBS Sports Broadcast Action Sports World Tour Events
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact:
Denise M. Abbott – ASA Entertainment, LLC
Director of Media Relations
310 410 3020 Ext. 309
abbott@asaent.com
CBS Sports Broadcasts Action Sports World Tour Events Starting Saturday, Nov. 8th
LOS ANGELES (November 5, 2008) – On Saturday, November 8th, CBS Sports will air the first of four shows featuring ASA Entertainment’s (ASA) Action Sports World Tour. ASA, the leading action sports event and television producer in the U.S., has partnered with CBS Sports for the fourth consecutive year to bring all the competitive action of the industry’s longest-running event series to its viewers this Fall. ASA’s Action Sports World Tour will air on CBS Sports as follows:
The Action Sports World Tour, including a special feature on ASA’s S3 Supergirl Jam - Saturday, November 8 at 2:00 p.m. ET*
The LG World Championships of Freestyle Motocross - following the weekly NFL broadcast on Sunday, December 7 at 5:00 p.m. ET*
The LG Action Sports World Championships (Skateboard Vert and BMX Street Championships) - Saturday, December 13 at 1:00 p.m. ET*
The LG Action Sports World Championships (Skateboard Street and BMX Vert Championships) - Saturday, December 20 at 1:00 p.m. ET*
*Times are subject to change. Please stay tuned to your local listings and www.actionsportstour.com for more information and details.
Each of the Tour’s TV programs on CBS Sports combines behind-the-scenes footage, personality profiles, lifestyle features, cutting edge music and world-class competition from the top pros such as Pierre-Luc Gagnon (Montreal, Canada), Bucky Lasek (Baltimore, Maryland), Sandro Dias (Santo Andre, Brazil), Jamie Bestwick (Darby, England), Chad Kagy (Gilroy, California), Simon Tabron (Newquay, England), Daniel Dhers (Caracas, Venezuela), and Paul Rodriguez (Tarzana, California). In addition to CBS Sports, additional event coverage is also airing on Fuel TV, VERSUS and Sportsnet.
ASA’s Action Sports World Tour (ASWT) kicked off in late July with its all-female S3 Supergirl Jam in Huntington Beach, California (July 25-27), then visited Orange County California with its high-flying Big-Air BMX Triples event (July 29-31). In September, the ASWT continued with the LG Championships of Freestyle Motocross at the L.A. County Fair (September 27), followed by a stop in Cincinnati at the new Bank of Kentucky Center (October 3-4). ASA Entertainment’s 2008 Action Sports World Tour ended this past weekend with the prestigious LG Action Sports World Championships (October 31-November 2) at KeyArena in Seattle.
For more details on ASA’s Action Sports World Tour, the CBS Sports television schedule or event information, please contact Denise M. Abbott at 310 410 3020 or via email at abbott@asaent.com, or visit www.actionsportstour.com.
About ASA Entertainment:
A leader in the action sports industry since 1994, ASA Entertainment, headquartered in Culver City, California is the largest action sports event and television production company in the world. The company produces more than 200 events and 100 television programs annually around the globe that feature skateboarding, freestyle BMX, inline skating, freeskiing, freestyle motocross, snowboarding and music. Its events are broadcast on CBS Sports, VERSUS, Spike, Fuel TV and Fox Sports Net domestically and distributed to more than 1 billion HH globally throughout Asia, Europe, USA, Africa, Canada, South & Central America and Australia. ASA’s properties range from large-scale international competitions such as the LG Action Sports World Championships to grassroots amateur contests, lifestyle and branded entertainment events, demonstrations, exhibitions and mobile tours. As one of the oldest and most established organizations in action sports, ASA Entertainment leads the market in developing premium content around the fastest growing sector of American sports. For more information visit www.actionsportstour.com or www.asaentertainment.com.
Posted by Patrick on Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 in Press Releases.
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