Los Angeles, California – On July 16, more than 25,000 fans packed Salt Lake City’s Rice-Eccles Stadium for the inaugural Nitro World Games while over five million people tuned in to NBC’s primetime telecast. Now fans can relive the excitement and get an insider’s view of what was going on while riders like Gregg Duffy and Ryan Williams made history out on the course. “Nitro World Games All Access,” a new eight-part television series, premieres Thursday, October 13, on NBCSN with two 30-minute episodes airing back-to-back starting at 11:30 p.m. EST.
Nitro World Games was the culmination of FMX legend Travis Pastrana’s and Nitro Circus CEO/creative director Mike Porra’s vision to revitalize action sports competition. “Our goal was to take action sports to the next level, but I was still blown away. The sheer number of world’s firsts was unreal!” said Pastrana. “Since it was happening live, we just couldn’t fit everything into the broadcast. But with ‘Nitro Games All Access’ we can finally give some huge performances the spotlight.”
“What the Nitro World Games achieved was simply phenomenal. The effects will reverberate through the industry for years to come,” said Porra. “Now with this new series viewers will see massive tricks for the first time and get an unprecedented insider’s perspective.”
“Nitro World Games All Access” provides an up-close look at this massive competition, featuring FMX, BMX, skate, inline, and scooter. From open qualifying to final runs, witness the best athletes in the world, including Josh Sheehan, Levi Sherwood, Colton Walker,Elliot Sloan, Chris Haffey, and more, vie for supremacy. With incredible action-packed, never before seen footage, viewers will experience all the exhilaration of standing on the winners’ podium as well as the heartbreak of missing the cut.
NBC Sports Ventures and Nitro Circus formed a multi-year strategic alliance in 2015. Nitro Circus programming, including original series and special events, now airs regularly in the U.S. on NBC and NBCSN and also streams on the NBC Sports app. The Nitro World Games is the latest phase of this partnership, combining NBC’s broadcasting excellence with Nitro Circus’ bold brand of action sports entertainment.
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