Red Bull X-Fighters to return
to the Union Buildings in September 2015
17 December 2014
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Published with Permission
After a spectacular world tour final in 2014, the Red Bull
X-Fighters World Tour again returns to the Capital next year.
Red Bull X-Fighters Pretoria overview – credit: Kolesky/Nikon/Red
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PRETORIA (South Africa) – The 2015 Red Bull X-Fighters
World Tour will return to South Africa and features two new
locations in Athens and the UAE to highlight the five-round
2015 season that is shaping up to be the most exciting championship
battle in its 15th season. Defending champion Josh Sheehan
will be up against three ex-champs determined to end the Australian’s
reign on top of the world’s most prestigious freestyle
motocross series with their bags of new tricks. The 2015 World
Tour will also return to the traditional hotbeds of Mexico
City & Madrid and before making its way back to Pretoria.
Pretoria played host to the world final in 2014 where 22,000
fans looked on as Josh Sheehan double-backflipped his way
to his first world title with the spectacular architecture
of the Sir Herbert Baker-designed Union Buildings as a backdrop.
As the fourth stop in the 2015 calendar it’s sure to
be another highlight for both riders and spectators.
The world's best FMX riders will also be looking forward
to the first-ever Red Bull X-Fighters in Greece. They will
take a journey into antiquity and compete in Athens’
famous Dionyssos Marble Quarry, which has been providing marble
since the Golden Age of Pericles for monuments such as the
Acropolis as well as Classical, Hellenistic and Roman sculptures.
The World Tour will hold its first season finale in the United
Arab Emirates.
There have been five different winners in the last five years
and four will participate in the 2015 battle. Tom Pagès
of France (2013 World Tour Champion), Levi Sherwood of New
Zealand (2012), Spain’s Dany Torres (2011) and the current
World Tour champion Josh Sheehan of Australia will be flipping
and flying their way around the world in pursuit of an elusive
second title.
2015 Red Bull X-Fighters World
Tour calendar:
- March 6 - Mexico City, Mexico
- June 12 - Athens, Greece
- July 10 - Madrid, Spain
- September 12 - Pretoria, South Africa
- October 30 - United Arab Emirates
Levi Sherwood – credit: Kolesky/Nikon/Red Bull Content
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