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The Gravity Games was a multi-sport competition originating in Providence, Rhode Island that was broken down into Winter and Summer adaptations. The competition featured a variety of extreme sports such as aggressive inline skating, skateboarding, freestyle motocross, BMX freestyle and snowboarding.

The Gravity Games were jointly owned through a strategic partnership between Primedia, Octagon and NBC Sports.

The summer Gravity Games were last held in Perth in Australia in December 2006.

Summer

1999 - Providence, Rhode Island2000 - Providence, Rhode Island
  • Carey Hart landed the world's first backflip on a dirt bike at this event.
    • 2001 - Providence, Rhode Island2002 - Cleveland, Ohio2003 - Cleveland, Ohio2004 - Cleveland, Ohio2005 - Woodward & Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Ryan Guettler won BMX Dirt with one of the highest scores ever in dirt, a 97.00. Luke Parslow came in second, and Joey Marks came in third.
    • 2006 - Perth, Western Australia, Australia

    References

    Gravity Games Wikipedia
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