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The Jackalope Block Party action sports festival announced a two-year renewal with Visit Ventura on Tuesday, just weeks after the initial version brought more than 50,000 people to the event just blocks from the ocean in Ventura, California, about 65 miles north of Los Angeles. Jackalope is a Montreal-based skateboarding and action sports events company […]
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X Games is planning for a significant event expansion and has hired a former NFL executive to help get there. The action sports series that has been revived in recent years by Olympian Jeremy Bloom has announced the hiring of Tom Kiley as senior vice president of global market development, a key leadership role responsible […]
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Birmingham, Alabama, will become the only U.S. host city on the upcoming 2026 FISE (Festival International des Sports Extrêmes) World Series tour. The city will host the inaugural FISE World Series action sports event August 7–9, 2026, with preliminary programming beginning August 6. The three-day urban sports festival aims to transform City Walk BHAM into […]
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The Formula One World Championship returns for its 77th edition this weekend. Starting in Australia on March 7, the 2026 season is set to usher in a new era for F1 and elite motorsport, with a record number of races, altered regulations for cards and a glitzy new team. In recent years, Netflix’s “Drive to […]
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It’s finally here. Six years after winning the right to host the 2026 FIFA men’s World Cup, the tournament will finally kick off this summer across North America. While that event’s return to the U.S. for the first time in 32 years will be the signature domestic sporting event of 2026, there’s plenty more on […]
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The Rockstar Energy Open will present its first winter snowboard event at Breckenridge Ski Resort in Colorado, December 19–21, building on two successful summer skateboard competitions in Portland, Oregon. In launching the event, the oraganizers have announced 28 partners that will help deliver an immersive event of snowboard culture, competition, music and community. National partners […]
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The past 12 months in Montreal have seen the Presidents Cup, the 4 Nations Face-Off, Formula 1, WTA and, this weekend, the return of the Jackalope action sports festival to Old Town Montreal before the UCI World Tour’s Montreal Grand Prix in two weeks’ time. It leads Mylène Gagnon, vice president of business sales and […]
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California Dreamin’ Presents, an official licensing partner of X Games, has announced the addition of Brad Florian and Valerie Ryan to its executive leadership team. Florian and Ryan have a combined 33 years of experience at X Games. Florian, former head of X Games global business operations at ESPN, will serve as chief operating officer […]
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Jackalope, a Montreal-based skateboarding and action sports events company, has announced it will take its Jackalope Block Party to Newcastle, New South Wales in Australia, in November. Being held outside North America for the first time, the festival at South Newcastle Skate Park will feature athletes competing for prizes, skateboarding demonstrations and more. The Jackalope […]
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SALT LAKE CITY — The 30th anniversary summer of the X Games has expanded to a third event as the action sports festival will be in Salt Lake City at the Utah State Fairpark and Event Center. X Games Salt Lake City will be held from June 27–29, the second of three X Games events […]
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