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In December 2024, Jeremy Bloom was named CEO of the X Games. It was a return to the action sports world for Bloom, now 44, who had been a U.S. Olympian in skiing and starred in college football at Colorado. Bloom never got the chance to compete in X Games as an athlete, but now […]
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An 11-year-old girl stood poised on her skateboard on top of a ramp inside a cavernous venue known for hosting Super Bowls and Final Fours, one member of a mixed-gender team representing a single city at a season-ending championship event. Then she dropped in, made history, won a gold medal, and helped further the evolution […]
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The Jackalope festival announced earlier this month that it would remain in Montreal for the next three years, starting with the 2026 edition from September 11—13 at the Jacques-Cartier Pier in the Old Port of Montreal. The announcement was made possible by the granting of three-year funding to the Action Sports Association, the organization responsible […]
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The Formula One Powerboat National Championships will return to Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers for the first time in a decade next year, headlining the city’s Fourth of July celebration in 2027 as part of a two-day land and water event. The event will mark the beginning of a three-year partnership between SportsPITTSBURGH, a division of VisitPITTSBURGH, […]
Continue ReadingThe 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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