BMW gets among the action at the Nokia Air & Style 06

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BMW gets among the action at the Nokia Air & Style 06
Thursday, November 29, 2006 - World of BMW - worldofbmw.com


On Saturday 2 December the world's best snowboarders and freestyle motocross stars will turn Munich's Olympic Stadium into their very own playground at the Nokia Air & Style 06 event.

The second edition of the Nokia Air & Style in Munich will see the world's best snowboarders in action, including last year's winner Hampus Mosesson from Sweden, TTR World Snowboard Champion Mathieu Crepel and Olympic Gold Medallist Shaun White from America. Last year, 21.000 spectators witnessed boarders battling head-to-head on the world's biggest artificial jump and for 2006, a completely new set-up in the Olympic Stadium will include a longer in-run and a higher take-off.

As a first time partner at the world's largest 'big air' snowboard event, BMW Motorrad will feature in the action, although not in the competition itself. Motorcycle fans are used to seeing the 105 hp flat-twin at many international motorsport events such as the Erzberg Iron Road Prologue, Pikes Peak International Hillclimb and the Baja 500 and 1000 desert races. However, in BMW Motorrad's own 'backyard' the HP2 Enduros are being equipped with specially constructed snowboard holders and pillion kits in order to transport the snowboard stars from the arena area up a narrow ramp right up to the top of the Olympic stadium, from where the participants will start their runs.

The winner of the Nokia Air & Style Snowboard contest will win a new G 650 X model of his choice. Furthermore, BMW Motorrad will be showcasing its new G Series range of single-cylinder machines, as well as the formidable HP2 Enduro in a special exhibition display area. A VIP shuttle service including X3, X5 and 7 Series cars will transport the snowboard and FMX Pro-riders to and from the event, as well as the live music acts, which include Milburn, Canadian punk rocker Billy Talent and Berlin Dancehall-Caballeros, Seeed.

Spectators will have great views of the action and up to 30,000 are expected to come and see all the snowboard action, as well as the FMX displays, which will include breathtaking jumps and back flips by motocross, X Games and Gravity Games stars such as Nate Adams, Beau Bamburg and Adam Jones.

As an added bonus, the Nokia Air & Style 06 will be available live and online at 1900 CET, following an exclusive partnership between Freecaster and the event.

This partnership makes the world's largest snowboard, FMX & live music event accessible to millions of viewers online.

Some grandstand and VIP tickets are still available and more information can be accessed at www.air-style.com, where journalists can accredit online.