From Friday, November 26 2010 - 8:00am To Sunday, November 28 2010 - 5:00pm Every day
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Newton's Nation
Bathurst, Australia November 26-28, 2010
Kevin Reimer is the Defending Downhill Skateboarding Champion. Photo Marcus Rietema
Over the weekend of November 26-28, a unique event will take place at Bathurst’s Mount Panorama, Australia’s leading sporting venue. Newton’s Nation will welcome over 20,000 revelers on to the mountain and play host to three days and two nights of world class gravity and action sports, featuring competitors from across the globe – all to the tune of some of the best bands and DJ’s in the country.
Over 300 top action sport competitors will compete and demonstrate their skills across four dedicated sports zones on some of the most epic ramps and tracks ever experienced. Showcasing the best of skate, BMX, mountain biking, wake, luge, scooter and parkour, this unique event will focus heavily on spectator participation; from interactive skate parks to parkour training and rides, this adrenalin filled weekend is not for the faint hearted!
Alongside the extreme action Newton’s will have an impressive lineup of top Australian acts over the three day festival. Featuring live rock, hip hop, dance and Indie artists on the main stage and five DJ towers spread throughout the site, you can dance, krump and mash it up from dawn till dusk. Nowhere in Australia has this combination of action sports and live music come together in such a sensory overload.
And for the less energetic visitors, the mountaintop open air cinema - screening the best in action sport films throughout the weekend - will be a welcomed respite along with the licensed bars, food stalls and night markets.
The onsite camping ground will offer a dedicated area for families, a teepee reserve - for the glam-pers - and general camping zone.
Newton’s Nation is THE mecca for action sport and live music; fusing music, action sports, visitor interaction and camping together to produce a truly unique Australian festival.
The Australian Skateboard Racing Association (ASRA) organized the best race of the 2009 season with top to bottom video coverage of every racing heat and live timing and scoring so the world could follow along. The Mount Panorama course is not the longest but what it lacks in length, it more than makes up for in intensity. Keving Reimer conquered the mountain in an incredible 2009 World Championship Downhill Skateboarding finale. Bathurst is definitely going to be one of the “can’t miss” races of 2010.