The world’s hottest FMX talent, 25 year old Australian, Blake ‘Bilko’ Williams, heads an all-star line-up announced today for the Dublin leg of the 2012 Masters of Dirt World Tour, Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th March 2012, at the Citywest Event Centre.
Bilko, with his larger-than-life personality and dynamic style, is a worldwide favourite with freestyle fans on his Honda CRF-250, and was awarded FMX rider of the year in 2009. His portfolio includes some of the most intense bike stunts, including landing the first ever cliff-hanger backflip, early on in his freestyle career. Williams was the first Aussie to win a round of the Dew Tour and took Gold and Silver at X Games 15 in Los Angeles; the ‘Olympics of Action Sports’.
21 year-old Rob Adelberg, one the of the new age FMX riders from Down Under, also makes the Masters of Dirt team for 2012. Other exciting additions to the international line-up include South African Alastair Sayer , who holds the world record for jumping 11 meters in step -up, and was 6th in the IFMXF European Championship 2010. The UK’s Chris Birch is another addition who will bring a vast amount of experience to the show and is a definite crowd pleaser.
New Jersey’s Derek Burlew has also been confirmed for the Masters of Dirt tour, as well as Spain’s Andreu Lacondeguy and Edgar Torronteras, one of the pioneers of Freestyle Motocross!
Bilko is one of the leading guys in FMX right now... and he's coming to Dublin
Snowmobile rider Jostein Stenberg from Norway performs a jaw-dropping set, flipping his 250kg snowmobile, while the USA’s Jon Guetter is on his quadbike, and minibike rider Tomas Barta from the Czech Republic takes some of the biggest risks, on the smallest wheels. Mountain-bikers Sam Reynolds from the UK, and Spain’s newcomer Bienvenido Aguado, display breath-taking aerial stunts that are more than a match for their motorized colleagues! Tickets on Sale Now!
Tickets for the Dublin show are on sale now from Ticketmaster, priced from €39.00. Masters of Dirt, fuelled by Monster Energy, has been setting the standard for world class FMX and bike stunt entertainment for the past ten years across Europe, featuring the world’s top Freestyle Motocross stunt riders, as well as Quad, 50cc mini bike, mountain bike, and bmx athletes.
Irish audiences for the 2012 Masters of Dirt world tour show will see death-defying stunts, never before performed in Ireland, in an action-packed 2½ hour arena show. Running Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th March 2012, at the Citywest Event Centre, Masters of Dirt will also feature the super-hot Fuel Girls, and extra-cool DJ Mosaken, in an evening of full-on action and thrilling entertainment. Exclusive music mixes, amazing pyrotechnics, and stunning special effects provide the backdrop to the dynamic Masters of Dirt show.
Masters of Dirt tickets are on sale now from Ticketmaster, priced from €39.00, for the three adrenaline-filled Dublin shows on the 2012 world tour, which also takes in Vienna, South Africa, Manchester, and Wembley Arena. The 2010 Dublin dates were a complete sell-out, with over 12,000 young and old fans attending, so, Masters of Dirt 2012 will feature two evening shows, as well as a Sunday matinee, for a weekend of exhilarating FMX madness for all the family!
***Don’t forget to visit CCM Racing this Thursday evening from 6pm-8pm to meet the Masters of Dirt crew including Bilko Williams and Edgar Torronteras
*** For exclusive discount tickets codes to the Master of Dirt in City West visit: http://www.monsterenergy.com/ie/en/news/masters-of-dirt-2012-loyal-fans-discount-codes/
