Chicago will enjoy some of the biggest names in action sports when ASA Entertainment (ASA) brings the ASA Action Sports World Tour to Sears Centre on Friday, May 1st. For an intense three hours fans will witness some of the most skillfully performed board tricks, tail whips and back flips from the sport's best skateboarders and BMX bike riders. Featured in the Big Air BMX Triples is Chicago's own
Koji Kraft. A 2000 graduate of Addison Trail High School, Koji will be riding before his hometown for the first time in an elite professional level competition. Koji will take on some of the sport's most talented BMX riders:
Rob Darden (Greensville, NC),
Dennis Enarson (San Diego, CA),
Anthony Napolitan (Youngstown, Ohio),
Austin Coleman (Los Angeles, CA),
T.J. Ellis (Moreno Valley, CA),
Alesandro Barbero (Ceva, Italy),
Colton Satterfield (Pocatello, Idaho),
Marcus Tooker (Cape Cod, MA),
Chris Hughes (Toronto, Canada),
Craig Mast (Champion, Ohio), and
Cory Nastazio (Flushing, NY). A complete roster of athletes for each contest can be found on the event web site at
ActionSportsTour.com.
Tickets to the ASA Action Sports World Tour are available at all Ticketmaster outlets, ticketmaster.com or Sears Centre Arena's box office, or call 1-800-745-3000 to charge tickets by phone. Advance ticket prices are $20 for adult and $10 for children's general admission seats, $35 for reserved Club seats and $60 for reserved premium floor seating, which give fans an up close and personal view of all of the action and a private meet-and-greet with the pros. Each ticket includes the best of Skateboarding and BMX, as well as a full concert from The Used.
Each ASA Action Sports World Tour event is televised nationally on a variety of networks, including, CBS Sports, Spike, VERSUS, Fox Sports Net and FUEL TV. International fans will also enjoy the action in more than 180 countries around the globe. Please stay tuned to ActionSportsTour.com for the tour's 2009 television schedule.