Multi-sport competition
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TheGravity Games was amulti-sport competition originating inProvidence,Rhode Island that was broken down into Winter (only held in 2000) and Summer (held from 1999 to 2006) adaptations. The competition featured a variety ofextreme sports such asaggressive inline skating,skateboarding,freestyle motocross,BMX freestyle andsnowboarding.
The Gravity Games were jointly owned through a strategic partnership betweenPrimedia,Octagon andNBC Sports.[1]
The summer Gravity Games were last held inPerth in Australia in December 2006.
Only one game based on the license,Gravity Games Bike: Street Vert Dirt was released in North America on June 28, 2002 for thePlayStation 2 and on September 4, 2002 for theXbox and was developed and published byMidway.
- Skateboarding
- BMX
- Freestyle Moto-X
- Street Luge
- Surfing
- Wakeboarding
- Snowboarding
- Park
- Mountain
- Superpipe
- Big Air
- Boarder X
- Snowmobile
- Skiing
- Superpipe
- Park
- Skier X
- Big Air
- Mountain
- 1999 Gravity Games I (Providence, Rhode Island)
- Jamie Bestwick took the gold medal in BMX Vert. In the same event, after Simon Tabron crashed during his run, he went back on his bike and landed a900 (skateboarding).
- Biker Sherlock took the silver in Downhill Skateboarding while Lee Dansie claimed the gold.
- InFreestyle Motocross,Travis Pastrana takes home the gold. During his two runs, Pastrana landed tricks such as a Cliffhanger, a Lazy Boy and a Rodeo Air.
- Dave Mirra won the gold medal in BMX Street.
- 2000 Gravity Games II (Providence, Rhode Island)
- Carey Hart crashed while attempting to land the first backflip on a dirt bike but did not sustain any injuries.
- Brian Deegan won the gold medal in Freestyle Motocross.
- 2000 Winter Gravity Games I (Mammoth Mountain,California)
- Despite a heavy snowfall, the gold medal in Snowboarding Superpipe went toRoss Powers. Mammoth Mountain native Tommy Czeschin took the silver. In Women’s Superpipe, Shannon Dunn won the gold.
- Shaun Palmer took home the gold medal in Boarder X. Later he switched to skis and won gold in Skier X.
- 2001 Gravity Games III (Providence, Rhode Island)
- This was the last year of Gravity Games competition in Rhode Island.
- Travis Pastrana returns to the Gravity Games and won his third gold medal in Freestyle Motocross.
- 2002 Gravity Games IV (Cleveland, Ohio)
- 2003 Gravity Games V (Cleveland, Ohio)
- Nate Adams won the gold medal in freestyle motocross. In the same event,Travis Pastrana crashed while attempting to do a Seatgrab Backflip.
- 2004 Gravity Games VI (Cleveland, Ohio)
- The 2004 Gravity Games were broadcast onNBCSN then known as Outdoor Life Network.
- 2005 Gravity Games VII (Woodward &Philadelphia,Pennsylvania)
