Two-wheeled jumpathon rolls into Riga

  • 2011-10-19
  • By Jared Grellet
RIGA - Latvian petrol heads will be in heaven this weekend when the International Motorcycling Federation (FIM) MX World Championship Night of the Jumps makes its fifth visit to the Latvian capital. On Saturday twelve of the most talented, expressive freestyle motocross athletes in the world will descend on Arena Riga, from as far afield as Australia and Chile, for the eighth leg of the 13 round FIM MX World Championship Night of the Jumps.Freestyle motocross is a relatively new sport, made popular in the late 90s by its appearance in the biggest “extreme sport” event in...
 
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