Places for 2010 Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour up for grabs at FMX Ranch

The Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour has entered a new era: For the first time in its history the participants in the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour 2010 will be determined at a Ranking Session.

The 2010 Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour, the world’s best freestyle motocross series, will begin its fourth season in February at the Red Bull Compound, training grounds located an hour’s drive north of Los Angeles.

At the Red Bull X-Fighters Ranking Session at the Red Bull Compound, the world’s best FMX athletes will battle it out for the coveted spots on the World Tour between February 2 and February 10. Only the top four from the 2009 season are automatically qualified for the 2010 season. Six spots are up for grabs alongside those already secured by Nate Adams (USA), Robbie Maddison (AUS), Eigo Sato (JPN) and Mat Rebeaud (SUI). It is the first time in the history of the Red Bull X-Fighters that riders will have to earn their spots. It will also mark the beginning of the wide open battle for the world-famous title two months before the tour begins. There will also be two wildcard entries at each stop to complete the field of the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour 2010, which will start in April and run to September at spectacular locations around the world.
Only 30 riders will be able to take part in the Ranking Session. Anyone who believes to have the right stuff for the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour is welcome to submit a 90-second video of his best performance to www.redbullxfighters.com by December 1, 2009.

The minimum requirement offers an indication of the high degree of demands for the Red Bull X-Fighters: “You’ll need to have at least one or more backflip combinations maneuvers in your portfolio,” said Tour Director Tes Sewell.

Courage, talent and self-confidence are the key ingredients, as 17-year-old Levi Sherwood of New Zealand demonstrated last year. After defending champion Mat Rebeaud was sidelined with an injury, he discovered the talented young Kiwi rider. Sherwood, now known as the “rubber kid”, paid Rebeaud back by knocking him out of the competition a few days later on his way to winning the season opener in Mexico City.

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