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RED BULL RAISING THE BAR WITH RONNIE RENNER
X Games Gold Medalist Brings Step Up
Motocross to Midtown
Pro motocross rider Ronnie Renner will set the ultimate, up close and personal practice stage in Atlanta, in front of thousands of onlookers July 26-27 before heading to X Games 2013 in Los Angeles. Renner’s area of expertise, Step Up, is similar to track and field’s pole vaulting, but with a motocross bike. Renner will launch him and his motorcycle nearly five stories high and over a pole before attempting a clean landing.
In Step Up competition, riders speed off a ramp and over a bar which is continuously raised higher until only one rider can clear the bar without touching it. Renner’s Atlanta exhibition is his practice leading into X Games 2013 and will be free and open to the public.
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Last year, Renner landed in the Guinness Book of World Records for the highest X Games motocross Step Up with an apex of 47 feet and this year he hopes to push himself to new heights. With Atlanta in the process of bidding to bring a future X Games to the area, this event is sure to draw attention to its growing extreme sports scene.
July 26 – 27, 2013
Demo begins at 6:00 pmFree Admission, Open to the Public
14th St NW & Spring St NW
Nearest MARTA: Arts Center Station
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