Nissan Qashqai Challenge Brings Freeriding's Finest To Tate Modern

2 months ago 16th May 16:19

Nissan will host the grand final of the Nissan QASHQAI Challenge 2008 in London, seeing the world's best freeriders compete for the coveted title.

The Nissan QASHQAI Challenge 2008 is the second annual Nissan mountain bike freeriding series and will culminate on Saturday 24th May with the grand final being held outside Tate Modern, on London's South Bank.

The museum will provide an exciting backdrop to the urban freeriding challenge, as the Nissan QASHQAI-sponsored Street Art exhibition, which features work from some of the most exciting street artists in the world, will be unveiled while the world's best freeriders compete in a variety of mountain bike disciplines.

Urban freeriding is an exhilarating form of mountain biking which sees riders take on challenging man-made terrain to perform extreme stunts. The riders will perform physically demanding tricks while airborne, taking on drops of up to 30 feet high, narrow platforms, jumps and landings.

The London event is the final in a series of four challenges across Europe, with events being held in Milan, Madrid and Munich in late April and May. Four weekends will provide Europe with first class mountain bike action in the heart of its most exciting cities.

Thousands of spectators, including riders and enthusiasts, are expected to attend the grand final of the Nissan QASHQAI Challenge in London, which demonstrates Nissan's passion and commitment to adventure sports, as part of the Nissan Sports Adventure Programme.

In total there will be 25 of the world's best mountain bikers showing off their unbelievable skills in a bid to become the Freeride Champion of the year and win the overall prize of 100,000 euros.

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