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San Francisco Fall Gravity festival



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
DAVID MILES JR
Phone        415-752-1967
Cell            415-412-9686
E-mail       [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Event Web Page http://www.sfgravityfest.com/

Sept. 5, 2003

Do you feel the need? The need for speed? YOU WILL!!!
THE SAN FRANCISCO FALL GRAVITY FESTIVAL

Before we let the summer of 2003 roll off into the sunset, the California
Outdoor Rollerskating Association will present the San Francisco Fall
Gravity Festival. This event involves Extreme Downhill Racing featuring the
world's top professional racers in downhill inline skating, downhill
skateboard, buttboard, street luge and gravity speed bike. Racers will reach
speeds of over 60 miles per hour on the steep, half mile course.

The event is being presented by the California Outdoor Rollerskating
Association and is sanctioned by the IGSA (International Gravity Sports
Association). Participants have been racing throughout the spring and summer
in a national points series that began in the rain in San Francisco last
May. This event will establish the Gravity Sports National Champions the
different categories of downhill racing.

The S.F. Gravity Festival is a 3 day event that will take place from Fri.
Sept. 19 to Sun. Sept. 21. The races will be held on a ½ mile closed
downhill course on John F. Shelley Drive in San Francisco's McLaren Park.
Practice begins on Friday, Sept. 19 from 10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. There will
be practice on Saturday, Sept. 20 from 8:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. Qualifying is
on Sat. Sept. 20 from 11:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. with racing on Sun. Sept. 21
from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

Local inline skaters like S.F.'s Bruce Stevenson and Oakland's Robert
Wurgaft are looking to take top honors in the inline portion of the event.
Some of the nations top Freestyle and Slalom Skateboarders will be on hand
to thrill the audience with their daredevil skills.

Speed Racing legend Ron Cook of Pure Guts will be on hand displaying his
Guinness World Record Setting Motorcycle, which he crashed at 200 mph and
survived! (seen on TV worldwide) This exhibit will bring out other Pure Guts
stories of everyday people pushing their limits to succeed against the odds.





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