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Action Sports championships come to KeyArena
BMX, skateboarding and inline skating stars will compete Friday through Sunday at KeyArena. Tickets for the event include live musical performances.
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DEAN RUTZ / THE SEATTLE TIMES
Mitchie Brusco, 11, of Kirkland is a rising star in skateboarding. More than 125 athletes are to compete at the Action Sports championship.
The world's best BMX, skateboarding and inline skating athletes will compete at the LG Action Sports World Championships at KeyArena Friday through Sunday.
Jamie Bestwick, Chad Kagy, Daniel Dhers, Greg Lutzka, Pierre Luc Gagnon and Bob Burnquist are among the 125 athletes from 23 countries competing for $600,000 in prize money. Athletes qualified based on results in the 2008 season.
Tickets are available through Ticketmaster. General-admission tickets are $20, and an all-session ticket (four sessions, including two on Saturday) is $65. Tickets include musical performances each session.
The schedule
Friday, 7:30 p.m.: Inline vertical finals, BMX street-course prelims. Music: The Game.
Saturday, 1 p.m.: Skate vertical prelims, BMX street-course finals. Music: MXPX.
Saturday, 7 p.m.: BMX vertical finals, inline street-course finals. Music: Pennywise.
Sunday, 2 p.m.: Skateboard vertical finals, skateboard street-course finals. Music: Hoobastank.
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