Gravity Fest athletes ready for a downhill battle.

  The San Francisco Gravity Festival on Sept 24 -26th at McClaren Park in San Francisco will feature the National Championship race for street luge, downhill skateboard racing, gravity bikes, and downhill inline racing

(PRWEB) September 18, 2004 -- This year's San Francisco Gravity Fest and will feature all the big time events – street luge, downhill skateboard racing, gravity bikes and downhill inline racing. And what more appropriate venue for these types of extreme gravity events than San Francisco’s world-renowned hills and curves?

If he were alive today, Sir Isaac Newton would be proud of what his discovery has spawned

Come check out the world’s finest extreme gravity junkies as they gather on the West Coast to ride a host of awesome, ‘Newton-inspired’ machines at Robert Wurgaft and David Miles’ San Francisco Gravity Festival Sept. 24-26, held at McClaren Park.

This years annual festival is co-sponsored by Oakland-based Slide4less, a company dedicated to extreme sports and the daredevils who participate in them. The Gravity Fest is a national gravity event sanctioned by the International Gravity Sports Association (IGSA) and featuring pro riders from around the world. This year, IGSA winners in their respective events will be recognized as United States National Champions for 2004.

Slide4less will feature a host of electric, remote-controlled skateboards for sale, along with the precision-crafted Segway, one of the most popular personal vehicles available anywhere in the world. All board designs offered for sale by Slide4less represent cutting-edge developments in electrical, remote-operated and compact vehicles. These are the only electric skateboards in the world to offer truly effective remote operation, a necessity for rider safety.

But there’s so much more to see and do than shop for the latest hip gadgets and watch racers battle nature and themselves as they hurtle down some of San Francisco’s most dangerous hills. Athletes will be available to sign autographs and pose for pictures, while the event is sure to draw a wide array of spectators given the variety of national organizations that will have representatives competing, including the Northern California Downhill Skating Association (NCDSA).

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