Sport Activities – OUTDOOR” Festival

On the first days of April, 8-11 the Festival “Sport Activities – OUTDOOR” welcomes its participants and visitors on the grounds of the All-Russian Exhibition Centre (VVTs), the most famous exhibition site of the country. The increasing growth of interest to outdoor sports and market in Russia attracts the attention of amateurs and professionals. According to the preliminary calculations, over 25 000 people from all over Russia will visit the festival.

The festival enables to unite all the people involved in outdoor activities either sportsmen, consumers, manufactures and distributors. Within the framework of the festival the following events take place:

· Rock Climbing Championship (bouldering);

· Kayak competitions «flat water freestyle», in the pool before the pavilion;

· Ice Climbing competitions – Ice Masters Cup of Russia;

· Moscow Bike Trial Cup event;

· “City Challenge”;

· Skyserfing competitions;

· “Adventure park”;

· Extreme films festival;

· exhibition “Sport Activities – OUTDOOR”

Exibition “Sport Activities – OUTDOOR”

For the first time in the history of the sportive exhibitions in Russia the Outdoor theme has become independent. The domestic and foreign manufacturers of the equipment for all the trends in the contemporary Outdoor will arrange their expositions on one exhibition site (over 5,500 m2). The visitors of the exhibition « Sport Activities - OUTDOOR» will have the opportunity to see the up-to-date technologies and the latest developments in all types of the extreme sport, sportive and amateur tourism, mountaineering, diving and other activities.

The attractive feature of this exhibition will be the «tent city» with total square of 1,200 m2 inside the pavilion. The exhibitors can place their collections of full-size tents, not there models, as usual. The visitors will be able to evaluate their design and construction features.

Traditional OUTDOOR expositions will be of much interest as well:

· Equipment for tourism and mountaineering

· Sportswear, sports shoes, accessories

· Equipment for camping

· Goods for travelling

· Equipment and accessories for diving

· Equipment for extreme sports

Russian Rock-Climbing Championship (bouldering)

The decision is taken to hold the Russian Rock-Climbing Championship 2004 – Bouldering as a part of the festival “Sport Activities – Outdoor” on the climbing construction.

Kayaking

The competitions in “flat water freestyle” is one of the kinds of water freestyle, the most difficult one! Freestyle in the kayak is the set of the technically complicated elements in the optional program, which shows the mastery and technique of the sportsmen. It`s amazing.

Ice-climbing

The competitions will be held on the routes with both fixed and mobile obstacles. Ice-climbers have to clinch to the rocking rope-hung ice blocks.

Multi-sport race “City Challenge”

The rout of the race will be laid on the territory of the VVTs and include various stages: running, bike riding, climbing, water obstacles.

Sky surfing. Sky diving

Sky surfing is one of the most exiting sports. The series of the acrobatic elements in free flight enchant the audience. The Russian sportsmen, world champions in this sport, will take part in the show. Parachute jumps in the city is an outstanding event. The spectators will see the sky divers flying down with immense speed and maneuvering between gates.

Adventure Park

The visitors of the festival get a wonderful possibility to plunge into the atmosphere of adventures and challenges. The “Adventure park” that is 3000 ě2 (three thousand square meters!!!) will consist of different attractions both on the ground and in the air. You can see climbing walls, artificial lianas, pendant bridges, labyrinths and lots more that comes far beyond your imagination. Overcoming fear the visitors can fly, climb, jump, shoot, ride and get unforgettable impressions.

Extreme Film Festival “Terra Incognita”

In the movie pavilion the visitors can see the program of “Extreme Film Festival” which includes best professional and amateur films about traveling, adventures, different kinds of extreme sports and sportsmen.

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Please write or telephone if we can provide further information.

Tatyana Subbotina

Osennyaya str., 4/1
Moscow, 121609
Phone: (095) 780-6479
Phone/fax: (095) 739-6123
e-mail: russia@activexpo.ru
web: www.activexpo.info

11.02.2004