Samarria Brevard Becomes First Female Invited to Real Street Competition
A forum for the world’s best riders and filmers to create premium action sports video content, the Real Series brings together the worlds of competitive action sports and core video parts for six competitions in 2018 – Ski, Snowboard, Street, BMX, Moto and Wakeboard. Now in its ninth year, the Real Series will feature past Real Series winners and Fan Favorites, X Games medalists and up-and-coming riders from around the world. This year, X Games silver medalist Samarria Brevard will also become the first female skater to drop a Real Street part.
The list of invited riders and filmers for Real Snow, Ski, Skate and BMX is below. Real Moto and Real Wake Driven by MasterCraft athletes will be announced at a later date.
Real Snow Real Ski
Frank Bourgeois / William Demers Magnus Granér / Gustav Cavallin
Anto Chamberland / Sam Sosnowski LJ Strenio / Jake Strassman
Dan Brisse / Mikael Ahtika Phil Casabon / Alexandre Casabon & Brady Perron
Ozzy Henning / Cole Taylor Mike Hornbeck / Spencer Milbocker
Benny Urban / Alex Pfeffer Antti Ollila / Joonas Mattila
Bode Merrill / Jon Stark Keegan Kilbride / Ethan Timmons
Real Street Real BMX
Bobby Worrest / John Valenti Kevin Peraza / Juani Zurita
Cole Wilson / Don Luong Colin Varanyak / Doeby
Chris Joslin / Devin Lopez Brad Simms / TBD
Trevor Colden / Blake Matthews Corey Martinez / Peter Adam
Chris Cole / Chris Ray Tom Dugan / Darryl Tocco
Daewon Song / Luis Cruz Sean Ricany / Veesh
Ryan Lay / Matt Blevins
Torey Pudwill / Erik Bragg
Samarria Brevard / Monique O’Tool
Like past Real Series competitions, each sport’s video parts will premiere on XGames.com where fans can watch and vote for their favorite. The video parts will be judged by a panel of industry experts and the medalists will be revealed in a one-hour World of X Games show that will premiere on ABC 10 days after the videos drop.
The Real Series on ABC schedule for 2018 is detailed below:
Competition XGames.com World of X Games
Real Ski February 14 February 24
Real Snow March 14 March 24
Real Street April 25 May 5
Real BMX May 23 June 2
Real Moto August
Real Wake September
The schedule is subject to change. More details will be available on www.xgames.com for fans or on www.espnmediazone.com for members of the media.
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Contacts:
Grace Coryell, ESPN Communications, [email protected], 213-405-4402
Olivia Wilson, ESPN Communications, [email protected], 213-405-4145
