Mayhem Festival 2008 - Final Call
MAYHEM FESTIVAL
4th – 10th AUGUST 2008
ÅRE BIKE PARK, SWEDEN
www.mayhemfestival.com
The Mayhem Festival 2008 is another action-packed 7 Day Freeride Festival
at Åre Bike Park, Sweden. After 6 years of festivals, this is the final
Mayhem event, so don’t miss it.
Mayhem is an open, free mountain bike event. This is the last chance to
join the party, everybody’s welcome. Åre Bike Park has 4 chairlift
stations, 900M vertical drop, and over 40km of trail networks.
Åre’s much anticipated new freeride trail will have a premier opening on
wed 6th at 12:00. Plus Åre’s slopestyle arena has been redesigned by Mr
Feffe Forsell to include a few new features for 2008 with a focus on
different line options.
On the competitions side of things, unfortunately there will be no SM in
downhill due to problems in the local bike club that could not have be
rectified on time. However, during the week, there are a number of other
competitions to get the adrenaline flowing. A dual elimination race on
Wednesday 6th, the Quarter Pipe challenge on the Thursday and the Mayhem
Slopestyle on Saturday 9th. All above competitions are free to enter.
Registrations are made the day previous at the mayhem stand in the
exhibition area.
On Friday 9th we have a special invitational only slopestyle competition
called Mayhem All Stars. It is a battle between three of Sweden’s best
against three of our guest pro riders. The competition is a collective
team effort, one team battling the other. The Swedish team consists of
Micke Bolmstam, Martin Söderstrom, and Linus Sjöholm. Guest pro team is
Cam Zink, Kyle Strait and Steve Romaniuk.
If you are looking to sharpen your riding skills or learn how to nail
perfect that trick, Cam, Kyle and Steve will also be running their own pro
bike clinics. Sign up online!
Two nights during the week we will have open beach volleyball down on Åre
beach. The Red Bull sound unit will be down with DJ Zaki, and there is an
open bbq which is free to use, so don’t forget to bring your meat. On
Tuesday there will be a special acrobatic paragliding show taking place
over the lake in front of the beach which is guaranteed to be nothing
short of spectacular.
Dragon Wake Jam at Holiday Club Aug 7th. Some of Swedens best boarders
Benjamin Hoppe, Samuel Ferm, Andreas Johansson mfl. Plus the chance to try
out wake boarding, and summer party at HC.
The latest freeride movies will be shown on a full cinema size screen at
Holiday Club 3 nights during the week, from 20:00 Monday, Wednesday and
Friday. Free Entry to all.
Extended Play until 6pm: An extra 2 hours of chair lift access can be
enjoyed on both Tuesday and Friday.
The ‘Mayhem Pass’ festival band is the key to saving money and getting
super discounts all week on bike shops, local restaurants and shops in
Åre. For a list of all the savings, check out the mayhem pass section on
the web site.
A major part of the festival are the mayhem parties. There will be no less
than 5 major party nights during the week. We kick the week off Sunday
evening at Timmerstugan. Wednesday night Sram party at Wersens, Friday at
Timmerstugan with Dj Uncle-R and Supersci feat Remedaah, and the final Red
Bull party with DJ Zaki at Wersens to finish off the week.
For a complete program schedule on the festival, visit www.mayhemfestival.com
