September 26, 2003 – WHO: 32 of the most talented urban freeriders from around the globe; WHAT: Red Bull Bike Battlefor the 2nd year in a row. 32 of the world's best mountain bike freeriders will attack the concrete playground of Boston's City Hall Plaza. Normally off limits to bikers, the plaza is being transformed into an urban mountain bikes trial course. The insane course consists of natural urban obstacles, parked cars, dumpsters, ramps, concrete barriers, dirt jumps, and ladder bridges.

Pro riders are judged in five areas: use of course, magnitude of moves, flow, style and technique. Each rider will have one seeding run and then will be paired off into a single elimination head to head battle for two minutes. The best rider from each round will advance until there is one champion left standing. On the line, a $5,000 prize purse.

WHEN: September 27, 2003

10am-12pm – Rider Practice 1pm-3pm – Qualifiers 3pm-5pm – Finals Awards immediately following

WHERE: Boston City Hall

BACKGROUND: The progressive movement of urban mountain bike freeriding is rapidly growing in popularity. Instead of driving hours into the mountains for places to ride, bikers are tackling the challenging terrain right outside their doors. see http://www.redbullbikebattle.com for more information.