X Games Moto X Athletes to Perform at Calle Ocho Festival in Miami - News - Dirt Rider Magazine

WHO: ESPN Deportes, serving U.S. Hispanic sports fans since 2000WHAT: Will feature a Moto X exhibition, with X Games athletes Jeremy Carter, Matt Buyten and Nixey Danielson at the Calle Ocho Festival, the largest street festival in the U.S.WHEN: Sunday, March 12. Exhibitions at 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. (ET)WHERE: Calle Ocho Festival, Miami, Fla. / ZONA ESPN Deportes will be located at the corner of Southwest 8th Street and Southwest 8th avenue.DETAILS: ESPN Deportes, a sponsor of this year's Calle Ocho Festival, will make history by presenting the festival's first ever Moto X exhibition featuring world-class X Games athletes Jeremy Carter, Matt Buyten and Nixey Danielson. The exhibition will feature a ramp-to-ramp jump on which the athletes execute freestyle tricks 30 feet in the air, like the "Superman," "Heel Clicker" and "Hart Attack."Exhibitions will be held at 10 a.m., 2 p.m., and 4 p.m. ET at the ZONA ESPN Deportes, located at the corner of Southwest 8th Street and Southwest 8th avenue.Throughout the event, X Games Moto X bikes will be won by five lucky attendees of Calle Ocho Festival.AthletesCarter (Coarsegold, Calif.) has been riding motocross since he was 15 years old. He has participated in numerous X Games in Step Up, Best Trick and Freestyle, including X Games Six through Nine (2000-2003) and Asian X Games in 2003.Buyten (South Lake Tahoe, Calif.) is a three-time X Games medalist in Moto X Step Up and was the was the 2003 IFMA Rookie of the Year.Danielson (Phoenix, Ariz.) is a two-time X Games competitor in Moto X Best Trick and participated in the Asian X Games in 2004 and Dubai X Games in 2005. He is a seven-time IFMA Series winner in 2005.ESPN DeportesESPN Deportes is the brand under which ESPN Inc. has been serving U.S. Hispanic sports fans since 2000. The roster of branded initiatives now includes ESPN Deportes, ESPN's Spanish-language network serving Latino sport fans in the U.S.; ESPNdeportes.com, a fully integrated Spanish-language sports site; ESPN Deportes La Revista, the only general sports Spanish-language magazine in the U.S.; ESPN Deportes Radio, the only around-the-clock national Spanish-language radio network in the U.S.; and ESPN Deportes Wireless, which offers mobile phone subscribers images of their favorite Latino sports stars.X GamesESPN X Games is the definitive annual action sports competition featuring more than 150 of the world's best athletes competing in: BMX Freestyle, Moto X, Skateboard, Surfing and Wakeboard. X Games 12 will be held August 3-6 in Los Angeles and will air live on ESPN and ABC.