The Cribs, White Lies and British Sea Power are first Music Acts unveiled

Europe’s Biggest Extreme Sports and Music Festival comes to Brighton for 2 Nights of Music & 3 Days of Extreme Sports

September 18th, 19th, 20th 2009 – Madeira Drive, Brighton www.whiteair.co.uk

First Music Acts Unveiled White Lies, The Cribs and British Sea Power

After 12 awesome festivals on the Isle of White, Europe’s premier ticketed extreme sports and music festival, White Air, moves to Brighton Beach.

The 2009 festival program will feature this year's number-one selling success story, post-punk quartet White Lies, cult indie-rockers The Cribs and hometown legends, British Sea Power alongside other established acts and some of the hottest new bands around.

2 nights of music and 3 days of fantastic extreme sports such as World High Diving displays from a 30m tower into a 3m pool, Windsurfing, Thundercats, Jet Skis, Mixed Martial Arts, Scuba Diving…and lots, lots more.

At White Air’s core is a huge Urban Freesports Park with the biggest and best ramps to be seen anywhere – more than ten sports including Skate, BMX, Inline, Parkour, Mtn bike, Mtn Board, Streetboard, Streetdance, Graff jams, and guaranteed adrenaline rushes for all.

Almost all of the 40 sports at White Air will have a “Have a Go’ element where visitors can watch top sports men and women, then ‘have a go’ themselves with tuition from the world’s best.

World Champion Windsurfer and Kitesurfer Nigel Howell, White Air’s Founder & Director: “We’re so excited to be moving White Air to Brighton where we can reach a larger audience in an amazing beach side location less than an hour from London”.

Laurence Kaye, White Air Director: “Have a Go” is what makes White Air unique. Why watch sport when you can participate. We give our audience the opportunity to try new sports for the first time with training and advice from some of the world’s very best athletes and sportsmen”.

Mayor of Brighton and Hove Council, Councillor Ann Norman: “We are very excited that White Air is coming to Brighton & Hove in September. We have fantastic facilities to offer. Our City has a large community of young people who will be attracted to these sports, and we look forward to a successful event this year and in future years.”

The White Air site is east from Brighton Pier, almost one mile of beach will host up to 50,000 people over the weekend – Friday/Saturday 10-10, Sunday 10-6.

Sports competitions and displays include: Red Arrows displays, FMX, Surfing, Kitesurfing, Windsurfing, Slackline, Ropeboarding, Thundercats, Jet Ski, Aquathlon, Triathlon, London to Brighton road race, Sailing, High Diving, Streetboarding, Mini Moto, SUP, Mountain Board, Skateboard, BMX, Mountain Bike, Graffiti Street Wars, Parkour, Powerfan, Bocking, Trials Bike, Wakeboard, Beach Volley Ball, Mixed Martial Arts, Falcons Parachute displays, Streetdance, Scuba Diving, Gliding, Climbing, Assault Course, Zip Wire, Kayak, Yoyoing …….. and more!

Further sports and music acts to be announced.

Tickets

Available from White Air www.whiteair.co.uk and Ticketmaster www.ticketmaster.co.uk

Limited Early Bird Weekender Tickets Now On Sale Ticket Prices: Adult £60 + booking fee Student/Under 16’s £55 + booking fee VIP and Family tickets are also available

White Air – History Founded by World Champion Windsurfer and British Kitesurfing Champion, Nigel Howell, this will be the event’s first year on the beach at Brighton. “After 12 great years, we needed a bigger site which was easy for everyone to reach”, says Nigel Howell. From humble beginnings – 30 windsurfers meeting on a desolate beach to compete against each other - White Air continues to expand and this year introduces more action sports in the water and on land than ever before. As well as music fans and extreme sports enthusiasts, the festival is for families and first timers – 8000 ‘Have a Go’ sports tasters have been tried at White Air.

‘White Air has grown from strength to strength to become a massive multi-sport event and the biggest of its kind in Europe’- Windsurf Magazine