The doors of Munich’s Ampere club opened at 8:45 pm for more than 700 freeride mountain bike fans. After the celebration of Smack Down in Las Vegas and St. Raphael, the people from southern Germany were able to watch world’s best mountain bike action shots, which were taken in Argentina, Israel, British Columbia, Europe and the US.

A second highlight this evening was the auction of bike stuff for the benefit of Stephen Murray (www.stephenmurrayfamilyfund.com) and Tara Llanes (www.tarallanesroadtorecovery.com). The auction achieved an amount of 13.000 Euros overall.

The who is who of the freeride scene showed the spectators their extremely high level of riding performance in “SMACH DOWN” - the eight part of New World Disorder. Concerning the tricks, a complete magazine of the most different calibers is being shot like out of a machine gun. Varying from bunny hops over cars and huge gaps to flipwhips and camel hand plants. The coverage of the biggest contests in 2007 – like Crankworx, the Nissan Qashqai Challenge or the Bearclaw Invitational – provided a huge pack of insane tricks, too.

To boost the surge of adrenalin step by step, a highlight cut of the Nissan Qashqai Challenge, the first urban freeride mountain bike series ever, had been shown first. The auction for the benefit of Tara and Stephen, two athletes suffered spinal cord injuries this year and were not able to carry on with their sport any more, followed.

There was a big range of products being auctioned: e.g. a Kona Cowan dirtbike, a Mavic Crossmax wheelset, a custom-made fi’zi:k saddle and Oakley C100 sunglasses. Red Bull had the winning bid for a Camelbak backpack. Red Bull has been active within the mountain bike sport for many years now. Tara and Stephen were well known to Red Bull due to their participation at events like the Red Bull Elevation or the Red Bull Race Down. Because athletes always take the center stage at Red Bull, a bigger amount of money was chosen to support Tara and Stephen on their way of regeneration.

Nissan supports Tara and Stephen in a special way. The Japanese car company, which is well-known for their great range of 4x4 vehicles (Nissan launched this year their urban SUV – the Qashqai) puts half of the entire entrance-fees that were taken in Munich and will be taken in Cologne in addition on top. This money goes immediately in equal parts into both funds of the injured athletes.

Great thanks also to Timo Pritzel and Cedric Gracia for contributing their bike gear, to Red Bull spending a lot of money for the backpack and to the other sponsors of the premiere party: Kona, Nissan, fi’zi:k, Camelbak, Mavic & Mountainbike Rider Magazine.

Following the auction, the longed for New World Disorder 8 movie rocked the audience. One of the viewers afterwards the screening:

 “I liked the first part the best. Andreu is crazy like hell. He has got the best style and his flipwhips and superman backflips are just sick!”

Another guest wasn’t able to contain himself and said:

“Paul Bas rocks. NWD8 showed us, that he is not only a great contest rider, but also is able to ride all kind of spots and he pulls a lot of very different and difficult tricks. It’s amazing: the harder the tricks, the smoother his riding!”

Good vibes and the sizzling beats from DJ Chrome provided a long party night till the early morning hours.

Special guest Cedric Gracia brimmed over with enthusiasm for the premiere party: “I am very pleased, that I was able to help Tara and Stephen by giving my Commencal signature DH frame. I love the good vibes in here, and I have to say the Munich people know how to party. I will come back next year for sure!”

So join the screening of NWD8 SMACK DOWN and its after party in Cologne on Saturday, November 17^th at the Gloria theatre. Special guests Andreu and Lluis Lacondeguy will be there to rock the house with you.

You can support Tara and Stephen by coming to this event, bidding at the auction, or giving a donation.

Be there or be square!

Cologne

Saturday, November 17^th, Gloria (Apostelnstr. 11)

1st screening:

(under 18-years old) entry 6:30 pm Screening from 7 pm.

2nd screening:

Entry 9 pm, Screening from 10 pm,

Music by Discodogs (Trix&Filx/Freestylebash)

www.gloria-theater.com