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NBC JEEP® WORLD OF ADVENTURE SPORTS HEADS TO UNION SQUARE FOR NYC’S FIRST PROFESSIONAL RAIL JAM

February 18 episode features snowboarding, freeskiing, and off-road racing

PORTLAND, Maine, February 5, 2007--- NBC Jeep® World of Adventure Sports (JWOAS), an action and adventure sports series, will air its next episode on Sunday, February 18, 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time.  Host Pat Parnell of NBC Sports travels to New York City s first professional snowboarding competition to present this episode s thrilling events.  For more information, please visit www.WorldofAdventureSports.com. 

The next episode will feature:

  • The Union Square Street Sessions presented by Jeep, New York City s first major pro snowboarding rail jam competition.  The world s top professional snowboarders, including Olympic silver medalist Danny Kass, Marc Frank Montoya and Eddie Wall, will compete head-to-head for a prize purse of $30,000.  Twenty-four riders will show off their skills on the largest customized urban rail ever produced for an event of this kind in New York City.
  • The Teton Gravity Research (TGR) crew, Victoria Jealouse, Ian McIntosh, Jeremy Jones, and Sage Cattabriga-Alosa, head to the backcountry of Haines, Alaska.  Experienced rider Jeremy Jones leads the group through variable
    snowpack conditions and classic Alaskan spines.
  • The Jeep U.S. Freeskiing Open, the largest and most respected contest in freeskiing.  The 2007 Jeep U.S. Freeskiing Open, a Skiing Magazine event, features more than 300 of freeskiing s best and up-and-coming athletes competing in three disciplines: Slopestyle, Halfpipe and Big Air.  This year s slopestyle course was designed by top athletes Simon Dumont, Peter Olenick, Jon Olson and T.J. Schiller, who assisted in the creation of the overall course layout a first for the event.
  • Red Bull Last Man Standing, an epic off-road motorcycle race in Bulcher, Texas.  The race combines the very best of every off-road racing genre, pitting 128 of the world s top riders on a 2-lap circuit racing over 80 miles of the toughest terrain anywhere in the day and at night. Find out how many survive the test.

JWOAS 2007 broadcast schedule on NBC:
February 18, 12:30 p.m. (ET)
July 14, 2:30 p.m. (ET)
July 28, 3:00 p.m. (ET)
August 11, 3:30 p.m. (ET)
September 8, 2:00 p.m. (ET)
October 27, 3:30 p.m. (ET)
December 16, 1:30 p.m. (ET)

JWOAS 2007 broadcast dates on Universal HD:
February 17
March 17
September 7
September 21
October 5
October 26
November 16
December 28

Please check local listings for broadcast schedule.  All times are Eastern and show times are subject to change

About Jeep World of Adventure Sports
Jeep World of Adventure Sports (JWOAS) is a television series created and produced by sports marketing firm, Aura360, NBC and the Jeep brand.  Host Pat Parnell takes viewers through non-stop action in breathtaking locations across the globe. The show covers a variety of extreme sports, unique events and profiles of groundbreaking athletes.  Sponsors include Columbia Sportswear, Garmin, and Energizer. For more details, please visit www.WorldofAdventureSports.com or www.NBCsports.com.

About the Jeep Brand
The Jeep brand has seven models in the 2007 model year, the most available to retail consumers at one time in its 66-year history.  The expansion of the Jeep brand has taken place in just two years. At the start of 2004, the brand s trio of tough, capable, rugged SUVs included the venerable Jeep Grand Cherokee, Jeep Liberty (Cherokee outside North America) and the icon of the brand, the Jeep Wrangler.  In 2005, the Jeep Commander was introduced. In 2006, the redesigned Jeep Wrangler was unveiled. Also debuting in 2006 were three more all-new Jeep vehicles: Jeep Patriot, Jeep Compass and the four-door Jeep Wrangler Unlimited.


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