On Saturday September 20 White Air will also host a night of great music at our stage on the beach.

The Pigeon Detectives will be headlining a line up including The Operators, Sam Isaac and Mama’s Gun, with Rob da Bank on the decks.

For further info, please contact:

Email: info@whiteair.co.uk

Web: http://www.whiteair.co.uk

Due to the huge demand the Worlds' most famous pilots, the Red Arrows will be giving the public the chance to come along and meet them at the White Air festival! After being flown in by helicopter the Red Arrows pilots will be on hand at White Air in the extreme village to answer all your questions and sign those posters!

The Red Arrows will also be doing two days of full displays at 11am Sat + 11am Sun, so why not come down for the most amazing views as they head straight at the extreme sports festival over from over the channel and pull of the most awesome moves just 200m from the festival village!

White Air's awesome party night is to be bigger than ever this year with a top line-up of live stage music and partying in the beach bar till late! Rob Da Bank will be hosting and headlining the beach bar. The Live Stage has some 30 groups playing over the long weekend. Saturday night confirmed groups also include Sam Isaac, Mamas Gun with more tbc!

• Tickets are now available!

The White Air RAF Multi-sport Park for 2008 has been extended yet again to include even more sports action, arts and djs!

King Ramps are bringing their brand new 5ft mini-ramp to White Air this year, supported by the new healthy juice drink, Suso. Ridiculous skateboarding will include the likes of Chris Oliver, Trevor Johnson, Pete King and Dave Chesson. Come and have a look and get some tips from the top pros if you are up for it!

The amazing set-up of the White Air RAF urban park will now include Skate midi ramp, street course, huge BMX jump and freestyle/flatland, Parkour, Inline, Hard Grafft, djs and the Mountain board park on the beach!

So bring your gear as the parks’ open sessions are there for everyone to use and even try your hand on the huge freestyle jump ramps, kickers and street sections if you have the nerve!

A jam session that lasts all weekend with some of the very best in the sport!

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White Air Extreme Sports Festival 19-21 Sept the biggest ever! Action Sports, Have a Go, Live stage, Parties.....

Tickets are now on sale for The White Air festival as it celebrates its 12th year in style with more sports, more public interaction and more music art and parties than ever before!

A whole host of sports events will make up this extreme festival from Thundercat European Championships, Windsurfing UK Freestyle Championships, Kitesurfing, Surf, SUP, Skate Ramps and street with Suso, BMX on the ramps, Parkour, European Mountain Board Freestyle on the radical RAF White Air ramps, FMX shows its face for the first time, Sailing, Kayak, Mountain Bike freestyle and trials, Flatland BMX, Turfdogs land Windsurfing, Jet Ski, Frisbee, Inline, Land Yacht, Jet Ski, Digital dj mixing, Hard Grafft, and loads more..

The Red Arrows will be performing in the skies on both Saturday and Sunday with the amazing RAF Falcons dropping in on Friday to kick start the festival.

On the water Powerboats will top the bill this year for sheer adrenalin rush as the Thundercat European Championships come to our shores for the first time ever!

Thundercat racing is an internationally loved high profile water sport; a powerboat series with high levels of adrenaline. Boats taking to the skies as they leap from the surf battling their opponent’s right next to the shore, bringing spectators closer to the ACTION at White Air!

Have a Go! is back....remember this is where you the public get to try out loads of the latest action sports live at White Air! Come and join in with the 6000 people who tried sports and arts at White Air so far!

The Live Stage also continues at White Air....three days and two evenings of live groups and djs .....check out the music section on the White Air web site for the full line-up! Our special guest dj will also be in the beach bar Saturday night for one of the two evenings of Live Stage after parties!

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RED ARROWS AND RAF FALCONS AT WHITE AIR 2008!

• The Red Arrows display at White Air: Dates 2008 20th + 21st

The Red Arrows have confirmed that they will be doing TWO DISPLAYS at White Air this year! They will be performing a a full display on both the Saturday and the Sunday right off the beach. With moves being pulled off just 200m from the festival site it will be another awesome experience for all at White Air!

• The RAF Falcons display at White Air: Dates 19th Sept.

The awesome RAF Falcons, the worlds leading parachute display team, will be flying in on Friday 19th and landing right on the beach at White Air Extreme Sports Festival.

RED ARROWS

In 2007 the Red Arrows displayed at White Air and were totally awesome flying in along the beach to the White Air main site.

It is the 45th display season in which the Red Arrows have demonstrated the professional excellence of the Royal Air Force to millions of people both in the UK and worldwide.

Since the Team’s creation in 1965, the Red Arrows have flown over 4,000 displays in 52 countries. Today the Red Arrows are renowned throughout the world, acting as ambassadors for Great Britain when displaying overseas. They also support UK industry by demonstrating the capabilities of British equipment and expertise.

The Red Arrows are scheduled to perform in the UK, Europe, Middle East and Far East between May and December.

The Red Arrows were officially formed on 1 March 1965. In the early 1960s many Royal Air Force display teams existed, putting unnecessary strain on front line operational squadrons. As a consequence, the Royal Air Force took the decision to disband all existing teams and form the first full-time, professional aerobatic display team; The Red Arrows.

Led by Flight Lieutenant Lee Jones, the 1965 Team flew 40 public displays using 7 Folland Gnat training aircraft. In 1966 the number of aircraft in the display was increased to 9, and since then the classic Diamond Nine formation has become the Team’s trademark. In 1979 the Red Arrows converted to the BAE SYSTEMS Hawk following its introduction as the Royal Air Force’s advanced fast-jet training aircraft.

RAF FALCONS

The RAF Falcons are one of the World's top parachute display teams and will at White Air 2008! Dates 19th Sept.

The RAF Falcons are based at RAF Brize Norton as part of the No1 Parachute Training School. All of the Falcons are selected from the RAF's Parachute Jumping Instructors. Team members receive further intensive training to ensure that together, they are able to perform the highly skilled freefall and canopy manoeuvres that culminate in the Team safely landing, in quick succession, in front of the spectators.

The RAF Falcons are primarily supported by the C130 Hercules aircraft and crews from RAF Lyneham. The C130, as well as being an excellent jump platform, provides an exciting and fitting finale to each display as it executes a low level flypast. However, the C130 is not always available and the Puma helicopter, based at RAF Benson is a great alternate jump platform for the Team.

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The next White Air Extreme Sports festival will take place from the 18-21 Sept 2008! White Air has grown each year and next year will be no exception with some 26 sports involved.

Location/dates tbc

Check the web site for more details as they become confirmed.

White Air will be part of the new BBC1 'One Show'on Oct 16th at 7pm. Phil Tufnell will seen getting involved in the White Air Festivals 'have a go', getting very wet and trying out some of the more extreme new sports!