Newton's Playground 2009 is Australia's premier gravity racing event. Skateboarders and lugers will compete on a 1.3 km course starting from Skyline at the top of the iconic Mt Panorama circuit, and finishing on Conrod Straight. Competitors reach speeds of over 100km/h while racing only centimetres from each other.

Newton's Playground IGSA World Championships will be a free event for spectators this year. Spectators will witness some of the most extreme adrenalin fueled gravity sport this country has ever seen. With a number of top ranked Australians including Jackson Shapeira and Adam Yates fighting to become World Champion against the best of the world including the current World Champion Scoot Smith and the current World Cup Series leader Mischo Erban, this is an event not to miss.

Downhill Skateboard