Extreme sports come to Brighton

Beach setting for White Air Fest

Brighton beach is gearing up to host this year's White Air extreme sports festival which runs from September 18th to 20th.

It's being billed as Europe's biggest village of extreme sports action on the beach and includes BMX, skateboarding, mountain biking, parkour, high diving, mixed martial arts, freestyle windsurfing and triathlon - and that's just a small percentage of what's in store.

A 56-mile off-road race begins in London and finishes at the festival, while the Marines will demonstrate their fast support landing craft, the Red Arrows will fly overhead and Chinook helicopters will fly upside down.

Post-punk quartet White Lies, indie-rockers The Cribs and British Sea Power provide the soundtrack to the adrenalin-filled event that boasts the biggest names in extreme sports.

In addition there will be representatives from almost 40 sports so punters can have a go too, while athletes compete in world, European and British competitions on land, in the the water and in the air.

Check out a clip of last year's festival in our VIDEO section

For more information, visit www.whiteair.co.uk