RINIGING IN 2010: Stuntman Travis Pastrana seeks to jump a car off Pine Avenue Bridge and onto a floating barge as Long Beach gets ready to Ring in 2010! OMG, this is NUTS!

WILL THIS BE THE END OF
DAREDEVIL TRAVIS PASTRANA?

HIS "LEAP" INTO 2010 OVER LONG BEACH HARBOR COULD BE HIS LAST! 

THE WORLD WILL BE WATCHING!

INSIDE SKINNY ON "THE JUMP INTO 2010":  Travis Pastrana will attempt to break a world record this New Year’s Eve at the Pine Ave. Pier in Long Beach. It’s the latest in the Red Bull Near Year’s Eve No Limits series.  He’ll jump his car over 170 feet from the end of the pier to a barge floating in Rainbow Harbor. Of course, there’s a chance he’ll fall short or overshoot the barge slam the water But, from these leaked photos taken here in SoCal, it looks like Travis is testing the limits of this car. Word on the street is that he’s already wrecked a car attempting to clear the giant gap, according to rock station KROQ!  

2010 MUST DO!

Hey, so your on a budget this New Year's Eve?  Then check out the amazing FREE Party over at Long Beach Harbor and Downtown. You don't need to break the bank to ring in the New Year.  Remember, don't DRINK and DRIVE!  PERIOD.  DON'T DO IT! Be smart, Be Safe and Be Alive for 2010!  Randy Economy

Ringing In Long Beach, CA —
December 31, 2009 beginning at 9 p.m.

First, and this looks like a total blast, is  in Downtown Long Beach, where they with a celebration unlike anything Southern California has ever seen before, drawing estimated crowds of 50,000 to 250,000 for the free  festivities throughout their  "urban waterfront area."

Beginning at 6PM on New Year’s Eve, the Red Bull New Year: No Limits event will take center stage along the picturesque waterfront, where famed stuntman, Travis Pastrana, will add another jaw-dropping feat to his
already impressive resume. Thousands of fans and party-goers will watch as Pastrana attempts to set a new
world record, jumping a car off the Pine Avenue Pier, flying 250 feet over the water and landing on a barge
floating in Rainbow Harbor with the legendary Queen Mary as a backdrop.

The daredevil stunt, set to take place at 9PM (PST) will be part of ESPN TV’s live East Coast New Year’s Eve show – historically one of the most watched television productions of the night, second only to Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve. Following the jump, festivities will continue along the waterfront with music, dancing and a flurry of exciting events leading up to Midnight.

Pine Avenue (at Pine & Broadway), the heart of Downtown’s dining and entertainment district, will host a party of its own beginning at 7PM with a 60’s, 70’s and 80’s flare. Patrons will enjoy live performances by world-renowned Beatles cover band, American English, the Disco Kings and Knyght Ryder while strolling around one of Southern California’s Top Ten Restaurant Rows (as named by ABC7 TV).

A few blocks away, in the eclectic East Village Arts District (at 1st & Elm), a third celebration will take place with an all-ages bash that will include live performances by local independent artists, Avi Buffalo, Royal Sons and Dusty Rhodes & the River Band beginning at 8PM. Audiences at both the Pine Avenue and East Village Celebrations will be treated to a live feed of the activities at the waterfront via large screen projections on each stage as well as replays of the record-breaking jump throughout the night.

At midnight, all of Downtown Long Beach will ring in 2010 with a dynamic light show courtesy of Downtown’s state-of-the-art L.E.D. light system as well as a fireworks show that will light up the sky.

Reserved parking and restaurant reservations can be secured via the DLBA website at http://www.downtownlongbeach.org/  Additional information about New Year’s Eve in Downtown, as well as parking, transportation and street closure details are also available. All events are free and open to the public.

(Thanks to the Long Beach Press Telegram for posting the vid clip! You guys ROCK!)

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