ThepressconferenceoftheKiaWorldExtremeGames(KWEG)2015washeldattheOrientalPearlTowerinShanghaionMarch21.TheKWEG2015isco-hostedbyShanghai  Sports  Federation,ShanghaiMediaGroupandWorldSport Group and supported byYangpu  District  government,ShanghaiMunicipalTourismAd⁃ministrationandShanghaiOrientalPearlGroupwithKiaasthetitlesponsor.Thisyear’scompetitionswillexpandtotwovenuesforthefirsttimewithBMXandskateboardVertheldatOrientalPearlTowerfromApril28to29andtheothergamesatJiangwanSportsCenterinYangpuDistrictfromMay1to3.

　　WidelyviewedastheOlympicsofextremegames,KWEGwillbringtogetheralmost200bestactionsportathletesfromover30countriesandregionscompetinginSkate⁃boarding,BMXfreestyleandSpeedClimbing.ItwillwelcomethereturnoftheBMXiconMatHoffmanasajudgeandambassador.ThisistheninthyearthatKWEGisstagedinShanghaiandtheplayingfieldhasbeenupgraded.ThevenuefortheBMXandskateboardVertisthesquareunderthe OrientalPearlTowerwhiletheclimbingwalls,streetcourses,motorcyclecoursesandplatformsarelocatedattheJi⁃angwanSportsCenter.