Josh Sheehan of Australia and Daice Suzuki of Japan warm up for the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour event in Osaka, Japan this weekend with a series of eye-popping jumps in front of the famous Tower of the Sun building, a 70-meter high landmark with three faces on its front and back sides that is known as the symbol of Expo ’70. Sheehan and Suzuki will be competing against 10 of the world’s best freestyle motocross riders on Saturday, June 1 with leaps of up to 30 meters in distance in front of Osaka Castle in the city’s famous Nishinomaru Garden when the Red Bull X-Fighters World tour makes its first-ever stop in Japan.

Josh Sheehan & Daice Suzuki in front of the Tower of the Sun, Osaka . photo: Jörg Mitter/Red Bull Content Pool

Paying tribute to the soaring popularity of FMX in eastern Asia, the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour will make its eagerly awaited debut in the land of the rising sun by staging the fourth stop of the 2013 season in the pulsating southern Japanese city of Osaka on June 1 at a stunning location in front of the Osaka Castle in the city’s famous Nishinomaru Garden. The FMX riders will be performing their insane tricks in front of a sold-out crowd of 11,000 spectators.

Josh Sheehan. photo: Jörg Mitter/Red Bull Content Pool

Frenchman Thomas Pagès, the winner of the season opener in Mexico City, is back on top of the World Tour standings with 245 points following his second-place finish in Glen Helen, California while Dubai winner Dany Torres of Spain (210 points) and Glen Helen victor Rob Adelberg (210 points) are close behind. Defending champion Levi Sherwood of New Zealand (145 points) also remains in the thick of the battle while Osaka’s very own Taka Higashino got an impressive third place in Glen Helen, his first Red Bull X-Fighters appearance this year, and could still figure in the title hunt with three stops left.

Josh Sheehan. photo: Jörg Mitter/Red Bull Content Pool

Daice Suzuki. photo: Jörg Mitter/Red Bull Content Pool

“I’m really looking forward to the stop in Osaka even though I’m a little bit nervous about all this in my home town,” said Higashino, one of the world’s most exciting FMX riders with his big bag of tricks and his gold medal in the 2012 X Games. “I’m sure the crowd is going to love seeing this. It’s going to be a great event for Osaka and all of Japan.”

Daice Suzuki. photo: Jörg Mitter/Red Bull Content Pool

For more info on the Osaka round of the X-Fighters head over to our event page right here! OSAKA EVENT PAGE

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