Newton's Nation is an annual, gravity-fueled, action sports festival. The inaugural Newton"s Nation (originally called Newton's Playground) was held in the summer of 2008 at Mount Panorama, Bathurst, Australia.

History

2008

Newton's Nation was originally named Newton's Playground and was run by Bathurst Council. The event originated when a downhill skater from New Zealand rang council asking permission to skate down the Mount Panorama Circuit

Mount Panorama Circuit

Mount Panorama Circuit is a motor racing track located in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is the home of the Bathurst 12 Hour motor race, held each February, and the Bathurst 1000 motor race, held each October...

. The first year saw a number of action sports including Downhill classic luge, luge, inline and skate, plus BMX freestyle, Mountain Bike, Wake Boarding, Parkour and a street park included. Grinspoon

Grinspoon

Grinspoon are an Australian rock band from Lismore, New South Wales formed in 1995 and fronted by Phil Jamieson on vocals and guitar with Pat Davern on guitar, Joe Hansen on bass guitar and Kristian Hopes on drums. Also in 1995, they won the Triple J-sponsored Unearthed competition for Lismore,...

 headlined the music component. The event also became sanctioned by the International Gravity Sports Association.

2009

Due to limited funding, Bathurst Council broke ties with the event. However the Downhill sports of Luge, Classic Luge, In-line and skateboard did compete. This was organised by the Australian Skateboard Racing Association and still under the name of Newton's Playground.

2010

Newton's Playground was rebranded into Newton's Nation by Channel Zero. Newton's Nation Unit Trust was formed with the owners of Channel Zero, Popcorn Events and Mojo Events. The main festival ran again from November 26 to 28th with an extended live music line up with headline acts of Bliss n Eso

Bliss n Eso

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, You am I

You Am I

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 and Birds of Tokyo

Birds of Tokyo

Birds of Tokyo is a four-piece alternative rock band from Perth, Western Australia. Their debut album Day One, gained them domestic success with it reaching No. 3 on the AIR Independent Album charts, spending a total of 36 consecutive weeks in the top 10.In 2008, the band released Universes,...

. The festival also showcased Buggy Rollin

Jean-Yves Blondeau

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.

Newton's Nation Road Trip


The inaugural Newton's Nation Road Trip ran in Early October 2010. Supported by LG Electronics

LG Electronics

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 and Rockstar's Australian riders, 14 regional New South Wales towns were visited with rider performances and competitions.




2010 Result Winners


Men's Downhill Skateboarding

• Kevin "k-rimes" Reimer

Women's Downhill Skateboarding

• Katie Neilson

Junior downhill skateboarding

• Merrick Wildash

Luge

• Nick Diffield

Classic Luge

• Yvon Labarthe

Downhill inline

• Sean Cunningham

BMX Freestyle

• Jaie Toohey

Mountain Bike

Men's

• Bryn Atkinson

Women's

• Jill Kintner
  Jill Kintner
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Amateur

• Royce King

Pro Comp
- Cancelled due to rain