(AKA, Trick Style, Trickstyle) occurs as game freed for the Sega Dreamcast and PC, developed by Criterion Games and published by Acclaim. A game is depending in a conception of "Hoverboarding" & is placed later (season 2286). It features new metropolis versions of London, Tokyo, & Manhattan Island. That you may race or even even run stunts across these areas or in the Velodrome, the massive practice vicinity.

A game besides features nine boarders to ride on the hoverboards. Which are actually: Angel, Brad, King, Uri, Max, Mia, Rose, Shin, & Zak. Every has their have riding style, favorite moves, & board preference.

Characters

Angel

Rattling Title: Sarah Brandt

United states: England

Nature and severity: Racer

Age: 18

Height: Pentad'7"

Weight: won't tell!

Hair: blonde

Eyes: green

Place of Birth: unknown

Base of Operations: Oxford, England

Known Enemies: Mistress Mia , Precious Rose

Known Allies: Zak T

Occupation/Hobby: student

Origin: Being a straight A student from Oxford All Girls School, Angel gets easily bored and sneaks away from the campus every opportunity she gets to take part in powerboard racing around the world.

Angel was orphaned at an early age when her mother Lucinda died of mysterious circumstances. She never knew her father (she is secretly the daughter of fellow racer Max Proteus, though neither Angel nor Max is aware of this). After her mother's death, Angel was bounced from one British prep school to the other. Though often rebellious in school, Angel showed an extreme interest in learning, and is one of the most brilliant students that the British school system has ever seen.

Now in the Pro Tour, the young Angel has suddenly realized just how skilled she is and is beginning to focus on the championship, so much so that she's already decided that if she wins she will use the awesome resources of the Sosumi Corporation to find her family.

She has a natural rivalry going with Mistress Mia and Precious Rose, the other "hot immature chicks" of the competition. Her main ally is Zak T, who has a crush on her. She tolerates his overly obvious display of affection, but is only interested in him for amusement, not romance.

Brad Silver

Real Name: Same

Country: Australia

Type: Racer

Age: 25

Height: 6' 2"

Weight: 175 lbs.

Hair: Bleached Blonde

Eyes: Blue

Place of Birth: Brisbane, Australia

Base of Operations: Point Danger, Australia

Known Enemies: None

Known Allies: None

Occupation/Hobby: Charter boat captain, Outstanding Barrier Reef

Origin: Back in a flower of monster wave surfriding off the rugged, shark-infested coast of Australia, Brad earned his reputation as a unafraid, head-banging, last-for-broke competition. Near pertinent of foolhardiness, & imaginable dying, Brad reached a top of the monster wave surfboarding circuit. Okay, moving in to large challenges, he has relocated to Point Danger to devote himself good-whale to becoming the world's right gravity-surfer.

Brad occurs as confessedly extreme sports star. He has done all about from either base jumping to Parascending & has won numbers of awards. Brad is hard-hitting nisus to challenge himself. He understands a TrickStyle Pro Tour when an additional way to prove that he is the ultimate extreme sports star.

The King

Very Title: Carlos Xavier Jorge Domingo Rodriguez

United states: Cuba

Nature and severity: Stunter

Age: 42

Height: Phoebe' 9"

Weight: 210 lbs.

Hair: Jet Black (dyed)

Eyes: Blue

Place of Birth: Guantanamo, Cuba

Base of Operations: Havana, Cuba

Known Enemies: None

Known Allies: None

Occupation/Hobby: Celebrity Impersonator, Entertainer

Origin: Known throughout the world for his awarding winning work as a movie stuntman (now retired), Carlos has quickly become the heart-throb of the Latin community for his uncanny renditions of 1960s Top 10 hits. As a Pro Tourer, The King uses the same skills he mastered as a stuntman to stunt his way through the tracks.

Loved by the fans and seen as the "nonconcentric uncle of the sport" by the other Pro Tourers, King has become a mainstay of TrickStyle. However, beneath all the wigs and costumes, underneath the fun and humor, King wants to win. He has it all planned out if he does. First he will use his reward to become the Mayor of Havana. Then, using all of the power and prestige he will achieve from the position, he will launch himself as a movie star. Which is what he should have been the first time around ... not relegated to simply being a stuntman!

Kolonal Uri

Real Name: Uri Selenikov

Country: Russia

Type: aggressive

Age: 38

Height: 6'6"

Weight: 275 lbs.

Hair: black

Eyes: ice blue

Place of Birth: Arkhangel'Skoye, Russia

Base of Operations: Moscow Evidence (the local gymnasium)

Known Enemies: Max Proteus, Zak T

Known Allies: None

Occupation/Hobby: Military History Professor

Origin: Innate outside of the OWC inside what he lovingly calls Mother Russia, Uri occurs as throwback spirit to the wilder times of nations existence at war. His interest within war has led to his passions for military history & love of his united states.

Uri joined & quickly rose through a ranks of the Red Guard - the little army that fights through the Fettered States trying to restore his united states to its previous glory.

Incurring older Uri began to watch a futility of what a Red Guard were doing & saw an additional way to help his country of origin, he would enter a Tournament & utilise his natural skill & nature and severity to fight his way to the top. Winning, he would choose when his prize, a mayorship of Neo-Moscow & rebuild Russia to its previous glory.

It was when you took one of these Tournaments that Uri ran into the similar style boarder prefer himself. Each he & Max Proteus developed the competitory relationship & each loved to race 1 an additional. It was in the period of one of their virtually all physical races that it ended higher crashing across the building on the track. When two were physically intact, tragedy smitten Max. Blaming Uri for the crash & his loss, their competitions come major draws because of their reciprocal hate for a single a second.

Does'nt of these to produce friends, Uri has recently drawn a ire of a newly competition to the TrickStyle circuit, the young Zak T. It was in the period of the race that Uri 1st found Zak. Uri was more or less winning whilst Zak T unleashed a barrage of insults that processed Uri lose his concentration & following lose the race to Zak T. Uri was furious however Zak with success dodged completely of Uri's attacks. An unsatisfied Uri vows to break him.

Max Proteus

Very Title: Magnus "Max" Bjornson

United states: Iceland

Nature and severity: Aggressive

Age: 42

Height: Sextuplet'5"

Weight: 375 lbs.

Hair: Grey

Eye: Blue

Place of Birth: Neskaupstadur, Iceland.

Base of Operations: The Fettered State of Belfast

Known Enemies: Kolonel Uri

Known Allies: Precious Rose

Occupation/Hobby: Mercenary

Origin: Max is badland born and bred. Brought up in what was once Germany, he wants nothing more than to carve out his own empire in the Fettered States. Always a warrior, Max began his adult life as a mercenary and has seen as much front-line action as any man living... he also has the body replacements to prove it.

Years ago, Max sustained major bodily damage in an intense TrickStyle Tournament competition with Kolonel Uri. Though Uri claims Max's injuries were a result of a simple collision, Max puts all blame on Uri. Max harbors a seething hatred for Uri after the latter put him out of the tour for a few months by barging him through the face of Big Ben! He has sworn vengeance on him ever since.

The extensive damage and injuries that Max suffered forced him to seek out an old friend who had run with Max in a mercenary group. Max's friend had since left the vigilante world to start his own armor business. So he aided Max in undergoing a cyborg-like process of meshing mech-armor and artificial prosthetics with his body, making Max more machine than man.

During Max's "rebuilding" process, he had a relationship with his friend's sister, Lucinda. The affair ended rather quickly, and Lucinda ran away, hating both Max and her brother for their horrible mercenary lifestyle. Unbeknownst to Max, however, Lucinda was with child, and eventually Sarah Brandt (otherwise known as Angel) was born. Lucinda died several years later, and Sarah grew up an orphan. Max is not aware of Sarah's existence.

Now in his 42nd year Max is beginning to realize that his strength will not last forever, that's why he is giving his all to the Pro Tournament. When he wins he will get to take his place as ruler of an already conquered empire... Max has set his heart on the mayorship of the decadent Singapore City, the commerce center of the New World.

'Mistress Mia
'

Real Name: Mia Deneuve

Country: France

Type: Stunter

Age: 24

Height: 178cm

Weight: 52kg

Hair: Red

Eyes: Blue

Place of Birth: Paris, France

Base of Operations: Paris, France

Known Enemies: Angel, Precious Rose

Known Allies: None

Occupation/Hobby: Spoiled debutante

Origin: Born into a wealthy French family, Mia studied dance in Paris, and then went on to win the European Lo-Grav Freestyle Tournament. But the pressure was too much and she sank into a life of excess from which she never truly recovered. The TrickStyle Tournament has given her the way to gain independence from her family as well as give herself the opportunity to make her mark on society.

Now at the age of 24 with her money running out, she has relaunched herself into the public eye and hopes that her natural agility and skill will win her a lucrative sponsorship deal as well as the Tournament and her prize from Sosumi ... She wants Paris for herself.

Naturally there is an intense rivalry with the other attractive young female of the group, Angel. The two of them are nasty and bitter towards each other, and do everything they can to ruin the other's chances of winning.

Nigel Mon
(not in the game)

Real Name: Neville "Junior" Stiles

Country: Jamaica

Age: 18

Height: 5' 11"

Weight:Gross lbs.

Hair: Black

Eyes: Blue

Place of Birth: Kingston, Jamaica

Base of Operations: Bimini Island

Occupation/Hobby: TrickStyle Tour Guide

Origin: For ages, a Stiles personal sleep in a ghetto neighborhoods of downtown Kingston, surrounded per luxurious resorts that dotted the oceanfront. However another time a Utopian Society took across, a Stiles personal processed it their mission to choose benefit of the epicurean life-style that eluded the babies for centuries. Breaking out of his roots at the caring age of Xv, Nigel Mon moved to the island of Bimini to dedicate his life to winning a gravity surfriding championship. However his flashy wardrobe & winning personality shortly caught a attention of a TrickStyle Pro Tour organizers, & Nigel has been the TrickStyle Tour Conclusion ever since!

Precious Rose

Rattling Title: Nettie

United states: Jamaica

Nature and severity: Aggressive

Age: 20

Height: 178cm

Weight: 52kg

Hair: Black

Eyes: Brown

Place of Birth: Kingston, Jamaica

Base of Operations: Kingston, Jamaica

Known Enemies: Angel, Mia

Known Allies: None

Occupation/Hobby: Powerlifter

Origin: Natural into impoverishment in the slum area of Kingston, Nettie quickly learned that typically will makes best. Fed higher by using women content to struggle impotently around squalidness, Rose decided at an early age to be a large, toughest woman ever seen. She worked nighttime & day within the storage warehouse, lifting crates.

Shunning school, she stole or even hustled nutrients & food, thinking exclusively of becoming the admittedly Amazon. She ended higher existence the terror of her front yard: the female slap-up hard sufficiency to benefit a spot on the Jamaican powerlifting squad. Spotted per president of the big fitness company, Nettie was hired on the spot as an endorser . Nowadays, using her popularity at its peak within Brazil, a company wants to require Precious Rose & a company worldwide. & what better way to be intimate than a TrickStyle Pro-Tournament, in which Rose's strenuosity & legerity may be seen in the worldwide stage.

However Nettie has great deal further aforethought than good participating in the Tournament ... she plans in winning a whole event & going away to run her have chain of women's gymnasium.

Shin Takamatsu

Real Title: unknown

United states: Japan

Nature and severity: Racer

Age: Unknown (Rumored To Exist as Approx. 117)

Height: Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Hair: Unknown

Eyes: Unknown

Place of Birth: Aerial Tokyo

Base of Operations: Sosumi Electronics Corporation

Known Enemies: Altogether back entrants dislike him because of the mystery surrounding his identity & the fact that he is Sosumi Corp.'s perpetually prized entrant.

Known Allies: none

Occupation/Hobby: Classified

Origin: There is no 1 has seen Sharound outside of his high-hi-tech Sosumi lawsuit in Xl years. Questions come high-pressure raised when to his super being & humans come universally in to say that the really Shin Takamatsu has been dead for years ... sole to exist as replaced by the Sosumi Corp. secret bionic man design. There are no 1 knows whenever any of this is confessedly more than two or three executives at Sosumi Corp. world health organization good smile. & then until individual drums higher occasionally really grounds to believe, Shin may prove my point to exist as entered in a competitions and might universally exist as one of the favorites to win.

His past is clouded within mystery, however what is known is that as a baby he perfected his board techniques in the suburbia of Aerial Tokyo. His sheer speed alone got processed him a minor cult star sustaining the local children, however he lacked competition. A day he heard all about a Sosumi lawsuits was one of a happiest times of his life. He left personal & school & underwent Sextet months of tryouts against hundreds to thousands of challenger until he alone stood when champion.

However that was a beginning of the prevent for him. He was non seen for Deuce-ace months as a consequence a tryouts. Once he eventually reappeared, he was decked call at the extremely slick Sosumi lawsuit & never flushed potentially his helmet when publically.

He went in to get the extremely TrickStyle champion, & fallowing the brief disappearance when you took his 35th season on the TrickStyle circuit, there is no 1 ever saw him away from his lawsuit over again. Dead & replaced by the newly bionic man technology or even the withered husband within the power lawsuit? There is no 1 knows however a tabloids understand certainly.

Zak T

Very Title: Zachary Tiberius Burks

United states: United States

Nature and severity: Stunter

Age: 16

Height: Cinque'8"

Weight: 145 lbs.

Hair: Black

Eyes: Brown

Place of Birth: Fettered States of Olde Bayside

Base of Operations: Olde Bayside, New York

Known Enemies: Kolonel Uri

Known Allies: None, but he has a tremendous crush on Angel

Occupation/Hobby: Racer

Origin: Orphaned at a young age, Zak hailed from the Fettered States of New York's underground. He had no real family and other than hating his situation, no real ambition. He was brought up around a life of crime in the badlands surrounding New York, and soon found hoverboards a good method of escape from local bandits. It was during one particular "chase" that Zak`s acrobatics were spotted by TrickStyle Pro Tour scouts.

Given the option of joining the Pro Tour or going to juvenile hall, Zak obviously chose the Pro Tour. What he didn't realize was how much he would enjoy it. He currently revels in his celebrity status and dreams of the fame and glory he will achieve when he wins outright.

He has spent many a day insulting people from his board on the streets of New York, a technique which enraged Kolonel Uri and made him an enemy. Uri hates Zak for this and, vows to eliminate him from the competition.

Timeline: (2099 - 2286)

2099: The Dominance War begins.

2100: Sosumi begins advanced gravitational research.

2108: The Dominance War ends.

2109: The Reconstructive Age begins.

2171: Sosumi Corp. patents Hover-Tec.

2173: Sosumi markets Hover-Tec to the world.

2177: Sosumi constructs LUNAWATCH.

2179: Lunawatch explodes, creating havoc with gravitational forces.

2180: Certain geographical locations undergo serious ecological changes.

2181: Japan commissions Sosumi to build Aerial Tokyo.

2182: New York City becomes a tropical jungle over the course of a year.

2184: Sosumi completes the Hover-Tec base for Ariel Tokyo.

2185: Pacific Rim population centers are submerged underwater...The global economy collapses overnight.

2186: Sosumi saves the world with Hover-Tec.

2190: The OWC is formed.

2191: London replaces New York as the major metropolis of the world.

2192: The Fettered States are formed.

2200: OWC succeeds, people no longer need to work.

2203: People first hear of hoverboarding.

2208: Discontentment surfaces within the OWC.

2209: Hoverboarding begins to catch on with the youth.

2210: Sosumi introduces the TrickStyle Pro Tour.

2211: Regional qualification races are set up throughout the OWC.

2286: The Present. The Tour hits its 75th Pro year.

Story

TrickStyle - A Future History

Towards the end of the 21st century the world underwent a dramatic change. Many thought it was just a natural process - a consequence of the ecological ignorance of the 20th Century. They couldn't have been more wrong.

The DOMINANCE WAR Threatens the World

In the year 2099, the biblical prophecy of Armageddon began. Hostilities between the nations of the world began to intensify astronomically. World War III (otherwise known as THE DOMINANCE WAR), the war for technological supremacy, would soon begin.

But throughout the bloodshed and carnage of the Dominance War, the real powers of the world - not governmental organizations, but international conglomerates that controlled almost every aspect of society - had a plan to stave off the inevitable genocide of the planet. The plan was to force the world out of its current tailspin and drag it into a new age, THE RECONSTRUCTIVE AGE. And from the ashes of The Dominance War, a new society was born.

The RECONSTRUCTIVE AGE Begins

The Reconstructive Age was formed by the union of most of the Earth's major countries, and more importantly, companies. From the ashes of the Dominance War, a unified group of corporations concentrated their efforts on reconstructing society into a better and brighter place. Countries and their respective governments become little more than cultural figureheads.

The SOSUMI CORPORATION

SOSUMI CORP. was a small company that began researching advanced gravitational technologies in order to profit from the Dominance War. After many years of research, Sosumi developed and patented dozens of new technologies, of which HOVER-TEC was the star. After several hard years of labor, Sosumi completed their development of Hover-Tec and marketed it to the world. Sosumi grew exponentially as a result, and its new operations included overseas expansion, nuclear research and the construction of LUNAWATCH, a Hover-Tec research base on the moon.

Of all the corporations that helped swing society into the Reconstructive Age, the technology-based Sosumi Corp. was the most successful. Run by a mysterious board of executives, Sosumi had (and still has) its fingers in most every aspect of society. One might even say Sosumi ran the Reconstructive Age.

As one of the major corporations that dragged the world from the brink of destruction to a sort of paradise, Sosumi Corp. soon became the leading company in "quality of life" improvements worldwide.

Ironically, it was their "top secret" projects division and its wild innovations that helped Sosumi Corp. slay rival companies. Soon, every household had nuclear driven appliances, from toasters to washers. Sosumi body armor became the rage at underground clubs, real-sized cyber Sosu-pets ruled little kids' wish lists, and when Hover-Tec technology broke and introduced hover cars and boards, there was no doubt which company was on top.

DISASTER Strikes

Soon after the creation of Sosumi and Hover-Tec, however, a series of disasters struck the Earth. It began with the Lunawatch moon base explosion, which caused the moon to shift in its rotation, creating havoc with the Earth's tides and gravitational forces.

Soon thereafter, reports about rapidly rising sea levels were distributed by the UN and Earth's remaining governments, predicting mass flooding around the world. The shift in gravity and tides caused certain geographical locations to undergo serious ecological changes. Japan and the Pacific Rim countries were hit the worst.

The Japanese government, acutely aware of what they stood to lose if the flooding continued, commissioned Sosumi to build a floating platform that would sustain a city. Looking for any way to escape the repercussions of the Lunawatch moon disaster, Sosumi was only too happy to oblige.

Manhattan Island and the rest of New York City underwent the most radical environmental changes, becoming tropical jungles over the short course of a year. Old concrete buildings were literally torn apart by the encroaching undergrowth. The resilient Plas-Steel towers rose up through a jungle canopy that left the streets below dark and humid.

Sosumi completed the Hover-Tec base for Ariel Tokyo, winning back the populace's favor and pulling off the greatest PR stunt of all time. The Japanese population then started work on rebuilding their capital at cloud level. Aerial Tokyo, the star of the east, hung effortlessly above the Pacific Ocean and what was left of the island of Japan. Aerial Tokyo was, of course, the new powerbase for Sosumi Corp.

Across a period of three months the Oceans rose enough to do substantial damage. All of the major Pacific Rim population centers were submerged. Human loss, however, was minimal. But due to the amount of investments across the area, many governments and organizations went bankrupt ... the global economy collapsed virtually overnight. But Japan and Sosumi (practically a single entity by this time) came to the rescue of the stricken areas, first by providing investment but more importantly by providing Hover-Tec.

The UTOPIAN AGE Begins. The Creation of the ONE WORLD CONFEDERACY (OWC)

The Utopian Age saw the formation of the One World Confederacy, with Sosumi chairing the committee. The entire world's remaining governments soon followed in signing up. The Utopian Age brought about the perfect society where no one was a have-not. Everyone could want or have anything if they desired. The OWC was a success, and its members wanted for nothing. Crime was at an all time low. People no longer needed to work, everything became available through the state ... all the OWC asked for in return from the people was total loyalty and obedience. Aerial Tokyo was, of course, the governmental center for the entire OWC, and London replaced New York as the major metropolis of the world. The crowded high rise metropolis that London had become mixed shiny new Plas-steel buildings with old and crumbling landmarks like Big Ben, St. Paul's and Tower Bridge.

The FETTERED STATES

Not all of Earth fell under the "peaceful aura" of the OWC and its Utopian Age, however. There existed several areas of roving bandits and mercenaries, loose societies where men made their own laws. These areas were (and still are) called THE FETTERED STATES, and included such cities as New Orleans, Bangkok, Belfast, Moscow, Olde Bayside and Amsterdam, among others.

'''The OWC's Problems Begin. HOVERBOARDING Appears.'''

Nearly one hundred years after the threat of the Dominance War, the OWC had its share of problems. There were only a chosen few that were allowed to work on a full time basis, but even still, all of the income they received from this work was 100% taxable. So the majority of the world suffered from a giant malaise of boredom. With nothing to do, and no way to make themselves useful in society, they sought ways to find worth in the world as they knew it. The young people of this age suffered the most from this boredom. So to find amusement and worth in this Utopian Age, they became enamored with hoverboarding, a dangerous sport that residents of the Fettered States had taken up. Hoverboard technology was based on Sosumi's Hover-Tec products.

'''Sosumi Corp.'s Creation of THE TrickStyle TOURNAMENT'''

Sosumi saw the stirrings of rebellion and picked up on the new sport, deciding to capitalize on it. Proclaiming the sport a "gift" to the loyal citizens of the OWC, they introduced the TrickStyle Pro Tournament. Sosumi provided the tournament, the prizes, and later, its first champion - Shin Takamatsu.

Aerial Tokyo was the home of the TrickStyle Pro Tour for the first year. Each and every year following, the city became packed as thousands of citizens made a pilgrimage to their sporting Mecca - the Tokyo Velodrome - to watch the final race of the season. However, before any Pro Tour competitor even got to the Velodrome they had to race through the city itself, which was no easy feat. With many wall-ride turns, loops, tunnels and other obstacles, only an experienced or highly skilled surfer stood a chance of coming through unscathed.

The Pro Tour became an immediate success, giving the population a focus for their passions and heroes for their adoration. Regional qualification races were set up throughout the OWC. The TrickStyle Pro Tour was such an immediate smash that it forced every major city worldwide to build Velodromes similar to Aerial Tokyo's so that the world's populace could always attend a live competition nearby. With Sosumi Corporation as its main sponsor, the goal of placing Sosumi Corporation as the world's "quality of life" leader was once again secure.

Hoverboarders struggled to become good enough to acquire a sponsorship from a company and get themselves into the TrickStyle Pro Tour, where fame, cult-status, and recognition could be achieved by becoming the champion.

The TrickStyle Tournament has been running successfully for 75 years now, with the enigmatic SHIN TAKAMATSU as its steady champion. The rewards of winning have increased to such a degree that a TrickStyle Pro Tour champion is now given a lifetime mayorship of the OWC city of their choice, effectively being given their own little kingdom.

'''Sosumi Corp.'s champion, SHIN TAKAMATSU'''

Many people from all walks of life entered the competition for their shot at becoming a glorious pop star with super-celebrity status. Even a few of Sosumi Corp.'s remaining rivals entered and sponsored hover athletes in the Tournament. It was when some of these rival entrants started to win Tournaments that Sosumi Corp. executives began to worry and decided to take action. Sosumi Corp.'s executive board gathered and voted overwhelmingly that they needed to field a champion to represent Sosumi at the Tournament. After many grueling tryouts, with thousands of hopeful hoverboarders, a speedy teenager named Shin Takamatsu won the Sosumi Corp. sponsorship and quickly went on to become the only athlete to win the major Tournament 5 years in a row. Shin remained Sosumi's only sponsored athlete and rewarded his parent company with many years of #1 contention in the Tournament.

Enviroments

This year's Pro-Tour will take you through the toughest city-courses on the globe: London, Manhattan and Tokyo. Each of the cities will feature 5 races taking in the sights, sounds and historical locations of these sprawling cities:

London

The crowded high rise metropolis that London has become mixes shiny new Plas-Steel buildings with old and crumbling landmarks like Big Ben, St. Paul's and Tower Bridge. Being the first city in the Pro-Tour does not mean it is a walkover; its towering buildings and traffic-jammed streets hide many shortcuts for the keen-eyed surfer and many dangers for those new to the tour.

Manhattan

A climate shift has turned Manhattan Island and the rest of New York tropical. Old concrete buildings have been literally torn apart by the encroaching undergrowth and now the resilient Plas-Steel towers rise up through a jungle canopy that leaves the streets below dark and humid. Yet the city has not lost any of its bustle or vibrancy. As far as the Pro-Tour goes, the sheer density of the city always makes for interesting and dangerous competitions. Be warned!

Tokyo

Ariel Tokyo, the star of the east, hangs effortlessly above the Pacific Ocean and what is left of the island of Japan. The powerbase for Jugaku, Tokyo is of course the governmental center for the entire OWC. More importantly (at least for the general public), Tokyo is the home of the Pro-Tour. Every year the city becomes packed as citizens make a pilgrimage to Tokyo Velodrome, their sporting Mecca, to watch the final race of the season. But before any Pro-Tour competitor even gets to the Velodrome, they must race through the city itself, and that is one mean feat!