Two lucky readers win Nitro Circus tickets

Nitro Circus' gravity-defying stars will hit Whangarei for hte first time on January 29.

Debbie Tisdall and Lynn Hogan will be flying high after they each won a VIP family pass to see international phenomenon Nitro Circus in Whangarei next month.

Adrenaline junkies have snapping up tickets for Nitro Circus' first visit to Whangarei in January, with less than a third of the 12,000 tickets left.

So the organisers gave the Northern Advocate two VIP family passes for the show, which include four tickets. The Advocate received almost 150 entries in the competition.

Dubbed the world's greatest action sports event, Nitro Circus, is hitting New Zealand shores next year, and on January 29 Whangarei will host the 246th showing of the global phenomenon that has sold more than three million tickets across 26 countries.

The eagerly awaited 2017 New Zealand tour is already aiming to smash records and reach new death-defying heights, with the Whangarei show at Toll Stadium heading for a sellout.

Already more than 8000 tickets have been sold for the high-octane show that will see 12 semitrailers clocking up more than 4650km across the country.

Nitro Circus has 50 crew members who will set up, helped by about 50 local volunteers at each of the 15 shows.

Two ambulances will be on standby at each venue - just in case - and the organisers say there will be 10 stunts that have never been seen before.

Twenty-five athletes will perform death-defying feats, including Kiwi stars BMX rider Jed "The Warrior" Mildon, and on FMX Levi Sherwood and Nick Franklin.

Mildon achieved the world's first quadruple backflip on a BMX which has more than 12 million views on YouTube.

Audiences will also see a host of outrageous new contraptions take flight off Nitro Circus Live's 40-foot Giganta Ramp including trikes, a tall bike, a kayak and a whisky barrel.