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tradition  By Jacqueline Maley April 14 2003  In a spin ...
urbanKorruption at the Easter Show. Photo: Ben Rushton  "Are you
ready to go sick?" The MC of urbanKorruption, the Easter Show's
extreme sports extravaganza, throws out the challenge to the
largely teenage crowd. They answer with a cacophony of squeals,
whistles and cheers. They're ready.  In an effort to update the
Easter Show and prove it is not just the preserve of cattle
breeders, wood choppers and cake decorators, the Royal
Agricultural Society has introduced a new spectacle.
urbanKorruption features break dancers, BMX, skate and moto
cross athletes contorting their bodies and performing death-
defying tricks, all to a pumping rap/metal soundtrack in the
Sydney Superdome.  Kim Carter, the performance co-ordinator for
urbanKorruption, says the show is aimed at the 18 to 35-year
olds. And because it's a show not a competition, the athletes
"tend to bust bigger and ride harder than usu