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The 2012 IBA Pipe Challenge is pumping big waves

The 2012 IBA Pipe Challenge is on and pumping great waves. The opening stage of the 2012 IBA World Tour saw Australian Lewy Finnegan scoring the best wave of the day. The 17-year-old bodyboarder took off deep on a six-foot Backdoor w [...]

Posted On : Feb, 17 2012 | Comments : 0

Extreme Sports

Few sports have grown as quickly or in as many directions as mountain biking, and in many ways Whistler has always been in front of the curve. Trails like A River Runs Through It changed the way people looked at bikes, while the Whistler [...]

Posted On : Aug, 13 2010 | Comments : 0

Bikes, bugs and bears

They've been beaten on by the heat and slapped by rain. Smoke from nearby forest fires has choked them, tree roots and tire ruts have floored them. One year, race volunteers were taping intravenous bags to the side of a trailer t [...]

Posted On : Aug, 07 2010 | Comments : 0

Champion surfer Beachley to mentor Aussie athletes

Seven-time world surfing champion Layne Beachley has been appointed an athlete liaison officer for the Australian team for the 2012 London Olympics, the Australian Olympic Committee said on Friday. Beachley, who ranks as the most success [...]

Posted On : Aug, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

California's ASP Dream Tour Rookies Prepare for Billabong Pr...

The ASP Dream Tour is about to witness a drastic midyear reduction from the world’s best 45 competitors down to a new 32-man format and with only two events remaining before the cut, California’s ASP World Title Race rookies [...]

Posted On : Jul, 14 2010 | Comments : 0

Three of the best extreme sports vacations

A magnet for adventure tourism, the extreme sports capital of the world has more than a million visitors descend here every year, to face near-death experiences. Commercial bungy jumping originated here. Not for the faint-h [...]

Posted On : Jul, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

Mountain Bike Trail Opens in Swindon

Mountain bikers in the Swindon area have recently formed a club. Aimed at encouraging cycling and fitness, the club takes a non-competitive view on cycling. Founder Phil Mayger said “The idea was to bring existing riders together a [...]

Posted On : Jul, 07 2010 | Comments : 0

Wounded Veteran Athletes Overcome Disabilities to Compet...

For three rugged days beginning Friday, June 25, nine teams of five athletes—three able-bodied and two disabled athletes, many of . whom are wounded veterans will compete in the fourth annual “Adventure TEAM Challenge,&rd [...]

Posted On : Jul, 05 2010 | Comments : 0

Mountain biking down Timberline's ski runs

The mountain bike trails Heart of Darkness and Ninja Cougar are daunting enough but pale in comparison to a mortal descent named Crack Addict. Yet riders from Oregon and all over make the pilgrimage to Canada's Whistler resort t [...]

Posted On : Jul, 03 2010 | Comments : 0

Top mountain bikers coming to Rossendale

TWO of the country’s leading mountain bikers will lock horns during one of the biggest sporting events in Rossendale. Residents will be given the chance to challenge World Cup riders Rowan Sorrell and Ali Clarkson at the Adren [...]

Posted On : Jun, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Assen - CJ Motorsports event summary

After almost a year away from the tracks, Franck Perera made his long awaited return to racing in Superleague Formula by Sonangol at Assen (Netherlands) this weekend. Competing in the Flamengo car as part of CJ Motorsport's multi-dri [...]

Posted On : May, 18 2010 | Comments : 0

Motorsport - Old champ, new car - dynamite

National Rally Champion in 2004, Chris West of Christchurch, is this year contesting the Vantage Aluminium Joinery NZ Rally Championship in a new car. West will race a Ralliart-built Group N Mitsubishi Evo 9 owned by Andrew Simms Mot [...]

Posted On : May, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

Day 1 Recap from Nike 6.0 Lowers Pro

Pulling into the parking lot above Lowers a shroud of fog hung over the water and the surf looked pathetically small. I seriously debated whether or not to drop $15 on parking. Thankfully I went down to the beach anyway. The fog was ling [...]

Posted On : May, 05 2010 | Comments : 0

Motocross champ Pastrana co-hosts Most Wanted

Normally, law enforcement officers on extreme sports star Travis Pastrana's property in Davidsonville would be bad news - an injury, a break-in or vroom … a noise complaint.But it was all fun and games . OK, a little [...]