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Travis Rice wins inaugural Red Bull Supernatural
[February 6, 2012] [Snowboarding]
Every activity has rare moments when people who do it best turn it into something so beautiful that it becomes poetry. If you are lucky enough to be there when it happens, it is not something you will ever forget. The Red Bull Supernatural is not an ..... [read more]
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Allmendinger leads Michael Shank Racing to win at Daytona 24 Hour
[February 3, 2012] [Motor Racing]
The little team with no pedigree knocked off the big boys with all those championships.
Michael Shank Racing did it with a pair of drivers hoping Sunday's victory in the Rolex 24 at Daytona is the kickoff to their career comebacks.
NASCAR drive ..... [read more]
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Stewart wins AMA Supercross race in Oakland
[February 1, 2012] [Motocross]
James Stewart and Joe Gibbs Racing came to Oakland with heavy hearts, as team mechanic Mark “Tex” Adams passed on Friday morning. The 28-year old Carrolton, TX native was on the shoulder of Interstate 4 near Lake Helen, FL helping another motorist wh ..... [read more]
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Winter Dew Tour at Killington is a Wrap
[January 30, 2012] [Snowboarding]
Pro skiers and riders from around the globe descended on the slopes of Killington, Vt. to put on an epic show for Dew Tour fans. The four-day event was filled with fresh snow, top-level competition and a handful of personal and Dew Tour bests.
Iou ..... [read more]
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Despres is Bike champion; Patronelli takes Quad title
[January 16, 2012] [Motor Racing]
Once a year, the amateurs and the best rally-raid riders of the world all gather together to compete in the toughest rally in the world: The Dakar! The event has became one of the biggest motorsport spectacles of the year and for the teams and riders ..... [read more]
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Coma Reclaims Dakar Lead
[January 13, 2012] [Motor Racing]
Spanish motorcyclist Marc Coma reclaimed the overall lead in the Dakar Rally on Friday when he stormed to victory on the 12th stage from Arequipa to Nasca, replacing France's Cyril Despres.
The KTM rider, who had been more than two minutes off the ..... [read more]
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Ryan Dungey snares KTM's first Supercross class podium
[January 11, 2012] [Motocross]
Red Bull/KTM Factory Team rider Ryan Dungey finished 3rd overall at the opening round of the AMA Supercross Series effectively earning KTM's first-ever U.S. Supercross class podium finish.
Dungey scores first Supercross podium for KTM
Du ..... [read more]
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Vail struggles as snowless ski season hits West
[January 9, 2012] [Skiing]
Vail Resorts Inc. (MTN) shares have fallen 15 percent since Dec. 23 as major ski trails were closed at the company’s mountain properties in the western U.S. because of a lack of snow.
Visitors to the company’s resorts were down 15.3 percent compar ..... [read more]
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Laxey’s Colin Clague is BMX star in making
[January 6, 2012] [BMX]
THERE may be something in the water in Laxey – beneficial to two-wheeled sportsmen.
Having already produced a certain Mark Cavendish, the village is also home to promising young BMX rider Colin Clague.
The 16-year-old Ramsey Grammar School stud ..... [read more]
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Kelly Slater, Dane Reynolds, Kolohe Andino unleash on flawless Rincon
[January 4, 2012] [Surfing]
The first of two major swells filled in along California's coastline on Tuesday, providing Rincon with its best swell of the season thus far. And it wasn't any secret. Helping to celebrate were Kelly Slater, Dane Reynolds, Kolohe Andino and a slew of ..... [read more]
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Argentine rider dies following Dakar Rally crash
[January 2, 2012] [Motor Racing]
The death of Argentine bike rider Jorge Martinez Boero on Sunday on the first day of the Dakar Rally focused attention on the hazards of one of motor sports' most dangerous events.Organizers said the 38-year-old died from head and chest injuries duri ..... [read more]
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Argentine Boero killed in Dakar Rally opening stage
[January 2, 2012] [Motocross]
Argentine motorcyclist Jorge Martinez Boero was killed when he crashed on the first stage of the Dakar Rally in Argentina on Sunday, organisers said.
Boero, 38, crashed near the end of the special section among dunes on the Atlantic coast on his B ..... [read more]
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British snowboarder sets longest rail world mark
[December 30, 2011] [Snowboarding]
Kids stuck snowboarding at indoor facilities like the Sno!Zone in Milton Keynes, England do the damndest things, as evidenced by Calum Paton's official new Guinness World Record: On December 2 the British snowboarder 50-50'd his way into the record b ..... [read more]
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Longest manual on a mountain bike: Zach Hutelin sets World Record
[December 28, 2011] [Mountain Biking]
SUNRISE, FL, USA -- Plantation biker Hutelin, 16, rode down a strip of road by the model airplane field at Markham Park in Sunrise, riding down his Specialized P3 bicycle for 686.25 feet (209.169 meters) - setting the new world record for the Longest ..... [read more]
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Pioneering surf forecaster Sean Collins dies
[December 26, 2011] [Surfing]
Surfline founder Sean Collins of Seal Beach, the mellow surfer-sailor who turned his love for the ocean into the world’s first major wave forecasting service, helping to popularize breaks from Swami’s in San Diego County to Bondi Beach in Australia, ..... [read more]
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2011: The Year in FMX/Motocross
[December 23, 2011] [Motocross]
ackson "Jacko" Strong made FMX history in the Moto X Best Trick competition at X Games 17 with the first front flip ever landed in competition, beating out Cam Sinclair's double backflip nac-nac variation and Josh Sheehan's double backflip. Did it ju ..... [read more]
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History Lesson: The Gonz Gap
[December 21, 2011] [Skateboarding]
Most students of skateboarding history know that San Francisco, California's Embarcadero Plaza -- located at the foot of Market Street -- was once a Mecca for street skaters. During the plaza's peak, in the first half of the 1990s, skaters from acros ..... [read more]
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With little time to prepare, snowboarding icon Shaun White delivers at Breckenridge Read more: With little time to prepare, snowboarding icon Shaun White delivers at Breckenridge
[December 19, 2011] [Snowboarding]
BRECKENRIDGE — Looking down a 602-foot superpipe with walls 22 feet high apparently doesn't faze Shaun White, but a movie put a good scare into him this month.
The action sports superstar from San Diego came down with a bad head cold two weeks ago ..... [read more]
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JDR Racing Partners With PCG Campbell
[December 16, 2011] [Motocross]
JDR Racing has selected PCGCampbell as their marketing, communications and aales partner. JDR Motorsports, LLC, operates the largest and most decorated motocross team in Australia. PCGCampbell is an integrated marketing agency with an emphasis in pub ..... [read more]
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New San Francisco Skatepark Ready for Construction
[December 14, 2011] [Skateboarding]
With many of San Francisco’s best skate spots from the 90’s either destroyed or rendered unskateable, Bay Area skateboarders have been waiting years for the city to build a new skatepark.
Of the three San Francisco skateparks currently in existenc ..... [read more]
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