Artem Silchenko is the 2013 World Series Champion. The 29-year-old achieved today what he has been working hard for in the previous months – he takes the crown from three-time winner Gary Hunt, from England, and is awarded the title of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2013 Champion in a highly-anticipated final in Krabi Province, Thailand. To top it off, the season’s early back-to-back winner performed best in an epic eight-dive final and wins the last stop in impressive style ahead of America’s Steven LoBue and Orlando Duque, from Colombia.
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Australian surf legend Tom Carroll appeared on 60 Minutes in Australia Sunday to come clean about a methamphetamine addiction that’s been crippling him for decades. “It was killing me,” he said. “There was a powerful life force inside trying to kill me.”
Carroll was a two-time ASP world champion, winning back-to-back titles in 1983 and 1984. He’s ranked No. 7 in Surfer magazine’s “Greatest surfers of all time” list. He’s also considered one of the best surfers ever at Pipeline on Oahu’s North Shore. His decision to go public with his struggle comes … More
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The grand finale of this years Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Thailand – The Gap, Maya Bay, Viking Cave and Hong Island – the names are just as unique as the venues themselves. The final showdown of the fifth season of Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series competition will once again challenge the international cliff diving elite as eight dives count towards the decisive last stop in Krabi Province in southern Thailand. Will Artem Silchenko steal the crown of the current champion Gary Hunt?
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No Means Go – Independent Documentary Film about an extraordinary man, Barney Miller.
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