Aaron “Wheelz” Fotheringham attempts and lands the first wheelchair jump on MegaRamp. A 50 foot straight air jump to hand plant on the quarter pipe Rio de Janiero August 25, 2012 at the MegaRampa event.
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 They are magicians in the air performing multiple somersaults and twists within the blink of an eye. What happens during a twist and what does it need to do 3 or even 4 twists within a split second? To initiate the twist, you need a powerful take off and the power in the legs to hold the pressure. A dive from 27 meters doesn’t take longer than 3 seconds and the twisting action ends after less than 1.5 seconds — to get it all right, body and mind need to work together perfectly!
Boston is widely known as a sports-mad city and today’s fifth stop of the World Series proved this nickname true. 47.000 spectators and more than two hundred boats crowded the area around the Institute of Contemporary Art building late Saturday afternoon to see US diver David Colturi take his first ever podium in front of his home crowd. Englishman Gary Hunt repeated his victory from the 27.5m platform on America’s East Coast after 2011 and Colombia’s Orlando Duque made up eleven positions to finish in second place. The top five in the overall standings remain unchanged, only the gaps become closer to make this season even more thrilling.
Today the Loveland Snowmaking Crew started getting the snow guns ready for the upcoming 2012-2013 season. They were busy today doing maintenance and running water through the hoses and guns. Loveland is only 36 days from snowmaking!