In the mid-1990s, the City of Galveston hired John Crompton to assess the economic benefit the city received from its Mardi Gras festival.
Located on a barrier island, the city has a single entry point, over a causeway. Crompton simply compared the number of people crossing the bridge on the weekends before and after the festival with the traffic count on the two Mardi Gras weekends. The difference came to … More
Maui — Jack McCoy’s epic film on surfing has had its Hawaiian premier at the Maui Film Festival under the full moon this past week. A Deeper Shade of Blue was chosen to open the 12th annual event at the majestic outdoor Celestial Cinema on the grounds of the Wailea Golf Course. This grand 40 by 30 foot screen is erect each year on the Emerald Golf Course overlooking the Lanai Molokai Chanel. Limited seating isn’t a problem and neither is power.
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Online entries have opened for the 2012 blokart World Championships to be held at Ivanpah Dry Lake, USA in April next year. So far entries have been received from Spain, Australian, New Zealand and The United States, with sailors from many more countries indicating their intention to enter.
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This is a video to celebrate the life of a legend.. Please watch and pay your respects.. This truly is a sad sad day!
Ryan Dunn, the 34-year-old “Jackass” star, died in a fatal car crash on Sunday night in Pennsylvania, MTV News confirmed Monday (June 20).
According to TMZ, the accident occurred at 3 a.m. on Route 322 and New Street in West Goshen Township. While it’s unknown who was driving at the time, an unidentified passenger also died in the crash. April Margera, the mother of Dunn’s “Jackass” co-star Bam, broke the news to WMMR 93.3’s “Preston and Steve” radio show.
See photos of Ryan Dunn throughout his career.
In the last photo Dunn posted to Twitter, he and two friends are seen drinking what may be alcoholic beverages. TMZ also reported that the car caught fire in the crash. A tow truck was later sent to the scene to remove the car. A photo obtained by an NBC affiliate in Pennsylvania, showed the wrecked car on the side of the road. As of press time, no further information was known about the accident.
Dunn kicked off his career doing crazy stunts and skateboard tricks in a series of online videos, which eventually led to his part in MTV’s “Jackass” in 2000. The daredevil was a key member of the crew, appearing in “Jackass” spin-offs like “Viva La Bam” and “Bam’s Unholy Union,” as Bam’s sidekick and often acting as the voice of reason within the zany crew. Dunn’s new show “Proving Ground,” in which he and co-host Jessica Choban test out action sequences from TV, games and movies, premiered on G4 last Tuesday.
When MTV News sat down with the “Jackass” crew last year, they named Dunn’s first stunt for the show as one of their favorites in 10 years of the TV show and movies. “I loved when [Bam Margera] made Ryan jump into the poo factory, the ‘Poo Dive’ I think we called it,” creator Jeff Tremaine said. ” ‘Cause that was horrible, but the best part was … revealing his tattoos that we didn’t know about. That was the first time we ever met Ryan.”
He appeared in all three “Jackass” flicks and even took a stab at Hollywood, with a role in non-“Jackass” projects like the Jessica Simpson flick “Blonde Ambition” and on the NBC procedural staple “Law & Oder: SVU.”