I’ve been involved in the world of action sports for years now, both as a participant, a spectator and more recently, editor of women’s action sports magazine, Coven.
Back in my early years as a snowboarder riding for Burton, there were women I held up as heroines, and these ladies continue to inspire and amaze me. Along the way my interest has grown in all areas of freesports and as I’ve picked up new hobbies and passions, I’ve added a new gang of amazing young women to my list of sporting idols  … Pictures and more
The California based eyewear brand Spy built this unique commercial to be a playful expression of its youthful, irreverent point of view by bringing an action sports approach to road cycling, as well as sending a “Youth Against the Old Guard” message.
The idea was born of this: Matthew Busche—Spy athlete and 2011 U.S. National Road Race Champion—trains a lot. To be the best requires tremendous focus and hard work—which equates to pain. To get through it, Busche says his mind drifts in and out of daydreams. Told through the prism of Busche’s daydream, viewers journey with him as he imagines himself hitting the alluring trails of California’s coastal mountain ranges and doing some crazy stuff on a bike strictly built for pavement. SPY asked its mountain bike freestyle rider Mike Montgomery (Teams Specialized and Monster Energy) to stunt double for Busche’s wildest fantasies of doing things on his road bike that no one else has done before. That is, until Montgomery did them for him.
Lance Armstrong’s cycling career is behind him. Now he says the doping questions should go away as well.
Armstrong says he’s finished talking about doping rumors and allegations that dogged his seven Tour de France titles, after a nearly two-year federal investigation that closed with no charges being filed against him.
The Tour of California, the most prestigious annual cycling race in the United States, gets underway on Sunday.
A stellar field of 128 elite riders, including eight UCI ProTour teams, have entered the eight-day event that covers more than 735 miles through the jagged mountains and spectacular coastlines of the Golden State.