The Monowheel has never come across as the safest looking mode of transportation to me, but shrink them down so they’re small enough to wear on each foot and you’ve got my attention. That’s what a company called Inventist did with the Orbitwheels, which they were showing off at this year’s Toy Fair. While they look like a monowheel crossed with a pair of inline skates, riding them is apparently more akin to being on a skateboard, though to propel yourself you have to make an ’s-pattern’ type movement with your feet… More info
The first Brazilian jiu jitsu lesson for Mike Budnik came just months after he ended a world-class professional inline skating career. He was a gym manager then, about six years ago, overseeing six facilities in the Chattanooga, Tenn., area.
One day, the general manager of one of his gyms was talking with him about jiu jitsu, which the man taught. He convinced Budnik, whose self image was that of a scrappy New Yorker ready to face any challenge, into attending one of his jiu-jitsu lessons.
Olympic fans may soon get the chance to cheer for another sport.
Inline speed skating is not your average roll around the rink, rather a sport gaining momentum around the world.
The annual Blue Ridge Challenge is the largest inline speed skating competition in the U.S. It’s been held in Roanoke for the past four years. The competition is open to both the young and old.
“Sometimes you fall; like I fell today… it hurts,” says seven-year-old Jake Guill…Â More info
Effective today, February 10, 2009, all youth ATV and motorcycles are banned from dealer floors, service shops and made illegal to sell by anyone in the United States.
This is actually happening. It’s not made up or exaggerated. You cannot buy a youth (defined as being intended for children 12-years old and younger) motorcycle or ATV. You can’t even buy one from a private party or your own parents.
That means no more models such as the Honda CRF50—long standing as the largest selling production motorcycle in … More info
