When you win the Daytona 500 the day after you turn 20, everything about you is reported by the media. So when Trevor Bayne skateboarded around the infield upon winning this year’s Great American Race (and $1.46 million) on Feb. 20, it ended up being a small part of his story. Then he told someone he also snowboards. And wakeboards. Not your average stock-car-racin’ Tennessee Vol. In light of our need for more details, I caught “T-Bayne,” as he refers to himself, on his way to the airport nearing the end of a two-week, post-Daytona media tour  … More
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Vietnam PWA Grand Slam – Following the frustration of the two previous windless days, all hopes boiled down to the competition’s final day to deliver suitable conditions for the racers to take to the water. With a mediocre forecast and talk of pressure systems interfering with the local thermal effect, the outlook looked bleak.
Roll on 10.30am, and the trusty Mui Ne thermal breeze was back in full effect, teeing up a climactic final day of slalom competition in winds gusting up to 25 knots. Opening the action was the men’s   … Pictures & More
Red Bull Winch Sessions explores what can happen when you combine high-powered winches with some of the world’s most talented athletes in snowboarding, wakeboarding, paragliding, and more
The 2011 New Zealand Wave Nationals have been announced by the Taranaki Windsurf Club with the help of Carbon Art and Rodgers Dental.
The event is a national ranking man-on-man wave sailing contest run on the Taranaki coast. Seven different coastal locations will serve as the venue and the outcome will be the crowning of a New Zealand Wave champion … Details