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Last weekend, the Dutch Freestyle Championships of Kiteboarding sponsored by Mystic took place on the beach of Scheveningen, The Netherlands.
Thirty competitors in the Mens division and fifteen in the Womens division competed against each other for the title Dutch Kiteboarding Champion 2010!
Day one:  On day one the conditions were freezing cold with a strong offshore southerly wind. Even though the wind was … Details
After the successful first stop of the South American Wave Tour in Peru, it was the time for Ibiraquera, Brazil, to host the second leg of the event. NeilPryde took the top 3 spots.
With close to 30 wave sailors from Peru, Chile, Argentina and Brazil, the event started off with strong port tack side shore winds and small waves for the Single Elimination, most sailors were on 4.0 and 4.5. Kauli Seadi blazed through his heats to make it to the final together with Levi Lenz who impressed all the judges … Details
Downhill skateboarder Mischo Erban of Vernon, B.C., 27, was clocked bombing a hill at 80.83 mph (130.08 km/h) on a secret, two-lane county road in northern Colorado – which is the new world record for the Fastest downhill skateboarder.
Asked what it feels like to go that fast on a skateboard, Erban replied: “It’s surreal. I know I’m in control the whole way, so you have, like, this calm; and you also have this raw power pushing you down the hill at 80 mph.
“But it’s … DetailsÂ