It was yet another day with extremely strong and turbulent winds here in El Medano, Tenerife, Spain. Rider’s, staff and crew were basically in a war against the wind. The wind speed this morning peaked at 52 knots, but is forecasted to drop a little as the day progresses. There’s a motivational saying lingering around the event site today, “go hard or go home!â€
The men’s wave trial eliminations began early this morning in El Medano. Mark Shinn (Shinn, GBR), Johnno Scholte (Slingshot, NED), Jan Marcos Riveras (Starkites,), Javier Dias (JN Kites, ESP), Sky Solbach (North, USA), Luis Pardo (ESP), Ewaw Hill (SCO), Bollard Bastien (F-One, FRA), Pablo Fernandez (Cabrinha, ESP), Guillermo Jimenez (Wainman, ESP), Miguel Ruiz Quezada (RRD, ESP) and Frederick Zamora (North, PUR) all moved on to the main event … Details
 Tori and Paulie Koch might seem like normal teens, but they’re spending their summer doing something extraordinary.
The Koch kids are two of America’s premier amateur wakeboarders and are working on the finishing touches of what they hope will be flawless runs at the 2010 World Wakeboard Association Word Championship next week, the Greenwich Time reports.
Koch has become a recognized name in wakeboarding circles across the country, thanks to the efforts of the brother-sister duo from Old Greenwich.
The five best competitive skateboarders in the world had yet to compete against each other at one time this year, that was until last Tuesday. That’s the news I was greeted by upon arriving at a top-secret airplane hanger somewhere in Los Angeles, straight from the mouth of the man himself, Street League founder, Rod Dyrdek.
It was early, about 10:45 AM; that’s early in the skate world, Drydek had already been there for some time and was hyped. He was in his standard DC hat with matching Street League shirt, and you know he had his bling. I hadn’t even been there five minutes when he … Details