Archive for the ‘Board Sports’ Category
Action sports fans in the Windy City of Chicago were blown away by the tight competition at the ASA Action World Sports Tour stop at the Sears Centre Arena Friday night where the top seeded athletes ultimately won both the Skateboard Vert and the Big Air BMX Triples but not before some heart-pounding moments where upsets seemed totally in reach. Skateboarder Pierre-Luc Gagnon (Montreal, Canada) had to come from behind in the penultimate round in order to beat out Danny Mayer (Omaha, Nebraska) and extend his win streak to seven straight ASA majors, and BMX champ T.J. Ellis (Moreno Valley, Calif.) made it to the final round only by virtue of a split decision over James Foster (Redlands, Calif.) But what really had fans screaming at the filled arena was the fact that hometown hero Koji Kraft made it to the Big Air Finals and landed on the podium for the first time at an ASA event since 2005… Details
The Queen of Wake, the premier pro women’s wakeboarding series, has officially kicked off its second season of high-flying, rail-sliding, water-sports action. Sponsored by Mona Vie, the official nutritional beverage of the series, and Ride the Wake, the official movie, the 2009 Queen of Wake season is a five-stop series points race to see who rules the water.
The top female rippers on the planet will compete during the course of the year to be named the “Queen of Wake” – an award based on points accumulated at each of the five stops of the series…Â Details