From an early age Mike Douglass had always had an interest in extreme sports and started out riding and racing BMX. He developed a passion for all things related with extreme sports & motorsports and knew he wanted to be involved in the industry in some way.
He came up with the initial concept for ExtremeSponsors.com in 2000 when looking for a way to streamline the ‘sponsorship’ process. Ask any serious athlete what their goal is in their career and they will say ‘sponsorship’. At the time to find a sponsorship deal usually meant being in the right place at the right time, spending hours creating a rider CV and posting hundreds of letters out to potential sponsors. This is when he got the idea for ExtremeSponsors.com.
With a strong background in IT & Internet Management Mike developed a system to assist …Â Details
Emerica’s Wild in the Streets Main Event goes international for the first time! The Emerica team will be heading up to Vancouver, BC, Canada for Go Skateboarding Day on June 21, 2009, and Wild in the Streets. This year, Wild in the Streets will benefit LeeSide, the DIY skatepark that Lee Matasi started in Vancouver. Lee was shot and killed in 2005 and LeeSide is an extension of his dream. Make your plans now to head to Canada’s Hot Corner, and if you’re American… Details
The world’s best action sports stars will be returning to Beijing for the second China Invitational May 8-10, 2009 at the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium, a 2008 Summer Olympic venue. Part of Alli, the Alliance of Action Sports, the China Invitational, features both skateboard (park and vert) and BMX (vert) competitions. The action sports event will be televised in the United States on NBC and across China on BTV6, the sports channel of Beijing TV as well as the China Sports Program Network.
Some of the top skate and BMX athletes in the world are confirmed to compete in China, including …Â Details
WHERE are all the young men?
That has been the cry of fast-food chains in the last few years, as teenage boys have turned away from television and radio to nontraditional media.
The chains have been outdoing themselves trying to get their attention. This winter, Burger King ran a campaign …Â Details