At first, Eckerd College student Alex Moore and his buddies just wanted to take a long kiteboard trip.
“You have heard of a surfing safari,’ ” said the 22-year-old anthropology major. “Well, we wanted to do a kitesurfing safari.”
Kitesurfing, which many consider to be the fastest growing “extreme” water sport, requires a high level of fitness and technical skill. Pinellas County happens to be a hotbed for kitesurfers, and Moore and fellow Eckerd students Tripp Hobbs and Matt Sexton and USF’s Chase Kosterlitz are at ground zero of this movement.
On a good day, an experienced kitesurfer can reach speeds up to …Â More info
Tempe Town Lake soon will be transformed into a watery skatepark of sorts for a new competition to be held in conjunction with the Circle K Tempe Music Festival April 3 and 4.
Red Bull Wake Lab made its debut in Orlando, Fla., in September as an experiment to stretch the boundaries of the sport of wakeboarding, organizers say. Rather than having boats to tow wakeboarders, the lab or wakepark uses a system of overhead pulleys and features a mix of hand and transfer rails, sliders, an elevated pool and a 16-foot wall quarterpipe.
“Red Bull Wake Lab is pretty much a skatepark on water – something that’s never really been built before… More info
This year and next will see several exciting videogame peripherals launched into the console market, according to independent sources.
A mole from within the gesture-controlled game space told Register Hardware that Microsoft has inked plans to launch a second gesture-sensing peripheral for the Xbox 360.
Separately, sources from within the gaming world have also, according to a Varietyreport, confirmed that an upcoming Tony Hawk-endorsed skateboarding title will feature a Wii Balance Board-style skateboard peripheral…Â More info
Malibu Canyon Road just north of Los Angeles is a heavily traveled road that connects the beach to inland areas, with lots of twists and turns and serious sharp drops through the Santa Monica Mountains.
It’s scary enough to drive some days, especially when the weather isn’t good. Now imagine going down this same road, flat on your back on a wooden board with four wheels between you and the road, and maybe a helmet. …Â More info
At first, Eckerd College student Alex Moore and his buddies just wanted to take a long kiteboard trip.
This year and next will see several exciting videogame peripherals launched into the console market, according to independent sources.