GoPro footage on one of my runs in Les Éboulements, Quebec in Canada on June 18th. A super steep pitch of 18% grade put me on my way to beat the previous record by 16km/h (9.94mph) to obtain a new record of 129.94km/h (80.74mph) on a skateboard! The goal was to reach for 140km/h (87mph) but the light winds and high humidity and dense air at sea level were all against me that day.
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Sep
Skateboard Video – QUIK
QUIK is a collaboration between theberrics.com and Quiksilver. It’s a film shot exclusively on the sidewalks and streets of Los Angeles giving an unprecedented look into the world of street skating. Captured entirely from a moving vehicle, the film follows Austyn Gillette as he skates through the neighborhoods of LA’s historic east-side and downtown at top speed.
The godfather of snowboarding – who even stunt-doubled as James Bond on the slopes – has died, aged just 61.
Tom Sims, passed away from a heart attack on Wednesday at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, California, according to his sister, Margie Sims Kilinger.
Sims was a pioneer in both skateboarding and snowboarding, helping bring the latter to the masses by pushing ski resorts to embrace the little known sport in the 1980s.
‘He was the godfather of all board sports,’ Michael Brooke, publisher of Concrete Wave Magazine, told the Los Angeles Times … More