Video Cycling BMX – Dew Tour Portland BMX Dirt - Ryan Nyquist had a way of knowing exactly what the judges are looking for. He just impresses to the max. Nyquist pretty much let out a banger run that took the lead and could not be topped by any other rider. Though seemingly redundant, his run was a double truck, opposite double truck, truck, and then a 720 truck on the last set.He is the truck driving master. Ryan Nyquist wins Dew Tour Portland.
Once upon a time, while desperately looking for lodging during a rainstorm in Kyoto, JAPAN — (true story), the front desk attendant of a ryokan lodge told my friend and me that the price for one night’s lodging was upwards of $150. Far more than we could afford, we attempted to negotiate with her. She looked at us, and said in perfect English: “You pay for quality.”
Such a mantra often echoes in the ears of San Franciscans, as we “pay for quality” at restaurants, department stores, and bike shops. Whether we are mountain bikers, commuters, or roadies, there’s always another way for someone in the SF to take our hard-earned, trust-funded, made-on-the-stock market, or willed-to-us-by-crazy-departed-uncle, CASH… Details
Bottom Line: 3D adds a little something extra to this movie-length advertisement for X Games.
Only in the loosest sense is “X Games 3D: The Movie” an actual movie. Essentially a promotional film for extreme action sports and ESPN, the network that developed the sports franchise, the footage hits theaters with the added attraction of 3D.
3D does lend an exciting new dimension — yes, let’s use the word — to this death-defying sports competition with its jaw-dropping stunts. Enthusiasts, most of whom are young men, will jam theaters during the film’s one-week engagement. But it’s hard to imagine anyone else, other than willing dates, being interested.
After shooting something like 50 hours of 2008 X Games events …Â Details
Cycling powers France and the Netherlands have paid for poor results this season with a reduced quota of riders for the world championships.
The European nations will each start just six men in the road race staged Sept. 27 at Mendrisio, Switzerland, after both dropped out of the top 10 in the world rankings compiled by the International Cycling Union.
The entry lists were released Monday.
Britain, Norway and the United States reached the top 10 to claim the full quota of nine riders for elite nations in the 222-rider lineup, helped by good results from riders such as Mark Cavendish, Thor Hushovd and Lance Armstrong at the Tour de France last month…Â Details