Stephen Murray has decided to make the move back to England and is humbly asking the BMX community to help in the process. As if the costs of re-locating half way across the globe weren’t enough, Stepen’s new home needs to be made accessible and his health benefits might take up to two years to come through … More
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While it remains the setting of our favorite pastime, the ocean is rarely a friendly place.
While surfing in Indonesia, Keoki assumedly took a heavy fall and came up unconscious. He had to be resuscitated by fellow surfers, but his regaining of consciousness was only the tip of the iceberg. Keoki slammed hard enough that he is currently paralyzed from the waist down. He was airlifted to Singapore in order to get treatment, and it was there he learned that he was at risk of secondary drowning.
The facts are a bit fuzzy at the moment … More
Daniel Riley, 30, lost his legs after stepping on an improvised explosive device while serving in Afghanistan with the U.S. Marines in 2010.
He thought he would be confined to the couch the rest of his life.
That was far from the case Saturday as the Edwards, Colorado, resident joined 12 other wounded veterans from across the nation to ride bicycles on rugged terrain at a private Novato ranch along with professional Enduro mountain bike rider Mark Weir.
“It’s like a dream,” said 30-year-old veteran Ryan Beamis … More
One of Cuba’s most creative skaters and surfers, Yojani Pérez Rivera reflects on how he and his amigos are #livingoffthewall to make the most of the little they have. Mamerto, as he’s known around the island, is among the most active local skaters advancing Cuba Skate’s mission.
Cuba Skate, an NGO created by American skater Miles Jackson, is in the process of creating a documentary feature following the lives of Mamerto and his scrappy crew, 23yG, to rally the international skate community around its goals:
1. provide much needed skate materials to the Cuban youth
2. renovate the only, dilapidated skatepark in Havana
3. establish the first skate shop in Cuba and foster a bilateral educational exchange between Cuban and American skaters
Winning Vans’ #LIVINGOFFTHEWALL Contest would help us make the Cuba Skate documentary a reality and share Mamerto and 23yG’s story with the world. Thanks for your consideration!