Evolution of the sport – The Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series is in its fifth year in 2013 and the sport keeps progressing every year. Cliff diving is more dynamic than ever and the tricks from 27 metres get more and more complicated. The degree of difficulty increases steadily and this year several athletes break the magical 6.0 hurdles. They perform three somersaults and four twists, for example, or five somersaults in just 3 seconds – is this the limit?
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Take a run through the jungle with Steve Peat and Brook Macdonald, on the Drift HD Cam, out in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
A local race with big aspirations, ran by X-BikingChiangMai.com has invited them out, along with Wyn Masters and a few others, for a week of bikes and carnage.
A flat out track, with a rad step-up halfway down, kept everyone entertained and the Thai crowd didn’t disappoint.
Steve took 1st place, with Brook in 2nd come finals. But the main event was the long jump contest, won by a local Thai kid, who sent it bigger than E.T.
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Lowers has been one of the most sought-after surf breaks in history, but it wasn’t until 1970 that it was opened for public access and contests. From that point on, the legend of Lowers has been synonymous with progression.
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Please note that this skateboard is an art piece and not really for actually using. It is rideable, but as I’m sure you can see workout, it’s not anywhere near the strength and pop of a good old 9 ply Canadian maple deck. This is not a comercial product and we’re not saying that we’re becoming the first company to manufacture 3D printed skateboards. That would be silly.**
www.3dprint-uk.co.uk – Sam Abbot is one skilled fella – he won our competition that we co-hosted with CGTrader last month. Sam won best the best portfolio catagory due to his plethora of awesome designs. We then had a few weeks of fun making his skateboard….. it wasn’t quite as strait forward as just a print as the board is longer than our build tray, meaning that we had to cut it into 3 sections, joining it together with some connector pins to ensure accuracy and to give it some strength over a simple butt joint. The final result….. the worlds first 3d printed twin tip skateboard.
…. is it ride-able? Yes… but I wouldn’t drop down many sets of stairs on it just yet!
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