2010 Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 Set to air on NBC this Sunday 12:pm Pacific or 3:pm Eastern Dont miss it!
Beginning in April 2011, the best FMX riders in the world will fight for the coveted title at the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour taking place over six events on four continents. This year’s new locations are set in the UAE and Australia for the season’s finale as well as returns to Spain, Italy, Brazil and Poland.
“If you need to win one series in order to gain immortality, then it is definitely this one,” stressed Nate Adams after the season final in 2010. Adams, who captured the title without winning a single event but by showing great consistency, looked back on the five-event season which included 770 jumps, 524 flips and nearly 55,000 feet traveled through air by the world’s top riders.
But 2011 will hold yet another challenge  … Details
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Chesca Miles is heading north to bring her all action riding to Thundersprint 2011, which will be held in Northwich town center over the weekend of May 7/8.
Chesca is Britain’s top female stunt rider and combines an all action life on her Honda show bike with high fashion modelling. Chesca said: “I have wanted to come to the Thundersprint for years but my modelling engagements have always clashed. This year, I have made the Thundersprint my top priority and I can’t wait to have some serious fun on the quirky town center track … Details & Pictures
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For anyone who’s had to leap out of the way of a passing mobility scooter, it’s the stuff of nightmares.
Colin Furze has adapted a conventional electric model into a petrol-engined speedster which has reached an astonishing 69mph.
‘You hear people complaining about scooters going slowly around supermarkets and blocking aisles so I thought it would be a laugh to make a really fast one,’ said Mr Furze, 31, a plumber from Stamford, Lincolnshire … Details & Pictures
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