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Factory Suzuki boss, Paul Denning, reckons John Hopkins has already proved that he is worthy of another chance to race in the MotoGP world championship. Replacing the injured Alvaro Bautista, who broke his left femur in a practice crash for the opening race in Qatar last month, Hopkins was 10th in his first MotoGP race since the end of 2008. And Denning said his performance proved Hopkins, who is back to full fitness after an injury-ravaged three years, should be back as a permanent fixture on the MotoGP grid in the future.

“This race has demonstrated two things  …  More

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Arctic Man is the NASCAR of the north according to some onlookers. A city, which becomes the third to fith largest in Alaska, of RVs pops each year north of Paxson in Summit Valley.

The Arctic Man is a race for teams of two skilled competitors that tests the strength of an athlete and the horsepower of a snowmobile. Courage and training are essential elements of this team of snowmobile and skier.The Arctic Man is one of the World’s Toughest Downhill Ski races, and an exciting snowmobile race, all in one. The skier begins at a summit elevation of 5,800 feet and drops 1700 feet in less than two mile to the bottom of a narrow canyon where he meets up with his snowmobiling partner.

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For the 2012 season, MotoGP will be reverting back to its 1,000cc format (actually, it used to be 990cc, but what’s ten cubic centimeters among friends?). While many MotoGP fans have been awaiting the day that the “big bikes” would return to premier racing with their powersliding, rider chewing, wheelie popping ways, it’s hard to get excited when the first two races of the last 800cc season have been so eventful. Nevertheless the die has been cast, and this week should be begin our first glimpse into these two-wheeled monsters   …  Details

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Longboarding down Fern Gully in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. Some footage of a few runs down the hill. Fern Gully probably started out with an river flowing through caves, and the roofs later collapsed. Now it is dried up, paved and is the quickest way to get over the island to Kingston. Jamaica is 80% mountains so there is tons of runs, this is just one.

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