The best bodyboarders in the world are training hard for the next competing season. The 24 riders that will take on the elite of bodyboarding (Grand Slam Series) are surfing several world spots, in order to get the body ready for the biggest competition ever.
The South African star, Mark McCarthy is preparing himself for quite a long time. He has set up his training field in Richards Bay and has had a few good days. Also, he met a few underwater dudes. “when waves are flat I out to sea and do some fishing and diving. Last week, I was  … More
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Angela Madsen, the paraplegic American athlete who is currently rowing with her team across the vast Atlantic ocean, is quite a remarkable woman. In her own words she claims that “disability is not a death sentence. It does not reduce or diminish someone’s capacity for anything that life has to offer, it only makes other people think that it doesâ€. And how true that is.Â
Angela is the only disabled (or maybe we should say differently abled?) woman to have rowed across two oceans, collecting a host of   … Pictures & More
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“This planet is alive. If only we could know what it knows, see what it sees. Sometimes you feel like it’s trying to tell you something, showing you where to look, how to see. Lighting up the darkness ahead, illuminating your soul.”
Burn is honoured and excited to present ‘Alive’, featuring The Burn Units, a rider-led initiative headed by the legendary Austrian snowboarder Gigi Rüf, star of many a Pirate Movie Production and hands-down one of the most stylish riders on the planet. In ‘Alive’ Gigi is joined by fellow Burn Units riders Norwegian freestyle prodigy StÃ¥le Sandbech and ultra-smooth French sensation Arthur Longo.Â
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