The dust – both figurative and lung cloggingly real – have now settled on the 2011 Dakar Rally.
407 teams of bikers and drivers set off from Buenos Aires and almost exactly half – 204 – of them returned to the Argentine capital last weekend after 9,000km and 13 stages of racing on some of the most challenging terrain the planet can offer. Along the way the event had thrown up just as many shocks and stories as ever, with racing for position continuing all the way to Buenos Aires. After The Checkered Flag covered the event with stage reports, now is the time to look back on the 2011 Dakar Rally.
Everything about the Rally says  … More
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Mohammed Abu Jayab feels alive while he’s surfing the waves off the Gaza Strip, relishing the brief sense of freedom from the harsh realities of life under siege.
Abu Jayab, a 38-year-old lifeguard, taught himself to surf when he was young while hanging out on the beach with his friends who used pieces of wood as a board, despite the dangers … More
Curtain’s raised over the New Burn River Jump edition!
Preparation just began for the fifth edition of the Burn River Jump, the prestigious snowboard event organized by Burton Snowboards in collaboration with Swatch Mottolino Snowpark, APT Livigno e Ski Passion Snow-Ski Area
“We had a again a good camp in South of France, check a little video footage”