Australia’s best young surfers are making their way to probably Australia’s best summer location for the annual Arnette Australian Junior Surfing Titles which will begin this weekend at Phillip Island in Victoria.
A massive festival of elite junior surfing, The Arnette Australian Junior Surfing Titles incorporates both the Australian Junior National Titles and Australian School Surfing Titles. Surfers competing at this prestigious event have already proven themselves elite within their respective states, qualifying to represent their states and schools through a series of rigorous state rounds … Details
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The world’s largest solar-powered boat – TÛRANOR PlanetSolar – departed from Monaco on September 27 in an attempt to become the first boat to circumnavigate the globe using only solar energy. Aside from getting another world record under the boat’s belt, the aim of the expedition is to demonstrate that, through the use of existing materials and technology, high-performance solar mobility can be realized today.
The multihull vessel is covered in  … Details & Pictures
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Traction control, power modes and ABS on an all-new, more powerful Ninja
Although seven years have elapsed since Kawasaki introduced its first modern superbike of liter-size displacement, it seems like only a couple of years that the ZX-10R first hit racetracks and streets.
Even harder to fathom – especially in light of the rapid progression of product development in the literbike wars – is the fact that the all-new 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R is the first ground-up redesign of the master assassin since the ZX’s introduction in 2004 … Details
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