The first double backflip on a wheelchair, landed by Aaron Fotheringham. After landing the double on his wheelchair, he named it the Bible Flip, because it takes a whole lot of faith to throw a double.
The 2010 North Island Longboard Championship event will go ahead this Saturday 11th September 2010 at the primary location of Forestry Beach.
The long range forecast is predicting a 1 metre North East Swell with North – North West winds which should provide suitable conditions to run the event. Forestry is a North Swell magnet and has had consistent banks through all tides in recent swells. High Tide is at 9.30am on Saturday morning which will start the day with an increasing swell all day …Â Details
The Tiree Wave Classic is now in its 24th year and remains the most impressive Wave event in the UK Calendar. Competitors from all over the UK will be battling against each other in the harshest conditions the UK has to offer, to win the ‘Tiree Wave Classic’ title. Furthermore, all sailors will be fighting hard to improve their chances of winning the coveted BWA UK Wave Championship.
With only TWO rounds remaining the field remains tight and open for any rider to snatch crucial points. Current tour leader is Ben Proffitt. We asked him how he was feeling with so many sailors … Details
The Austrian KTM eGnition is definitely one of the more interesting bicycles at last week’s Eurobike show in Germany. It has the frame and components of a freeride mountain bike, but with a 1,000-watt Clean Mobile electric motor that delivers extra power when the rider is pedaling. The fact that the electric assist is only available when pedaling was a key factor in the design of the eGnition, as KTM wanted it to be clearly different than an electric motorbike. The folks who run Eurobike obviously approved, as it received their Design Award for this year’s event.
The eGnition is based around KTM’s Caliber non-electric freeride bike. The battery is mounted on the underside of the downtube, with the motor located in the bottom bracket. That motor can reportedly generate … Details & Pictures