BALLITO, KwaDukua/South Africa (Wednesday June 30, 2010) – As support for international sport reaches fever pitch this month, South African fans will have even more to cheer about as South Africa’s finest surfers do battle at the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) 5-Star Mr Price Pro Ballito.
While soccer fans populate the stands of some of the finest stadiums around the country during the 2010 FIFA World Cup, surf fans will take up every inch of Ballito’s white sandy beaches to cheer on their favourite surfers at the Mr Price Pro Ballito, from July 2 – 11, 2010Â Â …Â Details
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Truckee, Calif. — USA Cycling continued its 2010 Pro Mountain Bike Gravity Tour (Pro GRT) on Sunday (June 27) at the Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort, the third of five races in the 2010 series.
Greg Minnaar (RSA/Santa Cruz Syndicate), the 2003 UCI Downhill World Champion, won the men’s downhill final with a time of 3:59.9, more than three seconds ahead of runner-up Bryn Atkinson (AUS/Transition Racing), a two-time national runner-up in Australia. 2009 UCI Downhill World Champion Steve Peat (GBR/Santa Cruz Syndicate) earned the final podium position.
In the women’s downhill race, 2008 U.S. Olympic medalist Jill Kintner (Seattle, Wash./Transition Racing) finished first with a final time of 4:29.7, nearly eight seconds ahead of three-time U.S. National Champion Kathy Pruitt (Aptos, Calif./Jamis Bikes). Leigh Donovan (Murrieta, Calif./Intense Cycles), the 1995 UCI Downhill World Champion, finished third … Details
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