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The starting signal for the SEAT Kitesurf World Cup 2010 is fired/ five races already battled out. Today the international Kitesurf-choice was welcomed by bright sunshine and a gentle to moderate breeze. 60 kiters gathered at Westerland’s beach to transform the island into an international race-circuit. Today four races took place.

As expected the Frenchmen Bruno Sroka, number one of the world and Julien Kerneur, number six of the world battled it out. Five races later   …  Details

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For a glimpse at one potential growth area in the action sports arena, look no further than the Westfield Culver City mall on a recent June afternoon, where a handful of young men clad in baggy sweat pants, slim-fitting T-shirts and ultra-lightweight sneakers take turns flinging themselves off the shopping center’s third-story mezzanine, leaping from level to level, before back-flipping, belly-sliding and bouncing to a stop on the ground floor of the atrium, to the cheers and wild applause of some 100 spectators. 

It’s the taping of the June 11 season finale of MTV’s “Ultimate Parkour Challenge,” a six-episode series showcasing the practitioners of parkour, a street sport that’s part gymnastics, part stunt work, and all about  …  Details

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