Formula 1 heads to a new venue for the final race of the season, for an event that promises to be as spectacular as the new Yas Marina circuit. Abu Dhabi Grand Prix boss Richard Cregan offers his thoughts ahead of the unique season finale.
Q. What can the F1 teams expect when they come here?
Richard Cregan: “Well, we’ll certainly look after them, that’s for sure. We’ll make sure they’ve … Details
While surfers in the Northern Hemisphere await the arrival of El Niño-fueled big winter waves, there has been no shortage of massive swells around the world in the last six months. Just last week, Shipstern Bluff — a notoriously shallow wave off the southern tip of Tasmania, Australia — produced some of the most spectacular rides of the year and triggered numerous entries into the Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards. Spawned by a massive storm in the Southern Ocean, the huge swell was challenged by a group of big wave chargers including Aussies Marti Paradisis and Karl Atkins, who used jet powered watercraft to tow into the towering walls of water.
Visiting surfer James Hick — who hails from the unlikely hometown of Jersey, England — accomplished some of the day’s most heart-stopping rides …Â Details
While surfers in the Northern Hemisphere await the arrival of El Niño-fueled big winter waves, there has been no shortage of massive swells around the world in the last six months. Just last week, …
Well-known action sports figure Sal Masekela is scheduled to run in Sunday’s New York City Marathon and, because long-distance running is not his forte, he’s understandably nervous.
“I’ve never been more scared to do anything in my life,” said Masekela, host of E! Entertainment’s “Daily 10” program and longtime TV host of the winter and summer X Games…Â Details
Australian surfer Garrett Parkes (Byron Bay, NSW, Aus) has taken out the Billabong Cloud 9 Invitational in the Philippines today, beating Hawaiian Makua Rothman in a man-on-man final.
Cloud 9 didn’t quite turn on the epic conditions seen for the opening rounds of the unique, specialty event, with finalists having to mix innovative, new-school manoeuvres with aerials, on-rail carves and barrel rides in rising 3-4ft (1-1.5 metre) waves … Details