The final day of the Quiksilver Pro France presented by Orange has been called on this morning, with the opening heats of Round 4 heading out in clean one-to-three (0.5 – 1 metre) surf at Les Bourdaines at 8:30am.
Stop No. 7 of 10 on the 2009 ASP World Tour, the Quiksilver Pro France saw one of the most exciting days of competition yesterday, and with little swell fore for the coming days, event organizers have opted to utilize the swell on offer today to complete the event.
“The surf is … Details
AÂ motocross rider broke a world record for motorcycle jumping in Reno Saturday night.
Ryan Capes not only broke the world ramp-to-ramp motorcycle jump record on Saturday, he shattered it twice.
Capes had his heart set on jumping over 300 feet, and when his first attempt came in at 286, he had the ramp moved back and …Â Details
Franck Montagny and Stephane Sarrazin were leading the Petit Le Mans race when the red flag was given to the field due to a thunderstorm located over the metropolitan Atlanta area, including the Road Atlanta 2.540 mile road course. The American Le Mans Series officials did not call the 1,000 mile or 10 hour race at that time, hoping that the rain would clear out but the weather cells on radar showed the slow movement of the latest storm to hit the state of Georgia in the past week.
“We won the 24 Hours of Le Mans and now we have won the Petit Le Mans five hours,” smiled Montagny. “It is a too bad about the rain, we were…Â Details
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — The first time Darryl Virostko surfed waves as tall as three-story buildings at Mavericks, the legendary surf spot some 50 miles north of here, he was high on acid.
It was not the only drug Mr. Virostko, 37, would take during his surfing career. Even as he was earning a reputation as one of the most fearless surfers in the world — wining the Mavericks competition, the Super Bowl of big-wave surfing, three consecutive times — he was also becoming an alcoholic and methamphetamine addict, dependencies that propelled him to success at surfing but eventually crushed him.
“With meth, you’re … Details