Besides the usual motivations to visit Costa Rica—over a quarter of the country is protected in national parks, there are monkeys in the trees, iguanas underfoot, and good surfing waves on both coasts—there are two more reasons you should go right now.
 It seems like a long time ago that Wabasso native Jon Guetter shocked the ATV world by performing the first ever quad backflip.
Since then – along with younger brother Derek and older brother Dan – the ambitious trio have become synonymous with setting the bar in the field of high flying ATV/motocross entertainment.Â
“Thing have been going well,†Derek said. “We’re busy, and that’s a good thing,†Under the acronym Akraix, the trio has put out numerous award-winning DVDs, travel overseas on a yearly basis and continue to put on shows across the country.
Jon was even featured on The Discovery Channel’s “Stunt Junkies†performing a backflip over a moving train… Details
Kimi Raikkonen will be rallying in Finland and championship leader Jenson Button competing in a triathlon this weekend while their Formula One teams shut up shop for two weeks.
Tired mechanics and team staff will be enjoying the extended break before the next race in Valencia on August 23 but not everyone is delighted.
“I’d like to signal right now that we have no intention of ever doing it again. It’s a complete waste of time,” said Williams chief executive Adam Parr of a two-week factory shutdown agreed as part of cost-saving measures…Â Details
Stoked News is leaving for a few days of surfing in Southern Calif. in a couple of hours. The plan is to stay in Malibu and be in the water by late afternoon today.  They say that timing is everything in life. Â
What do I find to post this morning is this video of a great white shark in the 10-12 foot range right off Malibu, swimming about 1/4 off the beach. Nothing new, we have lots of great whites off the San Francisco area every day of the year.  It does make you stop and think when siting in the lineup with your legs hanging down.