The years have passed and the lap times have dropped.
Since the 1970s, Albany Motorsports Park has showcased some of the fastest motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles in the nation, and track operator Ryan Leach wants to make sure that tradition of speed continues during this weekend’s Northwest ATV Sand Drag Nationals.
For the last six years, Leach has been running the event and watching the 100-yard track records bested, but he says that speed is not the only reason why he promotes the sport…Â Details
Canberra residents should have their ice scrapers on hand with clear, sunny days and cold nights expected to continue over the weekend.
But the typically heavy frosts and the spectacular wintry cover on the snowfields could be short lived.
Anyone who wants to go skiing had better get moving now days are expected to be warm and nights mild as the green shoots of an early spring appear. The Bureau of Meteorology has predicted winter will remain mild and hinted that the snow season may end prematurely…Â Details
Chicago’s renowned skyscrapers will share the sky with motocross superstar Ronnie Renner on Saturday, July 25. The Windy City will watch as Renner attempts to break his own Guinness World Record for the highest air ever attained on a motorcycle at Red Bull High Rise. He will go sky-high at Butler Field prior to Chicago’s annual Venetian Night, adding a new spin to an old tradition.
Renner is a respected freestyle motocross veteran whose credentials include a gold medal in Step-Up at the 2007 Summer X Games and the Step-Up world record. He set his original quarterpipe big air world record by jumping an amazing 59 feet, 2 inches in July, 2008. In 2009, he will attempt to beat this record by … Details
Honolulu — California businessman Jay Longley Jr., founder of Rainbow Sandals out of San Clemente, demonstrated that aloha comes from the Mainland, too, when he made financial and product donations to two worthy Hawai’i charities today: the Moloka’i Community Service Council and Na Kama Kai.
Longley is in Hawaii for Sunday’s 32-mile Rainbow Sandals Moloka’i to O’ahu Paddleboard Race, presented by Honolua. The race is the unofficial world championship for paddleboarders and is a world class event that Longley is both sponsoring and racing in, teaming up with legendary Hawaii surfer Gerry Lopez on standup paddleboards.
The traditional Hawaiian island of Moloka’i has long supported …Â Details
Note from Editor: I’ve been wearing Rainbow Sandals daily since the mid 1970’s and feel strongly they are the best on the market. They have excellent fit (once broken in over a day or two), great foot support and last longer than other brands. Try them and you’ll become a believer like me.