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VIRTUALLY THERE: LIVE AUCTION & ONLINE BIDDING ANNOUNCED | Go to the Vintage Surf Auction Â
Just weeks until Hawaiian Islands Vintage Surf Auction
Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 30 June, 2009 : – – Honolulu – Randy Rarick, curator and host of the Hawaiian Islands Vintage Surf Auction, presented by Quiksilver Waterman Collection, announced that the auction will be broadcast live and offer online bidding. The announcement follows unprecedented demand from dedicated collectors around the world who are unable to attend in person. The auction will be staged at the Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, July 17 & 18.
As the buzz surrounding the auction continues to build, auction lots for the 100 “main” auction items have been finalized. The entire auction catalog will be unveiled the first week of July. In the meantime, the “Peek of the Week” continues to tantalize both the curious and the serious… Details
As the teams gathered here for Saturday’s start of the 2009 Tour de France, two prominent riders and one team director today expressed disapproval of the organizer’s intention to ban the use of radio communication during two stages in the middle week of the race, claiming that it threatens their safety.
“Next they’ll be asking us to ride for two days without helmets, or without cables in our brakes,” said the veteran German rider Jens Voigt, twice a wearer of the Tour’s yellow jersey, during a press conference given by his Saxo Bank team.
Since the mid-1990s, team directors have used radios to keep in contact with their riders, providing them with a stream of tactical instructions and information concerning the state of the race. By banning the devices during a flat run from Limoges to Issoudun on 14 July and a much hillier affair including two first‑category climbs between Vittel and Colmar three days later, the organisers are clearly hoping to reintroduce an element of old-fashioned spontaneity and uncertainty… DetailsÂ
The Porsche 917 is one of the most stark raving mad automotive creations ever dreamt up by humanity, offering a performance level that remains as impressive today as it was during the 1970s. That historic car and its success at Le Mans will be playing a central role in Porsche’s activities at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend.
Many variations of the 917 were produced, and in some iterations the car’s turbocharged flat-12-cylinder engine generated up to 1,580hp (1,180kW) – enough to rocket the car to 60mph in 2.7 seconds and on to a top speed of more than 240mph (390km/h).
Alongside the winning cars on display will also be some of the drivers that took them to victory, including …Â Detail
Christian Vande Velde had just finished reconnoitering next week’s team time trial stage of the Tour de France.
The temperature had been above 100 degrees, and the winding, narrow roads of the course in Montpellier, France were tricky and challenging.
As Vande Velde described those unpleasant conditions over the telephone a couple of days ago, he made it sound all good.
Who wouldn’t feel that way in the aftermath of a crash so bad it had left all kinds of thoughts in Vande Velde’s head during the ambulance ride that had taken him to an Italian emergency room? … Details