Hafjell, Norway, June 17th 2009 – The one and only ANTI Days of Thunder is back for 2009 – from June 29th to July 4th. The unique mountain bike comp unites some of world’s best-recommended riders in easygoing sessions – dirt, slopestyle and “race relayâ€. The Hafjell Bike Park provides not only high class downhill tracks, but will also be pimped especially for the contest with huge obstacles to launch the pros into the Norwegian sky. The list of riders that will join the ANTI Days of thunder feature big names like: Cameron Zink, Cameron McCaul, Alex Reveles, Andrew Taylor, Ben Boyko Thomas Vanderham, Jordie Lunn, Timo Pritzel, Benny Korthaus, Kelly McGarry, Grant Fielder, Andreu and Lluis Lacondeguy, Yannick Graniery, Pierre Eduard Ferry, Trond Hansen, Mads Andre Haugen and Martin Soderstrom… DetailsÂ
Earpieces allowing riders to receive orders from team bosses during races will be banned on two stages of next month’s Tour de France.
“The management committee granted approval for earpieces to be banned on two stages,†the International Cycling Union governing body said in a statement on Thursday… Details
Evolution Skate Park is still in business. But it’s up for sale and the owner is behind on his city loan payments.
Shawn O’Brien, owner of the indoor skateboard park, met in private session with members of the Canton Community Improvement Corp. board on Wednesday.
O’Brien discussed the CIC loan for the skate park and his plans to sell the facility at Cleveland Avenue and Navarre Road SW. O’Brien has been asked to provide the CIC with financial information and details of the potential lease-purchase of the skate park.
In 2004, the CIC approved …Â Details
When you’re driving a 16-foot boat 115 miles per hour with the river as your race course, there are bound to be times when you end up upside down, underwater and strapped into a small cockpit. That would most certainly incite panic in many people, but that’s what safety drills are for.
Mark Jakob, who lives near Kankakee, drives a Formula 2 Class powerboat. It’s a 16-foot craft with a V6 engine that glides across the water at incredible speeds. Jakob said it’s the competition that got him hooked to the sport in 2003.
“It’s not so much the speed — it’s like anything you’re trying to race, you’re always wishing it would go faster,†he said. “It’s the closeness of the competition and the way (the boats) take a corner.  Details