The fate of Formula 1 remains unresolved after a meeting Friday between the sport’s governing entities and its racing teams ended with few tangible results other than a lawsuit.
Ferrari, the leading marque in F1 and the only constructor to compete in every season since the inception of the modern series in 1950, filed suit in a French court for an injunction that would prevent introduction of rules announced April 29 for the 2010 season.
Ferrari threatened last week …Â Details
A champion surfer has caught a break in more ways than one, with the Industrial Relations Commission in Australia finding that going surfing while on sick leave is not a sackable offence.
Shane Bevan, a former world championship tour surfer, was sacked from his baggage handler’s job after his then employer discovered he took part in Queensland’s Coolum Classic surf contest while on sick leave with a bad back, the Australian reported.
The IRC initially upheld his sacking but, on appeal, a commission full bench last week supported Bevan’s claim that the termination was harsh, unjust and unreasonable and ordered the company to pay compensation…Â Details
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So, I know there’s a bit of a rumor going around the youth culture/action sports/industry insider/shred dog circles that sportswear mogul, Nike, is going to buy Burton Snowboards.
As it turns out, this is not true. But more on that later.
What I am interested in here is not only that an until-recently-non-endemic company is looking to buy a boardsports company, but that there is yet another buyout in the air. Let’s remember that in February of 2006, Burton bought Channel Islands … Details
Hurry up summer season! We’ve just been reading about the all-new bike park which will be opening in Val Thorens this summer and it got us so excited we had to put fingers-to-keyboard straight away to tell you about it.
The park, which is open to all, is over three kilometres long and boasts four different zones, with a total of 25 modules of varying levels, for your biking pleasure. All accessible via the Cairns bubble lift, the park will surely be a fave place to hang out for the two wheelers this summer season.
For your delight and delectation there’s a…Â Details