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The Rim of the World shred team, formerly known as the ski/snowboard team, competed March 7 to 12 in state finals held in Mammoth. There were 47 high schools from across the state competing in both skiing and snowboarding.

“It is an honor,” said Rim Head Coach Kathy Horton, “when a student qualifies for states.”

The Rim women snowboarders who qualified for states were… Details

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Subaru announced they will return to the WRC as early as 2010. Company bosses are said to be very ecstatic about the latest ideas for the future of WRC. The new S2000 rules are cheap, if not inexpensive and we will have rule stability with this move for at least one and a half years. For Subaru it also is an excellent change to position the brand all new in the difficult economic times.

The new Subaru rally car will be the Justy S2000. Even though it looks unlikely at this moment that Prodrive would be involved in the project, the car could be ready already for the 2010 season. Some components could be taken straight from… Details

On a recent night while I was biking home through UCSB, I saw a now-rare yet familiar sight: Skateboarders trying to “ollie” off the Geology Department stairs by the bike path along Broida Hall. That brought back a flood of memories of Isla Vista’s skateboarding past. It was skateboarding that brought me to this little seaside enclave back in 1985, again in 1986, and it eventually caused me to move up here in 1987. The way I see it, coming here was no accident and the skateboard was a tool of that process.

Santa Barbara has a colorful skateboarding history, and …  Details

panamera

… Nevertheless, we’re on our way to the famous Porsche test track at Weissach, out in the German countryside west of Stuttgart, where we’re going to see the 2010 Porsche Panamera. We’ve already been warned that there will be no test-driving of the four-door Panamera sedan — not by any non-Porsche personnel, anyway….

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